For me the best thing about being at the University of Leicester is the range of opportunities there is
to make a difference to students and the service we give to students.
You get to work with some really amazing people
so that’s my immediate team and that’s also working with these incredible world leading experts.
For me there’s always a sense here that you’re talking to people who are passionate about what they do
and want to do it really well.
Being proud of where you work is so important otherwise why do it.
For me the attraction of coming to the University of Leicester was the role I could take up,
here I can come and make a difference,
I can do something that will actually improve things for students and academic staff.
I’ve always had an interest in education and I’ve worked in schools but higher education was more appealing
because it has a wide range of professional services roles and opportunities for career progression.
To be honest I wasn’t looking for a job at Leicester or even within a University it was more as an IT person,
I was looking for an IT career.
When I started to look into working at Leicester University
and saw that they had a super computer for research purposes that really ticked a huge box for me.
I like the fact that its reputation was around teaching and student success as well as research
so there was that nice combination for me that this was a place where
something that has been very crucial in my career which is the fundamental link between research and teaching,
this was an academic community that took that seriously.
The campus is quite compact, quite a lot of universities have buildings spread across the city
or even multiple campuses, but we have this one campus that’s near the city.
I really love the campus, it’s really beautiful, there’s always something going on somewhere
but at the same time you can always find somewhere in the shade to just sit and chill out.
Also there is a lot of facilities in a small area which helps connecting people,
like the library, like the Sports Centre, like the many Restaurants and Café’s.
Leicester’s a huge multicultural city, it’s a fantastic place to live and also to work.
It’s a great place to bring up a family and just being able to bring them up in such a culturally diverse area
I think is something I’m quite pleased that they have that experience.
I personally live in a semi-rural area a few miles outside the city centre
and that’s only a 20 minute drive to be out amongst the hills and Bradgate Park where you have the wild deer,
so there’s a real rural side to the county which supplements the more cosmopolitan side of the city.
I’m a huge fan of Leicester it’s got all the benefits of living in London without the high house prices.
I never imaged that within a couple of years I would have gone from a fairly basic admin role
in the accommodation office to where I am now in a central marketing role that is really challenging.
I feel supported here personally and I’d like to think colleagues in my department
and across all departments feel that they work in a supported environment
because I think that’s incredibly important to our wellbeing.
It’s also creating a culture in which we take performance seriously, in which we take development seriously.
It’s also a culture in which we practically take on tasks around coaching and mentoring.
There is some kind of warmth in the atmosphere in this University which you can sense everywhere
and there is something spontaneous in the expression of this friendliness.
When you feel good about your environment you're able to achieve much more in everything that you do.
Pack your bags, come here you’ll love it.