How are universities responding to enquiries from prospective 2012 undergraduates?
Report on a review of enquiry handling by 26 UK universities (mainly Russell/1994 group).
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Pricing in Higher Education
Evidence Consulting, working with pricing strategy consultants, Simon-Kucher and Partners, has produced a report on how English universities are preparing for the outcome of the Browne review of tuition fees. The research included interviews with senior managers in a cross-section of universities.
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Useful websites
HE Marketing practitioner and networking groups
Professional Marketing Associations
Higher Education Marketing practitioner and networking groups
CIM Higher Education Member Interest Group
Higher Education External Relations Association
CASE Europe (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education)
HE Comms - the Social Network for HE marketing and comms professionals
Professional Marketing Associations
Chartered Institute of Marketing - the professional association for marketers
Academy of Marketing - a Learned Society catering for the needs of marketing researchers, educators and professionals
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS)
Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) - HE thinktank
Office for Fair Access (OFFA) - approves and monitors universities' access agreements)
HE students, staff, graduates and finance statistics: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
UCAS Media Releases (latest application stats)
UUK annual survey of international fees
Fees in UK Universities and Colleges
- annual survey of International and Postgraduate tuition fees by Mike Reddin
'Distinct' is a HEFCE funded project led by Oxford Brookes University, in partnership with Bournemouth University and the University of Bradford. It is designed enable HEIs to become more adept at devising distinctive strategies which give clear direction and are engaging to staff, students and external stakeholders. The project website has a number of research reports and resources on this topic as well as a blog and LinkedIN group.
HEFCE, UUK's and HEPI's websites have many useful free reports to download as does the Institute of Fiscal Studies
*free newsletters/subscriptions
*Guardian Higher Ed Network - news and networking site for HE professionals
*The Chronicle of Higher Education - US equivalent of Times Higher
*Inside Higher Ed - North American HE news
Rankings
Times Higher World University rankings
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) - Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings
Financial Times Business School rankings
Unistats- official HE statistical information for students
Prospects Postgraduate - postgraduate course search database
FindaMasters - postgraduate course search database
Education UK - the official British Council website for international students
The Student Room - the main student networking site
Notgoingtouni - alternatives to HE
HE Careers Services Unit - produces research on graduate employment and careers
Futuretrack - a programme of the HE Careers Services Unit tracking the 2006 cohort of UCAS applicants for 5 years
Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR)
Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) - professional association for higher education careers practitioners
1994 Group
GuildHE
Million+ Group
Russell Group
University Alliance
Supporting Professionalism in Admissions (SPA)
Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency
UK Higher Education International UnitUK Council for Graduate Education
JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) - digital technologies for HE
Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE)
Society for Research into Higher Education