Insight blog: Useful Resources

A collection of the most useful resources that we have found whilst stumbling round in internet space including links to some of our favourite sites and articles about the world of students and social media.

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What are we talking about when we talk about “community”?

Next week will be a rather special one for The Student Room. We’ll be officially opening our shiny new offices, introducing a raft of cool changes across our websites (watch this space!) and hosting a fantastic event to celebrate the power the ‘Big communities’ –  amongst other things, we’ll be hosting a panel event with some of the UK’s biggest online communities including Mumsnet and Doctors.net.uk to discuss what community means to them.

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The Student Room named in Google’s top 50 sites for growth in search results

The Student Room has been placed at number 11 in the top 50 winners list for site visibility in search results, alongside the likes of Wikipedia, BBC and Twitter who top the list. Read More »

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The Student Room opts for hybrid business model

The Student Room’s CEO, Chris Newson gives an interview to NMA about the direction of the world’s largest student community site Read More »

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Student Times reports on The Student Room’s acquisition of Get Revising

Founded in 2008 and 2002 respectively by Teacher Peter Langley, Get Revising and Connect Publications have grown to offer over 600,000 students support with their exam preparation. Students can create revision timetables and share academic word searches, revision notes and quizzes. Read More »

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The Student Room acquires Get Revising and Connect Publications

The Drum reports - Community website The Student Room has acquired Get Revising and Connect Publications. Read More »

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UK Uni Plans Campus in Cyprus

The first UK university campus in Cyprus is set to open in the autumn. The University Of Central Lancashire, UCLan, has announced it will open a new campus in Pyla, in the Larnaca district on the eastern side of the island, in October. Read More »

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The Student Room Confirms Higher Tuition Fees is Encouraging Students to Study Abroad

Following a survey of 1,252 students, undertaken by the world’s largest student site, The Student Room found 78% of students are more than happy to consider studying abroad. Read More »

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The Student Room submits response to UCAS Admissions Review Process on behalf of students

By the end of March 2012 UCAS will reveal the next steps of its Admissions Review Process that was published in October 2011. As the UK’s largest student site we provided a response on behalf of the millions of students that visit our site each month. Read More »

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The Student Room acquires Get Revising and Connect Publications

The Student Room, the UK’s largest student community website today announces the acquisition of Get Revising (www.getrevising.co.uk) and Connect Publications. The websites form part of TSR Learning, The Student Room’s new social learning division set up to support secondary and higher education students with their studies. Read More »

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Why higher fees mean savvier students

A survey of over 1,200 school and college-leavers conducted by UNITE (the UK’s leading developer and manager of student accommodation) for The Student Room Read More »