News

Catch up with the latest University Website Project, website, CMS and cPanel news.
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.
22 November 2019

The evolution of our new CMS

How our new CMS is growing and evolving to meet the needs of both visitors and editors.
Screenshots of the 'Our guarantee' page before and after.
The old and new accommodation website side-by-side.
1 November 2019

Accommodation: moving in to the new CMS

October marked another milestone for the University Website Project (UWP) as we wrapped up the second group of websites in our plan with Accommodation going live.

Department of Civil Engineering homepage
10 September 2019

More sites go live

The latest batch of new websites has gone live as the University Website Project continues in full swing. Here are the most recent sites to be successfully migrated across to the New CMS.
the web support homepage
9 September 2019

New CMS development updates

This last month has seen many improvements being made to our CMS. Here’s what’s new.
Training for the new content management system taking place.

Three things we've learned while delivering new CMS training

A quick update on how things are going with the training for our new content management system (CMS) and the improvements we’ve made since onboarding the first group of editors.

15 July 2019
Member of staff helping student

Digital drop in - Wednesday 10 July

You’re invited to a monthly drop-in session to discuss specific web problems or ask questions to experts face-to-face.

18 June 2019
How the new Politics homepage looks like

Two more departments go live - and other project news

An update about the Department of Politics and the School of Architecture being the latest sites to be migrated to our new content management system, and a few more exciting things happening with the UWP.

17 June 2019
A screenshot of the new web support homepage (new CMS)

Web support site update

Our web support site has had a makeover. Take a tour to see what's changed.

10 June 2019
CBE homepage

Our first department website goes live

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is the first academic department website to be migrated to our new content management system.

4 April 2019
Firth Court - The University of Sheffield

University Website Project drop in - Thursday 31 January

You’re invited to a monthly drop-in session where any aspect of the project can be discussed.

28 January 2019
Firth Court - The University of Sheffield

University Website Project soft launch - Thursday 5 July

The first pages of the new website will go live next week - do let us know your feedback.

29 June 2018
A new approach to navigation

A new approach to navigation (part two)

We're testing a form of horizontal navigation to be used on individual sub sections of the new website.

4 June 2018
Firth Court - The University of Sheffield

Brick by brick: a pattern library for the new University website

A new set of in-page design elements will help CMS editors create effective content and also maintain a consistent visual style across the new University website.

4 May 2018
A screenshot of the new prospective postgraduates website page

Planning for roll out of the new website

An update on what we've been working on since the soft launch of the new University website.

13 April 2018