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There's pros and cons to each method - what happens when potential students search for a course (externally) if there are 2 years of entry? What page is surfaced on the SERP first? Would you be penalised for duplicate content?  Do applicants know what year of entry is appropriate for them anyway? 

I guess it depends how different the courses are year on year at your institution. At Portsmouth they aren't that different so we take the alternative approach and only have one list of courses but flag up new courses that might come online for the next year of entry.

For example, right now, our undergraduate course portfolio is for September 2015 entry only, but we add in extra info to these pages when UCAS release their 2016 entry pages (which is normally around this time of year). So from mid-May to September we will have two lots of detail in the key facts section only, e.g. Entry req's and Fees and any new courses for 2016 entry are clearly marked as such. 

Then from September 2015 we just have Sept 2016 entry courses and any old courses that aren't running anymore are removed. 



On 6 May 2015 at 16:30, Paul Boag <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi Claire.
Interestingly I have been looking at this recently. I cannot give you statistics but it is a mixed bag from what I have observed. That said, those institutions that choose to show more than one year seem to favour multiple pages for this information. I have to say I agree. It can be confusing when different years appear together on a page.

Paul Boag

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On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Claire Gibbons <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi folks

Quick question:

Do any of you have separate undergraduate course information online for different years of entry (e.g. 2015, 2016) or just one set of course information to cover all years of entry?

This could be a can of worms, but I will see where this goes. . . .

Cheers

C. 
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