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Will applicants attend your university open days?
As the colder months draw in and seasonal bugs rear their ugly heads, we wondered – do students feel safe attending student recruitment events? Covid-19 levels across the country are high, prompting worries that those harmless coughs or sniffles could be something more sinister. So is this putting students off from attending open days?
We included additional questions in our October TSR Asks survey to get a snapshot of student sentiment and find out what universities can do to adapt open day events.
What do students want from virtual open days?
After enduring over a year of lockdown restrictions, the majority of Year 13s starting university in September have never visited a campus.
It looks likely that in-person events will resume this summer; however, we predict that virtual events will continue to play a key role in applicants’ decision-making journeys.
So what do applicants want from virtual open days this year?