Our university network

Our unique campus networks and partnerships allow us to reach any student

250,000
+
Candidates on Sanctuary Graduates' Talent Database
100
+
University societies
120
UK universities connected to
58
Formal university careers service partnerships
1000
+
Academic Department Partners

Our schools network

We've built reliable access to students at over 4000 schools and colleges

Heads of careers

Heads of Y13

Heads of 6th form

4000
+
Schools & colleges
Our approach to email targeting is award-winning

Our personalised approach to delivering diversity is award-winning

We won the Best Attraction Activation award at the recent Institute of Student Employers Awards for our work driving female STEM applications to a German car manufacturer, getting their female application numbers from 18% to over 30% in just 2 weeks.


Winner: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in partnership with Sanctuary Graduates’ to its side? Source 



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How it works

Understand your requirements
Diversity
Academic requirements
Select the right combination of our networks
University Partners
National Adverts
Talent Database
Societies
Drive diverse applications to your Application Tracking System
Real time reporting
Reach engagement
Applications by diversity metric

Reach any student, studying for any subject today.

Ensuring you get ROI with real-time reporting

We track absolutely everything, right down to the precise source of every click and interaction we generate for you, so you can see how your campaign is performing in real time

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Why our targeted email marketed works:

Widest possible reach

We can reach any student, at any university, from any demographic. We go to them.

Laser-focussed targeting

We use our campus data to pinpoint and target the exact talent you want to reach

Highest engagement

Our emails and messages come 
from trusted sources on campus
(e.g. department secretaries)

Delivering results

Our campaigns always deliver results and we track everything to prove ROI.

Our targeted email service explained

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Success stories

Check out some recent targeted email case studies

Rolls Royce Motor Cars

Situation

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars asked Sanctuary to design a 13-day campaign to drive the 417 female applications they need to hit their targets and ultimately diversify their graduate intake to help with their female diversity mission.

Action

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars asked Sanctuary to design a 13-day campaign to drive the 417 female applications they need to hit their targets and ultimately diversify their graduate intake to help with their female diversity mission.

Result

Sanctuary generated 574 female applications and this campaign won the 2023 Best Single Purpose Attraction Award at the ISE.

Highlights

3
Day campaign
3,098
Clicks
774
Applications
841
Female studentscalled

Rolls Royce

Situation

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars asked Sanctuary to design a 13-day campaign to drive the 417 female applications they need to hit their targets and ultimately diversify their graduate intake to help with their female diversity mission.

Situation

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars asked Sanctuary to design a 13-day campaign to drive the 417 female applications they need to hit their targets and ultimately diversify their graduate intake to help with their female diversity mission.

Result

Sanctuary generated 574 female applications and this campaign won the 2023 Best Single Purpose Attraction Award at the ISE.

Highlights

  • 13-day campaign
  • 3,098 clicks
  • 574 applications
  • 841 female students called

Rolls Royce

Situation

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars asked Sanctuary to design a 13-day campaign to drive the 417 female applications they need to hit their targets and ultimately diversify their graduate intake to help with their female diversity mission.

Situation

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars asked Sanctuary to design a 13-day campaign to drive the 417 female applications they need to hit their targets and ultimately diversify their graduate intake to help with their female diversity mission.

Result

Sanctuary generated 574 female applications and this campaign won the 2023 Best Single Purpose Attraction Award at the ISE.

Highlights

  • 13-day campaign
  • 3,098 clicks
  • 574 applications
  • 841 female students called

Delivering Quality Diverse Talent For Grad & School Leaver Schemes - Audit Scotland

Situation

Our client wanted sufficient applications to deliver on all of their hires at first time of asking for their graduate and apprentice programmes just 3 weeks before the deadline.

Action

We delivered top diverse talent by accessing all our Scottish university partnerships, academic departments, relevant Scottish societies and our database of talent.

Result

We supported the generation of over 700 applications (for the first time in 3 years) with all graduates and apprentice roles filled first time of asking.

Highlights

2026
Clicks
4x
Apprentice applications
700+
Applications
2
Year partnership

Boosting Applications From Female STEM Candidates - Amey

Situation

We were tasked with increasing female STEM applications to Amey's graduate programmes with 10 days until the application deadline.

Action

We engaged with 10 female diversity societies, sent 2 e-shots to female STEM talent on our database and carried-out targeted social media outreach

Result

We helped generate 517 applications for their graduate programs which accounted for an increase of 27% in female applications.

Highlights

2514
Clicks
27%
More Female Applications
517
Applications
10
Day campaign

Increasing Quality Applications From Less Privileged Candidates - Bristows

Situation

We were tasked to Increase applications from disadvantaged candidates for Bristows' training contract and vacation scheme.

Action

We worked with our most socioeconomically diverse university partners and their widening participations schemes, departments with high proportions of diverse talented our database to drive talent.

Result

We helped generate over 500 diverse applications for Bristows, which was the most they’ve had in 3 years.

Highlights

1989
Clicks
500+
Applications
3
Year partnership
1st
Time using a 3rd party

What our clients say

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"We needed to use Sanctuary Graduates in order to give us a reach to other high calibre, fresh talent on campus, which they did through their networks. Not only were we able to recruit excellent Tech graduates through using Sanctuary, we actually hired more than originally planned due to the calibre of who they put forward."

Jade Harvey

Graduate Recruiter, Schroders Plc

“So it’s been our best year yet for offers from just the one campaign! 😊 Huge thank you again to your team for all of their help with the campaigns”

Laura Spencer

Senior HR Advisor, Audit Scotland

“The team were assiduous in ensuring that the candidates put forward were filling the ‘brief’ and we were delighted with the eventual hire we made through them. I would not hesitate to recommend Sanctuary Graduates in the future.’’

Miriam Knipe

Team Leader - HR, Tibra Global Services

In 2024, our graduate recruitment drive with Sanctuary Graduates was a huge success! Their innovative digital attraction strategies helped us reach a wider and more diverse range of candidates. The team's dedication, expertise, and seamless collaboration with our resourcing team and managers made the entire process smooth and efficient. We highly recommend Sanctuary Graduates to any organisation looking to enhance their graduate recruitment efforts.

Martin Thompson

Head of Talent Management, Colas Ltd