Library & Learning Services

“Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him…” – Hamlet (Act 5, Scene 1)

And hopefully you do too after a fantastic week of Shakespeare puns, plays and competitions!

It appears you were all very keen to welcome a little light relief to your stressful studying to play along with our #WhereforeArtThouWilliam competition last week. We had lots of entries into the daily prize draws and with puntastic prizes such as these who wouldn’t want to join in…

To celebrate the 400^th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death (also his birthday!) we posted a series of unusual photographs on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook inviting you to guess the PLACE on campus and the PLAY from the hidden clues!

Some days were a little bit trickier than others, so we did send out a clue or two, but we were able to give away a prize each day as well as a big bag of Shakespeare and Learning Services goodies to one lucky winner!

And on the big day itself, Saturday 23^rd April, we celebrated even further with a FREE book give away as part of World Book Night. Although it is a very busy time of year for our students it is also important to take a break from stressful workloads…and what better way to escape reality than reading for pleasure!

There was one small catch to getting your hands on a free book – you had to take a #SelfieWithShakespeare (well, it was his birthday after all!) This was also in support of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust campaign.

Vital Statistics

Did you know Learning Services were on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook?

As you can see our stats went a little bit crazy as a result of #WillOnCampus – so HI, HELLO and WELCOME to all our new followers! 👋

“Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.”
– Romeo & Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2)

Exams and deadlines can be a demanding time of the year and quite often we find ourselves cramming in a lot of study hours in a short space of time. This can leave us feeling stressed and needing a bit of TLC!

So let us support you with all your approaching deadlines and take advantage of our free snack giveaway, suite of helpful online resources and variety of learning spaces on campus!

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(Free) Brain food!

Every day from 25^th April – 13^th May we will be giving out free fruit and bottled water to keep you fuelled throughout the deadline period to help you maintain focus and optimise your performance.

So take a break and come along to the Ask Desk (1st floor, University library) from 11am – 3pm to collect your freebies!

Outside of these hours, don’t forget we now have a newly refurbished ground floor refreshment area where you can purchase bean to cup coffee and tasty revision snacks!

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Finding a quiet place to work…

The University library is open 24/7 right up until Friday 27^th May. Within the library you will find a range of study zones and bookable study rooms, networked PCs, loanable laptops and free Wi-Fi (eduroam), printing and photocopying facilities, access to 200,000 items including books, journals and audio-visual resources and access to help and support at our library helpdesks.

There are computers available in LINC building (building number 10 on the campus map) 24 hours a day, all year round which you can access using your student UniCard.

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Working online

Access Learning Edge to view the Revision Central panel – your one stop shop for handy shortcuts to academic support (Uni Skills), PC availability, exam hints and tips, workshops and more!

Don’t forget, you can also find useful resources through our library catalogue including books and ebooks about Study Skills and Revision Techniques

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Further help and support

For further help please don’t hesitate to get in touch! You can contact us in a number of ways:

• Contact Learning Services via our 24/7 Live Chat
• Search our knowledge base Ask Us for the answer to many common queries including using Turnitin, Harvard Referencing and much more.
• Give us a call on 01695 650800 during our opening hours
• Tweet us or send us a facebook message

To celebrate the 400^th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death we will be lightening the mood and celebrating his most famous plays across the campus via a series of unusual photographs!

“Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.” – Twelfth Night (Act 1, Scene 5)

From Monday 18^th April we will be posting a new image each day inviting you to guess the PLACE the photo was taken on campus and the PLAY we have ‘hidden’ in that image. You will need your wits about you for this one as the clues can be a little tempestuous!

How to enter…

We will be posting the same image across all three of our social media platforms each day (a new one each day) and you can enter on any (or all) of them in the following ways:

• Instagram: comment your answer direct under the image including #WillOnCampus
• Twitter: tweet us direct @EHULearnService with your answer including #WillOnCampus
• Facebook: comment your answer direct on the image post including #WillOnCampus

“O, I am fortune’s fool!” – Romeo & Juliet (Act 3, Scene 1)

All correct entries will go into a daily draw with a prize for one person each day. Then, as Saturday 23^rd April is Shakespeare’s official anniversary PLUS World Book Night PLUS St Georges Day, we will put all correct entries for the week into a draw and one lucky person will win a very special goodie bag of prizes!

 

Terms & Conditions

1. Only EHU Students and Staff are eligible to win the prize.
2. Learning Services staff may enter but are not eligible to win a prize (that would be cheating! 😉)
3. Maximum 3 entries per day – 1 per social media post (you may enter as many times as you like but your details will only be entered ONCE into the daily prize draw).
4. There are 6 daily prizes. The prizes are non-transferable and have no cash value.
5. There is 1 overall ‘goody bag’ prize. This prize is also non-transferable and has no cash value.
6. Competition entries will only be accepted via Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
7. Entries are only eligible if tagged on Twitter with @EHULearnService or direct to the Instagram / Facebook post. All entries must include #WillOnCampus to qualify as an entry.
8. Any entries posted after the ‘reveal’ photo will not be counted. The competition closes at 9pm each day.
9. Entries are only eligible if you have guessed the PLACE and the PLAY correctly.
10. The winners will be picked at random from a prize draw the following day to your entry. The overall winner will be picked Monday 25^th
11. The winners will be contacted direct via the social media platform they entered. If anyone cannot be contacted owing to personal settings restrictions your entry will become null and void and a re-draw will take place the following day.
12. All winners must be able to collect the prize from Ormskirk Welcome Desk and be able to identify their winning account (we will discuss this in more detail with those who win!). Prizes must be collected by 6pm on Saturday 30^th April 2016.