The Postgraduate Experts
More than 3 million annual student enquiries and referrals for our advertisers*.

About

FindAUniversity are experts in everything postgraduate. Since 2001, we’ve been passionate about helping colleagues in the higher education sector to meet their postgraduate recruitment targets.

As market leaders in the UK, we combine our reputation for excellent customer service and innovation with an integrated approach to delivering effective student recruitment campaigns. We're genuinely very proud of what we've achieved so far, helping many thousands of students to find their perfect postgraduate degree. Our vision to develop our platforms and build an engaged online community, whilst continuing to grow our portfolio of study events, puts us in a strong position to build for the future.

In 2023/2024, we averaged 2.8 million email enquiries and referrals for our advertisers*.

The FindAUniversity offices are located in the United Kingdom, in a beautiful open plan Grade II listed former cutlery works in the heart of Sheffield’s Cultural Industries Quarter. Easy to get to and surrounded by some of Sheffield's best independent shops, cafes & bars.


"Having worked with FindAUniversity for five years, I’ve never received anything but exceptional customer service, seamless campaign management, and successful results for a host of different clients. They are an absolute staple on any postgraduate campaign I plan.”

Oona Venermo | Client Partner | Penna

Advertising

"We appreciate their professional approach to our campaigns and their understanding of the market."

“FindAUniversity’s customer service is second to none, and the statistics they provide make it clear how things are performing and what’s working well. We’ve also found that FindAUniversity websites reach more prospective students than competitors. 10/10 would recommend.”

Phil Etherington | Student Recruitment Officer (Postgraduate) | University of Reading


Do you need an advertising platform dedicated to generating high-quality leads for postgraduate student recruitment?

Choose FindAUniversity’s flagship postgraduate programme directories and portfolio of postgraduate study fairs to raise your profile with prospective students globally. With an average of 968,000 online visitors each month, and over 2,000 study fair attendees annually, can you afford to miss out?

Get in touch and see what we can do for you.

Tel: +44(0)114 268 4940 | Email: [email protected]


Events

Whether virtual or in person, our specialist postgraduate study fairs are the perfect opportunity to connect with prospective students.

In addition to our postgraduate website portfolio, we also work in partnership with leading universities to deliver a series of the UK’s largest and busiest postgraduate study fairs which boast some of the highest attendance figures in the UK. We also hold our own Postgraduate Marketing Conference which offers individuals working in higher education marketing and recruitment role the opportunity to network with colleagues and learn from thought provoking case studies and keynote speakers.

Postgraduate Fairs

Oct
2024

Postgrad LIVE

Tue 15 October 2024 (Glasgow)

Our physical Postgrad LIVE study fairs offer our exhibitors the chance to promote their full-range of postgraduate programmes to a large and high-quality student audience.

Click here to find out more and to book >>>

Oct
2024

Postgrad LIVE

Wed 23 October 2024 (London)

Our physical Postgrad LIVE study fairs offer our exhibitors the chance to promote their full-range of postgraduate programmes to a large and high-quality student audience.

Click here to find out more and to book >>>

Feb
2025

Postgrad LIVE

Wed 5 February 2025 (Edinburgh)

Our physical Postgrad LIVE study fairs offer our exhibitors the chance to promote their full-range of postgraduate programmes to a large and high-quality student audience.

Click here to find out more and to book >>>

Feb
2025

Postgrad LIVE

Wed 12 February 2025 (Liverpool)

Our physical Postgrad LIVE study fairs offer our exhibitors the chance to promote their full-range of postgraduate programmes to a large and high-quality student audience.

Click here to find out more and to book >>>

Feb
2025

Postgrad LIVE

Wed 19 February 2025 (Cardiff)

Our physical Postgrad LIVE study fairs offer our exhibitors the chance to promote their full-range of postgraduate programmes to a large and high-quality student audience.

Click here to find out more and to book >>>

Feb
2025

Postgrad LIVE

Thu 20 February 2025 (Birmingham)

Our physical Postgrad LIVE study fairs offer our exhibitors the chance to promote their full-range of postgraduate programmes to a large and high-quality student audience.

Click here to find out more and to book >>>

Feb
2025

Postgrad LIVE

Thu 26 February 2025 (London)

Our physical Postgrad LIVE study fairs offer our exhibitors the chance to promote their full-range of postgraduate programmes to a large and high-quality student audience.

Click here to find out more and to book >>>


We’d welcome any approaches from universities who might be interested in partnering with us to host any of our future postgraduate study fairs. Please feel free to contact us for more information.

Exhibitor Feedback

‘A great experience with good quality attendees who were interested who we could have engaging conversations with.’

University of Birmingham, PhD LIVE 2023


‘It has been a great experience and we met many students who showed interest in our programs. Thank you so much for arranging this event. It has been a pleasure attending and we look forward to come back next year!’

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Postgrad LIVE 2023


‘We're working hard to boost our PG presence at exhibitions, and this is the best organisation to partner with for that. We always love attending and feel very looked after and well attended to.’

University of Roehampton, Postgrad LIVE 2023

Want to know more?

Contact our dedicated events team for more information about attending our Marketing Conference or exhibiting at any of our postgraduate study fairs.

Tel: +44(0)114 268 4940

Email: [email protected]

Scholarship competition

Since 2012 we’ve awarded nearly £100,000 in funding to future Masters and PhD students through our popular scholarships scheme. From 2020 our scholarship winners will document their first year of postgrad study with blogs and video content, giving our audience unique insights into their journey.

Sites

Launched in 2004, FindAMasters.com has grown to attract more than 780,000 monthly visitors and currently lists over 23,500 Masters and MBA programmes.

Visit FindAMasters website

Launched in 2001, FindAPhD.com attracts more than 400,000 monthly visitors and currently lists over 4,500 research projects and programmes.

Visit FindAPhD website

After completing your PhD, the next step is often a postdoctoral position, and that’s where FindAPostDoc.com can help! This popular site attracts many visitors looking for the latest vacancies in their field.

Visit FindAPostDoc.com website

Our postgraduate forum is a great way for prospective, current and past postgraduate students to interact, ask questions and find out what it's really like to take on a Masters or a PhD

Visit PostgraduateForum.com website

Team

"I’ve worked with the team at FindAUniversity for many years. I can’t put into words how great they are!"

Senior Advisors

Senior Leadership Team

Careers

Passionate about postgraduate? Why not join us?

Company Benefits

Company pension scheme

25 days annual leave, PLUS Christmas week off AND Bank Holidays

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working as standard

A social working environment (as much tea and coffee as you can drink, office treats, staff nights out)

Private courtyard seating and BBQ area

City centre location

Employee assistance programme. (https://www.westfieldhealth.com/ )

Retailer discounts from thousands of online retailers

Bike to work scheme, plus secure bike parking and shower facilities

Charity fund matching

Corporate flu vaccine programme



Positions Available

Content Creator

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Yearly salary - £23,000 - £25,000

Are you a confident creator who takes pride in the quality of their work? Do you get excited planning, producing and publishing content in different formats that helps audiences understand complicated topics in simple ways? Are you driven by spotting SEO opportunities and helping to share your subject-matter expertise?

If you’re nodding your head, then we want you! We’re after a highly motivated Content Creator to join our dynamic team. In the fast and ever-moving higher education sector, you’ll work on creating and optimising key multi-media resources that develop informed and engaged audiences across our websites and other channels.

We’re the postgraduate experts so it’s our job to support potential students with their Masters and PhD choices, and universities around the world with their postgraduate recruitment goals. With your strong writing, communication and content SEO skills, you’ll do everything it takes to make sure our audience of over 13 million a year are informed on key topics during their student journey and smash our SERP positions as we’re always aiming for that top spot!

Whether you’re working on an article, blog, video, podcast or infographic, no two days will be the same. One day you could be creating an in-depth guide around online learning for our global audience, the next you could be recording a promo video to support a marketing campaign around January start dates with supporting animation and graphics!

Responsibilities:

  • Use a combination of copywriting, editing and design skills to research, create and publish high-quality multi-media resources across FindAMasters and FindAPhD that provide high value to our target audience and consistently meet our team KPIs.
  • Employ effective keyword research and on-page SEO techniques to support the ideation, creation and improvement of our website content resources.
  • Contribute to copywriting, assembly and development of our weekly student newsletters.
  • Develop a working knowledge of SEO best practice and of relevant higher education policy and other developments relating to postgraduate education.
  • Contribute to the wider identification, realisation and evaluation of content opportunities in multiple formats (written, visual, audio) and to the expansion and management of a portfolio of resources that develops alongside the needs of our audience.
  • Represent the Content Team in internal information sharing and development activities as required.
  • Support student-facing advice stands at our B2C events, with occasional out of hours travel and overnight stays as required.

Who are we looking for?

We’re after a confident and creative writer and creator who takes pride in the quality of their work and the value it creates for audiences. You’ll be inspired by the opportunity to develop and deploy your expertise to prospective postgraduate students and be interested in putting your contentSEO knowledge into creating genuinely useful and usable resources for our audience.

Essential

  • Educated to degree level (or equivalent qualification / work experience).
  • Good copywriting, proof-reading and editorial skills.
  • Working knowledge of SEO principles and current best practice for website content.
  • Good organisational and time management skills.
  • Good communication and collaboration skills with the ability to contribute to multiple simultaneous content projects across a large and diverse team.

Desirable

  • Experience working in a relevant role (content writing, digital publishing, web journalism, or similar).
  • Experience creating content in various formats (articles, blogs, video, social, infographics etc).
  • Experience with web publishing techniques, including HTML mark-up and use of a CMS system.
  • Familiarity with basic graphic design and/or video editing processes and tools relevant to content creation for web and social media.
  • Experience analysing the performance of web content using Google Analytics, Google Search Console and similar platforms (including commercial SEO software).
  • An understanding of higher education, especially postgraduate study, through previous study or work experience.

What do we offer?

  • 25 days annual leave plus shut down at Christmas/New Year and bank holidays
  • Flexible working
  • Company pension scheme
  • Employee assistance programme. (https://www.westfieldhealth.com/)
  • Paid day to volunteer for a charity of your choice as well as charity fund matching
  • Employee referral scheme
  • Wellbeing events
  • Corporate flu vaccine programme
  • A social working environment (as much tea and coffee as you can drink and staff nights out)
  • Private courtyard and BBQ area
  • Cycle to work scheme with secure private storage and showers
  • City centre location, close to transport links

Working at FindAUniversity you will be joining a strong and growing team who are passionate about what they do. We support each other through our cross-team training programme, ongoing mentorship and coaching, and team-wide learning and development workshops. As a team, we help solve our customers’ problems and we want to continue to hold our reputation as providing top-class customer service. We work hard and love celebrating our achievements!

About FindAUniversity and Keystone Education Group

FindAUniversity is a growing and dynamic web company specialising in marketing higher education. We combine our reputation for excellent customer service and innovation with an integrated approach to delivering effective student recruitment campaigns. We're very proud of what we do - helping many thousands of students find their perfect postgraduate degree.

As a member of FindAUniversity and the Keystone Family, you will be working with passionate, professional and high-performance individuals. Together, we have grown successfully into more than 600 talented employees with sites that are recognised as the world's leading search engines for education. Ambition, drive and great ideas help us reach our goals – join us in the making of your career!

Do you want to join our family?

FindAUniversity is based in the UK and we offer hybrid working arrangements, with the ability to work from home and the office. If this sounds like it could be you, and you would like some additional information about the role, then please get in touch with Angela at [email protected].

Please send us your application by hitting the button "Apply here!". As part of your application we'd love you to provide some examples or a portfolio of your work so we can see what you're about!

Keystone is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.

Applications will only be accepted from candidates who are authorised to work for any UK employer. 

This role is not eligible for sponsorship.

Job Type: Full-time, 37.5hrs /week, Permanent

Keystone is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.

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Student Marketing and Partnerships Manager

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Yearly salary - £30,000-£35,000

Are you a dynamic marketing professional who takes pride in creating and optimising data-informed campaigns? Are you apt at building mutually beneficial partnerships that hit engagement targets? Are you looking for a new marketing role where you can truly shine?

If you’re nodding your head, then we want you! We’re after a highly motivated Student Marketing and Partnerships Manager to join our dynamic team. In the fast and ever-moving higher education sector, you’ll plan, deliver and evaluate integrated student marketing campaigns that promote our flagships brands to students, universities and journalists.

We’re the postgraduate experts so it’s our job to support potential students with their Masters and PhD choices, and universities around the world with their postgraduate recruitment goals. With your savvy marketing know-how, you’ll do everything it takes to hit our targets around site traffic, social media performance, audience growth and registrations for our subscription services and events! And, with your ability to spot mutually beneficial opportunities, you’ll build lasting partnerships with customers and peers that help create value for our audiences and theirs.

No two days will be the same but you’ll be in control of what you’re working on. One day you could be planning a campaign that increases brand awareness amongst current undergraduate students, the next you could be reaching out to journalists around unique research from our audience!

Responsibilities (not exhaustive):

  • Use market insights and data analysis to build and execute integrated tactical student marketing plans which reach agreed strategic targets and ensure professional brand standards and key messaging is upheld.
  • Plan, develop and execute integrated marketing campaigns that cover both offline (study fairs and other events) and online (social, PPC, SEO, web, email) channels and manage budgets accordingly.
  • Measure performance of marketing campaigns, gaining insight, assessing against goals, and making optimisations accordingly. Write and present reports on marketing activities and results.
  • Line manage and support junior colleagues to develop, execute and evaluate marketing activity that hits targets and develops their professional skillset.
  • Manage external supplier and partner relationships with media and advertising agencies/companies, taking a holistic view across student marketing to maximise cost savings.
  • Check, improve, proof, and provide a critical eye for all marketing assets and copywriting ensuring brand tone and guidelines are adhered to.
  • Identify and cultivate opportunities for media and partner outreach to strengthen the reach and authority of the FindAMasters and FindAPhD brands, supported by the Head of Student Engagement and Development and Director of Audience and Insight.
  • Work with Head of Student Engagement and Development to shape a long-term annual marketing and outreach plan for FindAMasters and FindAPhD.

Who are we looking for?

We’re after a confident and creative marketer who is able to spot opportunities to optimise campaigns and takes pride in the quality of their work. You’ll be inspired by the opportunity to develop and deploy your expertise to a broad audience and be interested in putting your marketing and PR knowledge into creating genuinely useful opportunities for our brands.

Essential

  • Educated to degree level (or equivalent qualification / work experience).
  • Proven ability to develop and execute innovative marketing strategies from start to finish and to budget.
  • Experience analysing the performance of campaigns.
  • Strong organisational and time management skills.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to own multiple simultaneous projects across a large and diverse team.

Desirable

  • Experience working in a relevant role (marketing, PR, partnerships, digital publishing or similar).
  • Experience of line managing junior team members, ensuring targets are met and supporting their professional development.
  • Experience creating content in various formats (guides, blogs, video, social, infographics etc)
  • An understanding of higher education, especially postgraduate study, through previous study or work experience.

About FindAUniversity and Keystone Education Group

As a member of FindAUniversity and the Keystone Family, you will be working with passionate, professional and high-performance individuals. Together, we have grown successfully into more than 700 talented employees with sites that are recognised as the world's leading search engines for education. Ambition, drive and great ideas help us reach our goals – join us in the making of your career!

Do you want to join our family?

FindAUniversity is based in the UK and we offer hybrid working arrangements, with the ability to work from home and the office. If this sounds like it could be you, and you would like some additional information about the role, then please get in touch with Angela at [email protected].

Please send us your application by hitting the button "Apply here!".

Applications will only be accepted from candidates who are authorised to work for any UK employer. 

This role is not eligible for sponsorship.

Job Type: Full-time, 37.5hrs /week, Permanent

Keystone is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.

Read our privacy notice for job applicants

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Account Manager New Business

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As an Account Manager New Business at findcourses, your primary responsibility is to drive new sales by actively engaging with potential client prospects. This involves initiating and nurturing relationships with prospective clients to understand their needs and offer relevant solutions from findcourses' portfolio of services. Your role focuses on expanding the client base and creating opportunities for growth through effective sales strategies and client engagement techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Prospecting, presenting, pitching, and closing new business in the UK market.
  • Developing a strong client portfolio and implementing practices for strategic growth.
  • Drive sales by phone, video conferences and through face-to-face meetings with clients.
  • Continuously reach monthly and half yearly sales targets.
  • Continuously use the systems and tools given to you by your manager to report and follow up on your sales activities.
  • Forecast and track key account metrics.
  • Responsible for the whole sales process - from prospecting to signing.
  • Contracts and supporting the economy in receiving final payment from clients.
  • Being a self starter and a good team player, always puts the team first.


Required competences:

  • Some experience in B2B sales preferred, but not necessary.
  • Proven ability to hit and exceed sales targets.
  • Ability in problem-solving and negotiation is preferable.
  • Experience in finding solutions based on client needs.
  • Excellent English language verbal and written communications skills (no Swedish required)

Educational level:

  • Sales related education.

Required Attributes

  • Professional, with a high work ethic that always aims to exceed expectations.
  • Passion for what you do and sees possibilities in everything.
  • Performance orientated that always strives to deliver on time - and in full.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Positive mindset.
  • Strong organizational skills.
  • An ability to see things from a different perspective and be innovative in the sense of developing both products, relationships, and yourself.
  • Strong sense of responsibility.

Our Company


At findcourses.com, (Powered by Keystone Educations Group) we are passionate about ensuring that the UK workforce is at the cutting edge of learning and innovation. That’s why we’ve created a powerful, cost-free search engine allowing learners to find training courses for professional development from over 4,000 providers.

For training providers, we help you to increase your course enrollments with online marketing solutions that deliver high-quality leads and traffic straight to you.

In addition to our search engine, we produce detailed reports and articles helping inform training buyers and providers on trends and best practices in the industry. Let us help you evolve!

 Keystone is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.

Do you want to join our family?

Please send us your application by hitting the button "Join Us!". 

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Contact

How to Find Us

By Road: From the M1 (junction 33), follow signs for city centre, then follow signs to the train station.

By Rail: Our offices are a 5 minute walk from the Sheffield train station (see map below)


Address

FindAUniversity Ltd

77 Sidney St
Sheffield
S1 4RG
UK

Tel: +44 (0)114 268 4940
Fax: +44 (0)114 268 5766
Email: [email protected]


Press/Media Enquiries

For Higher Education press enquiries and expert comment/opinion, please contact Rob Hardy, Managing Director:

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)114 213 4334



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