Though you might come to Heriot-Watt as an undergrad, the journey doesn’t have to stop there. Several of our undergrad and masters students go on to further study or research with the University, and even begin a career here!
Gordon Jack is currently working within the Pre-Sessional English Admissions team in SoSS. Indeed, he is no stranger to the university, having studied at undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD level here.
This is Petter, a Norwegian student in his 4th year of MA Business and Finance at Heriot-Watt University’s School of Social Sciences.
We spoke to Petter to find out what it’s like to be a Norwegian student in Scotland and he told us why he chose to do his Business and Finance degree in Edinburgh and why he thinks it’s easy to feel at home here.
Read on to learn more about Petter’s plans for the future and discover which Norwegian VIP has links to Heriot-Watt University.
Continue reading The Heriot-Watt and Norway Connection: Deeper than the North Sea
This #LoveWattYouDo post features yet another fantastic alumnus of the MSc in Interpreting and Translating Chinese to English – Rui Qiu; known as Rachel. Rachel outlines why living and learning in Scotland was the perfect choice for her and how being taught by world-class academics in a professional setting enabled her to gain successful employment in an interpreting role for a Chinese financial business.
1. What drove your decision to study a Masters degree in your subject? Did you have a specific end goal in mind?
I would like to dig deeper and get well-trained in the interpreting area. And I had a career in mind; I would like to be a professional interpreter.
2. What was it about Heriot-Watt and your programme that made you want to study here?
Edinburgh is a beautiful city and Scottish culture is charming.
3. Can you tell us about an element of the Programme that you’ve particularly enjoyed?
The Mini-conference; It was really interesting to have different language students to discuss and share ideas together, meanwhile, train our interpreting skills in a multilingual environment.
Continue reading Meet Rui Qiu – An Alumnus Student of Interpreting and Translating with Chinese MSc
