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.
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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).
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).
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).
You can work, gain experience, or build skills through online activities. This page provides guidance on how to find and access them.
The University runs a Research Data Management service. Before starting any research project, please review the provided pages for guidance.
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.
The Linux Software Mirror (FTP Mirror) service provides a local repository of popular Linux distributions and update packages.
Linux software mirror (under 10 minutes).
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.
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).