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Recent updates
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“Are you on campus?” Beware of spear phishing emails asking you to buy something
We are currently receiving emails from external email accounts, such as Gmail, pretending to come from a Head of Department. The emails typically are very short and the subject line will be something like “are you on campus?”. If you reply, the sender will explain that they are your Head of Department , that they […]
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Important changes to passwords
How often you change your password and how long your password must be has changed. How often you need to change your password After your next password change: Students, you aren’t required to change your password again (unless you choose to). Staff, you must change your password at least once a year. However there are a couple […]
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Problems affecting External Network Connectivity Colchester Campus 11:03am
There was an issue today Wednesday 1st May at 11:03am which caused the Colchester campus to lose external network connectivity until 11:06am. The actual service affecting period might have been a lot shorter as redundancies took affect. Other campuses would likewise have been cut off from Colchester’s services. This problem was caused by a router […]
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Problems accessing Library services
Update: The problems affecting logging into certain library systems have now been resolved. ——————————————————————————————————— We have received reports that there are currently intermittent issues with logging on to some library services, the cause of which is currently being looked into. Further updates will be posted when more information is available.
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[Service Alert] [Resolved] FASER not showing any modules
Note that there was a brief FASER outage between 16:50 and 17:10 on Tuesday 23 April 2019. This was caused by an expired system account. Those who are still encountering issues are advised to clear their FASER cache, accessible via https://www1.essex.ac.uk/e-learning/tools/faser2/Student/Help/Settings
