Loughborough uni has so many great societies to join and many that you wouldn’t even think of - like the creative writing society or the medieval society. They have opportunities for casual, playfully competitive and properly competitive sport and amazing facilities which are free to book. They have a ton of computers to use which is useful to me since I don’t have my own. The campus is lovely to walk through and makes me feel very safe to walk around it at night. The downsides are it’s kinda a quiet town (though I like that) and the uni is about 30 minutes walk from town centre where the shops are. Student services can also be slow even though they are lovely once you actually meet them.

It has so many contact hours, especially during first year. They are very understanding to those who have neurodivergence or mental illness. The art department has so many facilities like a print workshop, jewellery workshop, woodwork, ceramic, metalwork, painting, and fabric workshop and some free materials. Some lecturers don’t spare your feelings on feedback but take that as you will. It’s in-class mostly with a few online modules in first year. It’s very easy to get a tutor’s advice

The wifi can be rough but that’s just eduroam and will be that way for every uni. It’s pretty loud sometimes and the accommodation itself can be quite old (in a sad way, not a beautiful way). The water needs to be filtered.

The facilities at Loughborough are unprecedented. The campus has such a friendly, welcoming feel making it a great place to study and live!

The lecturers are extremely knowledgeable but also friendly and happy to help. The lab facilities are amazing, so we get some great first hand experience in the labs

They were clean, spacious and felt very safe. Student allocation to halls wasn’t great with only 6 people per flat, and 2 of them being returners. This meant that there were only 4 freshers per flat, making it more difficult to socialise and make friends