The University’s OneWeb Programme has been hugely successful at this year’s ContentEd Awards (Thursday 25 November). Of the six award categories available the University has won three. It’s a great recognition of the collaborative work and its successful implementation over the last three years.
ContentEd is a world leading body for content strategy, user experience, content design and content marketing in the education sector. The annual ContentEd Awards are attended by delegates from across the UK, Europe, North America and Australasia. It showcases industry and sector leading projects and recognises great content strategy work. The Awards are judged by a panel of our industry and sector peers.
1) User Focus award – for excellence in the approach to content founded on a thorough understanding of the user.
Judges comment: “The diverse range of research methods used in this approach is staggering. It demonstrates the utmost commitment to really understanding their users, and a willingness to do what it takes – no matter how challenging the methods might be – to deliver a user-focused approach.”
2) Excellence in Content Strategy – recognises teams or projects that demonstrate a deep understanding and delivery of content strategy disciplines and practice.
Judges comment: “There’s no doubt that they deserve to win this award – they haven’t just tinkered at the edges of their approach… instead they have led an actual transformation, and it’s founded on the principles of solid content strategy and content design.”
3) Collaborator Award – recognises institutions or teams who are breaking through silos and creating a lasting culture of collaboration.
Judges Comment: “This is an impressive story that I can see will have a long-lasting cultural change on the University. It’s not an easy thing to do. I’m in awe at the number of activities used to bring people together and unite around user-centred practices.”
The team has been very clear to point out that this has very much been a collaborative effort with our University community (hence the award) and will be sharing these awards with, and extend thanks to, everyone who has been involved.
It’s a particularly timely moment to get industry and sector recognition, as we head into applying the outcomes of the project at scale and transition into new fully populated platform during 2022. There is still plenty of hard work ahead of us and as we said in the programme: “This isn’t the beginning of the end, it’s only the end of the beginning”.
