• #SleighYourStudies with motivational tips and techniques from your Student Advisor!

    Hi, my name is Charlotte and I’m a Student Advisor in the Student Engagement Team, providing peer to peer support within Library and Learning Services. The holidays can be a really great time to get ahead and sleigh your studies in preparation for any assignments or studying that needs to be completed for your second…

  • Reservations Are Back!

    Click and Collect/Reservation: Our temporary click and collect service finished on Friday 16th October as we reintroduce the reservation process to enable fair access to stock for all students, including Distance Learners. Users will be able to reserve items currently out on loan, as well as request items from our Manchester site. Reservations Users will…

  • Roll Up, Roll Up! Autumn UniSkills Webinars are here!

    We know that you’ve all been eagerly awaiting our Autumn timetable and we can announce that bookings are now open! The UniSkills webinars are delivered by our knowledgeable team of Academic Skills Advisors and are jam packed with the very best advice to help you ace your assignments. Whether you’re just starting out on your…

  • New Students: Welcome to Library and Learning Services

    Hello and a massive welcome to all our new students, we look forward to meeting you and getting to know you all. Welcome back to all returning students too. We are the Student Engagement team and we are here to provide support with all aspects of academic skills. Although this year may feel a little…

  • PGCE Students: Welcome to Library and Learning Services!

    Hello and a massive welcome to all our PGCE students, we look forward to meeting you and getting to know you all. We are the Student Engagement team and we are here to provide support with all aspects of academic skills. Although this year may feel a little different please be reassured that we are…

  • Summer Reassessment

    For some students the academic year hasn’t ended yet, so we just wanted to let you know that we are still here to support you throughout your reassessment period in August. You can find all the usual support on our UniSkills web pages and you might want to check out the exam preparation tab in particular.…

  • Summer UniSkills

    We know being away from campus over the last few months has been difficult for many people and you may feel out of touch with the university. If you want to reconnect, avoid that ‘summer slide’ and get a head start for the new term in September, then our Summer UniSkills offer may be just…

  • Love Your Library

    Did you know know February is national Love Your Library month? To celebrate we want to know what you love about your library whether that be the staff, the books or even the views from the roof garden. Hang your comments on the tree or pop it on a post-it and enter our prize draw…

  • Are you graduating in December?

    If so, Learning Services would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best in your future accomplishments, be that further study or starting out on your chosen career path. Did you know that you can still access library resources after graduation? Apply for an Alumni membership of the University Library after graduation to access…

  • You Said, We Did

    To deliver the best possible facilities, services and resources Learning Services seeks to understand the needs and experiences of all our customers so that we can continue to improve. One of the ways we do this is by listening to your feedback and over the last 12 months this has been invaluable in helping us…