As part of our regular maintenance routine, Information Services staff will be carrying out upgrade work on the wireless network (including the Network Access Control system) to improve compatibility and security. This work will take place during our usual at-risk period, between 07:30 and 08:30 from Tuesday until Friday this week. While this work […]
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Study space and enquiries over the holiday period
The Stirling campus library including the Information Centre closes at 5pm on 23rd December 2014, and will reopen on 5th January 2015 at 9am (Lib doors open from 8am). Due to this there will be no library or IT support during this period. Our mailbox will be monitored for system wide failures only. If you have […]
Module opening dates for the Spring semester in Succeed
Succeed modules will open on the same basis as last year but with the new Spring semester start date. For Spring 2015 this will be: 1st and 2nd year modules will open on the Monday before the start of semester (5th Jan 2015) 3rd and 4th year modules will open on the Tuesday before the […]
Disruption to network services in Cottrell building, Friday 19 December
Information Services has received notification from Estates & Campus Services that electrical testing work will be undertaken in the Cottrell building on Friday evening from 20:00. During the testing, there will be a loss of power to network equipment located along the B corridor causing an interruption to network services including the following: Wired […]
Countdown to new look portal
In response to all your feedback on the Portal in our IS Satisfaction Survey 2014, Information Services has been working on a new look for the portal. The new look Portal launches in early January. Get a sneak preview here. What you told us in the survey: “The homepage seems cluttered at times, full of general and, […]
Maintenance on Stirling Campus Wi-Fi: Thursday 4th December.
Systems and Network Services will be performing some maintenance operations on the Stirling Campus Wireless Network (involving the ‘eduroam’ / ‘UoS Guest Internet’ and ‘UoS Multimedia’ networks) on Thursday 4th December between 0730 and 0830. While we are not expecting any downtime during the maintenance period, there is a small risk of an impact […]
Student file store access restored
We are very happy to report that the student filestore server has recovered overnight and access to student home folders is restored. We have tested the student lab PCs this morning and applications, Succeed, OneDrive, etc all seem to be functioning normally. Once again, we apologise for this break in service. Regards, […]
Problem with student filestore (update)
This is a follow up to our post earlier today re the failure of student file store. The diagnostic which is running on the student server has not yet finished so we are going to have to leave it running overnight. We will then review the situation first thing tomorrow morning. As the afternoon […]
Problem with student filestore
There is currently a problem with the student file store server (home folders). We have had to take the server offline to run a diagnostic scan, we estimate that this will take at least 6 hours to complete (therefore up to c8pm). In the meantime students are not able to access files stored on […]
Just Press Print – New online ordering system for Graphics & Print Services
The way to order print jobs and request design and print quotations from Graphics & Print Services is changing. For the chance to win some fabulous goodies, including our top prize (£150 Argos voucher), come along and find out what’s going on at our official software launch on 11th and 12th December in the […]