1. Institute for Culture and Society ICS UWS Web Forum Presentation 20 May 2015

2. Institute for Culture and Society Overview ICS website: Launched in January 2012 700 pages Represents 60 researchers and 50 HDR students

3. Institute for Culture and Society Page views 20142013Increase Page views156,355140,01211.67% Unique page views125,222110,04613.79% First third of 2015 (January – April): Page views: 47,006

4. Institute for Culture and Society How we encourage visitors Frequently changing content News-driven features Sharing content across multiple platforms e.g. social media, e-bulletin, mailing lists, printed materials Interactive and visually interesting High search engine rankings

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6. Some features Photo slideshows Embedded Twitter feed Automation of news and seminar list Feedback form Mailing list subscription

7. Institute for Culture and Society Challenges Recognition from within ICS about how much work goes into the website Time: juggling priorities of website and everything else to do with ‘communications’ Sourcing content from researchers and students Keeping content up-to-date when relying on others for information Translating academic content

8. Institute for Culture and Society Where to from here? More focus on research promotion, engagement and internationalisation Continuously improving the website Considering changing technology

9. Institute for Culture and Society Thank you to Varun!

10. Institute for Culture and Society Questions?