We originally decided to look at the efficiency of signs around the King Alfred campus. We were told quickly that the correct terminology for this is 'street furniture'. We decided the best way to collect evidence was to survey the area ourselves and to also ask the opinions of other students via a questionnaire. Our findings follow below...
Thursday, 28 May 2009
We found only two full maps of the campus, one at the top of the campus outside the main building anf the other at Medecroft. One of which was this one, which the 'you are here' red spot wasn't present. Generally we all agreed that these were useful signs and they helped us out at the beginning of our course. However, we did note that these signs are not wheelchair friendly, as the signs themselves are fairly tall and the key is located in the top right corner in a small font.
Results and Conclusion
Question 2: Do you know where registry is?
Question 3: Do you know where the perfomance gym is?
From the questionnaire we carried out, people have very mixed responses to whether the campus is well sign posted in the eyes of a new student or a visitor.
We asked two other open ended questions that could not be representwed in a graph. They were:
How would you go about finding these places?
How useful do you find street furniture on campus?
Overall the responses to these questions were to find these places they would ask reception, look at the maps or ask other students. There was very mixed answers on the usefulness of the street furniture ranging from 'rubbish' to 'very useful' and somebody even asking 'are there any signs?'
Our conclusion is that the university offers a limited amount of useful street furniture to aid new students and visitors in locating the available facilities. The street furniture that is currently on campus is ambigous and out of date. From our results it appears that students have struggled with navigating around campus and are not particularly satisfied with the street furniture available on campus.
To develop this investigation further, we would suggest in putting forward a proposal for street furniture to be renewed, reviewed and updated on campus in order to make directions clearer for all new students and visitors.
By Catherine, Charlie, Dave, Jade, Kirsty & Sadie
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