Ross Ferguson
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Ross FergusonDecember 16, 2015
End note - Keep being ambitious Bath
On December 17th I will be saying goodbye to the University of Bath. My move obviously creates a number of changes in the Digital team. But the central message is one of continuity. Improving digital communication remains a priority for...
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Ross FergusonOctober 5, 2015
Improving communication through University blogs
We have 39 active blogs on blogs.bath.ac.uk and they are proving very popular. Traffic to our blogs last year increased by 175% and we have a healthy balance of new and returning visitors. The popularity is a satisfying reward for...
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Ross FergusonSeptember 2, 2015
Introducing the new Bath CMS
Today the University’s new content management system went live, and publishers in departments around the University will begin using it to publish their content to the web. This marks a major milestone in transforming how the University communicates and delivers...
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Ross FergusonAugust 19, 2015
Publishers, prepare for launch
On 2 September our new content management system will go live and department web publishers will be able to start using it to upload content. Which is very exciting. Because of the large volume of content that is being transitioned,...
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Ross FergusonAugust 5, 2015
We can make it - why we are developing a publishing platform from scratch
I was recently asked by a Product Manager why the Bath Digital team was building a CMS in-house seeing as it "isn’t central to what a university does". A similar point came up at the IWMW15 conference: @uniofbathdmc are building...
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Ross FergusonJune 4, 2015
How to share in the rewards of user research
Our priority principle is 'Put users’ needs first'. Lately we’ve been helping University teams to carry out their own user research. We've found it very effective and we now want to encourage more departments to get involved. Why we prioritise...
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Ross FergusonApril 8, 2015
Beta approved
The University’s strategic goal is to be recognised as an international centre of research and teaching excellence. The quality of our digital domain plays an essential role in delivering this vision. From Alpha to Beta An ‘Alpha’ version of a...
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Ross FergusonMarch 18, 2015
We’ll come to you - subscribe to our blogs by email
With increasing numbers of University of Bath blogs appearing and posts about our latest goings-on being published more often, how can people keep track of what’s new? Email subscription We are running a pilot to enable people to subscribe to...
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Ross FergusonMarch 2, 2015
Goodbye Alpha
On Friday 27th we finished the testing of alpha.bath.ac.uk. The ‘Alpha’ was a project to trial an experimental design, infrastructure and editorial approach for a new University of Bath website. The point of the Alpha The Alpha went live in...
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Ross FergusonFebruary 5, 2015
One Hour Upgrade The Third
We’ve held our 3rd One Hour Upgrade. This follows two previous fruitful outings. The idea behind One Hour Upgrade is for each member of the Digital team to spend 60 minutes working on their own initiative to make digital communications...