Reviews

CLAIRE DOLAN. DEPUTY PRINCIPAL. OAKLANDS COLLEGE

I could not recommend Steve any more highly.
Steve was brought on board initially to help increase our 16-18 market share but quickly became our go-to man for anything marketing due to his expertise, passion and willingness to just do anything to help. 

He acted into the Head of Marketing role between appointments, lead on our digital advertising work, jumped into support PR and communications and was a fantastic boss and mentor to many new recruits in the team.

Steve kept his promises and over the year and half of working with Steve he increased applications by over 40% culminating this year with significant growth in our 16-18 numbers & our Oaklands wolves athlete numbers doubling.

I enjoyed every moment working with Steve and really hope we can undertake projects again together in the future!  

ALI HADAWI CBE. PRINCIPAL & CEO. CENTRAL BEDS COLLEGE 

Steve's previous background as one of the few national journalists to have covered further education full-time has given him a breadth of understanding about the sector which is rare among marketing people."

When we engaged Steve, he told us he would be able to increase the student application rate by 10 to 15 per cent and help us improve success rates by focusing on applications from people who are career-minded and by attracting applications earlier in the recruitment cycle.

He increased our application rate by 45 per cent – to a level which has now been maintained for two years. Since his changes to the marketing approach, our data shows that the quality of our intake did indeed improve, and this contributed very significantly to the college’s first Ofsted Grade 2."

Steve also acted as interim head of marketing and was highly effective in motivating the marketing team and leading them through some radical changes in the approach. 

CARL DARNELL.  DIRECTOR. CRDONE

Steve’s creative thinking, expertise and positive can-do attitude made him a pleasure to work with. I worked with Steve for just over a year and during that time, he proved to be incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. Being excellent at communicating ideas not only to the rest of the team but also to senior management and Steve’s unique ability to achieve results helped increase the colleges applications by 45% 

MATTHEW VOWLES. DIRECTOR. INVESTED TALENT

In the 15 months I worked with Steve, I found him to be a well-grounded and down to earth colleague and manager. He is a calculated risk taker, pragmatic leader and realist who seems to know what is needed even if the solution is not the most popular one.

My time working with Steve was incredibly valuable to my own career development and I would highly recommend his services in any college environment. 

CHRIS DACK. SENIOR TECHNICAL LEARNING SPECIALIST

Steve is a tremendous strategic visionary who doesn't reiterate existing beliefs but instils new ones that prove themselves to deliver.  
An extremely focussed and charismatic individual who I've learnt a lot from. 

LIZ HUNTER. MARKETING PARTNER. CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY

Steve proved to be a valuable asset to the marketing department and the organisation as a whole. He integrated well into the team and we were able to work together to achieve the objectives. By bringing a wealth of industry experience to the college he was able to introduce new ideas which helped to achieve the targets.

DUNCAN CROSSLAND. DIGITAL SPECIALIST

 I had the pleasure of working with Steve when I was contracting for a college. He was able to understand the needs of the organisation and provided solutions that delivered excellent results.