The CASE Graduate Trainee Program is designed to help early-career advancement professionals form relationships that build career foundations and unlock opportunities. Here, meet six individuals—both GTP participants and the advancement professionals who worked with them during the program—who experienced these relationships, which helped them thrive in their careers.

The CASE Insights on Philanthropy (United Kingdom and Ireland) 2022-23 report, finds that funds (cash) received by 92 participating higher education institutions in the UK and Ireland hit an all-time high of £1.37billion in the survey year ending 31 July 2023.

University recruitment videos tend to follow a similar formula—but Leeds Beckett University had other ideas. In 2022, the institution took a different, cinematic approach to capture arts students and alumni performing original pieces in a newly opened arts facility on the U.K. university’s campus.

Whether it be a crisis on campus or a volatile world event, communication officers are under pressure to respond. The stakes of these statements have never been higher. Hear from seasoned education communicators on best practices and strategies, and the need to take a deep breath and fully assess the situation at hand.

Member Profile: Prakriti Roy and Saskia Janicki

Saskia Janicki, Alumni Stewardship Officer and Prakriti Roy Alumni Engagement Officer, are both recent additions to the Alumni Engagement team at Leeds Beckett University.

In this profile, they discuss their career experiences to date and what it’s been like as newcomers entering the world of alumni engagement. 

With limited resources, the marketing team at the University of Limerick launched an award-winning postgraduate marketing campaign that enlisted real-life storytellers.

Eleanor McCormack, Head of Marketing at the University of Limerick, discusses the strategy she and her team used to develop an award-winning postgraduate marketing campaign.

Fundraising today has become increasingly digital. In the last few years, more advancement teams have created roles devoted specifically to digital engagement. Digital gift officers (or the similarly focused donor experience officer) aim to connect with mid-level donors through email, video, social media, virtual meetings, and more. Here’s a look at what teams have learned so far about the challenges and promise of digital engagement with donors.

Six 2023 Circle of Excellence Awards went to end-of-year video holiday messages, including the Dragon School’s “A Present from the Past.” Find out more about this Grand Gold Award-winning film here and watch the other five award-winning videos.

Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Valerie Boulet, shares the donor relations behind working towards the university's mission of worldwide health equity.