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The Faculty of Graduate Research will be addressed in the postgrad phase of WIP 2 (phase 3).
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School area
Purpose
- Provide a profile of the school and its activities, demonstrating its strengths and distinctiveness.
- Provide a base for school-specific study and research information and materials for current students. (Longer term, this may live in a student learning area of the homesite.)
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? Who are their people? What are their areas of expertise? |
| Current students - both coursework and research | Study and research material and information that is distinct to the school/programme. |
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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 |
Links (a tentative list) | 'Current students' - eg:
> Prizes
Research section - including:
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Faculty area
Purpose
- Provide a profile of the faculty, including its purpose, roles and responsibilities; structure and affiliations.
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Audiences
Audience | Information needs |
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Prospective staff | Understand the strengths and features of the faculty. Is this somewhere I'd like to work? Who else works here? |
| Current students - both coursework and research | Find out about Student and Academic Services - what they can help with, how to contact them. |
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Home
| Intro | Intro block - brief. Linking to main intro in 'About us'. |
| Who to contact | Contact block. Include Student and Academic Services. |
| Our schools | 'Quicklinks' to schools. |
| Links (a tentative list): | Research Centres and institutes Areas of study (topics, degrees, postgrad programmes) |
Content
| About us | Purpose and role of faculty. Strategic objectives. Strengths and features. Org chart. Link to faculty handbook. |
| Location | Link to Our campuses. Include faculty-specific info about facilities if necessary. |
| Staff / Faculty staff | People finder tool? All staff associated with the school. Not presented in a table. Student and Academic Services - who, what, when (counter hours), where. |
| Forms | As on faculty sites now - large number of downloads. (May move to 'Current students' in the future.) |
| Mission, vision and values | If required |
| Committees and boards | If required. Complex information needs to be simplified or 'flattened' out - not nested too deeply. |
| Affiliations | If relevant at faculty level (rather than school level) |
Dean's list | Dean's list, Dean's award. |
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- Sections/areas, not separate sites.
- Much smaller and simpler - audience focused, clearly defined purpose.
- Content much more integrated with mainsite. Content exposed in key areas of site where visitors are looking at related material.
- No content duplication.
- Flexible approach - 'local' content that has no logical home on mainsite remains on school site.
- Aligned with mainsite approach for content being organised by task, topic or user group - not by organisational structure.
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- Encourage people to think about F&S content (rather than F&S 'sites').
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