Loughborough stood out to me because of its high rankings in both my field of study and student experience, and this was the balance I was looking to get at university.
My course was very well structured. We had a mixture of lectures, workshops and labs, which helped us develop not only our theoretical knowledge but also our practical skills. Each of these were beneficial to my learning.
All lectures were recorded, so in cases where I did not fully understand a lecture topic, I was able to replay the lecture as many times as I needed, to understand what was taught. Workshops were sessions where lecturers would give us exercises or questions to workout at our own pace. During these sessions, they would go round the room answering our questions or helping us if we got stuck and they provided an opportunity for 1-2-1 feedback. Labs allowed us to put all the theory we had learnt into practice, which sometimes is all you need to make a concept stick!