Create Your Own WordPress Blog

So, you like our FMS TEL blog and you’d like to have something similar. How do you do it?

Go to blogs.ncl.ac.uk. You will see the following page with a choice to create a personal blog or a team blog. FMS TEL use the Team Blog as everyone in our team contributes to it.

Click on the button for your choice of blog. You will then be asked to sign in.

Team Blog


For a Team Blog, if you are not already logged in, you will have to login using your University email (username@newcastle.ac.uk) and password. You will then be presented with a form to request your Team Blog.

You can also use the form here to request a team blog: Team Blog Request Form

Personal Blog

For a Personal Blog, if you are not already logged in, you will just enter your username and password . You will then be presented with a form to register your personal blog site.

Rules and Policies

Please make sure you read the university Rules and Policies regarding publishing content on university servers and applications.

More Information

More information can be found at the IT Services Blogs page.
Download the Blog Service User Guide

Blogging: Getting Started and Keeping it Going

We were recently invited to present this blog, and our experiences running it at the Directors of Education forum. We have recorded this presentation as a video for anyone who may be interested in starting their own blog within their team.

The presentation covers:

  • Identifying needs and measuring impact
  • Things to consider before getting started
  • How to keep a blog running over a long period of time
FMS TEL Blog: A practice-sharing success story

Newcastle University staff can watch the video on Panopto.