We run a scheme of long term laptop loans for students experiencing digital poverty, that is, those who do not have a suitable device for university study and cannot afford to buy one. The scheme has proved very popular and we have had to close the scheme for this semester. We are still working through […]
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Completion of the transfer of data from StorSimple to SharePoint
We are delighted to confirm that we have now successfully moved 70TB of user data from StorSimple to either a dedicated SharePoint Site, a user’s OneDrive or another dedicated location. In addition, we have moved around 5TB of service-related data, meaning a total of 75TB has been transferred. For any data that was not given […]
Cyber Security Update
Recent attacks in the sector, Common Cyber Security Myths, and the Importance of Awareness Training How is it April 2022 already?! At least Spring is on the way, and we can look forward to longer and sunnier days (wishful thinking?). Whilst the weather may be changing, the pandemic continues to affect how we live our […]
Extended Library opening hours
Great news! In response to student requests for extended library opening, from Monday 21st March until 11th September the library’s opening hours will be increased to: Monday – Thursday 8 am – Midnight Friday 8 am – 8 pm Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 8 pm These extended hours allow more time to access […]
Succeed Downtime – Saturday 14th January
Succeed will be unavailable on Saturday 14th January, 9.00-11.00am. This planned downtime will allow us to upgrade the file store on both Succeed and the database server.
Teaching Bites: Resource lists – smarter working with your reading list! Wed 14th May (12.00-13.00)
The Aspire resource lists are dynamic so they tell the students where in the library a book is located. Worried that the students are not reading key papers? Check the stats using the Aspire Dashboard feature. We’ll also look at what makes a good resource list. Date & time: Wednesday 14 May 1200 – […]