IT and Computing

• What are the rules?
• I should encrypt my device? How?
• I’ve lost my hand-held device and would like to wipe it remotely. How?
• I need to change my passwords quickly
  • Change College password
  • Change University/Nexus/SSO password
  • How to pick good passwords/pass phrases
• Update the College password on an offsite, Nuffield managed device
• University Information Security Awareness Module

See the University guidance and a little about the College Working Group

See our Hybrid events and meetings page.

• I need to give some personal data or highly sensitive data to someone outside of College
  • How do I do that? Please see our step-by-step guide for handling personal data _{(opens Internet page)}.

Getting online

• Connecting to the wired network
• WIFI for College members _{(Intranet page)}

Printing at College

• Printing from a College-managed Windows computer
• Printing from a College-managed Apple computer
• Printing from your own computer
• Secure printing
• Troubleshooting printing problems

Personal or research web pages

• Can I get a personal page on the Nuffield site?

Oxford Nexus email

• I need to use Nexus email in a web browser (e.g. from home)
• I need to access a shared email mailbox via a web browser
• Junk and Phishing email
• Problems with Nexus email? – Contact Us (see How to Find Us, below) or go straight to Central IT Services

Mailing lists

• Nuffield mailing lists

• Saving and backing up your files
• Recovering deleted files

Mapping a network drive: Overview 

• 'Mapping’ your home drive using Windows
• ‘Mapping’ your home drive using Mac OS
• Using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) as if you were directly connected to the University and/or College network

Using Dropbox with Boxcryptor

Well... it depends what you're wanting to do.

• See our summary of whether you need VPN onsite, at home, or on Wifi etc.
• How to get the Nuffield Virtual Private Network (VPN) software

• Accessing software via the Academic Remote Desktops
• The Compute server
• When are the Academic Remote Desktop and Compute servers rebooted (temporarily unavailable)?
• Software Available to Students and Research Fellows
• Microsoft License Re-Activation

If you are applying for access to secure data, and require restricted network access or hardware as part of this, please contact us with the following information:

• The specific criteria the data providers have sent you.
• The anticipated project start and end time.

If we are able to meet the criteria, we can provide a suitable device for the length of the project. 

Please note that the application process can take a long time. We would therefore appreciate any update with your progress (using your assigned IT Helpdesk ID), or indeed notification if your application was unsuccessful, so that we may allocate any reserved hardware to another applicant.

• Can I have a computer on loan?
• I need a lead urgently
• I need a monitor

• A general problem with your computer
• Problems with Nexus email – Contact Us or go straight to Central IT Services

HOW TO FIND US

• Visit us at room D17
• Email it@nuffield.ox.ac.uk
• Telephone 01865 278 666 (internal extension 78666)