School of Health and Medicine
Lancaster University’s Faculty of Health and Medicine brings together a wealth of expertise in teaching, research and outreach. Its work spans the health and medicine spectrum. Providing the Faculty with an effective online showcase for that work was the job of NuBlue.
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The Brief
The Faculty wanted to differentiate itself from the existing university faculties and provided a strong, clean brand image for us to work with. They wanted a series of templates that would allow the Faculty and its members to flexibly develop and broaden the volume of online content, yet remain compliant with university guidelines.
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The Solution
Using Lancaster University's bespoke content management system (CMS), we designed and built accessible templates for the website that would reflect the brand and outside image of the Faculty. The templates were created with editable sections. This would allow the Faculty to quickly and easily update information (e.g. home page news) through the CMS while the fixed aspects would keep the style of each page consistent. A two tier navigation system would help make the website scalable whilst remaining user-friendly.
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The Result
We’ve helped give the Faculty a strong online presence through a consistently styled website that can evolve and adapt to demand. The website is now heavily used by the faculty for communicating with its students and employees and already contains a sizeable amount of client generated content.
Project Facts
System Used: Expression Engine
Third Party Integrations: N/A
Technologies Used: XHTML, CSS
Services Used: Web Design and Development
Sector: Higher Education
Company Name: Lancaster University
Year Established: 1964
Interesting Fact: Lancaster University is ranked 7th out of 120 institutions in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2012, based on teaching excellence and the National Student Survey.
