Student Success Academy
Access a range of personalised opportunities and programmes designed to help you reach your full potential.
With a focus on skills development across all stages of the student journey, the Student Success Academy puts the spotlight on key transitions including coming to university, moving into and out of your placement experience, stepping up to final year and becoming a graduate.
Tailored to you
The Student Success Academy focuses on helping you develop skills at each stage of your student journey. You will have support through key transitions such as starting university, going on placement, entering your final year and preparing to become a graduate.
We listen to your experiences and help you overcome barriers so you can achieve your own version of success - whether academic, personal or career specific.
Get Ahead Together
We know that starting university can feel overwhelming, so we’ve created a group peer mentoring programme to help you settle in, meet new people, and find a support network right away.
Get Ahead Together offers four interactive group mentoring sessions in Semester One of your first year.
Topics include:
- Step into Study at Loughborough
- Managing Money
- Finding a Job
- Confidence and Handling Challenges
Academic Success Coaching
Our Academic Success Coaches offer exclusive 1:1 coaching, group coaching, workshops, and resources to support you at Loughborough University.
The team will help you identify and use your strengths, build confidence, improve your academic performance, and develop key skills for your studies.
Belonging, Diversity and Inclusion
We believe in the value of Belonging, Diversity and Inclusion and we are committed to promoting these values in all areas of our work.
Black and Asian Talent
Through Positive Action initiatives, like the Future Talent Programme, we provide our Black and Asian students with valuable work experience. This programme is designed to enhance career prospects and build confidence by connecting students with placements, internships and employers who are interested in hiring diverse talent.
Our programmes provide a safe and supportive space to help your personal growth and to help you reach your career goals.
Activities on the programmes include:
- Peer mentoring - to help you to secure a placement.
- Alumni Mentoring - for you to develop your skills and personal growth, e.g. through goalsetting and accountability.
- Talent Match Micro-internships - to add valuable work experience to your CV.
- Exclusive employer challenges – to experience typical activities involved in certain roles / sectors (great practice for Mock Assessment Centres!)
- Guest speakers – to access role models and people in industries with shared lived experiences.
- Dedicated sessions with employers – to gain exposure and network with employers.
Talent Match Internships
The Student Success Academy supports Talent Match. This is our paid internship scheme that provides two types of valuable work experience with SMEs and start-ups during your time at university.
Micro-Internships (for first and second year students)
Our flexible micro-internships or project-based opportunities give you up to 50 hours of paid work experience. These projects are flexible, so you can fit them around your studies and other commitments.
Finalist and Graduate Internships
Our Finalist and Graduate internships give you the chance to gain professional work experience before you graduate. On this paid internship you would work on a flexible, graduate level project. Taking around 100 hours, it can be spread out over a few weeks to fit your schedule.
Summer Internships
Students at any year level and recent graduates can get paid professional work experience over the summer. For about eight weeks, you would work on a project within a University Department.