PLEASE NOTE: WEBLINKS SHOULD BE COPIED AND PASTED INTO YOUR WEB BROWER.

Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

The Virtual Learning Environment (known as VISION) provides on-line tailored access to learning
materials, collaborative areas, forums, electronic submission of coursework and much more.

You can also access your Heriot-Watt email account from here - this should be checked AT LEAST once
every week as this is where you will find communication from the University.

VISION (Virtual Student Information Organisation Network) can be accessed here: http://vision.hw.ac.uk
and using the username and password noted on the confirmation letter produced at the end of the online
enrolment process.

Once you have logged on, you should see all of the courses for which you have enrolled that are running
in the current Semester, however if it includes courses you have already completed, please ignore these.
If you do not see a course for which you are enrolled, it may be for one of two reasons:

1. The course leader has not made their Course available on VISION (contact specific course leader)

OR

2. You may not be correctly enrolled for the course (contact the Student Office Team egis-idl-
enquiries@hw.ac.uk)

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COURSEWORK QUESTIONS & PAST EXAMINATION PAPERS

Where course assessment includes formative or summative coursework for 2017/18, details are made
available by individual Course Leaders on VISION (http://vision.hw.ac.uk).

Past exam papers are accessible via the School website at

http://web.sbe.hw.ac.uk/currentstudents/distancelearning/IndependentDistanceLearning.htm?pane=2
You should select the password protected option under Coursework and Examinations and all letters
should be typed in lower case.

Postgraduate past exam papers -

Username: postgrad
Password: jamaica

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LIBRARY

You can also access many online resources on the main Library website at
https://www.hw.ac.uk/services/is/library-essentials.htm

The School subscribes to a number of databases to which students can gain access. These databases
can be accessed directly from the knowledgebase page on the EGIS IT Helpdesk web address
https://support.egis.hw.ac.uk/index.php?/Knowledgebase/List/Index/33/Online-Databases
Click on the database you wish to access which will direct you to a screen with the name/icon for the
database. Click on the name/icon and you will be taken to the relevant website. When accessing the
databases off-campus you will be asked for your Outlook Exchange Heriot-Watt username and password.

The following web addresses may also be used to access individual databases. Again for off-campus
access enter your Heriot-Watt username and password.

Info4education
https://ezproxy1.hw.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.ihsti.com/logon/logon.aspx?reqcode=iplogon

Isurv
https://ezproxy1.hw.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.isurv.com

Resource for Urban Development International (RUDI)

https://ezproxy1.hw.ac.uk/login?url=http://hwu.rudi.net

Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) online

https://ezproxy1.hw.ac.uk/login?url=http://service.bcis.co.uk/
If accessing off-campus you will be asked for your Outlook Exchange Heriot-Watt username and
password first, then you will be taken to the next screen where you will be asked for another Login ID and
Password which will be the one below.

Login ID: E0275 (letter E, digits 0275)

Password: Fd602+ (upper case letter F, lower case letter d, digits 602, plus symbol +)

CoStar Suite
Web address http://www.costar.co.uk/products/costar-suite
Access to CoStar Suite is by individual password. Email helpdesk@costar.co.uk from your Heriot-Watt
email account to request a password for CoStar Suite

You can also access many online resources on the main Library website at http://www.hw.ac.uk/is/

Dissertations database
A new system has been developed which allows you to search and download any electronically submitted
ex-SBE dissertations. Only dissertations for the last 5 years that were awarded an A or B grade will be
available.

The online search is available here:

https://web.sbe.hw.ac.uk/currentstudents/dissertations/search_login.php?pane=1
Log in using your Heriot-Watt email username and password