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[Faces of Domuni] Alison Trémerie
5 october 2026
[Faces of Domuni] Alison Trémerie
At the age of 30, Alison lives in Brussels, Belgium, and works in IT within the Belgian public finance service. After interrupting her studies at the age of 21, she has now chosen to resume her university education with Domuni Universitas. Currently in the second year of a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Management, she is working towards a clearly defined objective: to train in health economics and health informatics, while balancing her studies, professional activity and personal life.
Resuming studies after several years of professional life
At the age of 18, Alison began studying medicine in Belgium. Three years later, for health reasons, she had to interrupt her university studies. She then entered the workforce and began working in IT, particularly in database management.
This first professional experience has continued to the present day. Alison now works in her country’s public finance service. Over the years, however, the idea of returning to university gradually took shape.
“I still feel that a bachelor’s degree would help me move forward in my career.”
Her project is also connected with a desire to bring together the different fields that have shaped her journey. She wants to create a dialogue between IT and healthcare, and discovered programmes in health economics and health informatics that particularly interested her. To gain access to the master’s degree she is considering, however, one step is necessary: obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Economics.
Finding a programme compatible with professional life
To resume her studies, Alison explored various possibilities. Some economics programmes are offered in the evenings, but she found their organisation difficult to reconcile with her professional activity. She did not want to devote several evenings a week, as well as Saturday mornings, to her studies. Other programmes were also available, but their cost represented a significant obstacle.
She therefore looked for a format that would allow her to continue her professional activity while gradually resuming her studies. It was during this search that she discovered Domuni.
“I found that Domuni had the right balance between flexibility, being able to work from home and reasonable prices.”
The university’s entirely asynchronous format is particularly well suited to her organisation. Alison works during the day and can also devote time to her studies in the evening. She also has some time available during her working hours that she can use for studying.
This flexibility allows her to organise her studies according to her own pace, with the possibility of progressing more quickly than the theoretical three-year schedule.
Learning through understanding
Beyond the practical organisation of her studies, Alison also appreciates the way of learning offered by Domuni Universitas.
For Alison, the assignments do not simply involve reproducing memorised knowledge. They encourage students to understand the subject matter, explore the concepts studied in greater depth and reflect on their application.
“We are asked to go further, to question how what we study can be applied in everyday life.”
This approach is particularly well suited to her way of learning. She appreciates being able to make the subjects her own, seek out information and develop her own line of reasoning.
Assignments therefore occupy an important place in her experience. Far from considering them merely as exercises required to validate courses, Alison even says that she enjoys completing them.
For her, the main contribution of this method therefore lies in understanding: genuinely understanding a subject makes it possible to go further and develop one’s own thinking.
Supported autonomy
Studying entirely at a distance requires a certain degree of autonomy. Alison particularly appreciates this independent dimension of academic work.
When completing an assignment, she can choose her subject, consult different sources and progress at her own pace. Accustomed to working from home and to remote communication, particularly through Teams, she has not encountered any particular difficulty in studying independently.
But autonomy does not mean isolation.
“Whenever I had a question, I always received an answer very quickly,”
she explains, referring to the administrative office as well as to professors and other students participating in the forums.
This availability allows her to maintain a structured framework while benefiting from the freedom inherent in distance learning.
When a subject of study becomes a genuine interest
Among the assignments that have marked her academic journey, Alison mentions one completed during her first year as part of the Economic and Social History course.
In particular, she had to reflect on the following question: is economic growth compatible or incompatible with ecology?
The subject particularly interested her, especially as she had recently read a book on the issue in her personal time. She therefore immersed herself in various sources and readings in order to develop her assignment.
“I really became passionate about doing this work.”
She even acknowledges that she exceeded the requested length by two pages, simply because she had enjoyed exploring the subject in greater depth. The professor’s positive feedback also contributed to the satisfaction she derived from the assignment.
This experience illustrates what she appreciates about her programme: the opportunity to start with an academic subject and then investigate, question and explore it beyond the strict framework of the course.
Knowledge that also finds its place in her professional work
Although the primary objective of her Bachelor’s degree remains to enable her to access a master’s programme in health economics, Alison is already noticing more immediate effects on her professional life.
Working within the Ministry of Finance, she has discovered a concrete interest in the economic concepts studied during her programme. Her studies have given her, in particular, a better understanding of issues relating to the management of a state, public services and their financing.
The Bachelor’s degree is therefore not merely a step towards future studies. The knowledge she acquires is gradually finding practical relevance in her current professional activity.
A programme that adapts to the different stages of life
For Alison, one of the main strengths of Domuni Universitas remains the possibility of organising her studies according to her own life circumstances. This flexibility becomes particularly concrete when she mentions a recent event: her wedding.
“I got married last week, and I wasn’t stressed because I could put my studies aside for a little while, take care of that, and then come back to them.”
The possibility of taking a break, resuming her studies afterwards and reorganising her work enables her to continue her education without having to set aside the other dimensions of her life.
It is precisely this freedom of organisation that she wishes to highlight to those who are also considering returning to education while working.
A new stage in an already rich journey
Today, Alison is continuing her Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Management with a clearly defined objective: to pursue a master’s degree in health economics and health informatics, bringing together two fields that have already shaped her journey: IT and healthcare.
But her experience at Domuni Universitas is already providing her with more than preparation for this next step. She is developing new knowledge, discovering tools that are useful in her work and, above all, rediscovering the pleasure of studying.
Her journey thus illustrates another way of approaching university studies: after several years of professional life, it is possible to resume a degree programme, gradually integrate it into one’s daily life and build one’s academic path according to one’s own circumstances and projects.
For Alison, curiosity also plays an essential role.
“If you are a little curious, I think there is a way to take a lot of pleasure in studying.”
Today, this curiosity accompanies her throughout her Bachelor’s degree and helps her move towards a new stage in her academic journey.