Ilyana is a current Japanese and History Studies student who is working toward teaching history to secondary school age students or to become a history lecturer surrounding the chosen speciality of modern warfare.
Caroline is a final year Korean Studies with Japanese student here in the School of East Asian Studies. Caroline fell in love with Sheffield at one of our Open Days and has felt supported and encouraged to her full potential from the day she started.
Lola particularly enjoys the variety of subjects she is able to study throughout her BA Chinese Studies and is looking forward to spending a year abroad immersed in Chinese language and culture.
Chinese Studies student Larisa is originally from Croatia but chose to come and study at Sheffield for her degree because of the School of East Asian Studies reputation and the fact that Sheffield is known to be a safe city.
Asmita Rai
BA Business Management and Korean Studies
Asmita was looking for a university which offered a fantastic academic and social experience . The reputation of Sheffield's Student Union was a key factor in her decision making.
Joel was drawn to Sheffield because of the School’s reputation for teaching East Asia along with our lecturers clear passion for the subject which was evident at open days
After discovering a love for Japanese music, Ashleigh wanted to learn more about Japanese culture and understand the language so she decided to turn her hobby into a degree.
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