Nick Abraham

I did it to understand organisations and how they operate in all the different contexts, but also to improve the communication and understanding from within our communities. The government has been talking for years about closing the gap. The last time they talked about it, it’s gone the other way. A lot of our people have come up with solutions, but the system’s not listening. I want to understand that system, to rebuild our community. 
 

I like the block mode, it suits me. Back home, my work requirements are quite heavy. My family commitments and my voluntary commitments are quite heavy, so time management is difficult. The content is actually right up my alley in terms of what I want to understand, around the business management and the economic side of things – understanding the markets and the business analysis process. 
 

Throughout my life experience, because of a lack of education I’ve always been in labouring jobs. Over time, building up work rapport and experience I took on opportunities in other areas that led to further studies. This BBA gives me the skills to complement my life and work experience, to be able to understand the system better in the business world so that I can start to compete for positions.
 

I would highly recommend the BBA. Because of the colonisation process, they’ve denied us economic and political participation. And part of that economic participation is education. If we get the education we can get the economic and political participation, and the BBA can assist in that process.