Hopefully this will have been arranged by the Personnel department, or your designated school/department/college administrator, before you arrive at university. Once your details have been added, you will be given the unique verification number you need to activate your computer account. It will either be your six digit employee number (as shown on payslips and letters from Personnel), or a special seven digit number given to you by your administrator. If you have not received this information, contact your designated administrator. 

You can activate your account from anywhere with an internet connection. Make sure you have your verification number handy and a pen and paper to write down your important details (username, password and email address). To activate now, go to https://activate.brighton.ac.uk

For a printable copy of more detailed instructions, see Information Services document: How to activate your library and computing account – a guide for staff: 744 - (word version) (pdf version)