chrisjako Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 Could anyone clarify this for me, We are a large secondary school with 400+ 6th form students, when asking JISC to register for a .ac.uk domain name i was told by a phone operator at JISC that we need to be a primarily based 6th form school in order to register. Days prior to the call I submitted an application for a .ac.uk domain name and we paid the fee for it. Thinking it would be rejected I dismissed pursuing the application process and now when I login to my domain name registrar the .ac.uk domain name is now appearing in the control panel. Has anyone else in a secondary school managed to get a .ac.uk name? or have I managed to register one by mistake?
CHiLL Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 I think .ac.uk domains are for further education establishments. Schools (including those with further education provision) are usually either on .sch.uk or their own private domains (.co.uk, .com, etc).
Andrew_C Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 We got .ac YEARS ago, before they tightened up the criteria to (normally) FE.
FN-GM Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 I got one around 2008. The justification was the school ran lots of adult computer classes.
chrisjako Posted March 16, 2021 Author Posted March 16, 2021 We got .ac YEARS ago, before they tightened up the criteria to (normally) FE. So have they taken it off you now or allowed you to renew?
Andrew_C Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 Still got it; I doubt they would try to change something established.
paulkerton Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 ac.uk are usually reserved for FE, HE and occasionally I've seen them used with Adult Education establishments. So, you might get one if you do have a Post-16, but usually they stay with their school domains.
Fazza Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 My understanding is that they are supposed to be for Further and Higher Education - a lot of academies think that .ac.uk would look better on their letterheads thinking the .ac parts means Academy.
Primus Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 My understanding is that they are supposed to be for Further and Higher Education - a lot of academies think that .ac.uk would look better on their letterheads thinking the .ac parts means Academy. You can actually register .academy domains now. 1
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