Student profiles

Read the stories of our undergraduate students, and learn about their experiences on their work placements.

Student Life

John Atanasios (BSc Economics)

John Atanasios is an undergraduate student from Egypt. He is in the final year of his BSc Economics degree and plans to one day become a lecturer. After struggling to settle in during his first year, he is now loving his degree and learning a lot of key skills.

Read about my student experience

Xingyu Sun (BSc Economics)

Xingyu Sun is interested in the social implications of economic data. She appreciates the university's strong academic reputation and the city's lively atmosphere.

Read about my summer research project

Caitlin Donnellan (BSc Economics)

Caitlin is a BSc Economics student and the recipient of the Experience Sheffield Scholarship.

Read my student experience

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Valent Hartono (BSc Economics with Finance student)

Valent is part of the University's unique student-run Twikker Fund.

Exploring the world of investing through the Twikker Fund

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Moe Naing (BSc Economics with Finance student)

Moe chose his course to prepare for a career as a financial analyst.

The university is more culturally diverse than I ever imagined

Economics student Navya Krishak

Navya Krishak (BSc Economics with Finance)

Navya studied from her home in Bhopal, India during the pandemic, where she was working hard to become a top Investment Banker.

Working to improve financial literacy in young adults

Placement experiences

Emily Keen (BA Economics with Employment Experience)

Emily Keen completed her placement at the pharmaceutical company, Baxter, where she was allowed to witness surgery!

Read more about my eventful experience

Ed Brophy (BSc Economics with Employment Experience)

Ed completed his placement at Toyota GB, where he gained important business critical skills.

Find out more about my placement year

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Efua Mbiah (BSc Economics with Employment Experience)

Efua Mbiah completed her placement at the Department for Work and Pensions.

My placement year at the Department for Work and Pensions

Theo El-Maawiy (BA Economics with Employment Experience)

Theo El-Maawiy completed his placement at HM Treasury.

Working on economics in the real world

Mariana Lucia Montano Martinez (BA Economics with Employment Experience)

Mariana finished her placement at SMBC Japanese Bank in London.

My future career path

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Megan Gunter (BSc Economics and Mathematics with Employment Experience)

Megan did a placement year at the Department of Health and Social Care in Leeds.

Successful placement year

Dual students

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Laila Fadel (BA Economics and Politics Student)

Laila wanted to develop her interests in both fields and gain as much knowledge on both subjects as possible.

Pursuing both of my passions on a dual course

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Sanjana Dange (BA Business Management and Economics)

Sanjana moved to the UK as an international student, gaining new responsibilities and building mental strength.

Balancing my favourite subjects

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Cunsong Li (BSc Economics with Mathematics)

Cunsong Li found that his strong foundation in both Economics and Mathematics will be advantageous in his future career.

Preparing for my future career