For the purposes of service entitlement, College includes Permanent Private Hall and Department includes Faculty and Sub-Faculty. Members of Recognised Independent Centres are not entitled to services based on accounts managed by IT Services.
| Facility |
full |
retired |
postgrad |
undergrad |
cardholder |
virtual |
club/society |
leaver |
| Primary Oxford SSO account [1] |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Collaboration suite (Nexus365) |
yes[2][3] |
Limited [4] |
yes [5] |
yes [5] |
no |
no |
yes [6] |
no |
| Linux shell account |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
yes |
no |
| Web space (users.ox.ac.uk) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
yes |
no |
| @unit.ox.ac.uk email address [7] |
yes |
FS only |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no [8] |
| Delegated access to a Nexus mailbox |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no |
| Remote Access account (eduroam, wireless) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no [9] |
no |
no |
no |
| VPN service |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no |
| IT Services Courses |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
n/a |
no |
| Canvas |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes |
| Own a mailing list |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
yes |
no |
| Secondary account [10] |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
| HFS CrashPlan and Storage Protect backup |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
| @retired.ox.ac.uk email address [11] |
n/a |
FR only |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Site-licenced software |
Licenced for staff |
Limited [12] |
Licensed for students |
Licensed for students |
no |
no |
no |
no |
| Register an external email address |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes [13] |
no |
yes |
| Access SOLO |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
| Access e-journals |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no |
| Chorus account [14] |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no |
| Access to Oxford-only content on University website (Mosaic sites or SharePoint links) |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no |
| Access to Oxford *staff-only* content on Mosaic sites |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
| Fresco website content editor |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
no |
Account removal schedules are available on the Finishing IT use at Oxford page.
Footnotes
[1] The Primary Oxford username is used to identify you in other systems. It is never issued to anyone else.
[7] The email address is considered to be 'owned' by the unit. A unit authorizes IT Services to issue an email address when the unit affiliation is added to a user's record. Email addresses may be re-issued, once it is safe to do so.
[9] Students on a Common Award programme are eligible to have a Remote Access account.
[10] Secondary accounts (also referred to as project accounts) can be created for a function or role, and the account can be passed to the next incumbent.
[11] An @retired.ox.ac.uk email address is allocated automatically to anyone with an 'FR' status card.
[12] FS/FR (retirees) are entitled to acquire the following software licences: VPN, EndNote, SPSS and NVivo. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide licences for any Microsoft or Sophos products.
[13] Registered email addresses for Virtual Access will get transferred automatically to GSS (the Graduate Supervision System).
[14] At the discretion of the user's unit, who has to assign a telephone number.
