Handshake education partner product updates—19th September 2025

Student engagement insights [Launched: 15th September, 2025]

We have launched an updated Manage students page to all users. This page includes some quick data that you can filter on to narrow down to specific student populations and then use activity filters to help you better understand the engagement of the students you serve. 

Targeted email template updates [Launched September 4, 2025]

We’ve streamlined email templates to focus on seven useful options, with Handshake branding removed to emphasise your institution's identity. All targeted emails now include a header clarifying that they were sent on behalf of your school, reducing recipient confusion and distinguishing them from Handshake communications.

New feed experience [Launched 27th August, 2025]

[UK only] The new, content-first feed prioritises posts from students, employers, and career services, removing non-UGC content for a cleaner, more engaging experience. 

Comments [Launched 27th August, 2025]

[UK only] Careers services can now communicate with students through comments on posts. Students will be able to comment on posts your team adds to the feed and you will be able to reply to them for two-way communications.  

Collections integrated into feed [Launched 27th August, 2025]

[UK only] Students will now see jobs from collections they follow in the feed. Surfacing these in the feed further integrates your expertise into the student experience and makes it easier for them to discover and act on jobs.

External email tracking list [Launched: August 14, 2025]

To further increase the usefulness of external email tracking, you are now able to see a record of all messages logged at your institution. You will find this under the “All emails” tab on your external email logging page under user settings.