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At the time when I was looking for
universities, Warwick was the number one.

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And, didn't necessarily
try to pigeonhole me

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into a particular area, but it was one
that enabled me to kind of flourish

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and learn and grow and discover for myself
what it was I wanted to do.

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There's so much
from the University of Warwick

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that I still use every day
in my working world, basic people

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skills, learning to operate
in a political environment.

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But actually, I think the thing that
I've really taken from

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my degree is some of the critical
thinking skills that I've used.

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It was just so, so clearly the right
decision because it gave me the chance

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to really be free and explore
so many kind of things,

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it helped me to discover my interests,
I suppose.

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I think the opportunity to do a project

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and not a written dissertation,
gave me a chance to really create

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some kind of social impact,
instead of having a more academic journal,

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where people can interpret.

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Instead, I actually worked with communities
and and built a social impact that way.

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And through doing that dissertation,
I learned project management skill set,

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which is now kind of fed through into
pretty much everything I do in my career.

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Once you have Warwick in your bio,
people are already interested in you.

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So it’s just about,
how do you use the skills

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that you've learned on the course,
to now carve out,

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some kind of career for yourself?

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Learn the skills, gain
the network, and the rest will be history.

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Originally, I always thought I was going
to study at a London university.

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And when I came to visit the
University of Warwick campus and

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saw how the space was going to help me learn

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and how the space is going to help me
transition.

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I was sold.

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I loved the campus and I really couldn't
have imagined my time anywhere else.

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And now living in London,

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seeing students walking around the city,
I think it's not Warwick.

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It's not Warwick.

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For us, what Warwick did, was it

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enabled us to connect and collaborate
and understand what that really means.

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To someone thinking of studying my course,

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I would tell them to really make sure
that they love their subject.

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I think that's the most important thing.

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Don't study something because
you think it will get you a job.

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Study something because you feel
that you really want to live and breathe

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that for the next three four, five years,
and I think that's the first thing.

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And then don't second guess yourself.

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You know, it's you deserve to be here.

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If you want to be here,
apply. Go and have an amazing time.