Essential security patching activity: 24 July - 26 July

Following advice from Microsoft we will be carrying out critical security patching activity this weekend. This activity is essential to protect our systems from potential security breaches.

This security patching activity will result in the following systems and services being unavailable from 15:00 on Friday 24 July until 23:59 on Sunday 26 July:

• web-link
• odbc-link
• xml-link

During this time you will be unable to receive, download and upload data, for a range of application management processes.

As a result of this activity, our HEP Team will also be unavailable from 15:00 on Friday 24 July. Normal service will resume from 08:30 on Monday 27 July.

Our search tool, Apply and Track systems will be unavailable to applicants during this time, meaning:

• new applications cannot be made, and in turn you will not receive any applications from us
• existing applicants will not be able to update their applications in Track

We fully appreciate and apologise this is short notice and may impact on your recruitment activities.

If you have any questions, please call our HEP Team on 01242 545 734.