Network upgrade 21-23 March affecting all campuses and library systems - now 28-30 March

We put out this advanced notice of downtime on 21-23 March - this has now been put back to 28-30 March

When will this be?  

• Downtime: Friday 28 March 2025 from 18:00 – 23:00 
• Downtime: Saturday 29 March 2025 from 08:00 - 23:00
• At risk day : Sunday 30 March 2025 - all day until 17:00   

What will be affected? 

 

All University ICT services and Internet access will be unavailable during the downtime period for staff and students on-site at all campuses.

• No Internet access on campus 
• No Office 365 / Emails / Teams service from onsite computers
• No Access to applications hosted on site - this means that
• the library catalogue, self-issue and return machines will be unavailable
• login to DISCOVER and other digital library resources including ebooks, ejournals and databases will also be affected

 

Applications hosted off-site (e.g. Email, BREO) will be accessible off site only.

BMJ journals problem resolved

The problem with access to journals on the BMJ platform has now been resolved. Please let us know if you have any ongoing problems.

BMJ journals problem

The BMJ journal site is currently unavailable. This is affecting all journals on the site, ie all journals with bmj.com in the URL, not just the British Medical Journal itself. This is affecting all users and we are waiting for the publisher to fix the problem.

Westlaw - access restored

Westlaw is back to normal - please email us at library.technical@beds.ac.uk if you have any further problems!

Westlaw down for all users

 Westlaw is currently down for all users, including us. Hopefully it will be fixed very soon!

Network upgrade 21st-23rd March affecting all campuses and library systems

What is ICT doing?  

 

We are upgrading the core networking equipment at the Luton campus.

 

Why are we doing this?  

 

As part of the ICT infrastructure investment programme, it is necessary to have service downtime to allow for essential upgrade work to take place. 

 

When will this be?  

 

Downtime: Friday, 21 March 2025, from 17:00 – 23:00

Downtime: Saturday 22 March 2025, from 8:00 - 23:00

At risk day : Sunday 23 March 2025 - all day until 17:00

 

What will be affected? 

 

All University ICT services and Internet access will be unavailable during the downtime period for staff and students on-site at all campuses.

• No Internet access on campus 
• No Office 365 / Emails / Teams service from onsite computers
• No Access to applications hosted on site - this means that
• the library catalogue, self-issue and return machines will be unavailable
• login to DISCOVER and other digital library resources including ebooks, ejournals and databases will also be affected

 

Applications hosted off-site (e.g. Email, BREO) will be accessible off site only.

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