Networking
Other Student Groups
There are over 250 student groups at York– consider collaborating with some of them! Our category system puts you directly in contact with groups that have a similar theme to yours, so they could be a great place to start. For example, you could run a joint event with a similar group.
Get in touch with your Committee Representative to see if they have any ideas. Collaborating means more ideas and more contacts; a bigger team and a bigger budget. Reach out to other groups and see what you can come up with!
Alumni
The University’s Office of Philanthropic Partnerships and Alumni (OPPA) have a programme called YuConnect, which is aimed at helping you stay in touch with your alumni. If you use them well, you could make massive gains; they might be able to mentor you or your members, and even provide work experience, internships, or graduate opportunities. They might also support you in any projects you decide to run through their knowledge or even a financial donation.
Here’s our step-by-step guide to connecting with your alumni, if your society hasn’t already:
Set up a Facebook or LinkedIn group
Promote it to recent graduates and your final year members, and ask them to spread the word to people they know who used to be part of the society. If people pass the message on, you’ll garner a pretty big network pretty fast. Please share the link with alumni@york.ac.uk, too – the Alumni Association will promote it.
Elect an Alumni Officer
This person could be in charge of maintaining and growing your alumni Facebook group; putting on and promoting events to and for alumni; and be the first point of contact for alumni about goings-on in your society.
Take part in YuConnect eNews
The team condense society news into a newsletter for all alumni, prioritised according to which societies they were part of at York– so tell the Alumni Association what you’re up to at alumni@york.ac.uk.
Questions?
Contact your link staff member or our Marketing Team (communications@yorksu.org)