Wilson Sports Scholarship

Posted 131 Months Ago

Heriot-Watt University’s Sports Academy and the Centre for Sport and Exercise provide a supportive environment to help develop individuals at all levels from recreational physical activity through to elite sports performance. The Sports Academy includes an indoor astrodome, physiotherapy and rehabilitation suite, six full-sized UEFA football pitches and a Sports Science and Sports Medicine Centre. The Centre for Sport and Exercise includes three multi-purpose sports halls, three floodlit tennis courts, climbing wall, squash courts, Nautilus suite, and cardiovascular suite. In order to support more individuals with a disability to make use of these facilities, the Wilson Sports Scholarship has been created.

This Scholarship will be available to both undergraduates and postgraduates who have a physical or sensory disability or mental health issues.

The Scholarship will fund:

• One full gym membership to benefit the student per year.

• 30 hours of personal training for one hour per week to support a disabled student's use of the Sport and Exercise facilities

The Wilson Sports Scholarship will focus on encouraging achievement and enabling the student to enhance their sport and fitness ability at a recreational or performance level. It is aimed at increasing the confidence of the recipient and to support full integration into university life. Applications will be assessed for interest in recreational and performance sport.

The Wilson Sports Scholarship will be awarded to either a first year undergraduate student or those on a full time one year postgraduate course in September 2014.

Further information can be obtained from Steve Watson, Steve.Watson@hw.ac.uk

Click here to download the application form

Free Office 365 ProPlus for students

Posted 131 Months Ago

Office 365 ProPlus for PC and for Mac is now available to all Heriot-Watt students.

See Instructions on accessing the software at http://www.hw.ac.uk/is/guides/user-guides-handouts.htm

New students will have access to the software once they have enrolled in September.

Office 365 ProPlus is the full version of Office giving you access to:

PC version

Word 2013, Excel 2013, PowerPoint 2013, OneNote 2013, Access 2013, Publisher 2013, Outlook 2013, InfoPath 2013

Mac version

Word 2011, Excel 2011, PowerPoint 2011, Outlook 2011

You will be able download the software on up to 5 personal devices and it runs locally on your device (so you don’t need to be connected to the Internet to use it).

To qualify for the software you must be a current student on an active course. You can download and use the applications until your University student account expires after graduation.

Available from the beginning of Semester 1, 2014/15

• OneDrive cloud storage (with 1TB storage)
• Office Web Apps
• Apps for iPad and Android

Student Ambassadors Wanted

Posted 131 Months Ago

Do you want to represent your university to prospective students? Do you want to enhance your communication skills? Do you want to earn £7.45 per hour? Why not become a Student Ambassador?

In Recruitment and Admissions we employ Student Ambassadors to assist with our events. We ask our student ambassadors to do many different tasks but the most common task would be campus tours. Ambassadors have to be good communicators and they must be polite and professional when working. This role is a great opportunity to increase your transferable skills and our ambassadors are always telling us how much the role has helped with their confidence and communication skills.

To become an ambassador all you need to do is fill out an application form (attached) and hand it in to the Recruitment and Admissions office (you can also email it to studentambassadors@hw.ac.uk). We are holding training sessions in week one of semester (see below) so if you want to start working almost straight away please submit your applications as soon as possible and tell us what training session you want to attend (you only have to attend one training session).

Training Sessions

15^th September 10.15-12.15

15^th September 2.15-4.15

16^th September 10.15-12.15

16^th September 2.15-4.15

17^th September 10.15-12.15

18^th September 10.15-12.15

18^th September 2.15-4.15

19^th September 10.15-12.15

19^th September 2.15-4.15

22^nd September 10.15-12.15

22^nd September 2.15-4.15

Warning on Mobile Fraud

Posted 132 Months Ago

University students are being warned to stay vigilant as they run up large telephone debts in suspected mobile phone fraud

The National Mobile Phone Crime Unit (NMPCU) has launched an investigation into a suspected mobile phone fraud targeting students at universities across the UK.

University students across the country have been offered cash incentives to entice them into registering for personal mobile phone contracts which are then used for the benefit of a private company. Invariably the student would receive a high value smart phone on a lengthy network contract, but then send on the phone and SIM card to the private company for a small cash incentive and the promise of a modest monthly income. However, the students involved are now running up significant debts.

It is believed that students may have divulged significant detail about their bank accounts, credit or debit cards and personal circumstances, making them susceptible to identity fraud.

The NMPCU has written to a number of UK universities, asking them to highlight the issue to students and urging them to stay vigilant. The major UK mobile phone networks and other industry partners have been made aware of the investigation to best support the affected students.

Detective Inspector Louise Shea, of the NMPCU, who is leading the operation, said: “The NMPCU is working closely with the major UK mobile phone networks and universities affected in this large-scale and complex investigation. 

“We understand that this matter will be of considerable concern to the students and family members affected as they will be accruing significant debts. We are committed to ensuring that those engaged in fraudulent activity do not escape justice.

“We urge any students that have been affected by this to come forward to assist the investigation and prevent this happening to anyone else.”

Protect yourself

• Inform your bank or building society as soon as possible.
• Change financial and email account passwords and security questions. Particular care should be taken to close any compromised accounts. Also ensure that other family members do not use account passwords such as your mother's maiden name, these should also be changed.
• Obtain a copy of your credit report. This will identify searches conducted by a lender, date of search, type of application and which credit accounts are set up in your name. You can contact any one of the three credit reference agencies and receive support in resolving credit report problems caused by identity fraud: Callcredit - Equifax - Experian
• Look at your credit report closely. If you find entries from organisations you don't normally deal with, contact them immediately.

Prevent yourself becoming a victim

• Never divulge private information data in response to a personal approach, email, text, letter or phone call unless you are certain that the request is from a reliable source.
• Check your statements carefully and report anything suspicious to the bank, financial or mobile service provider concerned.
• The three credit reference agencies offer a credit report checking service to alert you to any key changes on your credit file that could indicate potential fraudulent activity: Callcredit - Equifax - Experian
• Don't throw away entire bills, receipts, credit-card or debit-card slips, bank statements or even unwanted post in your name. Destroy unwanted documents, preferably by using a shredder.
• Keep your personal documents in a safe place, preferably in a locked drawer or cabinet at home.
• Change passwords regularly.

If you suspect you or a family member has been affected by this, you should email the NMPCU providing your contact details, your registered university and brief details of the issue. In an emergency, you should always phone 999 for an immediate response if an incident is happening now or if anyone is in immediate danger.

For advice on how to protect yourself from a fraud of this kind, please call Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040.