Category: Students
As part of International Women’s Day 2022, we are sharing stories of how our colleagues and students have been able to help break gender bias. In this blog, third year BSc Economics student, Hannah Boswell, explains how she is helping to break the gender bias in economics.My top tips for undergraduate success: Yeu Khor
Undergraduate alumni, Yeu, explains the skills he has gained from studying BSc Economics and Finance, and shares his top tips to maximise your university experience.
By Yeu Khor, Management Trainee at CIMB Group, Malaysia
Despite Malaysia’s economy facing negative growth due to the pandemic, it was relatively easy for me to get a job because of the University of Bristol’s prestige.…
My story: David Afikuyomi
BSc Economics alumni, David, shares how his degree has enabled him to succeed in his career as an economist and the reasons why he chose to return to Bristol to study an MRes in Economics with support from the Black Bristol Scholarship.
… Patent-waiving, inflation, vaccine lotteries: What do the Experts Say?
Economics staff at Bristol University give their views on recent economics hot-topics. Where does the expert consensus lie?
By Ethan Lester
For this month’s survey of expert opinion at Bristol University’s School of Economics, I ask three questions related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic response.…
Studying during the pandemic: we hear from economics students
On 16th March 2020, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced, “now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact and travel.” Over a year on, the UK’s ‘roadmap’ out of a series of lockdowns is gradually being enacted step-by-step, but blended learning remains and campus life is overwhelmingly quiet as the government’s preference to work and study from home when possible, also remains.
…Lockdown policies, corporation tax, the labour market ‘revolution’: What do the experts say?
Economics staff at Bristol University give their views on recent economics hot-topics. Where does the expert consensus lie?
By Ethan Lester
This month, we focus on three covid-related economic developments. Firstly, as Britain tentatively follows its ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown, we ask whether ‘zero-covid’ policies should be prioritised over ‘low-covid’ ones.…
For many years, universities have asked students to complete evaluations of teaching and other aspects of educational provision; since 2005 the UK government has conducted the National Student Survey to collect information from all students in UK Higher Education Institutions and the results are published annually.
Staff at the University of Bristol’s School of Economics give their views on the UK’s new trade agreement with the EU. Where does the expert consensus lie? Undergraduate student, Ethan Lester summarises the results.
Ee Mun graduated with a BSc in Economics and Finance. She discusses her experience of her studies and reasons for choosing to study at Bristol, the support she received as an international student, and how it helped establish her career.
Bristol Talks Economics continued in December, welcoming Professor Jonathan Haskel. University of Bristol alumnus, Jonathan is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School and Director of the Doctoral Programme at the School.