Using your University email and laptop abroad
If you’re not working with controlled items
- You can use your University email (Outlook) and laptop abroad as normal
Further information:
If you are working with controlled items without a licence and wish to travel abroad
- Do not take electronic devices containing controlled data with you
- Request a blank laptop from IT Services or take your current device with you but remove the controlled information. Please note that when requesting a blank laptop, you will need to have ready the export control code that identifies which controlled item your research data is related to
- Use Webmail instead of Outlook to access your emails. If you have an attachment that you suspect contains controlled data, do not open it abroad
- Do not use the University shared drives or other University servers to access your controlled information from abroad.
If you are working with controlled items with a licence and wish to travel abroad
- You can take your electronic devices – such as a laptop or storage USB – access email through Outlook and download attachments as normal.
- You can undertake all controlled work that has been indicated in the export control licence application.
Further information: