October 2010 NUI Galway Wins Best University Website

NUI Galway's Web site, www.nuigalway.ie has been named 'Best Education and Third Level Website' at the 2010 Irish Web Awards. NUI Galway was triumphant over four other finalists for the 'Best Education and Third Level Website' at the ceremony held over the weekend in Dublin's Mansion House. There were over 1000 initial nominations for all the awards in the competition in 27 different categories.

The Irish Web Awards are held annually to recognise people who do great things on the Web and are open to anyone in Ireland. NUI Galway's website underwent a complete overhaul over the last number of years, resulting in the creation of a new public website which was launched in November 2009. The aim of the new Web site is to make relevant information about NUI Galway readily accessible to the key target audience of the University.

Commenting on the Award, Head of Information Solutions and Services (ISS) at NUI Galway Sean O' Farrell says: "I am delighted with the University's success in winning the 'Best Education and Third Level Website' at the Irish Web Awards 2010. This award confirms the innovative and professional approach adopted by the Web site's development team. The Web site provides an engaging and user friendly window to the University at a national and international level."
NUI Galway's Director of Marketing and Communications, Caroline Loughnane says: "We are delighted to receive this award for Best Education and Third Level Web site . NUI Galway's Web site underwent a dramatic transformation in the last year and throughout that project we remained 100 per cent focused on the needs of our end users and in making it as easy as possible for them to find the information they wanted. Providing the best Web experience possible for our online audience was our top priority."