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03 JANUARY 2013
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Monsters University: Pixar parody of college recruitment ads

"This is delightful: a campaign by Pixar for its upcoming film Monsters University that spoofs those wonderfully cheesy college–recruitment ads that air during NCAA sporting events. The spot below, which ran during this week's Rose Bowl telecast, promotes the movie's eponymous institution and imitates the source material perfectly, from the tagline ('Image you at MU') to the awkwardly saccharine student testimonials. The whole spot is nicely paced ahead of the amusing reveal halfway through. (The realism of the animation helps a ton, too, and is its own best marketing for the film.) The website, monstersuniversity.com/edu, is quite brilliantly done as well. The 'Student Policies' section is particularly inspired. On the issue of 'Basic Monster Respect,' it offers this advice: 'All monsters are unique – by heritage, number of appendages, or simply number of eyes – and all monsters deserve respect.' Pets, it should be noted, are not allowed on campus, 'with the exception of seeing–eye snakes.'"

(Tim Nudd, 03 January 2013, Adweek)

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2013 • 3D animation • Adweek • animation • campus • campus life • character animation • college • college recruitment • conventional universities • fake university • film marketing • fraternity • freshmen • humour • hyperbole • monster • Monsters University • movie • parody • Pixar • promotional material • promotional video • saccharine • satirical illustration • spoof • student admissions • student enthusiasm • student testimonials • student views • students • university • university campus • university education • university recruitment • university students

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Simon Perkins
01 OCTOBER 2012
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The Student Room: student discussion forum about Higher Education

"The Student Room is owned by a small but perfectly formed Brighton based company called Acumen PI, but soon to morph into The Student Room Group.

We're all passionate about The Student Room and our sister sites, and love working on them. Generally we see our role as facilitators, steering our sites forward in exciting ways, but we're under no illusions that it's the community of members that make The Student Room special and unique in the vast world of social media."

(Acumen Professional Intelligence, UK)

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academic help • Acumen PI • Acumen Professional Intelligence • advice for students • Brighton • careers • courses • discussion forum • everyday student life • fashion and beauty • find information • gap year • health and relationships • help and advice • higher education • internet forum • league tables • member community • networked publics • online community • online discussion • personal statement • school students • sixth form college • student advice • student circumstances • student experience • student stories • student views • students • studying • The Student Room • The Student Room Group • TSR • UK • UK education • UK university • undergraduate students • university admissions • university applications • university courses • university students • university towns

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Simon Perkins
19 SEPTEMBER 2011
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Unistats: UK university comparison site

"Unistats lets you search, review and compare official information about universities and colleges in the UK, and the subjects they offer. It includes results from the National Student Survey–where more than 220,000 students give their views about the quality of their higher education experience. ...

HEFCE (the Higher Education Funding Council for England)¹ owns the Unistats websites and has contracted UCAS to manage the delivery and maintenance of these websites on its behalf."

(Unistats, UK)

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accountability • admissions service • best practice • colleges • comparison site • conservatoire • Conservatoires UK Admissions Service • DEL • Department for Employment and Learning • education • education sector • good practice • Graduate Teacher Training Registry • HEFCE • HEFCW • high quality • higher education • Higher Education Funding Council for England • Higher Education Funding Council for Wales • information • knowledge territorialisation • legitimate scholarly practices • localised learning requirements • metrics • National Student Survey • Northern Ireland and the Scottish Funding Council • NSS • postgraduate certificate • practice-based • public money • quality of experience • research metrics • reviews • SFC • student views • students • UCAS • UK • UK Postgraduate Application and Statistical Service • UKPASS • undergraduate • Unistats • universities • university admissions • website

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Simon Perkins
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