1. “ It’s not about having your face on the frontpage” - quote from staff to officer, circa July 2008 UCLan SU’s adventures in web land

8. UCLan SU’s adventures in web land Some stuff we tried/did Making a boring thing a news story and making what the officer did a story rather than the officer being the story Student Written Submission submitted in August 2008 to QAA and University, very long document, very interesting to those who are interested by *yawn* for everyone else. Took key points. Made news story. Report available to download. Follow-up story about what was being done in response to report. Whole campaign started based around reports responses. Together both stories received 325 page views, with an average time spent on page as 1 minutes and 46 seconds (they read the story) and the report was downloaded 82 times. Did the same with story about the minimum wage being increased and campaigns officer praising it.

9. UCLan SU’s adventures in web land Some stuff we tried/did Making a social network just for course reps Using Ning to create a social network just for course reps. Only trained course reps allowed, restricted access. Fantastic resource. Helps officer. Great network to tap into. Over 200 now registered and 50% actively using the network and this number is increasing. Doesn’t cost a penny. Just a bit of time.

10. UCLan SU’s adventures in web land Some stuff we tried/did Event/service specific mini-sites Created our Give It A Go event as a mini-site – www.uclansu.co.uk/giveitago Similar design but new colours to reflect offline branding. Events listed. Received 12,874 visits to date. Ran blog alongside event fortnight, to provide editorial content. Want to expand use of multimedia, online booking function, more reviews and Interactivity.

11. UCLan SU’s adventures in web land What are you doing? We’ve only touched the tip of the iceberg… We didn’t come here to boast. We have made mistakes. We wanted to share. There’s a lot more we can do. What are you doing?