I have been living locally for many years and had looked at MBA programmes before. At that time there was no local university, so the only option was to study remotely and follow a UK course. However, I was not keen about online learning; I think that face to face learning has many benefits. If the University had been in existence at that time, I would have enrolled there and then, however I had to put that idea on the shelf for a while.

Then last year, I was talking to my manager about how I was thinking about changing position and taking on more responsibilities. He was the one that actually brought up the idea of doing an MBA locally, and I immediately wanted to know more; I had no idea that there was an MBA programme at the University of Gibraltar. I had a look at the course and in the end, we both signed up together!

I don’t have a specific plan at the moment. I am gaining many skills from the course, and I am going to try to apply them in my workplace. Also, in my personal life, we have been learning about investment, how to trade in the stock market etc. and this was not something I knew much about before. Now I know how this works, I feel confident about investing some of my savings into the stock market. The way I am now managing my own finances is based on the financial knowledge that I have gained from the course.