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Brexit + Trump = Time for Turbo-Charged Alumni Relations

Feb 01, 2019
Investment in alumni relations is timelier and more important than ever before. It really can no longer be ‘just about fundraising’. Alumni can play a vital role in uniting divided communities and helping institutions flourish in these challenging times.

Case Study - Cancer Research UK, Case for Support Development

Jan 18, 2019
Case study for Cancer Research UK, Case for Support development

Winning the dash to the UCAS deadline (and the race to the summer)

Jan 14, 2019
The UCAS deadline provides an intense pressure point for marketing and admissions teams – and this year the stakes are high. Fewer 18-year-olds, intense competition, the Augar review, political uncertainty… The good news is that whilst there has to be a final dash towards the UCAS deadline, the race isn’t necessarily won or lost on that date.

Halpin announces latest addition to their growing team of experts

Jan 14, 2019
Halpin is delighted to announce the appointment of Rachel Killian as Senior Consultant.

Unconditional offers. How to discount your reputation.

Dec 12, 2018
The news from UCAS that over a third of students in England, Wales & Northern Ireland received an unconditional offer in the last cycle reminds us how many universities are scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Value for money in HE – denial is not an option

Nov 14, 2018
The recent report by the House of Commons Education Committee ‘Value for money in higher education’ offers vital insight into the prevailing winds in HE, and how the concept of value for money for students is going to shape universities over the coming years. So what is the report signalling, and what should universities be doing right now?

Part 2: One in 5 British Universities is slowly dying. These five steps might just save them.

Oct 05, 2018
Successful universities in the post-92 group have developed a strong sense of mission and identity. They realise that we are all living in a world which is very different to that of a decade ago. A world where at least in the short to medium term, supply exceeds demand. And a much more competitive world where only the fittest will survive.

Part 1: One in five British Universities is slowly dying. And it’s entirely reversible.

Sep 28, 2018
More than 20% of British Universities are slowly dying. They are post-92 institutions who have seen their recruitment numbers fall every year since 2011. And to read the Guardian and the Times Higher, you’d think this was due to factors beyond their control.