The Team
UCAS Media’s aim is to provide the best communication channels to students and their
influencers; delivering effective and efficient services to our clients in the higher
education, commercial and not-for-profit sectors.
At UCAS Media, we have eight teams responsible for the management of events; the
distribution of publications; the development of special projects; income generation
via the education and commercial sectors; the delivery of contracts and the development
and provision of accurate and effective data products and services for member institutions,
government and other agencies.
Commercial Sales
The Commercial Account Management team continually seeks to generate new business
and grow existing business from the commercial sectors, offering effective products
and services to reach those students who have applied to, or are currently at, university
or college.
High profile companies from the telecommunication, insurance, banking and travel
sectors with services explicitly targeted at the student market, use UCAS Media’s
direct marketing channels including mailings and email campaigns (core and segmented)
and online advertising sales to reach this audience.
For further information please contact Emerson Osmond on 01242 544808 or at
e.osmond@ucas.ac.uk.
Education Sales
The Education Account Management team works with education based sector clients,
ranging from universities and colleges to the National Blood Service, to enable
them to reach students aged between 16 to 18 years of age.
Utilising the strong account management culture within with the Education team,
it is their responsibility to clients to offer solution-based services, with primary
responsibility for such marketing opportunities as Pre-Applicant Data, advertising
and sponsorship, mobularisation of prospectuses and, in co-ordination with the Data
Insight Team, the delivery of data-based solutions.
For further information please contact Debbie Scott on 01242 544856 or at
d.scott@ucas.ac.uk.
Events
A team of highly-experienced event management professionals, UCAS Media Events specialise
in organising and producing higher education events.
Managing a network of higher education fairs and a programme of conferences across
the UK on behalf of UCAS and other organisations within the higher education sector,
including the Department for Education and Skills, UCAS Media’s extensive portfolio
of events for students, advisers and institutions continues to go from strength
to strength.
As a key player in the marketplace, these events offer a direct marketing channel
to enable organisations to talk to students and their key influencers in schools,
colleges and higher education.
For further information please contact Phil Ross on 01242 544805 or at
p.ross@ucas.ac.uk.
Publication Services
Information and advice for students, their parents and advisers is paramount before,
during and after entering higher education. The Publication Services team aims to
provide this information with an increasing portfolio of over 70 highly regarded
free and priced publications. These publications cover all aspects of entry into
higher education, offering guidance and advice to students to assist their decisions
about careers; which courses to study and where; entry requirements; the UCAS application
process; student life; student finance and taking a year out.
Purchasers include establishments such as schools and colleges, higher education
institutions, careers centres, library services, book retailers and distributors,
and also individual students and parents, covering a range of issues including student
finance, choosing the right course and career opportunities.
Books can be ordered online through our
online bookstore or directly from the sales team on 01242 544610.
For sales enquiries, or if you have a publication you think we may be interested
in adding to our portfolio of education-related titles, please contact Steve Matthews
on 01242 544611 or at s.matthews@ucas.ac.uk.
Or for trade enquiries and discounts, please contact Soňa Waddy on 01242 544889
or at s.waddy@ucas.ac.uk.
Data Insight
The Data Insight team is responsible for delivering data-based solutions for Higher
Education clients to assist with their marketing initiatives. These solutions could
be anything from course planning to applicant conversion; monitoring applications
to understanding market share and are delivered in user-friendly outputs to meet
client requirements.
The Data Insight team brings together a team with a range of specialist skills and
experience gained in both a Higher Education and a commercial environment and works
closely with other teams in UCAS Media and UCAS to ensure that their services complement
and build on what is already available from UCAS.
For further information please contact Alyson Walsh on 01242 544907 or by email
a.walsh@ucas.ac.uk.
Special Projects
The Special Projects Team delivers a range of initiatives for students, parents,
advisers and staff with the aim of providing valuable information and support, whilst
also offering key marketing opportunities for third-party organisations.
Two major initiatives are UCAS Card and the 'yougo' student website. The UCAS Card
project provides help and support to year 12 students and their advisers throughout
the application process and also enables third-party organisations with a channel
to reach this audience group. The 'yougo' student website is a dedicated website
for students from application to graduation, providing a unique point of view on
student life, compelling commercial offers, advice, discussion, opportunities to
publish and share thinking, ideas and work, and help for students to get on in their
lives and careers.
For further information please contact Lisa Feege on 01242 544971 or by email l.feege@ucas.ac.uk.
Information Services
The UCAS Media Information Services team is one of this country’s leading specialists
in the collection and supply of education course and institutional data. It also
sells and markets its own education guidance product Course Discover.
Expert in the collection, management, manipulation and supply of high quality course-related
information for external customers, Information Services works with a number of
commercial and non-commercial clients on a regular basis, as well as undertaking
individual projects for a diverse range of organisations. Clients can draw on the
wealth of Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Post-16, Further Education and Lifelong Learning
course information the team maintains, or commission the collection of bespoke data.
The data provided is typically used for research, and to underpin both publications
and websites.
Amongst its clients, the team works with Hotcourses to provide course data to the
National Learning Directory, a database that supplies the two national Learndirect
Helplines and the Learndirect website family (www.learndirect.co.uk,
www.hotcourses.com and www.educationuk.org)
and over 70 regional portals.
For further information please contact Anne-Marie Dabrowska on 01242 545729 or email
a.dabrowska@ucas.ac.uk.
Business Development
Alongside the range of communication channels offered, UCAS Media also works collaboratively
with a number of partner organisations on products and services relevant to UCAS’
key audiences.
If you wish to explore opportunities for working with UCAS Media, please contact
Anne-Marie Dabrowska on 01242 544872 or by email
a.dabrowska@ucas.ac.uk.