Some of the exciting things on our course included the “Professional Development Project”, which gave students the chance to undertake an independent research project at Loughborough, universities around the world or in industry. This was a great opportunity to broaden your horizons and see the world whilst working towards your degree.
I won a UK wide competition run by the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine, which is a centre based at Loughborough University. Through this I was awarded a fully funded internship at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, USA. I spent the summer undertaking an independent research project and attending classes taught by some of the world’s leading stem cell scientists. This was an amazing opportunity which cemented my intention of pursuing a PhD post-graduation.