Which technology is being used to access the University website?
Understanding which technology is being used to access the University website is very important as we need to ensure an optimum experience for as many users as possible.
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Information and guides relating to data and analytics.
Graduation 2016: what the data tells us
Graduation 2016 marked the second year of the new version of the graduation webpages. Last September, Carley Hollis wrote about the impact of the newly designed webpages compared with the ‘old’ design in 2014. Now,…
Prospective PG student survey results
The digital communications team aims to adhere to the principles of user-centred design in everything we do. An integral part of this process is collecting user feedback. This is important at the beginning of a project…
Benchmarking university websites
We wanted to benchmark our website against other university websites, both within the UK and worldwide to see how we compare with things like responsive design, intranet usage and standardised school sites. To do this…
Mobile visitors
The use of mobile devices to access the University of St Andrews website has increased drammaticaly over the past few years. Mobile devices now account for 20% of visitor traffic. That’s 1,200,000 visits in 2013 – a…
St Andrews ranked #1 in the world for student satisfaction in IT support
i-graduate (often referred to simply as iGrad) is the global benchmark for student experience, implemented by over 1,400 of the world’s best universities, with feedback from over 1.7 million students. The i-graduate…
How Safari became the number one browser at St Andrews
Last week I logged into Google Analytics to take a look at browser statistics for the University website. I was surprised to discover that Safari is now the most popular browser among visitors to the University…