LGBT+ History Month is celebrated every February across the UK and was founded to celebrate the past, present, and future of LGBT+ people. The 2024 theme celebrates LGBT+ peoples’ contribution to the field of Medicine and Healthcare both historically and today. Reading List and Book Display Our LGBT+ History Month reading list gathers a selection […]
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A new version of Online Surveys
A new version of Online Surveys, Version 3, was released in September 2023. Summery of Key Information How will I log in to Online Surveys v3? There are currently two versions of Online Surveys – v2 and v3. We encourage you to move to v3 as soon as possible. v2 https://www.onlinesurveys.ac.ukv3 https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk Online Survey v3 uses passwordless […]
Strong Passwords – Protect your digital fortress
Welcome to the fourth installment of our 12-month Cyber Security Awareness campaign! This month, we focus on the foundation of our cyber security strategy – strong unique passwords. Your passwords are your first line of defense against unauthorised access to your digital accounts and sensitive data. Weak, easily guessed or repeated passwords compromise your personal […]
Wellbeing Week in the Library
Looking after our wellbeing is always important and Wellbeing Week is a chance for us to highlight some of the ways we can do this. Wellbeing Week will take place between the 26th February to 1st March. A lot is happening both on campus and online; check out the website for all the details. See below […]
Love is in the air…
Our Valentine’s post box is filling up with many love letters (and a few break-up letters). If you haven’t written to us yet, write us a love letter or a break-up letter, to let us know how you feel about our library and IT services. You can leave us a message on our online suggestion board, or if […]
Signed, sealed, delivered… are we yours?
Throughout February we are running various Valentine’s activities to boost wellbeing as well as collecting vital feedback to shape our services. Love Letters to the Library Do you really love something? Or are you just fed up with us? Write us a love letter or a break-up letter, to let us know how you feel […]
Word Processing Your Dissertation
Dreading the word formatting part of your dissertation? Fear not! We’ve added a brand new section to the Canvas and Learning Technologies (Students) module which includes help, training videos, and a template document to drop your text into. From creating and saving a new document to creating styles to adding and editing footnotes, we’ve got it […]
You said – We did
We like to think of ourselves as a listening service – we are always interested in your feedback and will do our best to improve our services based on your views. We regularly make changes based on feedback received through surveys, emails, social media, suggestion boards, conversations, and more. However you share your feedback, it […]
Did somebody say pizza?
Read on to get a slice of the action… We’ll start from the top…ping Do you fancy some free pizza? If you answered yes and can spare an hour, we would be very grateful if you could participate in our focus group. The purpose of the focus group is a chance to tell us what we […]
Phishing – don’t fall prey
Welcome to the third installment of our 12 month Cyber Security Awareness campaign. This month we’re covering one of the most common types of cyber attack – phishing. The University has recently been targeted by several different phishing attempts, so continued awareness and vigilance are essential. What is phishing? Phishing is a type of cyber […]