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Catch up with the latest University Website Project, website, CMS and cPanel news.
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1 December 2021

New Student and Staff hubs: how we're implementing your feedback

Feedback has been given on the new Student and Staff hubs and will be used to help improve the website.
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23 June 2021

The Internal Website Project: From discovery to design

The goal of the new Internal Website Project is to create a secure place for staff and students to share content, make it easier to find information, and collaborate within the University.
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9 February 2021

The Internal Website Project is now underway

Following on from the University Website Project, we’re creating a secure place for staff and students to share information: an internal CMS and website.
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For business, one of the final sites to be migrated
18 December 2020

University Website Project wrapped

We've successfully wrapped up the University Website Project. Here are a few of our final figures and highlights.
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13 May 2020

A new homepage for the University of Sheffield

Today (13 May 2020) is an important milestone in the life of the University Website Project as we turn on our updated sheffield.ac.uk homepage in the CMS.

A preview screenshot of the new-look Staff hub homepage.

The new look Staff hub is coming

As part of improving the overall digital experience at the University, we’re transitioning the staff sections of the University website to a more secure and easy-to-use platform, bringing them in line with the rest of the website.

28 July 2021
A preview screenshot of the new-look Student hub homepage.

The new look Student hub is coming

As part of improving the overall digital experience at the University, we’re moving the student sections of the University website to a more secure and easy-to-use platform, bringing them in line with the rest of the website.

28 July 2020
The School of English website is displayed on a computer screen.

Halfway and counting

The migration of externally-facing websites to the University's New Content Management System - due to be completed in December 2020 - is more than halfway through, and ahead of schedule with 55% of websites now moved.

16 April 2020
A screengrab of Dr Esther Karunakaran's staff profile on the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering's website.

Finding the identity of Staff profiles

Our newest set of Content types are some of the most ambitious - and important - bits of development we've undertaken so far on the University Website Project. Here we tell the story behind their design.

27 February 2020
An illustration of two websites being analysed by the users. There is a question mark. It is implied that the users are being asked to choose if they prefer design option A or B.

The evolution of our new CMS

How our new CMS is growing and evolving to meet the needs of both visitors and editors.

22 November 2019