University of Bedfordshire’s Silva site wins Heist Award

9 May 2008 – The website of the University of Bedfordshire has been awarded a Bronze prize for ‘Best Website’ in the prestigious Heist Awards. The site is powered by Silva. Congratulations to the university!

UoB Heist Award Winners

From l-t: Professor Les Ebdon, Vice Chancellor of UoB; Kris Collins, UoB Web and Digital Production Manager; Pablo Picasso, Artist (sitting); Andy Fryer, UCEA’s Communications Officer and HEIST judge; Pippa Debort, UoB Head of Marketing.

About the University of Bedfordshire

The University of Bedfordshire is a pioneering institution with an emphasis on a modern curriculum that relates theory to practice. It is among the top universities in the UK for graduate employment. UoB was established in August 2006 by a merger of the University of Luton and De Montfort University’s Bedford campus.

UoB also won a Bronze Award for its Local & Regional Student Recruitment Campaign.

About the Heist Awards

Heist was established in 1986 as a specialist marketing services agency focusing on higher education. Through it’s twenty year history, the Heist Awards have recognized excellence in education marketing and are widely revered throughout the sector.

What is Silva?

Silva is a powerful CMS for organizations that manage multiple or complex websites. Content is stored in clean and futureproof XML, independent of layout and presentation. Features include versioning, workflow system, integral visual editor, content reuse, sophisticated access control, multi-site management, extensive import/export facilities, fine-grained templating and easily customizable presentation.

For complete information, see the Silva Product Pages at https://infrae.com/products/silva.

Contact

FMI about the University of Bedfordshire and the award, contact Elisabeth Coughlin, Communications and Marketing, elisabeth.coughlin at beds.ac.uk

FMI about Silva contact Kit Blake, kitblake at infrae com, +31 10 243 7051.