Library & Learning Services

Two weeks into lent and that chocolate bar looks awfully tempting… But instead of denying yourself something, why not consider making another positive change in your life! Give yourself some time to focus in on that next assignment, learn something new and brush up on your academic skills. With Spring just around the corner, there’s…

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…

Continuing the second semester as we ended the first, the Student Advisors here in Learning Services are once again offering drop-in sessions to help and support you. Following on from the very well received Introducing Learning Edge and How To Submit Your Assignment sessions, the team will be offering guidance and advice with Learning Edge…

As Semester 2 is now well underway we thought we would take a look back at some highlights of  the first term to just see how we were doing in terms of performance – our aim is to deliver services and support which are focused on our customers and what customers need… So how did…

It’s well-known that one of the most important factors to be successful at University is your health and wellbeing, and sometimes we all need a little bit of a boost! A lot of us find ourselves burning the candle at both ends, and this makes it even more important to find a good balance between valuable time…

Discover. Read. Listen. Watch. We are currently trialling a new eResource for Performing Arts & English called Drama Online. Drama Online is a complete digital library of the most studied, performed & critically acclaimed plays from the last 2,500 years. The award-winning Drama Online introduces new writers alongside the most iconic names in playwriting history,…

If you have visited the University Library over the past day or so you may have noticed some signs appearing informing you of an imminent makeover…but just what are we talking about? Well, in response to student feedback we are enhancing your learning spaces across two floors. The refurbishment, although small in disruption, should provide…

Back by popular demand, we bring you the Uni Skills workshop line-up for Semester 2! Way back when, in Semester 1, we saw 87 students at our lunchtime workshop series. We asked for your feedback and we had some fantastic responses! “The workshop was informative and I felt like it will benefit my studies” We…

We hope you all had a lovely winter break and stuffed yourselves silly with lots of tasty treats…but sadly it’s time to face reality again and think about the months ahead. Perhaps you have made some resolutions to eat better, exercise more or possibly to study harder? Well, the University Library can’t help much with…