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Welcome to the Library Blog

From reflective writing to digital skills, academic writing to careers and research, our new Library Blog offers insights, tips and news across a wide range of topics.

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Design Fiction and Sustainable Design

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Oct 06 2023 By : Darko Kokic, Associate Lecturer in Graphic Design

What will a vacuum cleaner look like five years into the future? Will it even exist on the market in its current form?

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Seeds of Hope

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Oct 06 2023 By : Dr. Ourania Papasozomenou, Business Lecturer (School of Leadership and Management)

My father is a refugee. He was forced out of his village and his lush fields in the war of 1974. My maternal grandfather was a refugee.

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Are Books Green?

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Oct 05 2023 By : Subiksha Krishniah, Academic Skills Tutor

Are books green? Are they sustainable? In March, this year, the UK’s public libraries had a Green Libraries conference.

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Navigating the Green Frontier: New Career and Research Opportunities in Accounting and Finance with ACCA

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Oct 05 2023 By : Nida Khan, Lecturer (Faculty of Business)

In today's rapidly changing world, where people care a lot about the environment, the jobs and studies in accounting and finance are changing too.

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Wildlife Crime and The Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT): A Call to Action for Environmental Awareness

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Oct 04 2023 By : Richard Charlton, Lecturer (School of Criminal Justice)

Have you ever stopped to consider the footprint you leave on our planet?

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Books and Gardening: A Metaphor for Life

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Oct 04 2023 By : Sara Foster, Senior Lecturer (English for Academic Purposes)

I dropped a book in the bath a few months ago, and when I fished it out and took it downstairs to dry in the sun, my husband asked if I had been reading in the rain. 

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Reading like a Gothic Heroine

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Oct 03 2023 By : Hannah-Freya Blake, Academic Skills Tutor (Leeds)

Ever been trapped in a castle? Pursued by devilishly handsome and wildly eccentric aristocrats? Haunted by the ghost of someone who looks suspiciously like you? 

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Seeing the Global in the Local: Climate change, sustainable development and global citizenship education

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Oct 03 2023 By : Dr Kevin Myers, Academic Skills Tutor (London)

Voicing the question of the potential for intelligent alien life out into the universe is often juxtaposed with a more pressing counter: forget the universe; we need to find intelligent life on Ear

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Old Aches: Rediscovering Libraries

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Oct 02 2023 By : Christopher R. Moore, Academic Skills Tutor (Library Services)

Recently, I made an unwelcome discovery: I have not been a member of a library since my master’s degree. Even accounting for lockdowns and my various house moves, this was mortifying to realise.

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Green Libraries Week: The power of imagining a better future

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Oct 02 2023 By : Rania Papasozomenou, Business Lecturer (School of Leadership and Management)

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03 Mar 2025
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If at first you don’t succeed then try, try, and try again
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Focus, Motivation, and ADHD
04 Oct 2024
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Definite Definitions: Clarity and Critical Writing
27 Sep 2024
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Learning Success: Lessons from the Olympics
23 Aug 2024
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How to get back into books: Advice from a reformed reader
09 Aug 2024
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Books, books and more books – celebrating our eBook collections this World Book Day!
07 Mar 2024
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