• Have you noticed anything different?…..

    Have you taken a look at the new Learning Services web pages.? We launched our new pages on Friday 7th March using the new WordPress template, which is now used by many areas and departments across the University. The new templates and widgets, which have been developed by our colleagues in the Web Team, offer…

  • Read all about it …….

    …… check out the newly acquired phonics collection at Edge Hill’s library at the Woodlands Centre, Chorley. The government is keen to promote high quality teaching of systematic, synthetic phonics in primary schools so the library at Woodlands, a centre for education resources, has invested in a whole range of phonics materials. Education trainees can…

  • Don’t leave your seat!

    Are you getting ready to start your dissertation? Here’s an opportunity to learn some new information searching skills at a time and a place that suits you. Not finding the results you require when searching online, on the library catalogue or journal databases? Grab a cuppa and find yourself a nice comfy chair and watch…

  • Learning Services continue to go ‘the extra mile’…!

    Following our 1 year on site surveillance visit on 3rd February, we were delighted to receive the news that not only are we still fully compliant in all areas of the Customer Service Excellence award, but we were awarded a further 5 compliance pluses – that’s 8 in total! Learning Services have held the award…

  • Camera..Action!

    Learning Services’ Media and ICT Support team have developed a collection of short videos to provide media students with expert direction and support to help them get the most out of the equipment they are borrowing, from getting started with a camcorder to using a set of lights. The bespoke videos focus on the media…

  • Routemaster – Steps to Success – Semester 2

    In semester 1 Learning Services ran sessions on developing academic skills and employability skills for all students. Following their success a new set of sessions are running for semester 2. Academic skills topics include writing for your dissertation, referencing and academic writing. There is even a Collaborate online session on locating resources which you join remotely…

  • 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 chance to see the new broadcast TV Studio

    Developing Digital Excellence Event Thursday 13th February 1.00pm This Thursday, the TV Studio Manager Ian Steel will be leading a tour of the new broadcast HD TV Studio in Creative Edge. Staff from across the University are invited along to come and see the cameras, lighting and mixing galleries within the studio. The studio houses…

  • New Look for Literature Online

    Literature Online (LION) has a brand new platform that is now live. This brings Literature Online in line with all the other literature collections that Edge Hill University subscribes to from ProQuest. These include the British Periodicals and Periodicals Archive Online. Literature Online provides information about authors and their works it remains a great tool…

  • New resources for Edge Hill Alumni

    Learning Services are pleased to announce that we have recently extended the licence to a number of eResources which means our Alumni can now access over 2,700 eJournals. These journals are part of collections from 4 publishers. JSTOR contains high-quality, interdisciplinary content. It includes over 1,500 leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as…