Undergraduate students' engagement with LinkedIn

Harry Price; Faith Tucker

Undergraduate students' engagement with LinkedIn

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Abstract

LinkedIn is the most commonly used professional social networking tool with 44+ million users in the UK in January 2025 (Statista, 2024). However, many undergraduates do not have a profile (Lexis et al., 2023). This project extends previous research by Sharma and Tucker (2024) to explore undergraduate students’ engagement with LinkedIn. The poster presents findings from an online survey with UON students. It is suggested that students’ engagement with LinkedIn would be enhanced through dedicating class time to the setting up and updating of LinkedIn profiles, creating LinkedIn groups to facilitate networking between current students and alumni, and offering additional timetabled support at the end of the academic year to support students in their use of LinkedIn.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 16 Jun 2025
Event	UON Learning and Teaching Conference 2025: Continuity and Trust: Building Resilience. - University of Northampton, Northampton, United Kingdom Duration: 16 Jun 2025 → 17 Jun 2025

Conference

Conference	UON Learning and Teaching Conference 2025
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Northampton
Period	16/06/25 → 17/06/25

Keywords

LinkedIn
Employability
Students
Higher Education

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Undergraduate students' engagement with LinkedIn

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UN SDGs

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