Software4Students

Hi polyglotni, You can contact our support team directly on 020 7193 5335 or via email at [email protected] and we will be happy to assist you. Also an update on the access for teachers, who are now able to register for the programme as well, all you have to do is select ‘teacher’ from the drop down box when you register and you can avail of the special offers we have for students. Thanks for your feedback and the support of the other forum members! Paul

There are two ways a teacher can access Software4Students 1) if they are also studying part time, or 2) if they have a child or sibling who they can license the software through. However you can't as a teacher buy directly through the site. We have been trying to find a mechanism to license teachers as well, as we have had a lot of interest (as would be expected), but the current license programme only covers students. A lot of teachers are already covered under either schools agreements or campus agreements. The first thing would be to check the type of license agreement your school or college has and see if it includes 'Free Work at Home' rights for teachers. Not to get too technical but free work at home rights are usually available with annuity software assurance licenses (i.e. Schools Agreements) and not perpetual licenses (i.e. Select Agreements)

We'll update it in our next refresh

We've been around for about 2 years now and started as a pilot programme for students in disadvantaged schools, we were available in Northern Ireland initially where it was provided under the C2K programme. Because of the success of the pilot programme Microsoft agreed to extent it to a wider audience and hence our partnership with Naace. I think when a much larger company saw what we were doing, thought it was good and copied it, down to our school rebate, FAQ’s and school promotion packs. We figured we must be doing something right! You don't need to be a member of Naace to get the rebate, the original intention was that it was there to say 'thank you' for putting up a poster and telling your students about the software4students programme. The Naace membership is provided to help support the development of ICT in schools. We are reviewing the rebate programme to make it easier for schools to qualify (i.e. £500 threshold) We are a small team, so apologies for any grammatical errors on the site; we'll try and sort them out asap. If you have any particular ones to highlight please let me know (sometimes the obvious ones are staring you right in the face!) Thanks for the feedback Paul

Just to let you know about http://www.software4students.co.uk We launched about a year ago with the rebate for schools and colleges. It's nice that a big company has copied our website (even down to our FAQ’s!) If you would like a promo pack for your school please apply through our site and we’ll send them out to you. Or come visit us at BETT, we are at stand Q52. Thanks, Paul Software4Students _________________________ http://www.software4students.co.uk

Our experience is that you bundle the software onto the master laptop with network configuration included and then replicate the image. You'll need to purchase a student license which adds a small license cost to the laptop but it is the cheapest option, especially if the students want to hold onto the laptop and software after they leave the school. Also there is no license implication for the school and laptops are ready to go on the internal network.

This usually depends on the license type you are using to install. A single user license (Free/Open Ac/Student) will generally not clone (ghost). If you are in a Select or Schools agreement you should then be able to clone using the Volume License Key provided. Unfortunately Express isn't available under either Select or Schools.