On useless information
I can honestly say, my gut feeling was right – there is just so much information out there, it’s simply not worth engaging with everything that’s vying for my attention. Titles such as ‘The only thing you need to know …
Tag: Information Literacy
The value of critical reading
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 …
Your hub for expert opinion and scientific facts on the coronavirus pandemic
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.
Truth and the turning wheel of history
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 …
Talking truth to power
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 …
Critical thinking
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 …
Welcome to university life: finding your feet
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 …
Who is to say what is real?
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, …
Planned downtime for UPLift! maintenance (Saturday 22 April 2017)
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.
Join the grand criminological tradition
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 …
