New look my¹û¶³Ó°Ôº launched thanks to student feedback
13 October 2015
The start of the academic year saw the launch of a new look my¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, the all student e-newsletter.
Over the summer, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Communications and Marketing (CAM) held focus groups with undergraduate and postgraduate students from across the university to find out how we could make my¹û¶³Ó°Ôº more appealing and user friendly.
Collaboration
my¹û¶³Ó°Ôº was originally implemented in October 2014, in response to feedback from student focus groups conducted by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº 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 ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº. 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 my¹û¶³Ó°Ôº which we hope will prove both useful and popular."
my¹û¶³Ó°Ôº 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 my¹û¶³Ó°Ôº are available to browse and download in an archive hosted on .
Contribute
my¹û¶³Ó°Ôº aims to keep students informed of key information including:
- Internal announcements relevant to ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº students (via 'Announcements')Ìý
- Training and volunteering opportunities suitable for ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº students (via 'Opportunities')
- Interesting stories and features on ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº life (via 'Features')
- Events open to ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº students (via 'What's On')
- Research opportunities (via ' Take part in ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº research')
- ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº news (via '¹û¶³Ó°Ôº in the news')
- Pictures, media and infographics (via '¹û¶³Ó°Ôº in pictures')
- Individuals and projects at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº (via 'Seven questions with')
If you have an event, research study, opportunity, news item or photo you would like to submit for inclusion in my¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, 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 my¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Editorial Policy.
Useful Links
Rachel Heatley, Student Communications Manager, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Communications & Marketing