Libraries Week takes place between the 8–13 October to celebrate the nation’s much-loved libraries. This year, with a focus on wellbeing, libraries across the country will showcase how they bring communities together, combat loneliness, provide a space for reading and creativity and support people with their mental health. Join us to celebrate our library and […]
Maker Space tour for Academic Staff
On Wednesday 10th October between 2 pm and 4:30 pm we are opening up the Maker Space to our academic colleagues. Already a number of academics are utilising the space for research projects and also for printing standard items such as lab equipment. We can show you what we have been doing for them. We […]
#StirCyberSec 2018 Welcome and Week 1 – Basic Cyber Hygiene
Welcome to #CyberSecMonth 2018 and #StirCyberSec, our online cyber-security campaign. #CyberSecMonth runs for the entire month of October, each week focusing on a different topic. The themes are: Week 1: Oct. 1-5 – Practice Basic Cyber Hygiene The theme seeks to assist the public in establishing and maintaining daily routines, checks and general behaviour required […]
#StirCyberSec October 2018
Did you know that October is Cyber Security Month #CyberSecMonth? We will be running our #StirCyberSec campaign again. #CyberSecMonth runs for the entire month of October, each week focusing on a different topic. The themes are: Week 1: Oct. 1-5 – Practice Basic Cyber Hygiene The theme seeks to assist the public in establishing and […]
IT Service Week is coming….
The first week in October is a magical time in the IT Service Desk world – it’s IT SERVICE WEEK 🙂 This is the week where IT Service Desk staff get to unleash their crazy and have a bit of random fun. The theme for the week this year is MAGIC… WE NEED YOU to […]
University phone system – 22 September 2018
Tomorrow (22 September 2018) there will be scheduled work to the University phone system. This work is due to start at 8 am and may take up to 5 hours to complete. You can still contact us throughout this period. Using UniDesk you can contact us through these links; Ask IT Ask the Library or […]
New printers and leftover Konica consumables
The majority of the new Multi-functional devices (MFD) have now been delivered and are now in use, across the campus. Further information, including a useful FAQ is available on UniDesk Please also note that, over the next couple of weeks, Graphics and Print (G&P) will be visiting each department to collect any leftover Konica Minolta […]
New Google Dataset Search
Google has launched ‘Dataset Search’, a new search engine to help find datasets that are freely available. The service is aimed at “scientists, data journalists, data geeks, or anyone else” (so you should fall into one of these categories!). Datasets tend to be spread across many different repositories on the web. This new search engine […]
Learn how to use the new student printers
Students do you want to learn how to print, scan and copy using the new Ricoh MFD’s on campus? We are running a training session, see the details below; Tuesday 25th September 10 am – 3 pm In the Atrium outside the library. This session will be useful for both new and returning students. The […]
Plan S: Game changer for Research Funders and Open Access
On the 4th of September a radical initiative was unveiled that plans to make publicly funded research in 11 European countries, including the UK, accessible for free by 2020. The initiative is built around ‘Plan S’, which consists of one target and 10 principles (shown below). The core target is: “By 2020 scientific publications […]