@Matt Sorry that was incomplete what I wrote about the alumni site. Basically they sent a film crew over to my house to shoot a short piece about my experiences since leaving university. It’s going to be put into a larger web video project that they will be putting online in a month or two. So, mainly it’s been good for a little bit of promotion!

Just for the record - I’m nothing to do with the site (that wasn’t clear either), but I’m looking it as a university dipping their toe in the social media pool with a beta site. It could lead to the university using social media in lots of other ways which I think is something to be encouraged.

I agree - not perfect, and in the past I’ve been known to slate universities for bad development practices. I’m sure they’re aware it’s not perfect but it looks like an off-the-shelf application so I’m not sure how much control they have over that. If I were you I’d give them this as direct feedback - they want to hear criticism. I’ve already given them some.