4.1 Heating.

Central heating is supplied to all College rooms from 1 October to 1 May each year. If conditions are very cold before or after these dates, the heating will be adjusted to suit. Heating systems will be turned on at 6 a.m. and turned off at midnight each day. To conserve energy, heating is also switched off for two hours in the middle of the day. Occupants are encouraged to help to save energy and cost by keeping windows closed in cold weather, and using radiator thermostatic settings sensibly.

4.2 Appliances

If you need assistance in operating any of the appliances provided either in yor room or your gyp room, please consult the Accommodation Office who will be happy to assist you.

4.3 Gas Installations

All gas installations are serviced annually by qualified GasSafe-registered operatives. Where possible, the College undertakes this type of servicing during the Long Vacation in order to minimise disruption to occupants. However, Health and Safety considerations must always be paramount and servicing and repair will sometimes have to be undertaken during periods of residency; as far as possible, this will always be planned so as to reduce inconvenience.

4.4 Electrical Installations

The college tests all electrical supply circuits and college owned equipment and appliances periodically on a rolling inspection schedule. Students are responsible for the electrical safety of their own personal appliances and equipment. Information relating to the safety of electrical equipment brought into College can be found at Appendix 3. All students must complete and return a copy of the Electrical Appliances Inventory form. Students are responsible for ensuring that any electrical equipment brought into College complies with the appropriate British Standard and that it is in good repair. If a student is in any doubt as to the safety of an appliance, the Maintenance Department will test the appliance for them.

4.5 Water Supplies

Taps that should not be used for drinking water will be marked appropriately.

4.6 Waste Water

Waste water systems are connected to Local Authority sewers. Waste chemicals and environmentally damaging or toxic substances are not to be poured into waste water systems via basins, baths, showers, toilets or external drains (eg under rainwater down-pipes) but are to be disposed of correctly. It is a student's personal duty to dispose of such waste safely.

4.7 Water Hygiene

Risk assessments and monitoring of water in all areas of the College is carried out in line with Health and Safety Executive Policy. Testing for Legionnaire's Disease is carried out by outside specialists in accordance with current legislation. All shower-heads are de-scaled annually during the Long Vacation.

4.8 Lighting

Suitable lighting is provided in all rooms, and externally around the Domus site. If a bulb fails, you should report it either using the on-line fault reporting system on the College intranet, or report it to your bedder. As far as possible, light bulbs will be low-energy, long-life models.

4.9 Mains Power Supplies

The College makes every effort to provide sufficient discrete power outlets for your use, though some areas of College are less well supplied and can carry less current than others. In the event that more sockets are required (e.g. to run a hi-fi system with a number of elements) a single, fused, 4-way trailing power strip with mains cut-off switch may be used in a 13 amp supply socket. Enquiries as to the use of electrical apparatus should be addressed, in the first instance, to the Maintenance Department. Socket adaptors (normally 2 or 3 way blocks) are not to be used under any circumstances. It is in the interest of everyone's safety that these rules are strictly observed and adhered to, just as it is essential that no alterations or additions to electric wiring be made.

4.10 Permitted Appliances

Electric appliances with low current consumption (e.g. radios, CD players, hairdryers, electric razors, charging units) may be used in study bedrooms, but the use of appliances with heavier power consumption, i.e. greater than 1500W, such as electric fires or cooking appliances is strictly forbidden.

The record of portable electrical appliances brought into college, which is to be completed and returned by the end of October indicates the list of appliances which you are normally permitted to bring into College. See also Appendix 3 for details.

The use of any cooking appliance, including toasters, in study bedrooms is strictly forbidden.

The safety of any privately owned electrical appliance is the responsibility of its user. If in doubt, the Maintenance Department can test appliances to ensure that they are safe.

4.11 The College Network

All rooms in College and hostels have an ethernet network access point that enables residents to connect their computers to the Cambridge University Data Network (CUDN). This requires the computer to be equipped with an Ethernet network adapter. Wireless access is not provided in student rooms, although some rooms may be close enough to Wi-Fi access points in public rooms, e.g. the Library, Plumb Auditorum, MCR and JCR, to be able to connect through them. Connection to the College network, via cable connection in study bedrooms or Wi-Fi elsewhere in College, gives access to a number of facilities including the internet and email. Use and maintenance of a computer connected via the College network is at the student's own risk and carries a responsibility to abide by both the College and University rules and regulations. The College does not guarantee any network service availability outside Full Term, as this is when system maintenance is carried out.

4.12 Rules for Use of the College Network.

A full copy of the College rules is available on the College Website. The following points should be noted:

Bandwidth Limits. You should note that individual users' Internet traffic (i.e. traffic to or from sites that are outside the cam.ac.uk domain) is subject to a daily cap (see Rules for Use of the College Network). Traffic is monitored by both the College IT Department and the University Computing Service.

Peer to Peer (P2P) Software and File Sharing. Similarly, Using Peer to Peer filesharing software (e.g. bit-torrent or its derivatives or I-Tunes) to download or share copyright material is strictly forbidden.

Any user found to be using banned software, or who generates excessive traffic may be either restricted to the cam.ac.uk domain, or disconnected from the College network completely. Any student whose connection is limited in this manner must obtain the permission of their Tutor before they can be reconnected. A reconnection fee is also charged.

For more information on the limitations of the Internet, see HERE

Security updates. The college allows computers to operate using any standard operating system for which there is full vendor support. Your computer should be configured to check for updates and install them automatically on a daily basis. You are advised to configure your computer using the UCS Best Practice guide . and you are encouraged also to read the Security Infosheet and the Security FAQ

Anti-virus Software

The presence, or not, of up to date anti-virus software on student computers is checked for automatically during the registration process. Any computer without anti-virus software installed will not be permitted to register. The University has an existing site licence agreement which allows all students free use of McAfee VirusScan software. All Students are required to have the latest version installed on their computer.This software can be found on the University Computing web site. The PC Anti-Virus software is also included on the Security CD obtainable from the College IT Department.

4.13 Computing Support

Students have very limited access to support for their Computing facilities via the Christ's College IT Department which can only respond to emergency situations. A list of times when support is available is posted in the IT department; these times may change in accordance with priorities for system maintenance and configuration work. For issues external to the College, the University Computing Service Help-desk may be contacted. Enquiries should be directed to the College's IT department in the first instance.

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