Inspired by Chris McEvoy's Simply Google page, I've decided to bring more of the searches directly onto the home page - this means programmes, modules, module titles, staff, groups and roles should be directly searchable from this page - a simple change but I believe an effective one. But perhaps this makes the index page look rather daunting - over to the users - what do you thing about this interface?

I've also added shortcuts here - if there is only one match, that page will be displayed. If not, the search page with the list of alternatives is shown. Perhaps this too is a bit confusing?