Last year, we carried out usability testing around the proposed search and filter interface for the future degree finder. We also tested the effectiveness of updated navigation features to help users orientate themselves on programme pages. We were pleased to see students encounter no major usability issues when interacting with these.

Since the end of 2024, we’ve held team sessions to experiment with using GenAI to edit content. We’ve found it to be unreliable and more time-consuming than manually editing content, so we’re not going to use it to help with degree finder editing in the near future.

During recent usability testing with students, we discovered that some participants had used AI when applying for university. To learn more, I researched how site users are engaging with GenAI tools, and how these tools are currently presenting our web content. The results left me with some questions about how our team should be futureproofing for […]

In advance of getting access to the new degree finder content management system (CMS), this blog provides School editors with a preview of editing an undergraduate programme page, including what the programme template looks like, what you can edit, what you can’t edit, and where you can find more detailed guidance.

We’re now a month past our undergraduate degree finder launch. We’ve had a great combination of positive and constructive feedback, allowing us to better understand the specific challenges editors face collating undergraduate information, and develop our backlog of improvements to the degree finder service.

With the launch of the latest edition of the undergraduate degree finder, the Prospective Student Web team has also launched the new degree finder CMS (content management system). This blog compares the new CMS to the methods we have used to date for our collaborative editing process, highlighting some of the new features that will […]

Four years ago, the content designers in our team got started on our project to transform our online provision for prospective students. With the recent launch of the new undergraduate provision, we summarise and reflect on the journey that got us to this point.

Our provision for prospective students is changing across 2025, starting with undergraduates next week. The way we approach content management is changing too, ensuring a more sustainable and proactively curated service.

On February 4th, we hosted an open invitation online session to share our insights on flexible study, short courses and the ICL route to a postgraduate qualification. This was of particular relevance to colleagues in related fields, such as Short Courses, Executive Education, Continuing Professional Development, and the part-time intermittent route to a postgraduate award. […]

I recently ran an open invite usability review for our latest round of usability testing. Normally I run these sessions within our team, but we wanted to involve colleagues across the University in our work to improve the editorial experience. It was also an opportunity for school editors to see the new degree programme editorial […]