We’re excited to introduce Acquia Web Governance, a new platform that will help us better understand, manage, and improve the University of Exeter’s web estate.
As our digital presence continues to grow across T4 and WordPress, maintaining quality, accessibility, and consistency becomes more complex. Acquia Web Governance gives us the tools we need to take a more proactive, data-driven approach.
What is Acquia Web Governance?
Acquia Web Governance is a platform designed to help organisations monitor and optimise their websites at scale. It provides insights into content quality, accessibility, SEO, and overall site health—helping us make informed decisions about our web content.
For us, it will act as a central source of truth for understanding how our websites are performing and where improvements can be made.
Why are we introducing it?
Across the University, we manage a large and diverse set of web pages. While this allows teams to communicate effectively with their audiences, it also presents challenges:
- Keeping content accurate and up to date
- Ensuring accessibility standards are consistently met
- Maintaining a strong and coherent user experience
- Identifying and removing redundant or outdated pages
Acquia Web Governance helps address these challenges by providing clear, actionable insights that can support both individual editors and central teams.
What this means for you
If you edit or manage web content, Acquia Web Governance will become part of your toolkit. It will help you:
- Identify accessibility issues and improve compliance with WCAG standards
- Find broken links and errors quickly
- Improve content quality through guidance and scoring
- Understand your site’s performance at a glance
- Prioritise updates based on real data
Rather than replacing your current systems (like T4 or WordPress), it works alongside them to enhance your day-to-day workflow.
A step towards continuous improvement
One of the biggest benefits of Acquia Web Governance is that it supports a continuous improvement approach.
Instead of one-off audits, we’ll be able to:
- Monitor changes over time
- Track progress across teams and sites
- Set priorities based on evidence
- Celebrate improvements and successes
This means we can move from reactive fixes to a more sustainable, proactive way of managing our web estate.
What’s next?
We’ll be rolling out Acquia Web Governance in phases, starting with key areas of the University’s web estate. Alongside this, we’ll provide:
- Training and guidance
- Practical tips on using the platform effectively
- Regular updates and insights from the Web Team
Our aim is to make this as useful and accessible as possible for everyone involved in web publishing.
Get involved
This is an exciting step forward in how we manage and improve our digital presence. Whether you’re a regular content editor or responsible for a section of the site, Acquia Web Governance is here to support you.
If you have any questions or would like to learn more, keep an eye on this blog for updates—or get in touch with the Web Team.