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We were big winners at the ContentEd 2023 Awards – Future student online experiences

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/big-winners-contented-2023-awards/

Collaborating with admissions to design entry requirements  . Our biggest design challenge was entry requirements . ... We long knew this name to be an issue that led to many applicants wrongly assessing themselves as eligible for lower entry requirements

Web content updates for an improved UCAS clearing applicant experience – Future student online experiences

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/content-updates-ucas-clearing/

they did not meet the programme’s entry requirements . Applications received from ineligible applicants could not be followed up by admissions teams with an offer of a place. ... are suitably qualified according to our entry requirements . have the

Future student online experiences – Page 15 – Sharing the work of the Prospective Student Web Team

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/page/15/

We found removing this navigation had no impact on their ability to use the site and they used alternative means to get to […]. Nicole Tweedie 5th June 2023Provision for prospective postgraduate ... these pages looking for a link to the programme

Reducing the cost of content management – Future student online experiences

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/reducing-the-cost-of-content-management/

This week, we’ve launched the entry 2026 provision for prospective postgraduates . ... Postgraduate reduction: 60%. The number of pages published for prospective postgraduates reduced from 325 to 130 pages.

If everything stands out, nothing stands out: how standout elements affect user behaviour – Future student online experiences

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/standout-elements-user-behaviour/

The original Postgraduate Online Learning Essentials page. My assessment of the page was that:. ... ability to understand and interact with it the way the Postgraduate Recruitment team wanted them to.

Redeveloping the undergraduate study site – Future student online experiences

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/redeveloping-undergraduate-study-site/

The main exception to this was content in the entry requirements and applying sections of the undergraduate site. ... We didn’t redraft any of the other pages in the entry requirements and applying sections.

Widening Participation project recap – Future student online experiences

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/widening-participation-project-recap/

This included information on entry requirements and support available throughout the application process, and while at the University. ... What entry requirements you should apply with (these can vary, for example, depending on if someone has completed a

Usability testing of new programme search and page navigation features – Future student online experiences

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/testing-search-navigation-features/

We first explored this in our design sprints in 2021, using a static wireframe prototype, focused on finding postgraduate programmes. ... Static wireframe prototype of combined undergraduate and postgraduate search interface. Using a static wireframe, we

FindAMasters AI-assisted summary pilot – Future student online experiences

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/findamasters-ai-assisted-summary-pilot/

Currently, updating the University of Edinburgh postgraduate programmes on FindAMasters is a manual process. ... It’s a time-consuming task when we have over 500 postgraduate programmes.

Presenting at ContentEd 2023 – Future student online experiences

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/presenting-at-contented-2023/

a content design challenge around entry requirements so complex it felt like a big project within another big project.