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Shaun Grimshaw is a firm believer in doing some preparation before embarking on your Masters.
“If I could offer two pieces of advice to people coming to study Economics, the first, particularly to those from other fields, would be read up on the basic ideas and key people in the field, as this will be a great help in the early part of the course. The second would be to remember to enjoy it – there’s a lot of work and the time goes by quickly, but it is rewarding when you can tie different strands of the course together into a coherent picture of a particular issue, and that should be savoured.
I have enjoyed my time immensely at the Business School. I chose to come here initially owing to the University’s growing reputation for excellence – both in teaching and in research – and also because the South West is such a wonderful part of the country to live in.
I have found the programme be very well structured, with the first term based on the key principles and techniques of Economics. These support each other well for further techniques and applied understanding in the second term. My two elected courses, in Experimental Economics and in Public Economics, have helped me with applying the basic elements of the course from the first term, to the areas of Economics I find most interesting.
It’s also been a great chance to interact with experts in Economics. This includes both internal staff, with whom we have been able to raise questions in lectures, classes and during office hours; and visiting academics, who have come here to give us presentations on the latest research. In particular, it has been fantastic to be able to hear experts describe their topics and to have that serve as the starting point for my own further studies.
During this year, I have decided that I want to continue down the academic path, and I have now been accepted onto a PhD programme at Exeter in Economics in the Tax Research Centre. The Masters has been instrumental for me in terms of helping me decide that I want to pursue a career in Economics and academia, and also in teaching me enough to progress with that choice.”
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