From September 1st, 2011 a change in the copyright law came into force which applies to all internet users in New Zealand.

This law provides content owners (Rights holders) of copyrighted works such as movies, TV shows and music with a quicker and easier way to penalise people infringing their copyright (from illegal downloading). This change affects all users of all systems at UCOL, including staff, students, casual users, students in clinical placements , and businesses on campus using UCOL internet access, irrespective of location.

Important information

A successful infringement allegation can see UCOL being fined up to $15,000.00 per infringement with the potential of having the internet connection to UCOL being cut for up to six months for all users. UCOL’s Acceptable Computer Use Policy already makes clear that any Copyright Infringement is prohibited. However it is important that students are aware that

UCOL will consider any offending to be a serious matter requiring disciplinary action and will seek to recover any consequential costs resulting from an infringement notice from the person found to have been responsible.

All users of UCOL’s computer systems are responsible for their own account and for any activities conducted under their account.

The relevant IT policies can be viewed on the Intranet and the student handbooks. All students are expected to be familiar with and abide by these policies.

Some guidelines to understanding the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011 can be found at the links below:

Know the facts 3strikesNZ
Basics of the new law
FAQ's
Protect yourself at home

(Edited by Moodle Trainer2 - original submission Thursday, 10 November 2011, 03:32 PM)

(Edited by Moodle Trainer2 - original submission Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 04:37 PM)

Message on behalf of Bonnie Dewart:

I am interested in your ideas about Facebook @ UCOL, how we use it, what we want to use it for, how it works best, any issues you see with the use of it. Some programmes use Facebook all the time. Some students say that too many people use FB in the Learning Hub so the computers get tied up.

What do you think? Tell me what you think so I can understand and respond to your views.

Bonnie

Deputy Chief Executive Academic

Email Bonnie here: Email

Don't forget there are plenty of carparks in the carpark behind Speights Alehouse. These are marked "UCOL".

Following the temporary closure of most of the Amesbury Street car park to allow for construction and upgrade in the trades area, we have arranged for 70 car parks behind Speights Ale House (the old Ford car yard area).

They are marked for UCOL use only, and are free all day parks. Use is on a first-in basis. There are entrances into the car park from Rangitikei and Grey Streets . Please do not park in any of the other car parks in that area.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation during this time. The sudden loss of parking is inconvenient but necessary in order to complete construction by the end of February 2012 in time for staff and students to start the new academic year.

In response to your feedback, please be assured that we are working closely with the City Council and we meet all regulatory requirements for car parking during this time. After construction is completed, the same number of car parks as were in place will again be available. In fact our total number of car parks at the Palmerston North campus (until construction commenced) was greater than is actually required.