Gavin Edgely - QUT

I really enjoy studying finance as a subject, as a major here at QUT because I get to see and understand better the way that the world works. I hear about stocks and bonds and everything that's going on in financial markets and all those boring bits at the back of the newspaper that no one ever reads, but once you're actually studying it and have a better understanding of it I really feel as though I'll be set once I get to business and kick start my career.

Anita Terhorst - Queensland Rail Network

I started at QR a year and a half ago as a commercial officer. I work in the freight systems department of QR Network. A lot of my work involves dealing with revenue in freight systems.

Professor Tim Robinson

So finance is a huge industry; it's growing year after year. It's had a bit of a set back with the global financial crisis but it's one of the industries that's got a great future. If people are interested in share markets, stock markets, international finance, those sorts of things. If they want to work in tall buildings in Eagle Street or Martin Place or New York or London then the finance degree's what they want to think about.

Peter Whelan

A key resource at the school is the securities dealing room. This dealing room, with its real time data, enables students to simulate a trading situation. It also enables them to get access to high quality data for uses in assignments and projects. This resource is very rare in an Australian context.

Anita Terhorst - Queensland Rail Network

I think what I enjoyed most studying at QUT was just the resources available. Lecturers were always keeping an eye out for the students. I actually had a lecturer come to me and goes 'oh I think you should apply for this ALCAM program' and I was like 'oh ok'. You know, they keep an eye out for you.

Gavin Edgely - QUT

It's particularly easy going to uni at QUT here at Gardens Point. Really centrally located right in the middle of the city, and probably the best thing about that is it's easy for me to go to work afterwards here in the city or even if you're going to go out with mates for a bite to eat up at Queens St or go shopping or anything like that. It's really a cool place to be.

Peter Whelan

The key features of the QUT course is the employability of graduates at the end of it. So whilst they learn a lot of material on the way through, a lot of that material is very practical and their employment prospects are excellent at the end of that time.

Anita Terhorst - Queensland Rail Network

A lot of times in lectures and tutorials they made sure that the examples they used, they were from real like examples so when I got out into the workforce I wasn't scared or worried - like a lot of graduates I find are - to know what I'm doing, getting there, and straight away I could apply what I'd learnt.

Gavin Edgely - QUT

I've had some particularly interesting finance lecturers within my degree. A few of the lectures that have really hit home to me have been the ones that have had stories practically applied to them. I really remember the course work and it's put in context for me. And when it's done like that I really feel as though I'm not just cramming for an exam, I'm learning as part of my degree so that I can apply it through my career and the rest of my life.