*** APOLOGIES FOR ANY CROSS POSTING ***
Dear Colleague
Thursday 27th January 2011, London (the day after the London PG Fair)
Themes: What next for the Postgraduate Marketplace?
Issues and implications for PGT and PGR, AND New messages, approaches and
markets
(Please note that our forthcoming event in Manchester on 16th Nov is now
FULLY BOOKED - bookings are being taken for our January 2011 event only).
Recent government announcements about HE funding, and the increase in UG
fees, have enormous implications for the future of the PG marketplace in
the UK, both PGT and PGR. This Forum event is specifically intended for
administrators, marketers and academics, all of whom will be affected by
these changes and have a role in shaping their Universities' responses to
the changing PG marketplace. We'll be looking at long and short terms
issues for the PG marketplace, but also, as ever, what this means in
practical terms for the messages we send out, the approaches we make to
potential postgraduates, and to the changing marketplace.
Further details and a provisional programme are given below. As always, we
are offering a discount if you, or a colleague in your department, have
attended a previous event.
More information on the Forum, and an online booking form for this event
can be found at:
http://www.postgraduatestudentships.co.uk/providers_advertisers/postgraduate_marketing_forum
We look forward to seeing you at the event.
Best wishes
Jane
Jane Penrose
Director, PostgraduateStudentships.co.uk and MastersCompare.co.uk
EVENT DETAILS
In the morning session, we will be discussing the various implications of
the UG fees rise and the reduction/withdrawal of teaching money in some
subject areas for PGT, and possible impacts on the PGT and PGR markets, in
2011, 2015 and beyond, as well as Universities' possible responses. We
hope to have a speaker from UKCGE as part of this morning session -
details will be added to the programme when available. Issues covered will
include fees, funding, provision, the future of the market, and many more.
In the afternoon, we will be looking at how Universities can engage
practically with increasingly indebted and cash-strapped potential
postgraduates to ensure that there continues to be a viable postgraduate
market within the UK - looking at new markets, new approaches, and new
messages that Universities may wish to explore.
Provisional Programme - subject to change and confirmation
9.30 Registration and Coffee
10.00 Introductions
10.15 What next for the PG Marketplace - Issues and Implications for PGT
and PGR
11.30 Key Issues and Questions: small group discussion and structured
networking session
12.15 Plenary Discussion and group feedback
13.00 Lunch and informal/themed networking
13.45 Changing Messages, Approaches and Markets - keeping the PG market
alive in the UK
15.00 Group Discussion: what matters, What Works? - information sharing,
questions and networking
15.45 What Works? Highlights, Round-up and What Next?
16.00 Close
More information on the Forum, and an online booking form for this event
can be found at:
http://www.postgraduatestudentships.co.uk/providers_advertisers/postgraduate_marketing_forum
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