MA Accounting and Finance

Nicolle Sinclair (2011), Talent Strategy Lead

When I was deciding which University to attend, being from a small village in the Central belt meant that both academia and sport were important to me. I knew I wanted to focus on my studies, but still have the sea and mountains to play in on my down time. It made perfect sense that Aberdeen was the right choice because they had a brilliant Business School as well as active clubs for snow sports and surfing.

The favourite part for me when I was at Aberdeen was the community of people. As a very active and sociable person, I loved staying in Hillhead halls where I met people from loads of different backgrounds. The lecturers were also brilliant. Having figured out in my 3rd year that I was moderately dyslexic, this could have knocked my confidence going into my dissertation year, however with support from the Business School I successfully completed my degree.

There were so many clubs and societies to join at the University. I was President of Aberdeen Snowsports club and also part of the Surf club. Every Tuesday and Thursday I attended a circuits class with other club members.

When I look back at my time at the University, there were so many great memories. I even had two favourite lecturers who I should mention, Mark Whittington, who was a massive support to me during the time when I found out that I was dyslexic and had to choose my dissertation topic. He was a very kind man who was very passionate about his field and his students. The second would have to be Harminder Battu for Economics (although his lectures in first year were at THE WORST TIMES – but he openly said that was on purpose). Harminder had a true passion for economics and a skill for bringing real life examples of current day business issues for students to engage with.