I chose to study at Loughborough because of the University’s world-renowned excellence in sports-related courses. The course itself also gave me the opportunity to explore many different branches of sports science, allowing me to determine which I was most interested in. Combined with the University’s exceptional sporting and research facilities, I felt confident in choosing Loughborough to begin my sports science career.

I elected to take a placement year as I wanted to experience working in real-life sporting situations as well as developing my knowledge and practical skills in a professional setting. I am currently on my placement year working with the Loughborough Hockey men’s and women’s performance programmes as a performance analyst.

I feel fortunate to have had the chance to go on placement, especially with Loughborough Sport and its many elite sports programmes. Not only has it given me a sense of what working in the industry is like, but I have now had chances to learn new sets of skills through performance analysis and to network with prominent sporting figures.