Over the last 4 weeks we have been sharing some of the improvements made to our service in 2023 as a result of your feedback. We love to get feedback from our users, which we regularly use to make changes to our services, spaces, support and resources. Do you want to give us feedback? Look […]
LGBT+ History Month and StirPride in the library
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 […]
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 […]
Library Pizza Party
As part of the ongoing programme of engagement with our community, we held a pizza party in the library – yes, free pizza! OK, so the pizza may have been a sweetener (or should that be savoury-er?) to get some of you along to discuss some of the current plans for the library service and […]
Enhance your research with Nexis news content (Sign up for Workshops – 20th & 22nd February)
Whether you are following a single news story or researching cultural trends, political developments, current or historical issues or analysing the business environment and company performance, Nexis provides an invaluable source for primary and secondary research.Attend these workshops with LexisNexis trainer Marc Gillespie to enhance your research skills and extract relevant material from over 23,000 […]
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 […]