My Foundation year helped me get to grips with university life. As I took an unorthodox route to get to Loughborough, I was not sure what to expect but the Foundation team and the EA support I received really benefited me. One thing I had to learn fast was the importance of doing extra reading and work outside of lecture time. This short-term sacrifice was a benefit in the long term when exams and coursework deadlines arrived as it made me feel a lot more prepared. I also really enjoyed the focus group breakfast held by Anje Conradie where we got food while working on a Marketing coursework project.

The transition to the full International Business degree felt seamless. The modules I took during my Foundation year, particularly Business Finance, Macro & Micro Economics and Introduction to Marketing, provided me with a solid basis for Part A of the course and allowed me to get to grips with the content very easily.