College/Uinveristy College Magazine Research

This is a university magazine that I have looked at on Issuu. I thought that it was a particular good issue of an university magazine to look at as the issue is on Freshers week, which suggests lots of information and features to be included into the magazine.

Open publication - Free publishing - More edith bowman

The features that are actually contained are:

-Uni life
-events that are happening during freshers’ week ( top 20 things to do during freshers)
-essential items needed for uni & review
-A-Z of Sheffield
- Entertainment:
-New album review
-Local band interview
-Top 10 dupstep songs
-Music store advert
-Listings of music events happening in the area
Interview with radio one DJ that’ll be playing in the area
- film reviews
- games reviews
-Food & drink
Lots and lots of adverts about places to eat
Student offers of alcohol
-Beauty & well being
Lots of adverts and offers/discounts about wellbeing: hair dressers, beauty salons
student discount nights at local mall
worry about what to wear, article about the best outfits that you can get on high street
student fresher based horoscope
- Night life
Lots of adverts about places to go out
new bars, student nights etc

- Housing/living
-adverts for various student accommodation
- advice page on money worries and home sickness

- Cars
adverts for rental cars
driving lessons


These features have been included and appeal to students, as at the beginning of uni there will be lots of new students new to the country and area. Students will look everywhere for guidance and advice so including such features in a magazine is the perfect way to reach students. simply by picking out the main headings (in bold) you can imagine the reader profile for this magazine, you build up a stereotypical student in your mind.

The design
Firstly the bright colours against the dark speech bubble automatically catch your eye, enabling you to easily recognise and find the features. The language used to describe the features also appeals students as it is something they relate to. They tell you who the target audience is and is a catchy way to describe the articles in theme of the issue. e.g Dirty Laundry.