BA Econ Society

The BA Econ Society is the biggest course society with over 1000 members, each year they hold a number of socials, a trip abroad, fundraising activities and career talks, appealing to all social sciences students. In previous years, the society was very focused on promoting careers in banking and finance. However, this year the society is aiming to showcase all the other sectors social sciences students could work in. The first of these specialised events takes place on the 15^th November, 5.30pm in Arthur Lewis Common Room. Current BA Econ students who did an internship over the summer will share their experiences, explain the benefits of internships, and how to secure a graduate job at the end. The speakers are:

John Shenton- PwC
Alex Siwek – Ernest and Young
Toch Eduputa – Shell
Jason – Local MP
Jessica Nightingale – Civil Service; Foreign Office
Rich Edwards – Caplor Energy

It may seem that this society is only of interest to BA Econ students, but this is not the case. They welcome anyone who might have an interest in what their talks have to offer, and it’s a great way to find out about alternative career options.

Recently the BA Econ society held a 5-a-side charity football tournament. The chosen charity was the road awareness charity Brake. I spoke to the External Relations Officer John Shenton, who explained why this charity is particularly special to the BA Econ society.

‘This charity has personal importance to our society because last year’s president Rob McCormick was killed in a road accident in Manchester. We held this tournament to raise money for a great charity and because of the fantastic support it offered Rob’s family after the accident. We will continue to raise money for them in the future. There were 16 teams that took part in the tournament and we managed to raise £300’

If you want to find out more on Brake and the amazing work they do then visit their website: http://www.brake.org.uk/

For more information on the BA Econ Society then visit their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/2202405416/?fref=ts

Or groupspaces –  groupspaces.com/baeconsociety

Or twitter @baeconsoc

Everyone is welcome, not just BA Econ students.