2016 has been an exciting year for the Media Services team. With the introduction of the lecture capture service, demand for videos has increased with more and more videos being requested from Schools and Units. We…
Prior to the return of the majority of students, IT Services plan to carry out further maintenance and upgrade work during w/c 8th January 2017. During this time, services may be unavailable or are ‘at risk’ of being…
There are limited windows of opportunity for IT Services to carry out major upgrade and maintenance work without causing widespread disruption to students and staff. We therefore plan to carry out a number of storage…
Due to the University’s closure during the Christmas period, the IT Service Desk (front desk and back office) will operate at the following dates and times: *team meeting 09:30 – 10:30 From the 4th until the 21st…
Steve Watt, our Chief Information Officer, is listed in Holyrood Connect’s ‘Tech 100’ for the fourth year in a row. The Tech 100 profiles the key figures driving the digital agenda in Scotland. Steve plays a key and…
We’ve been working with HR to review the process for new staff joining the University to see how we could improve their experience. Historically, new starts had to visit three separate locations around campus to…
Rooms fitted with new AV equipment Over the summer we have kitted out several rooms with new AV equipment. We standardised their systems and made them more user-friendly and reliable. In several rooms, laser projectors…
Our very own IT apprentice, Greg Jennings, was shortlisted from around 1000 IT apprentices in Scotland for the Microsoft Scottish Modern Apprentice of the Year award 2016. In an event held in Edinburgh last month, Greg…
The way we are delivering software applications has changed… Over the past years, students have asked us how they can access software applications from any PC on campus as well as their own devices. Historically, our…
Two of our IT apprentices, Grant and Connor, have now left the University since they reached the end of their 2 year contract and secured a full-time employment offer elsewhere. We’re sad they left our team but we…