Hi guys, I'm Rumali and I'm going to be telling you a little bit about why I
decided to study at the University of Birmingham. So I'm a second year
Political Science and International Relations student, and the reason I came
to this uni was because largely because of the module options. There is such a
massive variety of options and especially because I'm a joint honours
student .So there are so many different module options that I can take and have
taken and they're all so interesting and I think they're kind of at the forefront
of this discipline, so I definitely would say that the module options are what
brought me here. Plus the beautiful campus which if you've been to uni -if
you haven't you need to - it's absolutely stunning and those two combined I
thought, "You know, I can really see myself here". So my favourite thing about the
course, like I said, obviously is the diversity in module options but also I
think it would be the lecturers in terms of their kind of approachability. So one
of my favourite memories of the course is very cliched, but my first day of uni,
we were with Dominic Welburn and we had all had freshers week beforehand, so
everyone was just wrecked ,and we were just like coughing away in the lecture,
and he was like, "OK everyone, I know this is gonna suck, everyone's got fresher's
flu," and everyone just laughed and it kind of set the tone for the
approachability of these lectures. They kind of are obviously they were teachers
but they kind of like friends in a way. You go to their office hours, they're
more than happy to help and so they're definitely a key component of this
course in why I love it so much. What module I'm enjoying the most
probably is this year is the International Relations of the Middle
East it's super, super topical, and this kind of goes more into the historical
background as well as what's going on currently and how that ties in. iI's so
interesting and I've already done my two assessments for it which is really sad
because I really enjoyed doing them. In terms of the outside of the academic
field extracurricular wise, the Guild has 250 different societies,
so there is truly something for everyone, even me, bit of a hermit, tendency not to
really go out and do much, and but I have found myself in the University
of Birmingham's radio network which is Burn FM. I'm also a member of
Brum surf, last year I did pole fitness and to be honest that's nothing. So many
people engage in way more than I do and I have the option to do that and so do
you if you come here. In terms of what my advice would be for students wanting to
study here, again going back to the module options the campus and the city
and everything I'll talk about in a second but is amazing. But you really
need to make sure that you are going to enjoy what you're studying and I
definitely think you'll find that here. But look into the modules, see if there's
something for you, there definitely will be but that would be my best piece of
advice. And for international students
wanting to study here, I definitely think that I wouldn't even be able to give you
any advice it would just be to come here Birmingham is a great platform to explore
the rest of the UK. We're obviously in the Midlands so it's ideal location and
myself I am a bit of a travel bunny so I've used Birmingham Airport - it's amazing
super quick international airport. I've flown to New York from there, just come back
from Birmingham and that was on the train, which our uni is the only
University in the whole of the UK to have a train station. And in terms of
just Birmingham itself you can go to the Bullring in seven minutes ,probably less
actually, if you're in Selly and you can... You're literally never far away from any
kind of public transport bus stops like surround our university. The city
itself the thing that brought me here was definitely the diversity I'm from
quite a small place down south in Poole and there's not a lot going on there and
I love how different Birmingham is. There's always something going on, the
nightlife is amazing and even in terms of cuisine and cultures it's such a
melting pot here, there's so much going on and I just really love the diversity.
so yeah