There were plenty of student hotspots on campus which added to the overall atmosphere – the Students' Union often holds events and promotions which provided extra character to an already great venue. The west park of campus (home of the engineering schools) has been vastly improved with the addition of the new teaching hub/STEMLab which gave a new lease of life to that side of campus. The social atmosphere was something I really enjoyed, especially when living in halls. There was always something going on and you were always so close to your friends and places of interest.

It’s extremely hard to pick out one Loughborough moment that stands out as my favourite - I had so many of these with the friends I made along the way. The escape and evade event were one of the more memorable moments, where three of us teamed up to try and “escape” as far away from Loughborough as possible and come back within three days without using any money. Our team managed to get as far as Folkestone and back! I would never have expected to do something like it before university, but I had a great time throughout.

Josh graduated from Loughborough University in 2017.