The University of Sheffield
Corporate Information and Computing Services

Laptop Loan Service

Students can now loan laptops for free for up to 4 hours at a time in the IC. The laptops connect to wireless and can be used anywhere in the building. You can book a laptop in advance through the myRooms&Resources facility in MUSE.

Booking Period

Laptops can be booked during the following hours:

  • Monday to Thursday, 09:15 - 20:15
  • Friday, 10:15 - 20:15
  • Saturday to Sunday, 12:15 - 17:15

Using the laptop

Each laptop will allow you to:

  • Connect to the wireless network
  • Print to our printers
  • Save to your network filestore (U drive), or USB stick
  • Use Microsoft Office software

Booking Guidelines

  • Bookings can be made up to 2 days in advance.
  • Laptops can be booked for up to 4 hours
  • One Booking per day per User
  • Collect your laptop from the Information Desk on Level 1
  • At the end of your session, please return it to staff on the Level 1 Desk

Software Available

The laptops don't have all the software that is available on the IC computers, but they do have the following:

  • Windows 7
  • Internet Explorer
  • Firefox
  • Microsoft Office
  • Adobe Reader
  • Windows Media Player
  • MATLAB
  • SPSS 19
  • Flash Player

Let us know what you think!

The service will be under constant review and any feedback is welcomed - please email us at infocommons@sheffield.ac.uk