Some services are degraded
Last updated on Sep 17, 2026 at 7:38am 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 16, 2026 at 12:20pm UTC
We have implemented additional measures to reduce the volume of suspicious and automated traffic affecting the service. Initial results are positive, with significantly fewer requests being received since these changes were introduced.
We are continuing to closely monitor the situation to ensure the service remains stable and that the mitigation measures continue to be effective.
At this stage, the incident will remain open while monitoring continues. We will only mark the issue as resolved...
3 previous updates
Personal Home Pages are unavailable
Created Jul 31, 2026 at 11:00pm UTC
Personal Home Pages (people.bath.ac.uk) are currently unavailable.
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
Admin Desk maintenance may see brief periods of unavailability
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
File Storage - Migration of Public and Application Data
Resolved Sep 11, 2026 at 8:00am UTC
Maintenance ended
1 previous update