{"id":1909,"date":"2020-07-24T11:41:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T10:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2020-07-24T11:41:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T10:41:26","slug":"case-study-jerry-barnor-bahons-banking-and-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/case-study-jerry-barnor-bahons-banking-and-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"Case study: Jerry Barnor, BA(Hons) Banking and Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jerry Barnor is a final year BA Banking and Finance student studying at UWE Bristol. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I always knew I would study Finance at University, it\u2019s something that I\u2019ve always been interested in. I would regularly follow the financial news and read articles about inflation and interest rates and how this affected the economy. It was fascinating to me even though at that time, I didn\u2019t fully comprehend what it all meant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I\u2019ve progressed through my course this has all fallen into place and I have a much deeper understanding of the subject matter. I still continue to follow the financial news the difference now is that it makes complete sense to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friends, finance and facilities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My time here at UWE has been really good \u2013 I\u2019m close with all my classmates and the teaching and staff have been great. Very different from what I was used to previously (at college). There\u2019s a good mix of lectures which focus on both theory and practical application. I\u2019ve been involved in debates and presented both individually and as part of a group. This was something I had never done before. I\u2019ve also been involved in reflective essays critiquing my work to understand how this could be improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve made some very good friends both in and out of class and I\u2019ve taken advantage of the facilities such as the Bloomberg Trading Room. The data you have access to is incredible and has been valuable to support my studies, in particular with writing my dissertation.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

From Bristol to Barcelona<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The great thing about UWE is there\u2019s always something going on. And I had heard about an event called Go Global. Go Global is an opportunity for students to work on a short-term internship in a different country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a position at a tech firm in Barcelona which I applied for and got the job! The firm specialised in gaming which is something I know about (being an avid gamer myself).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The placement was over two months in the summer and through Go Global and Erasmus I was given a bursary of \u00a31,500 which helped finance my flights and accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The role was quite varied, I was working in the marketing department supporting recruitment of new clients. This involved writing emails and setting-up meetings. I was also lucky enough to attend some of these meetings and present to prospective clients. I would create estimates, getting the balance of each pricing model depending on the needs of each client, which was a great way of bringing my financial knowledge to the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being in a working environment you learn so much. I feel I had a good grasp of different software (Word, Excel etc), but using this in a real scenario was very different! I feel like I\u2019ve learnt a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTaking part in the Go Global scheme was such a fantastic experience and I made new friends who I\u2019m still in touch with now.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jerry Barnor is a final year BA Banking and Finance student studying at UWE Bristol. I always knew I would study Finance at University, it\u2019s something that I\u2019ve always been interested in. I would regularly follow the financial news and read articles about inflation and interest rates and how this affected the economy. It was … Continue reading “Case study: Jerry Barnor, BA(Hons) Banking and Finance”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,286],"tags":[322,180],"class_list":["post-1909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bristol-business-school","category-faculty-of-business-and-law","category-uwe-bristol","tag-case-study","tag-student"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1911,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions\/1911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}