Branding for Degree Presentations

Intro

Branding for Degree Presentations explores the key components of a successfully and strategically-written degree programme in order to improve university visibility.

What You'll Learn

• Best practice approaches to writing degree presentations

• Ways to capitalise on your university’s key points of difference

This course consists of the following three modules:

1. Writing Degree Presentations

2. Defining your Point of Differences

3. Naming your Programme

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

✓ Define a degree programme’s unique selling point (USP)

✓ Adapt degree programme names to be more distinctive and marketable

✓ Write clear and benefit-driven degree programme descriptions

✓ Write clear and benefit-driven module descriptions

Who It's For

University faculty, communications and marketing departments.

Get Prepared

This online course includes practical, interactive worksheets. We recommend you use a laptop or tablet if possible.

Course Expert(s)

David Miller in his own words:

In 2011, I joined the University of Exeter as Head of Marketing, and for the next five years I helped drive the Exeter brand up students’ consideration lists to the point where in 2016 when I left, 50% of AAA+ students included Exeter on their UCAS short-list.

One of the most enjoyable elements of my role was working with academics, refreshing low-recruiting programmes and launching entirely new programmes. From the BSc in Medical Sciences to BSc Business in the Cornwall Campus. From Natural Sciences to Liberal Arts. Not to mention bringing a marketing perspective to the entire Masters portfolio.

Most marketing people in universities are good at selling their current portfolio. But often they don’t have the time, or sometimes the skill-set, to help academics refresh their portfolios or develop and launch new programmes. This is why I set up Academic Programme Development. Partly because I love working with academics. Partly because developing differentiated programmes and university positioning is core to student recruitment. And so much cheaper than wasting millions on advertising campaigns.

My USP as an HE marketing man? I bring a private sector skill-set to higher education, with a clear focus on portfolio development and university positioning. Both require years of experience in proposition development.

Experience which you simply don’t get if you’ve only ever worked in the public sector.

I work with a range of other specialist talents, from data analysts to market researchers to university planners. Sometimes within universities, sometimes, without. Together our combined efforts relieve the pressure on academics, de-risk the programme development process and maximise the chances of success.