16 Jan 2020
Last January we tipped the trends to watch in 2019. As a new decade unfolds, we thought we should apply some 2020 hindsight to our predictions and see what topics came to the boil and which were merely a flash in the pan.
HE Thinking, Press and Announcements
08 Jan 2020
We've worked with the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) to publish new research about students' views on data security. Higher education institutions collect and hold huge amounts of data on students, whether for regulatory purposes or to…
16 Dec 2019
A new study reveals which UK university courses have the heaviest and lightest workloads, and how this affects students' perceptions of value for money. Study International News recently reported that Medicine, and subjects allied to Medicine,…
10 Dec 2019
If experience is the new status symbol, how should universities be using experiential marketing to boost their open day conversion? Experiential marketing is the buzzword of 2019. In an increasingly competitive world, marketers have become wise…
19 Sep 2019
As the dust settles on results day and Clearing, hopefully the phone is ringing a little less and your staff are catching their breath. For us, it’s one of our favourite times of the year because we finally get to see the communication strategies…
16 Jul 2019
In the past decade the number of 18-year olds has been in decline and over the same period, mature and part-time study numbers have also dropped. It's simple economics that fewer applicants, coupled with the decision to uncap student numbers in…
05 Mar 2019
What's the Gen Z perspective on Clearing? And how can universities ensure they're prepared? The recent Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and Squiz event on 'boosting student acquisition' saw our HE Associate Director, Andreanne, take to the…
16 Jan 2019
If you thought 2018 was an eventful year in Higher Education, it may prove to have been nothing more than a warm-up act. With review announcements, political upheavals, new qualifications and metrics, and students constantly in the headlines,…
26 Nov 2018
International students mean big business for Britain and its universities. The UK played host to 438,010 foreign under- and post-graduates in 2015-16, generating an estimated £25.8 billion for the country's economy.
