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Beginning our discovery into the student online experience

By Jonathan Thirlwell | 14 September 2018

The initial focus of the website redesign was to help recruitment and marketing. We’ve worked to get our course and academic school pages updated. The … Read more

User testing summary – KBS

By Jonathan Thirlwell | 12 June 2018

We received feedback from students about the school pilot site for KBS. We had individual sessions with four students which included: a discussion about their … Read more

SEO for designers and content creators

By Matthew Bull | 17 May 2018

SEO has had a tricky past. Search engines like Google have always tried to evaluate websites in the same ways as humans. It’s just that … Read more

The Kent website pattern library

By Matthew Bull | 15 May 2018

You might sometimes hear designers and architects talk about a design language. It’s a way of saying that each shape, colour, texture or material in … Read more

Accessibility and the University of Kent website

By Matthew Bull | 10 May 2018

The need for accessible websites Here are a few things to consider about accessibility: 15% of the world’s population have some form of disability. This … Read more

Content workshops – school migrations

By Jonathan Thirlwell | 20 February 2018

Over the past few weeks we’ve held three content workshops to help schools prepare for their new websites. We went through each of the standard … Read more

Finding your way around: designing content for staff and students

By Matthew Bull | 22 January 2018

Until now we’ve aimed our web redesign project squarely at externally-focused marketing content. The consumers tend to be prospective students, parents, or other external users … Read more

User testing  summary – Sport and Exercise Sciences

By Jonathan Thirlwell | 06 December 2017

The new Sport and Exercise Sciences (SSES) pilot site launched in September and we wanted to get feedback from students to help us evaluate it. … Read more

Why does the new design make you scroll?

By Jonathan Thirlwell | 01 December 2017

The new theme has been designed to be responsive – it needs to look good on different screen sizes from mobile to desktop. It’s a … Read more

School pilot site feedback

By Jonathan Thirlwell | 18 October 2017

We’ve had some really valuable feedback and here are some responses. It is a process of learning and adapting. Below are responses to some frequent … Read more

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