**UPDATES AT BOTTOM** We are sorry to say that the following houses in Lyon Crescent have today suffered an equipment failure and this is unlikely to be fixed until Monday at the very earliest. The following houses are affected: 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 The […]
Category: IT News
Staff Print – MFDs in public areas
A new MFD has been added to the staff print fleet. It is easily accessible to all staff and is in Cottrell 4V3a. This is a small space without a door and is shared with a student printer. The new Konica Minolta MFD is dark grey and is therefore distinct from the beige student printer. […]
Succeed downtime for maintenance
Succeed will be unavailable between 7.30am and 9.00am, Wed 24th Oct*, to expand the file store available to the system from 128Gb to 512Gb — the existing store is over 80% full. This should take about an hour but we are booking a little additional downtime as these activities are difficult to time precisely. Apologies for […]
Extended Internet service downtime, Thursday 11th October 05.30-08.30
As part of the continuing effort to resolve issues which have been preventing implementation of an increase in the bandwidth of the University’s JANET connection, there will be an extended disruption to all Internet services between 05:30 and 08:30 on the morning of Thursday, 11th October. This outage should allow Systems and Network Services staff, […]
Resident students are invited to join a Network Gaming Pilot scheme
In response to demand from resident students, over the 2012 summer vacation Information Services has been testing a concept that should allow users to use games consoles on the University network. Before this is made available to all residents it needs to be further tested by real users. Network Gaming Pilot If you are […]
New PCs in Library with inactivity timeout feature
All of the student open access PCs on Levels 3 and 4 of the Library have been replaced over the summer with brand new machines. This should help address some of the issues raised in the IS Satisfaction Survey re the frequent breakdowns in library PCs. Another frequently made point in the Satisfaction Survey […]
New Information Services Website Launched
Information Services is pleased to announce the launch of our new website on Thursday 12th July 2012. In addition to updating the design and much of the content, the website features a new concept: it tailors content depending on who you are (staff/student/researcher/Highland/visitor), enabling you to access relevant Library and IT information faster than ever […]
Stirling Connect downtime
Stirling Connect will be down for most of the day on Wednesday 20th June to install software updates. The service may appear to be available during the day but don’t rely on the service until after 5pm Simon Booth Connect Administrator
New Module Opening Dates in Succeed
To help spread the load on Succeed when modules open, QEC (Quality Enhancement Committee) has agreed that module opening dates in Succeed can be modified as follows: Up to now modules have opened on the first Monday of semester at midnight, with the students gaining access around 7am when the upload task runs. The new […]
IS Open User Forum – Wed 6th June
There will be an Information Services Open User Forum in the Enterprise Zone of the library on Stirling campus on Wednesday 6 June at 11.30am, to which all are welcome. IT and library representatives in academic Schools and administrative departments, along with Students’ Union representatives, are especially encouraged to attend. Please send any […]