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The University of Sunderland Flagship Website Redesign
The University of Sunderland Flagship Website Redesign
https://sunderland.ac.uk
Nathan Monk
Nov 26, 2018
Personalised Video
Personalised Video
A recruitment campaign with inherrent authenticity
Nathan Monk
Nov 25, 2018
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Virtual Open Days
Virtual Open Days
With COVID-19 forcing the majority of the world into quarantine and lockdown, the education sector has been left unable to carry out their…
Elliott Barnicle
May 21, 2020
Generating an authentic experience for online clients
Generating an authentic experience for online clients
Rebecca Roberts uncovers some of the key considerations when engaging youth audiences online through virtual open days and online events.
Rebecca Roberts
Mar 1, 2019
Quick and dirty background video
Quick and dirty background video
Background video is a useful tool in a web designers toolkit. Nathan Monk (SMILE) shows us how quick and easy it is to pull together.
Nathan Monk
Jan 29, 2019
The Responsive Media Grid
The Responsive Media Grid
How do you deal with an image or video in a shape-changing, responsive container?
Nathan Monk
Jan 27, 2019
What students want from universities in 2017
What students want from universities in 2017
‘Large amounts of useless information’, ‘Not enough important images’, ‘All look the same’, ‘Not entirely honest’.
Nathan Monk
May 22, 2017
Understand your audience better with personas
Understand your audience better with personas
University websites are primarily used to recruit and engage with students, but realistically they have multiple audiences to appease. It’s…
Nathan Monk
May 18, 2017
Helping universities deal with the change in news: Timelines
Helping universities deal with the change in news: Timelines
News has changed a lot over the years, from being printed in newspapers and magazines, through video on the television and now people look…
Nathan Monk
Apr 13, 2017
The State of Digital Marketing and Communications
The State of Digital Marketing and Communications
in UK Higher Education, 2015
Nathan Monk
Aug 4, 2015
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