Academic Thread

[Em Dott]

yeah chartered accountants get pee yeah?only thing is I would need to show them im dedicated to the proffession and get some sort of experience before applying to a placement and the course.whats a good short volunteering ting i could relate to accountancy?

That link I put up before teaches you about Accounting and has practical experience modules, and itclaims you have to have at least 3 years practical experience for you to successfully complete the course and obtain the qualification.

[Steven]

Cant wait to go uniso much p*ssy

[A Bit Better]

It's very true. What I would say is, if you get a 2:1, do an ACA. It's a bit more work, it's harder and it cost a little bit more but once you've got it you can do ANYTHING coz it's respected that much.

So you could get into front office trading at JP Morgan Chase?

Lol at how obsessed you are with JP Morgan. Beg you stop whimpering James, been following me around online for years now.

yeah chartered accountants get pee yeah?only thing is I would need to show them im dedicated to the proffession and get some sort of experience before applying to a placement and the course.whats a good short volunteering ting i could relate to accountancy?

That link I put up before teaches you about Accounting and has practical experience modules, and itclaims you have to have at least 3 years practical experience for you to successfully complete the course and obtain the qualification.

Yeah that's why it's better through a gradscheme. You do the practical experience at the same time as the exams to get the qualification.

[Em Dott]

Eks you got any info on gradschemes? Like a site where they have people looking for graduates specifically into Accountancy or do I have to just look on the general grad sites and hope for the best?Also, do these grad schemes cater only for graduates doing subjects involving numerics?

[A Bit Better]

At your uni careers centre they will have the guides. Inside Careers: Accountancy and Target: City and Finance are good ones to get hard copies of. These are their sites.http://www.insidecareers.co.uk/http://www.targetjobs.co.uk/accountancy-an....aspx?Segment=1And unless you wanna be an actuary it doesn't matter what degree you did.

[Em Dott]

My Ghanaian brudda.Props.

[That's That Kid]

Lol at how obsessed you are with JP Morgan. Beg you stop whimpering James, been following me around online for years now.

Oh sh*t, you know my name? Ok Ekow...Don't make stupid claims in future...and I will have no reason to mention your name.

[A Bit Better]

Lol at how obsessed you are with JP Morgan. Beg you stop whimpering James, been following me around online for years now.

Oh sh*t, you know my name? Ok Ekow...Don't make stupid claims in future...and I will have no reason to mention your name.

Yeah you're right, he probably thought he could be Queen of England with an ACA after what I said init? I'm bored of you.

[Doug]

Brunel ppl demwut are the best halls to be staying in???Hertfordshire ppl demwut campus is the livest??

[Axiom]

essex ppl demwut campus is the livest??

[kurious]

i faild tbhwell dint fail but c's an d's aint wat i wantedhav 2 retake a module aswell 4 gettin 37 instead of 40i hate me sumtimes

[Ankle Murda]

i faild tbhwell dint fail but c's an d's aint wat i wantedhav 2 retake a module aswell 4 gettin 37 instead of 40i hate me sumtimes

Best buckle up because from second year, boi...

[Mr Q]

Started some reading for my dissertation!Fully On this.

[Jo Dark]

I had my graduation ceremony yesterday! I was finally allowed to attend (very long story). I got to shake hands with this manAll in all, it was a nice day.

[Ankle Murda]

^CongratsWhat uni did you go to btw?

[o-guy]

who knows about the african famthat act like u failed cuz u got a 2.1 instead of a firstpropa have me feelin to just not go back for the second year

[Jo Dark]

^CongratsWhat uni did you go to btw?

Thank you!I went to Roehampton (right next to Kingston Uni).

[Kumasi]

essex ppl demwut campus is the livest??

what you going essex yea??thats where im at ...

[Ankle Murda]

^CongratsWhat uni did you go to btw?

Thank you!I went to Roehampton (right next to Kingston Uni).

I see. Cool.

[JGGB]

Anyone reaching Sheffield Open Day in September?

[Dubby]

Future Open Days in the planner:-Kings, August 21st-Brunel, 1st September-Nottingham, 12th September-Oxford, 19th September (if I'm feelin my AS grades)-Bristol, 23rd September-Queen Mary, 27th September (only campus tour though, missed the proper open day kmt)-City, 4th October-Goldsmiths, 5th November

[tuppatopbrer]

Anyone studying / studied Maths?What's a good place to go for?I know I can see on the times guide but I want an opinion on people that done it..

I'm now at the end of a B.Sc. in Maths at University of Birmingham. Didn't like it to be honest. Firstly, ignore the guides that go into individual subjects because no employer looks at those. They're never gonna be like "Well they're 50th overall but they're 10th for Maths". Also try to avoid universities that score extremely highly for research in your subject. They tend to just get in ridiculously clever mathematicians from around the world to do research and ignore the fact that they can barely speak English or cannot teach for sh*t. Bad lecturers do automatically mean bad grades when the subject matter is that complicated.Can't really recommend anywhere as I wouldn't recommend my uni. Half the time the tables mean f*ck all coz they're mostly done on student satisfaction surveys and who is going to cheapen their degree by writing that the uni is shite... Even if it's true (as it is in my case).

That's correct if you go to a non top 10 uni. Research based teaching yields better results, and is more interesting than just copying from a book.In addition, mathematics is a subject which can largely be self taught.

Imperial was okay today but it seems the boy:girl ratio is a bit too high, I don't even remember what it was like in UCL or Leeds though so I feel a bit pissed because I'm sure that would be something I would take into account in the end comparison.

Yes it's sh*t. 66:34 I think. But IC >> UCL & IC >>>>>>>>>>>> Leeds, so you decide.

It's very true. What I would say is, if you get a 2:1, do an ACA. It's a bit more work, it's harder and it cost a little bit more but once you've got it you can do ANYTHING coz it's respected that much.

So you could get into front office trading at JP Morgan Chase?

lol.

[A Bit Better]

Anyone studying / studied Maths?What's a good place to go for?I know I can see on the times guide but I want an opinion on people that done it..

I'm now at the end of a B.Sc. in Maths at University of Birmingham. Didn't like it to be honest. Firstly, ignore the guides that go into individual subjects because no employer looks at those. They're never gonna be like "Well they're 50th overall but they're 10th for Maths". Also try to avoid universities that score extremely highly for research in your subject. They tend to just get in ridiculously clever mathematicians from around the world to do research and ignore the fact that they can barely speak English or cannot teach for sh*t. Bad lecturers do automatically mean bad grades when the subject matter is that complicated.Can't really recommend anywhere as I wouldn't recommend my uni. Half the time the tables mean f*ck all coz they're mostly done on student satisfaction surveys and who is going to cheapen their degree by writing that the uni is shite... Even if it's true (as it is in my case).

That's correct if you go to a non top 10 uni. Research based teaching yields better results, and is more interesting than just copying from a book.In addition, mathematics is a subject which can largely be self taught.

I am not referring to research based teaching, I am referring to research by post-grads and lecturers. Many of our lecturers are wonderful in the field and therefore get great reviews with regards to research but can't teach because in reality they're scatter brains (although extremely intlligent ones).The second part clearly does not come from somebody that has done degree level maths. The theories of rings, metric spaces, polynomials, general number theories etc. are all extremely complex and "self teaching" is a waste of time in most cases.

[Alejandro Sosa]

I had my graduation ceremony yesterday! I was finally allowed to attend (very long story). I got to shake hands with this manAll in all, it was a nice day.

john simpson?that man is the devil in human form

[tuppatopbrer]

Anyone studying / studied Maths?What's a good place to go for?I know I can see on the times guide but I want an opinion on people that done it..

I'm now at the end of a B.Sc. in Maths at University of Birmingham. Didn't like it to be honest. Firstly, ignore the guides that go into individual subjects because no employer looks at those. They're never gonna be like "Well they're 50th overall but they're 10th for Maths". Also try to avoid universities that score extremely highly for research in your subject. They tend to just get in ridiculously clever mathematicians from around the world to do research and ignore the fact that they can barely speak English or cannot teach for sh*t. Bad lecturers do automatically mean bad grades when the subject matter is that complicated.Can't really recommend anywhere as I wouldn't recommend my uni. Half the time the tables mean f*ck all coz they're mostly done on student satisfaction surveys and who is going to cheapen their degree by writing that the uni is shite... Even if it's true (as it is in my case).

That's correct if you go to a non top 10 uni. Research based teaching yields better results, and is more interesting than just copying from a book.In addition, mathematics is a subject which can largely be self taught.

I am not referring to research based teaching, I am referring to research by post-grads and lecturers. Many of our lecturers are wonderful in the field and therefore get great reviews with regards to research but can't teach because in reality they're scatter brains (although extremely intlligent ones).The second part clearly does not come from somebody that has done degree level maths. The theories of rings, metric spaces, polynomials, general number theories etc. are all extremely complex and "self teaching" is a waste of time in most cases.

Well, basing your decision purely on a university's research score will be unwise. However if the research score was high, then you can infer that the uni will attract the best talent. This does it's downfalls as you have pointed out correctly. Though, you can also infer that the uni will receive a significant amount of money for that research. This has knock on effects on the spending of facilities and research etc. In addition, from what I've seen, it's very rare for a uni to have a high research score, but a low teaching score. Of course, I remove the LSE from this list as it has really gone down in my estimations on the amount of people that have said that the teaching is despicable.I am reading a degree in theoretical physics, though I don't really need to explain how mathematical my degree is. Yes I don't read a degree in mathematics but trying to convolute my opinion with those topics will not sway my opinion. If your good at maths, you need little assistance in improving. Maths is largely a subject where practice makes you good. You can't be taught how to do maths.