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Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Thursday, 20 March 2025
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
Monday, 17 March 2025
BMJ journals problem
Westlaw - access restored
Westlaw is back to normal - please email us at library.technical@beds.ac.uk if you have any further problems!
Thursday, 6 March 2025
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.