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Stickied Incidents

30th September 2026

VPN Services VPN issues affecting Virgin Media & O2

We are aware of a VPN issue affecting users on Virgin Media & O2. Our internet provider is investigating this issue directly with Virgin Media as its affecting several universities.

  • Our suppliers have put a temporary work around in place which should improve VPN performance.

  • Maintenance
    Library Search, Rialto and Alma Maintenance

    Upcoming scheduled maintenance for Library Search, Rialto and Alma:

    Estimated Start time: Saturday 3rd October 11:00pm BST Estimated End time: Sunday 4th October 12:59pm BST

    Past Incidents

    25th August 2021

    No incidents reported

    24th August 2021

    University Service Desk Tool TOPDesk Partial Outages

    We are seeing issues with TOPDesk at the moment, there may be a delay in response to your enquiry. TOPDesk are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

    23rd August 2021

    No incidents reported

    22nd August 2021

    No incidents reported

    21st August 2021

    No incidents reported

    20th August 2021

    TOPDesk

    We're experiencing issues with our TOPDesk service desk system - the suppliers have been notified and working on a fix.

  • Normal services have resumed.

  • TOPDesk is still down this morning, our supplier is investigating and we will update shortly. Apologies for the inconvenience.

  • VPN Services VPN connections issues

    We are currently experiencing connection issues with the VPN. We are working to resolve these issues as soon as possible and apologise for any inconvenience this is causing our colleagues.

  • Normal service has resumed.

  • We have been informed that Sky appears to have now resolved the problem.

  • We are aware this is affecting Sky Broadband due to a network fault their end. Please keep an eye on the status dashboard for updates.