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Software Licensing
Who we are
Software Asset Management UK (SAM UK) is one of the leading suppliers of software and information technology solutions in the UK to the education and voluntary sector.SAM UK manage the operation of the Software4Students website. SAM UK's licensing expertise has helped hundreds of schools and charities streamline their ICT programmes while reducing their software costs.
Discount Software Licensing
Every school, college, university, educational and non-profit organisation knows that they have to get the most value for money possible out of their budget. Volume software licensing options through SAM UK make it possible to achieve this goal.
With the various discounts and licensing options available to education and non - profit establishments - you get the best software at the best prices with SAM UK.
The quality of our products and the standard of service we provide is why more schools and colleges choose us.
Contact our dedicated sales team today to discuss your licensing options.
With the help of SAM UK hundreds of schools, colleges and Universities have reduced their software costs.
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Whether you are a small or large organisation, SAM UK can help you gain access to professional discount software within your budget.
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Frequently Asked Questions
No, SAM UK does not impose a minimum order quantity on its customers. The only exception to this is a minimum of 5 licences must be ordered under Microsoft EES.
The qualification requirements for academic or charity pricing differ from one manufacturer to another. Some manufacturers require confirmation that a charity is registered with the Charity Commission for England & Wales or equivalent in Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland and have a Charity Commission registration number.
The information regarding eligibility contained on our site is based on our understanding of the manufacturers' requirements and are for guidance only. The final decision on whether or not a organisation qualifies will rest with the manufacturer.
Please note that the pricing on our Software4Students site is only available to students and teachers for installation on their home PCs.
Please refer to the individual manufacturer sections in the FAQ section on the following pages: Educational institutions eligibility, Charity Software eligibility
Most of the vendors we deal with provide their largest discounts for students and we pass those discounts on to our student customers. The software and pricing on our Software4Students site is only available to students and teachers for installation on their home computers. However we also provide software to schools, colleges, charities and universities under the appropriate licensing programs.
The end date shown is the date up to which you can re-order on the same 2 year agreement. The date relates to the date after which a new agreement must be set up in order to purchase additional licenses or avail of software assurance. The licences you have bought do not expire and will not need to be renewed at any time.
Charities purchasing under MOLP - NO, media kits are optional.
Schools, Colleges purchasing under EES - NO, media kits are optional. All products are available for download.
Schools, Colleges purchasing under Select - YES, unless you already have a volume licensing media kit.
NO, media kits are optional. All products are available for download.
No, the Microsoft software on our Software4Students site is not available for resale. We cannot invoice a commercial organisation for these academic licenses.
Yes, we can invoice you or your customer for the software. In all cases we will need the end user details in order to process the licences.
Yes and no. Under Select licensing we must invoice the end users directly. We cannot invoice a commercial organisation for these academic licences. Under EES we can invoice you or your customer for the software. In all cases we will need the end user details in order to process the licences.
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Rebate to Schools and Colleges:
As part of the Software4Students programme each school and college who actively promotes the programme on campus or in school receives a rebate on each transaction. This rebate is intended to help promote the use of ICT in schools and colleges.
To find out more about the rebate, Naace, Eduserv or questions you might have as a school or college representative please use the following list of FAQs.
To find out if your school or college qualifies please go to School Search page If your institution is a qualifying institution but is not included in the school
list, please email
support@software4students.co.uk. Please provide the full name, address including
county and postcode of your institution and state whether it is primary , secondary,
third level or other. If your institution has a website, please also provide this.
- A minimum of £500 of net sales must be attributed to each institution in one
academic year.
- The institution must be seen to be actively promoting the programme within the organisation.
This is to include posters up in the college and the Software4Students logo on the
institution website linking back to the Software4Students domain. To request a free
promotional pack with postersplease go to the
Promotional Pack page
- The rebate amounts to 5% of the license cost of each purchase of software.
- For more information on rebate scheme or to register your interest in participating
please email rebate@software4students.co.uk.
- A minimum of £500 of net sales must be attributed to each school in one academic
year.
- The school or college must be seen to be actively promoting the programme within
the organisation.
- If the school is not a member of Naace or C2K the initial part of the rebate will
go towards individual membership of Naace.
- The rebate amounts to 5% of the license cost of each purchase.
- For more information on the rebate programme please e-mail
support@software4students.co.uk
The focus of the programme is to bring easy access low cost software to students
and teachers, without administrative overheads for the school. This is the primary
benefit of the programme. There are many other benefits to programme. The programme
helps students and parents bridge the digital divide; it presents an easy, no administration,
fully complaint solution for schools and colleges while providing access to software
at the lowest posssible price.
The rebate can be significant for colleges, universitites and secondary schools.
Primary schools may also benefit greatly from letting pupils know that they can
save money software.
Naace is an ICT association with a community of educators, technologists and policy
makers who share a vision for the role of technology in advancing education.
For more information on how to join Naace please go to the www.naace.org/resource.asp?menuItemId=12
For more information on the rebate scheme under the Eduserv agreement, please click hereThe Software4Students programme is more than just supporting ICT in schools, saving
pupils money, making more software available for students, or making the same school
license deals available to pupils. It's a mix of all of these things, and every
time a single pupil buys software through the scheme:
- the school gets a small rebate
- the parent/pupil/student saves money
- the pupil gets more software than if they had bought a similar pack in store
- pupils are encouraged to use ICT a little bit more for their learning.
We provide Windows 7 upgrades and Windows Vista upgrades. This means that students
could buy an upgrade for much less than from a high street store.
The majority of PCs and laptops sold to consumers come configured with Windows Vista
Home or Windows 7 home. One of the limitations Home editions is that they cannot
connect to a network. This is quite important for colleges, and certain institutions.
We have seen some schools bringing in laptop initiatives for pupils, and this will
give them the ability to purchase a low cost upgrade option. The option to upgrade
to professional versions also provides teh user with faster, more secure, operating
system.
We provide full professional versions of Microsoft Office. The Student and Teacher
version that you would have seen online or in shops is the limited Home and Student
version. This does not include Outlook, Access, or Publisher - these are only available
on the Professional Versions, which are available through Software4Students. This
may be less important to primary schools, but secondary schools require Access to
deliver the ICT curriculum, thus some schools may prefer students to be able to
use this at home. If a student wants to buy Access separately, it will typically
cost £120-£150 elsewhere.
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