PCs and Macs on campus

PC and Mac locations and availability on campus, where to find specialist software, and computer timeout policies

PCs and Macs: locations and availability

There are Windows and Mac computers in locations across campus. For up-to-date PC and Mac availability, see:

Specialist software on campus

Some software is only available in certain locations. To see what software is installed where, see these software locations spreadsheets (you’ll need to log in with your university account):

Using these spreadsheets:

  • Buildings and rooms are listed in the green rows along the top, and applications are listed in the blue column on the left.
  • A tick means that the software is available on computers in that room.
  • On the Windows spreadsheet, you can use the tabs along the bottom to see a breakdown of buildings by faculty, or see all locations on the first tab.

Computer shutdown and power saving policies

We shut down unattended computers to save energy. The sections below show how long a computer can be inactive before being shut down automatically.

Some computers are also scheduled to shut down at a certain time - for example, when the building closes.

When a computer shuts down, any files saved to the desktop are deleted. For this reason, never save files to the desktop.

We recommend saving to OneDrive, and saving regularly. For more information on file storage, see: File Storage.

  • All computers on campus
    • Any desktop computer will shut down after 15 minutes of inactivity if no one has logged on
    • Sleep/Hibernate option is not enabled on Campus Technology (CTM), student classroom and IT Zone desktop computers

  • IT Zone and Library computers
    • A user who is logged in but inactive for 20 minutes will be logged off and no data will be saved
    • Any computer which has been inactive (no user logged on) for 15 minutes will be powered off
    • Some IT Zone computers have a scheduled shutdown policy according to building shutdown timetables and vary according to term time and are managed by local IT Service team
    • Users get a one minute warning on the desktop before the computer shuts down

  • Classroom computers
    • A user who is logged in but inactive for 60 minutes will be logged off and no data will be saved
    • Any computer which has been inactive (no user logged on) for 15 minutes will be powered off
    • Some classroom computers have a scheduled shutdown policy according to building shutdown
    • Timetables and are managed by local IT Service team
    • Users get a one-minute warning on the desktop prior to computer shutdown

  • Campus Technology (CTM) computers
    • A user who is logged in but inactive for 180 minutes will be logged off and no data will be saved
    • Any computer which has been inactive (no user logged on) for 15 minutes will be powered off
    • All CTM computers have schedule shutdown policy at 10pm
    • Users get a one-minute warning on the desktop prior to computer shutdown

  • Scheduled computer shutdown
    • If the computer shutdown time is set to 4pm with a one-minute warning, any user logged in at the time will see a pop-up warning and a 60 second countdown timer in the title bar.
    • If you click on the ‘OK’ button, you will receive a second pop-up notice which says, “You are about to be logged off. Computer shutdown configured by the Administrator.” The computer will shut down after two minutes at 4.02pm.