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.