What software do you need?
You may
need to buy no software at all for your University work:
- No matter what kind of computer you own — PC, Macintosh or Linux— the Remote
Application Service (RAS)
provides you with a "University PC" on your own desktop, no matter where you are on the Internet.
- The most popular IT applciations are those provided in Microsoft Office. Microsoft give very generous discounts to students: look out for adverts for "The Ultimate Steal" after the start of term.
RAS
RAS provides access to most of the software used at the University for teaching courses (exceptions are certain
specialized software packages); it also gives direct access to your University filestore,
ISS printers and to internal (private) University websites.
Find out more about RAS.
Special deals on software
If you wish
to purchase software for your own computer, you may find special deals for students. For example: