Dear student,
Congratulations on your recent results and well done on securing a place on our BSc Economics and BSc Economics with a Year in Industry programmes.
You will be introduced to an Academic Advisor when you arrive, but I am your Director of Studies and will get to know you better during our very first module and continue this through to your final year.
Starting university may seem like a big transition but we have many activities scheduled for Welcome Week, which will help you meet new friends and learn more about the programme.
A key event on the welcome week timetable is the Economics programme talk which will provide you with the opportunity to meet with myself and other students and ask any questions.
The University has lots of different clubs and societies you can join, including an Economics Society. I would encourage you to join once you are here as it is a great way to get to know other people from across the Economcis and Business Economics programmes. More information about our Guild of Students, home to societies, can be found at the bottom of this page.
Please make sure you regularly check your timetable and attend the events that have been scheduled for your programme.
I am really looking forward to exploring our subject together, and will see you when you arrive on campus.
Warm regards,
Dr Yigit Oezcelik
Recommended reading
As you prepare to begin your studies, it is a good idea to familiarise yourself with some of the core texts we will be using during your first year:
- “Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis” Author: Knut Sydsæter, Arne Strøm, Peter Hammond
- “The Economics Book” Author: Niall Kishtainy (2012) – *TIP use this book to prepare for your first lecture on module ECON128. See if you can find information on the ideas of Aristotle & Plato, Romans, Thomas Aquinas, The Medicis (money & banking) and Thomas Mun (Mercantilism)
- “Microeconomics and Behaviour” (2016), Authors: Frank R. H. and Cartwright E
- “The Practice of Statistics for Business and Economics (5th Edition)” Author: Moore, D; McCabe, G; Alwan, L; Craig, B (2020) OR “Introduction to the Practice of Statistics (10th Edition)” Author: Moore, D; McCabe, G; Craig, B (2021) – you can save money by buying earlier editions of these books.
The main difference is in the use of examples for each book, the business and economics version uses examples restricted to the subject, but the general edition uses examples from across science. This book is for Semester 2 so we advise you to wait until you arrive at University before purchasing as we may be able to get a deal with the publishers.
- “Macroeconomics” (5th Edition) (2020). Authors: N. Gregory Mankiw and Mark P. Taylor
Likewise to the above note, this is a semester 2 module text, so you have plenty of time to purchase it or borrow it from the library in the meantime.
As well as the core texts, you could also look at the following maths resources:
- Study Guidance - Studying Economics
- CORE Econ - Economics for a changing world (core-econ.org)
- Refresher Mathematics for Economics (economicsnetwork.ac.uk)
Welcome Week
Welcome week is Monday 16- Friday 20 September, your welcome week timetable can be viewed below.
Advice from recent graduate, Max Walters Economics, with a Year in Industry (2019- 2023)
Top three tips:
- My first piece of advice would be to join at least one society. Not only is it a great way to meet new people, but it's also a chance to bolster your CV with potential committee positions available in your second and third years which can be really useful to give you important experience in teamwork and communication!
- Secondly, it's very easy to fall behind on your studies in the first semester, after all, there's loads going on and university work sometimes tends to take a backseat, my advice is to make sure you stay on top of your work whilst maintaining a good social life.
- Lastly, I would advise learning to cook before arriving at university, rather than after! I have made this mistake myself and consumed too many frozen pizzas in my first few weeks.
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