Please note: These events have now passed. Dates for Insight Day and Whatuni Student Choice Awards (the WUSCAs) 2025 will be announced shortly.
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Time | Session outline |
9:30-10:00 | Registration with refreshments and networking |
10:00-10:15 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Aaron Porter, IDP Connect |
10:15-11:00 | The results are in: how are UK universities driving an exceptional experience for students? |
| We will take a deep dive into the WUSCA 2024 review data regarding student experience and see how themes and perceptions are changing. |
| Camilla King, Director of Client Partnerships, UK, and Ingrida Daujoti, Account Director at IDP Connect |
11:00-11:45 | In Focus: Portfolio, Portfolio, Portfolio. |
| It’s the word on everyone's lips as universities set their size and shape strategies for the next few years. |
| How do you balance managing internal stakeholders whilst driving forward the subject changes that students expect? |
| A session with our expert data analysts looking at how to navigate all this to drive recruitment outcomes. |
| Amy Beckett, Data Analyst at IDP Connect and Jack Neenan, Deputy Director of Marketing, SOAS |
11:45-12:15 | Networking and refreshments break |
12:15-13:00 | The Power of the Student Voice. Creating Content That Connects |
| During this session, we will discuss what our research and data shows us in terms of prospects' content preferences (format, themes covered, and engagement levels). |
| We will showcase real life examples of student-generated content that has impacted prospects' decisions to start a conversation with an ambassador; share the questions and concerns that are coming up most frequently on the platform; and talk about how these insights can shape the newly launched IDP Community feature. |
| Ciara McNally, Head of Customer Success at TAP and Dan Noutch, Digital Marketing and Student Recruitment Manager at Norland College |
13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
14:00-14:45 | Gen Z: They know what they want and they aren’t afraid to tell us |
| An exclusive session on our longitudinal student research that IDP Connect undertook on the run-up to the UCAS deadline. |
| We’ll drill down into what matters most to prospective students when researching HE opportunities and also what matters to their parents. |
| Emma Bridge, Director of Marketing and Jon Montgomerie, Associate Head of Client Success at IDP Connect |
14:45-15:00 | Networking and refreshments break |
15:00-15:45 | Part 1: What is the value of Higher Education to students? |
| A Q&A session with IDP Connects student panel. |
| Understand the mindset of prospective students and how they define the value of Higher Education. What are their feelings towards the cost of going to university and the ultimate value. Are apprenticeships increasingly at the forefront of their minds and how educated are they about all things Higher Education? |
| Chair - Aaron Porter |
15:45-16:30 | Part 2: What is the value of Higher Education to key influencers and how could universities improve the perception and value of HE? |
| A Q&A session with IDP Connects parent and career advisors panel. |
| Unearth how key influencers are really thinking, if they still feel there is value in going to university and how they are supporting the next generation navigating university research |
| Chair - Aaron Porter |
16:30-16:45 | Closing |
| Aaron Porter, IDP Connect |
18:30-19:15 | Drinks reception |
18:30-19:15 | Drinks reception |
19:15-19:30 | Guests seated |
19:30-22:30 | Welcome, seated dinner and awards presentation |
22:30 | Post drinks reception & after party |
Timings may be subject to change
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