In order to allow staff from the Estates Department to enjoy their Christmas lunch on Friday 16 December, please be advised of the following disruptions to service on that day:

• The University switchboard will be not be staffed from 11.30. Any callers contacting the main University number, who know the extension they wish to be put through to will be informed how to do this, and callers will be advised to contact Campus Security in the event of an emergency. Normal service will resume at 08.30 on Monday 19 December.
• The Estates Helpdesk will also be closed from 11.30 until 08.00 on Monday 19 December. Authorised intranet users will still be permitted to report defects via Web Central; however, all emergencies should be sent to Campus Security on extension 3300.
• Postal Services will not be delivering or collecting mail after 11.00. Timings will be brought forward for the departments that normally have their first or only delivery/collection after this time. The Post Room will be closed between 11.00 and 15.00 and the Postal Counter service for personal mail will not be open on this day. If mail volumes are not excessive, outgoing items collected before 11.00 should still be processed on the same day. Urgent items of business mail may be hand delivered to the Post Room between 15.00-15.30 on 16 December, where they will be processed in order of priority.

The Design & Print Centre will remain open as usual until 16.30.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused. The Estates Department would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Sarah Cooke
Head of Departmental Administration & Telecoms