Alumni Growth and Engagement across New Technologies (AGENT)
The AGENT project (Alumni Growth and Engagement across New Technologies) is part of the Relationship Management Programme, Strand III: Alumni Engagement funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) seeking demonstrator projects that develop and validate innovative processes and harness web technologies to support mutually beneficial alumni engagement.
The AGENT project aims to understand the links between alumni engagement and social capital for creating a connected community of graduates that have a strong affinity for their institution. We operationalise alumni engagement through the development of a mentoring service where current undergraduates are mentored by an alumnus in relation to employability and career development. The relationship is enabled by social networking technologies such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter providing a ‘bridge’ between individuals whose social ties and connections are weakened by distance, whilst at the same time capitalising on the learning opportunities afforded by the widening of social networks.
The project duration is from 1 March 2011 to 31 August 2012. For more information contact: Jane-Lisa.Coughlan@brunel.ac.uk
