School provided smartphones
Smartphones along with a suitable airtime contract are provided for roles which regularly undertake significant UK or international travel or where out of hours availability is a significant element of the role.
Requests for a smartphone must made to the Head of ICT with a supporting statement from a line manager and must be approved by the Chief Operating Officer or Director of Finance.
Provided smartphones will meet the needs of the role and will enrolled in the School's device management service to ensure that they meet the University's information security and data protection standards.
Smartphones are expected to have a useful lifespan of 3 - 5 years and will be proactively retired before the end of vendor security support arrangements.
Please see the attached documents for summary information about mobile phone contracts and mobile device security policies
Policies
Guidance
IT Staff
There are support articles for Vodafone contracts available here.