We have built a world-class web platform that strengthens our web estate and communities and supports a model of excellence. The platform provides more than 160 environments, serving over 600 subsites, curated by almost 1,600 editors. The University Web Strategy identified a programme of activities, including the development of a new Website Publishing Platform. That platform has now been delivered, with all existing content successfully migrated across.University Web Strategy (University log in required)The platform is flexible and geared for iterative improvement, supporting ongoing business and user demands. The solution supports central and local innovation, allowing website teams to make use of - and potentially extend - functionality, aligned with agreed University standards and guidelines.The University now has a high-quality, future-proof and long-term sustainable Web Estate and aligned web publishing services, backed by a team with the requisite knowledge and skills.These services are fit for purpose to support the communications of a complex and devolved organisation like the University of Edinburgh, providing the web publishing platform and associated processes to underpin this strategy. This article was published on 2022-04-11
