Malaysian Student Feedback

Subjects                    Grade
Chemistry                      A
Maths                            A
Physics                          A
Further Maths                 A

Thoughts about Ashbourne:
“My one and a half years at Ashbourne were probably the most enjoyable years of my education life at that point. Being a small college, I felt that it enabled strong individual interaction between teachers and students. Its relaxed timetable ensures you have sufficient time for other commitments unrelated to academics. The small-sized classes are the essential ingredient which had helped not only me, but for the most of us achieve what we had sought to achieve. My teachers were also the reason I managed to achieve what I had gone to Ashbourne for, which were excellent results. Indeed, we had forged close bonds with each other and every now and again when I sit in lectures and when the lecturer addresses 800 or more students, I think back on those times when I got the all-important individual attention from my teacher who actually knew me by my name! How I truly miss those days.

To be really honest, I did not look through the whole list of subjects offered at Ashbourne as I already had my mind set on the traditional subjects, i.e. the Sciences and Maths. But after having a peek at the website and the list of subjects, I have to admit, anyone wishing to enroll at Ashbourne can rest assured that whatever they wish to study will be offered in the college bundled with excellent quality of teaching, this being one of the college’s strongest points in conjunction with its small sized classes! As exams approach, the revision gets a lot more intense especially with the mocks, so there should be no reason for bad grades. I went into my exam hall extremely well prepared from all the teaching I had received towards the exams.

Kensington is just the perfect location for Ashbourne! I can’t imagine the college being anywhere else but Kensington. One will not run out of choices for lunch and I do regret not making full use of the shopping opportunities there. A Marks and Spencers round the corner right next to Whole Food’s Market. We tend to take things for granted, absence makes the heart grow fonder indeed. Hyde Park being right next to the college, a great place to enjoy the RARE snowfalls and a nice summer day out.

I have managed to keep in touch with some friends and have also built a much larger network in university. Life in university would have been really horrible without people to hang around with! Being the LSE, there are so many more Malaysians to mix with and it’s nice being around people you have things in common with. The transition to university didn’t prove much of a shock for me, the LSE is very traditional and we were supplied notes (bound in a book!!) and lecture slides off the website and some lectures are even recorded so should you miss anything, you can just watch the lecture off the internet. In some way we are spoonfed, but not as much as we were in Ashbourne. My class teachers and lecturers have fixed office hours during which you can visit them should any questions in our work arise unlike Ashbourne where the teachers are all ready and prepared to offer whatever help they can at anytime of the day so getting hold of a teacher is extremely easy. But whatever it is, I am still loving my time in LSE!

I love the UK so much I can’t bear thinking of going back to Malaysia to work. I am really praying hard that I can find a job in London and stay on in this country. I have always liked London very much and that has not changed at all. Leaving the UK would be leaving such great times (in college and in university) behind and that would be very hard. Life here is great, fullstop!

Would I recommend others to study in Ashbourne?

Definitely!