Leicester Ambassador

Yesterday, I finished my training and have become a fully qualified Leicester Student Ambassador!

It’s a highly competitive by casual role, great for balancing between studies and work. A few hundred applicants applied, where they were aiming to hire 70-80 Ambassadors. At first, we had to apply via an application form which gets graded, then had to attend a selection event at university. Before attending, it was very daunting, but my mum reminded me to just be myself, so I did!

The first training we received, we were placed in groups and given real life scenarios Ambassadors have come across in previous years. It was really interesting with regards to what questions and situations Ambassadors have been in before. We discussed how we would approach the situation in hand, and then we got told how it was actually handled.

The following week, we received Campus Tour Training. In groups of 6 or 7, we gave our group a mini tour, where each of us got given an area to talk about. I gave a small tour on the University of Leicester – as broad as it was, it encompassed the history of the buildings, the university’s awards, league tables, as well as an up to date overview of the ground breaking research that is occurring at Leicester today. Others in my group were given more specific topics like the Students Union, so I will definitely learned a few facts from the day that I will hopefully put into my own tours now that I am an Ambassador.

Yesterday was the last session, which was focused on Accommodation Tour Training. I really enjoyed going back to Oadby, and I certainly miss the social life of being a first year living in halls. Now that I’m living in private housing where I pay my own bills, it’s certainly different from the incredible amount of pastoral are you get when living in halls. I gave a small tour where I focused on the application process of the students halls. As I have lived in halls myself, I liked to the make the tour a little personal and brought in my own personal anecdotes of living in John Foster.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the training and am now prepared for my first shift!