The Portal was created to further the University’s aspirations for creating a web-enabled campus. The central aim of this is the provision of a new web-based environment for students and staff to interact with corporate data systems, knowledge discovery tools and the communication mechanisms of the University.

my.bham is a password-protected area of the University’s online presence. It offers security for personal information, as well as a single-entry point to areas of intranet content and online data sources that were previously hosted in disparate places, often with several different passwords.

Each person that logs into my.bham gains convenient access to content that is appropriate for their role – eg as a student or as a member of staff. The user is presented with a standard set of content for their role, but they also have the means to customise what they see in the portal by adding or removing areas of content ('channels') using simple tools.

• Who looks after my.bham?

If you are a user of my.bham and have a question or problem, please look first at our Frequently Asked Questions pages.

To make a suggestion for new content, to report a broken link, or for problem with logging-in, please contact the IT Service Desk.