Laura Spencer

Enjoys brokering connections and community building at scale to enhance the student experience.

Laura Spencer is International Development Manager at Canterbury Christ Church University in the UK. Working alongside people with different cultural experiences and perspectives is what motivates Laura. With nearly twenty years of experience in international education, she has an instinctive understanding of what good customer service and student-orientated marketing mean. She is particularly keen to champion the embedding of alumni into student recruitment practices and regularly promotes the value of building and nurturing sustainable, mutually beneficial relationships as a result.

Laura holds a BA Hons in History and Politics from the University of Warwick, a PG Cert Management of International Higher Education from Edge Hill University and a Global Alumni Relations certificate from the University of Albany, SUNY. 

She joined the EAIE Expert Community Alumni Relations as an Associate in September 2022. She has written blogs highlighting the value of alumni relations and is an enthusiastic supporter of the EAIE Mentorship programme.