Are you going to be teaching in one of the university’s central lecture theatres or teaching rooms this coming semester? If so, it would be well worth making an appointment with one of our support staff to learn the essentials of operating the audio-visual and IT equipment in the teaching spaces. If you […]
Links to student information on the portal not available 17-19 July and portal downtime Thurs 18th July.
Essential work on the SITS (Student Records) database is scheduled for the evening of Wednesday 17th, all day Thursday 18th and the system is ‘at risk’ on Friday 19th of July. This will mean that the Student Records database will be unavailable during this period as will links to student records information from the portal. […]
It’s not paranoia – they are out to get you!
Malware, hackers, phishing, spyware, trojans, cybercrime, password stealers, viruses, worms, rootkits, adware, etc. The vacation periods at Universities are traditionally times for all of this malicious activity to increase dramatically. Perhaps the people behind it think that that their victim’s minds are elsewhere, making them an easier target than usual. Perhaps they are right. […]
Internet service disruption Friday 12th July
In order to complete routine but important maintenance on core network equipment, there will be two short interruptions to all off-campus Internet services, sometime between 07:30 and 08:30 on Friday 12th July. During this window, staff from Systems and Network Services will install recommended software updates. Each interruption will last for up to 3 minutes, […]
The Research Funding Toolkit: How to Plan and Write Successful Grant Applications
Described as a “must-have for every researcher”, the book “The Research Funding Toolkit” is very clear about its aim “to improve the quality of your grant applications and help you obtain funds to support your research”. The premise of the book is that in order to win funding you need to know three things: […]
Research Bites: Keeping up to date, 3rd July, 12.30pm
Research Bites is a summer programme of lunchtime briefings for researchers. The next session is on Keeping up to date on Wednesday, 3rd July at 12.30pm in the Library Seminar Room. Come along to find out about the tools you can use to keep up to date with news and publications in your subject […]
2012 Journal Citation Reports now available
Journal Citation Reports are an immensely useful tool and can help you: – identify journals with the greatest total cites and the highest impact in your field – find the most appropriate and influential journals in which to publish Each edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is published annually following the year of coverage […]
Research bites: extra added session – Introduction to RefWorks
This session has been requested by a number of researchers and will take place on Tuesday 25th June at 12.30 to 1.30pm in Training Room 1 on Level 4 of the Library. Come along to find out how to use RefWorks to organise and manage your references. The workshop will include how to enter references […]
Research Bites: Collaboration and Networking, 26th June, 12.30pm
Research Bites is a new summer programme of lunchtime briefings for researchers. The third session is on Collaboration and Networking on Wednesday, 26th June at 12.30pm in the Library Seminar Room. Come along to find out about some of the range of tools available to you to help you with collaboration in your research area: Blackboard Collaborate (a […]
G8 ministers endorse open access
Science ministers from the G8 group of the world’s richest countries have jointly endorsed the need to increase access to publicly-funded research. See http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/g8-science-ministers-endorse-open-access/2004820.article for the full Times Higher Education article.