Staff and Students are entitled to install up to 5 copies of Office 365 (basically Office 2013 for Windows; Office 2016 for Mac; Office for iPad) on home computers/devices.
STUDENTS should click on this link http://www.ncl.ac.uk/itservice/software/softwaredeals/office365proplus/
For STAFF, there are some useful points to be aware of:
* IGM staff have been upgraded to Office365 email accounts. Not everyone physically located at the Institute falls under the category of IGM staff, as we soon found out during the upgrade!
To keep this simple, some colleagues come under the remit of other Institutes/organisations, who have their own time frame, with regards to Office365 upgrades.
!!! Not sure if you have a newer Office365 type email account or the old owa/exchange account? Go to http://owa.ncl.ac.uk
Log in with your usual University login/password.
If you see your emails *immediately* then you have the old owa/exchange email account.
Those of you with the newer Office365 email accounts are prompted to follow a specific link.
* Colleagues who have already opted to purchase Office under the £9 work-at-home scheme, do not worry. That copy of Outlook is yours to keep, until Microsoft finally end support for a particular version of Office. Unlike the Office365 offer, it remains active, regardless of your status with the University.
* This Office365 offer is provided on a subscription basis, dependent on you being registered as student/staff, with an active IT account.
* For Offcie365 accounts, remember that your outlook username is based on your_login@newcastle.ac.uk
This is not an email address and it needs to be written out in full. Do not use @ncl.ac.uk
Finally, with all that out of the way, we can get to the actual links!
PC owners with OFFICE365 email accounts
Mac owners with OFFICE365 email accounts
Office for Mobile (iPad) ONLY for OFFICE365 email accounts
Mac and PC owners with OWA/EXCHANGE email accounts
For more information, please click here for the original NUIT web page.