Software for educational use

Software licence agreements contain standard and specific clauses. You should read through them carefully, to ensure you understand what can and can’t be done under the licence terms and conditions of use.

Any ambiguities should be clarified with the software vendor.

Definition of educational use

Software that can be used for ‘educational use’ can mean different things, depending on any restrictions specified in the licence agreement.

Educational use can mean one or more of the following:

• education
• teaching
• distance learning
• private study
• personal development
• academic research.

It can also mean the administration and management of the University’s educational and research operations, although this can often be excluded.

Educational use will not usually include funded research, commercial or consultancy services where the results of such research or services would be retained by a third party.