Author Archives: Jamie

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Football? Netball? Mini golf? Challenge The Student Room!

Education - June 6, 2011. Posted by Jamie

Do you play sports after work with your colleagues? If your company, university or agency have a sports team we’d love you to challenge us to a game! Read More »

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The Student Room now twice the size of all other major student sites combined

Student Room News - June 2, 2011. Posted by Jamie

In May 2011 The Student Room received 4.5 million unique users, this puts us head and shoulders above any other online student media. Read More »

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The Student Room contributes to Pearson’s Blue Sky thinking in HE

Education - May 24, 2011. Posted by Jamie

The Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning asked The Student Room’s Marketing Director Jamie O’Connell to contribute his ideas about the future of higher education for inclusion in a collection of essays entitled Blue Skies: New Thinkimg about the future of HE. Read More »

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Students call on universities to better equip them for work

Careers & Employment - May 23, 2011. Posted by Jamie

According to a CBI / National Union of Students (NUS) survey published this week, over half (57%) of students want universities to do more to help them understand employability skills, such as customer awareness, team working and self management. Read More »

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Apprenticeships on The Student Room

Careers & Employment - April 1, 2011. Posted by Jamie

With the rise in tuition fees and the government investing in alternatives, apprenticeships have become a hot topic on The Student Room.
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One in three 16-24 year olds in the UK claim to have experimented with ‘legal highs’

Student Lifestyle - December 31, 2010. Posted by Jamie

In Nov/Dec 2010 The Student Room conducted research into the use of legal highs, the findings suggest 32% of young people aged 16-24 have tried a ‘legal high’. Read More »

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The Student Room partners with MTV on online show ‘The Freshers’

Student Lifestyle, Student Room News - November 11, 2010. Posted by Jamie

The Student Room is pleased to be working with Tom Thurlow the brains and brawn behind the MTV web show ‘The Freshers’. Read More »

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The majority of students condemn the violence of the HE funding demonstration

Education, Student Room News - November 11, 2010. Posted by Jamie

The NUS organised demonstration against HE funding cuts and the proposed hike in tuition fees ended in violence on wednesday.
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The Student Room recognised as one of the most active communities by its inclusion in new XKCD map

Student Room News - October 6, 2010. Posted by Jamie

The Student Room is included in an updated map of active online communities which was published this week.
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How to work with online communities

Careers & Employment, Education, Student Lifestyle - September 30, 2010. Posted by Jamie

We were very pleased to have Steph Gray the former Head of Digital Engagement at BIS in our offices last month. He’s now written a great blog post advocating the benefits of working closely with large community sites like The Student Room.

His blog post can be read here:

http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2010/07/how-to-work-with-online-communities/

More detail to come in a later post.

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