Library News

This summer, we’re delighted to be given the opportunity to refurbish further areas of the original (older) Library buildings to provide more new and upgraded study spaces and new, modern shelving for collections. Over the course of the summer vacation we will be: Completely refurbishing large areas of Levels 4 and 5 to provide bright, […]

In light of reduced staffing, the ‘Ask Me’ desk will be closed on Sunday 21 May. The Support Hub desks will remain staffed, and as always, our self-service facilities will continue to be available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.  

Following feedback from our recent study space survey and your experiences of using the Library during the January exams, we will be making changes to Level 4 for the forthcoming exam period. From Monday 22 May, we will be transforming half of level 4 from group study to individual study to help meet the demand for more quiet […]

To help ease the pressure on study spaces over the exam period, we’ll be opening up a couple of extra staff rooms: In Seminar Room 1 on Level 2 there’ll be tables set up for individual study from Monday 15 May – Friday 16 June. The SPLASH training room on Level 3 will be open from […]

  Blog post by Sprint participant Lauren Page BEng Electronic Engineering As an electronic engineering student I am acutely aware of the gender imbalance within each room I walk into. With females comprising around 15% of my degree cohort, we are in fact above the national average of 13%- a figure that does not accurately […]