eBooks
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Student wellbeing in higher education
- let's face the facts
Here we explore the impact student wellbeing is having on student retention and university teams. We have looked into some shocking numbers and identified how we can come together to prevent the situation from getting worse.
Your Student Experience Guide
There are simple things your team can be doing to enhance the student experience from their initial website visit, through to departure. This guide will share tips and tricks for each stage of the student journey.
A One-Stop-Shop experience
A one-stop-shop service is where your customers have one contact on campus for everything they need. Find out more about the elements of a one-stop-shop service in this ebook.
The Ultimate Summer Guide
During one of the busiest times of the year, it's important you're prepared and ready to get into action! Check out The Ultimate Summer Guide for tips and tricks on how to achieve your best summer yet.
One simple task every conference team should be doing to increase revenue
Offering new services, or raising rates tend to be the most common way of increasing revenue. However, there is one additional activity that can also help increase revenue - enquiry tracking.
The impact that conferencing teams have on student enrolment
With student enrollment figures continuing to decrease, we explore how conferencing teams can take this as an opportunity to generate toward a greater enrolment pipeline.
Integrations between Kx and financial systems
It's important that all your applications integrate with your finance systems. Find out why it's so important and explore the variety of financial systems that our software integrates with.
Maximising space utilization with classroom integrations
Tracking space availability in a university can be challenging due to the communication between conferencing and academic departments. Here we explore how integrations can solve this!
Introducing Kx Integrations with other systems
Your Kx systems could be linked to other systems your university uses. Software integration will help you and your team achieve more. Find out more about Kx integrations.
The Parliamentary Review Magazine - Highlighting Best Practice
The Parliamentary Review is an indispensable guide to industry best practices, which demonstrates how sector leaders have responded to challenges in the political and economic environment.
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Small changes = big impact!
There are so many things that contribute to a positive student experience. The obvious would be plenty of social activities, great facilities, an unforgettable Freshers’ Week, exceptional accommodation and not to mention the academic side! Although this list requires a lot of resources and time to deliver from all teams, there are also many small…
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4 challenges that university teams struggle with
The increase in mental health conditions being disclosed is reflected in the number of students withdrawing from university. As the student mental health crisis gets worse, there is more pressure on university teams to monitor the student’s wellbeing and support them as much as possible. However, up until now, university teams have experienced many challenges…
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How much impact does the conferencing department have?
The impact a conferencing team has on student enrolment cannot be understated! The department isn’t just about delivering outstanding events. They play a large role in not only helping to fund the academic programme but also introducing potential new students, their family, their friends and other influencers to the institution.
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Automated vs. manual data entry
Manually entering data into business systems can be a very time-consuming and labor-intensive process. Not only this, but it increases the risk of incorrect or duplicated information being entered, meaning the system is not reliable. Let’s explore some of the reasons why manual data entry should be avoided.
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The impact of social media on mental health
Residence Life Manager at FutureLets, Coventry University Tom Truman is a Residence Life Manager who is passionate about making a difference to student mental health. Below he shares his thoughts on the impact that social media has on mental health and his personal experiences. 3.5 billion people use social media. That’s 45% of the world’s…
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Top 15 in quarantine: Things for the kids to do
Stuck at home with the kids during lockdown? Entertaining them whilst working from home can be a challenge! Even when it comes to the weekend, all you hear is “I’m bored…” 10 minutes later… “I’m bored…”
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4 Benefits Behind Offering a One-Stop-Shop Experience
Imagine you have been tasked with planning a conference for an organization for which you volunteer. The committee looks at you and naturally, with your conference management experience, want you to handle arranging all the logistics. First, you have to find a venue. You start making phone calls to various venues to find out if they have…
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10 Reasons why you should hire a Residential Adviser right now
10 Reasons why you should hire a Residential Adviser right now… Written by Lee Rawlinson, Director of Innovation at Kinetic Before joining Kinetic in 2019, Lee has worked as Head of Accommodation at University of Liverpool, making positive changes to Liverpool’s residential estate. With a great knowledge of the higher education sector, Lee is now…
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How to increase your efficiency with financial system integrations
The finance department is a huge part of every university (and every business for that matter). Rarely do they just report numbers but often are a key stakeholder in any decision-making process. However, we know that the finance team can often get bogged down with the time-consuming admin work which impacts their ability to…
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GDPR and what it means for you
Have you heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) passed by the European Union Parliament? Since most of our readers are in North America, there is a chance that if you did hear about it, you figured it didn’t apply to you. Well, that may not be accurate. If you have conference guests or…
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