Loughborough was the perfect location as it is in between Leicester and Nottingham, and it’s really easy to get to London. I loved practical electronics whilst doing my A levels, and Loughborough’s department had so many labs and great access to equipment when you wanted it. I ended up choosing Loughborough because of the campus. I loved that everything is all on one site; a brilliant student environment.

I thought the structure of my course was very well organised, I loved that you get a couple of years to find the areas that you enjoy and then in your third year you had 75 credits to choose the modules that you are interested in. 30 credits of that could even be from other departments – for example, I studied Spanish. You were thrown into 'real-life' situations and were encouraged to work in small groups as a team. The groups in third year consisted of both electrical engineers and systems engineers so we could work on different tasks that suit our abilities.

Also, I was a student representative for my course, meaning I was invited to meetings with members of the department and University staff to discuss student feedback and queries or problems. The staff always listened to what we had to say, and action was nearly always taken. This was great and I think student satisfaction is high because of this.

The teaching in the department was exceptional. I found the staff extremely approachable and were always willing to help. In your first year you are assigned a personal tutor which I found very useful, but all the staff take a genuine interest in your progress. Labs were frequent and interesting; we got to experience using a variety of equipment from the start of first year onwards.