The Software Development Toolkit is available to all students and staff.

It provides a robust and secure means to store source code and manage changes to development projects, as well as project management and Continuous Integration tools.

The service currently runs a Github Enterprise account.

Service Definition

Which instance do I use?

• Github Enterprise account - This is available for all staff and students for professional, teaching, and research usage.
• Staff can SSO into the github.com/newcastleuniversity organisation. To sign in for the first time go to https://github.com/orgs/newcastleuniversity/sso.
• Undergraduate students should contact their local IT support for more information on accessing the University's Github subscription.

Guidance on using the Software Development Toolkit:

• General usage of the Github software is outside of the scope of support from the IT Service. If you are a student, your course leaders may direct you towards teaching materials that will assist with this usage (if applicable). For all other usage please refer to the Github User documentation