You get assigned a personal tutor on your first day, these are members of staff that you meet with regularly to discuss any personal, or academic problems. You also get a peer mentor in first year, who is a student from the year above who you can go to with questions, or for advice from a student’s perspective as they have recently been through the experience.

There are also many other support services, such as the Mathematics Learning Support Centre, where you can drop in with no appointment and receive help from academic with a topic that you may be struggling with.

I feel that Bioengineering lends itself to many opportunities as it’s a new and emerging field, so I am keeping an open mind as to what career options I might be interested in.  I am interested in the effects of space travel on the human body and my dream is to work in Bioengineering within the space industry. I also want to raise awareness for the subject of Bioengineering as I first heard about the subject at an open day and I wish I had heard about it sooner.