Are you a lecturer, course developer or academic skills tutor wondering how to convince students of the purpose and value of engaging with further reading or a student wondering whether all this reading you are given has a purpose? Our…
Are you a lecturer, course developer or academic skills tutor wondering how to convince students of the purpose and value of engaging with further reading or a student wondering whether all this reading you are given has a purpose? Our…
Looking for reliable news and analysis of the coronavirus pandemic? Look no further. The Information Literacy Group have compiled a list of expert blogs and reliable sources of scientific evidence to suit all your needs. Check it out here.
There are lies, damn lies, and then there is politics. Fake news has been around since the dawn of civilisation and has taken flight and caused serious concern more than once in human history. Crises of authority and the desperate…
Disinformation is a well-worn path to power and those in power abuse it to maintain themselves amidst controversy. Where then does the ordinary citizen and scholar turn to find the truth amidst a whirlwind of lies, often repeated innocently by…
How to introduce a blog AND entice you to read it? Maybe a topic of the month? I thought to myself. My topic ‘of the month’ might hold your interest for 5 minutes. That’s all it takes to read a…
Grab a seat on one of our sofas or pull up a chair and let us get you up to speed with everything that is new but really not so scary about university life. The move from A-level to university study…
The more you read about the infopocalypse, human puppets and the death of informed democratic safeguards, the more it feels as if we might already be there. If you can’t wait until Hallowe’en for a good scare, take a close,…
We regret that due to essential maintenance, the UPLift! Library and information tips service will be unavailable on the morning of Saturday 22 April 2017 from approximately 6am – 12 noon. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Criminology has enjoyed a long and proud tradition from Enlightenment thinker and opponent of the death penalty, Cesare Beccaria, in the 18th century seeking sweeping reforms of the criminal justice systems of his day to focus on the prevention of crime…
Have you ever wished someone had given you more support and advice on developing research and study skills? If so, this is your opportunity to shape the development of a new online learning package to do just that. We are…
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