Are you new to the area, or perhaps a returning student, and would like to know more about our (your new) local town? Historically a market town at the heart of West Lancashire, steeped in history and character, is where you will call home for the next year or more…but what does it have to…

Can you believe tomorrow is September 1st? Neither can we, but we will let you in on another not so little secret that is even more unbelievable… 24/7 is back… and this time for a whopping 38 weeks! That’s a total of 6,373 uninterrupted* hours of… Access to the library building with a valid UniCard Use of…

In January 1992 a group of journalists, reviewers, agents, publishers, librarians and booksellers met to discuss the previous year’s Booker Prize award as it had been noted there were no women represented in the shortlist. In fact, women writers on the whole appeared to be sorely under represented across many literary prize awards. It was…

“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…

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…

‘Tis the season to eat chocolate…falala…no? Are we the only ones still thinking Christmas was only last week? Well, at least we are heading in the right direction for summer but before we get too eggcited it’s time to talk Easter Opening at the University Library. You will be glad to hear we will only…

As we quickly approach the Easter break it is time to think about settling down and studying hard for upcoming exams and assignment deadlines. From Monday 14th March, to help you through this stressful period, the University Library is once again running an anti-noise campaign to ensure you are able to find the appropriate space…

When you love books as much as we do every day is World Book Day …but the official day of celebration takes place each year on the first Thursday in March. This year it happens to fall on the same day as the University’s Feel Good Festival which will be a jam-packed day of events,…

Forget New York / London / Milan Fashion Weeks if you want to see the hottest thing off the catwalk then head down to the University Library and check out our completed refurbishment! In response to student feedback we have tailored our learning spaces into the place to be seen studying! Hot Highlights… An extra…