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Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê news revamped

4 May 2011

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê News is now available in a variety of formats - a headlines digest, images, video, Twitter and an events blog - as well as press releases and notices about awards and appointments, so that you can follow Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê developments in your preferred way(s).

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê News
The new design also enables us to:
  • promote a greater variety of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê activity, while also creating content in new formats
  • present Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê News in formats that can be more easily shared
  • cater for the general trend among all age groups away from digesting longer text-based articles in favour of drawing quickly on a variety of sources of information, as found by , summarised on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê News.

Several elements of the new design are also reflected on the 'Discover Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê' section of the homepage (), which now features the headlines digest, links to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê presences on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and iTunes, and a feed of upcoming public events at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê.

The news page design is based on research conducted in 2010 about how visitors to the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê homepage and newspage like to consume news, as well as general trends in online information consumption.

Key findings of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê research were the desire for news to be presented in a more dynamic fashion, on social media channels, and to incorporate more event information.Ìý

The different formats are explained in detail below, along with the reasons for this change.

Latest from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê headlines

This is a digest of headlines covering Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê news and press coverage. Some of these links are to articles published on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê websites, and some to external sites, such as national newspapers or government.

If you would like to submit a story or headline, please do this via our .

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê News in images

These images are drawn from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê News' presence on Flickr, the image-sharing website. You can see all our photographs, illustrations and images by clicking on the link 'More Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê images'. This will take you to our presence on Flickr: .

You can follow our Flickr feed at

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Videos

This features the latest three films published on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊTV, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's YouTube channel.

You can see all the films and slideshows on our YouTube channel by clicking on 'Follow on YouTube' at the bottom-right of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Videos section. You can also go to the channel directly at or follow our YouTube feed at

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê News on Twitter

@uclnews is a Twitter feed of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê news, headlines, press coverage, and any other exciting activity going on around Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê that we think you might find interesting.

You can read the full archive of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê News Tweets on the Twitter website by clicking on 'Follow us on Twitter'.

A feed of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê News Tweets is available at

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Events blog and Guest book

The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Guest book has been absorbed into the , which is designed to showcase a much greater variety of the events that take place across Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê in greater detail. It also provides an interactive, informal channel for discussion about Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê events and a way of promoting a variety of voices from across Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê.

To read the blog, go to the 'Find out more' section at the bottom of the news page and click on the 'Events blog' link, or go direct to

The Guest book archive is available at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/guestbook/2011

We welcome your feedback about Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê News at mynews@ucl.ac.uk

Lara Carim

Head of Digital Communications