Comments on: EUTube goes from sex to science

By: EUtube watch continues « Public Affairs 2.0

EUtube watch continues « Public Affairs 2.0 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:38:55 +0000

[...] It’s been a five days and we almost missed the new fun EU Tube video. While it’s no Chemical Party or Romanticism in European Films, it is a well done clip. The challenge this time again is to [...]

By: Stephen Gosden

Stephen Gosden — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:18:43 +0000

We’ve now updated the description of the MC actions based on you input, Michael, to make them clearer – we hope!

Thanks for the help!

Cheers,

Stephen

By: mstantongeddes

mstantongeddes — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:16:44 +0000

Stephen,

Congrats on the video, we thoroughly enjoy it.

My specific comment (as an individual and not on behalf of Fleishman-Hillard) referred to the landing page for the Marie Curie Actions. The landing page for Teens is very good.

I recognise that using the limited space on a website landing page is not an easy task, and my suggestions are by no means the best. The site should tell a visitor what Marie Curie Actions does, rather than what it is. After all, this is what the visitor is most likely to care about. I would suggest using a bulleted list of the actions an individual can take through Marie Curie Actions in place of the paragraph “People Programme under the 7th Framework Programme”. For instance:

Marie Curie Actions:
- Provides funding to young researchers
- Helps individuals and universities and research groups apply for EU research funding
- Connects graduates with employers in the sciences
- Promotes science education

I’m not sure that these are accurate. It may seem like a minor change, but I think the added clarity is valuable.

By: Stephen Gosden

Stephen Gosden — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:51:28 +0000

Fleishmann-Hillard is “lost as to what [the People programme] is about”. On the Marie Curie Actions web site it states: “The People programme under the 7th Framework Programme promotes excellence in research training, mobility, and career development for researchers at all levels, both inside and outside the European Union.” How can we change that to make it clearer? We’d like to do better – really !

Webmaster, Research, European Commission

By: Jon Worth » Brussels oddities

Jon Worth » Brussels oddities — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:50:42 +0000

[...] the ridiculous to, well, the ridiculous: an EUTube video about the EU’s research case (via Public Affairs 2.0) – it’s really quite surreal and [...]