Computer labs, managed by Digital & Information Services, provide access to over 1300 PCs and audio-visual facilities for both teaching purposes and learning (Student Computing Areas and Group Study Rooms). The computer labs, their facilities and locations are listed below. Labs for teaching are usually booked by Schools through their Timetabling Officers. Direct booking is through the University's Central Timetabling and Room Booking System (via Queen's Online then select the Timetabling and Room Booking link). For information on the use of interactive technology for teaching and lecture recording services, check out the Interactive Lecture Theatre information on the Audio Visual pages and Lecture Recording services.

SCC PC-Based Apps vs Version 2024-2025 (PDF)

Annual Desktop Refresh

Each year Information Services reviews the list of applications on the Common Student Desktop and seeks the cooperation of Schools in this exercise. The image for the subsequent academic year is built in early July. Teaching colleagues need to be aware of the protocol:

• Requests for software inclusion must be received by 2nd May 2025.
• Installation is subject to the licence being available and paid for.
• Installation requires testing and frequently the involvement of the requesting member of staff over the summer period.

• Link to request form - D&IS Software Request Form | SCC Desktop (W11) AY25/26

• It is the application owner's responsibility to ensure the applications requested are compatible with Windows 11 (W11) - this may require those owners to contact the vendor and/or publisher to ensure this is indeed the case.
• Further to the point above, please ensure that adequate testing has been carried out to verify an app's compatibility and that it can perform the desired functions, as D&IS will not be experts on each individual application.
• Older application versions that have not been updated for a longer period of time, will be at risk of running into W11 compatibility errors - please be mindful of this.