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UNIVERSITY WELCOME WEEK
During Welcome Week we provide drop-in
centres to support all new students through
their academic registration, setting up their
computing accounts and getting laptops and
mobiles connected.
This year, the academic visa registration
service was also co-located with an
appointments system, reducing queueing and
stress for international students. We also
have staff based out at the Halls of Residence
during arrival weekend to help get students
connected.
During Welcome Week 2015/16 we assisted
approximately 2,000 students who visited the
Student Registration Drop-in Centre for help
with completing their academic registration
and with getting started with the University’s
IT services.
Help and support for
students
HALLS APP
The Halls App is a health and safety mobile app
designed for iPad. The app is used by staff to
reduce the amount of time it takes to create and
follow-up health and safety checks for student
accommodation which are done on a room-by-
room basis.
If there are issues, students receive a full,
detailed, report outlining any problems with
images attached. Maintenance issues can be
much more easily flagged, which results in a
quicker turnaround time for problems to be
resolved.
FIND A FREE PC
Our award-winning PC Finder app
shows students which PCs are
free, how many, for how long and
how to find them. This application
has been invaluable particularly at
busy times of the year for our
students. The app uses GPS to
show the nearest computer and
gives directions to get to it. Filters
can be used to show where groups
of adjacent PCs are available,
where there is an accessible work
station and where subject specific
software is pre-installed.