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This page contains broad information around the following:

1. To change time zone for your Microsoft 365 account, you must first access your emails via mail.chi.ac.uk (otherwise known as the Microsoft 365 portal). 
2. From your emails, click on the settings cog. This is found of the top right of the screen on the menu bar and then select "view all Outlook settings":  

SAM department co-ordinators:

When sending emails to recipients outside of the University from your staff or generic email account (@chi.ac.uk), it is sometimes difficult to determine if these emails are being accessed using a secure method.  This is particularly important when the information being sent includes personal data or sensitive personal data about individuals.

On this page:

On this page:

• Banking and opening a bank account
• Budgeting and cash flow
• Council tax
• Fraud
• Insurance
• Helpful web resources

Banking and opening a bank account

There are specific bank accounts available to students that come with benefits such as an interest-free overdraft or freebies like railcards or travel cards.

Upgraded SupportMe Overview

The SupportMe self-service portal was upgraded on Friday 5th April, the following help page explains how to use the new portal. 
 

SupportMe is a self-service portal for raising support calls e.g. IT Support calls, reporting lost property, requesting library books to be sent cross-campus for you etc.

OneDrive is used to store files, folders, and photos in the 'cloud' (Online) so you can access them easily on multiple devices and share them with colleagues, or with people outside the university.

It is important that the University has an accurate record of attendance. The expectation is that students attend all timetabled sessions for each module.

Each department has a student attendance management coordinator if you have any questions

The Student Attendance and Absence Policy is available on the policies page

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