Study Professional Accounting at RMIT University

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VISUAL: Areeb Ovais, Bachelor of Business (Professional Accountancy) speaking to and smiling at the camera.

Areeb Ovais: Accountants are really diverse people. I think we have the biggest stereotype in business; we actually don’t sit in small rooms, you might have to sometimes. And we only don’t do tax, we actually do everything. We’re involved ...

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais sitting in an office boardroom speaking into a conference phone on the table.

Areeb Ovais: ... in every business in Australia.

VISUAL: Close-up of Areeb Ovais speaking into the conference phone in the boardroom.

Areeb Ovais: The fact is, with accounting ...

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais speaking to the camera.

Areeb Ovais: ... we have a broad range of clients that we can work on so we’re not siloed into the one profession and the one job. You can bounce between industry ...

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais speaking with an unidentified female work colleague standing by an office window.

Areeb Ovais: ... because the same accounting principles apply within BHP as they do as ...

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais speaking to the camera.

Areeb Ovais: ... a bank. I mean there might be some differences but they can ... you can educate yourself and get your head around it. So I think it’s the diversity in the profession and the chances ...

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais and the unidentified female work colleague walking down stairs in the office.

Areeb Ovais: ... you get, you get to ...

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais and the unidentified female work colleague sitting at a table in an office speaking together.

Areeb Ovais: ... travel a lot ...

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais speaking to the camera.

Areeb Ovais: ... ‘cause it’s kind of a global thing or they’re moving ...

VISUAL: Close-up of a business magazine, BOSS, being read by Areeb Ovais, camera pans up to show Areeb Ovais looking at it.

Areeb Ovais: ... towards globalisation. Well, I chose to study at RMIT ...

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais speaking to the camera.

Areeb Ovais: ... because it was in the city which was very convenient. Second reason, which is not really a reason but I enjoyed the buildings they had ...

VISUAL: Video looking up at orange?coloured timber staircase inside SwanstonAcademicBuilding and black and green squares on the ceiling. A male student and a female student are walking up the stairs.

Areeb Ovais: ... very quirky buildings. So you can never miss ...

VISUAL: Video of nine male and female students walking out of an RMIT building.

Areeb Ovais: ... an RMIT building.

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais speaking to the camera.

Areeb Ovais: I really like the new SwanstonAcademicBuilding, I think it’s ...

VISUAL: Video of front entrance to SwanstonAcademicBuilding (Building 80). People are gathered outside on the footpath and walking in and out the front doors.

Areeb Ovais: ... one of those buildings that really makes RMIT business ...

VISUAL: Video of a female and a male student sitting at their own desk with a computer screen on the desktop, they look at each other and smile. In the background is another female student sitting at another desk.

Areeb Ovais: ... stand out now. This new building ...

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais speaking to the camera.

Areeb Ovais: ... is just amazing; the technology that we have ...

VISUAL: Video of a student study zone in RMIT.

Areeb Ovais: ... because there’s often situations or ...

VISUAL: Video looking up at an ascending and a descending escalator, both beside each other, in the SwanstonAcademicBuilding. People are travelling up and down on them.

Areeb Ovais: ... times in your head you’d be like should I come in? And you’re just like ...

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais speaking to the camera.

Areeb Ovais: ... this new building’s amazing; I can actually get stuff done, there’s enough private study areas ...

VISUAL: Video of a student study area from a distance away, looking through glass and timber walls. Two people can be seen sitting at tables in the room.

Areeb Ovais: ... and it just really encourages ...

VISUAL: Video of another student study area from a distance away with orange bench seating, students are seated here working individually on their laptops.

Areeb Ovais: ... you to come in.

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais speaking to the camera.

Areeb Ovais: In five years’ time I see myself in a more managerial position coaching and guiding some of the younger accountants who hopefully are from RMIT ...

VISUAL: Video close?up of an information desk at RMIT. A sign which reads Accounting is on a bench in the foreground. In the background are two people standing at the information desk speaking to two other RMIT staff on the other side of the information desk.

Areeb Ovais: ... being someone who’s had a really rounded experience ...

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais speaking to the camera.

Areeb Ovais: ... in life, who’s been really fortunate and is going to try to do everything to continue my successes and ...

VISUAL: Areeb Ovais standing on the stairs in his office looking down at the camera and smiling.

Areeb Ovais: ... also make others successful and help them achieve their goals.

VISUAL: RMITUniversity logo and www.rmit.edu.au.

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