ask the university to explore smartphone-downloadable id cards
Anonymous submitted on
Thursday 24th June 2021
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Some of us poor souls often forget our student (or staff) university ID cards, making it difficult for us to get into and out of buildings without the help of our peers and colleagues. They're just so easy to misplace, and putting it on a lanyard or a retracable wire thingy can cramp our cool. But (in non-pandemic times) we use our smartphones on a daily basis to make non-contact payments and show our railcards and so on and so forth. Is there any way in which the university can enable us to "downbload" our student ID cards onto our smartphones, and tap into and out of offices and the library using them?
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Students' Union replied on
Tuesday 7th Sep 2021 1:44pm
Hello again. I'm scheduling a meeting with the Head of Education Services at iSolutions for next week to discuss this. I will now close this You Make Change and mark it as completed as it is now something the University is exploring and will be embedded as part of their strategies.
Students' Union replied on
Friday 27th Aug 2021 2:53pm
Hello! I spoke to Mal, the CIO & Executive Director of iSolutions, and he mentioned that Digital ID badges are something they aim to include in a network infrastructure upgrade as part of the University's digital strategy. I have been invited to the next meeting with iSolutions, Estates and Student Services so I can raise this and some of the points you made.
Mal also invited you (the author of this You Make Change) to the meeting, but as you are anonymous, it is quite difficult for me to get in touch! If you see this and could get in touch, that would be awesome and I can send over the invite, but if not, I will make sure to raise all the points here and any further comments made by students.
I will send an update from the meeting as soon as it has happened.
Students' Union replied on
Friday 20th Aug 2021 9:02am
Hi, I am still awaiting a response from the uni. I will chase this up today. Thank you for your patience.
Students' Union replied on
Friday 13th Aug 2021 3:18pm
Students' Union replied on
Friday 13th Aug 2021 9:45am
I am now waiting on a statement from the University's iSolutions team. Lottie
Students' Union replied on
Friday 6th Aug 2021 9:08am
Hello, this sounds like a great idea. I'll speak to the university about it! Lottie
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Forwarded to Vice President Education and Democracy
Monday 28th Jun 2021 11:04am
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