 Hi, my name's Harry Fisher and I've just completed studying an MSc in Development Economics at SOAS. I decided to study at SOAS because it's an incredibly prominent and renowned institution across the development community and internationally. I'd wanted to study at SOAS for a while and it really appealed because I wanted to experience studying economics from a different, less mainstream approach as I'd studied during my undergraduate degree. The course itself was incredibly broad and focused intensely on both econometrics, applied theory and practicalities of international development. I thoroughly enjoyed the breadth that eight modules could give me whilst tutors were attentive and combined lectures and seminars to deliver a fantastic and wide-ranging course. In terms of research, over the summer I was given the opportunity to spend three months writing a dissertation of 8,000 words. Working with my supervisor I gained incredible access to universities and government in South Africa where I studied automation and robotics in the mining industry. It was a brilliant research opportunity and I'm so grateful to SOAS and especially my dissertation supervisor for giving me wonderful links and showing me this incredible world through which I previously knew nothing. Having finished my studies at SOAS I'm going on to work at the OEI in Timor-Lest, something which I'm very excited to do and an opportunity I know could not have occurred had I not completed this MSc here. After that in a few years I've been offered a role with the Department for International Development in the UK and I'm very much looking forward to working with them long into the future. I would highly recommend SOAS to anyone looking to pursue development economics at an MSc level. I think the opportunity here and the range of views and opinions you'll experience is something you will not want to miss.