Adobe products - how to get academic discount

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Hi,
I'm looking to purchase the Adobe Web design premium pack but at £1500 it's a little steep. I am also looking to undertake a new photography course (not beginner) just to improve my skills. So, any ideas on good courses where I am eligable to get the student Adobe pack?

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Thanks - I know where to get the products I'm more looking for a course which I can take which means I qualify to get the products!
 
full time education

be an academic

know someone thats one of the above lol
 
I wanted to know the same Martin so I didnt have to pay so much for the top photoshop package, I was going to enrole in anything just to get a student card, its not just Adobe, but all the top software companies, i.e. Microsoft, etc, etc do the same with there software, it would save a fortune with a student card
 
Lesco said:
I wanted to know the same Martin so I didnt have to pay so much for the top photoshop package, I was going to enrole in anything just to get a student card, its not just Adobe, but all the top software companies, i.e. Microsoft, etc, etc do the same with there software, it would save a fortune with a student card
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You would save a fortune with a student card. Such a pity Photoshop wasn't really around when I was a student 10 years ago. :(
 
I think what Poah was saying was that you just have to be in full time education, the course is irrelevant. Similkarly, being or knowing a member of academic staff would be a way to get your discount.

If I remember correctly you have to sign up to the Adobe education community and send them a copy of your (or your willing friend's) student card (or academic id).

You'll then be able to access the part of the Adobe site that has the academic/educational prices.
 
you don't have to buy from adobe - there are plenty of places that sell student editions. normally you get an empty box and have to send a copy of your ID away. "I bought" my friend the web thingy when CS4 was out cost about £350. you do only get one license normally
 
You'll find all the info you need here
Microsoft are much less demanding as regards qualifications, even a grandchild in education will qualify you.
Adobe are stricter, you need to be in full time education or on a degree course and the software is registered in the name of the student.
All the info is on the site I just pointed to :thumbs:
 
Register for a 10 point course with the OU. You are then entitled to apply for an international student card for around 12 quid. Photocopy both sides of it, send to Adobe, software activation key no problem (;)

No doubt works with other 3rd level education providers.
 
There's another thread running about this. Adobe are stricter than MS, that's correct. You normally have to buy the software and then submit your credentials for validation to get the license key, which could create a problem if they decline.

University/college staff, teachers and people in full time education generally qualify; but there seems to be a stumbling block for some students. You have to be at a college that awards a minimum of two year degrees, although you don't necessarily have to be taking a degree course. My wife is a full time HNC student, planning to take her HND next year, but her college doesn't award degrees. She doesn't appear to qualify, but her 12 year old nephew at primary school does. Bit odd.
 
fixedimage said:
I think what Poah was saying was that you just have to be in full time education
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And he's wrong.

You can be a part-time student 'enrolled at a higher education institution defined as an accredited public or private university or college (including community, junior, or vocational college) that grants degrees requiring not less than the equivalent of two years of full-time study' (Quote from here). Note that it does not say that you need to be studying full-time.

Last year I enrolled in an Open University course on Forensic Science. It cost me £150 - but I saved thousands when I bought Adobe CS Web Premium, OnOne's Plug-In Suite, Windows 7 and Office 2010 at student prices.
 
I'm enrolled on a 14 week Photoshop course at the local Adult Education Centre and most of my 'classmates' have been to http://www.software4students.co.uk and bought it from there. All they had to do was email, to Adobe, a copy of the receipt they got when they paid for their course.
Simples.
 
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