Introducing UoN BOX Cloud Storage for Research Data
December 19, 2016
UoN BOX now available The University recommends BOX cloud storage for data generated, processed, analysed and stored as part of your research. In order to manage research data well, you need a flexible solution for data storage, sharing and collaboration. Information Services, along with researchers, have been piloting the BOX cloud storage solution for research …
Smart Bar – Christmas Opening Hours
December 15, 2016
Over the Christmas holiday Smart Bar will be running a reduced service. Hallward Library Smart Bar will be open 12 – 2pm Monday – Friday. All other Smart Bars will be closed from 3pm Friday 16 December 2016 and reopen at 11am on 16 January 2017. More information about the Smart Bar is available on …
Volunteer of the Year for IT Community Consultants Project Mentor
December 2, 2016
Drew Shearsmith awarded Volunteer of the Year On 10 November the Vice Chancellor awarded Drew Shearsmith the inaugural Staff Vounteer of the Year Award 2016 for his work with the IT Community Consultants Project. Drew mentors student volunteers from the School of Computer Science who help local Voluntary & Community Sector organisations (V&CSOs) with IT problems. …
SDI Certification for IT Service Desk
November 21, 2016
Chairman visits to award certification On 4 November Paul Rogers, Chairman of the SDI, (Service Desk Institute) visited King’s Meadow Campus to present the certification to our IT Service desk. At the time of award, University of Nottingham IT Service Desk is one of only four Universities in the UK to achieve SDI certification. SDI …
New student survey – last chance to win a Lenovo ThinkPad Helix
November 15, 2016
New to the University of Nottingham this year? We want your feedback This survey will close on 30 November – this is your last chance to have your say! Tell us what you think about our IT Services We want to learn more about new student experiences and satisfaction with IT Services at the University …
Smart Bar to Visit DRSV
The Smart Bar will visit the David Ross Sports Village 23 – 25 November; 11am – 4pm Stop by for a free laptop health check while you train in the new DRSV facilities. We’ll check for viruses, malware and any updates that need to be performed. If we can’t update your device there and then, …
Smart Bars do have the answers!!
October 20, 2016
Record visits to Smart Bar This week we celebrated our 1000th customer survey being completed at the Hallward Smart Bar since the start of the 2016/17 session. We’ve had almost 50% more visits compared to last year and a record 90% positive feedback. Our 4 new Smart Bars at George Green Library, Greenfield Medical Library, …
Exploring the cloud with Amazon
Earlier this month, Information Services (IS) hosted a one day event in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) where delegates explored Amazon’s cloud services offering for research institutions through a series of interactive sessions. The event was organised by IS with a keynote address by Brendan Bouffler (AWS). Over 30 academic colleagues from the University of …
IT Videos for students
October 17, 2016
Introducing our new IT videos for new and returning students. These short ‘how to’ videos will help you get to grips with our basic services. Find out how to use printers, connect to eduroam, get IT help and download free software.
Win a Lenovo Thinkpad Helix
October 14, 2016
New to the University of Nottingham this year? We want your feedback. Tell us what you think about our IT Services We want to learn more about new student experiences and satisfaction with IT Services at the University of Nottingham. We’ve developed a short survey to capture this information, which should only take a few …