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BOS is changing its name to online surveys

Posted: 2nd March 2018

Since the migration of BOS to Jisc in October 2017 we have been embedding the service into Jisc, carrying out essential upgrades, investigating new features and ensuring we continue to deliver business as usual while paving the way for future updates and upgrades. The next stage is to carry out some more visible changes, starting with the service name and […]

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The BOS transfer to Jisc: is complete, BOS is live and available!

Posted: 5th October 2017

The transfer of BOS from the University of Bristol to Jisc has taken place successfully. Teams from both organisations have completed the transfer of BOS accounts and data, carried out the necessary tests, and BOS is back online and available for use at www.onlinesurveys.ac.uk All accounts, surveys and data have been transferred, your BOS service […]

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Removal of redirects from old survey URLs

Posted: 7th September 2017

During the winter and spring of 2014/15 we migrated existing accounts from an old version of BOS to the current version of BOS. Part of this change meant that surveys would have new, more personalised, URLs. Old format: http://www.survey.bristol.ac.uk/poppleton/survey-name New format: https://poppleton.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/survey-name To minimise the impact of this change, a redirect was set up from […]

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Transfer to Jisc: FAQs and information

Posted: 9th May 2017

Update: The University of Bristol and Jisc have jointly agreed that the service will not now transfer until 4 October 2017. Please see the FAQs for more information. The University of Bristol has reviewed the range of services it currently offers and has concluded that the BOS service does not fit with its strategic priorities. […]

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