When to create a Team profile

Create a Team profile to:

outline what a team does, who its members are and how to contact them
provide details about the teams that make up an organisation or group
list the members of a committee

Don't create a Team profile:

if the team isn’t an official academic or professional team within an organisation or group
to promote the activities of a high-profile unit like a graduate school, working group or research group – create a Group landing page instead
to provide details about a committee's duties and work – this should go on the committee's Group landing page instead

Selecting a subtype

Choose one subtype on the list that best describes the type or function of your team.

For example, the subtype for 'International Mobility' is 'Professional service team'.

Naming your Team profile

Use the name of the team as your page title. Don't include the word 'team' unless this is part of the official name.

Adding labels

We use labels to pin content items onto Topic pages. Only add a label if you know that your content item is going to be part of a Topic.

Labels are not typical website 'tags'. Don't add a label just because you think it might be relevant. You must know what labels the Topic uses. If you don't know, ask your Faculty Web Editor or contact the Digital team at web-support@bath.ac.uk.

To add a label to a content item, select from the drop-down list in the Labels section and click 'Add label'. You can add a maximum of 12 labels to a single content item.

Writing a Team profile summary

Use the summary to describe the team's main responsibilities.

Write with an active tone in the first person plural, for example:

Title: Research Marketing
Summary: We promote the University’s research and help researchers to publicise their own work.

If your Team profile page is just to list members of a particular committee, your summary should be 'A list of members of the (NAME) Committee'.

The summary should be no more than 160 characters.

Writing a Team profile overview

Use the 'Duties' field to expand on your summary.

Describe which services the team provides and to whom. This could be as a bulleted list of services or responsibilities or as a more detailed explanation, split into sections with subheadings if required, for example:

We promote the work of researchers:

at conferences and events
to the press
to the University community
to external audiences including policy makers, industry and the public

We help researchers:

draft their Pathways to Impact funding proposal
announce new research funding
advertise for new research staff or look for collaborators through digital media
provide advice on using social and digital media to reach new audiences for their research
engage the public, other researchers, industry and policy makers in their work
find suitable speaker opportunities, conferences and events to attend

Things to remember when writing your Team profile overview

Do:

write concisely and in plain English
break content up into sections that are easy to read
structure your content so that the most important information is at the top

Don't:

include technical terms in headings unless unavoidable - and then only if you've explained them on the page

Resources to help you write your Team profile overview

The University's style guide will help you make sure you're using the same terminology, style and tone as the rest of the website. This is important so that website users can understand us easily through the consistency of our content.

Our formatting guide will help you create appropriate headers, links, lists and other formatting for your page. This is important because it makes the information we provide clearer to website users.

Selecting the right team type

Choose which type of team you need to create, either 'select from Person Profiles' or 'create manually'.

Select from Person Profiles

To use this type, every team member must have a Person Profile page.

First, select names from the drop-down menu. This will display the name, role, summary and profile picture (if available) of the individual.

You can change the order of the members by dragging and dropping them in the order you want them.

If you don't have Javascript enabled in your browser, you will have to order the team by adding a number in the Order field next to their name. If you leave the Order field blank, those members will be ordered alphabetically based on their first name. You can choose to order your members using a mixture of manual and alphabetical ordering.

Create manually

Use this for:

a team that has members who don't have an individual Person Profile
a team with a more detailed structure, such as a sub-committee, which will need an additional subset
a team that has different types of members, such as elected members, who will need separate subsets

Enter staff names and roles manually, linking to their Person Finder page. This allows you to list each person's role within the team if it is more relevant than their official job title.

You can add letters after a person's name if they have been awarded a qualification relevant to their role. If your team includes research students, they should not have 'PhD' after their name until they have completed their doctorate and received their award.

You can add titles for team subsets. These are optional, but useful if there are different subgroups within a team, for example:

Subset 1 - Leadership

Rhian Griggs, Head of Content Strategy

Subset 2 - Content

Subset 3 - Digital Support

Kai Evans, Digital Supporter & Platform Trainer

Once you've added content for each subset, select 'Save' to open up a new subset field to fill out.

Adding responsible organisations and groups

After you have added all your content - including any images, media and contact details - you will be able to select an owner or associated group for your page. This allocates permissions for who in the organisation is able to maintain the content.

A guide for adding responsible organisations and groups is available to help you do this.

Creating a Team profile page in Typecase

How to use Typecase to describe what a team or committee does and list its members.