LSE Custom Programmes’ tailored course on International Financial Strategy and Corporate Finance saw the third cohort of 45 students from China arrive at LSE this summer. Selected for their academic and linguistic abilities, the students attended tailored lectures on capital structure, international financial strategy, monetary policy, financial capital and global regulation, with time for private study and research in the LSE library.
Jiao Ling explains why she came on the fortnight’s programme:
I am an English major student and I am very interested in entrepreneurship. I wanted some economics knowledge to help start my business. It’s a website to help students find a suitable job, but it’s been difficult to make money from it directly.
For many students, this was their first opportunity to experience the academic world beyond their home country. Two participants consider the differences between studying in the UK and in China:
At home the teachers tend to show us how to correct our work, but the LSE teachers tend to find the potential in our work and give us the opportunity to find the faults ourselves, so it’s very different from China. Also, when the teacher is asking us questions, I think the Chinese students are more shy than the foreign ones and may be silent! Mengting Zhu
I find the teaching at LSE traditional and quite like at home. The difference is that in China the teachers often ask us to answer questions, but not to raise them. Weijia Li
Meanwhile Yizhou E is enjoying the city:
I think London is a very exciting city compared with Shanghai, much more international. Every morning when we take the underground we meet people from all races, speaking different languages. There are a great many tourist attractions, which is the dream of many people. I am so glad and fortunate that I finally have the opportunity to come here and enjoy this beautiful city and to experience the scholarly heritage of the UK. Higher education here is very different from in China and we are immersing ourselves fully in this process.
Luo Shiran, speaking on her last day, hopes to be back at LSE soon:
I’ve been out in London every day, especially on Oxford Street! I like photography, so I found the view from the top of the London Eye fascinating. This programme was very organised, and all the staff were patient and considerate. I’m going to apply for an economics major at LSE next autumn, though it will be a challenge.
The programme has been organised with Suman Education International and is set to run again next summer.
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