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title: "Tyro Magazine"
description: "Tom launched Tyro Magazine at Campus Society, a social network for university students, and built it to reach 40 percent of UK students a month with three editorial staff and 350 student writers."
canonical: https://tomsharman.com/case-studies/tyro-magazine/
updated: 2026-10-25
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# Tyro Magazine

> Tom launched Tyro Magazine at Campus Society, a social network for university students, and built it to reach 40 percent of UK students a month with three editorial staff and 350 student writers.

## At a glance

- Client: Campus Society, Tyro Magazine
- Tom's role: Social & Content Lead, Campus Society & Tyro Magazine, Nov 2016 to Sep 2018.
- Years: 2016 to 2018
- Platforms: Campus Society, Tyro Magazine

## The starting point

Campus Society was a social network for university students, founded by Rashid Ajami and launched in July 2016. [Tom supplied]
Tom joined in November 2016 as employee number five. When he left in September 2018 the company had about 85 staff. [Tom supplied]

## What Tom did

As Social & Content Lead he grew the platform from under 10,000 to 600,000 monthly active users. [Tom supplied]
He launched Tyro Magazine with three editorial staff and 350 student writers. The commissioning system was the product. [Tom supplied]

## Partners

In June 2017 Campus Society signed a UCAS Media partnership that placed two Campus Society staff inside UCAS headquarters. [Tom supplied]
There were also partnerships with Barclays and ISIC. [Tom supplied]

## The results

- Tyro Magazine reached 40 percent of UK students every month. [Tom supplied]
- 350 student writers and three editorial staff. [Tom supplied]
- Campus Society grew from under 10,000 to 600,000 monthly active users. [Tom supplied]
- Its journalism was recognised by the UN Refugee Agency. [Tom supplied]

## The numbers

- 40%: of UK students reached by Tyro Magazine every month (Tom supplied)
- 350: student writers (Tom supplied)
- 3: editorial staff (Tom supplied)
- 600,000: monthly active users on Campus Society, from under 10,000 (Tom supplied)

## Read next

- https://tomsharman.com/about/#role-campus-society