I studied Bsc.Management at The University of Manchester and what I liked the most about my course was the variety of optional courses that we were allowed to select which gave me an opportunity to work on different areas of business ranging from finance to marketing. This allowed me to understand which area I want to focus on in the future, as well as provided me with an insight into the back-end operations of a management organisation. The finance courses in specific were quite practical and prepared the finance-path students well for the professional work environment. However, although the marketing courses were very insightful in terms of theories, it would be more helpful to have a similarly practical approach for them as well. In terms of student life, the university is full of international students and therefore it is nourished with different cultures. Likewise, it is the perfect school to make friends all across the world. Since the university buildings are so close to each other(although it is not a campus school), the Oxford Road is full of university students. Therefore, it gives the impression of a campus school while being in the centre of the city which was the best part about the structuring of the school.

I was a nice experience. Uni life is probably one of the best in the UK. Sometimes the value you get is very based on the courses you choose and perhaps more relevantly, the professors you get. It’s a very big uni – you can end up with leaders of a field but also some not so good ones. Do your research before you choose courses.

I don’t really think that higher education is worthwhile anymore (if it ever was) especially if you’re going towards a degree such as business & management *and want to become an entrepreneur*. There are lots of information and strategies that you can learn by yourself if you are a self motivated person and can do more valuable things with your time if you don’t waste it in university. University may even kill your passion for this subject by imposing certain patterns and “shaping” your thinking a certain way. Your “very professional” and “expert” lecturers who prefer more the stability of a job and to watch and report things from the outside could have an unsuspected negative impact on you, as what they are teaching is not tailored to people who are risk taking, have practical approach and are more “doers”, who go out and experiment rather than staying in the library reading and theoretically comparing 10000 definitions about the same thing. If you are really passionate about this subject I would think twice whether university is the best thing to do.

Now particularly referring to UoM, I wouldn’t say that they are any worse than any other university. They encourage you to be a nerd and that’s it. They never really act on students’ feedback and are also very money driven (but given the context, I cannot really blame them on that). Out of 3 years of education, I would be able to group all the interesting modules on a single semester, so overall it was a huge waste of money, energy and time.

Anyways, if you’re used to be the black sheep (in a positive way), I would also be looking to alternatives to formal education.

Not the best academic level but great fun there. Loads of societies for you to discover what you like. Exams in business at least aren’t too hard so you can focus on your own self. You should go if you’re undecided!