User experience

PDFs on the website aren’t great. You know that, we know that, but they’re still there. Why that?  There is valid reason to upload a document to the website for certain types of information. In our guidelines for Typecase, we...

Introduction In September 2025, we launched a new digital prospectus for master’s courses at Bath. This was a collaborative effort between the Digital Content and Development teams. In the spirit of that collaboration, Rebecca Stewart, our Front-end Developer, and I...

Written by Sam Street (UX Designer) and Daniel Matongo (Back-end Developer).   What is the URL shortener? The URL shortener is an in-house app that the Digital Development team built some time ago. The name sums its purpose up pretty...

Some content types on bath.ac.uk are very information-dense and tend to be on the long side. To make navigating these pages easier, we provide a vertical in-page navigation which allows users to jump straight to the content they’re looking for....

What is a prototyping tool anyway? In basic terms, modern software design can be broken down into a few distinct areas; design, front-end development, and back-end development. If you're someone who is great at all three then congratulations, you are...