One of our biggest projects during the past year has been the introduction of a new undergraduate brochure for each academic department.
Getting in the zone: aligning our online map with the campus signage
The concept of zones was introduced to campus last year, when new signage was put up that divided campus up into ten coloured areas. This was done as part of the University’s Wayfinding and Signage project. Last month we launched an updated version of our online map, which now uses the same zone system and … Continue reading Getting in the zone: aligning our online map with the campus signage
Reducing broken links and page not found messages
Many of you will be familiar with 404 page not found messages. They’re the incredibly frustrating pages you see when you’re trying to find something on the web, but it isn’t where you expected it to be.
Course pages: a milestone five years in the making
Picture the scene. It’s 2014, on a chilly December afternoon. In a small office in the basement of Heslington Hall, the website publish has just finished, and with it, seven new course pages have gone live. They look something like this...
Avoiding a (head) shot in the dark
In-house photographer, Alex Holland, is often commissioned to take an interesting portrait shot of a University academic whom he’s never met before and who can only give a few minutes of their time.
Our first online campus tour
We are pleased to present the University’s first online campus tour. The tour has been designed to allow viewers to explore campus from wherever they are in the world. For those unable to visit us or attend an open day, this is a great alternative to view our beautiful campus and its excellent facilities before … Continue reading Our first online campus tour
A new look for our Open Days
If you spent any time in the Exhibition Centre during the latest Open Days, you may have noticed some changes to the department stands.
Making our social media more human
If you follow the University on social media you might have noticed that every week or so we share a photo and a quote from a ‘Human of York’. These ‘humans’ (as we like to refer to them) are staff, students or alumni who are part of the University’s community.
Redesigning the York Festival of Ideas website
If you’ve visited the website for the 2019 York Festival of Ideas, you may have noticed that it has a brand new look. This post describes the process of designing the new site, and the new functionality we’ve developed for event listings in the web CMS as part of the project.
Departmental research pages – our progress so far
Our project to redevelop departmental research pages is underway. We’re redesigning, restructuring and rewriting key web pages to highlight our departments’ research strengths and showcase examples of York research making a difference all over the world.