• Wherefore Art Thou William?

    To celebrate the 400th 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 18th 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!

    LS0504 Shakespeare Comp Plasma (3)

    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 23rd 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 25th
    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 30th April 2016.
    Julie Nolan sat in a small library reading a book on her lap. She has blonde hair and a pink sweater on. Her head is bent forward over the book.

    Julie

  • Exam Preparation and Revision Workshops

    “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success”
    -Alexander Graham BellEHU485_Prospectus141-X2

    With semester 2 exams on the horizon, beat the exam blues and join one of our revision workshops to help improve your performance and manage the pressure. These workshops are facilitated by the Counselling and Wellbeing Team in Student Services and are designed to support you through the various demands of the exam season by looking at practical revision strategies, how to cope with exam stress and most importantly, how to give yourself time to relax in your revision timetable!

    Keep calm and master your exam preparation

    How prepared do you feel for exams? Do you find yourself panic-revising? This workshop will help you to take charge and develop effective revision techniques by focussing on better preparation. Find out how to reduce test anxiety, improve confidence and feel better prepared for your exams, both psychologically and physically.
    Thursday 14th April 13:00 – 14:00 – BOOK HERE

    Exam Revision: How to relax when you don’t have time for it

    Time out can help you to be more effective and regain a sense of calm, concentration and focus. Look at taking a short space of time out and adding ‘relaxation’ to your revision schedule. Learn practical relaxation exercises which promote stress reduction, reduce anxiety and aid concentration and focus.
    Weds 20th April 13:00 – 14:00 – BOOK HERE

    Further Support

    Don’t forget, we still have a range of Study Skills and Information Skills workshops in the semester 2 Uni Skills workshop programme. Face to face academic support can also be accessed by visiting the Ask desk on the 1st floor of the University library (weekdays from 9am to 7pm).

    If you’re working from home or based at one of our other sites, we also provide a suite of online guides and interactive toolkits on the Uni Skills webpages. You can contact us directly for academic support via email [email protected] or by visiting Ask Us.

    Kate

  • Learning Services staff are Edge Hill students for the day!

    This week 8 staff from Learning Services will join staff from across the University to find out what it’s like to be a student for the day!  The aim of the Student For A Day project is for Edge Hill staff to get a better understanding of what it’s like to be a modern day student here at the University.

    Learning Services staff will accompany a student for a full day and experience all aspects of University life. This will include lectures, library visits, use of other services such as food outlets, society activities etc, even going to lectures and seminars with them (although they won’t be writing any essays!).

    Student for a DayA wide variety of staff from across the Service have volunteered to take part in the project to get a better insight into the student experience. Chris McCabe and Claire Hallworth from Customer Services, Joan Cullen from the SpLD team, Kate Johnson, Paul Reece, Michelle O’Connell and Louise Speakman from Academic Support and Meg Juss, Learning Technology Development Manager, are all looking forward to taking part.

    The project is being managed by a group of staff on the University’s Development of Potential programme.  Our very own Help and Support Co-ordinator, Kathy Kinsella, is part of this years cohort and has been instrumental in getting the project off the ground.  Kathy says “The Student for a Day project gives staff a unique opportunity to walk in the shoes of our students and develop a real life understanding from the student’s perspective.  By capturing the participant’s insight on what aspects of the student experience work well and which areas can potentially be improved we hope to develop the delivery of our service going forward”

    We wish our staff the best of luck!

    Helen Jamieson, Customer Services Manager

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    Helen

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