Welcome back! September is shaping up to be quite busy.
We’ve got our shiny new ‘back to school’ pencil cases with us and we’re not afraid to use them.
Go Mobile programme
The Go Mobile programme is finally in its launch phase for the first batch of sites.
Proofreading
There’s a lot of proofreading going on: we’re making sure our sites are following our new content guidelines. View our Go Mobile demo site or the University content standards (University login required) to find out more.
The whole team have been involved with proofing:
- School of Biology
- Newcastle Law School
- School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape
- Institute for Social Renewal
- Institute for Cell and Molecular Sciences
- Institute for Sustainability
- Institute of Neuroscience
- Study
Emma C and the editors for Athena SWAN have been putting the finishing touches to the new About the University pages.
Sites go live
Fanfare!
- School of Biology website went live on 11 September
- Newcastle Law School went live on 14 September
- School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape went live on 14 September
- Institute for Social Renewal went live on 14 September
We’re really proud of the sites – go and have a look at them and let us know what you think in the comments below.
The next group of sites to go live includes the Institute for Cell and Molecular Sciences, Institute for Sustainability and Institute of Neuroscience.
Guest posts on what Go Mobile is like for editors
We’ve published two guest posts from Go Mobile editors so you can get their perspective of working on the programme. Read what Fiona Simmons (Social Renewal) and Ivan Lazarov (Press Office) had to say.
Next phase for Go Mobile
Gareth attended Executive Board on the 15 September to provide an update on progress and raise awareness and support for the next phase.
Design and Technical developments
The tech team have finished building components needed for the Go Mobile template. We are busy re-importing some content like staff, news and events into T4 to make sure it’s all up to date before the sites go live.
The Press Office needs some bespoke content types setting up to manage the news and expert profiles. We’ve got the design and we’re nearly there with the CMS build.
Training and support
We’ve received 26 support requests through the NU Service Helpdesk and have resolved 15 of them.
We’re developing some training and guidance around the new image dimensions in the Go Mobile template.
Details are already available on our Go Mobile demo site but as images have to be much higher quality for a smaller screen (counter intuitive I know), we felt that running a short session would help editors get up to speed. We’ll be in touch once dates are firmed up.
Campaigns and web developments
Steve has developed new pages for the recruitment of Student Ambassadors, Student Mentors and Street Scientists.
Catherine has been working on a website for a newly formed partnership between Newcastle University and our local NHS Trusts. The new site will be launched at the end of September. Find out about Newcastle Academic Health Partners.
Emma B has been working on webpages in the School of Arts and Cultures site for the newly formed Media, Culture, Heritage subject area, which has been created due to the merging of ICCHS and MACS.
Plans for the next few weeks
Make lots of sites live! By the next installment we’ll be approaching the finish line for the first phase of the project.
