Chat pilot for students

December 15th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in Pilots - (0 Comments)

Help Support and Guidance are running a pilot chat service for students until the end of January.
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Planned IT shutdown for business continuity testing – Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th January

December 10th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in Protecting the University's IT Services - (0 Comments)

              By Dave Thornley, N&I Following a consultation with all areas of the  University, UEG have agreed that IS&T will carry out a business continuity test of IT services over the weekend of 3rd and 4th January 2015. While this test is in progress, all IT services in the …
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Do you use a personal mobile phone or tablet to access your University email account and calendar?

December 8th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in IT security - (7 Comments)

          By Dan Riddington-Young From March, you will need any device encrypting before you can use it to connect.  University files should only be accessed using encrypted devices or via the remote desktop. All University-owned devices are encrypted before they are made available to staff to use. If you choose to …
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WebEx software available to all staff

December 8th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

WebEx meeting software is now available to all staff at the University.  If you want to initiate a WebEx meeting, you will need to set up an account which can be done easily by following the instructions on the staff intranet. In the new year we will be installing an application which allows you to …
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A rewarding piece of work

December 4th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in Working in partnership - (0 Comments)

        By Jon Collinson, Corporate Systems The University rolled out its new Cashless payment and reward service in September this year and it’s been outstandingly successful.  Over £80,000 has already been put onto people’s accounts and over £60,000 has been spent.  The papercut transfer service has also been used to transfer more …
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Graduation – a once in a lifetime occasion and a year round process

December 1st, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

A behind the scenes look at Corporate Systems’ involvement in the event By Richard Rose   It’s the culmination of a student’s career at the University and a manically busy time for staff who are involved in organising the event. Graduation isn’t just a two week process though. The work which goes on to support …
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