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Internationalisation of Alumni Policy: How does this work in practice?
Erna Dikmans – Coordinator Alumni Team
May 28, 2015
Alumni policy at Radboud University
• Why an Alumni policy?
- Alumni are the most important ambassadors of the university - Alumni help promote higher education and research in society - Alumni help to recruiter new students- Alumni mentor new and prospective students - Alumni can offer internship placements for students- Alumni can offer career guidance
Transition from the old policy to the new
• Importance is shown in the Strategic Plan of the university
• University Board has discussed the importance of Alumni Policy with the board of deans (February 2015)
• The University Board willing to finance the central alumni policy (May 2015)
• All alumni are important! The end of “Friends of Radboud” concept
• All new alumni to get an Alumni Benefits Card
With the Alumni Benefits Card you can:
• Show that you are a Radboud alumnus• Participate in the Radboud Alumni Day for free • Get a free Radboud Library card • Reduced price Radboud Sports card• Reduced priceRadboud Reflects • Reduced price Radboud in’to Languages
• Future: more international benefits
What do we know about our alumni?
• From the student database Osiris to the Alumni database (RBS)
• From RBS → Customer Relations Management system
• Radboud digital alumni network = portal (> 10.000 alumi)
• Linked-in group ≥11 000 alumni
Privacy Protection
• Act according the Dutch Privacy Law• Personal information about alumni is protected• ata never given to third parties from outside the university
without asking for permission
Events for alumni and MA students
•Annual Alumni Day 1st Saturday in October• Special programme for young alumni• Special programme for International alumni and students -- Radboud Career Week