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Each research postgraduate is allocated an individual work space within the department. In addition to extensive computing support on the Royal Holloway campus, the Department has a postgraduate computing laboratory dedicated to the priority use of postgraduate students. Software available ranges from standard Microsoft Office packages, through web-page creation and advanced graphics packages, to advanced statistical, GIS and Remote Sensing packages. Further departmental computing facilities are available in a dedicated digital graphics suite and the Mike Eden Laboratory, which houses an A1 digitising tablet to support GIS applications. Computing and related support is provided by dedicated technical staff. Scanners and high resolution printers are available for postgraduates, and further A3 and A0 colour printers are available as part of the digital graphics suite, which also houses a flat bed scanner, slide scanner and negative film scanner. All postgraduates are, of course, able to take advantage of the campus library facilities and the wider facilities of the University of London (see the college prospectus for further details). Well-equipped laboratory suites include: sediment analysis, palynology and palaeoecology, microscopy, advanced soil, sediment and water chemistry, and geochronology. All of the laboratory areas are supported by technical staff trained in appropriate analytical techniques. Further information on laboratory facilities is given in the sections on departmental research groups.