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- The Economics programme at Cambridge
is very special and different
from other programmes.
- The course is fantastic!
- It provides you the opportunity
to become incredibly academically versed.
You get to immerse yourself in it,
in a subject that you really like.
- It starts off with a
really broad first year,
where you do everything from
history and politics
of economics, to maths.
After that you can choose to specialise,
which really gives you
a fantastic skillset
of both essay writing and analytics.
- By the third year, you'll be expected to
produce an original piece
of economic research
of your own, with very,
very minimal supervision.
And the idea is that the course,
through it's progressive structure,
has given you these
tools that will allow you
ultimately to become an
independent economist.
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- The basic structure is lectures
that are offered at the university
at the faculty of economics.
- You'll then go away
and get detailed feedback
on written work that you've carried out
in response to those lectures,
in small group supervisions.
- And so that's a two-to-one,
or a three-to-one,
session with an expert in the field.
And that provides a great opportunity
to get more insight into
the subject you're studying.
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- I think the facilities and resources
are absolutely fantastic!
- So, you've got the
amazing Marshall Library,
which could have any
sort of economics book
that you could ever need.
You've also got the University Library,
which has a much broader
source of reading.
- We have very wide access to a lot
of electronic resources
in terms of data sets.
- For example, we have data
from the 1940s and 50s,
in terms of the Bank of England,
kind of reports in the basement.
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- There's a lot of points of contact
for advice and support when
you're studying economics here.
- We have a Director of
Studies in our college
that's responsible for
our academic performance.
- We also have something we
call office hours in faculty,
which means that every
lecturer and academic
has an hour of their
time each week set aside
for students to drop in with questions
about anything at all.
- We have personal tutors in our college.
A staff member, outside of our subject,
who's responsible for how we are feeling,
and anything in addition to our work.
- But besides this, we also
have loads of other things.
Support for mental health,
surgeries in colleges,
and just in general, societies
where you can interact
and share your experiences.
- I'm part of the Keynes Economic Society.
So, I like arranging
talks and panel debates.
- I think societies are a great way
to become even more
passionate about your subject.
- Economics teaches you
to think very logically.
It teaches you how to think critically,
both verbally and mathematically.
- I'm quite interested in going into
economics consultancy,
policymaking, working with NGOs.
- I plan on starting a career
within investment banking.
- I think at some point I'd
like to pursue a Master's,
but I'm also interested in both
the public and private sector.
- Certainly, the scope of options
is very, very broad, and
very, very exciting I think.
There are some wonderful career options
if you're an economist.
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- We have a lot of brilliant economists
that have come from here.
- 200 years ago, Thomas Malthus was here.
100 years ago, Alfred Marshall was here.
80 years ago, John
Maynard Keynes was here.
Joan Robinson was here more recently.
- It's an amazing place to study.
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- To study economics is
really, really a good choice.
You have so many opportunities afterwards.
- Great academics, good
personalised tutoring,
and just a great environment to be in.
- Follow your instincts.
Follow what you find most interesting.
- If you don't apply, there's
no chance of you getting in.
And so, please do.
- Just do it.
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