In his 2014 book on the subject, Damon Young writes that ‘attention is a scarce and precious resource; frustrating as this might be, we have to be canny with it.’ To be distracted, he contends, is ‘to admit that we’re squandering our mental and physical assets; something we value less is diverting our efforts from something we value more.’ (2014)

The School of Design have been planning a Design Festival week of activities, events and workshops. The festival is open to all staff and students across the whole university, and hope it will be a great design week that is informative and creative.

We recently added a new collection to the Library Portal and are pleased to share with you Gale Research Complete - a diverse resource collection covering all subjects and disciplines.

I would love to say that my career and the educational path are the stuff of fairy tales, like Cinderella and her glass slipper, the end! However, life isn’t as easy as that and it involves a lot of setbacks and rejections. I know at times I’ve felt so defeated and worthless, it’s really knocked me for six - I’ve felt unconfident and I didn’t believe in myself. Simon Cowell’s words, “It’s a no from me!” may sound comical, but to be honest, I’d gotten so used to that response that a “yes” response still takes me by surprise!

The Arden Reading Society is a student-led extracurricular group which meets to discuss a new book every three weeks.  

The Reading Society meets on alternate Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7pm (BST) via Zoom to discuss everything from classic fiction to topical nonfiction, poetry to plays.