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		<title>Top 100 websites visited by UK students</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robin Goad at Hitwise published a a blogpost this month on the &#8216;top 100 student websites in the UK&#8216;. Robin goes into more detail on the methodology in his post, but it&#8217;s an interesting list with only one recognisably student-centric website &#8211; scholar.google.co.uk.
Luke at Reach Students has done a great job of breaking down the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robin Goad at Hitwise published a a blogpost this month on the &#8216;<a href="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/robin-goad/2009/06/top_100_student_websites_uk.html">top 100 student websites in the UK</a>&#8216;. Robin goes into more detail on the methodology in his post, but it&#8217;s an interesting list with only one recognisably student-centric website &#8211; <a href="http://scholar.google.co.uk">scholar.google.co.uk</a>.</p>
<p>Luke at Reach Students has done a great job of breaking down the list into <a href="http://www.reachstudents.co.uk/blog/2009/06/10/21-websites-that-students-like-more-than-you-do/">21 websites that students like more than you do</a>.</p>
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		<title>Campus Life from Imperial College London</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent DoJo Web Strategy provided an excellent example of student blogging, Campus Life from Imperial College London.

The Imperial student bloggers were chosen through a first week of term, 600 word competition.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A r<a href="http://blog.dojo-web.com/2009/04/do-have-an-interesting-blog-interface/">ecent DoJo Web Strategy</a> provided an excellent example of student blogging, <a href="http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/campus_life/studentblogs">Campus Life from Imperial College London</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/campus_life/studentblogs"><img class="alignnone" title="Screenshot of Imperial College Londons Campus Life blog" src="/images/campus-life-icl.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="496" /></a></p>
<p>The Imperial student bloggers were chosen through a <a href="http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/campus_life/studentblogs/howtheimperialbloggerswereselected">first week of term, 600 word competition.</a></p>
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		<title>Foliomatch &#8211; graduate profile website</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foliomatch provides another opportunity for (well-designed) online profiling for students and graduates. Not sure why you have to log-in to see the events database though..

Sample profile page:

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Foliomatch provides another opportunity for (well-designed) online profiling for students and graduates. Not sure why you have to log-in to see the events database though..</p>
<p><a href="http://www.foliomatch.co.uk"><img class="alignnone" title="Foliomatch homepage screenshot" src="/images/foliomatch.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="404" /></a></p>
<p>Sample profile page:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.foliomatch.co.uk"><img class="alignnone" title="Foliomatch sample profile screenshot" src="/images/foliomatch-sample.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="410" /></a></p>
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		<title>Crowdsourcing alumni relations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another nice implementation of crowdsourcing, this time from UC San Diego looking for feedback from alumni through AlumnIDea.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another nice implementation of crowdsourcing, this time from UC San Diego looking for feedback from alumni through <a href="http://ucsd.alumnidea.com/pages/general">AlumnIDea</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://ucsd.alumnidea.com/pages/general"><img class="alignnone" title="Screenshot of AlumnIDea" src="/images/alumnidea.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="406" /></a></p>
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		<title>Daily web strategy tips for universities</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
New blog Dojo Web Strategy is a great, simple idea with great, simple advice &#8211; &#8216;your daily fix of higher education marketing, web and email do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts&#8217;.
From the last week:
 

Do give your student bloggers specific topics
Don&#8217;t have a &#8216;Message from the Dean&#8217;
Don&#8217;t feature pictures of buildings
Do humanize your admissions staff

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blog.dojo-web.com/"><img class="alignnone" title="Dojo Web Strategy" src="/images/dojo-web-strategy.jpg" alt="" width="356" height="137" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.dojo-web.com/"></a>New blog <a href="http://blog.dojo-web.com/">Dojo Web Strategy</a> is a great, simple idea with great, simple advice &#8211; &#8216;your daily fix of higher education marketing, web and email do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts&#8217;.</p>
<p>From the last week:</p>
<p> </p>
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<li><a href="http://blog.dojo-web.com/2009/03/do-give-your-student-bloggers-specific-topics/">Do give your student bloggers specific topics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.dojo-web.com/2009/03/dont-have-a-message-from-the-dean/">Don&#8217;t have a &#8216;Message from the Dean&#8217;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.dojo-web.com/2009/02/dont-feature-pictures-of-buildings/">Don&#8217;t feature pictures of buildings</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.dojo-web.com/2009/02/do-humanize-your-admissions-staff/">Do humanize your admissions staff</a></li>
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		<title>Opendays.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy</dc:creator>
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Opendays.com &#8220;has established itself as the definitive source of university and college open day information in the UK. We list open days for every UK higher education institution &#8211; both universities and colleges &#8211; and provide all of our information free of charge to users.&#8221;
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<p><a href="http://www.opendays.com">Opendays.com</a> &#8220;has established itself as the definitive source of university and college open day information in the UK. We list open days for every UK higher education institution &#8211; both universities and colleges &#8211; and provide all of our information free of charge to users.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Scholarships World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy</dc:creator>
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Future of Scholarship [creative commons image from Alan Levine]
Scholarships World &#8211; &#8220;a blog on the latest Scholarships, Fellowshiops, Grants, Research postitions &#38; Postdoctoral Vacancies across the World&#8221; &#8211; allows free posting of any position.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/293518898/"><img class="alignnone" title="Scholarships World" src="/images/scholarships-world.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/293518898/">Future of Scholarship</a> [creative commons image from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/">Alan Levine</a>]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.scholarshipsworld.org/">Scholarships World</a> &#8211; &#8220;a blog on the latest Scholarships, Fellowshiops, Grants, Research postitions &amp; Postdoctoral Vacancies across the World&#8221; &#8211; allows free posting of any position.</p>
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		<title>White paper on use of Twitter for alumni relations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy</dc:creator>
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[Via Karine Joly] Alumni Futures have published a free creative-commons licensed white paper to &#8220;inform readers about what Twitter is, and suggest ways it might enhance relationship-building and alumni interaction&#8221;. The white paper [2.2MB pdf] is an excellent introduction to the subject [including 'The Down Side of Twittering'],  just as useful for those interested in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="/documents/af_whitepaper_alumni_networks_twitter.pdf"><img class="alignnone" title="Cover of the Alumni Futures whitepaper" src="/images/alumni-futures-twitter.gif" alt="" width="500" height="260" /></a></p>
<p>[Via <a href="http://collegewebeditor.com/blog/index.php/archives/2009/01/26/andrew-shaindlins-9-step-plan-to-get-your-alum-association-on-twitter/">Karine Joly</a>] Alumni Futures have <a href="http://www.alumnifutures.com/2009/01/white-paper-on-twitter.html">published a free creative-commons licensed white paper</a> to &#8220;inform readers about what Twitter is, and suggest ways it might enhance relationship-building and alumni interaction&#8221;. The <a href="/documents/af_whitepaper_alumni_networks_twitter.pdf">white paper [2.2MB pdf]</a> is an excellent introduction to the subject [including 'The Down Side of Twittering'],  just as useful for those interested in any aspect of using microblogging for institutional public relations.</p>
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		<title>How to say I love you on YouTube</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy</dc:creator>
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TheUniversityBlog&#8217;s Edulinks for the week include this video from pretendwedontexist, two film students from Manchester Metropolitan University. The video received 650000 requests in its first 24 hours on YouTube, approximately 649982 more people than watched my vhs student film productions in the mid-nineties&#8230;
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<p><a href="http://theuniversityblog.co.uk/2009/01/20/edulinks-3/">TheUniversityBlog&#8217;s Edulinks for the week</a> include <a href="http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/985/">this video from pretendwedontexist, two film students from Manchester Metropolitan University</a>. The video received 650000 requests in its first 24 hours on YouTube, approximately 649982 more people than watched my vhs student film productions in the mid-nineties&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Social media response times for universities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rachel Reuben asks &#8216;What&#8217;s an important response time for enquirers?&#8216; (and conversation follows in the comments..). This ought to be a major consideration for any organisation moving into a new communication medium, though I can&#8217;t say I share the enthusiasm of the commenters for encouraging staff members to be replying to facebook wall posts at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rachel Reuben asks &#8216;<a href="http://doteduguru.com/id1992-response-times.html">What&#8217;s an important response time for enquirers?</a>&#8216; (and conversation follows in the comments..). This ought to be a major consideration for any organisation moving into a new communication medium, though I can&#8217;t say I share the enthusiasm of the commenters for encouraging staff members to be replying to facebook wall posts at 4 in the morning&#8230;</p>
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