Some services are degraded
Last updated on Sep 18, 2026 at 7:42am UTC
Announcement: people.bath.ac.uk has been retired
People.bath.ac.uk has now been retired. We apologise for the short notice, which was unfortunately unavoidable.
If you were using the service to share course materials, please contact tel@bath.ac.uk for guidance. Course materials should be hosted within Moodle.
If you were using the service to showcase your research, please update your Pure profile instead. This will display the information on the University's Research Portal. For any queries relating to Pure or the Research Portal, please contact pure@bath.ac.uk.
Files previously stored and published through people.bath.ac.uk remain privately accessible within the public_html folder in your H Drive. Guidance on accessing your H Drive is available via our Self-Help Guides.
Previous incidents
Website (bath.ac.uk) - Performance Issues
Updated Sep 17, 2026 at 3:30pm UTC
We continue to monitor the performance of the website and have identified an elevated level of traffic originating from specific IP source ranges.
To help mitigate the impact of this traffic, we have enabled DoS protection for the affected source ranges.
The service remains available, and we are continuing to review logs and investigate potential configuration changes that may help prevent similar issues from occurring in future.
We will continue to monitor the situation closely and provid...
4 previous updates
AdminDesk - Connection issues
Resolved Sep 16, 2026 at 12:15pm UTC
We have implemented changes to address this issue and early indications are positive, with the service operating normally this morning.
We are continuing to closely monitor the service to ensure stability, but at this stage we expect it to remain fully operational.
Thank you for your patience while we investigated and resolved this issue.
3 previous updates
Mahara - Annual Upgrade
Resolved Sep 16, 2026 at 4:20pm UTC
Maintenance ended
2 previous updates
AdminDesk - Urgent Maintenance
Resolved Sep 15, 2026 at 10:59pm UTC
Maintenance ended
1 previous update
File Storage - Migration of PoLIS Departmental Data
Resolved Sep 15, 2026 at 8:00am UTC
Maintenance ended
1 previous update
University Print Service - Urgent Maintenance
Resolved Sep 14, 2026 at 4:00pm UTC
Maintenance ended
1 previous update
Self-Service Portal (TOPdesk) - New Design
Resolved Sep 14, 2026 at 8:00am UTC
Maintenance ended
1 previous update
Pure - System Upgrade
Resolved Sep 14, 2026 at 9:00am UTC
Maintenance ended
1 previous update