Welcome

About University Fairs

Get a unique in-depth knowledge of some of the industries top-performing international educational fairs and supporting publications, carefully selected from around the world and book your participation online here on the University Fairs website. Universityfairs.com is one of a series of new websites from Studycentral Ltd, a provider of student focussed fairs for the educational and career sectors.

The University Fairs website brings together organisers and their fairs from around the world to one place. Each profile with its uniform and usable structure, aims to provide recruiters with a comprehensive overview of each event. Each fair offers institutions and organisations the opportunity to create new productive relationships. Some of the testimonials we have received from our clients to date are available for you to read.

About Studycentral

Established in 2006, Studycentral has grown as institutions and organisations have sought new recruitment teritories and qualified student fairs to reach high-achieving students. Our consultancy, honesty, support and understanding of student fairs worldwide, means today we work with some of the worlds most recognisable Universities, Colleges, Business Schools, Hotel Management Schools, Professional and Government Bodies.

Booking your particpation and advertising online

With University Fairs integrated online order system you can customise your participation, add it to your cart and either go to check out or continue shopping. When you decide to check out there are only a few easy steps to process your order, receive details for payment and get confirmation of your place at your chosen educational fairs and/or advertising in your selected publication.

University Fairs works in a similar way to most other online shops where you might order a product or service. Here is a simple step-by-step guide on how you can reserve your place at any selected fair found on the University Fairs website. Find out more >>

Our aim

Is to continue to seek out high-performing educational fairs where ever they appear and to create a resource that surpasses your expectations every time. 

The University Fairs key contacts

Irina Tchirkova - Business Development Director

Irina Tchirkova was born in Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. At 22 she graduated with a BA in English and German from the Pedagogical Institute (Teacher Training University) in Novosibirsk. After working at Hobsons Plc, where Irina was responsible for marketing and student recruitment for more than 120 international education clients, Irina got to work on Studycentral and its divisions. Contact Irina for all sales enquiries.

Craig Matthews - Creative Director

Craig graduated with a BA (Hons) in Business Economics at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2003 and has since worked in the education sector delivering solutions to enable education providers to reach high-calibre students. Craig began his professional career at  Hobsons Plc where he became a Senior Production Editor, working on many of their international print and website publications. Seeing the increasing need for reliable information on leading education fairs, Craig together with Irina established Studycentral.

Craig is at the forefront of improving the customer experience through our website design and the data we display on leading international education fairs. Contact Craig for all support enquiries.

Paul Hartshorne - Client Account Manager

Paul started his professional career as a client manager working within the IT industry, dealing with large corporate and central government organisations. Rising to client Director, Paul ran his own department of 30 staff, looking after one large central government department.

Following his success in IT relationship management, Paul decided to have a career change to follow his lifelong interest in military history. Paul graduated with a 2:1 BA (Hons) in History and War Studies at University of Wolverhampton in 2004. He then spent an initial period working in a secondary school before embarking on the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) qualification. He has 3 children and one granddaughter and is an Officer in the Army Cadet Force, volunteering his time supporting the aspirations of young people.

Paul is looking forward to utilising the experience he has gained in education, combined with his client relation knowledge and delivering an excellent service for Studycentral's clients, working with universities and colleges worldwide. Contact Paul for all sales enquiries.

Stacey McIntosh - Associated Editor

Stacey graduated with a BA (Hons) in Multi-Media Journalism at Bournemouth University in 2002. Since then, he has worked as an editor and journalist across numerous publications and sectors, both in print and online.

Stacey began his professional career in the education sector, where he worked as an editor at Hobsons PLC on the company's international education publications. These were aimed at international students wishing to study undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including MBAs and law degrees.

He has also worked for national newspaper Metro and its website, Metro.co.uk, technology magazine Installation Europe, contract publisher Seven Squared on marketing materials for Sainsbury's, and the London Development Agency.