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Hi all, we currently use M365, but not sensitivity labelling, but we're planning to start rolling this out soon. Has anyone done something similar? It's not difficult to do, but I'm expecting some degree of backlash if we start asking people to do an extra step for every document they have. Thanks, ...

Hi all, do you currently X as part of your IT communications, and if so, if it does go behind a paywall would you still use it? If you left X what else would you use? Anyone using Threads? We currently have an account @ITServicesUoL and use it to let people know about major IT incidents as well as ...

Hi, does anyone have any tips for communicating about Agile projects, where you can't really do a traditional comms plan or schedule things much in advance? I've come across this https://defradigital.blog.gov.uk/a-guide-to-agile-communication/ - if you've worked with Agile projects does this look ...

Hi Annelie, This is something we struggle with as well. We are a central IT service, so we have Comms Reps in each faculty/professional service. These are a range of people – admin assistants, professors, all sorts, who've volunteered to help us cascade information in their areas. Most areas have two ...

Hi, here is a recent one from our team https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Upload/vacancies/files/26782/CSCOM1097%20IT%20Communications%20Officer.pdf Sue ------------------------------ Sue Cunningham IT Communications University of Leeds ------------------------------

Thanks all for the examples, great to see your mascots :-) Sue ------------------------------ Sue Cunningham IT Communications University of Leeds ------------------------------

Hi, has anyone used someone in a fancy dress costume to promote IT (or anything else) to students at the start of term? If so, did it go down well, did you get any negative comments? We have a new chatbot named after the peregrine falcons that nest on campus, so the suggestion is we have someone in ...

Hi Chris, at the University of Leeds in the UK, this year we launched LASER - Leeds Analytic Secure Environment for Research. This is actually a replacement for a previous offering, the IRC - Integrated Research Campus, so most of the initial use is existing projects which were migrated from IRC into ...

Hi, I wondered if anyone's institution has had an issue with students adding University senior leadership to Teams chats without their permission to campaign about particular issues, or calling them direct on Teams. Other than encouraging them to set their status to 'Do not disturb' do you have any ...