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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: