After weeks of unreliable internet access at Hartley library, the University’s has admitted that their servers are unable to cope with the amount of students connecting online every day on campus.

A representative of iSolutions, the University’s provider of computing facilities, has admitted that something needs to be done. When asked about when the internet will be consistently working throughout the day at Hartley library, he said: ‘if you’re looking for reliable, stable internet I’m not too sure…I think we might get another server but I don’t know when’. He continued, ‘the system is due to be replaced, we originally weren’t depending on so many students using it.’

The response will not be appreciated by many students frustrated with the erratic internet connection on campus. Third-year Politics student Jo Shipley explains the difficulties of not being able to access the internet at the library. She said: ‘It’s really awkward to plan your day around working at the library, and lug your laptop and books up to campus to realise that you can’t get most of what you want done because you can’t get online.’

She continued: ‘It’s frustrating because there are a lot of important deadlines in your third year, and a lot of the time I have to work at Hartley instead of home because I need to use short-loan books for my dissertation... (read more)