FASS It Support for Postgrads

IT Facilities provided by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Specialist computer labs and facilities for postgraduate students
TV Studio
Video Edit Suites
Recording studio
Cybercafe machines
Laptop loans
Other Kit
Software

Specialist computer labs and facilities

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) has a number of specialist computer labs and facilities and these are available to postgraduates in the Faculty.

Location	Number of PCs	Number of Printers	Operating System	Access
Bowland B66	16	1 b&w	Windows XP Pro	24hr access, restricted to Linguistics Dept Postgraduates
Faraday A32	25	1 b&w	Windows XP Pro	Educational Research Dept teaching lab. Access available outside teaching hours
Faraday A36	25	1 b&w	Windows XP Pro	Linguistics teaching lab. Access available outside teaching hours
Roundhouse B7	22	1 b&w	Windows XP Pro/ Mac OSX	Access during working hours when not used for teaching
Music B3	12		Mac OSX	24hr access for LICA Music postgrads when not in use for teaching
Art B8	8	1 colour	Mac OSX/ Windows XP Pro	24Hr access for LICA Art postgrads when not in use for teaching

TV Studio

Available during normal working hours, this can be booked through LUTV

Video Edit Suites

Digital non-linear edit facilities based around Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere are available during normal working hours and can be booked through LUTV for video editing purposes.

Recording studio

The Jack Hylton Recording Studio is available through LICA for specialist audio recording.

Cybercafe machines

A number of general access machines are available around campus, including FASS, in public spaces allowing you to check email and carry out quick IT based tasks.

Laptop loans

The Faculty will loan laptops to Postgraduate students for short periods (max 2 weeks) for conferences and other needs.

Other Kit

Many research groups and departments have equipment for research purposes that can be used. These may include still and video cameras, laptops, audio recorders etc.

Software

A number of software packages are available for Postgraduates to install on their own machines. See http://www.lancs.ac.uk/iss/software/ for a detailed list and any installation restrictions.

The main packages are Symantec Anti-virus, SPSS plus access to Endnote Web based version.

There are also many free and shareware packages available from the Internet such as OpenOffice as an alternative to Microsoft Office and Paint.NET as an alternative to Adobe Photoshop.