{"id":149,"date":"2025-11-14T16:02:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/?p=149"},"modified":"2025-11-14T16:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:02:28","slug":"student-spotlight-lim-ke-xuan-brenda-bsc-actuarial-science-with-a-year-in-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/2025\/11\/14\/student-spotlight-lim-ke-xuan-brenda-bsc-actuarial-science-with-a-year-in-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight | Lim Ke Xuan Brenda &#8211; BSc Actuarial Science with a Year in Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Brenda shares her experiences studying BSc Actuarial Science with a Year in Industry at the University of Kent, Canterbury. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you choose to study at the University of Kent?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I chose to study at Kent because the Actuarial course and lecturers are excellent, the course offers exemptions from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and because it is a campus university.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the best thing about studying in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best thing about the School is the support given by the School. I also like that all of the lecturers come from the industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has been your favourite topic\/module on your course?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All of the actuarial modules!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What have you found most interesting on your course?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being taught by lecturers who were once working in the industry. I have a better understanding of how the modules I am learning now fits into the working world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you found the School to be supportive? If so, how has the School supported you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes! When I was on my placement year, the School made sure to check in on me and ensure I was settling in fine. I also got a lot of support while looking for a placement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you sum up your course in three words?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Engaging. Challenging. Stimulating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Would you recommend studying at Kent?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brenda shares her experiences studying BSc Actuarial Science with a Year in Industry at the University of Kent, Canterbury. Why did you choose to study &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/2025\/11\/14\/student-spotlight-lim-ke-xuan-brenda-bsc-actuarial-science-with-a-year-in-industry\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83502,"featured_media":150,"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\/149"}],"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=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/invicta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}