The University is undertaking a review of the way you access your Teaching Timetabling information and the detail included. We would like your input to know what is important to you. The survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete. Please respond by 31st March 2021. As INTO and Access students receive their timetable […]
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Library extended opening hours
In response to student requests we have extended the library opening hours starting from Wednesday 7th April. Monday – Friday 8am – 8pm Saturday – Sunday 10am – 5pm A click-and-collect service for hard-copy materials remains in place and study spaces must be booked in advance
Library opening hours during the Easter break.
The Library will remain open during the Easter break. Our opening hours will remain the same. A click-and-collect service for hard-copy materials remains in place and study spaces must be booked in advance Thursday 1st April 9am – 6pm Friday 2nd April 9am – 6pm Saturday 3rd April 10am – 5pm Sunday 4th April 10am […]
In 2020 we provided access to more ebooks, ejournals.
We now provide access to over 350,000 ebooks in total. (many more ebooks than we have print). We added 21,000 titles since start of the Autumn semester 2020. Our staff have digitised over 4500 chapters and articles for this academic session. We have spent over £134,000 on monograph ebooks with a further spend of over […]
Scan to OneDrive
When you scan using one of the Universities Multifunctional device (MFD) you have the option to Scan to OneDrive. This is very easy to do. Logon to the MFD using your card or your username and password. Choose the scan option. You can then choose what format you would like your e.g. Jpg or PDF. […]
Sextortion emails and sextortion.
Sextortion emails Sextortion refers to the broad category of sexual exploitation in which abuse of power is the means of coercion, as well as to the category of sexual exploitation in which threatened release of sexual images or information is the means of coercion. These are just a different form of Phishing email. They contain […]
Ongoing support of online learning
With pandemic restrictions continuing the Digital Learning Team have continued to work with colleagues across the university to support online learning. The Learning Technologists continue to work with academic staff looking to make the best use of the online tools available when delivering modules. This involves research informed methods for online delivery and creating an […]
ALT Learning Technology Team of the Year
The online winter conference organised by the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) took place on the 15th and 16th of December and incorporated the annual Learning Technologist of the Year award. ALT is the leading professional body for Learning Technology in the UK and organises a number of conferences and initiatives to support the use […]
Online Cybersecurity training
Staff, did you know there is a course on WorkRite about Information Security? You can access this training by logging on to the portal and clicking on the “Access health and safety training (Workrite)” link. From your course dashboard, you will find a link to the Information Security course. With the rise of cybercrime and […]
20 things that Information Services did for you in 2020.
I think we can all agree that 2020 (and following on into 2021) has been very unusual. It has meant that we have had to react and respond quickly to be able to support our staff and students in ways which we have never had to before. Over the next few weeks, we are going […]