Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) – coming soon 

As part of the overarching Security Remediation project, led by the University’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), we will soon be introducing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).   MFA is used to mitigate against password guessing and theft, including brute force attacks. MFA can also be called 2-step verification or 2-factor authentication (2FA). It requires users to approve access requests via the …

Migration of recordings to Engage

Thank you for your support and use of Engage, our new ‘Active Learning Platform’. We know that it has been challenging moving to Engage at the start of term, but we are pleased to report that there have been over 16,000 recordings since September 23rd, and 235,000 hours of viewings and downloads. Now that Engage is …

Freshers IT Survey – Competition Winner

Thank you to all students who participated in our survey Congratulations to Sofenit Thewodros from the Health Sciences who won the Fresher’s IT Survey Prize.  1100 students responded to the Freshers’ survey in 2018; 474 more than in 2017. All students who completed the survey were entered into a prize draw to win an Apple iPad …

Getting Started with… Planner and Teams

Office 365 Workshop Dates – Early 2019 Want to get to grips with all that Office 365 has to offer? Our upcoming series of 1 hour sessions will give you the basics to get started with two key Office 365 applications: Planner and Teams. Details are below. Sessions at University Park and Jubilee, there is …