• Book your spot for Getting Started With UniSkills!

    Congratulations on securing your place at Edge Hill University! Before you begin your programme, the UniSkills team invite you to join our exciting line up of Getting Started With UniSkills webinars.   From preparing your academic resilience and discovering research skills at university, to academic writing or transitioning to postgraduate study, these sessions are designed…

  • Ready, Set, Revise! for your Summer Assessments

    For our students busy preparing for their Summer Assessments, this is your reminder that the UniSkills team is still here to support you. Whether you’d like to discuss your revision worries with one of our Academic Skills Advisors in a one-to-one appointment, or discover our range of online resources on referencing, proofreading, being critical and…

  • World Friendship Day: Friendship in the Archives

    World Friendship Day is Sunday 30th July 2023. To celebrate we asked PhD student Grace Marks to tell us about her research into friendship. You can also view our curated list of books to celebrate online or in the Libby app. Who am I? My name is Grace Marks, and I am currently researching friendship…

  • UniSkills Focus On: Oxford Academic

    Welcome to another UniSkills Focus On… blog post. This month’s post is the last one of the academic year and we will be looking at Oxford Academic.

  • FROGMAN! Who, What, Why, and How?!

    (Spoiler: I don’t answer any of these questions) My role at Edge Hill University’s Archive started early 2022 as a researcher. I would use the index cards allocated to students that go as far back as the first cohort in 1885 and investigate their lives using other records in the archive and websites such as…

  • UniSkills Focus On: Cambridge Core

    Hello again and welcome back to the UniSkills Focus On… blog series. This month we are exploring Cambridge Core.  

  • What about summer?

    SPLD Team’s suggested summer activities If you’re currently studying or waiting to join us, there are lots of beneficial activities or tasks you could undertake during the summer months (UK Summer … 21.06 – 23.09). The SPLD advisors have gathered their thoughts to provide some quick-fire ideas for summer tasks. The list is endless but…

  • Transparency as a route to social responsibility in research [Re-post]

    In case you missed it, this piece appeared the ISR Blog earlier in June. Liam Bullingham and Matthew Greenhalgh explain how research can be more transparent, and the benefits this provides.

  • Library and Learning Services are helping YOU become an agent of change for the environment through sustainable student engagement ♻️

    The future of our beautiful planet is at risk from climate change, pollution and unsustainable practices. But we can all do our part (however small) to reduce our carbon footprint. And this is exactly what Library and Learning Services have been exploring! By rethinking our approach to student engagement we are empowering YOU to become…

  • Welcome to Fastrack 2023 from Library and Learning Services!

    Hello and a massive welcome to all our new Fastrack students, we look forward to meeting you and getting to know you all. We are Library and Learning Services and we are here to provide support with all aspects of your academic study.