Digital and Creative Services team blog
Updates and case studies from our team in Communications
On 14 July 2025, the main University of York website was updated to a new design. The content and site structure remains the same, so everything is still where you’d expect. But the overall design, page layouts and menus have had some big improvements. This launch marks an exciting milestone, as it applies our vibrant … Continue reading Introducing the new University of York website design
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our website redesign preview session on 19 June. It was great to see so many people there and show you all what we’ve been working on, and we hope you’re as excited as we are for the launch. A recording of the session and a copy of … Continue reading Website redesign – what do you need to do?
Thursday 19 June, 2pm to 3pm This summer we’ll be significantly updating the design of the University website to bring it in line visually with the rest of our established brand. Ahead of the redesign launch, the Communications team are hosting a preview and Q&A session for all members of the University. You’ll have the … Continue reading Join us for a website redesign preview and Q&A
In early summer 2025 we will start to roll out a major update to the look of the University of York website. This will align the website with the University’s updated brand identity, which has been appearing across other channels over the last few years. It also gives us an opportunity to apply expertise and … Continue reading Coming soon: a new look for the University of York website
Having recently joined Communications as Web Content Developer, I was keen to get stuck into the CMS. Luckily, one of my first tasks was to rebuild the History of the University branch on the website. For this quick turnaround project, my colleague Harriet and I had a focus day where we got the bulk of … Continue reading Looking to the past: Rebuilding the History of the University web pages
We’ve created a selection of branded templates for digital screen content which are now ready to use in the brand platform.
The undergraduate prospectus 2021 is hot off the press. The striking new cover has a strong photographic element with text and graphics. It’s been an exciting project which kicked off in September last year.
Have you ever wondered how a designer comes up with an illustration? Phil and Sean from our graphic design team discuss their process for creating an illustration, and how the new prospectus covers and departmental brochures came to be.