November saw the official opening of our tenth college, named after Yorkshire diarist Anne Lister. Often described as the first modern lesbian, Anne’s life and her recent television portrayal gave our students plenty to work with when they were asked to design a shield for the college.
With another competition about to launch for our next college, here’s more about our part in the judging and design.
Continue reading How history shaped the shield for our newest college
Have you ever visited a website looking for a specific piece of information; maybe a swimming pool timetable, or a specific recipe?
Have you ever used a search function within the website in order to do this?
If so, you have been a ‘user’ engaging with ‘site search’.
Continue reading Getting a handle on site search
More changes are afoot among the University’s webpages as we’ve spruced up our Global Partnerships pages. With new images, streamlined content and clear calls to action, we’re promoting Partnerships with panache.
Continue reading Growing Global
There are currently over 800 users with access to our Web Content Management System (CMS). That’s a lot of people to support – whether troubleshooting a bit of content or completely rebuilding a section of the website. The Communications Support team aims to offer the very best support for users of the CMS, and we’ve just added another string to our bow.
Continue reading A new line of support for the CMS
After more than a year of home working, this summer it was time for many of us to prepare for gradually returning to campus. But as people had very different views on coming back, our task was complex. How could we engage and enthuse teams about getting back to face-to-face, no matter what their viewpoint?
Continue reading Building on a positive return to campus
As the pandemic hit in 2020 the York Festival of Ideas took tentative steps online to great success. Still in partial lockdown in 2021, the team took a leap of faith, creating a fully online programme of over 200 events. Find out how the Festival embraced Infinite ‘Zoom’ Horizons and what lessons were learnt.
Continue reading York Festival of Ideas – Infinite HorizonsHalf of good food preparation is presentation, and the same is true for our work in the Communications team. As part of the rebrand of the University’s in-house caterer from Cucina to Campus Kitchen, we’ve rebuilt their web pages and streamlined the content. And added more pictures of cake.
Continue reading Feast your eyes on the new Campus Kitchen pages
It’s another bold step for one of the University’s most recognised publications.
Our Postgraduate Prospectus 2022 follows hot on the heels of the UG Prospectus with some pretty sizable changes of its own.
Continue reading Landscape looks good for new-look PG Prospectus
We’re making sure York’s environmental research and sustainability efforts are recognised as the world prepares for one of the most pivotal moments in the fight against climate change.
Continue reading Getting ready for COP26
The Communications Support team strives to offer the best service to University colleagues. To do that, we’re going to be introducing improvements to our processes, training and guidance.
Continue reading Formulating our plans for CMS support
