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Postgraduate Open Days win Gold at The Heist Awards

The University’s Postgraduate Recruitment team picked up the Gold award for ‘Best Open Day experience’ at The Heist Awards 2022.

At the Awards held in Manchester on 14 July 2022, the team was recognised for delivering an ambitious calendar of open day events delivered with equality, diversity and inclusion, and accessibility woven throughout.   

Virtual Open Days 

The Heist Awards recognise excellence and innovation in education marketing. As Covid-19 meant that physical open days were not possible during the past couple of years, the Edinburgh team created a range of inspiring and informative online events which showcased the University to a global audience of prospective students. 

They used a new online events platform to host 676 webinar sessions during nine Open Day events, from October 2020 to July 2021. Through the platform, prospective students could also ask questions at a virtual helpdesk or navigate to over 40 booths in a virtual exhibition, where they could view a range of multimedia resources, speak with staff or access a Virtual Visit and Unibuddy student chat.

The programme of events supported over 500 programmes spanning Postgraduate Taught, Postgraduate Research and Postgraduate Distance Learning. 

We were delighted to win the Gold award. Congratulations go to the Postgraduate Recruitment colleagues behind the events and to the many, many other colleagues across Student Recruitment and Admissions, and the wider University, whose collaborative efforts underpin the Open Days. The award celebrates a fantastic service to prospective postgraduate students.

Jane Johnston, Head of Postgraduate Recruitment

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The Heist Awards 2022