As a number of students will be remaining on campus over the forthcoming vacation period, Information Services will be keeping the library service open over the festive period. The library will be available for study and the ‘click and collect’ service will be in operation for print materials. Please note that study spaces should be […]
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APPSANYWHERE, YOUR UNI APP STORE
Access University software anywhere! Just like you use Netflix to stream your favourite shows, you can now use AppsAnywhere to stream the software you need. Apps anywhere is an external platform provider which we are adopting, to host your University software and apps in one place. A huge benefit to AppsAnywhere is that you will now be able to access almost […]

What your password says about you
Take the quiz and find out what your password says about you! Answer yes or no to the following: 1 pt: Your password does not contain your name or the names of family, partners or pets. — / 15 0 – 4 points – The Hacker’s Helper Uh oh! It looks like you are not […]

UniDesk Moves to the TopDesk Cloud
Our UniDesk system is moving to the TopDesk cloud. This work not only moves us to the TopDesk cloud but includes an upgrade from the current version 7.04 to 10.02.005. The upgrade is scheduled for the evening of Monday 2nd November from 5pm. The service should be considered at risk all day Tuesday 3rd November, […]

How to work away from the office securely
Working away from your usual work location takes advantage of the latest technologies, allowing you to take the office with you, working on various devices and connecting in different ways to the information you need. But there are many additional risks to information security when working in this way. Here are a few to be […]

European Cyber Security month
The European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM) is the European Union’s annual campaign dedicated to promoting cybersecurity among EU citizens and organisations, and to providing up-to-date online security information through awareness-raising and sharing of good practices. We will be publishing a series of blog posts and also sharing the content from the European Union’s campaign. For the […]

One more page…..
The first meeting of the University book club “One more page…” will be in conjunction with our Libraries Week event where we will be having a panel discussion with Abir Mukherjee. The book group is being started as part of the #BeConnected programme designed to keep you connected with the University community. This programme is […]

Information Security Awareness Training is here!
We are happy to announce that our Information Security Awareness Training course is now available to all staff! Access your training through WorkRite The e-learning module is accessible in the same place where you can find all of your induction, GDPR and Health and Safety training. Just log in to the Portal and access your e-learning […]

Meet the author: Abir Mukherjee
The first meeting of the University book club “One more page…” will be in conjunction with our Libraries Week event where we will be having a panel discussion with Abir Mukherjee. The book group is being started as part of the #BeConnected programme designed to keep you connected with the University community. This programme is […]

#Yarnfulness
We are back! Yarnfulness is starting back (although we are still online via teams) Maybe you are already a crafting king or queen or maybe you’d like to learn how to knit or crochet why don’t you pop along – virtually – to join us. We are running on Wednesdays from 12:30 – 1:30 (Here […]