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Microsoft Teams privacy check up

Public teams are accessible to all staff and students – you can search for and join public teams without requesting permission from the owner. Files stored in public teams are also discoverable by all staff and students at the University. This guide will show you how to change the privacy settings of your team.

Microsoft Teams privacy settings.

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Beginner Beginner PS Staff Ready for Work Student Teaching Staff

Data protection

The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sets out rules for processing personal information. This page contains guidance on the university’s policies for this area.

Data protection (up to half an hour).

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Intermediate Intermediate PS Staff Ready for Work Student Teaching Staff

Considering Legalities when creating recordings and using music or images

You need to consider legalities for everything you wish to record and for when using music or images as part of your content.

Considering legalities of recording (under 10 minutes).

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Intermediate Intermediate PS Staff Ready for Work Student Teaching Staff

LinkedIn Profiles

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network with hundreds of millions of members. Create an effective LinkedIn profile using our tips and resources.

Creating your LinkedIn profile (about 1-2 hours).

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Virtual experience opportunities

You can work, gain experience, or build skills through online activities. This page provides guidance on how to find and access them.

Virtual experience opportunities.

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Advanced Advanced PS Staff Ready for Work Student Teaching Staff Under 10 minutes Under 10 minutes Under 10 minutes

Research filestore information

The University runs a Research Data Management service. Before starting any research project, please review the provided pages for guidance.

Research file store.

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Advanced Advanced Developing Intermediate Intermediate PS Staff Ready for Work Student Teaching Staff Up to half an hour Up to half an hour Up to half an hour Up to half an hour Up to half an hour Up to half an hour

Rocket HPC Service (high performance computing)

Rocket is Newcastle University’s institution-wide HPC (high performance computing) service. Rocket is open to anyone at the University whose computations can be run on Linux and are too large, long or numerous to be accommodated on a single desktop machine.

High performance computing.

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Advanced Advanced Developing PS Staff Ready for Work Student Teaching Staff

Linux Software Mirror

The Linux Software Mirror (FTP Mirror) service provides a local repository of popular Linux distributions and update packages.

Linux software mirror (under 10 minutes).

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Software Development Toolkit

The Software Development Toolkit is available to all students and staff. It provides a robust and secure means to store source code and manage changes to development projects, as well as project management and Continuous Integration tools.

Software development toolkit.

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Ready for Work Student

Careers Service Advice

Being digitally capable is about being able to learn, work and live in our increasingly digital society. There’s a lot more to this than being able to use certain software. Technology is taking a much bigger role in both our personal and professional lives.

Careers service advice (up to half an hour).