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We know that you want to hear about BU from those who really matter – our current students! Please see below for profiles from our current students / graduates from India – we’ll let them do the rest of the talking!

Sherwin Coelho

MA Multimedia Journalism

I had always wanted to do my Masters abroad and Bournemouth's reputation for its media courses is a well-known fact not only in the UK but all over the world. I was sitting on offers from four different Universities before applying to Bournemouth. BU were adamant that I clear my IELTS, pass an interview and a test before securing admission. This made me feel like I had to earn my seat rather than win it off a lucky draw and made the experience and accomplishment even better. Unlike most of my peers, I did not apply through an education consultancy but applied directly to the University. Even though I did that, the procedure and information was clear and responses were prompt. The team did a great job of ensuring we were always up to speed with our admission process and well-informed of what we needed to do right till the very end.

Before coming to study here, I was working as a sports journalist, an instructional writer and a freelance writer at different time-frames. I needed to give my career a boost and figured I was at the right age to take the plunge.

The best thing about my course is the fact that we are taught how to work fluently between three mediums - TV, radio and web, which is imperative to know if you intend to become a journalist/freelancer in today's world. We are pushed to the limit in terms with dealing with pressure and deadlines - another aspect that sharpens us with time and rounds up our journalistic skills. My overall academic experience has been extremely positive and I am confident it will help me secure a job despite these challenging times.

For me, going abroad was never only all about the education. I got involved with Nerve (Student Unions magazine, radio and TV station) and have since published articles for Nerve magazine and been a regular presenter on Nerve radio since term one. I have socialised outside University as well building contacts with the local music scene which has helped me gain freelance work over the course of the year with various publications. There may not be money but getting free tickets to events and getting your bill paid for free food comes close enough.

The UK is a great place to live in. There's potential for so much more here but the fact that people have a life as opposed to working as slaves makes it one of the nicer cultures I know. There's loads of greenery, immense beauty and hardly any pollution. The weather takes some getting used to, but I guess that's why it always makes for a good topic of discussion.

I plan to work as journalist in the future. Before coming here, I was only sure of my online writing skills, but now I can confidently say that I can work in TV, radio, or multimedia with little or no training as the course and University has helped me add more handy skills to my repertoire. I would love to work in entertainment radio and stay back in the UK for as long as possible.