 Economics at SOAS is about the big picture, but also it goes to the heart of the problems. SOAS is big enough to attract people from lots of different backgrounds, but it is also small enough that everyone is together. You're not just taught one point a few, and you're really, really taught to challenge the things that you learn and challenge the things that you read. I was able to really dive deep into economic theory across different perspectives and was taught from very early on in the course to question those perspectives and come up with potentially new ideas or different combinations of ideas. So I could really tailor my curriculum in a way that was quite unique. For instance, I was quite interested in the political economy, so I took a course on institutional economics, which was really interesting to get that institutional development perspective. When you do an economics course at SOAS you're exposed to SOAS weight, and I think that helps you later down the line in terms of critically analysing concepts and really understanding a diverse set of ideas. The access to teachers is quite strong here. I've built good relationships with quite a number of teachers and I've actually done some research-assistant work. I can remember vividly almost every single one of my teachers and what they taught me, so they really left a lasting impression on my career and my life. Not only were the professors specialised in specific countries and specific areas around the world, but also my peers came from such a range of different backgrounds, so I think there were ten of us on my course and we came from I think ten different countries between us. I work for the Greater London Authority who support the mayor at City Hall, so the mayor of London. I'm a senior policy officer in the housing team. I'm currently a knowledge management analyst at an international financial institution called the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. After my internship there I work for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in the civil service in the UK, so I think my experience at SOAS really helped me to shape my ideas about which path I wanted to go down within economics. The applicability of a regional focus of a programme really inspired me in my work beyond SOAS and I've actually continued to work with the University in providing policy research and providing investigation across these different regions. I'm now the head of the UK India Trade Policy at the Department for International Trade, so I think it's a really good example of how I've taken some of the ideas I took from SOAS in terms of international engagement, using economic analysis, and employing it in my day-to-day professional life. Right after graduation I went to Nairobi in Kenya for three months and I worked at a local university helping social entrepreneurs and I'm now working in the UK government as an economist and especially working on analysis around EU exit. I keep thinking now that I've left SOAS that it's definitely a home that I'll carry with me wherever I go but it also keeps on giving way beyond your studies and your time here. Every person who's attended this institution says they miss SOAS itself. It's not just I miss university, I miss all the economics that university gave me. It's I miss the SOAS economics course.