Worldwide Coverage

oncampusblog — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:19:39 +0000

Help Us fill the map!

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We recently realised that our plans for global exposure (and domination) are almost complete. We are ten countries away from every country in the world having seen one of our websites!

In the last six or so months someone from every country in the world, (minus ten) has seen the content we have unleashed upon the web.

If you know anyone in the following countries that wants to know more about Students’ Unions across the UK, then please help us complete our plans for world domination, and point them towards one of our great websites. You can find a list of all the websites and student organisations we work with here.

The countries we still to have collect are:

Senegal
Chad
Greenland
Central African Republic
Western Sahara
Congo
Guinea
North Korea
Niger
Turkmenistan

Planning for the new year

oncampusblog — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:01:20 +0000

Last week we held our Annual Conference at King’s College London. In spite of a clash with the AMSU conference (which we also attended on the Monday), we had a good turnout with 60 delegates from around 80% of our partner Student Organisations. I must say a big ‘Thank you’ to Endsleigh Insurance http://www.endsleigh.co.uk for sponsoring the event and Carol Thompson Ellis from ELSA for helping us sort out the venue at the last minute.

Hopefully we got our vision of how we see the market developing across and how we will be evolving our software this year. Without going into too much detail here, we want to provide something which is different from the existing social media sites which our audience (students) are arriving at University with. We firmly believe that the whole web will continue to become more social and providing contextually relevant, niche networks to existing communities (in this case student organizations) will have a firm place alongside the current guerillas in the room like Facebook, Myspace, Bebo.

The trend for companies in this sector seems to be, to look at what the organization needs to ‘tick a box’ in terms of providing a web presence and not looking at what will get their students actually interacting with their Union or College each day. Student media is in real danger of being lost in the considerable noise around the web unless it starts to differentiate and offer a new experience to what students are getting from news and social media sites. Interaction and engagement is the key. So, that is what we will be focusing on alongside our ‘core’ publishing, e-commerce and membership management tools. For those of you who were at the conference, you will know what we mean when we say we are trying to build a purple cow! For those that weren’t there, please have a look at this video from Seth Godin – http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread.html

We will be working closely with our current partners over the coming weeks to ensure there is a smooth handover to the incoming student staff and we are all geared up for the new year.

We are very excited about the coming year and as part of our new communications strategy, we will be blogging here much more regularly. A different member of the team will be posting each week with an overview of what they have been working on…or maybe just to have a rant!

See you all soon.

No April fools at Oncampus.

oncampusblog — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:36:26 +0000

Welcome again to the Oncampus company update. We all sincerely hope you had a fantastic easter and return rested and well.

Things have continued apace here at Oncampus HQ with the roll out of our new Bluetooth service we have been very busy over the easter period. If you are interested in using this excellent new service please get in touch.

Our UK roadshow is still underway and we are taking the time to show all non-Oncampus clients exactly how they may benefit from our free service. Look out over the coming weeks for our superb new product site, currently in production it will be not only an excellent indication of the potential of our system, but a guide to how it aids each aspect of your union from student to sabbatical and general manager to bar manager.

Speaking of products, we are currently developing our new product ready for the next academic year. Encompassing the best aspects of our current package and some very exciting new additions, (to coin a phrase) watch this space.

Here’s hoping you have a great April.

The Oncampus Team.

March = More from Oncampus

oncampusblog — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:32:24 +0000

March has seen the addition of two important new editions to the Oncampus network.

As part of Oncampus dedication to providing guaranteed revenue to Student Organisations within its network, we are proud to announce an alliance with Bluepod Media. With minimum fuss you can earn even more money using Bluetooth marketing. Messages are targetted and unobtrusive and the union can add its own messages with out any effort.

E-Voting has long been a missing part of the Oncampus system, no longer! We now have a full and comprehensive E-Voting system that supports 9 different voting systems and is private and secure. It has many interactive functions that we are certain will improve your elections, making them easier and more secure.

Both of these are available immediately, simply contact us for more details and we can get you using them as soon as possible.

A flurry of activity for February

oncampusblog — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:51:56 +0000

Here at Oncampus we’ve been busy on many fronts this month. Completing free redesigns for some of our clients and getting around the country showing those institutions currently without the Oncampus touch, exactly how we could improve their system. We’ve also been working on changes to the existing product that should have you getting very excited over the coming months. Look out for news of our summer conference soon.This summer Oncampus will also be making available some placement spots for students who wish to gain some valuable experience in new media and marketing. Details are to follow, but if you know anyone that this may be beneficial too, please drop us a line.

You may have noticed over the last few weeks in the news, that Microsoft is aggressively out to purchase Yahoo, a move that although rejected, has far reaching implications across the internet. Find that news story and all the latest updates here. Recently News Corp, headed by Rupert Murdoch has entered in discussions with Yahoo concerning a counter deal. Should be an interesting situation to keep an eye on.

The Oncampus Team

Fantastic February.

oncampusblog — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:55:29 +0000

Welcome once again to the Oncampus Blog.

Almost into February and work continues at full pace here at Oncampus. Our distribution campaign is gathering steam and shall be looking to add new unions to the Oncampus fold in the very near future. We are committed to offering student organisations the best possible software we can coupled with the best support. If you know a Union who could benefit from the Oncampus touch, tell them to get in touch, or give us their details and we’ll show them what we could do for them.

This week has also seen the first instance our bi-weekly newsletter containing details on improvements to our service and tips on making the most of your online prescence. If you would like to receive this newsletter, drop an email with your name and your job title to info.oncampus.net, specifying ‘Newsletter’ in the subject.

This edition includes articles on getting the best from your website and how to promote your url among other things. Take a look and let us know what you think.

The Oncampus Team

New Years Revolution

oncampusblog — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:53:04 +0000

Mid January already and it seems that 2008 is already flying by. Resolutions have been broken and gym memberships have already lapsed but here at Oncampus we are keeping to our promise to constantly improve our service and deliver the best software on the web to our partners.

With this in mind we’d like to let you know about a recent partnership we’ve entered into with Squadgod, an online fantasy football service that we will be piloting on our sites over the next few weeks. More information on the service can be found here: www.Squadgod.com

More news to come in the next few days.

The Oncampus Team

New Year in New Media

oncampusblog — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:42:35 +0000

Oncampus is back, rested and ready to go in 2008, and straight off the bat we have already made an upgrade to our service. Every web-page now includes an option to search the entire site and indeed the entire web with Yahoo. This is the first of many new developments for the year ahead.

2008 also marks the beginning of our distribution campaign. Here at Oncampus we have been holding off from seeking new business so as to ensure we give our current partners a top class service. Now we’re back in the market place and will be agressively targetting all those Unions we feel could benefit form the Oncampus touch.

We would also like to welcome York College Students Union to the Oncampus network and would like to wish you all a Happy New Year.

Keep checking back for latest news and developments.

The Oncampus Team

An Oncampus Christmas

oncampusblog — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:52:36 +0000

Merry Christmas to all.

It’s been an eventful year for Oncampus, the team has grown and our services have undergone a complete reinvention whilst staying true to our original goals and ideals. From fresh new designs to innovative new additions to our range, we hope you’ll agree that it has been a good year to be with Oncampus.

Recently we held an event at Leicester Students Union called TNT comedy featuring top professional comedians and rookie student comics. Compared by Paul Tonkinson, it was an excellent night and we hope you’ll head over to the site and take a look.

January will see Oncampus unleash its product range across the remaining student institutions across the UK. The addition of new Unions to the Oncampus fold will enable us improve and develop the service we provide. You can be confident that we will extend our professional and ethical service across our distribution platform.

We would like to thank our partners for all their help, support and patience this year and we look forward to continuing to develop great relationships in the year to come.

From all at Oncampus to all of you, Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year

The Oncampus Team

Info@Oncampus.net

New Year – New Services.

oncampusblog — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:25:36 +0000

The new academic year has brought with it some exciting changes here at oncampus. None quite so exciting as the launch of our brand new service package. We’ve been working enormously hard to bring you the best software we possibly could and we’re confident we’ve done a great job.

We have put together a service that is certain to improve communication between you and your students. Using the best social networking platform and professionally designed websites we are offering you unbeatable quality and support.

Other services we have added and improved are:

· A new online shopping system

· Online registration support

· Student deals directory that you can sell space in.

· Mobile applications specifically attuned to your union.

Look out for some upcoming news on a deal currently being negotiated that will knock your socks off.

It’s an exciting time. Click here for a detailed look at our new services; we are sure you’ll be impressed.