Offices

There are three offices for the Study in England program located in Alan Geale Hall. One is shared by the Director, Housing Director, and work study student. One is shared by the program faculty. The third serves as a mailroom, tearoom, and general (cramped) gathering space for students.(See photos)

Computers and Peripherals

The Programme computing equipment was upgraded in the 2004-5 year. The director's office has two Dell Computers. These computers are Dell OptiPlex GX280 with a 3.0GHz microprocessor and 512 megabytes of RAM, running Windows XP platforms. There is also a new Dell Laser Printer 1700 (black-and-white) in the director's office, and a new Epson Perfection 2480 A4 Flatbed Colour Scanner. Each of the faculty offices also has the same Optiplex computer and a Dell Laser Printer 1700.

The student tea room has one new Dell Optiplex GX280 computer, one two-year old Dell Dimension 4550, as well as a new Dell Laser Printer 1700 and an older but still very serviceable HP LaserJet 6P.

All offices and the student tearoom have ethernet connections supplied and serviced by the University of Birmingham Selly Oak. The director and faculty flats are provided with BT Broadband internet connection at cost to the Programme.

The Programme also provides eight Packard Bell EasyNote QUA-K1 laptops for student use; students are chosen via a lottery system to receive these laptops. Further, the director has use of a MicronTransPort GX+ laptop.

Software Resources:

All the computers utilize the 2005 UM Microsoft Campus Agreement Software. This software includes XP Professional, Office XP and 2003, Publisher, Front Page and Macintosh Office 2001, v.X and Virtual PC 6.1. The Programme also has licensed media of WordPerfect 2000, Dreamweaver, Photoshop 6.0 and other assorted software. Programme office desktop computers and laptops are using the McAfee antivirus enterprise client, supplied and supported by UB Selly Oak IT.

Classroom Technology:

The programme owns a InFocus LCD Projector LP250 for classroom use, as well as a dual format VCR (plays American and British tapes), and a new dual format DVD player. There are also is television and an overhead projector. The newly refurbished classroom (scheduled to be completed by the start of the 2005-6 year) will have internet access.

On campus there is a good supply of computers which students can use. There is also a computer lab on campus which can be booked; it has a computer set up with projector and it has about 22 stations. The University has an AV service through which equipment which can be booked for the UB classrooms.