• eBooks for Health Students – StatRef is here!

    So what is Stat-Ref? It’s an excellent collection of online Nursing and Midwifery eBooks for students. As well as access to over 25 titles, students also have the option to search within the site, to find a specific chapter to suit them. Choose from: The 5 Minute Clinical Consult Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing…

  • Developing Digital Excellence in December – come a long for a coffee and a mince pie

    As semester 1 draws to close there are a number of opportunities for staff development and maybe reflect on some of the success of the term around using the VLE and share those with us and colleagues or you might be thinking about what you can do differently next year.  The sessions within our Digital…

  • Help us make our Xmas tree appy!

    On Friday the 29th of November in the University Library we’re going to have some fun decorating a Christmas tree. But we’re not going to be using just any decorations! We’d like you to tell us what your favourite apps are and we’ll turn your answers into our appy decorations. We’d love you to participate,…

  • Skype support for students identified with SpLD (Dyslexia/Dyspraxia)

    There is an exciting development planned to improve our services in terms of support for students with SpLD. The SpLD team attended Skype training on 14 November 2013 to consider how it could be used when supporting students with SpLD (Dyslexia/Dyspraxia).  The day was very informative and we were able to talk with students who…

  • The Librarians Quick Response

    Before you read on I must inform you that this blog is not about librarians answering queries faster that the speed of light or responding to SOS cries from students needing assistance with referencing (it’s a given we do both of these anyway!). Instead, this post is about using technology to enhance and support the…

  • Media kit – new home, new equipment, new access times.

    As many of you will have already noticed the media kit has moved from the LINC to the Library. We also have a raft of extra improvements and changes following customer feedback, these include: * Loanable trollies which can be taken on location with you. * Longer loans available through a renewal option. * New…

  • Learning how to share

    Staff Development: eShare: Making the most of your Digital Repository What is eShare? Why do we have it? How can it benefit me? Come along for an introduction to our digital repository for teaching and learning and see how you can make the most of eShare. eShare offers you the opportunity to showcase your work…

  • Dyslexia Awareness Week

            Dyslexia Awareness Week  14th-20th October 2013 The theme this year was ‘Beyond Words’.  Its purpose was to address the misconception that dyslexia only affects reading, writing and spelling, but also, can impact on maths, memory, organisation, time management, as well as language and listening skills. In addition, there was a strong…

  • Do you need classroom materials for your teaching placement?

    It may be early in the term but if you are working with children and you are looking for materials to take to your placement/setting for use in the classroom you may want to check out the Education Resource Collection. The collection contains a range of materials from books (fiction and non-fiction), posters, games, dvds,…

  • Bookings are now open!

    Struggling with reading academic texts and articles?  If you are, come along to our Routemaster session about reading which takes place next Tuesday (22 October). Aimed at developing your understanding of yourself as a ‘reader’ of complex texts, we’ll also consider some strategies that can help you to engage more fully with the reading you…