Most universities will have Student Recruitment and Outreach teams who manage relationships with schools and colleges across the country. These teams are usually split into regional areas, and will either live in or travel to these areas on a regular basis to provide higher education support to schools.
For your first point of contact, Recruitment Office emails can be found on university websites. Alternatively, if you’d like to go straight to your regional rep, UniTasterDays’ handy search tool will help you do so. Meet our team to find out more.
Support Offered
Once you’ve found the right contact, there is a whole host of support that Student Recruitment teams will be able to offer, including –
- Attending your careers fair, filling a stand with informational materials about their university.
- Attending large scale exhibitions (UCAS, UK University Search, WhatUni Live etc.) alongside hundreds of other providers.
- Providing presentations at your institution on a range of topics tailored for year 12 & 13 students. At Swansea University, we focus on areas such as –
- Why HE & Choosing Your Course
- The UCAS Process
- Personal Statements (including the changes to 2026 entry)
- Student Life
- Student Finance
- Interview Skills
- Send out monthly newsletters featuring the latest sector information, details on university events and materials to print for your common rooms.
… and more! Topics can also be tailored to fit your careers curriculum. Other activities usually on offer include interactive workshop sessions, 1:1 personal statement clinics and support with mock interviews. See our talks & workshops page for more information.
Keep in Mind
When you’re contacting these teams, here are a few things to keep in mind –
- The recruitment calendar tends to get really busy around October, March, April & June, so it is best to book well in advance if you’d like visits during these months.
- Think about the destinations that are most popular with your students. Do they tend to stay local? Could they be looking further afield? Having this in mind when reaching out to universities can enrich the interaction and present students with opportunities they hadn’t considered.
- All activities are free! Recruitment teams are paid directly by universities, so won’t require payment for any activities you request.
- Recruitment Officers travel a lot during term time – we can go from Manchester to Cornwall to London all in one week. Having an appreciation of this could strengthen relationships with these teams.
Please do get in touch if you'd like to arrange an outreach activity from Swansea!
