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University of the West of Scotland


Student Support

Student Email @ UWS

Windows live email account

Please follow the instructions below to access your account.

  • The address for access to your student email account is at : http://exchangelabs.com/owa
  • Enter your WindowsLive ID:

    bannerid@studentmail.uws.ac.uk (your bannerid can be found on the bottom left-hand corner of your student ID card) and your password which will initially be set to uws and your Date of Birth as a 6 digit password (uwsddmmyy).

  • On first login to this account you will be required to complete a section in order to reset your initial password (uws+your date of birth) to a new one and to set yourself a security question in the event that you forget your password.
  • You will then be required to log in again with your new password.
  • Select your vision experience, language and set your time zone.
  • You are now logged into your email account.

All students are strongly advised to use their Windows Live Email Account as all student email communication made from within Banner, Blackboard and the Library systems will be sent to your student email address (bannerID@studentmail.uws.ac.uk). Student email accounts are not administered by the University therefore it is up to you to take reposibilty for the content or security of any emails sent or recieved.

How to Forward mail from your WindowsLive account to your personal email account WindowsLive to Personal

Please note that the forwarding rule is not entirely reliable and can be prone to compatibility/malfunction issues.

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Telephone: 0141 848 3999
email: helpdesk@uws.ac.uk       
Reception: J304
(Paisley Campus)