University faculty photo boards and academic staff displays for departments, faculties, and colleges — digital boards that update themselves.
Universities have unique challenges when it comes to staff photo boards:
Academic staff take sabbaticals, change departments, and move between research groups. Visiting fellows arrive and leave on short cycles. Faculty directories and department photo boards across dozens of buildings become outdated within weeks of being printed.
Each faculty, department, and college maintains its own academic staff display independently. In collegiate universities, porters' lodges display college fellows boards alongside department photo boards in separate buildings — with no link between them. There is no consistency and no single place to manage updates. When a new Head of Department is appointed, every board showing them has to be updated manually. Learn more about how digital staff photo boards solve this.
Some universities have built their own photo board software. It works — until the developer who built it moves on. Now there's a bespoke system that nobody fully understands, running on ageing infrastructure, with no support.
Professional photo printing, mounting, and laminating for every staff change across every building. Multiply that by the number of departments, and it becomes a significant hidden cost.
Change a photo or role title in StaffPhotoBoard and every display showing that person updates instantly. No reprinting, no walking between buildings, no waiting for the print shop.
Create a department photo board for each academic department and a separate college fellows board for each college — each with its own display URL for a dedicated kiosk screen. Departments show faculty members by research group or role; colleges show fellows and key staff. Manage them all from a single dashboard without conflating departmental and collegiate structures.
Already have staff data in a university directory, HR system, or SITS database? The StaffPhotoBoard API lets you sync automatically. Set up a scheduled job and your faculty photo boards stay current without anyone lifting a finger.
Each board gets a unique URL designed for kiosk screens in reception areas, porters' lodges, and department lobbies. Configure the resolution to match your hardware, or let it scale automatically.
StaffPhotoBoard is a managed service. No servers to maintain, no code to patch, no deployments to manage. Sign up, create your boards, and start displaying.
An academic staff display in the entrance showing current academic and support staff, updated automatically when people join or leave.
A fellows photo board or academic staff display at the porters' lodge helps visitors identify staff on arrival. Particularly valuable for colleges where visitors and deliveries need to find the right person.
Display the full faculty directory with photos, titles, and research groups. Useful for new starters and visiting academics to put names to faces.
Quickly spin up a board showing key contacts for prospective students and visitors, without disturbing your permanent displays.
A college fellows board in the porters' lodge or dining hall showing current fellows, lecturers, and key staff. Updated automatically when fellows change, take sabbatical, or move between colleges.
Manage displays across satellite campuses from one dashboard. No need to visit each location to make updates.
| Feature | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Multiple boards | One per department, faculty, or college — all managed centrally |
| API access | Sync from existing staff directories or HR systems automatically |
| Kiosk display URLs | Dedicated URLs for each screen, configured to match your hardware |
| Drag-and-drop ordering | Arrange staff by seniority, alphabetically, or however you like |
| Instant updates | Change a photo or title and it's live immediately |
| No installation | Browser-based — works on any screen with a web browser |
| 14-day free trial | Try it with a real department before committing |
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