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IT workshops for new students

In the next few weeks, we have organised a few IT workshops, demos and presentations to help new students become familiar with some of our key services. These will focus on printing, cyber security and using computer…

IT Security Advice

As we have started a new Academic Year, a security reminder which we hope will help protect you, your colleagues and the University. Universities are particularly appealing targets for hackers and phishing attempts…

Office 365 Groups

In the Microsoft Office 365 suite, University students and staff can create Groups. When creating a Group, the default visibility is set to public, but you will have the option to make this a private group at this…

Contacting us

Prior to logging a call with the IT Service Desk, it’s worth doing some quick checks before contacting us. If you’re having problems accessing a service, we recommend that you: Go to the IT Service Status web page to…

Staff: Turning off your computer when you leave work

Important security updates are downloaded and installed in the background while you work. To complete the process, a restart is required – to keep your devices secure, shut down each night (Start>Shutdown). If you have…