{"id":9690,"date":"2019-05-07T09:20:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T08:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=9690"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:22:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:22:16","slug":"my-experience-at-the-afeca-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2019\/05\/07\/my-experience-at-the-afeca-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"My experience at the AFECA conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>This is a guest blog by Marcus Imir, a BA (Hons) Accounting and Taxation graduate.<\/h3>\n<p>AFECA (Association deFormations Europeennesa la Compatibilite eta l\u2019Audit ) is a five-day conference, hosted with lots of universities across Europe. Each day is<br \/>\nunique, and themed on a\u00a0different area of finance.\u00a0The conference is hosted by a\u00a0different university each year \u2013 the\u00a0year I attended, it was held in\u00a0Kavala in Greece. Students are placed into random\u00a0groups each day with people from\u00a0different universities so one day\u00a0I could be with one person from\u00a0BU, another from Bulgaria and also\u00a0Germany. You work in those small\u00a0groups each day on a case study\u00a0with guidance from academics from\u00a0each uni there, and then present your\u00a0findings to the rest of the conference.\u00a0Every morning we\u2019d be given a brief\u00a0case study and background of what\u2019s\u00a0expected and then you work in your\u00a0team to research your ideas, using\u00a0the internet and discussing the best\u00a0approach within your teams. The\u00a0approach is very much like work\u00a0where there is no set in stone way to do it as long as you reach the end\u00a0goal together.\u00a0There were some language barriers\u00a0working in the mixed groups but the\u00a0majority did speak English. There<br \/>\nwere some phrases that not everyone\u00a0understood so we\u2019d get out our phones\u00a0and use Google Translate. It was\u00a0generally very easy to work around.<a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/files\/2019\/01\/Marcus-Imir.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9691 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/files\/2019\/01\/Marcus-Imir-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2019\/01\/Marcus-Imir-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2019\/01\/Marcus-Imir.jpg 556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe whole idea allowed me to see\u00a0what it is like working with people\u00a0from a completely different culture\u00a0and background. It especially helped\u00a0me now that I\u2019m working in tax, as a lot\u00a0of my clients are international clients\u00a0and I know how to communicate better\u00a0with people from other cultures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a guest blog by Marcus Imir, a BA (Hons) Accounting and Taxation graduate. AFECA (Association deFormations Europeennesa la Compatibilite eta l\u2019Audit ) is a five-day conference, hosted with lots of universities across Europe. 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