It's been brilliant, but also hard work and tiring at times. I have met some of the most amazing people and certainly made friends for life. I have also had the chance to gain vital work experience at professional sport organisations, as well as being able to start my own business. UCFB host an annual Sports Entrepreneur Competition and I actually won in 2017, receiving £5000 financial investment and also mentorship from UCFB's chairman, Brendan Flood. It has been excellent so far, I can't thank UCFB enough for these opportunities, hopefully more to come.

Enrichment and Employability is possibly the most unique aspect of UCFB, and is amazing for students who want to gain some form of experience in the sports industry. It seems like opportunities come our way on a daily basis, and if you have a problem with saying no to opportunities than you will surely find yourself busy with either working in the sports industry or studying at the Etihad/Wembley, the perfect combination for me and many alike! A point I really want to make to prospective students is that if you aren't willing to work hard and gain experience to enhance your c.v, then you may end up feeling as if you're at the wrong university? I've found that fellow students who haven't enjoyed their UCFB experience as much as myself are generally the ones who failed to volunteer and say yes to anything and everything possible. You have to be proactive.

My specific course is geared towards marketing in sports and football. Some of the content is slightly tweaked year on year which keeps us up to date with industry trends etc, thus giving us a competitive advantage over graduates from other Unis. But one aspect I was looking forward to was a particular module on Entrepreneurship in Sport, which was later changed to a more relevant module topic.

10

Excellent, such as inspiring campus location, to be able to study in a world class football stadium for your lectures could not be better. To those studying more practical courses such as P.E and Coaching, just to note, you will most likely be based at the Belle Vue complex. A few complaints have come about as for some reason or another coaching students believed their practical sessions would be based in the actual stadium? We primarily have access to lecture and seminar rooms, not the pitch itself.

Manchester is like London's little sibling; less busy, less expensive and (arguably) slightly more friendly. You will not feel out of place as a student, there are three other huge universities based in the city, and on nights out you will often bump into students from various backgrounds etc. There are also clubs catering for pretty much all the music tastes you can imagine.

I have always found there to be lots of supportive staff available in the time of need, whether its a big issue or not. Some of my tutors will often go the extra mile and conduct any postponed lectures over skype, for us to review at our convenience. With being based in a football stadium, home to Man City who now compete in the Champions League, everyone loses stadium access for a few days per season, and this is when lecturers will do their best to accommodate.

University has been very fun and also challenging at the same time, I am enjoying it but I feel I need to find that extra drive to really strive to be the best I can be. The University has been very welcoming and I don't feel uncomfortable at all in the environment. Sometimes I have questions about the usefulness of the sessions we have but overall I have no doubts that the University will help me and have the resources to allow me to accomplish my degree.

The University has many work placements avaliable and also has a future employment department working to ensure that students have a career lined up for them after they leave University.

I like the easy going atmosphere encouraged in the seminars which make tutors easily approachoable with any questions you may have. However, I sometimes feel that the tasks we are set in seminars do not really relate to helping us pass our assignment. For example, in my Business module I had to do an assignment on Business to Business buying and how it affects consumers, and in one seminar session a week before the deadline, we were tasked with creating a storyboard advert. Some seminar sessions are really helpful and I take a lot away from them, but other seminars I don't really feel like I gained anything from them. This can also be the same for lectures but to a much less significant standard depending on the lecturer.

8

The university's facilities are completely adequate and I have had no such issues with them so far in my course.

London has been very exciting and definitely a step up from living in a rural village in Herefordshire. The student accomodation is based 5 minutes away from the University with access to the London underground and plenty of supermarkets around the area making it very easy to live from day-to-day.

I have had not any experience with any personal support as I have had not required any, but the university has very approachable lectureres and tutors and I have had no issues with them so far.