我们学校IT老大关于学生占座的一封邮件

文远

Dear all,



Last night, I was very concerned and disappointed to hear of an incident in SSB between students arguing over “reserved” computers. Once again, it forces me to send a reminder that this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated, and to remind everyone about the rules for use of computing facilities at the University of Nottingham-Ningbo. As someone who believes that Universities are about more than just “a piece of paper”, I am sorry to once again be telling people what they cannot do rather than what they can do.



Punishments will sadly have to be given out for offenders that IS discover. For a first offence, you will incur a 100RMB fine, Second offences will also incur a fine in addition to a 3 day loss of access to all computing and library facilities. Obviously if examinations and deadlines are looming this punishment will be postponed. Further cases will incur ever increasing punishments, in line with the code of discipline and may be entered on your record.



Unlike most universities in China, we do not charge for accessing the internet or using computing facilities within the teaching building environment. We also have a far greater StudentC ratio than is required by law, because we feel that access to resources online is crucial to the education and learning experience of our students. Computing resources are key to the entire Information Services and University teaching & Learning strategies. Sadly, by providing free access at the point of use, we may have caused this problem.



For those who say “we don’t have enough computers, buy more”, I say this; in anticipation of a doubling of student numbers this year, we have purchased 200 new computers and opened 4 new rooms. This gives us an excellent ratio of 7:1 – which in fact is greater than Nottingham UK, at 10:1. Next year, the plan is for an equally ambitious growth, although space is finite and there are only so many new rooms available. Bookable suites for postgraduate use will also be created.



We are also installing “Short Stay” PCs in the library. You may have seen these “standing room only” computers, initially in the lobby, but there will be more. The intention is that you can quickly use these to check your email, print a document, and log out. As more of these machines are installed, they will be limited to 15 minutes of use only.



China Telecom are working to install a “wireless network” throughout the University, again initially in the Library itself. This will not be connected to the campus network, but will allow you access to Library resources through the internet using your own laptops. Progress on this is expected this week. The University is also involved in discussions with our partners to connect the student and staff residence networks to the campus network.



As a reminder, all students signed an agreement to use the campus network for academic purposes only – this does not include chatting to your friends on MSN or QQ. It does not mean watching “Transformers” on a video download site, or listening to music. I would gently remind anyone doing this that we do have the right to stop this if we choose to, or if it becomes too much of a strain on resources.



IS staff cannot monitor every computer room for “reserved” computers, but where we see evidence of it happening you may return to find yourself logged out with a note saying why and where you can collect your belongings. There is a policy set on all computer room PCs that switches off the monitor after <30 minutes inactivity. The computer itself will shutdown soon after this. If you see a black screen, then it means that the computer hasn’t been used for a while, and it is OK to then log that person out if they have not already. To the returning user, do not get angry at the person now using “your” computer – you are being selfish by not logging out in the first place! Often I hear the excuses as to why people reserve computers, and frankly I think the people giving those excuses deserve to be called selfish. If it is OK for you to reserve a PC, so you have one to return to after lunch, why is it not for someone else to do the same, and stopping you from using one?



This is not a license to log out every unoccupied PC – only those where the monitor has blanked. To wrongly log out a PC in use while its owner was briefly elsewhere will be treated very seriously by IS and incidents should be (calmly) reported.



In summary:

1.    There are over 400 PCs available for student use, many until 10pm. This is more than most other universities of our size.

2.    Use of computers for non academic use is discouraged.

3.    Reserving PCs by leaving belongings and then going elsewhere, is strictly forbidden, and will be punished by loss of access and a fine.

4.    Students may log someone out if they feel the PC is unoccupied, but ONLY if the PC is in a power saving mode.

5.    Wireless access will shortly be available, allowing use of the internet on personal laptops.



Many thanks



Darren

伊人独酌

What&#39;s the name of your school? It seems that everyone is good at English

文远

yeah, as i said in another post, the official language in our university is English. What is more, we do all the teaching in English.

Dean

The University of Nottingham Ningbo 宁波诺丁汉大学

英国诺丁汉大学建于1881年，是二战之后第一个获得皇家特许状的英国大学。英国诺丁汉大学一直排名英国大学前10位，世界大学100强，是国际顶尖研究型大学团体U21的成员之一。2003年10月，两位曾毕业并任教于诺丁汉大学的教授分别获得了诺贝尔医学奖和诺贝尔经济学奖。

文远

ls强的，怎么发现的？

伊人独酌

hehe, Dean is an English teacher who has taught English for 20 years

文远

in which school is dean teaching?

伊人独酌

I don&#39;t know, when Dean see your message, maybe he will give you an answer

Dean

I taught in No.1 high school and left there 4 years ago. Now i am working in Beijing.

伊人独酌

Why you decided to leave there?