MyCard Information

MyCard is the campus smart card for staff and students. It supports the following services:

Access to the Library
Access to other buildings (replacing Group4 swipe cards, with access rights transferred to the new card)
Act as your personal ID card

Further information for Students using MyCard is available here

New Staff

To get your new Staff Card (MyCard) you should carry out the following steps:

First you need to get a passport sized photograph of yourself which is stored in the .jpeg or .jpg format and has a maximum size of 50 KBytes.
If your photo is greater than 50 KBytes you can resize it by using the Microsoft Office Picture manager to crop & resize photos
Once your photo is ready and you know your University username and password then go to workbench to upload your photo
When you are signed into workbench select the 'Photo upload MyCard' option and proceed to upload your photo and submit your application

Once you have submitted successfully the card will be processed in the Post room and distributed to your department administrator.

All cards are set up with access to the library but other door access requests are managed by Security, please contact your department administrator to request specific door access rights on your card.

Any issues or queries please email: [email protected]

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