This content is superseded and the comments relate to an earlier version. It's Anne's working document.
What is the current situation?
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- There will no longer be distinct sites, but there will be an area or subsection for each faculty and each school (unless they are combined, or wish to be combined on the web, in which case there will be a blended area). See attachment for how these could be presented in a flattened IA. Combined areas could be provided for: Law, Engineering and CS, Architecture and Design, and Faculty of Education/School of Education: Te Kura Māori (to be discussed).
- The faculty and school areas will be located in About us > Faculties and schools.
- Faculty areas and school areas will be different from each other: they won't have duplicate content, and each of the two types of area will be tightly focused on a clear purpose and identified target audiences. They will be much simpler than the current sites.
- Where content represents a standard approach, it will be located in a common area of the mainsite, rather than duplicated across faculty areas or across school areas.
- Content that is of high interest to Victoria's audiences will be centrally located on the mainsite. Strong linkages will ensure it remains findable for audiences from within the faculty and school areas.
- Information about subjects, programmes and courses will be located in ‘Future students’. The structure, presentation and content will be improved.
- Information about diplomas, certificates and professional development courses will also be located in 'Future students'. Improving the content is out of scope for the current project.
- Information about research centres and institutes, research projects, research funding and research partnerships will be located in the 'Research' section.
- Information about student wellbeing and support is located in 'Current students': generic information in faculty and school sites will be integrated with this.
- Information about the location of Victoria's campuses, where to find faculties and schools within campuses, and what facilities are available will live in an improved version of the area that is currently called Our campuses.
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Intro | Intro block - brief. Linking to main intro in 'About us' |
Contacts | Contact block - who to contact |
News | Including features that cover research projects, student achievements etc |
Events | Lectures, conferences etc |
Links: | Areas of study - linking to topics/programmes/courses in 'Future students' Research - linking to area in research Centres and institutes Faculty site |
About / About the school
Introduction | Strengths, unique features. Vibrant, exciting, makes an emotional connection. Like a walk down Cuba St? Include a video tour? One page only. Consider including a 1-minute video from HOS. |
Location and facilities | Link to Our campuses. The content in Our campuses will be extended to include information about where to find faculties and schools within campuses, what general facilities are available, building/floor access, health and safety, and similar areas. Any 'local' information that is specific to the school and wouldn't fit on the mainsite can be added to this page. |
Students | A small collection of features covering the university experience of recent students. Different from News. |
Staff | People finder tool? All staff associated with the school. |
Alumni | Information for alumni (as on current school sites - eg, newsletters). How to sign up. Link to main alumni site. Information about alumni. A small collection of features covering the university experience of recent students. Different from News. |
Positions | Eg, Academic Visitors' Programme, Fellows, Curator in Residence (School of Art History). |
Partners | Accreditation, affiliations, prof bodies, industry assns and partnerships, sponsors, donors. |
Structure | Boards, committees etc. Org chart |
Publications | Relevant publications - eg: School Prospectus, Faculty Handbook. |
Key links: | Research Contact us (main menu)
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Facilities | Eg:
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Resources | Study and research resources - eg: databases, software, online written resources. Example: School of Linguistics |
Study groups | Student study groups |
Work experience and internships | (Amend nav label as relevant to the content) Will only be required by a few schools - eg, ECS |
Forms and downloads | More an admin area. Forms and other key documents for students to access easily. May not be required by all schools. Must be relevant to school role (ie, don't include faculty forms and downloads). |
Links | Current students - including:
> Prizes
Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association (VUWSA)
Research section - including:
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Academic transcripts and Certs of Completion: provide form on 'Forms' page. Link to relevant page in Current students.