• Finding support for academic skills

    Next week sees the start of the Learning Services programme ‘Steps to Academic Success’.  This is a range of academic skills workshops, providing students with opportunities to help them succeed at University.

    Our programme is aimed at all students – full time, part-time, postgraduate and runs from 5th October to 11th December.  We have developed the sessions based on feedback and requests from academic staff, students we see at our one to one sessions and the staff who work with students at our help points.

    The programme we have prepared will hopefully pick up on some of these key development areas in Semester 1 – referencing, unpicking that first assignment but also includes support for 3rd years beginning their dissertations, a session to support students moving from level 6 to level 7 and a session for those returning to study.

    Also for the first time, we are running a range of the sessions on Saturday 10th November.

    We are keen to promote the programme as much as possible and you may have seen our postcards in the library, the HUB and faculty buildings. For more details and to find out more information about how we support students, our assignment help pages within the new Learning Services web site is a great place to start.

    If you interested in attending one of our sessions, please book online.

    We are keen to hear your feedback and also suggestions for future workshops so keep in touch and leave us a comment.

    Rachel Bury

    Academic Liaison Manager  –  Quality Marketing and Communication

    Rachel

  • Started to think about your reading list?

    Wondering where to find information for your first assignment? A good starting point is your reading list. All the items on your reading list have been chosen by your tutors and they work closely with Learning Services so that the books and journals are available for you to use. What’s more we’ve made it easy for you to access your reading list in the catalogue. Just-

     

    • go to the Learning Services webpages
    • go to the area labelled Search Catalogue
    • type your module code into the search box
    • select Module Code from the drop down list to the left of the search box
    • Click on Search

     

    You will see all the items that are on the list, which will be a mixture of books and journals in electronic and print formats.

    If you need help finding your reading list the staff at the Ask desk on the first floor of the library will be happy to help you, or you can email [email protected].

    Andrew

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  • Freshers Fair 2012

    Learning Services gives a warm, (but damp) welcome to everyone, both new freshers and returning students.

    As you will know, the 2012 Student Union Freshers Fair is taking place in the HUB on 26th September.  We will be there throughout the event promoting some of our exciting new developments and resources.  Come and find out about the Blackboard mobile app, our mobile library catalogue, see our subject librarians who will be there to help you with any resource questions and also showcase the brand new Learning Services subject web pages.  The SpLD support team and Inclusive Services will also be there to give help, advice and guidance for students with any disabiltiy questions or concerns.

    We have some nice things to give away – post it notes, pens and pencils and a competition every hour to win 1GB USB wrist bands.  Our competition is free to entry but we would like you to sign up to like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

    We would love you to sign up for our social media … you will hear all about our new resources, help and support sessions and important news first!

    We have also got some library tours going on during the day – you can join us in the foyer at 12.00pm, 1.00pm or 4.00pm for a tour.

    Hopefully see you all in the HUB

    Rachel Bury Academic Liaison Manager – Quality, Marketing and Communication

    Rachel

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