Laptop loans

We offer a laptop loan service free of charge to all staff and students.

Standard loan services

Laptops are available from lockers in the following locations.

All you need to access the lockers is a valid student ID card.

Please report any technical issues with the laptops directly to IT & Digital.

One-day loans

One-day loan laptops have a charge of about four hours.

Library, first floor – Windows laptops

Brooks building, second floor – Windows laptops

School of Art (Lowry building), ground floor – Macs

Seven-day loans

Seven-day loan laptops have a charger included.

Library, Ground Floor – Windows laptops 

  • How to borrow a loan laptop
    1. Swipe your ID card on the terminal in front of the lockers
    2. Accept the terms and conditions
    3. Go to the locker indicated on the screen
    4. Swipe your ID card on the locker door
    5. Unplug the laptop and remove it from the locker

    The locker indicated will contain the laptop with the most battery life. The battery charge will last around 4 hours. 7-day loan laptops come with a charger.

    Please note: You have one minute to get your allocated laptop out of its locker before the loan process terminates (the locker light will stop flashing). If this happens, you’ll need to start again.

  • How to return a loan laptop
    1. Swipe your ID card on the terminal in front of the lockers
    2. Go to the locker indicated
    3. Swipe your ID card on the locker door
    4. Put the laptop inside and plug in the power cable.

    Please note: You must ensure you have plugged the locker’s power cable into the laptop when you return it. Otherwise, the laptop will still be registered as ‘on loan’ to you.

    You can borrow another laptop as soon as you’ve returned your current one, if there are any available. The locker lights will be blue if the laptops inside them are available for borrowing, and red if they’re not. There will be a wait of at least 20 minutes before a returned laptop is available for loan.

    The system won’t let you borrow more than one laptop at a time – so make sure you plug in your returned laptop properly when you bring it back.