InsideUCL , our staff experience app is getting a new look.
We have listened to your feedback and are launching new improvements alongside rebuilding the InsideUCL homepage.
The improved layout is aligned with the new UCL Design System, delivering a cleaner, more cohesive interface that improves usability, accessibility and overall user experience.
*Quotes are paraphrased from multiple members of staff.
You said...
"As a manager, I cannot easily approve leave requests.""I don’t always see my tasks and they are really slow to load."
We did...
We have moved leave approval tasks, mandatory training reminders, and reminders to check into your desk, to be a primary focus on the home page and rebuilt them to make them load faster.You said...
"Announcements are not obvious, they are really slow to load, don’t stay marked as read and some of them are really old."We did...
We have made Announcements more prominent, rebuilt them to load faster and stay marked as read. We now delete announcements after 3 months.You said...
"The notifications take ages to load and do not stay marked as read.""As a manager, I don’t like my notifications being mixed in with my team’s notifications."
We did...
We have rebuilt notifications to load faster and stay marked as read. Additionally, we have added a filter which will enable managers to filter by personal and team notifications.You said...
"I did not know I could find my Payslip in Inside UCL!"We did...
As our 4th most popular feature, we have added a Payslips button on the home page. They will continue to appear immediately when the payroll run data is released on MyHR.You said...
"The site could be easier to navigate with accessibility tools."We did...
We have rebuilt the burger menu, so you can now get anywhere faster using accessibility tools.You said...
"I didn’t even know I could adjust my quick links."We did...
We have moved the edit quick links button next to My links, rather than it being buried away in the settings. We can push out links to everyone, or you can add whatever you find most useful there.You said...
"I’m not sure how to get help with Inside UCL, do I raise a ticket, or do I leave feedback...’"We did...
We have rejigged the help buttons on the home page to make them clearer.You said...
"We are seeing a few cases of overpayments due to users recording fixed term sickness absence and then not extending the end date."We did...
We have rebuilt sickness absence reporting to allow sickness with no expected end date to be recorded, for both employees and managers.You said...
"As a manager I could do with some help completing the new leavers process."We did...
We have added a leavers helper tool to the My Team page for managers.- University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT (0) 20 7679 2000
