Institutional Web Management Workshop 2006:
Quality Matters
Sector Stats


Background

Nedstat UK are one of the commercial sponsors for this year's Institutional Web Management Workshop, held in Bath in June 2006.

Sector Statistics (Sector Stats)

Objectives

After discussions with various people in the education sector it became clear that there was a requirement for some industry wide statistics about Web site activity. These Sector Statistics will provide organisations, specifically universities, with a means of benchmarking the performance of their Web site.

Nedstat are pleased to be sponsoring this study following comments and feedback received at the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2005.

Key principles

Implementation

The Sector Statistics measurements will run from 1 March - 14 March 2006. The implementation cycle will soon take place. Institutions who would like to participate are required to:

Results

The findings of the Nedstat Sector Statistics will be presented at an event at the Charlotte Street Hotel, London on 30 March 2006. Afterwards a summary will be sent to the website-info-mtg and web-support JISCMail lists. The data will also be presented and discussed at the Institutional Web Managers Workshop 2006 in Bath.

Please find below a sample of the reports that will be generated. Please let me know of any variables that would be of interest, e.g.:

Contact Details:

Ranjit Sidhu
Account Manager
Nedstat Ltd
The Corner
91-93 Farringdon Road
London
EC1M 3LN

Email:
Telephone: 020 7841 1544.

Disclaimer

Please note that this proposal has been developed by Nedstat following discussions with members of the UK institutional Web management community. It should be noted that the hosting of this information should not be regarded as endorsement of the product by UKOLN.