New look myÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê launched thanks to student feedback
13 October 2015
The start of the academic year saw the launch of a new look myÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, the all student e-newsletter.
Over the summer, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Communications and Marketing (CAM) held focus groups with undergraduate and postgraduate students from across the university to find out how we could make myÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê more appealing and user friendly.
Collaboration
myÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê was originally implemented in October 2014, in response to feedback from student focus groups conducted by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Communications and Marketing, in which it was clear that students were frustrated by the high volume of emails they were sent from all parts of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê. We wanted to continue that collaborative approach to ensure students are being heard and their needs are being met.
Rachel Heatley, Student Communications Manager, said: "The revamp has only been possible because of input from students. I am grateful to the students who have helped us with ideas and suggestions. Our new look e-newsletter incorporates all of the student feedback and has produced a visually appealing myÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê which we hope will prove both useful and popular."
myÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê is read by more than 10,000 students - both undergraduate and postgraduate - per week, and reaches on average 25-30% of the potential student audience. Past issues of myÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê are available to browse and download in an archive hosted on .
Contribute
myÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê aims to keep students informed of key information including:
- Internal announcements relevant to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê students (via 'Announcements')Ìý
- Training and volunteering opportunities suitable for Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê students (via 'Opportunities')
- Interesting stories and features on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê life (via 'Features')
- Events open to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê students (via 'What's On')
- Research opportunities (via ' Take part in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê research')
- Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê news (via 'Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê in the news')
- Pictures, media and infographics (via 'Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê in pictures')
- Individuals and projects at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê (via 'Seven questions with')
If you have an event, research study, opportunity, news item or photo you would like to submit for inclusion in myÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, that is relevant to a wide range of students, please send an email with a brief outline of the item and a hi-res photograph to studentcommunications@ucl.ac.uk.
For more information about the items we include, please see the myÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Editorial Policy.
Useful Links
Rachel Heatley, Student Communications Manager, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Communications & Marketing