Despite a 10-year break from academia, Zimbabwean excels at law
Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:38:00 GMT
Top marks for Simbarashe Gomwe in his Master’s degree in commercial law
HE usually scored top marks at school in his native Zimbabwe, but then Simbarashe Gomwe (pictured below receiving his Chancellor's Prize from Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Christine Jarvis) turned away from education. When he did pick up the threads, he became an exceptionally successful law student at the University of Huddersfield.
Ultra-high marks mean that he is one of the 2015 winners of a Chancellor’s Prize, awarded to an elite body of students throughout the University. Simbarashe’s prize comes after the highly-successful completion of his Master’s degree in commercial law. He moved on to this directly after achieving First Class Honours in his Bachelor’s degree in Law and Business.
Now, his goal is to study for a Doctorate. Future career options include teaching and lecturing.
When he was aged 18, Simbarashe came to the UK to join his mother, who had married a Briton. Despite his good record at secondary school, he undertook a sequence of unskilled jobs, settling in Rochdale with his wife and young family. He eventually decided to boost his prospects by returning to education and gained a place at the University of Huddersfield.
He worked hard during his two degrees, but was confident of success.
“Even when I was young I used to get high marks at school. I then left education for 10 years, but I knew I had it in me,” said Simbarashe, now aged 34.
During his Master’s course, he completed a highly-successful dissertation on the law of agency, a subject that sparked his interest. When he moves on to a doctorate, he aims to research another aspect of commercial law.
“I certainly have no regrets about coming to university as a mature student. Most of the others on the course were a bit younger than me, but we got on very well.”
