Laboratories
The Department of Computing has well equipped laboratory facilities complete with modern desktop environments, providing a pleasant working environment for undergraduate students to undertake their practical and assignment work. The following links provide a brief description of the computing laboratories, server computers and services available.
Computing Facilities are only available to students for purposes directly related to their academic programs. Students violating this (playing computer games, using facilities for non computing units or personal use) may have their access rights withdrawn for a period of time.
| Computer Usage and Security Policy | From the Office of Information Services - the rules and guidelines associated with computer use in the Department and University. |
| Laboratory Facilities | Provides details on the purpose of each laboratory, and the names of related printers. |
| Laboratory Timetable | Note that scheduled practicals take precedence for laboratory usage. Check the timetable for details of class bookings. |
| Laboratory Opening Hours | Check here for the opening hours for the E6A Computing Labs Lab Opening Hours |
| Computer Technical Services | The main point of help for technical problems. Email a message directly for Help. |
| Lab Support Page |
The LSOs are available to help you with technical problems such as "Netscape does not work", "I can't login", "There is no paper in the printer" etc. Check their timetable so that you know when they will be around. |
| Print Quotas | Each unit has a print quota. Students are only permitted to print material relevant to Computing units (e.g. assignments) from the laboratory printers. |
| Servers | Provides information on the servers in use. |
| Services: accounts, e-mail and remote access |
Provides details on the services available to students and staff. |
Some other useful document resources :
- Connection from home
- Starting X-Win32
- Introduction to UNIX
- Mailing List Archives