The university's facilities provided valuable opportunities to put our ideas into practice. The theatre spaces gave us room to rehearse, experiment with performance, and develop our storytelling techniques in a practical setting.

The computer labs and video editing software were also particularly useful, allowing us to develop our digital storytelling projects and turn our creative ideas into finished films.

Having access to these facilities made it much easier to explore different forms of storytelling and experiment with new ways of expressing our ideas.

During my studies, I had the opportunity to take part in a placement with Loughborough University's Storytelling Academy. Together with my classmates, I helped organise and deliver a three-day storytelling workshop at a local community café in Loughborough.

We were involved throughout the process, from the initial planning and promotion to preparing the activities and facilitating the workshops themselves. It was a wonderful opportunity to experience how storytelling could work beyond the classroom and bring people together in a real community setting.

The experience strengthened my skills in event planning, communication, teamwork, and workshop facilitation. More importantly, it reminded me why storytelling matters. Listening to members of the local community share their personal experiences was genuinely moving, and seeing how stories could create connections between people was one of the most rewarding parts of my studies.