Connected communities: how peer-to-peer engagement drives student success across the entire student lifecycle

3.15pm – 3.45pm BST, 2 July 2026 ‐ 30 mins

Room: Hillgate suite

Presentation

Ready Education

When students are actively connected to their peers, their institution, and the opportunities around them, they are more likely to stay, succeed, and thrive. Yet fragmented communication channels are quietly getting in the way. Emails, portals, social media, and departmental tools create noise that disengages students and makes it harder for staff to reach them.

A unified platform that brings together clubs, societies, student unions, events, academic support, and Student Services in one place removes that friction and creates a coherent campus experience across the full student lifecycle. In this session, Ready Education will show how the CampusGroups platform eliminates fragmentation and drives peer-to-peer connection. Drawing on data from over 700 institutions and real university case studies, we will demonstrate how centralising student engagement leads to reduced isolation, lower dropout rates, and greater student success.