Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from 10 – 16 May 2021. This year Mental Health UK are encouraging us to partake in the ‘5 Ways to Wellbeing’. We’ve complied this blog post as a starting guide for our students and staff on how you might want to get involved. Within each section you’ll find […]
Read More Mental Health Awareness Week – 2021Your library is here to help you succeed during this year’s assessment period. From 26 April we’ll be supporting you in the following ways: Online Support via live chat & email Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, and via email only Sun 12-8pm (chat & email support will be unavailable on the Bank Holidays on 3 & 31 May). […]
Read More Supporting your Exams in 2021Spring has arrived and Easter is on the way! 🌼 We’ll be taking a break over the holiday period, so please read on for information about our opening hours and the services which will be available during this time… opening hours and services 🐣 The last Click and Collect slots (Colchester campus) and Choose your […]
Read More Your Library This EasterThe Lunar New Year, most commonly associated with the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, occurs annually and typically falls sometime between January 21 and February 20.This year, in 2021, the Lunar New Year is on February 12, and it’s the Year of the Ox! 🧧 What is the Lunar New Year? A Lunar New […]
Read More Lunar New YearEvery year, on the 27th of January, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust commemorates the 6 million Jews (around two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish population at the time) who tragically lost their lives at the hands of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. The date marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, taken by Joseph […]
Read More Dive Into History: Commemorating Holocaust Memorial DayWe’re finally nearing the end of 2020! As the term draws to a close we have some information about library services to share, alongside some holiday themed engagement activities. To skip to different sections of the blog post please use the links below… LIBRARY SERVICES • ADVENT CALENDAR CHRISTMAS TREE PADLET • HOLIDAY FILMS opening […]
Read More Your Library This ChristmasDisability History Month (18 Nov-18 Dec) is an annual event in the UK that celebrates the achievements of disabled people, honours their struggle for equality and human rights, and remembers the history of the disability rights movement. This month includes HIV/AIDS Day (1 Dec), International Day of People with Disabilities (3 Dec), and International Human […]
Read More Disability History Month 2020This year the University of Essex are having to do things a little differently, celebrating the graduation of class 2020 with online celebrations. Here at the Albert Sloman Library we wanted to get involved in making this a joyful day, and help to build excitement for those awaiting their delayed ceremony. Within our library team […]
Read More Graduation MemoriesWhat is ‘time to write’? ‘Time to write’ is a virtual writing retreat for PhD students, designed and run in collaboration between Library Services and Organisational Development. ‘Time to write’ is a light touch version of the popular Thesis Boot Camp, which was created by Dr Peta Freestone to help PhD students with their writing. […]
Read More ‘Time to write’: a virtual writing retreat for PhD studentsOpen Days are your chance to explore the place that will become your second home, so what better way to give you a preview of our library than a whistle-stop virtual tour, where you can get to know us from the comfort and safety of your own home. Located in the heart of our campus, […]
Read More Open Day: Take a tour of the Loughton Library
