UK Universities Marketing Forum

The University Marketing Forum (UMF) is a voluntary association of university directors of UK marketing and recruitment from the higher education (HE) sector. CASE Europe acts as the secretary for the UMF.

The forum advocates the exchange of ideas amongst HE marketers in order to advance best marketing practice in the sector and develop marketing staff, supports the development of professional knowledge and skills among marketing staff in member institutions, lobbies and liaises with professional and governmental bodies to encourage the development of the profession and works within sector to increase the understanding and use of marketing principles.

Purpose

To raise the influence and professional standing of higher education marketing practitioners and to enable them to better support the strategic development of their institutions. The forum will seek to do this by:

1. Providing opportunities for the sharing of good practice among members
2. Supporting the development of professional knowledge and skills among marketing staff in member institutions
3. Providing a forum for developing policy advice, lobbying support, and advice and guidance on UK marketing issues

Read the UMF constitution

Read the principles of practice for communications and marketing professionals at educational institutions

Read the CASE statement of ethics

Upcoming UMF meetings

• 11am-2pm, 23 February 2010, Birkbeck, University of London
• 11am-2pm, 18 May 2010,  University of Leeds
• Time tbc, 31 August 2010, CASE Europe Annual Conference, Glasgow