As you might have seen, our About the University landing page has a fresh new look. The regular information is still there, only now it’s wrapped up nicely in our responsive page layout.
Student wellbeing campaign
For the past few years, we've been working with colleagues across the University to create a student-facing wellbeing campaign. The 2018/19 campaign was bigger and better than ever, so we wanted to tell you about the thinking behind it and the all-important results.
My summer interning with the Marketing team
My experience working with the Marketing team at York as a Social Media Intern has been an exciting insight into the world of marketing and social media content creation. I was given real responsibilities from day one and had an enlightening, and encouraging experience.
Undergraduate prospectus 2020 revamp
It’s old news but good news: between August 2018 and January 2019 we did a major overhaul of the front section of our undergraduate prospectus 2020 (PDF).
Out now: the 2020 postgraduate prospectus
The latest postgraduate prospectus is out now. It features this striking cover artwork by Phil Roberts from our Design team, a refreshed front section and a new structure for the subject pages. There’s a blog post on the way about some of the changes we’ve made. In the meantime, you can read the new prospectus … Continue reading Out now: the 2020 postgraduate prospectus
Introducing the new department brochures
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.