My Life at Cass: Akansh Ganeriwala

From a first year to a final year Investment and Financial Risk Management (with Placement) student, my life at Cass has been a memorable journey of self-development, focused teaching and learning, and unbelievable practical exposure. From my perspective, this is why Cass is special and the reason why I would love to come back to Cass for postgraduate studies. It is simply the extra mile Cass has helped me go that distinguishes its quality from other reputed institutions for me.

Life at university was never only about lectures, exams and graduation; it was a step-wise learning process that provided me with exposure to business and entrepreneurship challenges, sporting societies and cultural clubs. Having been a student ambassador, Aim Higher associate, Squash captain, Cricket opening batsman, team-leader in the Social Enterprise Challenge and CIMA Global business challenge, and a team member in City Spark; I feel it’s appropriate for me to say that Cass has given me a lot more than just the knowledge about my degree. At the same time, the Investment and Financial Risk Management degree has given me tremendous insight to the three most important aspects of Finance: Corporate Finance and Investment Valuation, Portfolio Management and risk-return analysis, and Risk Management. The collation of these three areas via various ‘core’ and ‘elective’ modules has surely given me the theoretical knowledge of Finance. Furthermore, the examination structure where practical application of theoretical knowledge is tested with course-work ensured that I not only learned the subjects but understood them as well.

Besides the amazing experiences I was able to gain exposure to, Cass’ placement option allowed me to be amongst the handful students who got the opportunity to attain a placement at HSBC. This one year experience between the penultimate and final year of university surely added tremendous value to my character and professional development. 

Overall, I can only say that university life is one of the best experiences and Cass itself makes this experience even more worthwhile. For all prospective students, I would like to highlight that no one day at Cass will be the same ensuring your time at Cass is not at all monotonous. A typical day is tough to define but from my experience it involves lectures, group coursework, sports and extra-curricular team meetings for the business challenges I took part in. In any spare time, I have acted as a student ambassador and Aim Higher associate helping budding students understand their university decision-making correctly and accurately.

Finally, I would like to conclude with a heartfelt thank you to all the people at Cass who helped make my experience a lifetime memory.