Some 4 years ago, the Parliament decided it was time to solve the problem of its old out-dated website. Last month the project to replace that website completed with the new service going live. This blog sets out our journey …
Deciding what needs to be on our website To solve the first part of the problem, we defined what information had to be maintained (we call this core parliamentary information or CPI). Then we had to decide how best to …
We’ve just launched our content on Visit the Scottish Parliament on beta. It felt a bit strange to create this content given the current situation with Covid- 19 and nobody being able to physically come to the building. But we’d …
In October 2019, the Scottish Parliament got its first content strategy. The strategy was approved by Leadership Group (the senior management team), and adopted as a corporate strategy. The aim of the strategy is to help us deliver the best quality information for the …
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One of the main aims of the Parliament’s content strategy is to ensure our website is consistent. This means we use the same look and feel throughout the site, so that users can easily move around different parts of it. …
There’s a lot to know about Parliament. From parliamentary processes, to what it’s like to work at Holyrood, to when the Parliament was first established, people have a lot of questions. Part of what we’re doing on the new site …
Can you write a blog about the Scottish Parliament’s information centre, commonly known as SPICe, and not reference 90s Brit pop? We make no promises. SPICe stands for Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Researchers in SPICe provide independent information and briefings …
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