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- Mar 14, 2023
Its a uni system, so it will be attached to other things related to you- studies, fee status, etc.Wouldn't it just be easier to just make a new fucking email and just scrap the old one?
I had a total pain in the arse returning to work at a uni I'd previously studied at. Staff and students often have different formats for their email addresses and the handle on your email address is used to log into other things. It wouldn't let me, or even IT, just make a new account because unique personal details were associated with it and it was built to prevent duplicates. It seemed ridiculously difficult for them to switch it over, multiple trips over to IT etc and while they faff about you can't log into any of the intranet.
It might be easier to change the name on a student account that is still going to be a student account rather than switching it over to a staff one. I fucking hope it is for the poor IT people, there will be people who need their names changed for their own safety, and the vast influx of troons will mean this is probably a common request now. Good argument for random strings as student email handles if you ask me. Or reinstating educational institutions as educational institutions rather than consumer products that have to pander to students' every whim.
Loads of IT systems are built on frankly bullshit assumptions and if you violate them, just get "computer says no."