Why did you decide to study at Manchester Met University? What stood out to you?

I decided to study Human Resources Management at Manchester Metropolitan University in September 2018. The friendly, lively, and various opportunities for students’ academic wise and employability wise attracted me to apply to study at Manchester Metropolitan University. I liked the fact that the university provides students with a good range of facilities to build their career and professional skills which enables us to get into good jobs and pursue our dream goals.

Why did you choose to study this specific subject area?

I chose to study Human Resource Management because I enjoy meeting with new people and working alongside clients, colleagues, and senior HR management. I love working and helping people and want to do different things and meet different people every day and because in HR no day is the same as yesterday, I believe that HR is the career that can give me the opportunity to grow.

I believe that as a HR manager I will have the opportunity to influence innumerable aspects of an organisation, to assist in the development of its employees, and to play a part in influencing strategic business decisions.

What parts of your course have you enjoyed so far?

I have enjoyed learning about various concepts such as how to manage people, what challenges organisations face whilst working on an international scale and learning about new cultures. This has effectively enabled me to broaden my knowledge about how HR works in the real world and what challenges are faced when managing people such as: increase in  costs for the recruitment processes and providing training programmes to develop the employees performance. Another example is dealing with conflicts due to employees having problems working with people from other cultures. I have enjoyed doing PowerPoint presentations, writing research proposals which enhanced my capability to perform well in my assessments and I got a deeper understanding of how things work in the industry.

How did you find it integrating into university life? How have you balanced your workload and other commitments? What helped you to do this?

I found it a little challenging at the start because the academic standard was a little more different from college. However, through support and effective guidance from tutors I was able to settle in at University and write assessments to the academic standard. I don’t really have other workloads and commitments but University has taught me how to manage my time effectively and balance my workload for each assessment, through workshops provided, to help me further develop myself.

What do you feel your university experience has taught you so far? (This could relate to knowledge of your subject, practical skills or life skills etc)

The university experience has taught me how to write good academic essays to the best standard, and how to use Harvard referencing. It has taught me how to be more organised in terms of balancing my workload. It has developed my practical skills such as how to appropriately present myself and negotiate with employers during an interview when applying for a job.

What does a typical day as a student at Manchester Met look like?

A typical day experience as a student, before COVID-19, was 3 days of university which included 1-hour lectures from tutors and two-hours tutorials. During that time, we can utilise the university resources for further studying, spending time with friends or attending eployment events and workshops regarding academic or employability support. We had around 2 months to submit our assessments, whereas, during the Covid situation we have been placed in block teaching where we study one unit at a time worth 30 credits in each block or two 15 credit units. We have 2 hours online seminars with 3 hours online tutorials to support us with our learning and assessments for 3 days per week. The seventh week is the submission for our assessments.

In a sentence – why would you recommend students to come to Manchester Met?

Manchester Metropolitan University is a very good university as they thoroughly support students through developing their academic standard and enhancing their employability skills by providing lots of opportunities and workshops.