Hobsons Announces Date for Annual Conference

11 December 2012

2013 conference will take place on Tuesday 26th February in central London.

Hobsons, the leader in recruitment, communication and student success solutions for higher education, has announced that its fourth annual conference will take place on Tuesday 26th February 2013 at 11 Cavendish Square.

At this time of unprecedented change in the higher education sector, this key conference for higher education professionals will offer the opportunity to network with peers, share real-world best practice and come away with solutions that can be immediately implemented.

The conference will welcome both existing Hobsons partners and those who are looking to join the network of over 50 universities in the UK, Europe and the Middle East who already use Hobsons products and services to achieve their recruitment and retention goals.

Rachel Fletcher, Director of Operations at Hobsons commented: 
“The Hobsons University Annual Conference is an important event for Hobsons and our partner institutions.  Recognising the challenges ahead for the sector, this year the theme of the conference is around entrepreneurialism and responding to change. Through the programme and networking we aim to give all our partners the information to put them one step ahead of the game when it comes to higher education communications, admissions, recruitment, and enrolment."

The conference will be chaired by Kim Catcheside, Broadcaster and Journalist and speakers from the UK and Europe announced so far include:

  • Paul Isakson, Marketing strategist and creative problem solver
  • Todd Gibby, President Higher Education, Hobsons
  • Lea Senn, International Programs Coordinator at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
  • Bev Fergusson, Director of Marketing and Student Recruitment, Newcastle University
     

Places are limited; those interested in attending can register by visiting:
http://www.hobsonsuniversity.com/emea/

For conference updates you can follow the conference on Twitter. Please use tag #hobsonsulondon2013 in your tweets and follow @HobsonsEMEA

Please direct all media inquiries to the attention of Hobsons’ Marketing and Communications Manager Marie Clark at +44 207 250 6622.