What's happening? We are aware of an issue where some descriptions added to Turnitin submission points are not saving or updating Minerva. Current Status This issue has been reported to Turnitin and they are working on fixing this issue as a matter of urgency. Work around Until Turnitin fix the issue, we ask that if...
Our supplier has now resolved both the issue causing intermittent slowness when accessing Minerva via bookmarks or direct links, and the temporary Minerva issues reported on 20 July 2026.
An essential 30-minute maintenance window is taking place on Thursday 17th September between 09:30 and 10:00 am (BST). During this time, staff and students may experience a short interruption of up to 5 minutes when they are unable to log in.
Staff and students may notice some notifications for old modules appearing in the Activity Stream (for 3, 4 and 8 September). Links to Panopto lecture capture recordings (migrated from our old lecture capture system) were added to historic modules which unfortunately exposed a bug with the Activity Stream, causing various notifications to be re-issued.
We are aware of intermittent issues affecting some Minerva data feeds. Sometimes, updates to staff and student enrolments may not be processed as expected. Minerva account creation is unaffected.
After essential overnight maintenance, users may have experienced temporary issues accessing files and images in Minerva between 05:00am and 09:30am (BST) on Monday 20 July.
The University is closed from 2 April to 7 April 2025 inclusive for the April Bank Holiday. Find out more about what support is available during this time.
We recently experienced intermittent issues affecting Minerva data feeds, where on certain days, updates to staff and student accounts or enrolments may not be processed as expected. This issue has been resolved.
We are aware of intermittent issues affecting some Minerva data feeds. On certain days, updates to staff and student accounts or enrolments may not be processed as expected.
Our supplier reported that Turnitin was affected by a service issue which may have affected some users accessing Turnitin between 16:54 and 18:19 GMT on 27th January 2026.
The Turnitin ipad App has been retired. The iOS app was retired by Turnitin on 30th December 2025 and you will need to use Minerva to access Turnitin Feedback Studio on a desktop or laptop device. Turnitin is working on an improved experience for mobile devices in a future version of the product. We apologise...
In January, you will see changes to Minerva, making it easier to move around your modules and organisations. This is part of a series of improvements expected in 2026 which aim to enhance the user experience for both staff and students.
Our supplier reported that Turnitin was affected by a service issue which may have affected some users accessing Turnitin between 13:40 and 16:50 GMT on 13th November 2025.
We’ve received reports that some staff and students are experiencing problems accessing third-party tools via Minerva when using personal iOS devices (iPads and iPhones). read our guidance on how to resolve this.
IT Services reported that staff and students were unable to access Mediasite Lecture Recordings. The issue was escalated to our supplier, and they have now implemented a fix, which has restored access to the service.