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<blockquote data-quote="Anon08" data-source="post: 72374"><p>Thank you very much - that's very kind!</p><p></p><p>In all honesty, I haven't given commercial awareness much thought since accepting the TC offer. I've been very preoccupied with my academic work, and am trying to do my best for my final year!</p><p></p><p>Having said that, as part of my degree, I need to be reading, writing, and constructing arguments in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitch_notation" target="_blank">formal logic</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_form" target="_blank">standard/argument form</a>. The only reason I bring this up is because it is keeping my critical reasoning and argumentation skills really sharp (and developing them further, I suppose). Hence, when it comes to commercial affairs, I can quickly digest the salient points from the medium and construct an opinion on it/evaluate the argument. In a way, it means I don't have to read too much 'commercial-stuff' to get a pretty good idea of what's going on, and whether such goings-on are positive, negative, or logically invalid. Personally, I believe that honing my skills at this stage will be more beneficial than scouring the headlines or attempting to memorise knowledge of financial concepts because I'll have that all ahead of me at law school and my TC itself.</p><p></p><p>I know that this isn't much help to you and doesn't really answer your question, but I guess although I now don't actively seek out commercial awareness resources (other than flicking through the FT each day), I still manage to keep sharp via other means.</p><p></p><p>If you're looking for some other commercial awareness resources, I can recommend these, which I used when I was in full-swing, application-wise:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Trainee Test Podcast</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Business Matters Podcast</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FT Briefing Podcast</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bloomberg TV</li> </ul><p>I hope that helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anon08, post: 72374"] Thank you very much - that's very kind! In all honesty, I haven't given commercial awareness much thought since accepting the TC offer. I've been very preoccupied with my academic work, and am trying to do my best for my final year! Having said that, as part of my degree, I need to be reading, writing, and constructing arguments in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitch_notation']formal logic[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_form']standard/argument form[/URL]. The only reason I bring this up is because it is keeping my critical reasoning and argumentation skills really sharp (and developing them further, I suppose). Hence, when it comes to commercial affairs, I can quickly digest the salient points from the medium and construct an opinion on it/evaluate the argument. In a way, it means I don't have to read too much 'commercial-stuff' to get a pretty good idea of what's going on, and whether such goings-on are positive, negative, or logically invalid. Personally, I believe that honing my skills at this stage will be more beneficial than scouring the headlines or attempting to memorise knowledge of financial concepts because I'll have that all ahead of me at law school and my TC itself. I know that this isn't much help to you and doesn't really answer your question, but I guess although I now don't actively seek out commercial awareness resources (other than flicking through the FT each day), I still manage to keep sharp via other means. If you're looking for some other commercial awareness resources, I can recommend these, which I used when I was in full-swing, application-wise: [LIST] [*]The Trainee Test Podcast [*]Business Matters Podcast [*]FT Briefing Podcast [*]Bloomberg TV [/LIST] I hope that helps! [/QUOTE]
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