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Oracle Calendar unavailable, Tue 6 Aug, 7:30am - 9am

星期五 02 八月 2013

Users are advised to print off in advance any important meeting information... read more »

IT service disruption, 31 July 2013

星期三 31 七月 2013

Users have reported problems with email, webmail, pidgin and person finder, this morning, 31 July 2013... read more »

Campus Computer Shop Closed for 2 days, 30 Jul 2013

星期一 29 七月 2013

The Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will be closed from 12 noon, Tuesday 30 July 2013 until 12 noon, Thursday 1 August 2013... read more »

Panopto Lecture Capture unavailable, August 2013

星期一 29 七月 2013

Panopto Lecture Capture will be unavailable from Thursday 1 August for up to 4 weeks, please email, lecture-capture@bath.ac.uk for alternative provision... read more »

Webmail unavailable, 8am to 9am, Tues 30 Jul 2013

星期一 29 七月 2013

Webmail will be unavailable, Tuesday 30 July 2013, 8am to 9am... read more »

How much time do we have to get clean energy right?

星期五 26 七月 2013

For a healthier future we need affordable clean energy that is as plentiful as traditional fossil fuel energy... read more »

Research Storage possible interruption, tomorrow, 11.30am to 12.30pm

星期五 26 七月 2013

Users may experience a few minor interruptions to Research Storage, between 11.30am and 12.30pm... read more »

Bath University Computing Services Staff unavailable, Tues 23 Jul 2013 afternoon

星期二 23 七月 2013

To allow for an important all staff meeting, no Bath University Computing Services (BUCS) staff will be available from c. 1.30pm, Tues 23 Jul 2013, until start of business, Wed 24 Jul... read more »

Research Storage possible interruption, today, Mon 22 Jul, 2pm to 3pm

星期一 22 七月 2013

Files will continue to be available except for two very short breaks... read more »

Do not respond to phishing emails - never reveal your password.

星期一 22 七月 2013

The university is receiving a number of spam / phishing emails that ask you to visit a web form... read more »

Intermittent problems connecting to external websites, Fri 19 Jul

星期五 19 七月 2013

We are looking into the problem and hope to have a fix soon... read more »

How much time do we have to get clean energy right?

星期五 19 七月 2013

For a healthier future we need affordable clean energy that is as plentiful as traditional fossil fuel energy... read more »

SAMIS available, 18 July 2013

星期四 18 七月 2013

SAMIS upgrade is complete. All SAMIS services are normal, 18 July 2013... read more »

Panopto unavailable, Fri 19 Jul 10am to midday

星期四 18 七月 2013

Panopto Lecture Capture service will be unavailable, Friday 19 July 2013, 10am to midday... read more »

Research Storage possible minor interruption, Fri 19 Jul, 7am to 9am

星期二 16 七月 2013

Users may experience a few minor interruptions to the Research Storage area, between 7am and 9am, Friday 19 July 2013... read more »

Online Help Form 'at risk', Tue 16 Jul, 8am to 9am

星期一 15 七月 2013

The online Bath University Computing Services Help form is 'at risk'*, Tuesday 16 July 2013, 8am to 9am.... read more »

Email service unavailable, 8am to 8.30am, Wed 10 July 2013

星期二 09 七月 2013

Email will be unavailable, 8am to 8.30am, Wednesday 10 July 2013... read more »

New Guidelines for Purchase & Use of Mobile Devices, July 2013

星期二 09 七月 2013

Bath University Computing Services (BUCS) have published Guidelines for the Acquisition and Use of Devices and Tariffs for the Provision of Mobile Communications for staff at the University... read more »

PURE unavailable, Thurs 11 July 2013, 8am to midday

星期二 09 七月 2013

PURE will be unavailable, morning Thursday 11 July 2013... read more »

Research storage unavailable, 7am - 9.30am, 9 Jul 2013

星期二 09 七月 2013

Research storage will be unavailable from 7am to 9.30am, Tuesday 9 July 2013... read more »

Will it rain on campus on Sunday?

星期二 02 七月 2013

The winner of the best presentation at the 2013 University of Bath HPC symposium talks about his work as part of the Next Generation Weather and Climate Prediction project... read more »

Aquila HPC service unavailable, 2 July 2013

星期四 27 六月 2013

The Aquila HPC service will be unavailable, Tuesday 2 July 2013, from 7am for the whole day... read more »

IT maintenance, 2 July 2013

星期四 27 六月 2013

A number of computing services will be unavailable, 2 July 2013 while upgrades and maintenance take place.... read more »

iTrent is available again and users can log in as normal

星期三 26 六月 2013

iTrent (including Employee Self Service and Manager Self Service) is available again... read more »

Web mail at risk of downtime tomorrow Wed 26 June, 9:00am - 11:00am

星期二 25 六月 2013

Web mail will be at risk* of downtime tomorrow morning, Wednesday 26 June 2013, 9:00am until 11:00am... read more »

iTrent unavailable, Wed 26 June 2013, 7am - 2pm

星期一 24 六月 2013

iTrent (including Employee Self Service and Manager Self Service) will be unavailable, Wednesday 26 June, 7am to 2pm... read more »

All University Web Hosted Services at risk, Tue 25 June, 7am - 9am

星期六 22 六月 2013

We expect there to be no disruption at all, however this cannot be guaranteed... read more »

Possible fail over to generator 8am, Tue 25 Jun 2013

星期五 21 六月 2013

Please shut down your computer when you leave 2 South for the day, Monday 24 June 2013... read more »

IT literacy success, 2013

星期五 21 六月 2013

A celebration of the successful pilot of the European Computer Driving Licence has taken place ... read more »

IT Training - courses available 19, 20 and 21 June 2013

星期二 18 六月 2013

There are spaces available for staff on the following courses: Wiki workshop, Computing for Beginners & Excel 2010 Creating Charts... read more »

HPC Symposium 2013

星期二 18 六月 2013

Thank you to everyone who made the second HPC Symposium at University of Bath a success... read more »

Many software applications work postponed

星期日 16 六月 2013

Please do not attempt to use any of the following applications during this time... read more »

BT Openzone to be replaced with _The Cloud, Tues 18 June 2013

星期五 14 六月 2013

_The Cloud wireless service will be replacing BT-Openzone as our wireless service for guests on campus... read more »

Updating firewall software, 18 June, 8am to 8.30am

星期五 14 六月 2013

We are upgrading the firewall software that connects wi-fi, VPN and ResNet to the internet... read more »

Library wireless unavailable, Tue 18 June, 7am to 9am

星期五 14 六月 2013

There will be no wireless service in the Library, Tuesday 18 June 2013, 7am to 9am... read more »

Panopto & some shared research storage available, Tues 11 June 2013

星期二 11 六月 2013

Viewing Panopto recordings and some shared research areas (usually X:) available, Tuesday 11 June 2013, read more »

Sun Ray users logoff before 7.30am for 10 minutes

星期一 10 六月 2013

A pop-up message on the machines warning of the disruption should alert users prior to the interruption... read more »

IT maintenance to increase energy efficiency, 11 June 2013

星期五 07 六月 2013

We are working on a project to increase our energy efficiency when delivering IT services for the University... read more »

Minitab, Matlab, Ansys & Eviews unavailable, 7am to 9am, 11 June 2013

星期五 07 六月 2013

We are updating licenses for Minitab, Matlab, Ansys and Eviews, 7am to 9am, 11 June 2013... read more »

IT maintenance, Tues 11 June 2013, 7am to 9am

星期五 07 六月 2013

We are carrying out IT maintenance, Tuesday 11 June 2013, 7am to 9am, it may affect you... read more »

Business Objects 5.1 phasing out

星期一 03 六月 2013

Business Objects 5.1 will no longer be developed by Bath University Computing Services (BUCS) from 31 July 2013... read more »

Employee & Manager self service unavailable 7:30am and 9am, Tue 4 June

星期五 31 五月 2013

This is due to software maintenance to iTrent. read more »

Computing Services IT Maintenance, Tues 4 June, 7:00am to 9:00am,

星期四 30 五月 2013

We will be carring out maintenance work during the 'at risk'* period, Tuesday 4 June 2013, 7:00am to 9:00am. read more »

University Internet access 'at risk' of short interruption, 8:00am - 8:30am, Tue 4 Jun

星期四 30 五月 2013

Following a recent upgrade to improve internet access resilience, we are testing it... read more »

Service Desk & Campus Computer Shop closing early, Thur 30 May

星期四 30 五月 2013

If you need help during this time please fill out the online help form or ring 3434 read more »

IT Training survey - chance to win £50 Amazon voucher! (students only)

星期二 28 五月 2013

Survey on BUCS IT Training - Chance to win £50 Amazon voucher! (students only)... read more »

ChemDraw replacing ChemBioDraw on campus, June 2013

星期二 28 五月 2013

ChemBioDraw software licence will revert to the basic software product ChemDraw, June 2013... read more »

iTrent(ESS & MSS) became unavailable today between 14.30 and 14.35

星期四 23 五月 2013

Anyone who using the service when it was taken down will have been kicked out of their session... read more »

Ending support for Windows XP

星期四 23 五月 2013

If you are running a system on XP please raise a support request so we can plan for Microsoft's end of support in April 2014... read more »

Account closure arrangements for graduating students

星期四 23 五月 2013

Unless otherwise notified, student summer leavers will be allowed access to their computer accounts until Saturday, 31 August 2013. read more »

Service Desk and Computer shop will be closed at 4pm

星期四 23 五月 2013

They will both be open again tomorrow at 9am as normal... read more »

Email is working again today, Tue 21 May 2013

星期二 21 五月 2013

We are investigating and hope to have the problem resolved soon... read more »

BUCS employee wins SEOTY

星期一 20 五月 2013

Congratulations to John (Jules) Farrow for winning the University of Bath on-campus category of the Student Employee of the Year Awards (SEOTY) 2013... read more »

Library and East, wireless upgrade work, 21 May 2013

星期五 17 五月 2013

We will be upgrading the wireless service in the Library and East building, Tuesday 21 May 2013, 8am to 9am... read more »

Itrent was unavailable for 30 minutes, Thurs 16 May 2013

星期四 16 五月 2013

Itrent was unavailable for 30 minutes from 3.15 today, Thursday 16 May 2013, due to unexpectected problems read more »

JANET back-up gateway maintenance, 21 May 2013

星期四 16 五月 2013

We are carrying out work on back-up JANET hardware, 8am to 8.30am, Tuesday 21 May 2013... read more »

Access to external internet available again, Wed 15 May 2013

星期三 15 五月 2013

Access to external internet currently available on campus, Wednesday 15 May 2013... read more »

IT service restored, 13 May 2013

星期一 13 五月 2013

Following this mornings downtime the following services are now available again... read more »

IT service disruption, 13 May 2013

星期一 13 五月 2013

We apologise for the disruption to several computing services this morning, Monday 13 May 2013... read more »

SAMIS resilience testing, 7.30am to 8.30am, 14 May 2013

星期三 08 五月 2013

You will be able to use SAMIS but please be aware that we are continuing work that improves resilience, 7.30am to 8.30am, Tuesday 14 May 2013... read more »

Tues 7 May, 7am to 9am, computing services maintenance

星期五 03 五月 2013

We will be carrying out work during the 'at risk'* period, Tuesday 7 May 2013, 7am to 9am... read more »

Woodland Court, computing services unavailable, 7am to 9am, 7 May

星期五 03 五月 2013

Computing services will be unavailable in Woodland Court, 7am to 9am, 7 May 2013... read more »

Instant Messaging upgrade, Tues 7 May

星期五 03 五月 2013

Please log in again to your instant messaging service if you lose connection, Tuesday 7 May, 7am to 9am... read more »

4S & 4S Annexe, docking unavailable, 7 May, 7.30am to 8.45am

星期五 03 五月 2013

You will not be able to connect your laptop via the docking network in 4S and 4S Annexe, Tuesday 7 May 2013, 7.30am to 8.45am... read more »

Caxton print service interruption, 3 May 2013

星期五 03 五月 2013

We apologise for the downtime to those who print via the 'Caxton' print server... read more »

Resend replies from RT web interface Fri 26 to Mon 29 April

星期三 01 五月 2013

Due to a system error, some emails were not sent from the RT system between Friday 26th April... read more »

IT Training, new course dates

星期二 30 四月 2013

New IT training course dates from May 2013 to end of August 2013 are now available to book... read more »

Service Desk and Campus Computer Shop, early closing, Wed 1 May

星期二 30 四月 2013

The Service Desk and Campus Computer Shop (ITP) in the Library will be closing early, at 3.30pm, Wednesday 1 May 2013... read more »

Chris Carr is retiring from the University in May 2013

星期一 29 四月 2013

Computing Services (BUCS) is organising a celebration of Chris’s 34 years of service... read more »

HPC Symposium, all day Tuesday, 4th June.

星期一 29 四月 2013

Please register before Friday 17th May by sending an email to hpc-symposium@bath.ac.uk... read more »

Research storage unavailable, 8am - 9am, 26 Apr 2013

星期四 25 四月 2013

Research storage will be unavailable from 8am to 9am, Friday 26 April 2013... read more »

Feedback on wireless access in SU Wed 24 - Fri 26 & Wed 1 to Fri 3 May

星期三 24 四月 2013

Please come along in both weeks from the Wednesday with as many wireless devices you have that connect to wireless... read more »

Spam / Phishing Emails, 21 to 23 Apr 2013, please delete

星期二 23 四月 2013

Please be vigilant for spam and phishing emails.... read more »

Printing is available to those using Library Card Credit and Printing Cost Centres

星期一 22 四月 2013

Printing is available to those using Library Card Credit and Printing Cost Centres read more »

4 East, IT maintenance, 23 Apr 2013

星期一 22 四月 2013

A small number of users will not have access to their computing services, Tuesday 23 April 2013, 8am... read more »

Spam email, please delete

星期一 22 四月 2013

Please delete any email you have in your inbox received from either tenango@icathi.edu.mx or mahmedjuel@gmail.com. read more »

SAMIS resilience testing, 7.30am to 8.30am, 23 Apr 2013

星期四 18 四月 2013

You will be able to use SAMIS but please be aware that we are testing an IT system that builds resilience, 7.30am to 8.30am, Tuesday 23 April 2013... read more »

IT maintenance, 7am to 9am, 16 April 2013

星期一 15 四月 2013

We will be carrying out maintenance during the 'at risk'* period, Tuesday 16 April 2013, 7am to 9am... read more »

iTrent resilience testing, 8am to 8.30am, 16 Apr 2013

星期一 15 四月 2013

You will be able to use iTrent but please be aware that we are testing an IT system which builds resilience, 8am to 8.30am, 16 April 2013... read more »

STV Gladstone maintenance 7am -9am, Tues 16 Apr 2013

星期日 14 四月 2013

The Gladstone server that is used in parts of the STV is being powered off for essential maintenance... read more »

Online library journal access, 16 Apr 2013

星期五 12 四月 2013

We do not expect disruption while we update our signing certificates, Tuesday 16 April, 7am to 9am, however... read more »

Fresh building, Sat 13 Apr, 8am to 2pm

星期四 11 四月 2013

Computer services in Fresh building will be unavailable as a result of the electricty shut down in Wessex House, Saturday 13 April 2013... read more »

iTrent unavailable from 08:00 till 08:30, Tue 09 Apr 2013.

星期一 08 四月 2013

iTrent will be unavailable while we work to resolve an ongoing issue... read more »

Library, wireless testing, Sat 6 Apr 2013

星期四 04 四月 2013

You will be able to connect but we will be testing the wireless service in the Library, 9am to 4pm, Saturday 6 April 2013... read more »

Library, wireless service disruption, 4 Apr 2013

星期四 04 四月 2013

The wireless service in the Library will be unavailable for short periods during today, Thursday 4 April 2013... read more »

Library & East Building wireless will be at-risk, Tue 26 Mar, 7am - 5.30pm

星期二 26 三月 2013

Wireless in the Library and the East Building will be ‘at-risk’ today... read more »

Password history will prevent future reuse of passwords in University.

星期二 26 三月 2013

To increase future security, we will be preventing university account holders from reusing passwords by storing a log of all previous passwords... read more »

Printing is available (Monday 25th March)

星期一 25 三月 2013

To enable the problem to be identified the Print Unit are leaving the service unavailable until it can be inspected by Canon... read more »

IT services disruption, 2 Apr 2013

星期一 25 三月 2013

Computing services will be unavailable, Tuesday 2 April 2013. The east side of the campus will be most heavily affected... read more »

Business Objects Xi (BOXi) unavailable for 20 mins, 7am and 9am, Tue 26 Mar 2013

星期五 22 三月 2013

This is essential maintenance to improve the server's resilience. This does not affect the (older) Business Objects 5.1... read more »

List of software for GTAs, lecturing computers, PACs and Unidesk 2013-2014.

星期五 22 三月 2013

Computing Services are in the process of drawing up a list of software versions that will be installed in... read more »

Printing is currently unavailable (Thursday 21st March)

星期四 21 三月 2013

To enable the problem to be identified the Print Unit are leaving the service unavailable until it can be inspected by Canon... read more »

Tues 26 March 2013, 7am to 9am, computer services maintenance

星期四 21 三月 2013

Sports Training Village computing services, viewing Panopto and some Research storage services will be unavailable, Tuesday 26 March 20163, 7am to 9am... read more »

Sports Training Village, IT services unavailable, 26 Mar, 8am to 9am

星期四 21 三月 2013

Sports Training Village (STV) computing services unavailable, Tuesday 26 March 2013, 8am to 9am read more »

Viewing Panopto recordings & some research storage unavailable, 26 Mar, 7.30am to 9am

星期四 21 三月 2013

Viewing Panopto recordings & some research storage unavailable, Tuesday 26 March 2013, 7.30am to 9am... read more »

Viewing Panopto recordings & some research storage unavailable, 18 Mar, 4pm

星期一 18 三月 2013

There will be service downtime today, Monday 18 March 2013, 4pm to 4.30pm for the folllowing services... read more »

Panopto recordings and shared research areas available today, Fri 15 Mar

星期五 15 三月 2013

No access to stored Panopto recordings and some shared research areas are affected... read more »

Research Projects are unavailable from Unix hosts today, Tuesday 12 March

星期二 12 三月 2013

However Research Projects can still be accessed from Windows read more »

Managed Print Service should start working in the next 15 minutes, Tue 12 Mar 2013

星期二 12 三月 2013

The Managed Print Service is coming back online read more »

Research storage unavailable from 8am until 9am, Tue 12 Mar

星期四 07 三月 2013

Following the maintenance research storage users will need to restart their computer or run the... read more »

Library wireless service disruption, 5 March 2013

星期二 05 三月 2013

The wireless service in the Library will be disrupted for the next hour, Tuesday 5 March 2013, 1.30pm to 2.30pm... read more »

Business Objects Xi (BOXi) drop-in sessions, March / April 2013

星期一 04 三月 2013

All staff who use SAMIS, come to one of our drop-in sessions and find out about the new features of Business Objects Xi (BOXi)... read more »

Evernote security breach, 2 March 2013

星期一 04 三月 2013

Please reset your Evernote password as soon as possible... read more »

8 West, Sat 2 March, wireless upgrade

星期四 28 二月 2013

8 West, Levels 3 & 4, we will be upgrading the wireless hardware, 2 March 2013. We do not expect any disruption to wireless service while the work takes place... read more »

Research storage unavailable 12pm until 2pm, Wed 27 Feb 2013.

星期二 26 二月 2013

This downtime is essential to do some system upgrades... read more »

legacyterms servers being removed summer 2013

星期二 26 二月 2013

Our software metering records suggest minimal (and often zero) use of the applications installed on legacyterms... read more »

Email unavailable, Tue 26 Feb, 7.30am to 8am

星期一 25 二月 2013

Our email service will be unavailable, Tuesday 26 February 2013, 7.30am to 8am... read more »

UNIX CUPS printing is currently unavailable, Fri 22 Feb 2013

星期五 22 二月 2013

UNIX CUPS printing is currently unavailable and there was also a short break in web searching today... read more »

Get EndNote at 2012 prices!

星期五 22 二月 2013

The cost of a personal licence for EndNote will increase by £5, 1 April 2013... read more »

8 East, computing services unavailable, Sat, 2 March

星期四 21 二月 2013

Computing services will be unavailable in 8 East, Saturday 2 March, 2013... read more »

The vacation message tool is working again, Tue 19 Feb

星期二 19 二月 2013

Users will see the following error when they try to log in... read more »

Printing is currently unavailable to those using Library Card Credit and Printing Cost Centres

星期一 18 二月 2013

Printing is currently unavailable to those using Library Card Credit and Printing Cost Centres read more »

Library wireless unavailable Wed 20 Feb, 8.00am till 8.15am

星期一 18 二月 2013

Wireless will be unavailable in the library on Wednesday 20 February 2013, between 8.00am and 8.15am... read more »

3W level 2, computing services disruption, 8-9am, Feb 19 2013

星期五 15 二月 2013

We are carrying out maintenance in 3 West, Level 2, 8am to 9am, Tuesday 19 February 2013. We cannot guarantee uninterrupted use of all your IT applications during this 'at risk'* period... read more »

iTrent (ESS & MSS) unavailable, Wed, 20 Feb 2013

星期二 12 二月 2013

iTrent will be unavailable, Wednesday, 20 February 2013. read more »

Alumni will not be able to login during 'at risk' Tue 12 Feb

星期一 11 二月 2013

Alumni will not be able to login and make donations for up to 15 minutes... read more »

MyFuture maintenance, 12 Feb 2013, 8am

星期一 11 二月 2013

MyFuture online career service will be unavailable for up to 15 minutes between 8am to 9am, Tuesday 12 February 2013... read more »

HPC (High Performance Computing) symposium coming soon

星期五 08 二月 2013

On Tuesday 4th June 2013, the University of Bath will be hosting it's second HPC... read more »

iTrent available, 7 Feb 2013

星期四 07 二月 2013

iTrent is available (both Employee Self Service (ESS) and Manager Self Service (MSS))... read more »

Intermittent disruption to printing should be expected

星期三 06 二月 2013

Intermittent disruption to printing should be expected until further notice,Wednesday 6 February 2013... read more »

Printing now available

星期三 06 二月 2013

Printing now available read more »

Managed print currently unavailable

星期三 06 二月 2013

Following on from this morning’s UniFlow printing disruption. The Managed Print Service is currently unavailable... read more »

Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will be closed today between 1.00pm and 1.30pm

星期二 05 二月 2013

Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will be closed today 5 February from 1.00pm and 1.30pm.. read more »

Eduroam wireless service - UK wide

星期一 04 二月 2013

We introduced the wireless service Eduroam on campus at the end of 2010. Look how widely you can use it in UK... read more »

Panopto service restored

星期五 01 二月 2013

Panopto service is available again today 14:00, Friday 1 February 2013 read more »

Ansys licence upgrade, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 7am to 9am

星期五 01 二月 2013

We recommend that you do not run Ansys, Tuesday 5 February 2013, 7am to 9am... read more »

CMS restart, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 7am to 9am

星期五 01 二月 2013

Web services will restart the content management system during 'at risk'* period, Tuesday 5 February 2013... read more »

Ansys & CMS maintenance, Tue 5 Feb 2013, 7am to 9am

星期五 01 二月 2013

Ansys and Content Management System (CMS) are affected Tuesday 5 February 2013, 7am to 9am... read more »

Reduced computer support service, Fri, 1 Feb 2013

星期四 31 一月 2013

Computing Services (BUCS) will have reduced staff levels, Friday 1 February 2013, due to staff attending the funeral of our colleague Dave Cunningham. read more »

Introductory Labview workshop for undergraduate students

星期三 30 一月 2013

Introduction to Labview workshop being held on campus, Thursday 14 February 2013, 9:30am until 1:00pm... read more »

Agresso Smart Client available, 10.15am, Tue 29 Jan 2013

星期二 29 一月 2013

Agresso Smart Client is available, 10.15am, Tuesday 29 January 2013... read more »

Panopto unavailable, week of Monday 28 January 2013

星期二 29 一月 2013

Panopto & coursecast.bath.ac.uk will be unavailable during week of Monday 28 January 2013 - alternative arrangements available if you want your lecture to be recorded during this time... read more »

Possible interruption, Pidgin / other instant messenger, 29 January 2013

星期一 28 一月 2013

You may need to close and log back into your Pidgin / other instant messenger application (eg iChat), Tuesday 29 January 2013, between 7.30am and 8.30am.... read more »

3W, computing services disruption, 7am to 9am, 29 Jan 2013

星期五 25 一月 2013

We are carrying out maintenance in 3 West, 7am to 9am, Tuesday 29 January 2013. This will disrupt computing services in 3W building during our 'at risk'* period. read more »

Internet Explorer 9 roll out, Jan/Feb 2013

星期四 24 一月 2013

Windows Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) is being rolled out across campus onto our Windows 7 computers. You will notice a few changes to the look of your browser... read more »

Some Canon desktop printers unavailable, Mon 28 Jan 2013, from 4pm

星期四 24 一月 2013

It will not be possible to print from the smaller desktop printers (Canon model numbers - 1024i & 1028i), Monday 28 January 2013, from 4pm... read more »

BUCS Help form Problems Wednesday 23rd January 2013

星期三 23 一月 2013

Users may be experiencing problems submitting help requests via the BUCS Helpfom read more »

With great sadness we report the death of Dave Cunningham and funeral details

星期二 22 一月 2013

Dave had worked at the University for 38 years and retired in 2011 as the Assistant Director (Systems & Networks) of the Computing Services Department... read more »

Library, wireless unavailable, Wed 23 Jan 2013, 8am to 8.30am

星期一 21 一月 2013

Wireless service will be unavailable in the Library, 8am to 8.30am, Wednesday 23 January 2013... read more »

Problems overnight signing into IT services

星期四 17 一月 2013

Some people experienced some disruptions while trying to sign into some IT services overnight from, 4.50pm Wednesday... read more »

IT Training, new course dates

星期二 15 一月 2013

New IT training course dates for January 2013 to end April 2013 are now available to book. Several new courses have been added to the timetable following user feedback... read more »

Computing Services Maintenance, Tues 15 & Wed 16 January 2013

星期一 14 一月 2013

We will be carrying out the following work during the 'at risk'* period, Tuesday 15 January and Wednesday 16 January 2013... read more »

SAMIS unavailable 7.30am to 8.00am & 10.00pm to 10.30pm, Tue 15 Jan 2013.

星期一 14 一月 2013

Update on original message - We will be working on SAMIS tonight, Tuesday 15 January 2013, 10.00pm to 10.30pm. read more »

Feedback about wireless performance on campus

星期一 14 一月 2013

Computing Services (BUCS) would like to identify areas in buildings where people experience problems with wireless.. read more »

East building - wireless unavailable, Wed 16 Jan 2013, 8am

星期一 14 一月 2013

Wireless will be unavailable in the East Building, Wednesday 16 January 2013, 8am for 15 minutes... read more »

4E, computing services disruption, 8am to 9am, 15 Jan 2013

星期四 10 一月 2013

We are carring out maintenance in 4E, 8am to 9am, Tuesday 15 January 2013. This will disrupt computing services in Level 1 & 2, 4 East building. read more »

PHP version upgrade Tuesday 15 January 2013

星期四 10 一月 2013

If you notice any problems with your PHP scripts following this upgrade and you require assistance... read more »

Update to Wireless Network - Users may need to accept new certificate

星期二 08 一月 2013

Following an essential update to our wireless network this morning users may need to reconnect read more »

Wake-on-Lan(WoL) is now available.

星期一 07 一月 2013

This downtime was due to some unforeseen issues which have now been resolved... read more »

Wake-on-Lan(WoL) unavailable this week beginning Monday 7 January 2013.

星期一 07 一月 2013

We estimate that we should have WoL service returned by the end of this week, Friday 11 January. read more »

LabVIEW workshops on campus, 10 Jan 2013

星期一 07 一月 2013

LabVIEW workshops available for science & engineering staff, PhD & post graduate researchers, Thursday, 10 January 2013... read more »

SAMIS available, 07 Jan 2013

星期一 07 一月 2013

The issues identified this morning have been fixed. The service is back for all users. We will continue to monitor. read more »

LabVIEW workshops on campus, 9 Jan 2013

星期一 07 一月 2013

Science & engineering staff, PhD & PG researchers, please book your place on National Instruments (NI) LabVIEW hands-on workshops on campus, Wednesday 9 January 2013. read more »

Email unavailable, 8 Jan 2013, 7.30am to 8.30am

星期四 03 一月 2013

Our email service will be unavailable, Tuesday 8 January 2013, 7.30am to 8.30am. Please do not try to send or receive emails at this time as you will receive an error message. read more »

Computing Services update - 3 Jan 2012

星期四 03 一月 2013

Services which became unavailable 30 December 2012 are now fixed except Wake-on-LAN. read more »

SAMIS unavailable, 3 & 4 Jan 2013

星期四 03 一月 2013

SAMIS will be unavailable from 6pm, Wednesday, 2 January 2013, for 2 days - Thursday 3 & Friday 4 January 2013. read more »

iTrent unavailable, Mon 7 Jan, 4pm to Tue 8 Jan, 10am

星期四 03 一月 2013

iTrent will be unavailable from 4pm, Monday 7 January 2013 until 10am, Tuesday 8 January 2013... read more »

Response to staff survey 2011 and improving communication

星期四 03 一月 2013

In the 2011 survey undertaken by staff it was highlighted that people would... read more »

Services currently unavailable today, 2 January 2013

星期三 02 一月 2013

Some services are currently unavailable today, 2 January 2013, and have been unavailable since the 30 December 2012... read more »

SAMIS service good, 20 Dec 2012, 10.45am

星期四 20 十二月 2012

SAMIS was running slowly between 10am & 10.45am, Thursday, 20 December 2012. Good service has been returned... read more »

Christmas Break 2012

星期一 17 十二月 2012

IT service desk will close at 2pm, Friday 21 December 2012. Merry Christmas, see you Wednesday, 2 January 2013... read more »

Email service unavailable, 18 Dec, 7.30 am to 8.30am

星期一 17 十二月 2012

Our email service will be unavailable, Tuesday 18 December 2012, 7.30am to 8.30am... read more »

IT Service Desk, closed Fri 14 Dec, for afternoon

星期三 12 十二月 2012

IT Service Desk (Library Level 2) will be closed Friday, 14 December 2012, 12pm to 4.45pm. read more »

iPhone or iPad running IOS 6 - problems connecting to wireless

星期三 12 十二月 2012

This is due to some software bug in IOS 6. As a fix for this we suggest all iPhone 4 and iPad 2 users to upgrade... read more »

Disruptions to Resnet in the Quantock

星期二 11 十二月 2012

There have been disruptions this morning, Tuesday 11 December 2012, to the wired network in Quantock... read more »

Library wireless service, 8 Dec 2012, for one week

星期五 07 十二月 2012

We are making improvements to the wireless service in the Library, Saturday 8 December with work continuing for a week... read more »

Canon printers, Fri 7 Dec 2012

星期五 07 十二月 2012

Following yesterday's power outage, we have found that some of the larger (floor standing) Canon printers are not scanning to email or to H drive... read more »

Computing Services, Fri 7 Dec 2012

星期五 07 十二月 2012

Computing Services across campus are back in operation, Friday 7 December 2012, following yesterday's power outage... read more »

Secure screensaver statement

星期四 06 十二月 2012

On behalf of the University’s Audit Committee, BUCS has been asked to implement an automated lock of PCs for those users who access management information systems... read more »

Disruptions to Library wireless service, Thurs 06 Dec 2012

星期二 04 十二月 2012

Due to recent intermittent service, we are evaluating the wireless service in the Library, Thursday 6 December 2012 read more »

Tues 4 December 2012, Computing Services update

星期一 03 十二月 2012

We will be carrying out work during the 'at risk' period, Tuesday 4 December 2012, 7am to 9am... read more »

Library and East Building - wireless maintenance, Tues 4 Dec, before 8am

星期一 03 十二月 2012

We are carrying out maintenance on the wireless service in the Library and East building, 7am to 8am, Tuesday 4 December 2012... read more »

Students' Union filestore move, 4 Dec 2012, 7am to 9am

星期五 30 十一月 2012

Please do not access and save files to the Students' Union filestore, Tuesday 4 December 2012, 7am to 9am... read more »

Adminterms unavailable, 4 Dec 2012

星期四 29 十一月 2012

Adminterms will be unavailable, Tuesday 4 December 2012, 7am to 9am... read more »

Wiki unavailable, 4 Dec 2012

星期四 29 十一月 2012

A major upgrade of the Wiki is happening, Tuesday 4 December 2012... read more »

iTrent is available again, 26 November 2012.

星期一 26 十一月 2012

iTrent service, including Employee Self Service and Manager Self Service, is available... read more »

Email service available, 1.45pm, 26 Nov 2012

星期一 26 十一月 2012

Email service is available, 1.45pm, 26 November 2012 read more »

iTrent service unavailable, Mon 26 November 2012

星期一 26 十一月 2012

iTrent service including Employee Self Service and Manager Self Service is not responding, 26 November 2012. read more »

Email service unavailable/slow today, Mon 26 Nov 2012

星期一 26 十一月 2012

We are aware of the problem and are working to solve the issue. We will hopefully... read more »

1000th tweet for BUCSNews

星期四 22 十一月 2012

Computing Services (BUCS) tweeted its 1000th tweet, 21 November 2012... read more »

Wiki and iTrent maintenance Thur 22 Nov,

星期三 21 十一月 2012

List of computing services that will be unavailable on, Thursday 22 Novemberr 2012... read more »

Wiki will be unavailable, Thur 22 Nov, 7.30am to midday

星期三 21 十一月 2012

The university Wiki will be unavailable, Thursday 22 November 2012, 7.30am to midday read more »

iTrent unavailable, Thur 22 Nov - 8.30am to 09.15am.

星期三 21 十一月 2012

Trent including Manager Self Service (MSS), Employee Self Service (ESS) and HR & Payroll department functionality... read more »

Key Management Service upgrade, 20 Nov 2012

星期一 19 十一月 2012

We are upgrading the Key Management Service, Tuesday 20 November 2012. Users should not be adversely affected while this work is carried out. read more »

Business Objects Upgrade, Nov 2012

星期五 16 十一月 2012

We are collecting data so that we can upgrade Business Objects... read more »

Email service upgrade Nov 2012

星期一 12 十一月 2012

We are moving mailboxes to a new email server throughout November, starting 12 November 2012. read more »

Oracle calendar will be running slowly tonight 5.30pm and 7.30pm

星期四 08 十一月 2012

Oracle calendar will be running slowly tonight, Thursday 8 November 2012, between 5.30pm and 7.30pm... read more »

Windows Media Streaming Service disruption, Tues 13 Nov 2012, 7am to 9am

星期四 08 十一月 2012

There will be a loss of the Windows Media Streaming service (also known as wms.bath.ac.uk) for up to 15mins, Tues 13 Nov, 7am to 9am... read more »

Library wireless disruption, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 7.15am to 7.45am

星期四 08 十一月 2012

There will be a loss of wireless service in the Library between 7.15am and 7.45am, Tuesday 13 November 2012... read more »

Java error message

星期一 05 十一月 2012

If you try and open a web page which needs Java to run you may get an error message... read more »

East Building, wireless unavailable, 7.00 to 7.15am, Tue 6 Nov 2012

星期五 02 十一月 2012

There will be a loss of wireless connectivity in East Building, between 7am and 7.15am, Tuesday 6 November, 2012... read more »

Data sharing between Excel and Matlab

星期四 01 十一月 2012

Workarounds are necessary to import / export excel files to / from Matlab on our UniDesk service.... read more »

Microsoft Visual Studio available to all

星期三 31 十月 2012

Microsoft Visual Studio is available to all staff and students... read more »

Microsoft Project available to all

星期三 31 十月 2012

Microsoft Project is available to all staff and students... read more »

Microsoft Project & Visual Studio and EndNote X6 for Mac available

星期三 31 十月 2012

The availability of Microsoft Project Visual Studio and EndNote X6 for Mac has increased for students and staff... read more »

Windows 8 statement

星期二 30 十月 2012

Microsoft Windows 8 operating system was released for general availability, Friday 26 October 2012... read more »

iTrent, Wed 31 Oct 2012

星期二 30 十月 2012

Unexpected downtime to the iTrent service between 11.20am and 12.20pm, Wednesday 31 October 2012... read more »

ResNet, docking & wireless normal service, 30 Oct 2012

星期二 30 十月 2012

The ResNet, docking & wireless services were unavailable for roughly 30 minutes before 11 am, 30 October 2012... read more »

Adobe Flash Player and Java security upgrade, Tues 30 Oct 2012

星期一 29 十月 2012

All centrally managed (Active Directory) computers on campus will start seeing pop up messages appear... read more »

SAMIS available, 1.45pm, Mon 29 Oct 2012

星期一 29 十月 2012

SAMIS and its related services are now restored and available to use... read more »

SAMIS unavailable, Mon 29 Oct 2012

星期一 29 十月 2012

SAMIS is unavailable, affecting all users, Monday 29 October 2012... read more »

EndNote X6 for Mac

星期四 25 十月 2012

This gives Mac users access to great new features like EndNoteSync which lets them manage their library... read more »

Wiki brief interruption, Thur 25 Oct, 1pm.

星期四 25 十月 2012

This work is essential as there is a problem downloading attachments from the Wiki in Internet Explorer 8... read more »

Estates IT unavailable, Thur 25 Oct

星期四 25 十月 2012

A number of Estates IT systems, including the 'Estates Green Button' will be unavailable Thursday, 25 October 2012. read more »

UniDesk off campus gateway instructions

星期五 19 十月 2012

Off campus, access UniDesk through the UniDesk Gateway to avoid an error message... read more »

Research Projects storage 'at risk'* - Tue, 16 Oct, 7.30am to 9.30am

星期五 12 十月 2012

We will be working on Research Projects Storage on the x drive - 7.30am to 9.30am, Tuesday 16 October 2012... read more »

Autograph on UniDesk from Tue 25 Sept

星期四 11 十月 2012

Autograph software was made available on UniDesk (University Desktop), Tuesday 25 September 2012... read more »

The Aquila HPC back, Thurs 11 Oct 2012.

星期四 11 十月 2012

The extended delays in returning the service were due to unforseen issues that it was essential we fix... read more »

Change to look of applications on Sunrays

星期四 11 十月 2012

When you select Web Browser, Webmail or Library Catalogue on a Sun Ray terminal in the Library, Sports Training Village or around campus you will see small changes... read more »

Aquila HPC facility not available until further notice

星期三 10 十月 2012

The Aquila HPC facility was not able to be returned to service today Wednesday 10 October 2012... read more »

Computing services 'At Risk' Tuesday 9 October 2012

星期一 08 十月 2012

The following is a list of all the services that will be unavailable during the Computer services 'at risk' * period... read more »

Aquila HPC facility not available until Wed10 Oct 2012

星期一 08 十月 2012

Over the next few days we will be updating the HPC wiki pages with notes on how to use the new queuing system... read more »

8 West - wireless 'at risk'*

星期一 08 十月 2012

We will be working on wireless service in 8 West, before 9am, Tuesday 9 October 2012. read more »

The HPC (High Performance Computer) is still unavailable

星期五 05 十月 2012

The HPC (High Performance Computer) service is still unavailable Friday 5 October 2012, following this week's scheduled downtime... read more »

Wireless service available again.

星期四 04 十月 2012

Wireless service (Eduroam) is back working around campus, today, Thursday 4 October... read more »

Wireless service (Eduroam) intermittently unavailable

星期四 04 十月 2012

Wireless service (Eduroam) is intermittently unavailable all around campus, today, Thursday 4 October... read more »

3 South - IT services disruption, 9 Oct, before 9am

星期四 04 十月 2012

3 South - IT services will be unavailable briefly, Tuesday 9 October 2012 between 8am and 9am. read more »

6E wireless disruption, 9 Oct, before 9am

星期四 04 十月 2012

We will be briefly taking down the wireless access service in 6 East, Tuesday 9 October 2012 between 8am and 9am. read more »

Ansys update

星期二 02 十月 2012

If you have Ansys v13 or earlier installed on your PC, please update the licensing information for Ansys to work correctly... read more »

Automatic log off on Library PCs

星期一 01 十月 2012

Computing Services (BUCS) rolled out an automatic PC log off system in the Library, Friday 20 September 2012... read more »

MindGenius at Home

星期一 01 十月 2012

Use MindGenius at home or at university to help you plan a project, lesson, thesis or to develop a strategy using mind maps... read more »

HPC will be unavailable from 2nd to 4th October...

星期一 01 十月 2012

The HPC (High Performance Computer) service will be unavailable while the new queuing system is installed and configured... read more »

New IT Service Desk Open

星期一 01 十月 2012

The new, customer orientated, student designed Computing Services (BUCS) Service Desk and Computer Shop is open... read more »

Enabling the auto archiving feature, Sat 29 Sept

星期四 27 九月 2012

Introducing archiving will allow us to make better use of the optimization and resilience features of our storage... read more »

Students registering currently not getting access to IT services

星期三 26 九月 2012

Update - Thursday 27 September - access shouold be now available read more »

Aquila HPC facility unavailable, Tue 25 Sep

星期三 26 九月 2012

Aquila HPC facility will be unavailable Tuesday 25 September 2012 from 7am. read more »

Matt goes the extra mile...

星期二 25 九月 2012

and wins the "Brutal" double ultra triathlon! read more »

Phishing email to steal details

星期一 24 九月 2012

Do not reply to phishing email with subject header Update your Account in the Subject line... read more »

Web downtime 25 Sep 2012

星期五 21 九月 2012

Core maintenance will mean that some web services will be unvailable... read more »

Fix for sophos problem - home users follow instructions

星期四 20 九月 2012

We have just rolled out a Sophos fix for ALL Windows 7 computers in an attempt to fix the "false positive"... read more »

Research storage, X drive

星期四 20 九月 2012

Research storage area is unavailable, Tuesday 25 September, 7am to 9am... read more »

Services unavailable, Tues 25 Sep, before 9am

星期四 20 九月 2012

Please expect IT services to be unavailable during the 'at risk' period, Tuesday 25 September 2012, 7am to 9am. read more »

Adminterms unavailable, 25 September 2012

星期四 20 九月 2012

Adminterms will be unavailable 7am to 9am, 25 September 2012... read more »

Sophos update, 20 September 2012

星期四 20 九月 2012

We are aware that a fault in anit-virus software provided by Sophos is leading to false warning messages... read more »

iTrent update 10am 20 September 2012

星期四 20 九月 2012

Update, 10am 20 September 2012, The iTrent upgrade has been completed successfully and ahead of schedule. You can login and use iTrent, Manager Self Service and Employee Self Service. read more »

Service Desk & Computer Shop unavailable during grand opening

星期三 19 九月 2012

Service Desk and Campus Computer Shop will be officially opened at 3.30pm today by Kevin Edge... read more »

IT service disruption, Tues 25 September 2012

星期日 16 九月 2012

Maintenance will affect a number of IT applications during the Computing Services 'at risk' period, Tuesday 25 September 2012, 7am to 9am. read more »

Computing Services unavailable Tues 18 September 2012

星期四 13 九月 2012

Essential maintenance will affect a number of IT applications during the Computing Services 'at risk' period... read more »

Sun Rays 'at risk' 7am till 9am, Tuesday 18 September 2012

星期四 13 九月 2012

If you are using the Sun Rays during this period you will lose connection with the server and work will be lost... read more »

Windows 7 & Office 2010 upgrade success

星期三 12 九月 2012

We’d like to give you an update and, at the same time, thank you for your support… read more »

New University Desktop - GigaTerms & Terms unavailable

星期三 12 九月 2012

UniDesk (University Desktop) is our new user-friendly, single access point replacement for Terms and GigaTerms... read more »

Network disruption, Tues 11 Sep, before 9am

星期一 10 九月 2012

Please expect some network disruption before 9am, Tuesday 11 September 2012. read more »

Update to Ansys v14 on new Windows server

星期四 06 九月 2012

Ansys v13 currently available on Windows server Andromeda is being withdrawn, Monday 10 September... read more »

Unexpected recommendation email from Wiki

星期四 06 九月 2012

The Wiki has sent out an unexpected recommendation email to a few staff on campus today, Thursday 6 September 2012... read more »

Caxton print service 'at risk', 7am to 9am, Tues 11 Sept

星期四 06 九月 2012

Essential maintenance to the Caxton print service, 7am to 9am, Tuesday 11 September 2012... read more »

Printing - normal service

星期四 06 九月 2012

There was an unscheduled restart of the manged print service... read more »

All of 1W level 3 and 4 network services are back

星期三 05 九月 2012

We found a solution that enabled us to bring back the services sooner... read more »

Unexpected Network downtime in 1W level 3 and 4 - update

星期三 05 九月 2012

1W level 3 and 4 network is unlikely to be back online today, Wednesday 5 September 2012... read more »

Unexpected Network downtime in 1W level 3 and 4

星期三 05 九月 2012

All of 1W level 3 and 4 network currently have no network connectivity today, Wednesday 5 September 2012... read more »

Panopto (Lecture Capture) is available

星期二 04 九月 2012

---Tuesday 4 September 2012, 2pm ---update--- Panopto (Lecture Capture) is available... read more »

HPC and LCPU disruption

星期二 04 九月 2012

Stoppage to the HPC and LCPU services, Tuesday 11 September, 7am to 9.00am due to network upgrade work... read more »

Wireless upgrade

星期二 04 九月 2012

We are upgrading the wireless network, Wednesday 5 September, 8am to 8.30 am... read more »

Network disruption, Tues 11 Sep, before 9am

星期二 04 九月 2012

Please expect some network disruption to IT services during the 'at risk' period, 7am to 9am, Tuesday 11 September 2012. read more »

Tues 4 Sep & Thurs 6 Sep network upgrade

星期二 04 九月 2012

We are confident that most network services will continue to run. However, there will be disruption to the following... read more »

IT services update

星期二 04 九月 2012

Following disruption to a number of IT services Monday PM and Tuesday AM we have resolved issues... read more »

Research storage normal service

星期一 03 九月 2012

The server 'Drake' back in service, update on research storage space... read more »

Core Services currently unavailable due to hardware fault

星期一 03 九月 2012

Following some routine upgrades to the core network equipment this morning, we are experiencing... read more »

Warning phishing attack aimed at Bath University students.

星期一 03 九月 2012

Beware of the latest hoax email attack, today, 3 September 2012, claiming to be from the Student Loans company. read more »

Terms available

星期一 03 九月 2012

Monday 3 September 2012, 1.35pm, Terms is available... read more »

Java update recommended

星期五 31 八月 2012

Due to a security risk in Java we have pushed out the latest release (1.7.7)... read more »

Service Desk and ITP will be closing at 3.30pm on Fri 31 Aug

星期四 30 八月 2012

Due to the floors needing to be latexed ready for the laminate flooring to be laid... read more »

Disruption to LCPU and RT over the bank holiday weekend

星期三 29 八月 2012

Thursday 30 August, we will be installing an extra replacement part to help ensure future resilience. read more »

Problem with iTrent today, Wed 29 Aug

星期三 29 八月 2012

We experienced a small issues with iTrent today, Wednesday 29 August 2012. The problem is now fixed... read more »

MindGenius course dates

星期二 21 八月 2012

We recommend our MindGenius course to staff and postgraduates who wish to create and work with mind maps... read more »

iTrent unavailable Mon 20 Aug, 12.00 until 15:00

星期五 17 八月 2012

iTrent Manager Self Service, Employee Self Service and Core iTrent product will be unavailable read more »

Adobe upgrade pop up, please shut down your browser

星期三 15 八月 2012

This unscheduled upgrade to Adobe Flash Player is essential to implement some security fixes that will help to prevent malware attacks... read more »

Email unavailable, Tues 21 Aug, 7.30am to 8.30am

星期三 15 八月 2012

Email will be unavailable for 30 minutes sometime between 7.30am and 8.30am, Tuesday 21 August 2012... read more »

SAMIS Client not opening Tue 14 Aug

星期二 14 八月 2012

There were some issues today, Tuesday 14 August 2012, with the SAMIS Client not opening or being slow... read more »

BUCS user account creation

星期五 10 八月 2012

Creation of BUCS user accounts - normal service available... read more »

Web services brief disruption, 14 Aug 2012, 7am to 9am

星期五 10 八月 2012

Web services upgrading the Content Management System (CMS) video tool... read more »

Panopto Coursecast Updates

星期四 09 八月 2012

Over the summer BUCS AV have updated the Panopto server to 4.2, bringing some new features and improved stability. read more »

Email marked as spam due to corrupt virus detecting formula

星期三 08 八月 2012

Yesterday afternoon, 7 August 2012 at 16.02, a corrupt virus detecting formula was downloaded that marked genuine emails as having a virus... read more »

New dates for IT training courses

星期二 07 八月 2012

Further training dates for staff and postgraduate students in Windows 7 & Office 2010 upgrade courses and Agresso courses... read more »

SPSS users - update to Version 20 before 31 December 2012

星期五 03 八月 2012

We are requesting that all Lecturers & Researchers upgrade their software and teaching materials to SPSS 20, before 31 December 2012... read more »

Campus Computer Shop (ITP) closed Tue, 31 Jul

星期四 26 七月 2012

Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will be closed Tuesday, 31 July 2012, for annual stocktake. read more »

Matlab Licence activation instructions

星期四 26 七月 2012

Instructions that allow staff to activate their Matlab Licence are now available... read more »

Mailing Lists unavailable, Thur 26 July 8.30am - 9am

星期三 25 七月 2012

All University Mailing Lists will be unavailable Thursday 26 July 8.30am - 9.00am.. read more »

Ansys on Andromeda unavailable on Wed 25, 9am-10am

星期二 24 七月 2012

Ansys on Andromeda will be unavailable on Wednesday 25 July, 9am-10am. Please ensure you have logged off... read more »

iTrent unavailable, Wed 25 July evening

星期二 24 七月 2012

iTrent including Employee Self Service and Management Self Service will be unavailable evening, Wed 25 Jul, after 5pm... read more »

iTrent available

星期一 23 七月 2012

iTrent including Employee Self Service (ESS) and Manager Self Service (MSS) are available however please avoid payroll runs until this afternoon.... read more »

Beware: Webmail phishing scam.

星期五 20 七月 2012

An email falsely claiming to be from IT Webmail support has been sent to 1800... read more »

Computing Services unavailable Tues 24 July 2012

星期四 19 七月 2012

Essential maintenance will affect a number of IT applications during the Computing Services 'at risk'* period, Tuesday 24 July 2012, 7am to 9am read more »

Short disruption to secure.bath services 7am til 9am, 24 Jul

星期四 19 七月 2012

Due to an essential upgrade on 24 July 2012, during the 'at-risk' period. There may be a short 5 minute... read more »

Research X Drive upgrade, Tue 24 Jul

星期四 19 七月 2012

An upgrade will take place, Tuesday 24 July 7am to 9am that may cause a slowing of the Research X:Drive... read more »

NVivo Licence renewal Wed 25 July

星期四 19 七月 2012

Users are seeing a countdown when they log into NVivo... read more »

Research X Drive upgrade, Wed 18 Jul

星期三 18 七月 2012

This evening, 18 July 2012, after 6pm another upgrade will take place that will ensure... read more »

Research X Drive upgrade

星期二 17 七月 2012

This evening, 17 July 2012, after 6pm an upgrade will take place that will ensure the ongoing resilience of the Research X: Drive file storage service. read more »

IT services affected - Tue 17 July from 7am-9am

星期五 13 七月 2012

During the 'at risk' period, Tuesday 17 July from 7am-9am, the following services will be unavailable... read more »

Minor disruption to computing services in 8 West, Level 3

星期二 10 七月 2012

A switch has unexpectedly stopped working in the building and we are currently investigating further into the issue. read more »

Wessex House Level 1 - No computing services

星期二 10 七月 2012

The power supply has been disrupted in Wessex House Level 1. Approximately 20 users are not able to access their phones, the internet or the network... read more »

5 minute disruption to instant messenger 7am - 9am, Tue 10 July.

星期五 06 七月 2012

There will be a short 5 minute disruption to our instant messenger service Jabber during our 'at risk' period... read more »

Short disruption to Linux services 07.30 & 09:00, Tue 3 July

星期五 29 六月 2012

Due to routine server maintenance, there will be a short period of downtime... read more »

1 West update

星期五 29 六月 2012

The work to replace the cabling at 1W is going to plan, normal service expected by end of today... read more »

Rail Ticket printer is working

星期五 29 六月 2012

The Rail Ticket printer in the Library is working... read more »

Matlab Licence renewed

星期四 28 六月 2012

The main Matlab Licence has been renewed... read more »

Lecture Capture availability

星期四 28 六月 2012

Lecture Capture will be unavailable between 2 July 2012 and 6 August 2012... read more »

Dates for Exam Results

星期三 27 六月 2012

The dates for Summer 2012 exam results have been confirmed... read more »

Unexpected Network downtime in 1W level 2 and 3

星期二 26 六月 2012

All of 1W level 2 and about 50% of 1W level 3 network is currently down... read more »

ITP opening 10am, Wed 27 Jun

星期二 26 六月 2012

ITP (Campus Computer Shop) will open at 10am, Wednesday 27 June 2012. read more »

Computing Services unavailable Tues 26 June 2012

星期二 26 六月 2012

Essential maintenance will affect a number of IT applications, Tuesday 26 June 2012, 7am to 9am... read more »

Email unavailable, Tues 26 Jun, 7.30am to 8.00am

星期一 25 六月 2012

Email unavailable, Tuesday 26 June 2012, 7.30am to 8.00am... read more »

Webmail maintenance, Tues 26 June, 8am to 9am

星期一 25 六月 2012

We do no anticipate any break in your access to Webmail, Tuesday 26 June, 8am to 9am, however... read more »

Spaces available on IT training courses

星期一 25 六月 2012

IT training courses available starting 25 June through to 29 June... read more »

Short period of downtime for some services between 08:00 and 09:00

星期五 22 六月 2012

There will be a short period of downtime for the following services between 08:00 and 09:00 on Tuesday 26 June 2012... read more »

RT mail interrupted Tues 26 Jun, 8am to 9am

星期四 21 六月 2012

There will be a short interruption to RT mail while cables are being swapped over during 8am to 9am, Tuesday 26 June 2012... read more »

A number of computer services are running slowly, 21 June 2012

星期四 21 六月 2012

A number of computer services are running slowly, including LCPU, Sun Ray Linux option and the Audio Visual Media directory... read more »

LCPU and SunRays back but remain slow and 'at risk' until further notice.

星期一 18 六月 2012

LCPU and SunRays are back today Tuesday 19 June 2012. However, it should be considered 'at risk'... read more »

Problems with LCPU Monday 18 June 2012

星期一 18 六月 2012

There are currently problems with LCPU Monday 18 June 2012 effecting Kerberos... read more »

Spaces available on IT training courses

星期五 15 六月 2012

IT training courses available starting 19 June through to 22 June... read more »

Mathematica training day, Friday June 22

星期五 15 六月 2012

A Mathematica (computation software) training day is being held on Friday 22nd June in East Building 0.9 (PC Lab)... read more »

BUCS YouGuru employee wins

星期二 12 六月 2012

Computing Services is proud of Alex Loughlin's input into the BUCS Your Guru Online Help Community.... read more »

HPC service unavailable 12 Jun, 10am to 5pm

星期一 11 六月 2012

HPC service unavailable, 12 June 2012, 10am to 5pm. The scheduled downtime will go ahead tomorrow as planned and as emailed to HPC users... read more »

Rail Ticket printing machine update

星期五 08 六月 2012

The Rail Ticket printing machine in the library is working... read more »

Student mailing lists frozen until 1 September 2012

星期四 07 六月 2012

The student mailing lists; 'courses.bath.ac.uk', were frozen on the 1 June 2012 and will continue to reflect... read more »

i-Trent Employee Self Service (ESS) service update

星期四 07 六月 2012

We apologise for unplanned downtime of iTrent Employee Self Service (ESS) yesterday from 16.15 to 17.30. read more »

Network 'at risk', 7 Jun 2012 between 7.00am and 7.30

星期三 06 六月 2012

Computing services need to undertake urgent maintenance on one of our routers tomorrow 7 June 2012... read more »

4 East - Network Upgrade, Thurs 7 June, 8.15am - 9.30am

星期五 01 六月 2012

There will be network downtime for a few minutes in certain rooms in 4 East, 8.15am to 9.30am, Thursday 7 June 2012... read more »

MATLAB Academic Tour, June 26, Bristol

星期四 31 五月 2012

The MATLAB Academic tour will be in Bristol, 26 June 2012. This free event offers academics, researchers & postgraduate students an opportunity to learn more about MATLAB and Simulink. read more »

ITP will be closed Thursday 31 May 10.00am - 11.15am

星期三 30 五月 2012

Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will be closed for staff training 10.00 to 11.15 Thursday 31 May 2012... read more »

Upgrade to Wireless in Library, Thur 31 May, 8am to 9am

星期二 29 五月 2012

Wireless users in the Library may find they lose connection for less than a minute while upgrade work takes place, Thurs 31 May, 8am to 9am. read more »

4 East - Network Upgrade, Wed 30 May, 8.15am - 9.30am

星期二 29 五月 2012

Internet, Email are unavailable for a few minutes, 4 East, Wed 30 May 2012, 8.15am to 9.30am... read more »

iTrent Self Service unavailable Wed, 30 May, 7.30am to 9am

星期二 29 五月 2012

iTrent / Employee Self Service / Manager Self Service will be unavailable Wednesday 30 May 2012, 7.30am to 9.00am... read more »

Matlab Licence Expiry Message

星期一 28 五月 2012

When starting Matlab, users will currently see a message similar to the following... read more »

Internet unavailable, 29 May, 7am to 7.15am

星期一 28 五月 2012

The connection between our computers and the internet will stop for a few minutes, Tue 29 May, 7am - 7.15am... read more »

Architecture X-drive areas upgrade

星期五 25 五月 2012

Work is taking place, Tue 29 May, 7am to 8.30am to the Architecture filestore areas: read more »

Moodle enrolment issues

星期四 24 五月 2012

There were problems with the SAMIS to Moodle link last night read more »

Upgrades to wireless in Library Wed 23 May

星期三 23 五月 2012

Due to upgrades, wireless users in the Library may find they lose connection for around one minute... read more »

Group Manager & Contacts on the Web maintenance, Wed 23 May, 12pm to 4pm

星期二 22 五月 2012

Administrators will not be able to use Group Manager or Contacts on the Web log-in, Wed 23 May, 12pm to 4pm... read more »

Service Desk & Campus Computer Shop closes 2pm, Tue 22 May

星期二 22 五月 2012

The Service Desk and Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will close Tuesday 22 May 2012 at 2pm for the rest of the day for the Olympic torch ceremony... read more »

Access to library journals 'at risk' Tuesday 22 May 2012 - 7am to 9am.

星期一 21 五月 2012

Access to library journals 'at risk'* 7am to 9am, Tuesday 22 May 2012, due to essential maintenance... read more »

Exam Papers issue resolved

星期一 21 五月 2012

Exam papers can now be accessed over the web again... read more »

Wiki unavailable, Tue 22 May 7am - 9am

星期一 21 五月 2012

Essential maintenance taking place, Tues 22 May, 7am to 9am read more »

Reloading error on Account Manager / Manage your Account / Storage Tab web page

星期二 15 五月 2012

One of the tools to help you measure your file storage useage is currently unavailable... read more »

Complete resolution of X Drive problems, lunchtime, Monday 14 May 2012

星期一 14 五月 2012

Normal X Drive access has been restored... read more »

Applicant Account Manager unavailable for up to 30 minutes, Tuesday 15 May 2012, during 8AM to 9AM

星期一 14 五月 2012

Web access to Application Tracker and Application Diagnostics unavailable for up to 30 minutes... read more »

Monday, 14 May 2012 - resolution of X Drive problems but for two exceptions

星期一 14 五月 2012

Files in Auto group in Mechanical Engineering and Spectroscopy Archive in Chemistry are only two groups still affected by read-only files... read more »

x-drive files affected today will remain read-only, Fri 11 - Mon 14 May 2012.

星期五 11 五月 2012

The files stored on the x-drive that were affected by today's issues with the server Crane will need to remain read-only read more »

Problems with the X Drive are being resolved

星期五 11 五月 2012

X Drive files are now read only and we are working towards normal service... read more »

Users experiencing problems accessing files from their X Drive

星期五 11 五月 2012

Are you experiencing problems with some of your folders not appearing... read more »

Ansys on Andromeda Unavailable, Tuesday 15 May 2012, 9AM to 10AM

星期五 11 五月 2012

Tuesday 15 May, 9AM to 10AM, Ansys on terminal server Andromeda essential maintenance... read more »

Spaces Available on IT Training Courses

星期四 10 五月 2012

IT Training Course Availability Week Commencing 14th May ... read more »

SAMIS back at 11.30 today, 9 May 2012

星期三 09 五月 2012

SAMIS has been fully returned to service at 11.30 today, 9 May 2012, following maintenance downtime... read more »

SAMIS unavailable, Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 May 2012

星期五 04 五月 2012

SAMIS upgrade starts Tuesday 8 May... read more »

Group Manager and Account Manager maintenance, Tuesday 8 May, 8AM to 9AM

星期五 04 五月 2012

Administrators will not be able to use Group Manager and Account Manager for one hour ... read more »

FREE IT Training - new dates

星期四 03 五月 2012

Do you want to update your IT skills? ... read more »

Disruption to Internet and email access between 7am to 9am, on Thursday 10 May 2012

星期二 01 五月 2012

This is due to an essential upgrade to JANET, the UK’s research and education network... read more »

20 minute disruption in 6 East Architecture, Tuesday 1 May, between 8am and 10am

星期一 30 四月 2012

There will be a 20 minute disruption to the network on the 4th floor of 6 East Architecture tomorrow... read more »

Service Desk & ITP Shop closing over lunch on Wednesday 25 April

星期一 23 四月 2012

The Service Desk and Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will be closed over lunch (12-1.30pm) on Wednesday 25 April 2012... read more »

Mac users virus threat - protect your computer

星期五 20 四月 2012

Flashback malware has been found on Macs around campus this week. Those who have not updated their Macs... read more »

iTrent/Employee Self Service will be unavailable in the morning on Friday 20 April

星期二 17 四月 2012

It should be back by mid-morning and we will send out an email to the list of iTrent users when it is available... read more »

Email unavailable for 30 minutes between 7.30 and 8.30 on Tuesday 17 April.

星期一 16 四月 2012

This work is being undertaken in our ‘at risk period and is an essential upgrade... read more »

Bristol Online Surveys service disruption April 17, 7:00 - 9:00

星期日 15 四月 2012

On Tuesday 17th April 2012, between 07:00 and 09:00 BST, the University of Bristol is carrying out essential maintenance work on its IT systems... read more »

AdminTerms is currently unavailable Wed 11 April

星期三 11 四月 2012

Admin terms is currently unavailable today Wednesday 11 April 2012 read more »

Gigaterms & Andromedia unavailable 7-9 am Wednesday 11 April

星期三 11 四月 2012

Gigaterms service and Andromeda (ansys server) will be unavailable from 7am-9am on Wednesday 11 April for essential maintenance work... read more »

*UPDATED* Reduced web services due to hardware failure

星期三 04 四月 2012

*UPDATED 04/04* Due to a major hardware failure over the weekend there has been disruption to a number of web services... read more »

Two Students Win BUCS Service Desk/ITP Store Redesign Competition

星期五 30 三月 2012

4th Year students, Zifeng Wei and Patrick McEvoy from the Dept of Architecture and Civil Engineering jointly entered the recent competition... read more »

Is there more than email and calendar? Fill out our questionnaire!

星期二 27 三月 2012

Communication in work environments has evolved from email and calendar and today. Computing services (BUCS) are undertaking a project to investigate... read more »

Oracle Calendar will be unavailable Tues 27 Mar, 7am till 9am

星期一 26 三月 2012

During this time you will be unable to use the desktop client or the web interface to view or schedule... read more »

Connection issues with wireless service eduroam fixed

星期一 26 三月 2012

We have fixed the problem that has been causing issues connecting to the wireless service Eduroam. read more »

Wireless service (eduroam) intermittently failing to connect users

星期四 22 三月 2012

Today, Thursday 22 March 2012, the Eduroam wireless service is intermittently failing to connect users... read more »

Some users may be experiencing problems with email incorrectly being over quota

星期二 20 三月 2012

Some users may be experiencing difficulties accessing emails ... read more »

Email quotas are back to normal

星期二 20 三月 2012

We have now fixed the over quota messages that people were recieving on their email accounts... read more »

Eduroam wireless service downtime today.

星期一 19 三月 2012

The Eduroam wireless service has been restarted today, Monday 19 March 2012, following downtime... read more »

Options available for running Matlab for coursework submission.

星期四 15 三月 2012

Helpful information outlining the most suitable options available for running Matlab for coursework submission. read more »

Agresso unavailable during 'At Risk' period Tuesday 13 March

星期二 13 三月 2012

On Tuesday 13 March Agresso will be unavailable between 7 - 9am... read more »

Short 5-10 minute interruptions to some services.

星期一 12 三月 2012

On Tuesday 13 March 2012, between 7:30am and 8:30am during 'at risk' we will be undertaking an upgrade to the network... read more »

Computing services unavailable Tuesday 13 March 2012

星期五 09 三月 2012

The following is a list of all the services that will be unavailable during the Computing Services 'at risk' period... read more »

Personal home page services are being moved onto a new server

星期二 06 三月 2012

From Tuesday 6 March 2012, we have began moving the personal home page services onto a new server... read more »

Sending emails to auto generated mailing lists

星期一 05 三月 2012

Tomorrow morning Tuesday 6 March, we will be making a change to help those who want to send emails from generic... read more »

Corel Premium applications now available for staff download

星期五 02 三月 2012

Corel Premium applications now available for academic staff on Secure Downloads... read more »

Computing services unavailable Tuesday 6 March

星期五 02 三月 2012

The following is a list of all the services that will be unavailable during the Computing Services 'at risk' * period... read more »

Reduced service all afternoon on Tuesday 6 March.

星期五 02 三月 2012

Computing Services (BUCS) will have reduced staff levels on Tuesday 6 March 2012, from 12pm... read more »

Computing services unavailable during 'At Risk' period Tuesday 6 March

星期五 02 三月 2012

Certain computing services will be unavailable during the 'At Risk' period Tuesday 6 March... read more »

Beware: phishing email scam

星期五 02 三月 2012

A malicious email falsely claiming to be from Webmail staff has been sent to University email addresses... read more »

ChemBioDraw Ultra renewed

星期五 02 三月 2012

Site licences for ChemBioDraw Ultra have been renewed... read more »

Exam results will be released by Student Records by email on Friday 2 March

星期三 29 二月 2012

Exam results will be released by Student Records by email on Friday 2 March... read more »

Warning that ChemBioDraw has expired on 27 February

星期一 27 二月 2012

University staff or students that use the ChemBioDraw software on their computers may find they get a warning... read more »

Short disruption to IT Services between 7.30 and 8.30, during at risk

星期一 27 二月 2012

There may be a few disruptions to all IT services in some areas tomorrow, Tuesday 28 February, between 7:30am and 8:30am. read more »

Spaces Available on IT Training Courses

星期二 21 二月 2012

IT Training Course Availablity Week Commencing 20th February ... read more »

iTrent/Employee Self Service unavailable from 8.30am to 9.00am Wed 22 Feb

星期五 17 二月 2012

Due to essential maintenance, iTrent/Employee Self Service will be unavailable... read more »

Most lecture recordings are now able to be viewed

星期一 13 二月 2012

The issue with lecture recordings not being able to be viewed has now been largely resolved today... read more »

Computing Services 'At Risk' Tuesday 14 February 2012

星期四 09 二月 2012

The following is a list of all the services that will be unavailable during the Computing Services 'at risk' period... read more »

Library resources unavailable for up to 30 minutes between 7am and 9am on Tuesday 14 February

星期三 08 二月 2012

Some online library resources will be unavailable for anywhere up to 30 minutes... read more »

Short disruption to some services on Tuesday 14 February between 7:30 and 8:30

星期三 08 二月 2012

During the 'at risk' period next Tuesday 14 February 2012 we will be upgrading a key network switch... read more »

Calendar running slow today Tuesday 7 February 2012

星期二 07 二月 2012

There are some issues with Oracle Calendar running slowly today Tuesday 7 February 2012.... read more »

Problems with the Panopto lecture capture Tue 7 Feb

星期二 07 二月 2012

We are currently Tuesday 7 February experiencing some issues with the Panopto lecture capture... read more »

Intermittent issues with Oracle Calendar today Monday 6 February 2012

星期一 06 二月 2012

There are currently some intermittent issues with Oracle Calendar today Monday 6 February 2012. read more »

Panopto Upgrade work complete

星期五 03 二月 2012

Panopto Upgrade now complete read more »

iTrent and Employee Self Service unavailable Tuesday 7 February

星期四 02 二月 2012

Due to an essential upgrade, between 7:00 and 8:00 Tuesday 7 February, iTtrent and Employee Self Service will be unavailable read more »

Terminal servers, print services, and BUCS-CPU 'at risk' Tuesday 7 February

星期四 02 二月 2012

Due to an essential upgrade on Tuesday 7 February, between 7:00 and 8:00, the following services will be affected: read more »

Computing services 'at risk' Tuesday 7 February

星期四 02 二月 2012

The following is a list of all the services that will be unavailable during the Computing Services 'at risk' * period. If you are affected by any of the maintenance listed, please see the related news article for more information. read more »

Options available for running Matlab

星期三 01 二月 2012

After users experienced a number of issues using Matlab this semester we have improved our documentation... read more »

Deployment of latest version of Agresso Report Engine Tue 31 Jan 2012

星期五 27 一月 2012

On Tuesday 31st January 2012 we will be deploying the latest version of the Agresso Report Engine... read more »

Computing services 'At Risk' Tuesday 31 January 2012

星期五 27 一月 2012

The following is a list of all the services that will be unavailable during the Computing Services 'at risk' * period... read more »

Web pages, video streaming, Isuslab and more 'at risk' 07:30 to 08:30 Tue 31 Jan

星期四 26 一月 2012

There will be interruption to many services due to network upgrades between 07:30 and 08:30 on Tuesday 31 January... read more »

Library and GTA PCs cleaned over christmas break

星期三 25 一月 2012

Over the Christmas holidays the PCs in the following areas were thoroughly cleaned and anti-bacterially disinfected... read more »

Agresso unavailable 16:00 onwards today

星期三 25 一月 2012

Agresso will be unavailable from 16:00 onwards today Wednesday 25 January 2012. This is to allow an essential... read more »

iTrent Employee Self Service now available

星期一 23 一月 2012

Todays planned upgrade to iTrent has been completed ahead of schedule read more »

Short break in IT services in 5 West Level 1 on Tue 24 Jan

星期四 19 一月 2012

There will be a short break in IT services in 5 West Level 1 between 07.30 and 08.30... read more »

Computing services 'At Risk' Tuesday 17 January 2012

星期五 13 一月 2012

The following is a list of all the services that will be unavailable during the Computer services 'at risk'... read more »

Disruption to services Tue 17 Jan due to maintenance

星期五 13 一月 2012

Due to server upgrades and routine maintenance, the following IT services will be affected... read more »

Gigaterms service will be unavailable from 7am-9am on Tue 17 Jan, 2012

星期四 12 一月 2012

Please logoff all sessions (active and disconnected) before 7am on Tuesday 17 January to avoid losing any work... read more »

FREE IT Training, new dates available for winter and spring

星期三 11 一月 2012

Do you feel your IT skills need improving? Want to learn to use new software applications... read more »

IT services disrupted on Tue 10 Jan between 7am & 10am

星期五 06 一月 2012

Due to server moves and network upgrades next Tuesday morning, 10 January... read more »

SAMIS upgrade complete - all will be back by 18:00 tonight.

星期三 04 一月 2012

The SAMIS upgrade complete and by 18:00 tonight (4 January) acces should be fully restored: read more »

Terms will be unavailable 10am - 12noon Wednesday 4 January 2012

星期四 22 十二月 2011

The Terms service will be unavailable to all users on Wednesday 4 January between 10.00am - 12.00noon... read more »

SAMIS unavailable 3-5 January 2012

星期二 20 十二月 2011

As a result of the SAMIS software being upgraded, the following services will be unavailable from 3 - 5th January 2012... read more »

Room Design Competition - Win an iPod Touch or a Kindle!

星期二 20 十二月 2011

Put your design skills to the test for a chance to win an Apple ipod Touch (First Prize) or a new Kindle (Second Prize)! read more »

Moodle issue

星期六 17 十二月 2011

Access to courses within Moodle not available - currently investigating... read more »

Accessing journals from outside the University network

星期二 13 十二月 2011

In order to access journals or other external resources the University has access to, ensure your Virtual Private Network (VPN) is configured properly... read more »

Change to wireless to improve performance - removal of 802.11b

星期五 09 十二月 2011

The slower 802.11b wireless standard will be phased out by the end of Semester 1 (4 February 2012)... read more »

The 'General' print queue will be reinstated on Tue 13 Dec

星期四 08 十二月 2011

On Tuesday 13 December Computing Services will be re-introducing the 'General' Print queue... read more »

Gigaterms Continues To Be 'At Risk'

星期三 07 十二月 2011

Gigaterms continues to be 'At Risk' whilst we investigate performance / log in problems read more »

Ongoing performance issues with Gigaterms

星期二 06 十二月 2011

Ongoing Performance Issues With Gigaterms, Matlab now installed in Library and some PC labs read more »

BUCS Service levels may be limited on Wednesday 30 November 2011

星期二 29 十一月 2011

Service levels on Wednesday 30 November may be limited due to staff members undertaking strike action... read more »

ResNet connections 'at risk' 29 November

星期一 28 十一月 2011

Due to essential maintenance, ResNet connections should be considered 'at risk' between 07:00 and 9:00 on Tuesday 29 November... read more »

Residences wireless back, however, all wireless remains 'at risk'

星期五 25 十一月 2011

The Wireless services in Clevelands and Canal Wharf residences, has been turned back on. Wireless on campus will remain ‘at risk’ until early next week... read more »

Wireless has been turned off in some residences to resolve load issues.

星期四 24 十一月 2011

Wireless has been turned off today, 24 November 2011, in John Wood, Cleveland Buildings and Canal Wharf residences... read more »

Computing services 'At Risk' Tuesday 22 November 2011

星期一 21 十一月 2011

The following is a list of all the services that will be unavailable during the Computer services 'at risk' period... read more »

Internet access 'at risk' Tue 22 Nov between 07.00am & 09.00am

星期一 21 十一月 2011

Internet access should be considered 'at risk' on Tuesday 22 November between 07.00am and 09.00am due to resilience testing... read more »

Email 'at risk 7:45 and 8:15am

星期一 21 十一月 2011

Email 'at risk' Tue 22 November between 7:45 and 8:15am to obtain information on power usage... read more »

Gigaterms unavailable Tue 15 Nov 2011, between 7am and 9am

星期一 14 十一月 2011

Gigaterms will be unavailable in our 'at risk' period on, Tuesday 15 November 2011, between 7am and 9am... read more »

Email 'at risk 7:45 and 8:15am

星期一 14 十一月 2011

Email at risk due to our ongoing efforts to reduce our carbon footprint, tomorrow morning, Tue 15 Nov between 7:45 and 8:15am... read more »

Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will be closed tomorrow between 0900 and 11:30

星期一 14 十一月 2011

Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will be closed tomorrow 15 November 2011... read more »

Warning when logging into Agresso Self Service

星期一 14 十一月 2011

Agresso Self Service this morning Monday 14 November 2011, your browser will issue you with a warning... read more »

Matlab and Maple working inconsistently due to problems with Gigaterms.

星期二 08 十一月 2011

Today Wednesday 2 November the following services are running slowly and could be unusable due to a server fault... read more »

Disruption to Carpenter House wired service on 8 November 2011

星期二 08 十一月 2011

Due to a router upgrade, wired services to incubator clients will be affected between 7am and 9am... read more »

Spaces available on Computing for Beginners Course

星期一 07 十一月 2011

We still have a few spaces available on our popular five week Computing for Beginners course starting 11th November. read more »

Free Microsoft services for students

星期三 02 十一月 2011

There are a number of free services and software packages for HE/FE students avaliable from Microsoft... read more »

Slow services due to server fault Wednesday 2 November

星期三 02 十一月 2011

Today Wednesday 2 November the following services are running slowly and could be unusable due to a server fault... read more »

Disruption in 8 West levels 3 & 4 tomorrow 1st November 2011

星期一 31 十月 2011

Due to a network switch upgrade there will be a short interruption to all network services in 8 west level 3 and 4... read more »

Des Wighton - will be retiring from the University in November

星期五 28 十月 2011

Computing Services BUCS is organising a celebration of Des' 30 years of service - and we would like former and present colleagues... read more »

Log out of Linux before 7am Tuesday 1 November

星期五 28 十月 2011

Please can all users log out of Linux before 7am tomorrow, Tuesday 1 November 2011. If not, you risk losing work... read more »

ResNet maintenance on 1 November between 7:00am and 9:00am

星期五 28 十月 2011

Due to essential maintenance the ResNet service should be considered ‘at risk’ between 7:00am and 9:00am on Tuesday 1 November... read more »

Log out of Linux before 8.30am Thursday 27 October

星期三 26 十月 2011

Please can all users log out of Linux before 8am tomorrow, Thursday 27 October 2011... read more »

Slow services due to server fault

星期三 26 十月 2011

Today Wednesday 26 October the following services are running slowly and could be unusable... read more »

Webmail downtime yesterday 25 October 2011

星期三 26 十月 2011

The disruption to Webmail from 11pm yesterday to 9:30am today was due an increase in activity... read more »

Performance issues with database driven web applications

星期一 24 十月 2011

We are currently today, Monday 24 October, experiencing performance issues with all database driven web applications... read more »

New Computing Services support forum (YouGuru)

星期六 22 十月 2011

Have a question about using your smartphone, tablet computer, games console or Apple Mac with University IT services... read more »

Webmail unavailable during 'at risk' Tue 25 Oct

星期五 21 十月 2011

The webmail service will be unavailable on Tuesday 25 October between 8am and 9am for software upgrades. read more »

ITP closing at 2pm due to staff illness

星期五 21 十月 2011

Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will be closing at 2pm today, Friday 21 October, due to staff illness... read more »

Disruption to Wireless on Tuesday 25 October between 7:00am and 9:00am

星期五 21 十月 2011

There will be short disruptions to the wireless service on campus on Tuesday 25 October between 7:00am and 9:00am... read more »

Reduced student printing and photocopying prices

星期二 18 十月 2011

There has been a reduction in student printing and photocopying tariffs for University printers... read more »

Problems with Terms Service

星期二 18 十月 2011

Users may be experiencing problems with our Terms service.... read more »

Changes to Computer Shop and Service Desk opening on Wed 19 Oct.

星期五 14 十月 2011

Due to interviews on Wednesday 19 October 2011 there is going to be some unavoidable disruption... read more »

Maintenance will affect some services Tue 18 Oct

星期五 14 十月 2011

Due to maintenance the following services will be unavailable for 15 minutes on Tuesday 18 October... read more »

HPC Maintenance Complete

星期四 13 十月 2011

Maintenance Complete read more »

Disruption to Wireless during 'at risk'

星期二 11 十月 2011

There may be short disruptions to the wireless service on campus on Tuesday 18 October 07:00 - 09:00 read more »

Email service briefly unavailable before 8:30am on Tue 11 Oct

星期一 10 十月 2011

The email service will be unavailable for a short period between 6:00am and 8:30am on Tue 11 Oct 2011... read more »

Please do not share your username & password

星期五 07 十月 2011

Disclosing usernames and passwords is prohibited for both students and staff including temporary/agency staff... read more »

Adminterms unavailable Tue 11 Oct 2011.

星期五 07 十月 2011

This downtime is due to essential maintenance to allow for server hardware repairs... read more »

Firefox upgrade Tue 11 Oct.

星期五 07 十月 2011

The upgrade will be to Firefox 7.0.1 and will include security fixes and performance improvements... read more »

All Wireless access points are now working as they should.

星期五 07 十月 2011

All Wireless access points are now working as they should... read more »

Problems connecting to wireless Oct 7 2011

星期五 07 十月 2011

Some users in some areas may be experiencing problems connecting wirelessly today Friday 7 October... read more »

HPC Currently Unavailable

星期三 05 十月 2011

Unfortunately maintenance on the HPC (Aquila) has overrun and it is still unavailable... read more »

Managed Print Service resumed

星期二 27 九月 2011

The Managed Print Service should now be resumed after the server was restarted at 10.30am... read more »

Disruption to Managed Print Service

星期二 27 九月 2011

Disruption to the Managed Print Service this morning... read more »

Problem with Vacation Message tool

星期二 20 九月 2011

There is currently a problem with the Vacation Message Web Tool Tuesday 20 September... read more »

Windows 7 in GTA rooms - please test your lectures

星期一 19 九月 2011

Following the upgrade to Windows 7 in the GTA rooms. We urge all lecturers to try out their presentations on the Windows 7... read more »

Spaces Available on IT Training Courses

星期一 19 九月 2011

IT Training Course Availablity Week Commencing 20th September ... read more »

IT services affected Sun 18 Sept from 7.00am to 5.30pm

星期五 16 九月 2011

On Sunday, 18 September 2011 from 7.00am to 5.30pm, the following buildings on campus.. read more »

Web services 'at risk' Tue 20 Sep due to security upgrade

星期五 16 九月 2011

A software security upgrade is being applied to the main web servers on Tuesday 20 September read more »

Terms service was rebooted today at 12 noon

星期三 14 九月 2011

The Terms service was rebooted today at 12 noon due to problems with certain clients logging in... read more »

Improve IT skills for FREE, new training and dates available for autumn and winter

星期二 13 九月 2011

Would you like to learn more about the features of a particular piece of software... read more »

Terms unavailable on Tuesday 13 September during service upgrade:

星期二 13 九月 2011

Terms (or Windows Desktop from a Sun Ray) will be unavailable during Tuesday 13 September... read more »

Software upgrades on Wed 14 Sept - may cause applications to close.

星期二 13 九月 2011

The following software packages will be upgraded on Wednesday 14 September 2011... read more »

Gigaterms will be unavailable during 'at risk' period on Tuesday 13 September

星期一 12 九月 2011

Computing Services central sofware server Gigaterms will be unavailable on Tuesday 13 September between 7am and 9 am, for maintenance... read more »

Re-Instatement of 'General' Print Queue on Windows 7 Public Access PCs

星期五 09 九月 2011

Re-Instatement of 'General' Print Queue on Windows 7 Public Access PCs... read more »

Ansys on Andromeda - Upgrade Completed

星期三 07 九月 2011

Ansys on Andromeda - Upgrade completed... read more »

Parts of Alumni website unavailable for short period today, 07 Sept at 12:30

星期三 07 九月 2011

Some parts of the Alumni website will be unavailable for a short period this lunch time at 12:30... read more »

Software licences move Thurs 8 Sept, will affect use of some software.

星期二 06 九月 2011

Due to essential maintenance, please do not use the following applications from 9am till 12 noon on Thursday 8 September... read more »

Gigaterms will be unavailable on Thurs 8th Sept, 7am till 12 noon

星期二 06 九月 2011

We will be upgrading the servers' operating system to Windows Server 2008 and will also be upgrading/adding... read more »

Bristol On-Line Survey (BOS) Interruption to service

星期三 31 八月 2011

Users and editors of Bristol On-Line Surveys will experience outages today ... read more »

Internet no longer running slowly

星期三 31 八月 2011

Slow internet issues now resolved.... read more »

BUCS Service levels will be limited on 1 September 2011

星期五 26 八月 2011

Service levels on Thursday 1 September will be limited due to Computing Services... read more »

Internet Currently Running Slowly - We Are Investigating Cause

星期三 24 八月 2011

Users may notice that access to excternal webpages is currently very slow.... read more »

Disruption to Service Desk access and Campus Computer Shop (ITP) closed today 22 August 2011

星期一 22 八月 2011

Due to the library refurbishment ITP (Library level 2) will be closed all day today (Monday 22 August 2011)... read more »

SPSS users: it's important we get your feedback!

星期四 18 八月 2011

SPSS users it is urgent we get your feedback to ensure older versions’ licence keys continue to be provided... read more »

New IT training courses available in Windows 7, Office 2010 & Thunderbird

星期四 18 八月 2011

IT Training is offering Windows 7, Office 2010 and Thunderbird training courses... read more »

Service Desk and AV desk will be closed on Thursday 18 and Friday 19

星期三 17 八月 2011

Bbth the Service Desk and the Audio Visual (AV) desk will be closed on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 August 2011, as there will be no access... read more »

ResNet - connectivity issues in Thornbank Gardens now resolved

星期三 17 八月 2011

Users ResNet access in the Thornbank Gardens residence was restored at 9.50 this morning Wednesday 17 August 2011... read more »

Update: Logging in to Bathstudent.com and some library journals.

星期二 16 八月 2011

We have discovered the fault and are currently working on a fix, however, we cannot be sure how long this will take... read more »

Problems logging into Bathstudent.com & library journals

星期二 16 八月 2011

Following this morning’s Single Sign On upgrade there continues to be an issue logging into... read more »

Logging into services may be affected for short time during at risk Tue 16 Aug

星期一 15 八月 2011

Logging into the following services may be disrupted for 10 minutes on Tuesday 16 August 2011... read more »

SPSS availability of licence codes - an apology and information

星期四 11 八月 2011

Licence codes for both SPSS and AMOS versions 16, 17, 18 and 19 are now avaialable... read more »

Reduced service and change in Service Desk opening due to staff training

星期三 10 八月 2011

Due to staff training, the IT Service Desk (Library level 2) will be running a reduced service on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 August... read more »

Email unavailable for short time on Wed 10 Aug, 07:30 - 08.00.

星期二 09 八月 2011

The University's email will be unavailable for a short time on Wednesday 10 August between 07:30 and 08.00... read more »

Agresso Currently Unavailable

星期四 04 八月 2011

Agresso is currently unavailable due to a system fault... read more »

Printing available again across campus

星期四 04 八月 2011

Printing should now be available again across campus read more »

Printing currently unavailable

星期四 04 八月 2011

Printing is currently unavailable across most of Campus from 3.05 today 4th August 2011. read more »

Agresso is now back up and running

星期四 04 八月 2011

Agresso is now back up and running. We will continue to monitor the issues that caused this problem. read more »

Upgrade to fix security issues on iPhones and iPads

星期三 03 八月 2011

All iPad and iPhone users who use their device for more than just phone calls, should upgrade their operating system software... read more »

LMF and PIP unavailable 7am - 9am, Tue 2 Aug

星期五 29 七月 2011

The LMF (Learning Material Filestore) and PIP will be unavailable between 7am to 9am on Tuesday... read more »

Campus Computer Shop closed Friday - Monday for annual stocktake

星期二 26 七月 2011

Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will be closed all day on Friday 29 July 2011 and 9.00am to 11.00am on Monday 1 August 2011... read more »

Problems with access to VPN for TalkTalk broadband customers

星期五 22 七月 2011

Due to a problem with the TalkTalk network, people making use of their services are unable to access the university VPN service read more »

Agresso unavailable Friday 22 July from 4pm

星期四 21 七月 2011

Agresso will be unavailable on Friday 22nd August from 16:00 due to maintenance... read more »

At Risk Period 26th July: Docking, ResNet and Wireless Effected

星期二 19 七月 2011

Docking, ResNet and Wireless connections and registrations will be effected during 'at risk' period... read more »

Spaces Available on IT Training Courses

星期一 18 七月 2011

IT Training Course Availablity Week Commencing 18th July ... read more »

Some IT Services temporarily interrupted during 'at risk' period Tues 19 July between 7am and 9am

星期四 14 七月 2011

Some services will be interrupted for approximately 15 minutes on Tuesday 19 July, between 7am and 9am during our ‘at risk’ period. read more »

Removal of BUCS-WISM from Campus (Excl Library) from 18 July

星期四 14 七月 2011

BUCS-WISM will no longer be available across campus (excl Library) from Monday 18 July... read more »

SAMIS now available: results access affected

星期三 13 七月 2011

Update Weds eve, 13 July 2011 - unit results now available read more »

'At-risk' services temporarily interupted Tues 12 July between 7am until 9am

星期五 08 七月 2011

Some services will be interrupted for around 15 minutes on Tuesday 12 July, between 7am until 9am during our ‘at risk’ period. read more »

Windows 7 in GTA rooms almost complete - now software to be deployed

星期五 08 七月 2011

ver summer 2011 Computing Services have been installing Windows 7 operating software in all the General Teaching Area (GTA)... read more »

BUCS IT services 'At Risk' Tuesday 7am till 9am

星期三 06 七月 2011

Computing Services (BUCS) ‘at risk’ periods take place every Tuesday morning between 7am and 9am... read more »

RT Currently Unavailable Following 'At Risk' Period Maintenance'

星期二 05 七月 2011

RT is currently still unavailable... read more »

RT is now back up and working as expected

星期二 05 七月 2011

Following this morning’s unexpected downtime RT is now back up and working as expected... read more »

Spaces on End Note X4 training & Wiki Workshop courses Thursday 7 July

星期一 04 七月 2011

There are still staff spaces on our popular End Note X4 Level 2 training course and our Wiki Workshop course running this Thursday 07 July... read more »

Removal of BUCS-WISM from residences

星期一 04 七月 2011

Computing Services are rolling out eduroam (EDUcation ROAMing) as the recommended wireless service for all the University... read more »

Moving all wireless devices over to eduroam

星期三 29 六月 2011

Following the introduction of our recommended wireless service eduroam, we will shortly be retiring the bucs-wism wireless service... read more »

'At risk' RT Unavailable Tue 5 July, 7am until 9am

星期二 28 六月 2011

RT will be unavailable during our ‘at risk’ period, it should be expected to be out of action for the whole period... read more »

Thunderbird update requires new desktop shortcut and adds new improved feature

星期三 15 六月 2011

Computing Services are starting to roll out an updated version of Thunderbird to all centrally managed... read more »

Windows 7 in all GTA rooms by induction week

星期三 15 六月 2011

Over the summer 2011 Computing Services will be installing Windows 7 operating software on all... read more »

Compulsory password changes for some staff

星期五 10 六月 2011

Staff with access to significant amounts of sensitive data will have to change their passwords regularly... read more »

Computer Pop up "Assigned Program About to run"

星期四 09 六月 2011

All Centrally managed (Active Directory) computers on campus will start seeing pop up messages appear in the system tray... read more »

Logging into Single Sign-On will be affected on Tues 7 June between 8 & 9

星期四 02 六月 2011

Logging into the following Single Sign-On services will be affected for a limited time on Tuesday 7 June... read more »

Small disruption to computing services in some buildings 7 June, 7:30am till 8:30am

星期四 02 六月 2011

There may be a short 10 minute disruption to computing services on Tuesday 7 June between 7:30am... read more »

Student System (SAMIS) Unavailable tonight 6pm - 9pm

星期三 01 六月 2011

Essential maintenance is taking place on SAMIS this evening. read more »

Reference Manager should no longer be used unless under personal licence

星期三 01 六月 2011

The university no longer provides campus wide licences for Reference Manager. If you have a version loaded onto a laptop... read more »

Student mailing lists frozen until 1 September 2011

星期三 01 六月 2011

Student mailing lists 'courses.bath.ac.uk' have been frozen and will continue to... read more »

No computing services in 7 West on 9 June, 7:30 til 8:00 am.

星期五 27 五月 2011

There will be no computing services in the 7 West building on Thursday 9 June 2011 between 7:30 and 8:00 am... read more »

Managed Print - Job Retention Time Reduced

星期四 19 五月 2011

Length of time print jobs are stored on managed print temporarily reduced... read more »

All CFX Solver users on gigaterms

星期三 18 五月 2011

Please do not use CFX solver on gigaterms servers, as this is causing performance issues for all gigaterms users... read more »

Plans for Gigaterms upgrades during summer 2011

星期三 18 五月 2011

During the coming summer vacation Computing Services will be upgrading the software applications available on Gigaterms... read more »

Samis Unit Evaluations: Offline from 2pm today Mon 16 May

星期一 16 五月 2011

As part of the ongoing SAMIS investigation we will be temporarily disabling the Unit Evaluations Tab... read more »

SAMIS, will be down again today Friday 13 May, 3pm until 3.30pm...

星期五 13 五月 2011

The Student System, SAMIS, will be down again today Friday 13 May, 3pm until 3.30pm... read more »

The Student System, SAMIS, is now back up and running

星期五 13 五月 2011

The Student System, SAMIS, is now back up and running today 11.45 am Friday 13 May 2011... read more »

Oracle Calendar unavailable, Tues 17 May 8am till 9am

星期三 11 五月 2011

Oracle Calendar will be unavailable on Tuesday 17 May 2011 between 8.00am and 9.00am during our 'at risk'... read more »

Sophos Anti-Virus licence renewed until 2014

星期三 11 五月 2011

Computing Serivces (BUCS) have renewed the Sophos Antivirus software licence, for use until 2014... read more »

Disruption to Managed print service today 9 May

星期一 09 五月 2011

We have experienced some problems with Managed print service today which has affected its normal operation... read more »

Upgrade to the Student System, SAMIS 11 & 12 May 2011.

星期三 04 五月 2011

An upgrade to the Student System, SAMIS, will take place on the Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 May 2011. read more »

Student Loan Phishing email Scam - 03 May 2011

星期二 03 五月 2011

Beware of the latest hoax email attack aimed at students regarding Student Loans, the latest in a series of email phishing attacks... read more »

Continuing Disruption to Canon Managed Print Service

星期三 20 四月 2011

Continuing problems with Canon Managed Print Service ... read more »

Disruption to Canon Managed print system

星期一 18 四月 2011

Disruption to the Canon Managed Print System this morning... read more »

Campus Computer Shop (ITP) opening times during Easter

星期五 15 四月 2011

Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will be open during the Easter 2011 period ... read more »

Reduced Staff from 4pm due to retirement gathering

星期四 14 四月 2011

Computing Services (BUCS) are running at reduced staff levels this afternoon, 14 April 2011, from 4.00pm... read more »

Panopto Lecture Capture hits 1000 recordings in March 2011

星期三 13 四月 2011

The number of people on campus using Panopto, the university lecture capture solution... read more »

Dave Cunningham leaves BUCS

星期二 12 四月 2011

After 37 years of dedicated service, Dave Cunningham, Assistant Director will shortly be retiring read more »

'At risk' upgrade to server connections Tue 12 April

星期五 08 四月 2011

We will be moving the network connections of six servers on the morning of Tuesday 12th April... read more »

'At risk' Microsoft ConfigMgr Upgrades Tue 12 April

星期五 08 四月 2011

We will be undertaking extensive systems upgrades to the Microsoft ConfigMgr System next week... read more »

EndNote training course for staff

星期四 07 四月 2011

There are still staff spaces on our popular End Note X3 Level 2 training course on Monday 11 April... read more »

'At Risk' Maintenance Tues 29 Mar 2011 - password dissemination & upgrade to Ansys

星期一 28 三月 2011

Improvements to new password dissemination & upgrade to Ansys License software during... read more »

'At risk’ maintenance Tue 29 Mar 2011 - remove old network hardware

星期一 28 三月 2011

In our ‘at risk’ period on Tuesday 29 March between 7.30am & 8.30am, we will be... read more »

Campus Computer Shop closed this afternoon Wed 23 Mar

星期三 23 三月 2011

Campus Computer Shop (on Library level 2) will be closed all afternoon on Wednesday 23 March read more »

Purchase Secure USB sticks at Campus Computer Shop

星期四 17 三月 2011

DataTraveler secure 4GB & 8GB USB memory sticks available through the University Computer Shop... read more »

Warning that Sophos will retire on 30 March

星期四 17 三月 2011

Staff or students that use the Sophos Antivirus software on their personal computers, may find they get a warning that Sophos... read more »

No Computing Services in 1 South 07:45 - 08:15 Tue 15 Mar

星期一 14 三月 2011

There will be no Computing Services in 1 South between 07:45 and 08:15 on Tuesday the 15th March 2011... read more »

No access to the 4East E-Lounge Sun-Rays

星期三 09 三月 2011

There will be no access to the 4East E-Lounge Sun-Rays from 6-00pm on Friday, 11 March until 6-00am on Monday... read more »

Disruption to computing services in Wessex House Sat 12 March

星期二 08 三月 2011

There will be no access to computing services in Wessex House levels 2-5 from 8 am until 5 pm... read more »

Flash Player Update in Lecture Rooms

星期二 08 三月 2011

A small number of PCs in lecture rooms were today effected by a failed update to Flash player... read more »

Short email disruption this morning 8.40 until 9.25

星期二 08 三月 2011

The short email disruption this morning Tuesday 8 March 2011 was caused by a problem with authenticating usernames... read more »

Matlab Academic tour 2011 being hosted at the University of Bath

星期一 07 三月 2011

Mathworks will be hosting their MATLAB South West Academic Tour 2011 at the University of Bath... read more »

Historical email will again be available 9am on Saturday 5 March

星期五 04 三月 2011

All recovered email messages will be available in your inbox, however, as expected there are some emails... read more »

Upgrade to PHP version used by Personal homepages

星期四 03 三月 2011

On Tuesday 8 March During the 'at-risk' period 7am till 9am, PHP on the domain for personal homepages... read more »

Disruption to computing services in Norwood house Sat 5 March

星期三 02 三月 2011

There will be no access to computing services in Norwood house 8 am until 12 pm on Saturday 5 March... read more »

Status of email recovery

星期三 02 三月 2011

We still have in place the emergency email server for the purpose of sending and receiving emails... read more »

Update on University Email downtime.

星期二 01 三月 2011

Last week’s email downtime was caused by the simultaneous failure of components... read more »

Monday 9am - Current status of email system

星期一 28 二月 2011

The interim email system is now available for use. You can access it the way same as you would access your usual University email... read more »

Interim email solution will be available sometime after 4 pm today

星期五 25 二月 2011

An interim email service has been set up today 25 February 2011, to provide staff and students... read more »

Email still unavailable - until further notice

星期四 24 二月 2011

Due to the complexity of the unexpected email server downtime, University email will remain unavailable... read more »

University email is currently not available

星期四 24 二月 2011

Due to unforeseen circumstances the University email will not be available for the rest of the day... read more »

Gigaterms service problems now resolved

星期三 16 二月 2011

We wish to apologise for any problems experienced by users... read more »

New wireless access at Bath - eduroam

星期三 09 二月 2011

New wireless access ‘eduroam’ (Education roaming) is now available for use at the University of Bath... read more »

Improve IT skills for FREE, new training timetable available

星期四 03 二月 2011

Would you like to learn more about the features of a particular piece of software... read more »

Wireless internet in residences to improve student experience

星期二 01 二月 2011

Students would benefit both socially and academically from fast reliable wireless in their residences... read more »

Upgrade to web servers Tuesday 1 February 2011

星期一 24 一月 2011

Maintenance to replace the existing web servers will take place on Tuesday 1 February 2011... read more »

Email unavailable Tuesday 1 February 7:30-8:30am

星期一 24 一月 2011

Email will be unavailable on Tuesday 1 February 2011 from 7:30 until 8:30am due to essential maintenance... read more »

Demonstration of teaching rooms with advanced video conferencing

星期二 18 一月 2011

Advanced video conferencing tool for Collaborative Teaching and Research... read more »

Disruption to services in Norwood House on Tue 18th Jan

星期四 13 一月 2011

On Tuesday 18th January 2011 between 7:30am and 8:30am there will be disruption to computer services... read more »

Major network disruption today 11 January

星期二 11 一月 2011

There was an unexpected interruption to all BUCS services today Tuesday 11 January 2011. read more »

Trent Unavailable On Tuesday 4 January 2011

星期四 23 十二月 2010

During Tuesday 4 January Trent will be unavailable ... read more »

SAMIS Maintainance is now complete

星期四 23 十二月 2010

read more »

Christmas Break

星期一 20 十二月 2010

Computing Services opening hours for Christmas Break will be... read more »

Computing Services Maintainance Work Tuesday 21 December

星期一 20 十二月 2010

Computing Services maintainance work to servers ... read more »

SAMIS Unavailable Monday 20 December

星期三 15 十二月 2010

The student system (SAMIS) database will be undergoing essential maintenance on Monday 20 December ... read more »

Business Objects Unavailable During The Morning Of Monday 20 December

星期三 15 十二月 2010

During the morning of Monday 20 December Business Objects will be unavailable ... read more »

Choosing the correct Windows options on the Sunrays

星期一 13 十二月 2010

Using the Advanced Windows desktop option on the sunrays when it is not always necessary... read more »

Sunrays Typical Windows desktop option unavailable on Wed 5 January

星期四 09 十二月 2010

The Typical Windows desktop option on the Sun Rays (Terms) will be unavailable on Wednesday 5 January... read more »

Managed print service Myprint - Removal of General print queue

星期四 09 十二月 2010

The 'General' print queue has been temporarily removed. read more »

Job offer emails, do not respond

星期三 24 十一月 2010

We are reminding students and staff to not respond to emails containing job offers... read more »

Brief interruption to Linux on the Sun Rays Tuesday 23

星期一 22 十一月 2010

Brief interruption to Linux on the Sun Rays on Tuesday 23 November 2010 between 07.00am to 09.00am... read more »

SPSS 18 now available on Public Access Computers (PACs)

星期三 17 十一月 2010

SPSS 18 has been installed on the Windows 7 Public Access Computers... read more »

LabVIEW Hands-On Seminars on Campus

星期三 17 十一月 2010

LabVIEW training opportunities at the University of Bath on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 November... read more »

NAG Multicore Programming seminar 26 November 2010

星期五 05 十一月 2010

NAG Multicore Programming seminar on the 26 November at 10.30 – 12:30 (a.m.) in 6WS... read more »

Minor network disruptions Sat 6 November

星期三 03 十一月 2010

There will be network disruptions to several buildings across campus throughout Saturday 6 November 2010... read more »

New auto-generated programme mailing lists

星期三 27 十月 2010

From Wednesday 27 October 2010 the auto-generated programme mailing lists provided by BUCS... read more »

NAG Multicore Programming seminar

星期一 25 十月 2010

NAG Multicore Demystified: An Introduction to Multicore Programming and the NAG Library for SMP & multicore... read more »

Access to the research & project data on Wed 27 Oct 2010

星期五 22 十月 2010

On Wednesday 27 October 2010 all the departments shown below will have no access... read more »

Minor computing disruptions on Saturday 23rd Oct 2010

星期三 20 十月 2010

There will be network disruptions to several buildings across campus throughout Saturday 23rd October 2010... read more »

Logging into Oracle Calendar Desktop

星期一 18 十月 2010

Some people may be finding that at times they cannot log in to the Oracle Calendar desktop... read more »

Service Desk opening times 18 - 22 Oct

星期五 15 十月 2010

Service Desk opening hours for next week Monday 18 to Friday 22 October will be... read more »

Email problems - service restored at 12:30

星期四 14 十月 2010

The problems affecting email have now been fixed and you should be able to reconnect to the mail server read more »

Students having trouble logging into services

星期三 13 十月 2010

If you are having trouble logging into computing services this morning 13 October 2010 please read more »

ChemBioDraw Seminars for Chemical and Biological Sciences

星期四 07 十月 2010

ChemBioDraw Seminars will take place in the University on Wednesday 20 October 2010 in the Pavilion... read more »

Minor computing disruptions on Saturday 2nd Oct 2010

星期五 01 十月 2010

There will be University-wide network disruptions throughout Saturday 2nd October 2010... read more »

Gigaterms, Internet Explorer please ignore error message

星期二 28 九月 2010

People using Internet Explorer on Gigaterms for the first time since (need date ) may get an error message... read more »

Coursecast service unavailable on Wednesday 29 September

星期一 27 九月 2010

The Panopto Coursecast lecture capture service from will be unavailable this Wednesday 29 September 2010 read more »

Need Internet cables? Use the Campus Computer Shop

星期四 23 九月 2010

We are the only University approved Internet cable supplier. Don’t get ripped off by vans selling cables on campus… read more »

Gigaterms will be unavailable 7am-11am Thursday 23 September

星期二 21 九月 2010

The gigaterms service will be unavailable to all users on Thursday 23 September between 7am and 11am... read more »

Improve your IT skills, new training timetable available

星期三 15 九月 2010

Do you feel your IT skills need improving? read more »

Major computing disruptions on Saturday 18 Sept

星期二 14 九月 2010

There will be extensive loss of network connectivity due to upgrades across the University… read more »

Student Loan Phishing email Scam - 10 September

星期五 10 九月 2010

Beware of the latest hoax email attack aimed at students regarding Student Loans... read more »

All University services back to normal

星期四 09 九月 2010

All users now able to login following the successful upgrade of the central file server read more »

All University IT service back to normal

星期三 01 九月 2010

Maintenance went to plan and the power supply has been successfully restored... read more »

Most users unable to login Thursday 9 September 07:00-09:00

星期三 01 九月 2010

Many IT services will be unavailable on Thursday 9 September between 07:00-09:00 while we upgrade our central file server. read more »

BUCS maintenance successful - full service to resume Wednesday

星期四 26 八月 2010

We are continuing to run reduced services and all services should continue to be seen as... read more »

Reduced IT Services on Bank holiday weekend

星期三 25 八月 2010

Reduction in University IT Services on Friday 27 August to Tuesday 31 August 2010... read more »

Linux services will remain unavailable until 2.30

星期三 25 八月 2010

It was essential that we move equipment into the new machine room in 5-West so that our services read more »

Autograph upgrade to version 3.3, compatible with Windows 7 and Office 2010

星期三 25 八月 2010

A new version of Autograph software which is used for assistance with 2D and 3D geometry, statistics... read more »

Disruption to the Linux Services today 25 August 2010

星期二 24 八月 2010

The Linux Services will be unavailable between 8am to 12pm today… read more »

Upgrade to Username authentication tool on Wednesday

星期一 23 八月 2010

There will be an upgrade to part of the username authentication tool (LDAP) on Wednesday 25 August 2010... read more »

Sun Ray Linux service to be upgraded on Tuesday 24 August

星期五 20 八月 2010

On Tuesday 24 August between 07:00 and 09:00 am the operating system for the Sun Ray Linux service will be upgraded... read more »

Agresso unavailable Wed 18 Aug 16.00 until 23.00

星期一 16 八月 2010

Agresso will be unavailable on Wednesday 18 August 2010 from 16:00 until 23:00 due to maintenance... read more »

Possible disruption to Single Sign-On Service

星期五 13 八月 2010

On Wednesday 18 August 2010 sometime between 08:00 and 10:00 users may experience a short five minute break... read more »

No email service on Tuesday 24 August 07.00 to 09.30

星期一 09 八月 2010

You will not be able to send and receive email between 07:00 and 09:30… read more »

Upgrade may affect access to Library resources

星期二 03 八月 2010

During the next few days BUCS will be upgrading one of our systems that gives access to the following Library... read more »

No electrical supply to Library Level 3 on 7 - 8 August

星期二 03 八月 2010

There will be no electrical supply to Level 3 of the Library & the Telephone Operators read more »

Bristol Online Survey (BOS) downtime

星期二 03 八月 2010

Bristol Online Survey (BOS) will be performing routine maintenance on Tuesday, 10th August, 2010 from 22:00... read more »

HPC move Monday 16 August

星期五 30 七月 2010

The High Performance Computer (HPC) will be moved to a new central computer room... read more »

Group Manager restart will affect other services

星期四 29 七月 2010

The Group Manager application restart has been rescheduled by web services for 17.00 – 17.15 today... read more »

Gigaterms servers: Intended software changes during August and September

星期三 28 七月 2010

The following software changes will be made on the Windows Gigaterms servers between 16-20 August... read more »

Group Manager is Currently Unavailable: Restart will affect other services

星期三 28 七月 2010

The Group Manager application is currently unavailable. Restoring this service will take place TODAY between 17.00 – 17.40 read more »

Service desk closed from 1pm on Friday 23 July

星期四 22 七月 2010

Due to staff shortages the Service Desk will be closed from 1pm tomorrow Friday 23 July... read more »

Auto deletion of recycle bin contents

星期四 22 七月 2010

On Friday 30 July BUCS are going to begin the weekly deletion of Active Directory Recycle Bin files... read more »

No network in 3 East on Saturday 24 July

星期三 21 七月 2010

3 East network will be down from 08:00 - 16:00 on Saturday the 24th July for essential BUCS maintenance... read more »

Service Desk closed from 1.30 Thur 15 July

星期三 14 七月 2010

The Service Desk will be closed tomorrow afternoon Thursday 15 July from 1.30 - 4.45... read more »

BUCS Help form not working Tuesday 6 July

星期二 06 七月 2010

The BUCS Help form is currently not allowing people to submit requests for help Tuesday 6 July... read more »

SAMIS client is back Tuesday 6 July

星期二 06 七月 2010

SAMIS client is now back with us for the day, and will be taken down again between 4pm and 7pm tonight... read more »

Free High Performance Computer Symposium

星期二 06 七月 2010

Free symposium on the HPCF will be held at the University on... read more »

Network disruptions due to upgrades Sat 10 July

星期一 05 七月 2010

There will be no network between 8am and 4pm on Saturday 10 July in... read more »

SAMIS Unavailable Tuesday 6 July 7am - 10am

星期四 01 七月 2010

The student system (SAMIS) database will be undergoing essential maintenance on the morning of Tuesday 6 July... read more »

No emails can be sent to the NHS

星期五 25 六月 2010

This morning, 25 June 2010, people within the University network cannot currently email the NHS... read more »

Disruption to ITP Services

星期三 23 六月 2010

The Campus Computer shop (ITP) may suffer disruptions to normal service all next week... read more »

Warnings to change your passwords

星期二 22 六月 2010

BUCS is again shortly going to start locking accounts... read more »

No IT services in Wessex House and Norwood House this weekend

星期五 11 六月 2010

There will be no IT services in Wessex House and Norwood House this weekend Saturday 12 June until Sunday 13 June 2010... read more »

No CMS access Mon 14 -Tue 15 June

星期五 11 六月 2010

The CMS (Content Management System) will be unavailable between 3pm on Monday 14 June and 12pm on Tuesday 15 June... read more »

Microsoft Office 2010 and Windows 7 is available

星期四 03 六月 2010

University Staff Members: can now purchase Microsoft Office 2010... read more »

Staff and Student guide to purchasing Office 2010

星期三 02 六月 2010

Microsoft Office 2010 is now available for use across campus... read more »

New Matlab License key now available

星期二 01 六月 2010

As of Tuesday 1 June 2010 the new Matlab license key became available... read more »

The LCPU service update

星期三 26 五月 2010

The LCPU service will return to normal this afternoon Wednesday 26 May 2010... read more »

ITP will be closed 1200 to 1400

星期三 26 五月 2010

Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will be closed for a staff meeting 1200 to 1400 Wednesday 26 May 2010... read more »

Disruption to BUCS services 8 June 07.30 - 08.30

星期二 25 五月 2010

Due to maintenance there will be some disruption to many BUCS services for 1 hour on Tuesday 8 June... read more »

LCPU unavailable on Monday 24 May

星期一 24 五月 2010

The LCPU is currently unavailable on Monday 24 May... read more »

University power cuts 19 May 2010

星期三 19 五月 2010

The University has experienced some external power cuts there is no guarantee... read more »

Managed print contract

星期三 19 五月 2010

Computing Services (BUCS) has begun to receive a number of enquiries about the new managed print solution... read more »

End of the Floppy disk

星期五 14 五月 2010

Sony has announced that it will cease Japanese sale of the 3.5 floppy disk in March 2011... read more »

Keep records of television and radio recordings Feb and May 2010

星期二 27 四月 2010

Staff members who record television and radio programmes during February and May... read more »

LCPU, Aquila unavailable 4 May 09.00 - 13.00

星期一 26 四月 2010

Due to maintenance Tuesday 4 May LCPU, Aquila(the HPC) will be inaccessible 09.00 to 13.00 read more »

Momentary loss of power in Wessex House

星期五 23 四月 2010

A momentary loss of power to a network switch yesterday Thursday 22 April resulted in 9 Minutes... read more »

CMS editing unavailable Wed 21 - Thur 22

星期三 21 四月 2010

Content Management System (CMS) editing will be unavailable starting from the end of Wednesday 21st April... read more »

Improve IT skills for FREE, new training timetable available

星期一 19 四月 2010

Do you feel your IT skills need improving? Get more experience and confidence with our IT Training courses... read more »

Cambridgesoft seminar cancelled due to volcanic ash

星期一 19 四月 2010

Cambridgesoft seminar proposed for Friday 23 April 2010 has been cancelled due to presenter Katherine Sydney... read more »

Linux software upgrade

星期一 19 四月 2010

A software upgrade to Linux file storage 'Herman' on Tuesday 20 April between 07.00am to 09.00am will... read more »

Temporary issue with Business Objects reports

星期五 16 四月 2010

There was a problem last night Thursday 15 April with refreshing the Trent database used by Business Objects... read more »

The LCPU is currently unavailable

星期四 15 四月 2010

The storage that backs the LCPU machines is currently experiencing issues... read more »

Problems connecting with VPN Wed 14 April

星期四 15 四月 2010

A small number of people may have been affected by a problem with one of the VPN servers... read more »

Cambridgesoft software seminar

星期三 14 四月 2010

A software seminar aimed specifically at Biology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology staff & Post Graduate students... read more »

Upgrade to email server Tuesday 13 April

星期一 12 四月 2010

Tomorrow morning between 7:30-8am we will be upgrading the "front end" email server... read more »

No Agresso Wed 7 at 3 pm until 8 April 2010

星期三 31 三月 2010

Agresso will not be available from 3pm on Wednesday 7 April in order to apply Update 6... read more »

Sophos v7 now fixed 30 March 2010

星期二 30 三月 2010

Sophos is updating again on remote and non Active Directory machines since... read more »

Problems with Sophos v7 updates 30 March 2010

星期二 30 三月 2010

Sophos v7 on non Active Directory computers and remote users will not currently be receiving... read more »

Limited computing services Tuesday/thursday ?? April 07.00am - 09.00am

星期二 30 三月 2010

There will be no services but email on Tuesday/thursday ?? April between 07.00 am and 09.00 am. read more »

Maintenance to Sun Rays Tuesday 30 March 07.30am - 10. 30am

星期一 29 三月 2010

No services will be available on the Sun Rays on Tuesday 30th March between 07:30 and 10:30... read more »

Death of Derek Nethercote

星期五 19 三月 2010

It is with the greatest sadness that we note the death of Derek Nethercote... read more »

Emails into University from Hotmail may get rejected 19 March 2010

星期五 19 三月 2010

Emails that are sent to the university from Hotmail accounts may get rejected due to... read more »

Email maintenance 22 March at 01.30 - 08.00

星期五 19 三月 2010

On Monday 22 March at 01.30 - 08.00 am we will be undertaking maintenance... read more »

BTOpenzone wireless hotspots now on campus

星期五 19 三月 2010

BTOpenzone wireless hotspots are now available on campus... read more »

Problems with email quotas this morning

星期一 15 三月 2010

Some people will have an odd email quota this morning. This is a system error and can be safely ignored. read more »

SAMIS Application Tracker makes a difference

星期二 09 三月 2010

Application Tracker speeds turn-around times, improves communication and reduces paper usage... read more »

Well done to the BUCS runners!

星期一 08 三月 2010

19 members of BUCS & friends completed the Bath Half for Derek Nethercote... read more »

BUCS & friends run for Derek Nethercote

星期四 04 三月 2010

19 staff are running the Bath Half in support of a former colleague... read more »

LabVIEW seminar for inexperienced users

星期三 03 三月 2010

A technical Labview Academic Field Engineer (Adam Bakehouse) will be at the University... read more »

BTOpenzone wireless hotspots now on campus

星期二 02 三月 2010

BTOpenzone wireless hotspots are now available on campus where you see this sign... read more »

Over quota warning message's over weekend

星期二 02 三月 2010

Problems with email server over the weekend may have caused unessesary over quota messages to be sent out... read more »

HPC Aquila service is again available 24 Feb 2010.

星期四 25 二月 2010

98 of the 100 nodes have now been made available, although there is still a size constraint imposed... read more »

Moving emails over to new improved servers

星期五 12 二月 2010

Over the next few weeks Computing Services will be systematically moving emails over to new servers... read more »

Aquila currently out of service

星期四 11 二月 2010

Due to urgent maintenance work, the HPC facility known as Aquila will be inaccessible for approximately two days from the morning of Wednesday 10th February. read more »

Campus Computer Shop closed 10 February 12:30

星期二 09 二月 2010

Campus Computer Shop (ITP) will close from 12:30 Wednesday 10 February, for an office... read more »

Software package R on Gigaterms terminal server.

星期二 09 二月 2010

From today 9 February 2010 software package R is available on our Gigaterms terminal server... read more »

Staff printers should be back by end of today

星期二 09 二月 2010

Problems with our printer service today the 9 Feb 2010. We hope to have all printers working as normal by the end of the day... read more »

Server affecting staff printers 9 Feb 2010

星期二 09 二月 2010

Problems with our service this morning on the 9 Feb 2010 will effect a large number of staff printers... read more »

AGN demo - Improving teaching and research

星期一 08 二月 2010

Demonstration for staff on the 11 March 2010 Access Grid Nodes (AGN’s) these are teaching rooms equipped with advanced IP video... read more »

Alumni Web site will be unavailable Friday 5 Feb - Monday 8 Feb

星期五 05 二月 2010

Alumni Web site will be unavailable Friday 5 February 14.00 - Monday 8 February 12.00 due to essential maintenance... read more »

Labview Technical Seminar

星期五 29 一月 2010

A technical Labview Academic Field Engineer (Adam Bakehouse) will be at the University on Tuesday 16 February... read more »

SAMIS unavailable Friday 29 between 13:30 and 14:00

星期二 26 一月 2010

Due to a small SAMIS system upgrade, the SAMIS client will be unavailable... read more »

Improve IT skills, new training timetable available

星期四 21 一月 2010

Do you feel your IT skills need improving? Get more experience and confidence... read more »

Job offer emails, do not respond

星期五 15 一月 2010

We are reminding students and staff to not respond to job offer emails... read more »

Server maintenance Tuesday 19 January 07.00 - 09.00

星期五 15 一月 2010

On Tuesday 19 January 07.00 - 09.00, during our "at risk" period we are going to be... read more »

Matlab seminar success and Samaritans

星期四 14 一月 2010

Even with the awful conditions yesterday, the Matlab seminar took place... read more »

Mathworks Seminar going ahead today 13th Jan despite snow

星期三 13 一月 2010

The Mathworks seminar on MATLAB, Simulink and associated tools is going ahead today in 3WN3.07 despite the weather. read more »

BUCS Accounts Problems - Resolved

星期三 23 十二月 2009

All affected accounts can again be accessed... read more »

Windows Media Streaming service will be unavailable on Wed 6th January 10am - 12pm.

星期三 23 十二月 2009

All media files being streamed by our windows media server will be unavailable between... read more »

No email due to maintenance Monday 21 December 08.00 - 08.30

星期五 18 十二月 2009

There will be no email from 08.00am - 08.30am on Monday 21 December... read more »

Minor interruption to network Tuesday 5 January between 07.00am and 09.00am

星期四 17 十二月 2009

A software upgrade to the University network on Tuesday 5 January between 07.00am - 09.00am may result in a minor... read more »

Please change your password

星期二 15 十二月 2009

A reminder that the University requires all users to regularly change their passwords... read more »

Mathworks Seminar at the University of Bath

星期一 14 十二月 2009

Mathworks Seminar gain a deeper insight into the latest features and functionality... read more »

Disruption to SAMIS services Monday 21 December

星期一 14 十二月 2009

On Monday 21 December SAMIS is being upgraded to version 8.2.1... read more »

Scientists are you capturing and analysing your data effectively?

星期五 11 十二月 2009

ChemBioOffice training seminar Tuesday 15 December 2009 10.15am – 12.15pm read more »

Internet resilience testing

星期一 07 十二月 2009

On Tuesday 8 December between 7am and 9am during our designated 'at risk' period, we will be testing internet resilience.. read more »

Hotmail servers have been removed from blacklists

星期五 04 十二月 2009

Emails that are sent to the University from Hotmail accounts are will no longer be rejected by our Email servers... read more »

Break in University Messaging service 8am -9am Tuesday 8 December

星期三 02 十二月 2009

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Update on Linux services

星期五 20 十一月 2009

Linux (LCPU) is available via SSH or any X-terminal (e.g. Exceed on a PC), any Public Access Computers... read more »

Update on Linux services

星期四 19 十一月 2009

BUCS still have in place a temporary Linux (LCPU) that is available via SSH or any X-terminal... read more »

Changes to wireless (WiFi)

星期二 17 十一月 2009

BUCS made modification to the way the University wireless network (WiFi) works and blocked... read more »

Learning Material Filestore(LMF) & Personal Information Portal(PIP) unavailable Tuesday 17 November

星期一 16 十一月 2009

Due to maintenance LMF and PIP will be unavailable on all day however every effort will be made to... read more »

Gigaterms terminal service will be unavailable 7am - 7.30am on Tuesday 17th November

星期三 11 十一月 2009

The Gigaterms servers will be out of service for essential maintenance work during the period... read more »

Interim Linux (LCPU) that is available via SSH

星期二 10 十一月 2009

BUCS have put in place an interim Linux (LCPU) that is available via SSH or any X-terminal... read more »

Version control server(Subversion) unavailable

星期一 09 十一月 2009

Due to essential systems maintenance the version control server (Subversion) will be unavailable Tuesday 10th November... read more »

Help request tracker (RT) is currently experiencing problems

星期一 09 十一月 2009

BUCS RT- the system that BUCS uses to sort and manage all the requests for help) is currently not working... read more »

Limited or no ssh (UNIX) access

星期五 06 十一月 2009

Limited or no ssh (UNIX) until systems problems are resolved... read more »

Linux now available through active directory machines

星期二 03 十一月 2009

BUCS temorary Linux service now available through Active Directory machines... read more »

No email services on Tuesday 3 November 08.00 – 08.30

星期四 29 十月 2009

On Tuesday 3 November from 08.00 – 08.30 during our 'at risk' period, we will be making upgrades to the new email servers memory... read more »

Beware of hoax email attacks

星期四 22 十月 2009

Hoax/phishing emails are sent to extract sensitive account details, encourage the sending of money or offer bogus jobs read more »

Wooden horse race fundraiser - free entry for students

星期三 14 十月 2009

University of Bath, Rod Angood (BUCS) will be hosting a wooden horse race fundraiser on the... read more »

Disruption to 1 West North network services on Tuesday 20 October 07.00 – 09.00

星期二 13 十月 2009

On Tuesday 20 October from 07.00 – 09.00 there will be intermittent periods where 1 West North will have no connection to the network... read more »

Apologies for disruption to BUCS services

星期一 12 十月 2009

BUCS services were unavailable from Saturday till 7:30pm on Sunday... read more »

Temporary unreliability with unit mailing lists

星期四 08 十月 2009

Unforseen unreliability with unit mailing lists... read more »

Completion of Library refurbishment project

星期四 08 十月 2009

The Library refurbishment was a joint project undertaken by BUCS, Estates and the Library. It was completed to budget and in time for... read more »

Disruption to 6 East network services on Tuesday 13 October 07.00 – 09.00

星期二 06 十月 2009

On Tuesday 13 October from 07.00 – 09.00 during our designated 'at risk' period, we will be moving the 6 East network feed from... read more »

New look BUCS service desk opens in Library level 2

星期二 29 九月 2009

The BUCS service desk in Library level 2 has been renovated over the summer and has been repositioned next... read more »

Some SAMIS services will be unavailable 6pm til 10pm Wednesday 23 September

星期三 23 九月 2009

It has become necessary to upgrade the SAMIS database server's memory, which will result in performance benefits... read more »

Breaks in Internet connectivity Tuesday 15th 07:00 - 08:00

星期一 14 九月 2009

The University internet will experience breaks in connectivity between 07:00 and 08:00 within the 'at-risk' period... read more »

Attend a MathWorks Training Session in Cambridge this September and October.

星期四 10 九月 2009

he MathWorks is conducting hands-on MATLAB® and Simulink®, and Real-Time Workshop® training in Cambridge... read more »

New file upload option on BUCS help form

星期四 10 九月 2009

BUCS have added the ability to upload files or screen shots with requests for help... read more »

User friendly changes to the vacation message (out of office email reply)

星期一 07 九月 2009

Changes to the vacation message that will make it easier to use... read more »

New BUCS Software Licences Manager

星期四 03 九月 2009

Following the retirement of David Mullings, BUCS now have a new software licence manager... read more »

New Fortran Compiler for Microsoft Windows based systems

星期二 25 八月 2009

The University now has a Fortran compiler for MS Windows based sytems... read more »

New Terminal services from the BUCS Windows team

星期二 25 八月 2009

Windows Terminal Services a means of distributing software to multiple users has been increased... read more »

University computer shop (ITP) possible service disruption.

星期一 17 八月 2009

In the run up to the start of the new Achedemic semester, the University computer shop (ITP) may suffer disruption... read more »

Tuesday 11 August 8am-9am: Web Search Facility upgrade

星期四 06 八月 2009

Web search appliance upgrade, 11 August read more »

No access to email or web search facility - Tuesday 11 August 7am-9am

星期二 04 八月 2009

On Tuesday 11th August between 7am – 9 am we will be undertaking some essential maintenance... read more »

Temporary disruption to webmail and the H drive for off campus students

星期一 03 八月 2009

We are temporarily experiencing problems with students off campus connection to Webmail and the H drive... read more »

At risk maintenance activities for Tuesday 28th July

星期一 27 七月 2009

The "At Risk" period is when we cannot guarantee the availability of our network systems... read more »

BUCS are releasing new website homepage

星期四 16 七月 2009

The Computing Services Department (BUCS) have developed a new homepage for the web read more »

Disruption to Library Computers on Saturday 27th June

星期二 23 六月 2009

Due to essential network upgrades there will be no computing services in the Library on Saturday 27th June between 8.30am – 2.30pm... read more »

Changes when connecting to the wireless network

星期三 17 六月 2009

All of the BUCS wireless network access points on campus have been converted to operate in a centrally managed mode... read more »

Update on issues with JANET backbone

星期五 22 五月 2009

Update on the routing problems which we have seen on the JANET backbone since last week...... read more »

Greener computing - Reduce your carbon footprint when working from home

星期五 08 五月 2009

BUCS greener computing initiative has introduced Wake on LAN (WoL) enabling you to boot your computer from a remote location...... read more »

Changes to mailing lists

星期五 17 四月 2009

We have made some changes to our centrally maintained lists that will benefit... read more »

Do you need more compute power for your research?

星期二 31 三月 2009

Do you wish you could perform your research faster and on a larger scale... read more »

Mobile phones and accessories now available through BUCS IT Purchasing

星期一 30 三月 2009

BUCS ITP has taken over the responsibilities for supply of Mobile Phones and related accessories from... read more »

All University IT services back to normal

星期四 26 三月 2009

Following this weekend’s engineering work all IT services provided by BUCS are now back to normal... read more »

BUCS are releasing phase 1 of new online help form

星期三 11 三月 2009

New online help form for university IT users to log their requests for help... read more »

20 minute disruption to network service on the 11th march 2009

星期三 11 三月 2009

Problems with 1 west caused serious problems for many on campus, but service has now returned to normal... read more »

NGS roadshow for researchers on computer grid resources & access

星期五 27 二月 2009

NGS roadshow for researchers on computer grid resources & access read more »

Change to 'Terminal Services' on 24 Feb 2009

星期五 27 二月 2009

From 24 February, 2009, the above applications, now residing on 'terms' (Other Applications) will be available on a new... read more »

Another Successful Engineering Weekend

星期四 18 十二月 2008

The success of this December’s Engineering Weekend brings improvements in flexibility and resilience... read more »

Maintenance that will temporarily affect the Datahub and Archibus database

星期四 23 十月 2008

On Friday 24th October, from 6pm until approx 6:30pm the Datahub and Archibus will be affected due to system maintenance: read more »

Important changes to staff account closures, no more 30 day grace period.

星期四 16 十月 2008

As of the 1st November 2008 BUCS will no longer give a 30 day grace period or re-open closed accounts read more »

Writing for web courses

星期一 13 十月 2008

Do you write for the web? read more »

Web server upgrade Tuesday 16th September between 8am and 9am (loss of service)

星期三 10 九月 2008

Server hardware upgrade will result in a no main web services between 8am and 9am on Tuesday 16th September 2008. read more »

Phishing email scams

星期三 06 八月 2008

Details of another phishing attack aimed at University of Bath users. Attack began : 12.40 6/Aug/2008 read more »

A quick reminder about unsolicited email

星期一 14 七月 2008

Given a recent spate of phishing emails we would like to make a timely reminder about junk email. read more »

Summer IT Training Timetable

星期五 18 四月 2008

April - August Dates Now Available read more »

The Web Sessions: Managing your professional identity

星期四 10 四月 2008

This session will look at the extent of information available online and how easily this can be accessed. Using practical examples guidance will then be provided to help you manage your professional identity more effectively. read more »

Increased power for SAMIS

星期二 12 二月 2008

The main server for SAMIS has been substantially upgraded read more »

Computing Services website survey

星期五 25 一月 2008

Tell us what you think of our site and you could win an iPod nano read more »

Web search service upgrade

星期五 18 一月 2008

Upgrade of the web search index service (Jan 22nd, downtime). read more »

New website

星期一 07 一月 2008

BUCS release a complete revamp of their website read more »

Desktop icons & H drive access 'at risk', 11 Dec 2012, 7am to 9am

星期五 10 十二月 1948

Access to your desktop icons and H drive will be 'at risk'*, Tuesday 11 December 2012, 7am to 9am... read more »