Snowing in Birmingham!

Earlier from the starting of Term 2, it has been snowing in Birmingham! The Aston campus is ornamented with this snow. Students are enjoying the all white environment, while many of them are engaged with snow-fighting, where few are making snowman. Many students got busy with capturing photos using different views of Aston.

However, this beautiful weather disrupted the daily life of Birmingham residents. Roads are clogged with snow. All the schedules of buses and trains are failing. People are having enormous trouble with the adversity. Added more, two of our classes has been canceled due to the adverse weather condition. Though, these cancellations are not that bad for us as we don’t have to attend lectures in this chilling weather. A nice relaxing welcome break from studies!

Christmas Party with Friends!

After horrible exam experience, it's time to party! This time it's Christmas Party. All of us had a hard time during pre-exam weeks and eventually the exam week. 

We had Christmas party on December 7 in MSc Student Lounge thrown by MSc. Social. Everyone was waiting for the party and as expected most of my friends turned up in the party. There was everything to made the night wonderful. 

Foods, Drinks, Music, Dance made the night a lifetime experience for me.

I was surprised to see my respected teachers in the party! They had a good time with us out-of-class. Eventually the semester break starts with a nice party. 

MSc Social deserves a big thanks from core of heart for organizing such an event. Looking forward to have a wonderful break.

Break from Life!

Life has a all different meaning. Life is not about study, career, living. It's more that just objectives. This realization came to me during this break.

I started my journey to Aston on September. Since than everything went through with a routine for a better career, nothing related to enjoying life which is a gift.

The break from study gave me the opportunity to lead a sound life with happiness. It was great opportunity for me to travel, visit new places and enjoy. I'd been to London, Oxford in last couple of weeks. This trips made me feel good, actually delighted me. Moreover, I got the chance to observe Christmas with English community, it allowed me to gain new experience of English culture. The way they celebrate Christmas, which is absolutely different from what I experienced before.

Thanks to Aston for giving me this great opportunity to discover life and culture.

Exam Time!

Every topics of discussion is now towards one single ending, and that is EXAM. Final exam is approaching as the autumn 2012 is about to end. Students are preparing for all awaited Exams.

Each and every student is scared of the exams and everyone is discussing for prospective questions or question patterns. Though lecturers arranged all important revision sessions, which is extremely helpful but the amount of stuffs in each module confusing us like anything!

Aston designs curriculum in such a way that can foster student experience with studies. In-depth knowledge of the subject matter really deserves credit. Every module tried to cover every aspect of subject matter which will prove resourceful for our future.

Finally, I wish everyone have wonderful exams in coming weeks and obviously a Christmas break full of joy, celebrations and happiness. 

Birmingham is sparkling at Christmas

Christmas is knocking at door and Birmingham welcomes Christmas with grand “Chrismas Parade” taken place on Saturday, November the 11^th. I’m lucky enough to observe the eye-catching Parade. The most outstanding part or the parade was its spectacular traditional displays. It started with nativity scene float with Mary, Joseph and shepherds followed by the three wise men riding real camels!  They are joined by reindeer, elves and tap dancing turkeys as Father Christmas takes a break from his busy schedule to visit Birmingham and turn on the Christmas lights.

The city is now getting prepared for Christmas. All the roads are approaching towards City Centre. People are getting busy with shopping in weekends. This is causing severe traffic near city centre! Though, all these are part of Christmas and people are enjoying every bit of it.

I had the fortune to visit London last weekend, same goes there as well. The city is flooded with lights. Especially Piccadilly Circus, Victoria is ornamented like a newlywed bride! This Christmas hype makes me feel refreshed while having extreme pressures with exam time studies.

Its time for celebration and Birmingham won't let you disappoint. 

Stuck with studies in the middle of the term!

What can be so unpleasant is to write something out of study while standing in exactly the middle of first term at Aston! The program is not allowing me a single opportunity to look back where I had a fantastic start of life at Birmingham last month.

The program which I’m in is well designed that entails every student learning the course matters. All the modules are emphasizing more on practical implications or practices rather than stuck in theoretical understanding, which is good for us in a sense that we’re now about to enter in practice of all those theories that we previously learned.

However, I’m not exceedingly happy with the design of every module. Most of the modules are not offering any in-class tutorials or class tests which seems really worrying to me. A student can feel the pressure of study when they’re forced to exams. I personally studying hard but there is no scope of feedback for me during the whole term. The modules are focusing more on the final exams during week 10. So, what we’re looking at is week 10, forgetting the 9 weeks all important period where many of us may fail to cope with the materials! All of a sudden we may come up with nothing at the end of the term. And that’ll definitely be a nightmare. Though, it’s absolutely my personal understanding which might be wrong in a university level.

Towards the end of October, I've celebrated Eid-ul-Adha for the first time without parents! In this festive day, I started with Eid prayers. During the day, met with my friends, offered them delicious traditional foods and hangout till night. It was different yet memorable experience celebrating major festive out-of-home, without near and dear ones.

I’m horribly worried for the next month November where I’ll have all those posters, assignments, studies to complete. However, I’m pretty much sure everyone is enjoying the university life apart from studies. I’m obviously enjoying it.

The heat of pressure in freezing Birmingham!

The cool weather of Birmingham suddenly overshadowed with the immense pressure of studies since the start of the course. Aston welcomes me with load of studies which was expected! Every module is designed in such a way which requires a lot of study for a good result. 

Courses here are well-designed with up-to-date materials. What I liked the most in Aston is the Blackboard module where I can get well informed resources to prepare for the course. Blackboard module uploads all the relevant material on time which seems extremely helpful for me. It is the kind of system which can let everyone know the desired performance in courses. This enables us to be an informed student rather than lost in the middle of the road! The program is designed with a proper approach based on achieving goals at the end of the term.

What’s more I am amazed with is the crucial support from each and every course instructor. Their strong presence never let me feel insecure. The way they teach is even more striking. The delivery of lectures by them is fabulous. Their effort is always focusing on students, made students understand the topic they cover.

Aston Business School

The striking feature of Aston what I discovered is its career oriented events for students. I found “Aston University Careers and Employability Centre” exceptionally active with events and workshops starting from writing CV and cover letters, career interviews, meeting with global alumni. Aston making every effort towards employability as it is not only the study that should matter but the employability.

So far so good, thanks to Aston for starting a wonderful experience of studentship.