http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/webservices What the University of Bath Web Services team are up to... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:46:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en QR codes are increasingly in use around campus and, regardless of opinions of whether they are actually useful or not, there are still some best practices to follow to get the best results: legibility suitability of destination statistics tracking Legibility You have to remember the practicalities of QR codes - it's no use putting them ... http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/webservices/2012/02/22/using-qr-codes-effectively/ It's the new year, so I thought it was about time I said hello! As Web Content Manager, I'm the editor responsible for all content you read, watch and listen to on bath.ac.uk. My job is to make sure that I keep our 2.5 million readers happy; not an easy task ... http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/webservices/2012/01/19/hello-from-the-new-web-content-manager/ 2011 has been a busy year here in Web Services. We have had five colleagues leave, another one head off to have twins and four new people start. We have released sites, deleted applications, built all manner of awesome stuff and solved problems. Through it all, we have worked hard ... http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/webservices/2011/12/23/the-end-of-the-year/ I have been here for nearly 3 months now and thought I had better introduce myself. I am the Web Supporter for the University of Bath. In other words, the friendly face at the other end of the RT queue here at Web Services! So far it has been a very ... http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/webservices/2011/12/22/three-months-and-counting/ For our September 2011 Open Day we put together a single-page destination specifically for the event. The percentage of visitors to our site whom Google Analytics classifies as using "Mobile" devices currently runs at 3.4% (up from 1.4% this time last year) but since we always see a spike in mobile ... http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/webservices/2011/11/13/our-mobile-open-day-page/ It's been just over three months since our glorious leader, Alison Kerwin, left on maternity leave - since then I'm delighted to be able to say that not only has she added two healthy bouncing babies to the fray but we've also had four new members of the team start! Sophie ... http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/webservices/2011/11/09/expanding-the-web-services-family/ I'm leaving today, so I thought it would be fun to look back over the nine and a half years I have spent working here. When I first came to work at the University of Bath in 2002, I worked as an Experimental Officer in the Psychology Department (covering maternity leave). ... http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/webservices/2011/10/06/nine-and-a-half-years/ Today, we're proudly opening our doors to hundreds of prospective students from across the country. It's an exciting occasion for us as not only is today our first open day to be held on a Saturday, it's the first time we've welcomed prospective students since becoming the Sunday Times University ... http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/webservices/2011/09/17/out/ It’s impossible to have picked up a newspaper or sat in front of the television during the last 12 months and not realised that there are great changes afoot in higher education. Aggregate student numbers in the UK have doubled in 20 years with a downturn in the national economy prompting ... http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/webservices/2011/09/16/the-times-they-are-a-changin%e2%80%99/ [caption id="attachment_1866" align="alignright" width="300" caption="My new place of work!"][/caption]I can’t believe it's week five already! It’s been an exciting few weeks for me, settling into my new role and exploring this amazing city. I’ve enjoyed spending the days learning new systems and meeting stakeholders, the evenings sight-seeing and discovering many of ... http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/webservices/2011/09/02/hello-bath/