The Digital Presence Programme (DPP) transitions into separate digital projects
The Digital Presence Programme (DPP) was an ambitious programme of change to improve the University’s websites and digital content and the experience of those who use them. Its scope grew substantially and became too unwieldy to deliver within the existing framework. Following an external review and discussions with the...
Changes to Google Workspace accounts in November
30 October 2023 UIS is starting to remove University Google Workspace accounts for users who left the University more than 2 years ago. This helps us maintain system performance and security, as well as reduce our usage of storage space to meet Google’s quota. When a user leaves the University, their account is flagged as...
Major IT incident: power outage disrupting multiple services
We have experienced a power outage in one of our data centres, which has disrupted multiple University systems. An engineer is en route. We will provide an update by 18:30. Thank you for your patience.
Prepare for new Google Drive and OneDrive storage quotas
Google and Microsoft have announced plans to introduce new limits on the amount of data that can be stored in their Google Workspace for Education and Microsoft 365 cloud storage services, Google Drive and OneDrive. Most University accounts are well within the new quotas, so we've decided to begin implementing them...
UniOfCam wifi service to be discontinued in January 2024
We’re switching off the old UniOfCam wifi service and discontinuing the manual ticket-based wifi access service for visitors on 8 January 2024. How to access wifi Staff and students should connect to our eduroam service. Once you’ve set devices up using the instructions on our website, your devices will connect...
University Managed Print service installs 300th multi-function device
Tim Walpole (IT Manager at the Department of Plant Sciences) and Kelvin Morgan (University Managed Print manager) next to 300th MFD [24th August 2023] The University Managed Print service has installed its 300th multi-function device (MFD) at the Department of Plant Sciences. The managed print service has been running for...