• Assistive Technology

    Do you know?  Inspiration mind mapping and Read & Write Gold assistive technology is networked to support assignment writing Pick up an instruction leaflet from the ASK desk (1st floor of the library) Inspiration This is a visual tool for planning and developing ideas through the creation of concept maps. The map is easy to…

  • Your route to success

              Have you heard about our Routemaster programme? This year Learning Services are running two strands within our student support programme. We have sessions within Steps to Academic Success and new this term, Steps to Employability.  We are calling the programme Routemaster – Your route to success. Steps to Academic Success…

  • Spring clean your digital skills

    Staff Development Programme – Developing Digital Excellence Calling all staff, dust off your keyboard (sorry maybe taking the spring cleaning pun too far..) Staff from across Learning Services are delivering sessions this month around a number of themes.  There are three sessions from our Digital Practitioner series – maybe you might want to start with…

  • Achieving Assignment Success

              We know this is a very busy time for students, the next 6 weeks is crucial to everyone finishing assignments, and preparing for exams. We have created a top 10 tips around how to identify, locate, evaluate and effectively use information. 1. Use the right information source for what you are…

  • Developing Digital Excellence

    Developing Digital Excellence – staff development and training in February We have got a number of sessions for staff this month – many looking at some of the new ideas in the digital world, such as QR codes, data curation, and an interesting look at how you manage your digital identity. Sessions are developed by…

  • Resources special!

              Over the past few months, staff in information resources and our academic librarians have been working together to produce a newsletter dedicated to resources. We wanted to share with our colleagues important information about our collections and how they are being used.  We have also highlighted some of the work…

  • New skills for a new year – January Staff Development

    The Learning Services staff development programme – Developing Digital Excellence begins again in January. We have got a wide range of sessions covering all 4 strands of the programme which will support staff across the university in their use of technology and hopefully enhance their knowledge and skills – and maybe learn something brand new.…

  • Support for Research

    The library offers individual assistance and support to staff and students engaged in research. This includes advice on: Locating information resources Literature searching Using electronic journals and databases Current awareness Managing bibliographic data Academic writing. Your academic liaison librarian can offer help on finding information relevant to your subject area. For full details of the…

  • Final year dissertation – pulling it all together

    For our final year students and masters’ students, that final piece of work is looming… Our session will cover the structure and construction of a good dissertation. Thursday 2nd February 12.00 noon – 1.00pm Thursday 9th February 12.00 noon – 1.00pm Staff Development Room 2nd Floor LINC We will discuss the importance of specificity of…

  • Support for researchers

    Are you a research student or a member of staff engaged in research? Do you want to know how to keep up to date in your area or need help searching a database? If so, Learning Services can help.   We offer both small group workshops and individual sessions at times to suit you. We also offer training in RefWorks,…