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 |
Limited [8] |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
yes |
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 [4] |
yes |
FS only |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no [9] |
Delegated access to a Nexus mailbox |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no |
Remote Access account (eduroam, wireless) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no [10] |
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 |
Project account [5] |
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 [6] |
n/a |
FR only |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Site-licenced software |
Licenced for staff |
Limited [11] |
Licensed for students |
Licensed for students |
no |
no |
no |
no |
Register an external email address |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes [12] |
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 [7] |
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 |
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.
[2] A1 faculty license
[3] A3 faculty license or A3 student benefit license
[4] 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.
[5] Project accounts can be created for a function or role, and the account can be passed to the next incumbent.
[6] An @retired.ox.ac.uk email address is allocated automatically to anyone with an 'FR' status card.
[7] At the discretion of the user's unit, who has to assign a telephone number.
[8] Email and Calendar access only. Microsoft, through our supplier, stated that it is only Knowledge Workers (previously called FTE) who are included in the count for the Campus Agreement. Those not included in the Knowledge Workers count therefore cannot use Microsoft products through the Campus Agreement.
[10] Students on a Common Award programme are eligible to have a Remote Access account.
[11] 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.
[12] Registered email addresses for Virtual Access will get transferred automatically to GSS (the Graduate Supervision System).