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08 Oct 2019

HKU Science Faculty website made a hat-trick by receiving its third international recognition – the W³ Silver Award

     

    w3 silver award logo

    New face of Faculty of Science website has just made a hat-trick by receiving the W³ Silver Award in the 14th Annual W3 Awards – its third recognition in international awards following its Award of Distinction at the 25th Annual Communicator Awards and University Standard of Excellence award at the WebAward 2019. The website is also recognised as a “Friendly Website” under the Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme (2018/19).

    The new Faculty website has a new face with global outlook by the smart use of graphically-impressive images and layout design. It simultaneously neatly presents all the text information and making it a user-friendly website and accessible for all stakeholders and general public. It allows readers easily search and acquire the content with a pleasant reading of the website with magazine-like style, at the same time demonstrating our commitment in teaching and research excellence, knowledge exchange, alumni networking and more.

    The W³ Awards celebrates digital excellence and is the first major web competition to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between. In its fourteenth year, the W³ Awards received over 5,000 entries. In determining winners, entries are judged based on a standard of excellence as determined by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA), according to the category entered.