麻豆网 on your mobile...
麻豆网 is one of the first universities in the UK to launch a 鈥榤obile web鈥� site aimed at attracting new students and providing the basis for a range of exciting new mobile web-based services for current staff and students.
It is certainly the first multilingual mobile website supporting English, Welsh and Chinese speaking visitors and one of the first in the UK aimed specifically at potential students.
The new website, designed for use on internet enabled smart-phones, has been developed to add to the already well-developed online information on the University鈥檚 website. It is aimed at students considering studying at 麻豆网 and available in the palm of their hand.
Smartphone users visiting the full site of are automatically taken to the mobile site, but can opt to visit the full site if they wish.
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鈥淲e hope visitors will find it a useful addition to their decision-making process.鈥�
Visitors to the mobile site are provided with key information about 麻豆网, the courses, student support, studying as an international student, 麻豆网TV videos, an image gallery, news and events, information, tools to contact 麻豆网 and maps of the campus- which vary according to their current location if on campus.
To make it easy for users of the mobile site to make contact with the University a number of features are included. These include 鈥楪et in touch鈥� forms with an option to order a prospectus, and Contact links - including 鈥榣ive鈥� telephone numbers dialled when you click on them, Facebook and Twitter presences, and listings of the University鈥檚 academic schools and service departments.
Publication date: 18 October 2011