Media Pack 2026

MEDIA PACK 2026-27

UWE Bristol is one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West. With over 38,000 students and a significant and growing number of international students from over 140 countries worldwide.

UWE Bristol is a multi-site university with presence across three campus sites: Frenchay Campus, Glenside Campus and City Campus, with Frenchay being the largest.

Within this pack you will see a range of media opportunities that we offer to reach the student population from our Freshers’ Fair to targeted emails, social media, digital screens and much more.

Do you want to do something that is not displayed in this pack? Just ask. We are pretty flexible and have a wide array of additional opportunities that will help you connect with our students.

FACTS AND FIGURES*

FRESHERS AT UWE

FRESHERS’ SPONSORSHIP

This is an opportunity to be the main sponsor for the whole of our freshers’ events. With over 10,000 students attending, this will be the perfect opportunity to raise brand awareness amongst our students. This will include:

» Logo on the entire freshers’ marketing material

» Logo on the main banner on the website from launch date to the end of freshers

» An advert in our Welcome Guide

» Social media

FRESHERS’ FAIR

Our Freshers’ Fair is a hugely successful event, which attracts more than 10,000 students. This really is a perfect opportunity to interact and engage with students face to face, developing relationships with potential customers for your business. We can accommodate larger vehicles and activations in our ouside area

DATE: 23 and 24 September 2026

WALL PLANNER

Ensure your advert is seen year round on the bedroom walls of students’ accommodation by placing your advert on our Wall Planner. 3,000 wall planners will be distributed to student accommodation and handed out in Welcome Week. We offer companies a ‘business card’ sized advert around the diary of the wall planner.

WELCOME GUIDE

Get recognised by our incoming students before they even arrive at UWE Bristol by advertising in our Welcome Guide. An interactive digital guide will be sent to approximately 8,000 students. This is a perfect chance to beat your competitors and get your company recognised by our freshers, their parents and anyone else who wants to view the guide online!

YEAR ROUND OPPORTUNITIES

FACE TO FACE

ON CAMPUS

We are a campus based university offering multiple locations to promote directly to our students. With over 3,700 of our students living on Frenchay Campus you’ll experience great footfall and the opportunity to engage face to face with a wide range of our students. If you have a vehicle you would like to bring on campus, please enquire for further information. A range of prices for indoor, outdoor, market traders and vehicles are available when you enquire.

LARGE VEHICLE

PROMOTION ACCESS

Bring a large vehicle on to campus outside our venue to truly capture our students’ attention and become the talking point of the University. A range of prices and sizes are available, please enquire for more details.

PROMOTIONAL EMAIL WEBSITE ADVERT

Advertise directly to our student database with over 9,00O students (2025/26). Your advert can directly reach students’ inbox.

OF EMAILS

Get your advert seen on the home page - thestudentsunion.co.uk, and throughout the website, which has more than 100,000 views per month. This is a great platform to advertise to UWE students and keep them informed of upcoming events, competitions, election results and promote our services. Our box banners operate on rotation so that all advertisers get great exposure. Get connected and book your banner to go live on our website today.

TOP NEWS STORY

Our Top News Story service provides the opportunity to promote articles, bulletins or events through the effective medium of our official Students’ Union website. Your editorial will remain archived on the website for at least 12 months.

SOCIAL, PRINT AND DISPLAY

SOCIAL MEDIA

Get yourself noticed through The Students’ Union official Facebook and Instagram pages with the opportunity to inform students about your brand and services in a modern and savvy environment. These pages are highly popular with students and offer the chance for your content to be shared amongst friends and peers on a highly engaging platform.

FACEBOOK: OVER 21,500 LIKES

COST

INSTAGRAM STORY: OVER 14,000 FOLLOWERS

DIGITAL SCREENS

Ensure your adverts are seen on our high profile screens situated in The Students’ Union (Union 1 and 2 buildings). Commercial adverts run alongside our own internal adverts which advertise discounted offers on our university merchandise and upcoming events in our venues.

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