University of OXFORD

One of the world’s leading academic institutions

University of OXFORD product screens
COVID-19 statistics, published at the pace they change, in reports that still look like Oxford.

the challenge

Oxford is one of the oldest universities in the world, with a heritage dating back to the 11th century.

Statistical work on COVID-19 is only useful once it is published, and publishing it meant producing reports quickly, repeatedly, and to a presentation standard a reader would recognise as Oxford’s. Done by hand, that does not keep up with the pace the work was moving at.

objectives

  • Let researchers generate a finished report from data without a designer in the loop.
  • Hold every report inside Oxford’s brand guidelines.
  • Keep the output fast enough that a report describes the current situation rather than last week’s.

our solution

Next.js, TypeScript and React.

Statistics on a live epidemic are perishable, so the interface exists to shorten the distance between having the data and having something publishable.
A custom data field gives the presentation its coherence and keeps every report inside Oxford’s brand guidelines, so the output does not vary with whoever generated it.
The reports feed the statistical work on COVID-19, and the tool takes producing the artefact off the researchers’ desks.