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Faculty area
Purpose
- Provide an overview a profile of the faculty, including its purpose, roles and responsibilities; structure and affiliations.
- Provide faculty-specific administrative material for current students.
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| Audience | Information needs | Prospective students, including international students, and their influencersUnderstand the strengths and features of the faculty. | |
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| Current students - both coursework and research |
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Industry and business, including government (central and local) and research partners | |||
Primary audiences
| Audience | Information needs |
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Prospective staff | Is this somewhere I'd like to work? What do they do? Who else works here? |
Prospective students, including international students, and their influencers | Understand the strengths and features of the school. Why would I choose to study here? What would it be like being a student here? |
| Prospective research partners (industry and business, government (central, local), other universities) | Understand the strengths and features of the school. Why would I work with them? What are their areas of expertise? Who are their people? |
| Study and research material and information that is distinct to the school/programme. | |
| Academic visitors | What facilities are available? Who can I work with? |
| Alumni, including potential donors | What achievements and milestones have occurred at the school? What events (eg, lectures, conferences) are coming up? What reports and publications have been published recently? |
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Find out about Student and Academic Services - what they can help with, how to contact them. Find out about specific faculty regulations for areas such as enrolment, exams and assessments, graduation. | |
Prospective staff | Understand the strengths and features of the faculty. Is this somewhere I'd like to work? Who else works here? |
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| About | Student help |
Content
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| Intro | Intro block - brief. Linking to main intro in 'About us' |
| Who to contact | Contact block |
| Our schools | 'Quicklinks' to schools |
| Links: | Research Centres and institutes Areas of study |
About / About us
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| Introduction | Introduction from Dean: purpose and role of faculty. What sets our faculty apart. Punchy, marketing focus. Consider video where appropriate. Link to faculty handbook. |
| Staff / Faculty staff | People finder tool? All staff associated with the school. |
| Mission, vision and values | Or similar |
| Committees and boards | Can get complex - see |
| Affiliations | If relevant at faculty level (rather than school level) |
Dean's list | Deans list, Deans award. |
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Blue text identifies scope to include admin info for specific topics if it's distinct to the faculty (eg, see Faculty of Law on assessments and exams). Generic faculty 'rules' and FAQ-type info should be moved into 'Current students'. (We need a note in there telling them to also check the faculty site.)
| Who to talk to | Faculty staff: Student and Academic Services - who, what, when (counter hours), where. |
Enrolment |
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| Fees | |
Changes to courses |
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| Planning your degree | |
| Assignments | |
| Examinations | |
| Graduation | |
| Forms | As on faculty sites now - large number of downloads. Include form(s) for academic transcripts and certs of completion. |
| Links | Current students - specific links for all relevant areas. |
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Academic transcripts and Certs of Completion: provide form on 'Forms' page, link . Link to relevant page in Current students.
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