There is such a variety of skills covered in the masters programme which means you are able to tailor the programme to some extent to how you want to develop as a practitioner. I would come with some ideas of how you want to develop through the course in order to utilise the opportunities available but also be open minded because you will come across so many new things that will interest you.
Loughborough has grown my love of different disciplines working together to tell story’s. It has equipped me in the practical skills I did not possess in arts management should I go back self-employed/set up a theatre company. And it gave me the skills to approach research in an open minded way. Overall it has refined skills and equipped me in others so that I can now confidently move forward in the next stage of my career.
The community of people (both lecturers and other course mates) made the experience fabulous. The best module memory will be my major project where all the skills I had learnt from the course came together in a creative way.
Since graduating, I have been successful in receiving funding support to do my PhD. My master's has also given me the practical skills to start set up a theatre company which is something I would love to do at some point.