Current Students

Please see below for information and access to resources and systems for current students, and to download specific software needed when accessing resources from home. These links can be found elsewhere on our website, but we have collected them together here for your convenience.

A to Z List of Electronic Journals
Although all of the journals that we subscribe to, or have in our collections, are in the Library Catalogue, you can access the A to Z List of Electronic Journals to allow you to search through those journals that are available in electronic form and to access them for full text articles online.

Adobe Acrobat Reader
To view PDF documents you will need to have a copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. All University computers have this software as standard. However, if you are accessing documents from home or elsewhere you may need to use the link above to access the Adobe website and download the latest version of their Acrobat Reader software.

Blackboard
Blackboard is the University's virtual learning environment and is used to support the learning and teaching methodologies used across all of our courses. When you log in to Blackboard using your standard username and password, you should be able to access your course modules and find module resources provided by your individual tutors. If you have any problems using Blackboard, please Contact Blackboard Support. 

Change Your Password
Most of the electronic systems used within the University allow you access using your standard username and password. However, your password will only be valid for a limited period, so it is important that you Change Your Password on a regular basis to avoid being locked out of your own account when the password expires. You can use the Change Your Password page to change your password at any point.

Email
All students are provided with a University email address. Important information will be sent to this address by University tutors, admin and support staff. Students can opt to forward email to this address either to a personal address or to the University's MyMail service outsourced to Microsoft. This service is available to all students. Returning students may continue to use a previously activated Webmail account if they wish, or implement forwarding of email to another address. If you are unsure about which email option is correct for you, please go to our email information page.

Extra
The Extra website is only accessible to staff and students within the University. When accessing Extra from outside the University you will need to enter your standard username and password. If you have any problems using Extra, please Contact Web Support

Formal Documents
The procedures and regulations of Buckinghamshire New University can be found in the Formal Documents which are grouped into the areas of Governance, Strategy, Quality, Policy and Regulations. All documents are viewable in PDF format from the web, and where appropriate template forms are available to download.

Forward Your Email to Another Account ONLY
Every University student is provided with a University email address. Important information will be sent to these student addresses by tutors and University support staff. However, we recognise that students will often want to use their existing email address instead, so we have created this Email Forwarding Option, so that they can Automatically Forward any message sent to their University email address on to their preferred email address instead. Completing this Form activates your University email address and sets it to forward to a preferred email address automatically.

ID cards and security
Bucks students and employees must carry their Bucks ID cards whilst on campus. Visitors to the campus must be registered and will need to carry a visitor's pass for the duration of their visit. Please remember to keep your belongings with you at all times and to be on the look-out for any suspicious bags, packages or vehicles. If you have a problem whilst on campus, or see anything suspicious, please call:

Switchboard: 01494 522 141
High Wycombe Security: ext 5070
High Wycombe Reception: ext 3399
Uxbridge Security: ext 4401
Uxbridge Reception: ext 4400.

Library Catalogue
The Library Catalogue allows you to search within all of of the reources held within our Learning Resource Centres. The Library Catalogue is our central database of books, journals, DVDs, and other resources held within our various collections and available to staff and students.

Library e-Resources
Library Services subscribe to a large variety of online resources such as e-books, e-journals and databases. To make access available on and off-campus the library subscribes to the UK Access Management Federation’s login system called Shibboleth. For on-campus users most e-resources do not require you to complete a new log-in, however for off-campus access you may be required to select the University's name from a list of institutions and then log in with your normal Bucks username and password. Instructions have been posted on Blackboard under the Library tab, together with the Complete Database List and the A-Z List of Electronic Journals.

MyDocs
When students log in to University computers they are provided with access to network drives where you can store your personal files. You can also access your network drives from outside the University by using our MyDocs system online. You will need to log in to MyDocs by using your standard username and password. This is a secure system so you may be prompted to accept a security certificate. You must enter your username followed by the @students.bucks.ac.uk otherwise the system will not log you and will get an error message.

MyMail
Mymail is the University's email service for students provided in partnership with Microsoft. For more detailed information about MyMail, please look on our MyMail Information Page.

Sophos Anti-Virus Software
Sophos Antivirus is available for University staff and students to use on their home computers. To download the Sophos Anti-Virus Software, click on the the link above. When prompted enter your standard University username and password. This is the same username and password that you use to access University computers and Blackboard.

Tandberg
Tandberg is a Video Conferencing System. Users can book the kit from the Room Management Team and talk to others users via video conferencing. Not only will Tanberg broadcast image and sound to others in a video conference, but that conference can be streamed to a browser and also recorded. This means that any meeting or process can be recorded and played back at a later date.

Webex
Webex is a web-based application that allows users to video tele-conference through the web. It allows tutors to schedule meetings with other colleagues and students. It provides an environment where users can share documents, applications, and browsers with no software to install. It integrates audio, video and data to enable users to have meetings or provide training at a distance to users in dispersed locations, all of which can be recorded for later use.