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Tasha Kidd

Rolling out department web rebuilds

Rolling out department web rebuilds

Posted by Tasha Kidd on 22 May 2023

We’re about to complete the pilot phase of our big project to work with all academic departments to update their web pages to new templates and optimised content. Here’s an update on what we’ve done so far and what’s coming next.

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Tackling ongoing maintenance of the new school web branches

Tackling ongoing maintenance of the new school web branches

Posted by Tasha Kidd on 20 December 2022

A key part of my role is to develop quality assurance and content governance processes for our web estate. I’ve recently tackled a small but important part of this by creating a governance model for our three shiny new school web presences.

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Proudly presenting our three new School web branches!

Proudly presenting our three new School web branches!

Posted by Tasha Kidd on 22 August 2022

We’ve just completed a mammoth project to deliver web presences for three new academic schools while putting content strategy to the test.

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Schools and departments web content – introducing the project

Schools and departments web content – introducing the project

Posted by Tasha Kidd on 3 March 2022

We’re excited to introduce a new project we’re working on to help showcase the University’s three new schools and existing departments to the outside world through attractive, engaging and informative web content.

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Our shiny new postgraduate funding guide

Our shiny new postgraduate funding guide

Posted by Tasha Kidd on 4 December 2019

Our updated funding guide aims to help prospective postgraduate students break down financial barriers, and plan their route to York. 

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Chunking up content for our international guides

Chunking up content for our international guides

Posted by Tasha Kidd on 19 November 2019

Earlier this year we had the opportunity to consolidate two printed publications aimed at prospective international students. This was a really satisfying piece of work as we’ve made significant improvements in terms of content and design. 

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Undergraduate prospectus 2020 revamp

Undergraduate prospectus 2020 revamp

Posted by Tasha Kidd on 6 September 2019

It’s old news but good news: between August 2018 and January 2019 we did a major overhaul of the front section of our undergraduate prospectus 2020 (PDF).

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