IT Services has worked on the introduction of a standard Student desktop across campus, meaning you can log on to all of the open access machines, and you will see the same software on each machine. In some areas you may also find software that is tailored to your studies.
You will need your University user ID and password to log into these computers. If you have forgotten your password you can use the password reset tool. If you don't have your username, contact IT support on 0191 515 3333 and we'll help get these details to you.
Please note that our IT regulations specifically forbid the installation of non-supported software on our computers. This is to ensure that our computers are always in a suitable state of readiness for the next user, and there are no conflicts between software. University Student Desktop Service PC's shut down automatically after 30 mins of inactivity. Any work that is not saved will be lost. Always make sure, therefore, that you save your work frequently.
The software currently available on these PC's are:
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Internet Browsers
Internet Explorer 11, Firefox and Google Chrome
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Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 (Service Pack 1)
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Software
Adobe Creative Cloud 2017
Acrobat DC 2017
After Effects - Animation and creative compositing software
Animate
Audition - Cross-platform audio editor
Bridge – Digital asset management software
Character Animator
Dreamweaver – Web design, development and publishing software
Extension Manager CC
ExtendScript Toolkit – Script editor
Fireworks – Website and mobile app design tool
Flash Builder Premium – Development environment for building games and applications
Fuse CC Beta
Gaming SDK 1.4
Illustrator – Vector art and illustration tool
InCopy - Writing and copy editing software
InDesign – Page design and typography tool
Lightroom - Digital Photography software
Media Encoder - Video encoder
Muse - Web design software
Photoshop – Image editing software
Prelude – Video ingest and logging tool
Premiere Pro – Video editing software
Scout - SWF profiling software
SpeedGrade – Colour grading tools
Apple iTunes 12.6
Autograph 3.3 - Tools for teaching maths
ChemDraw Prime 16
Deducer 2.15.0 - Must be used with R (graphical add-on)
EndNote x8 - Bibliography manager
FileZilla 3.25.2
Java Development Kit - Allows development of Java applications
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack - Adds support for various video and audio formats
Kinovea 0.8.24 - Sports video analysis and editing tool
LongoMatch 1.3.7 - Sports video analysis tool
Mindjet MindManager 2018 - Mind mapping, visualisation tool
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 including Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, Project and Visio
Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017 - integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft, used to develop computer programs
QSR NCapture for Internet Explorer - Web capturing tool
QSR Nvivo 12
Quicktime Alternative - Media Player
OpenSesame 3.1.6 - Create experiments for psychology, neuroscience and experimental economics
R 3.4.0 - Statistical tool
SPSS 25 - Statistical analysis tool
SPSS AMOS 25 - Equation modelling tool
VLC Media Player 2.2.6 - Media player
WinDiets 2008 - Analysis tool for diet and nutrition
Windows Movie Maker 12 - video editing tool
Zotero 5 - Reference management tool
7-Zip
We also offer a limited number of Mac computers with the following software available:
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Apple Mac Browsers
Safari, Mozilla FireFox and Google Chrome (FireFox and Google Chrome are configured to update automatically periodically)
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Apple Mac Operating System
macOS Sierra ( 10.12.56 (10.13.4 available if compatible)
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Apple Mac Software
Adobe Creative Cloud 2018
Adobe Acrobat DC
After Effects - Animation and creative compositing software
Animate - Multimedia authoring and computer animation program
Audition - Cross-platform audio editor
Bridge – Digital asset management software
Character Animator - Combines live motion-capture with a multi-track recording system to control layered 2D puppets drawn in Photoshop or Illustrator
Dreamweaver – Web design, development and publishing software
Edge - Interactive and animated web content software
Extension Manager CC
ExtendScript toolkit – Script editor
Fireworks – Website and mobile app design tool
Flash Builder Premium – Development environment for building games and applications
Fuse CC Beta
Gaming SDK 1.4
Illustrator – Vector art and illustration tool
InCopy - Writing and copy editing software
InDesign – Page design and typography tool
Lightroom - Digital Photography software
Media Encoder - Video encoder
Photoshop – Image editing software
Prelude – Video ingest and logging tool
Premiere Pro – Video editing software
Scout - SWF profiling software
SpeedGrade – Colour grading tools
Audacity v2.1.3 - Audio editor and recorder
Autodesk Maya 2018 - 3D computer graphics software
Autodesk Mudbox 2018 - 3D sculpting and painting tool
Corel Painter 12 - Full-featured digital painting software
FileZilla v3.27.0.1 - Cross-platform FTP client
Handbrake v1.0.7 - Video translation software
Intel XDK v2170 - Integrated Development Environment (IDE) created by Intel to create native apps for mobile phones and tablets using web technologies like HTML5, CSS and JavaScript
Linotype Font Explorer X - Font management software
Microsoft Office for Mac 2016 - Office suite including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Oracle Java v8 - Java web player
QuickTime - Media player
Microsoft Silverlight - Web player for pages using the Silverlight plugin
