Education & Academia

Even though I have no specialisation in this area, this is one of my primary concerns at the macro level, and I try to read and inform myself of the novelties in this area as much as I can. Moreover, I am surviving academia and have been studying for a long time now, so maybe something might be useful.

Quant Masters in the UK: comparing the top

A few days ago, I was talking with some friends of mine in the MSc in Mathematical Finance at the University of Warwick. Some of them were telling me how happy they were with the MSc, while others wondered whether they had made the right choice by selecting it or raised critical arguments about several aspects of this MSc and others. In any case, this inspired me to carry out an honest review and comparison of what I consider to be the top MSc programmes in the UK, according

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Study in the UK: inconveniences and other aspects

In the previous article, I tried to explain why studying in the UK can be a very powerful experience academically, professionally, and personally. My idea was not to sell the experience as perfect, but rather to organise the factors that usually make many people consider studying there: academic autonomy, professional opportunities, societies, international life, the university ecosystem, and the ambition that can be felt in many environments. But precisely because of that, I

Jul 512 min read

Studying in the UK: a schematic approach

This article is mainly aimed at people who are considering studying in the UK. Many people clearly “would like” to study in the UK, but they often wonder whether the high cost of such a decision will pay off, or they have doubts about what it is like compared with other options. Although I am not going to make a deep comparison between different options or between university systems themselves, I think that a somewhat more schematic view of what to expect can be helpful. I am

Jul 59 min read