Facilities

Student facilities within Informatics.

Appleton Tower labs

This is a list of rooms hosting DICE computing facilities for Informatics students.  These are available to all Informatics students from the following times listed below, with swipe card access required to Appleton Tower and some of the rooms within the building.

Level Access Hours Days
Level 3 swipe access 8 am - 6 pm Monday - Friday
Level 4 swipe access 8 am - 6 pm Monday - Friday
Level 5 swipe access 8 am - 6 pm Monday - Friday
Level 6 swipe access 8 am - 6 pm Monday - Friday
Level 6 swipe access 9 am - 5 pm Saturday - Sunday
Level 7 swipe access 8 am - 6 pm Monday - Friday
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As well as desktop machines and flipdesks, there are a number of network ports for connecting laptops.

Some of these rooms are regularly used for teaching classes; the University's 'Web timetables' shows which rooms are available when:

If you encounter any problem with a DICE machine, please report this using the Computing Support Form.

Location Machines Additional Information
Level 3
3.01 20 Robotics Lab
3.03 Practical Lab
3.05 8 Tutorial Lab
3.09 40 Computer Lab
3.11 4 Open to students on robotics courses only, except during scheduled class bookings.
Level 4
4.05 8 Tutorial Room
4.07 8 Tutorial Room
4.09 8 Tutorial Room
4.12 36 Computer Lab
4.14A 8 Tutorial Room
4.14 8 Tutorial Room
Level 5
5.01 Tutorial Room
5.02 8 Tutorial Room
5.03 8 Tutorial Room
5.04 28 North Computer Lab
5.05 52 West Computer Lab
5.07 8 Tutorial Room
5.08 20 South Computer Lab
Level 6
6.06 84 Computer Lab
Level 7
7.01 8 Practical Lab
7.02 Tutorial Room
7.03 Tutorial Room
7.14 Tutorial Room