{"id":142,"date":"2025-11-14T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/?p=142"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:58:08","slug":"student-spotlight-portia-abena-kubinson-international-masters-msc-in-applied-actuarial-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/2025\/11\/14\/student-spotlight-portia-abena-kubinson-international-masters-msc-in-applied-actuarial-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight | Portia Abena Kubinson &#8211; International Master&#8217;s MSc in Applied Actuarial Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Portia Abena Kubinson graduated from the International Master\u2019s MSc in Applied Actuarial Science at Kent in 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you choose to study at the University of Kent?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I chose to study here because Kent\u2019s programme is well set-up and I get exemptions from the professional exams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the best thing about studying in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would say that the best thing about studying in the School is how welcoming our lecturers are. They are always ready to help. Everyone is just always willing to help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has been your favourite topic\/module on your course?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My favourite module on my course so far has been Survival Models and my favourite topic has been Graduation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What have you found most interesting on your course?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have found the fact that every module is connected to be really interesting. It\u2019s like a big picture with pieces that fit perfectly. My experience in Kent I would say has been amazing and very life changing. It has given me a deeper understanding of my programme and my career and I would say that I\u2019m a better student now than I use to be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you found the School to be supportive? If so, how has the School supported you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have found the School to be very supportive. Where I come from, things are really different in terms of teaching. Kent has very qualified staff who know exactly what they are teaching.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you sum up your course in three words?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Challenging and Interesting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Would you recommend studying at Kent?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would absolutely recommend studying at Kent.\u00a0 My kids will come here hopefully. I have experienced a great taught programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portia Abena Kubinson graduated from the International Master\u2019s MSc in Applied Actuarial Science at Kent in 2018 Why did you choose to study at the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/2025\/11\/14\/student-spotlight-portia-abena-kubinson-international-masters-msc-in-applied-actuarial-science\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83502,"featured_media":143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}