STUDENT HUBS
WORKING WITH US PARTNERSHIP SERVICES
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About Student Hubs Publicity and advertising Enewsletters Blog Our events Speak at a conference Sponsorship, stalls and advertising Tailored events and campaigns Training, talks and presentations Host an intern Headhunting and recruitment Work placements Graduate roles Incubation and consultancy Use our venue
About Student Hubs catalyses student involvement with social and environmental challenges. We inspire students to shape a better world, connect them to opportunities to make a difference during their time at university and support them to become civic leaders in their future lives and careers. We are not defined by a single cause, but by our purpose to support more students to discover theirs. We are passionate about working with partners in the not-for-profit sector and beyond in order to open up more opportunities for students to create social change sustainably and effectively. This document outlines how we can support you - bringing together opportunities for advertising, blogging, event and campaign support, recruitment, training, consultancy and more. If you have any questions about working with us, or would like to discuss any of the opportunities outlined in this document, please get in touch with services@studenthubs.org.
Publicity & advertising Increase awareness of your organisation, opportunities or events amongst our network of over 27,000 students.
E-newsletters Our newsletters reach the students and graduates most interested in creating social change. Whether they are seeking inspiring events or volunteering opportunities, taking the lead as campaigners and social entrepreneurs or looking for opportunities in international development, the environment, non-profit jobs or internships, our newsletters connect the most committed students with the causes they care most about. Our newsletters typically achieve a 15-20% click rate, regularly surpassing the industry standard.
g Advertising rates for partner organisations Please note that we normally charge external organisations to advertise in our newsletters - this helps us to keep the service free for student charity groups. If you choose to advertise through our newsletters, we will also promote you on our websites and social media free of charge. Newsletter recipients:
Number of recipients
Small Medium organisations organisations (£0-£50k) (£51k-£500k)
Large organisations (£501k+)
Oxford
7,750
£50
£100
£200
Bristol
5,750
£40
£80
£150
Warwick
4,000
£30
£60
£120
Imperial
3,500
£25
£50
£100
Cambridge
3,000
£23
£46
£92
Southampton
2,000
£20
£40
£80
Kingston
1,000
£15
£30
£60
SOAS
300
£10
£20
£40
Winchester
300
£10
£20
£40
Website and social media (untargeted)
c. 300,000
Free of charge Free of charge
Free of charge
All Hubs (30% discount)
27,600+
£150
£590
£300
Advertise with our friends over at Worthwhile through their fortnightly newsletter to graduates engaged in the national Worthwhile social action network. Email laura@worthwhile.org.uk or services@studenthubs.org.
Creating your advert
If you would like to publicise your opportunity with Student Hubs, you will need to send us a ~50 word blurb, your website URL and a logo or image, along with information about which e- newsletters you would like to use to publicise your opportunities. We will then invoice you for this service and you can pay the fee by cheque or bank transfer. Please send your advert to services@studenthubs.org and get in touch if you have any questions.
Blog Our blog informs and inspires our national community of students about the causes they are most interested in. A sponsored blog on the Student Hubs website can educate people about your cause, and raise the profile of what your organisation is doing in aid of it. Most importantly, it can empower students to take action for your cause too, by signposting ways to get involved with your organisation’s activities. Guidelines for writing and formatting your sponsored blog post are available on request. The price of a blog post is dependent on your organisation’s annual turnover; please email services@studenthubs.org for more details. Acceptance of blog posts is at Student Hubs’ discretion.
Get involved with ou Enhance your organisation’s profile amongst students by speaking at one of over 200 events and conferences every year. We coordinate student-led conferences and events on international development, environment and sustainability, social enterprise, volunteering and social impact careers. These include our annual flagship conferences: Emerge (social enterprise), the Oxford Forum for International Development (OxFID) and the London Climate Forum, along with many others.
Speak at a conference
Our conferences empower student leaders to inspire their peers to shape a better world - introducing them to world class speakers from high-profile organisations across the charity, social enterprise, private and public sectors. You could raise the profile of your organisation free of charge by speaking at one of our conferences about your area of expertise, and how it relates to the social and environmental challenges under discussion. If you are interested in speaking at one of our conferences, please contact services@ studenthubs.org.
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ur events! Sponsorship, stalls and advertising
You can connect with our highly-engaged student audiences by sponsoring a conference, hosting a stall or advertising in the conference programme. Previous sponsors have included Barclays, IBM, Ernst & Young, Accenture, The Cooperative, HP, Nominet, Novartis and UnLtd. There are three streams of sponsorship which you can choose, laid out below. The price of sponsorship is dependent on the size of the conference and your organisation’s turnover; please email services@studenthubs.org for more details. Gold Involvement in the conference
Silver
Bronze
Stall and/or programme session
Stall or programme session
Stall only
Full page advert in the programme
Half page advert in the programme
None
Logo displayed on all publicity
Yes
Yes
Yes
Distributing publicity material at conference
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unlimited
Up to 8
Up to 5
Yes
No
No
Programme
Complimentary tickets Branded marketing merchandise
Tailored events and Partner with us to improve your organisation’s outreach to students - your future supporters, funders and employees. We connect students to events and campaigns that enable them to engage with some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. The events and campaigns that we coordinate with our partners encourage students to take the lead, reflect on complex issues and develop innovative solutions to grassroots, national and international challenges.
Criteria
We are passionate about working with organisations who share our vision, empowering students to critically engage with new causes and challenges. If you have a project which is rooted in citizenship, society or communities - and there is a clear role that students can play - then get in contact with services@studenthubs.org. Prices will vary depending on the scope of the project and your organisation’s turnover; please get in touch for more details.
campaigns
Training, talks and pre
esentations Take advantage of our expertise for your training or events. The staff team at Student Hubs have a wealth of experience in tackling social and environmental challenges. On average we are only 23 years old, but between us we have volunteered over 40,000 hours of our time, fundraised £1.74m for charities, established 48 new projects, enterprises or organisations, run 64 campaigns for good causes and held 10 trusteeships. This experience enables us to deliver high-quality and insightful training for our students and partners. Across our training initiatives we offer sessions on fundraising, communications, impact analysis, public speaking, leadership, project management, impactful volunteering, excellence in student social action - as well as many more areas on request. We have trained over 3000 students and delivered training packages for partners including Northampton University and Imperial College London. If you are interested in finding out more about how we can share our expertise with your organisation, please email services@ studenthubs.org. The price of training sessions will vary depending on the length and topic of the session, and your organisation’s turnover; please get in touch for details.
Host an intern Work with highly motivated students ambitious for a career in the non-profit sector. The Social Impact Internship Scheme selects over 100 exceptional students from our network each year, and matches them with nonprofit organisations that would like to benefit from their skills and enthusiasm. Hosting an intern is a great way to connect with highly motivated students; several alumni of the scheme have gone on to volunteer or work for their host organisation after their placement. Previous hosts include Eradicating Ecocide, the Hackney Pirates, Student Minds, Aegis and Alzheimer’s Research UK. “Student Hubs did a fantastic job of matching us with a hardworking intern, passionate about working for a good cause, and who was an invaluable addition to the team.” Eradicating Ecocide
Training programme
We provide a full programme of training for successful interns during their placement with their host organisation: covering fundraising, communication, project management and working in a team, among others - drawing on the expertise of our own staff and other organisations in the non-profit sector. The training programme that we offer Social Impact interns is also open to young people outside of the scheme. Get in touch if you would like to give your interns or volunteers access to this training and development opportunity.
Pricing
We charge a ‘Finders Fee’ to host organisations to cover our costs of advertising, recruitment, placement process and training. Rates are dependent on the host organisation’s size and annual income. For more information, please contact services@studenthubs.org.
Headhunting and recruitment Grow your talent pipeline by accessing our network of talented and committed graduates. Graduates of Student Hubs are ambitious for meaningful, rewarding employment in the non-profit and social enterprise sectors. If you are recruiting for graduate-level jobs or internships, we can connect you with the best candidates. Our recruitment packages range from support with advertising your positions, through to targeted headhunting and organising interviews and assessment days. Previous clients have included The Social Innovation Partnership and The Challenge Network. For more details of what we can offer and our recruitment rates, please email services@studenthubs.org.
Incubation and consultancy Use our expertise to evolve your organisation. If you are a non-profit or social enterprise, we can help you to develop your organisation and grow your impact. We can offer you support in Communications, Design, Impact, Strategy and Fundraising, as well as consultancy on engaging students in your work. If you are a start-up organisation whose vision closely aligns with ours, then we can also offer further support including office space and a place on our Hub Catalyst programme. Get in touch for further details: services@studenthubs.org.
Case Study
Student Minds is a mental health charity devoted to supporting students. When they identified a need to improve their visual identity, they approached the Student Hubs communications team thanks to our expertise in this area. We offered them a consultancy project lasting 4 weeks, which involved developing a whole new visual identity. The project was delivered on time and to budget, with positive feedback from stakeholders at all levels.
Use our venue You can hire our social space for social change in the heart of Oxford. Our headquarters on Turl Street, in the heart of Oxford, is built upon values of sustainability and collaboration. Our premises is home to a host of social spaces: meeting rooms, events space, offices, bar, and the Turl Street Kitchen - our very own cafe-bar-restaurant serving fresh, seasonal food. Our space is the only building in the UK dedicated to student-powered social change. We can offer our partners the opportunity to hire events space, meeting rooms or the restaurant space in order to connect with the students who use our facilities on a daily basis, or for your own events. We can also offer hot-desking and office space for small student-facing charities. To find out more about using our space in Oxford, email services@hubventures.org
Fund us We couldn’t create the impact that we do without the support of our funders. If you would like to learn more about how you can support our work through giving financially or in-kind, please get in touch with Yvonne Pearse (yvonne.pearse@studenthubs.org).
Start a Hub We are always looking to increase our impact by partnering with more universities across the UK. If you are interested in setting up a Hub at your institution, please get in touch with Francis Wight (francis.wight@studenthubs.org). We can also offer access to tailored projects, events, training opportunities or programmes for your students. Please get in touch for more information.
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With many thanks to our founding partners:
and our university partners:
Student Hubs is a registered charity in England and Wales, number 1122328.