"When choosing which university to go to, it’s very important to take advantage of the Open Days. I'd been to a few but as soon as we pulled into the car park at Clifton campus I knew that NTU was the place for me!

"The thing that appealed to me when choosing this course was its strength on the Science side. At first, the Management aspect didn't hold that much appeal but I soon realised that combining these modules opens up many more career opportunities.

"All the teaching staff were fantastic and incredibly supportive. We spent plenty of time in the lab facilities with all the latest up-to-date pieces of equipment – something many other universities didn't seem to have. The projects we did were really practical; one involved a strategic analysis of a leisure facility for Gedling Borough Council and another saw us design and present a marketing plan to Nottingham Forest FC. I'm proud to say that my team got the highest mark for this."

Richard is now employed as a Senior Manager for Great Western Hotels.