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Introducing: The all-new University of Gloucestershire website

The humanities building at the University of Gloucestershire

The all-new University of Gloucestershire website has launched. This project includes so many things that we've wanted to see in flagship websites. This high-profile development took over a year to realise and saw SMILE work with stakeholders from across the university at all levels.

February 16, 2021
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Case Studies

Working with UEA on their flagship website

We re-designed the University of East Anglia (UEA) website. This was our biggest design project to date including UI/UX design, and the creation of a design system.

February 9, 2021
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Case Studies

Embracing Google Web Stories for Morley College London

SMILE looks into ways that Morley College can promote their expanding offer using a new technology - web stories, by Google.

February 8, 2021
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Case Studies

Redesigning a College Website Using Gutenberg Blocks

Bradford College is the first SMILE project designed and built to take full advantage of WordPress' new Gutenberg Editor. Jon Bates spoke to the key SMILE team members behind this project to find out more.

January 25, 2021
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Case Studies

A new morleycollege.ac.uk

A image showing the Morley College website

We've been working with Morley College and Hunterlodge Advertising to launch a brand new morleycollege.ac.uk! We're excited to show you all this new project that we've been working on.

November 26, 2020
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Must read

The difference between the needs of the user and stakeholder opinions and how feedback can affect a project

When it comes to redesigning a flagship website, a prospectus, or virtually anything that requires design input, there is a 99% chance that the client will have an opinion and thoughts to feedback (rightly so, they are paying for it).…

November 5, 2020

Project Update

Accessibility Reporting for HE: The Human Touch

a colourful crowd of people (from different ethnicities and abilities) looking at a single computer with light emitting from the screen, in the style of studio ghibli

Accessibility is a hot topic right now. The deadline for UK public sector institutions to demonstrate a thorough commitment to meeting accessibility regulations is fast approaching.

September 9, 2020

Opinion

Why is prototyping so important in designing new web properties for HE?

We recently wrote about our chosen design system - UXPin. One of the reasons we chose UXPin is its prototyping power. In this article, we'll take a look at how prototyping has evolved and the value it now brings to our educational clients.

August 12, 2020

Opinion, Must read

A Blueprint for the Ideal Content Team: The Agency Perspective

Content is the stuff that websites are made of. And with the sheer amount of content migration that can come along with a website redesign, a plan is needed to help smooth the process. Nowhere is this more true than in the education sector.

July 14, 2020
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Opinion, Insight

Identifying Site and Menu Architecture Using GatherContent

At SMILE, we use GatherContent to manage our own website's copy and media content. We have learned that the ability to easily arrange and view our content in this way has highlighted how this system can be further used as a powerful tool to identify or improve site map and menu architecture. Here, we share some of our key learnings.

June 15, 2020