We are approaching the final stage of our campus-wide upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11. This upgrade programme began last summer with the successful migration of all student lab and LapSafe devices (1127 in total). In August 2025, we launched the staff device upgrade programme and have since upgraded 1567 staff devices to Windows […]
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Student labs and learning spaces upgraded to Windows 11
Information Services has successfully upgraded over 2,500 staff and student devices to Windows 11 over the summer. On the student side this includes 430 All-In-One devices in the central computing labs, 77 core teaching room presentation machines and 150 student loan laptops. You will find the Windows 11 student setup familiar, with the core Microsoft […]
Windows 11 is coming
Windows 11 is Coming to University Devices By now, many of your personal devices may already be running Windows 11. With Windows 10 support ending in October, it’s time for our University devices to make the move too. Between now and October, Information Services will be upgrading all staff and student lab devices currently running […]
New Service Status page
A new Service Status dashboard is now available to help staff and students quickly check current availability of key priority University business systems like Canvas, Worktribe, TimeEdit, Eduroam, and more. The status dashboard is linked from the left hand tabs on the portal and also the UniDesk homepage. The dashboard provides an instant view of real-time service […]
Essential network maintenance in May
To ensure the network is performing at its peak, our Network team are undertaking a program of maintenance works in May 2025. The majority of the works will take place in the morning during the at-risk period (or earlier): 7.30-8.30am, with the exception of the first stage of the upgrade work which is planned for […]
JANET maintenance – overnight Wed 26 March
JANET (the Joint Academic Network – our internet service provider) has informed us that they will be undertaking essential maintenance overnight on Wednesday 26th March. Exact timings are: Date and Time:18:00 Wed 26 March – 06:00 Thursday 27 March During this period they have warned that the campus may lose internet connectivity. This is not […]
New malware risk alert
Our Cyber Security team are aware of a new technique being used by cyber criminals to disseminate malicious software to unsuspecting computer users. This attack looks for locally stored files on your computer so please ensure you are not saving files locally but to OneDrive or SharePoint. Once on your computer, the malicious code will steal […]
Laptop lending improvements
Borrowing a laptop just got a little easier. Up to now borrowing a laptop required you to have your library card with you. Failing that, a member of staff would need to open the cabinets and get a laptop for you. This cumbersome process has been improved. Thanks to the installation of new scanners on […]
Upgrade to Uni app bringing new features
In early January 2025, the University App will be upgraded. This will happen automatically around 5-7 January and you shouldn’t need to do anything other than log into the app after the upgrade. New features! The new version of the app will bring with it a number of new features to make the app more […]
Eating in the library
We had an excellent response to our consultation before Christmas 2023 on food and drink in the library. We asked whether we should relax the rules, or maintain the “no food or drink” policy. A few messages came through strongly. Firstly, most respondents wanted us to relax the restrictions on food and drink in the […]