Nathan Day, Asian Studies and Classical & Archaeological Studies I chose Kent because it was one of the few universities to offer Asian Studies with Classics and I think the option to do wild modules as well was really really attractive as well, so I could branch out from my subject areas if I wanted to. Of course, I was doing the compulsory modules but there was such a wide variety of modules to choose from and I thought that was really excellent in in comparison to some other universities. So I chose Asian Studies with Classics because it's two subjects that I'm really interested in and I think that even today those subject areas are quite understudied and the opportunity to compare those two modules at Kent is really quite fantastic, so I can go on to compare something with China with what you would traditionally call Western thought and I was just really interested in that subject area. A recent piece of work that I did was in my final year, last semester, I was comparing the Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, he also wrote the Zhuangzi and I was comparing him with Athenian philosopher Plato and I managed to find some quite incredible similarities and of course differences as well, which I never thought I could I could achieve and also find out. It's a completely different area than what I would have normally thought as well. Comparing two different philosophers from the same time period, roughly the same time period, but completely different area is quite fascinating. Facilities at Kent are really good to support my studies because the library is open 24/7 during term time, so I can go pretty much, I can go anytime I want and the online resources are excellent as well so I don't even have to go to the library I can just stay at home and do some research, it's really convenient. On my course, there's a variety of learning styles so alongside the seminars and lectures there's also presentations. I know presentations can sometimes be quite daunting for most people but I think it is a really important skill to be able to talk publicly in front of an audience and, like I said, it can be quite stressful but once you do it and you keep doing it you become, by third year, you're like this is great I can do any presentation and I can talk in front of an audience and I think my two years might even, maybe even three years including the year abroad, of doing presentations I was able to give a give a speech in front of about 50 or 60 people, which is a feat for me. I did a year abroad in Belgium. I went to Ghent university for the academic year. I really, really enjoyed it and I would advise everybody to do it if they have the opportunity to do so. I met so many different people and I still keep in contact with friends from Australia, Europe, Asia, pretty much every continent all around the world which is great. My advice that I would give to any student studying at Kent is put yourself out there, go to all your lectures and all your seminars, try and meet new people, join a society, try and make loads of friends. So, after I graduate I've already got an offer to study my Master's in journalism and this is also at Kent, so I'm really happy to start doing that in September.