As I mentioned last Friday, one of the conferences I attended last week was Meeting Student Expectations – Academic progress, reputation and complaints. An extremely interesting conference with sessions on student satisfaction, improving student information, and communication and reputation. All of course very relevant to the Student Expectations of University JISC-funded project!

You can watch Janice Kay’s presentation (for free) on Policy Review TV: www.policyreview.tv/video/405/1967. Do listen out for her talking about the project (as well as pointing me out as the ‘woman in the cream suit’) at the 14:52 mark.

Gradually more and more people are hearing about the project at events like these, and as I continue to meet with ‘interested parties’ such as Universities UK, BrightsideUNIAID and Career Academies UK to mention the most recent contacts.

Please do get in touch if you are an ‘interested party’ or if you would like to input some content for the online resource, e.g.:

• what is it like to study at Poppleton University?
• how do people research university and course choices?
• what advice and guidance would you give to people considering higher education?
• how does your university communicate with potential applicants?
• what information do people need to make well-informed decisions?
• what should people expect of university?

The more input the better, shaping peoples’ expectations of university should be a collaborative exercise.