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
I recently wrapped up a great project rebuilding our web pages about campus. This job was a joy to do because it allowed me to focus on many different forms of content – video and imagery proved just as important as copy to show (rather than tell) what our campus has to offer. Why a … Continue reading Campus web pages refresh
In this major revamp, we’re making IT Services’ web pages easier to use. As well as being some of our most popular sets of internal pages, they’re also super complex. We’ve gone back to the drawing board to investigate what users really want.
In October, we launched a new set of web pages which bring together resources on change management for University teams. The project proved once again why content is key! Here are the Making change happen web pages which we worked on with the People and Organisational Development (POD) team within HR. Like all universities (and … Continue reading Making change happen web pages
As we roll out our Digital Pattern Library (DPL) templates to more and more department websites, we’ve also needed to update our CMS training so that everyone using these templates is up to date with best practice. We took this opportunity to redevelop how the training is presented, and consider how we can make our … Continue reading Grand (digital) Designs: Building our new Digital Pattern Library CMS training
In the run up to January’s graduation ceremonies we were tasked to come up with something fancy to celebrate. The winning idea was to replace the main homepage banner with the names of students graduating on that day.
Sometimes, our Web Content Management System (CMS) can seem like a mysterious mythical creature. It can look a little complex when you’re less experienced in editing web content, but that’s why I’m here – my role as Publishing Support Officer is to help you navigate the features of the CMS and support you in producing … Continue reading How to tame your Content Management System