Getting in the zone: aligning our online map with the campus signage

Posted by Paul Kelly on 13 August 2019

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 brings the two types of map closer together. We’ve hopefully made it much easier for staff, students and visitors to use the physical and digital maps together as they navigate around campus.

Reducing broken links and page not found messages

Posted by Aimee Phillips on 5 August 2019

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

Posted by Jennifer Jones on 30 July 2019

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.

Avoiding a (head) shot in the dark

Posted by Jilly Lovett on 23 July 2019

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

Posted by Gabrielle Keepfer on 16 July 2019

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 deciding whether to study and live at York.

A new look for our Open Days

Posted by Alice Mannix on 10 July 2019

If you spent any time in the Exhibition Centre during the latest Open Days, you may have noticed some changes to the department stands.

Redesigning the York Festival of Ideas website

Posted by Paul Kelly on 13 June 2019

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

Posted by Lauren Cain on 7 May 2019

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.

An update on the Research Digital Developments Roadmap

Posted by Sheila Perry on 16 April 2019

One of our major programmes of work currently ongoing is designed to support the University’s research activity. We call this work the ‘Research Digital Developments Roadmap’ and it aims to improve the digital presence of all staff, centres, groups and departments involved in research.

There are six key projects covered by our roadmap – each one is based on activity that will deliver university-wide benefits, ensuring academics across the campus gain from our work.