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Man Booker Prize Winner 2015
On Tuesday 13th October an author, who only 10 years earlier considered giving up writing all together, was awarded the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction – congratulation Marlon James! The Jamaican born winner endured almost 80 rejections of his first novel, John Crow’s Devil, before it was published in 2005. Three novels later and…
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UniSkills #Library Workshops have arrived!
After the success of last year’s workshop series, we’re delighted to launch our new programme of Uni Skills workshops! This series of 1-hour workshops will cover a range of essential topics such as starting your research, assignment planning, academic writing and dissertations. Our dedicated team of skills advisors will help you to develop a successful…
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Student Advisors…Purple is the New Red
Learning Services sees a very welcome return to our wonderful team of Student Advisors. Based at the Ask Desk on the first floor of the University Library, Alice, Tara, David, Laura, Sophie and Connor are available 11am – 4pm Monday-Friday, offering flexible support to help you with all your queries. Different colour, same support.…
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Find what you’re missing
We launched the new catalogue in June after a period of almost 12 months planning and testing. We hope you like the many new features of the catalogue, here’s some information about what’s new: A powerful search tool for all print and electronic resources resulting in more resources at your fingertips Seamless access to your…
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Dyslexia Awareness Week 2015
Dyslexia affects approximately one in ten people in the UK and is one of the most common hidden disabilities, occurring in people of all ages, backgrounds and intellectual levels. That’s why our specialist support team, the SpLD Team, is hosting a number of activities as part of the national Dyslexia Awareness Week. From Monday 5th…
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Learning Services welcomes The Emergency Poet!
The 8th October 2015 is National Poetry Day and to celebrate Learning Services are organising a very special event….! We were keen to mark National Poetry Day and wanted to celebrate it with an event that was interactive, fun, lighthearted and something that students could really engage with. One of our…
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Student support for Learning Edge
UniSkills #Library From Monday 28th September we are holding drop-ins to support students who have any questions about Learning Edge (your tutor might call this Blackboard). The drop-ins are for students and led by students. They are being delivered by our new team of student advisors. The sessions will…
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Welcome to Learning Services!
We’ve been working hard over the last few months preparing to welcome new students to Edge Hill this September. We wanted our induction to represent what is most important to you, our students, so we have been gathering feedback from current Edge Hill students, asking what advice they have found most useful and how they…
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Get Connected
Looking to connect to the eduroam Wi-Fi? If you are having trouble accessing the eduroam Wi-Fi please try the following steps… Check your personal email account (including spam folder) for welcome email containing your student number and temporary password. Once you have these details log on to any PC on campus – e.g. the one…