Yesterday saw the launch of a new blog written by current students for potential students: Sydney Life.
The blog, running on Movable Type, was put together by Marketing and Student Recruitment, with technical assistance from Web Services.
Joanna Cohen from Marketing describes it:
The move from school to uni can be a pretty frightening concept. It means a lot of changes because the students are moving into an un-known world. The blog allows them to have a vicarious uni experience by reading the current student's entries and the current students love having the opportunity to give all the advice they wished someone had given to them when they were starting. They seem pretty keen to share their more embarrassing teething problems. It is important to remember that a lot of people who start uni may be the first person in their family to have that experience. The blog means they can get advice and comment and ask questions if they want, or if they are a bit shy, they can just sit back and read the info without actively participating.
Comments
Nice work! This is a great experiment with blogging. You've got some remarkably good writing on relevant topics from the students. It'd be nice to see some more about them though, even just a photo.
I'd love to pick your brain about how you recruited them and what support and incentives you're providing...
Posted by: Daniel | January 20, 2006 05:01 PM