Dr. Stephen Holmes B Ed, MBA, M Ed Admin, PhD (School Marketing)

Managing Partner, The Knowledge Partnership

Dr Holmes is one of three founding partners of The Knowledge Partnership established in 2003.

Stephen has published, consulted and spoken around the world on marketing and reputation management across the education sector with universities, colleges and schools at the highest levels for almost three decades, with an unmatched client list in global reach and length.

He is the only full time practising consultant in the world with a PhD in the specific field of marketing and reputation management in schools.

  • Renowned international education authority in education marketing (PhD specific to building a market culture in education).
  • Conducted more than 180 market analysis and reporting assessments of universities, schools, and colleges globally (Australia, UK, Canada, Asia, Mid East, NZ, Europe, Africa).
  • Nearly 25 years executive roles, senior level consulting, research and training experience with universities, colleges, and schools, and government agencies at the most senior levels.
  • Delivered over 100 workshops/keynotes/professional development programs to education staff in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Asia, Middle East, and Canada.
  • Authored over 80 pieces of original market research on marketing for the education sector.
  • Written widely for CREM, The Centre for Research in Education Marketing, based at The University of Southampton in the UK.
  • A regular writer for many related journals e.g. Education Marketing (UK), Independence (AHISA Schools Australia).
  • Client list includes universities, schools and colleges and in every Australian state, New Zealand, the UK, Asia, Middle East, Africa and Canada.
  • Author of The School Marketing Manual, the bestselling education-marketing reference.
  • A Director of the MaXimizE (Marketing Excellence in Education) benchmarking and evaluation project adopted by a range of universities internationally (over 100).

Events Dr. Stephen Holmes B Ed, MBA, M Ed Admin, PhD (School Marketing) has attended as a speaker: