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I fell in love with like the greenness of the campus and the city itself is really, it's quite small
but it's really quaint and like there's a lot there.
In terms of Exeter itself, it's a really good place to study because it's a very quiet, small
city so you have lots of time to focus on your studies and I really enjoyed that.
I think I just enjoyed both the city plus the environment - the people, the place and the university.
There are lots of events and social activities
especially for students from abroad and it really gives a fantastic opportunity to mingle
with people you wouldn't otherwise meet in your department.
The equipment that we have at the university is pretty amazing; there's not a lot of universities,
particularly in the UK, that have got the resources that we have. Also there's a lot of investment
going in the university and I saw that there's a lot of potential for the university to get even better.
I chose Exeter on the basis of its academic excellence
and the fantastic atmosphere here, I just love working in this environment.
I came to Exeter after my undergraduate degree because I knew that they had a record of excellent
research in my field. The publications and the equipment here I knew to be better than
I'd get anywhere else. A research intensive university is a university
where all academic staff are actively engaged in research. At the last governmental assessment
of our research, 95% of staff at the University of Exeter were submitted.
We have fantastic support staff as well as academic staff and in addition to that we
have a fantastic research and development programme and this is one thing that Exeter
really stands out above other universities in the UK, in my opinion, so I've really benefitted from that.
There's lots of different courses for different
types of skills and I think they are very useful.
Careers and Employment Service is here to help students to find a suitable career after
graduation and give them all the support necessary whilst they're here to make them more employable
and postgrad students from Exeter are very well prepared for the world of work and do
very well when competing for jobs, both here in the UK and internationally.
The research that I'm undertaking is part of a Knowledge Transfer partnership
between the University of Exeter and Harmonic, who are a consultancy based up here in Somerset.
The idea behind it is to try and get academia to work with industry and businesses to apply
some of the research that's done within the universities.
From the experience in this KTP I would definitely consider another KTP and employing another
postgrad from Exeter. It's been a very positive experience for us.
I definitely think it's somewhere where I would come again to do my studies. Exeter
has a lot to recommend it in terms of the city and the uni has a lot to recommend it
in terms of the support they give postgraduate students.
I was short listed for the early career young woman physicist of the year award at the Institute
of Physics and that was on the basis of a report I wrote on my research, so I think that my
skills in Exeter have developed really well thanks to all the support and training that
I've received here. It's been quite a great experience because
I've learned a lot about British culture, about my own culture and I've made really good friends
from all over the globe.