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Undergraduate Engineering Computer Accounts - 2013 Year End Notice

23rd May 2013

This notice concerns arrangements for Undergraduate Engineering Department Computer Accounts at the end of the Academic Year. The first section details the arrangements for those who are finishing their course and second for those who are not.

Undergraduate students finishing their course

The Engineering Department accounts of:

all Engineering Part IIB students,
students on a 1 year undergradate exchange from another University,
those Engineering Part IIA and MET1 students who do not expect to return next year

are scheduled to be closed on Monday 22 July 2013. The accounts of MET2 students are due for closure on Monday 19 August 2013. It would be helpful if those Part IIA and MET1 students who do not intend returning in October would inform user-admin as soon as possible.

If a departing student wishes to pass online material to others, or a staff member wishes to obtain project material from a student, then arrangements should be made to do this before the account is closed. If assistance is needed and the material is on the main departmental teaching system please contact the IT helpdesk, either in person or via email to helpdesk . For assistance transferring material on a divisional research system please contact the appropriate divisional computer officer.

Any undergraduate coming to the end of their course but who expects to stay on in the department (e.g. as staff or postgraduate student) beyond the dates above should contact user-admin as soon as possible, preferably before the end of term. Note that this needs to be done in addition to any correspondence with the University Computing Service or with student or staff offices in the department. Please provide the following information:

your new role (staff/postgraduate student etc)
your expected division and supervisor if known
your course if relevant.

Your account will be converted to reflect your new role during the summer vacation, and you will need to re-register when you return.

Continuing undergraduates

All other undergraduate accounts will be left open over the summer. However, any undergraduate account which appears to be being misused may be disabled without warning. Any student who does not expect to access their email over the summer should unsubscribe from any busy mailing lists so that their mail box does not fill up: the department may send important emails about course arrangements at the start of next academic year.

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