Tapiwa

When I first came, which was in my undergraduate year, we had lots of activities where you meet people, you go out, you have fun, there are a lot of sporting activities so in that way you almost forget that you’re in a new place and everything else takes over. Then three months down the line you realise you know, you’ve settled in and you don’t even notice!

Degree highlights

I’d say the highlight of my programme so far has been a current module I’m doing. There’s an essay we have to write on the role of law in developing economies, encouraging growth. Coming from Zimbabwe I know that there is a bit of an issue with the role of law and governments and growth, and it’s quite an interesting topic to research.

You grow on many different fronts here. It’s not a place that makes you stick your head in the books all day. Although we’re known for sport, we’re not training every single day, and the social life is quite good.

I’ve been here for a while now and I’ve noticed that my academic life has improved – I’ve grown – I’m now a master's level student, I play sports for my university and for my halls, and I have a lot of friends – a lot of lifelong friends which I’ll probably have for the rest of my life; so I think that’s my favourite thing about Loughborough.

Enhancing my career prospects

I’ve developed my employability at Loughborough by attending a few 'know-how courses' on how to improve your CV or tailor your CV to certain companies, as well as sessions teaching you how to improve your results at assessment centres.

Student life

As a postgraduate student the social life at Loughborough is pretty good I’d say. There’s a number of clubs to go out to that undergraduates go out every single night if they can, but as a postgrad you do go out less often, but there are a few restaurants and bars where you can go out for drinks so that’s what me and my course mates do after big exams or particularly hard weeks!

I also affiliated myself to John Phillips hall which is the postgraduate hall, and with that you get to play a lot of sports for them, meet a lot of people, get invited out to halls drinks, so you still feel like a big part of the University as opposed to staying off campus and doing your own thing.

Advice for potential applicants

The first thing I’d say to someone considering studying my course at Loughborough is you have to get ready for a master’s level course. My first semester I treated as an undergraduate course, and whilst the lectures can be similar, you are expected to do a lot more reading. I would say the first thing you should know if you are doing a master's level course is you have to hit the ground running.