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Reimagining Fall Semester (Revisited)

With fall and a new semester right around the corner, we have tried to imagine what the next couple of months will look like for...

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How To Use Video For Student Recruitment

If video is not yet part of your higher ed student recruitment strategy yet, now is the time to get started! We share our tips and...

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A Quick Guide to Virtual Student Fairs

Virtual student fairs have become widely used to boost student recruitment during COVID-19, but will this popularity endure as...

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Higher Ed Influencers 2020: Who to Follow

Looking for thought leaders in higher education to follow on social media? Need some inspiration? Our selection of top higher...

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Best University Social Media Accounts 2020

To share some inspiration in times of uncertainity, we share five of our favourite university social media accounts from across the...

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MBA Student Recruitment: Post-COVID & Beyond

How business schools can pivot their recruitment activities to best mitigate the impact of the pandemic on this year’s MBA recruitment...

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Getting Started: Higher Ed Webinars & Virtual Events

Many universities are moving their information sessions, student fairs and campus tours towards an online format. We share our tips to...

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Profile of the Non-Traditional Learner

If you were asked what the typical university student looks like, what would you picture? In 2020, we look at how the typical student...

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The global expansion of online learning

With much of the world in lockdown due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, the uptake of online courses has surged. Will this popularity be a...

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Reimagining Fall Semester 2020

As coronavirus sweeps the world, universities in the northern hemisphere are preparing themselves for the new academic year semester...

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How Summer Schools Are Responding to COVID-19

How are universities adapting their summer programs in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and how program directors can use this time...

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Digital student recruitment in the time of coronavirus

We suggest useful alternatives to traditional student recruitment activities that will serve you now and after the coronavirus...

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How Universities Are Adapting Their Admissions in Response to COVID-19

Many universities have adapted their admissions strategy in response to COVID-19. We look at methods to help reduce the impact on...

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Higher Education News

Reimagining Fall Semester (Revisited)

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Colleges hoping for a normal Fall semester are having to reconsider their plans, as the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep across the...

Reimagining Fall Semester (Revisited)
How To Use Video For Student Recruitment

07.20.2020

How To Use Video For Student Recruitment

4 min read

Elise Hodge

Today’s prospective students live in an immersive world of video content, whether watching videos on YouTube, endlessly...

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A Quick Guide to Virtual Student Fairs

07.08.2020

A Quick Guide to Virtual Student Fairs

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Elise Hodge

Virtual student fairs have been around for many years, yet they have only recently emerged in the spotlight due to...

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Higher Ed Influencers 2020: Who to Follow

07.07.2020

Higher Ed Influencers 2020: Who to Follow

4 min read

Elise Hodge

The marketing and technology world is moving at an ever-changing pace. University and college marketers need to pay...

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Best University Social Media Accounts 2020

07.03.2020

Best University Social Media Accounts 2020

4 min read

Elise Hodge

If the first half of the year has reminded us of anything, it is that the nature of higher education is always...

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MBA Student Recruitment: Post-COVID & Beyond

06.17.2020

MBA Student Recruitment: Post-COVID & Beyond

6 min read

Elise Hodge

COVID-19 has completely transformed student recruitment overnight. When once universities would recruit new students...

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Getting Started: Higher Ed Webinars & Virtual Events

05.22.2020

Getting Started: Higher Ed Webinars & Virtual Events

5 min read

Elise Hodge

As a new academic year beckons, universities are working hard to ensure their admissions remain strong after an...

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Profile of the Non-Traditional Learner

05.16.2020

Profile of the Non-Traditional Learner

4 min read

Elise Hodge

If you were asked to describe what the typical "university student" looks like, you might picture a teenager fresh out...

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The global expansion of online learning

05.12.2020

The global expansion of online learning

5 min read

Elise Hodge

The world at the moment looks vastly different to the world we knew a couple of months ago. Where people were once free...

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Reimagining Fall Semester 2020

05.06.2020

Reimagining Fall Semester 2020

5 min read

Elise Hodge

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the world, the higher education sector has been busy making plans to...

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How Summer Schools Are Responding to COVID-19

05.04.2020

How Summer Schools Are Responding to COVID-19

4 min read

Elise Hodge

Now that the spring semester is well and truly online, universities and colleges in the northern hemisphere are looking...

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Digital student recruitment in the time of coronavirus

04.21.2020

Digital student recruitment in the time of coronavirus

4 min read

Elise Hodge

Image: Girts Ragelis / Shutterstock Alternatives to traditional student recruitment With the coronavirus moving the...

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04.17.2020

How Universities Are Adapting Their Admissions in Response to COVID-19

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Elise Hodge

Over the last couple of months, universities around the world have had to quickly innovate, moving their programs...

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