• 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.…


  • Get Started this summer with UniSkills

    We are already looking forward to welcoming all the new students who will be joining us this September, and if you are a one of them and fancy a taste of what support UniSkills can offer you during your time at the University check out our Getting Started With UniSkills offer. Getting Started With UniSkills…


  • 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…


  • Grow your academic resilience with a new UniSkills toolkit!

    As we navigate the new challenges Covid-19 has presented, it has been remarkable to see our students (many of who are key workers, parents, and carers) stepping up and continuing to build their academic skills. Inspired by your unwavering motivation in our 1:1s and webinars, we began to think how UniSkills could expand on our…


  • Accessing Online Resources: You Want It, We Get It!

    One of our main services to you, as the University Library, is providing access to high-quality academic resources and we do this in abundance – although at present you cannot access the physical book stock, you do have access to nearly 250,000 online resources! Accessing Online Resources The best place to start accessing your online…


  • Welcome to our new Fastrack students!

    All the team in Library and Learning Services want to say a big virtual HELLO to all the new Fastrack students who are joining us from 15th June. We know that it is an usual time to be starting a new course but we would like to reassure you that even though the University Library…


  • A big virtual hello from the Student Engagement team!

    With so many of us now working – and studying – from home, we thought you might be missing our friendly faces. With that in mind, our team wanted to reintroduce ourselves and give you a little reminder about who we are and what we do… The Student Engagement team is part of Learning Services…


  • UniSkills Webinars – join us in June!

    UniSkills provides a wide range of support designed to help you develop your academic skills and confidence at University and beyond. Since the University closed in the middle of March we have continued to provide academic skills support, albeit in a slightly different way. Our 1-2-1 appointments and UniSkills workshops (now webinars!) are being offered virtually…


  • Get Online Assessment Ready…

    We know that, along with many other University activities at the moment, this round of assessments will be different but Library and Learning Services are here to help and support you to complete your Online Assessments. Our new Online Learning and Assessments web pages have been designed with you in mind. They will help guide…