{"id":1719,"date":"2021-07-23T10:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T09:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2021-10-28T16:19:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T15:19:05","slug":"meet-student-victoria-yeoh-bsc-actuarial-science-with-a-year-in-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/meet-student-victoria-yeoh-bsc-actuarial-science-with-a-year-in-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet student Victoria Yeoh \u2013 BSc Actuarial Science with a Year in Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Victoria 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 teaching standard is high and the campus is really beautiful.<\/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 new Sibson Building and Sibson Caf\u00e9!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has been your favourite topic\/module on your course?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models have been my favourite modules so far.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What have you found most interesting on your course?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All of the lectures are unique in their own way.<\/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! There\u2019s good support, especially when looking for placement jobs. The School really cares about our employability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think of the Sibson Building? What do you think the Building means for students within the School?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love the futuristic design and colour scheme. Go Green! The new lecture halls, study spaces and computers are fab! Sibson gives us a sense of belonging, and it is the perfect venue to meet like-minded people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you sum up your course in three words?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Challenging yet exciting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Would you recommend studying at Kent?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would definitely recommend studying at Kent!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about BSc (Hons) Actuarial Science here, including Year in Industry and Foundation Year options:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/undergraduate\/6\/actuarial-science-with-a-year-in-industry\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/undergraduate\/6\/actuarial-science-with-a-year-in-industry<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/meet-student-victoria-yeoh-bsc-actuarial-science-with-a-year-in-industry\/&amp;t=Meet student Victoria Yeoh \u2013 BSc Actuarial Science with a Year in Industry' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Meet student Victoria Yeoh \u2013 BSc Actuarial Science with a Year in Industry%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/meet-student-victoria-yeoh-bsc-actuarial-science-with-a-year-in-industry\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/meet-student-victoria-yeoh-bsc-actuarial-science-with-a-year-in-industry\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/meet-student-victoria-yeoh-bsc-actuarial-science-with-a-year-in-industry\/&amp;title=Meet student Victoria Yeoh \u2013 BSc Actuarial Science with a Year in Industry' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/meet-student-victoria-yeoh-bsc-actuarial-science-with-a-year-in-industry\/&amp;title=Meet student Victoria Yeoh \u2013 BSc Actuarial Science with a Year in Industry' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria 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\/smsasnews\/meet-student-victoria-yeoh-bsc-actuarial-science-with-a-year-in-industry\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55813,"featured_media":1720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54289],"tags":[182999],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1721,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions\/1721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}