My name is Marcos Roca, I'm originally from Argentina,
and I did the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice.
My academic background prior
to studying the MSc was a law degree at
University of Buenos Aires in
Argentina, and my professional background
was I worked for five years at the
prosecution service in Buenos Aires.
I was really interested by the fact that this MSc
was not only criminology, but criminology
and criminal justice. I thought that was
very interesting, especially for me as a
lawyer, and the fact that the MSc was
taught at the Edinburgh Law School, while
other universities have their MSc's in
Criminology at a special Institute for
Criminology, or dedicated for Criminology.
I really liked my time in Edinburgh, I
really enjoyed it. I learned a lot, and
also the people I met from all over the
world, colleagues, made new friends,
friendships that last to this day,
so it was very good.
I'm working at the
prosecution service. I got a promotion
after coming back from Edinburgh to
Buenos Aires, and now I work at the
office that basically prepares cases
before the Supreme Court.
I think it really gave me lots of tools
that I hadn't had before; not only
theoretically, but also practically. All
the presentations, we had to do all the
work we had to prepare.
The administrative staff from the postgraduate
office, our professors, our personal
tutors, the programme directors - they were
always available if we have any doubts
or any inquiries, so that was very good.
If I could give one piece of advice to
someone considering studying at
Edinburgh: just do it.
