Library Teaching and Learning Support: Spring 2026

• My Learning Essentials: Our flagship skills programme, aimed at all study levels, provides a selection of workshops and online guides to support your academic skills, study strategies and wellbeing. Including our new workshop GenAI tools and learning.  

• My Research Essentials: Designed to support researchers at all stages, our researcher programme provides workshops and online guides focused on raising your research profile, dissemination of research, open research, publishing insights and dedicated writing time.   

• Specialist Library Support: Access expert support in specialist areas such as copyright, referencing, advanced searching, systematic reviews and business data.   

Got a question? Come along to our regular drop-in support sessions. Our friendly Library experts are on hand to guide you on any aspects of using our resources and services.    

Academic writing support

If students would like support to improve your academic writing, you can advise them to book a one-to-one appointment for an on-campus or online consultation with our Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Carys Bray. 

Library Subject Guides:

Our guides are here to help you find information and resources tailored to your course. We regularly update our eBook, eJournal and Database spotlights, so you can discover new and essential materials to support studies quickly and easily.    

Order a Book, Order a Chapter, Order an Article

If you need research resources that the Library does not currently hold, then the Library will get them for you (electronically wherever possible). The service is free, quick and easy to use.  Use the Order a Book, Order a Chapter and Order an Article services on the Library website. For any issues regarding availability of reading list items, please contact the module leader.  

Professional certifications

Students are being provided with the chance to study for and sit Microsoft 365 Fundamentals and Office Specialist certifications exams for free. These exams, when passed, award the students with professional certifications in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook and more specialist certifications in AI Fundamentals, Azure Fundamentals, Azure Data, Power Platform, Security compliance and identity. Follow this link to find out more: Specialist Library Support workshops.   

For details of all our training and support please visit the Library website: 

• Library Training and Support   

Contact us or speak directly to a member of the Library team via Library Chat:  

•  Library Help & Support  

Embedding training and support in your programme  

The Library can work with staff to embed training and support within your programme. For further information and to request support see:  

• My Learning Essentials for Staff  

For further help on Library support for your teaching and/or research contact your dedicated Engagement Librarian.