Category: Administration

Get Set is a short questionnaire designed to help you reflect on how confident you feel in relation to core skills you will use during your academic career and will only take a few minutes to complete.

You and your personal tutor will receive a copy of your answers which you can then discuss. You can also take this report to The Careers and Employability Service who are available to support you in your development during your studies at the University of Lincoln.

We ask that all students be open and honest whilst taking part; your results will not affect your grades but will allow us to better support you. Thank you.

To complete the survey visit: https://lincolnpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_50CHCGxfCmkRw0Z 

The Schools within the College of Social Science will start their summer of moves next week. 

The moves are as a result of the completion of the new Sarah Swift Building, the Bridge House summer works, the hand over of Think Tank to the College of Science, and the hand over of Minerva Building second floor to general teaching space.

The first moves will begin on Monday 19th June, with the last moves being in early September:

If you are unsure where the College, School or an academic office is at any point this summer, please call the College reception on 01522 835509 and you will be pointed in the right direction.

Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault which happened near the railway lines just outside the Engine Shed at around 3am on 11th May 2017. 

The assault happened after the last “Quack” and CCTV shows that there were numerous witnesses passing at the time.

There was also a taxi which passed during the fight, and we would like the driver to come forward to assist with enquiries.

The victim suffered severe injuries and will have to endure a long recovery period.  This was a completely unprovoked attack on a male who was making his way home from a student night.

If you have any information, no matter how unimportant to you, please call 101 and quote incident 39 11/5/17.

ICT Services will switch the University’s main Wi-Fi access over to eduroam on Thursday 1st June 2017.

This switch over is being made to help ensure that we provide you with a more streamlined and higher quality wireless service across the campus.

If you currently have any devices connected to the University Wi-Fi via “UoL – Wireless” or any another access point, please ensure you change your settings to connect through “eduroam” to avoid loss of connectivity.

You can connect easily by choosing “eduroam” in your device’s wireless settings, and logging in using your usual University of Lincoln email and password.

You do not need to wait until 1st June to change your device settings as eduroam is available now.

The benefits of using eduroam include:

• “eduroam” (education roaming) is the secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community.
• Having started in Europe, eduroam is now available in 72 territories across the world.
• eduroam allows students, researchers and staff from participating institutions to quickly and easily obtain internet connectivity across campus, and when visiting other participating institutions.
• eduroam is also available in a variety of public spaces including libraries and hospitals.
• As a member of the University of Lincoln, you can access any of their hotspots for free, simply by using your University of Lincoln email and password to login.

Find out more about eduroam by visiting their website.

For more information, and a quick guide on how to switch to eduroam, click here.

If you have any queries about the switch over, please contact ICT Services on 01522 886500, or email ict@lincoln.ac.uk.

Update, Tuesday 16th May

The University Health Service are open and seeing patients today, but continuing to run a limited service with no access to computer systems. Please note that the Service will be closed from 1.00pm today for pre-arranged staff training.

Lincolnshire West CCG have updated their website with a list of GP practices that are open and able to offer a ‘business as usual’ service today: http://www.lincolnshirewestccg.nhs.uk/latest-update-nhs-cyber-attack/

Original Post, Monday 15th May

All NHS organisations in Lincolnshire have been affected by a ransomware cyber-attack. This includes the University Health Service based on the Brayford Pool campus in Lincoln.

The University Health Service is operating a limited service today (Monday 15 May) and patients requiring urgent attention will receive advice on the telephone or in person.

However due to the attack, the Service does not have access to medical records or appointment information, and there are therefore some types of appointment that will not be available.

If you have a pre-booked appointment with the University Health Service today please attend, and you will be seen as soon as possible. If your appointment is for a routine (pre-booked) test, including blood tests, please call the surgery later this week to reschedule.

If you have a sudden illness or injury, students are advised to seek medical help and it will be available to them. If, however, you feel unwell please call 111 or seek advice from your local pharmacy.

If you are registered with the University Health Service and would like to speak to them directly, please call 01522 870010.

NHS Lincolnshire West Clinical Commissioning Group has provided the following advice to all patients in Lincolnshire:

Please do not use A&E unless it is a life-threatening emergency. If you feel unwell you should call 111 for advice over the phone.

[If you are registered at a Lincolnshire GP practice that is not the University Health Service] please do not attend your GP practice today (Monday 15 May) unless it is an emergency. Previously booked routine appointments may not be available. Similarly, please do not use online booking or call your GP to make an appointment, as the practice will not be able to make any bookings.

Practices need time to get their systems up and running again – until this happens your GP/practice nurse will not be able to access or record in your notes or print prescriptions. They will not be able to give you test results, provide sick notes or issue repeat prescriptions.

You should visit or call your pharmacy as usual for prescriptions including repeat prescriptions (please take your current medication with you), and minor illnesses. Please do not use urgent care services including A&E to access prescriptions.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) has cancelled all routine activity at its hospitals on Monday 15 May. This includes outpatients appointments, diagnostic tests and routine operations. ULHT will contact any patients whose appointments are able to go ahead as scheduled.

Staff and students are reminded that in order to vote in the General Election on Thursday 8th June 2017, you need to register by Monday 22nd May.

You can register to vote here: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote (you will need your usual personal details plus your National Insurance number).

If you are not sure if you are registered to vote or not, you must contact your local electoral registration office. Contact details for your local office can be found here: https://www.yourvotematters.co.uk/register-to-vote/find-your-local-authority

Students can register to vote at both their home address and their term-time address. However, please remember that you may only vote once.

Registered voters will receive a poll card in the post in the run up to the election (normally a couple of weeks before the election date). This confirms that you are eligible to vote and where you need to go to place your vote. You do not need your poll card on the day, you can still vote even if you do not have a poll card, as long as you are on the electoral register.

For more information about registering to vote and voting itself, visit the Your Vote Matters website: https://www.yourvotematters.co.uk/

This information is intended for all students who as part of their course have formal examinations this month (May 2017) at the University’s main Brayford Pool Campus. It has also been emailed to all students.

Formal examinations take place between Monday 8th May and Friday 26th May 2017. If you are taking exams, you should already have reviewed your exam timetable, which can be found on your student timetable on Blackboard. Please ensure that you scroll forward to the first exam week and check all three exam weeks to see when your exams are scheduled.

You should read the Codes of Conduct for Examinations attached in the top right corner of your timetable before you attend your first exam.

Please check your exam timetable carefully to ensure you know the venues in which your exams are taking place. Be aware that in some instances the same exam will be scheduled in several venues due to room capacity, so please make sure that you attend the venue as stated on your timetable.

As the weather can be unpredictable over the exam period, please dress appropriately for your personal comfort. It can be cool in some of the larger exam venues. You will not be permitted to keep coats and hats on in the examination room.

If you are taking an exam where you are permitted to take in exam equipment (for example a calculator or a clean translation dictionary with no annotated notes inside), please ensure that you bring the correct equipment to your examination. If you are unsure what equipment is permitted, please check with your school office.

Mobiles phones are not permitted in the exam venues, so please ensure that if you require a calculator for your examination you bring one with you, as they will not be provided.

Finally, please remember to bring your student card to your examination.

A reminder to all students that the University will be closed for the long Easter weekend from Friday 14th April, reopening on Wednesday 19th April 2017.

The University Library will remain open (24/7) over the Easter period.

The Sports Centre will be closed from 10.30pm on Thursday 13th April and re-open at 8.00am on Wednesday 19th April.

Education Act 1994 Code of Practice

Under the 1994 Education Act, a university’s governing body has a duty to take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that the students’ union operates in a fair and democratic manner and is accountable for its finances. The Act also requires the governing body to prepare and issue a Code of Practice about this. The appended Code, prepared jointly by the ULSU Chief Executive and the University Secretary, quotes the relevant sections of the Act, and explains how the University and its governing body have fulfilled their responsibilities.

Code of Practice September 2014