Reports Archive - Alterline

Student Accommodation Decision-Making 2023: new project

We know that where students are going to live, particularly in their first year, plays an important role in young people’s decisions about which university to attend. The research we conducted in 2019 evidenced how crucial accommodation decision-making was within the university selection process and in this new project for 2023 we will update our evidence and understanding of how…

Impact of cost-of-living on prospective students’ application behaviours: new project

The cost-of-living crisis has had a huge impact on students, with more than a quarter of students reporting that they have only £50 a month to live on after rent and bills. This crisis has recently been identified as a risk to equality of opportunity in higher education by the Office for Students and there is a clear need to…

Alumni Life Pulse 2023

Engaged alumni have the power to feed university recruitment, enrich the student experience, improve graduate employability, fund new innovation and provide real-world links for research and enterprise. Alterline’s Alumni Life Pulse provides insight into your alumni population, delivering the intelligence you need to drive alumni engagement and demonstrate your impact.

Information & Digital Literacy skills amongst 16–18-year-olds

What skills support do incoming university students need to help them succeed during their studies and beyond?

Student Life Pulse Light

Run our Light Student Life Pulse insight programme in the Spring 2023. Get in touch now if you're looking to understand your students' experiences, benchmarked against the 15 students' unions we're currently working with in our Pulse community

Road to University 2022 – project completing soon

What are the university aspirations, decision-making & influencers amongst 14 to 18 year olds? How can you engage and support them effectively? Join our new collaborative project to refresh the evidence to underpin your recruitment, marketing and outreach plans.

Engaging Students for a Sustainable Future

What do students expect from their students' union and university with regards to tackling sustainability and the climate emergency? Join us on our new national collaborative insight project to gain fresh quantitative and qualitative evidence to help drive action and innovation in the sustainability areas which matter most to students.

Alumni Engagement Summit 2nd March 2022

We're delighted to invite you to attend a day of free online sessions aimed at university alumni teams who are interested in discussing and sharing insight and good practice to support, and continue to improve, alumni engagement and experience. Register here to attend then either join us live and participate in the networking and discussion on the 2nd March or…

Library Life Pulse 2023

University Librarians are you in need of some updated, independent insight into your students’ and academics' library experiences and clear evidenced priorities to improve library services during the next academic year? If so, our Library Life Pulse service can provides exactly what you need and we would be delighted to welcome you into our Pulse community for Spring 2023!

Mature Student Recruitment – full report and summary now available

In 2020 Alterline conducted a vital qualitative study of the decision making journeys and influencers of mature students and their transitions into university life. The detailed findings are being used by the 6 participating institutions to support strategy work to improve experiences and outcomes for potential mature students. You can now access the complimentary summary as well as find out…