There is a facility within the PaperCut print management system that allows staff to login and look at various aspects of their print account. The most useful feature is the ability to look at the print jobs you currently have pending for release and the ability to cancel any jobs no longer required. To login […]
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Brief Survey on Referencing Management Software for Researchers
Information Services is conducting a survey about Reference Management Software. What software (if any) do you use to collect, store and cite references to publications? Whether you use no software, RefWorks, Mendeley or some other software: Information Services would like to know your views. If you are academic staff, a researcher or Research Postgraduate […]
Succeed opening dates for spring semester 2013
Remember that modules now open the week before semester starts. This means that Spring semester modules open on the following dates: 1st/2nd year modules – Monday 4th February 3rd/4th year modules – Tuesday 5th February Post-graduate modules – Wednesday 6th February Some modules from departments may open on different days (such as History and […]
Beware anyone phoning to ask for your network username/password
In the past* we have alerted staff and students to the dangers of giving out your network username and password BY EMAIL to anyone claiming to be from IS/IT at the university. Now it seems that the scammers are starting to phone members of staff to try and fool people into disclosing their network credentials. […]
Student email moves to Outlook Web App (OWA) this week
This email is a reminder that student (UG and TPG) email accounts will be moving from the SquirrelMail system to Outlook Web App THIS WEEK. The changeover date is Wed 30th January. On Wed 30th, there may be some delays in incoming email arriving in your new OWA inbox as we transfer routing between […]
Thistle Chambers: interruption to network services – now Friday 25 January
**UPDATE** We apologise that the advertised work to the Thistle Chambers network did not happen yesterday. Our service provider has subsequently informed us that the necessary work will take place today, Friday 25 January, between 13:00 and 17:00. Information Services has been advised by our service provider that it will be necessary to interrupt […]
Succeed training for Instructors
eLD will be running training sessions for staff who will be building and running courses in Succeed (instructors) over the next couple of weeks. This training is an introduction to Succeed for staff who have not used the system previously (or have made little use) Four Succeed training sessions have been arranged on the […]
Interruption to network connectivity in multiple locations, Tuesday 29th January
In order to carry out a number of maintenance tasks on an essential piece of network equipment, there will be a brief disruption to all network services, shortly after 07:30 on Tuesday 29th January. It is expected to last for approximately 5 minutes. During the outage, users in the following locations will be unable to […]
Warning about “phishing”
There seems to be an increase in “phishing” attempts as we approach the holiday period. This is where an attempt is made to capture your network username and password by sending a fake email as in the example below. Please be very careful not to open up a link contained in an email and enter […]
Staff – get ready for winter: set up your PC for working from home
Now that the snowy weather is upon us, you may have the opportunity to work from home. Remote desktop allows you to access your work PC from your home computer so that you can have access to all of the software you need to do your job. A bit of forward planning is required […]