Study UK Virtual Fair - Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
After the huge success of Study UK Virtual Fair in October 2020 and February 2021, the British Council IES Pakistan is delighted to bring back another exciting opportunity to participate in the Virtual Fair and get a chance to meet over 2500 students from Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the British Council Study UK Virtual Fair 2021. This time the fair will be bigger with more students attending, exciting and exclusive promotional opportunities on British Council social media channels featuring exclusive promotional videos.
During the pandemic, the British Council launched two Study UK Virtual Fairs in South Asia, which provided an excellent platform to the UK HEIs to interact with prospective international students. Our two virtual fairs saw over 9,000 registrations and attendance by over 5,000 students, and parents. Both our virtual fairs were well attended by UK HEI’s and we had altogether 58 UK HEI’s participated with us in both virtual fairs. we believe another round of Virtual Fair will give UK HEI’s a platform to participate with us and meet potential students across four countries
This unique activity will give an opportunity to the participating UK institutions to virtually meet potential students from across four countries, interested in higher studies abroad. This virtual fair offers a great platform to the UK Institutions to promote their courses, scholarships, intake dates, admission related information, among the students, parents, teachers, career and guidance counsellors. Just like the October and February Virtual Fairs, this Virtual Fair will also provide exclusive opportunity for the UK HEIs in brand building, recruitment and meeting potential students.
This activity will also serve as an opportunity for the participating institutions to develop future collaborations with the local counsellors. The British Council will also run advertisement campaigns featuring exclusive promo videos on British Council social media platforms for each participating UK HEIs. In today’s competitive environment an activity like the Study UK virtual Fair, will help participating UK institutions to increase awareness among local students about their institution and interact with students interested to pursue their higher studies in the UK from Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Please click here to view post event report of the Study UK Virtual Fair held in October 2020 .
Please click here to view post event report of the Study UK Virtual Fair held in February 2021.
The reports will give you an overview of the two Virtual Fairs.
The number of students applying to the UK will considerably increase as the UK Government has announced the new Graduate Immigration Route. We believe this is the right time for the UK institutions to participate in the British Council Virtual Fair and meet potential students across Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Potential students are eagerly waiting to get in touch with UK Universities representatives to finalise their study plans and hear latest information with regards to admission, scholarship, courses, accommodation, Graduate Immigration Route and life on campus The virtual fair will also connect parents with Universities representatives to get a chance to speak about their concerns and get them addressed during the Virtual Fair.
The Chart below shows higher education student enrolments for UG and PG from four markets (HESA). There has been a steady increase in the number of students from Pakistan between 2016/17 to 2019/20. The numbers from Bangladesh Nepal and Sri Lanka have also increased.
The total number of HE Enrolments.
| Date | Location | Participation Fee | Max. No. of Stands |
|---|---|---|---|
11 September, 2021 | Online | £1100.00 (Excl. VAT)
| 27 |
Participation Fee includes:
- Digital Marketing of the event through British Council Social Media channels
- Promotional videos by universities on British Council Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka facebook pages. These will run as single edited video with all participating UK HEI’s
- Branded UK HEI promotions through e-shot to our exclusive Study UK databases of students, parents, agents and counsellors.
- Pre event digital campaigns on British Council Facebook and Social media channels across four countries targeting direct audience
- Direct student engagement – opportunity to present to and have one-to-one conversations with prospective students and parents.
- Explore different ideas for interactions: we encourage UK HEIs to use this opportunity to chat, counsel students, present on the courses, bring in alumni and more.
- E- Marketing (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google ADS)
- Market Brief providing insight on trends in Higher Education in all four markets
- Post Event Report
- Online Event Management of Virtual Fair
Please Note:
* Study UK Virtual Fair is open only to UK Higher Education Institutions on the UKVI’s TIER 4 Sponsors list and selection will be on first-come, first-served basis
* Study UK Virtual Fair will run subject to confirmation from a minimum of 15 UK Institutions.
*Participating UK HEI’s will be required to nominate at least three staff members to support them in the virtual fair, based on our experience in the virtual fair, it is difficult for one staff member to manage the traffic in the virtual booth alone
Why participate in the fair?
- Showcase your institution’s excellence in courses and position the UK as the first choice for international education to over 2500 students from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
- Opportunity to meet potential students interested in higher education abroad.
- To maintain and strengthen the confidence of students in accessibility and excellence of UK education
- Opportunity to create awareness about your institution and courses on offer
- Virtual interaction with students and influencers to provide information on studying in the UK.
- Opportunity to reach thousands of students with latest updates from your university amid the pandemic and develop pipeline for upcoming intakes
- During the pandemic, the British Council launched two Study UK Virtual Fairs in South Asia, which provided an excellent platform to the UK HEIs to interact with prospective international students. Our two virtual fairs saw over 9,000 registrations and attendance by over 5,000 students, and parents. Both our virtual fairs were well attended by UK HEI’s and we had altogether 58 UK HEI’s participated with us in the two virtual fairs. We believe another round of Virtual Fair will give UK HEI’s a platform to participate with us and meet potential students across four countries
A few Quotations from Universities who participated in our Virtual Fairs:
I would like to extend my thanks and gratitude to the British Council Team Pakistan for organising a well-attended and highly professional event. As always, it is an absolute pleasure collaborating with the British Council Pakistan and it was very useful that this event was advertised across South Asia to reach students from several countries in one event. I look forward to future collaboration with the British Council Pakistan University of York
Thanks to all at British Council Pakistan. As always, you were a huge help with lots of great information and support during the event and in the lead up. We were really busy throughout the session and the quality of students was excellent. University of Glasgow
Overall the event was good, the information and preparation beforehand was very good and the support offered, excellent. The event was good and consistent with traffic. Swansea University
The fair was well-organised and support from BC staff was excellent :) The University of Manchester
Massive thanks to British Council for the event. Fantastic event and lots of great students. SOAS, University of London
The event was well organised and attracted a good number of students, who overall were good quality. Cardiff University
Thank you very much British Council team- a really busy event. Manchester Metropolitan University
Thanks British Council, really fab and busy event. The University of Nottingham
Great work team British Council. Very good attendance for Pakistan. University of Chester
Good work British Council team specifically. The fair was well attended with quality students. University of Kent
Thank you, colleagues, very well attended event for us at Aston. Aston University
Structure of the Fair
- The virtual fair will be conducted either on Zoom or Microsoft Teams platform.
- Each university will be provided one main room and 2 or 3 break-out rooms. All students entering any university will first land in the main room which can be used to provide generic information, presentation, etc. The crowd then can be delegated to break-out rooms for one-on-one counselling or if the university wish to use the main room only, they are free to do so.
- We expect each university to have enough number of delegates to manage main room and break-out rooms. We suggest minimum three delegates should be there to manage these virtual rooms.
- The fair will also run webinars on Student Route and Graduate Route visas, IELTS and more through the day alongside the student engagements.
Cancellation Policy:
Cancellation fees will be charged for withdrawal from this event, as of the date of receipt of notice of withdrawal:
- At 50 percent of the full Virtual Fair cost for withdrawals received on or after 20th August 2021
- At 100 percent of the full Virtual Fair cost for withdrawals received on or after 27 August 2021
Notice of withdrawal must be supplied in writing, via email to StudyUK.Events@britishcouncil.org
Contact Information:
For further information regarding this virtual fair, please feel free to contact Jawad Khan
Alternatively please contact the Study UK Events Helpdesk
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