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University of NSW

Transforming Student Engagement

UNSW prospective-student experience shown on a laptop
01/The Challenge

UNSW set out to become Australia’s leading global University. Achieving that ambition meant transforming how it engaged prospective students, from first interest through to enrolment.

The University needed a more connected and personalised student experience, with timely and relevant information throughout the decision-making journey. The result would be a more effective way to help prospective students understand the opportunities available at UNSW and make a confident, informed choice.

Lumos helped translate that ambition into a practical roadmap by understanding the end-to-end student journey, connecting data and content, and creating the foundations for a more relevant student experience.

Student Experience
Journey Mapping
Personalised Engagement
Transformation Planning
02/Our Approach

Shaping the student journey and the path to deliver it

Working alongside UNSW subject matter experts, Lumos brought together the University's short and medium-term priorities into a shared roadmap for student engagement.

We mapped the end-to-end journey from first interest through to application and enrolment, analysed business priorities and identified where clearer information, more relevant communication and better use of data could strengthen the student experience.

The result was a roadmap for change that gave UNSW a practical path from strategic ambition to implementation.

Student journey map from application through to enrolment

From ambition to a roadmap for change

  • Mapped the end-to-end prospective student journey from first interest through to enrolment
  • Identified the moments that mattered most to prospective students and the University
  • Prioritised opportunities and defined the roadmap for implementation
  • Defined the requirements for more personalised and timely communications
  • Defined a measurement framework to support data-informed engagement
  • Aligned business priorities with enterprise planning
UNSW Future Students site full design flat
03/Outcomes

A student experience built to inform, engage and convert

The redesigned student experience shown on a tablet

A clearer roadmap for improving the prospective student experience

Data insights used to personalise every stage of prospective student communications

A redesigned online application experience with timely, personalised communications

Product strategy set the future recruitment roadmap

04/Results
Improved Conversion
Personalised Experience
Connected Student Journey
Helping prospective students make a confident, informed choice.
The way Lumos pulled up their sleeves, truly embedded with UNSW to align teams, drive the change required and just get on with it is a testament to their professionalism and flexibility.
Phil WebsterProgramme Lead, Digital Experience, UNSW