Author Archives: Jennifer Kennedy

Keeping your home computer safe from viruses and hackers

June 4th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in IT security - (0 Comments)

  Andy Fearnley, IT Security Officer You may have seen recent reports about attacks on web sites and malicious software which can run on your computer.  It’s clear that we all need to be vigilant about which websites we visit, make sure our passwords and log in details are secure and be on the lookout …
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The list of software for teaching rooms is being sent out to subject leaders to check. IS&T needs feedback by Friday 13 June.
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SHU staff – test our new remote desktop service

May 23rd, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

A pilot Remote Desktop has just been made available to all staff within the University to test. We will be using feedback to understand what support will be needed when this replaces the current supported Remote Desktop later in the year.
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Brush up on your IT skills with Lynda.com

May 12th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

Through a campus-wide subscription, all Sheffield Hallam University staff and students now have access to Lynda.com – an online video library with tutorials from experts in IT
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IS&T is updating the University’s telecommunictions systems to give us more control in the ways we communicate and greater flexibility in how we work.
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IS&T has alread started the work involved in preparing the teaching rooms for the start of the academic year.
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See the cost of your printing on your desktop

March 20th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)

  By Pete Middleton Last month, IS&T installed a tool on staff PCs to enable them to see the cost of their printing.  From next week, we’re deploying it in a slightly different way so that the information will display on the desktop by default on log in –  staff will no longer have to …
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Memory help

March 11th, 2014 | Posted by Jennifer Kennedy in IT improvements - (0 Comments)

by Nigel Williamson, Head of IT Support, and Simon Alexander, Networks and Infrastructure Students, like all of us, can sometimes be forgetful and USB sticks are very easy to mislay.  Until recently, if a student forgot to remove a memory stick from a University PC, it would end up in lost property and we’d have …
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by Jonny Feldman, Head of Help Support and Guidance in IS&T The rapid and accelerating pace of technology change poses challenges along with the opportunities for staff and students. Jonny Feldman, Head of Help Support and Guidance in IS&T, thinks we can learn from the way we’ve adopted new technology in the past. He looks …
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