Ever since watching Top Gun as a young kid, I’ve had an obsession with aeroplanes and through school I developed a strong interest in maths, science and computing. Loughborough’s strong links to industry made it a very compelling option for me and, furthermore, its impressive facilities demonstrated the quality of the course.
All members of the department are approachable, helpful and knowledgeable. In addition to timetabled lectures and tutorial sessions, lecturers are happy to discuss queries in person or via email. The department and university work very hard to ensure that both technical and non-technical issues that students may have are addressed quickly and properly.
Flying on the Jetstream aircraft at Cranfield during flight test week was a phenomenal experience. It gave us an opportunity to gain a tangible feel for the aircraft performance concepts which we had learned. I’ve always felt that you gain a much deeper understanding of theory knowledge once you can visualise or imagine what is happening, and for me this was the pinnacle of that.
After my third year at University, I spent 12 months working for Rolls-Royce plc. as an intern. This was a massively valuable experience for me and the quality of Loughborough students and graduates before me, as well as its strong reputation certainly helped when applying for the role.