{"id":1995,"date":"2018-02-23T16:33:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T16:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/?page_id=1995"},"modified":"2025-07-03T14:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:09:38","slug":"it","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/intranet\/it\/","title":{"rendered":"Computing in Meteorology"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 104px;width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\">\n<h3>Contact IT<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Phone: x6262 (or 0118 378 6262 from outside)<\/li>\n<li>Raise a ticket through the Self Service Portal:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uor.topdesk.net\/\">https:\/\/uor.topdesk.net\/<\/a>\u00a0or via email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:it@reading.ac.uk\">it@reading.ac.u<\/a>k<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\">\n<h3>Academic Computing<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td>Read more about services such as the computing cluster, the research cloud, research data storage or projects websites on the Academic Computing Team website:<\/p>\n<p class=\"make-link-button-next\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/act\/\">ACT website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>One Academic Computing Team (ACT) member (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/act\/the-team\/\">Maria Broadbridge<\/a>) is located in the Met building (Room 3L45).<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\">\n<h3>General IT services<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"make-link-button-next\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/internal\/its\/\">IT website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quick-links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uor.topdesk.net\/tas\/public\/ssp\/content\/detail\/service?unid=e29156cb07f24a1eab1a162cb421ab04\">Request a user account<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Working from home: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/internal\/its\/help\/its-help-networks\/pcsecurity-setupvpn.aspx\">WebVPN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/act\/knowledgebase\/connect-from-outside-of-campus\/\">Use of Unix services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uor.topdesk.net\/tas\/public\/ssp\/content\/detail\/knowledgeitem?origin=knowledgeBaseStartPage&amp;unid=d747b8160d254414af2a3f4f496fa85f&amp;from=e81f63ba-0e04-47d7-ba4b-26066e4ad35b\">Connect to Wifi Eduroam<\/a> (and request access)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uor.topdesk.net\/tas\/public\/ssp\/content\/detail\/service?unid=c7cb4fee67ab42f094e1488668a5f015\">Printing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/digital-technology-services\/it-help-and-support\/buying-computer-hardware\">Buying a computer<\/a> (windows, mac, linux)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1em\">Using your personal computer &amp; laptop:\u00a0<\/span>please contact the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/uor.topdesk.net\/\">Service Desk (x6262)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\">\n<h3>Met specific IT information<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/intranet\/it\/met-webpages\/\">Met webpages<\/a><\/strong> (staff list, personal details, personal websites, projects websites)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Local computer labs:<\/strong> there are 2 computer labs in the meteorology building: GL68 and the library.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/intranet\/it\/the-globe-display-in-the-library\/\"><strong>Globe display<\/strong><\/a> in the library<\/li>\n<li>March 2019: Presentations to Met staff and students on IT services:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Files\/2019-03-28_Web4Met.pdf\">Web Presence<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Files\/met_talk.pdf\">ACT services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact IT Phone: x6262 (or 0118 378 6262 from outside) Raise a ticket through the Self Service Portal:\u00a0https:\/\/uor.topdesk.net\/\u00a0or via email:\u00a0it@reading.ac.uk Academic Computing Read more about services such as the computing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":2432,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1995","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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