Student Communications
Communicating with students from enrolment to graduation
The Student Communications Team work with colleagues across the University to communicate key messages and student life essentials, to keep students informed to maximise their experience at Reading. We strive to ensure our channels and content are relevant and accessible to all students.
Student Communications manage the student channels and services below and can help you communicate news, events and opportunities to the wider general student community.
Get involved
Do you have something to share with students? There are seven different digital platforms that advertise news and events to our student community:
Essentials website
The Essentials contains essential information for student life. Acting as a student handbook including everything students need to know about Study, Accommodation, Wellbeing and disability support, Key Dates, Careers and Jobs and much more as well as important fee information, policies and procedures.Please send your updates to studentcomms@reading.ac.uk
The UoReading student app
The Student app is popular with students, with over 26,000 unique users and an event count of over 28 million for the last academic year. This summer the Students Communications Team worked with DTS to launch a new digital app with enhanced features to offer more ways for students to connect and engage with campus life.
This updated digital companion now offers improved accessibility to timetable, email, latest news and events, campus maps along with quick access to RISIS, Blackboard, Essentials and other digital services and support. Share your news with us to include in the app. We encourage colleagues to download the student app to see the student experience. Search app stores for UoReading.
- timetable and outlook calendar
- latest news feed
- mobile notifications of the most important news and updates
- quick access to frequently used services and support
- campus and building static and google maps
- student details and digital card
- quick access to email, RISIS, Blackboard, IT support and other digital services.
You can submit your news stories to both the Student app and Me@Reading by using the student news and events content submission form. Email us at studentcomms@reading.ac.uk if you have any student app related questions.
Staff can also download the student app to view your diary, access all app features and see the news students receive.
Social Media Content
The @UoR_Student Instagram channel, UoR Student blog and UoR Voice Podcast offer dynamic ways to connect with students through student-made content and bring the student voice and experience to the communications channels. Please follow our channels and suggest new stories that should be covered.
Digital screens
Student Communications also manage content on many of the digital screens around campus including the outdoor Carrington Building, Palmer ground floor and the new portrait digital signs around campus.
Emails and Monthly Newsletter
The Student Communications team has an annual calendar of emails and newsletters to deliver important communications directly to student's inboxes. Contact us for publication dates and to share your news.
View our student newsletter archive page to find our most recent and past editions
Student Content Creators
We work with a group of Student Content Creators who help to bring the student voice and representation to our channels. Students create videos, blogs and more on all sorts of student topics. Visit @UoR_Student on Instagram to see what they have been up to recently.
If you are hosting an event and would like student-made video or blog content, you can complete the online form to request a Student Life Content Creator.