From dairy farmer to first-class furniture maker
A former farmer turned furniture maker has graduated with first-class honours after coming to Staffordshire University through Clearing.Phillippa Bourne, 29 from Loggerheads, worked as a florist and a farmer before ‘taking the plunge’ to study woodwork at Staffordshire University. After applying through Clearing, Phillippa joined the 3D Designer Maker course just two weeks before it started. She explained: “It was really easy…it was all online, I never even came to the University, I didn’t even come for a tour. The course