The University of Dundee is committed to reducing all carbon emissions to a net zero position by 2045. That’s the best part of 20 years away depending on when you start counting. However, with the most difficult part of that…
This week we’re proud to launch the new Student Voices web pages. This marks the end of the Student Blog WordPress website that was launched back in 2012. Content from the blog has been migrated into a new section within…
Over the last month, Jonathan from the Web Services team has carried out an audit of guide pages on the University website. It’s been an incredibly useful exercise, not least because it’s made me reflect on why we created guides…
In this post I want to focus on something seemingly unremarkable but important when writing concise web content. Headings. The benefits of using headings Headings are used to break up the different parts of your page content to give it…
I woke up early and jumped on the train to Edinburgh for an unexpected trip to UX Scotland. Steve in our team sadly couldn’t make it. I jumped at the opportunity. Reading back over my notes and rewriting them has…
This week, we’re excited to launch new web pages for promoting study exchange opportunities at the University. Go Abroad provides UoD students with study exchange opportunities and also information and support on this topic. Its main focus is a list…
People are constantly bombarded with information from all directions. Whether it’s social media, news outlets, or advertising, the sheer volume of content can be overwhelming. It’s important to cut through the noise and deliver content that is clear, purposeful, and…
For the last 5 years in Web Services, we’ve been consumed by the mammoth task of migrating content from the old website (which uses t4 content management system) to the new (which uses Drupal). Literally tens of thousands of pages…
In May 2022 Web Services successfully launched the new PhD web pages. This marks a huge milestone and is the culmination of work that we started two years ago when we consulted with students and stakeholders around the requirements for the…
One of the most important things we do here in Web Services is to work with other teams across the university to ensure their websites and systems are fully accessible. We do this using our accessibility audit process. This article…
It has taken us almost nine months of hard work, but after a very intensive and thorough procurement process, we’re thrilled to announce that we have selected the Drupal CMS, running on the Acquia platform with our new implementation partners…
As part of our continuing work on the new University website, we are undertaking a series of Design Sprints. These are fun, interactive sessions with students, staff, and other key audience members. Most organisations know what their biggest challenges are.…
They say that change is inevitable, and in the web team we’ve seen our fair share of it over the past couple of years. We’re now a new team, with a new structure, about to settle into a new home…