Tagged: History and Politics
The University of Sunderland recently began a subscription to British History Online which is a collection of nearly 1300 volumes of primary and secondary content relating to British and Irish history, and histories of...
How many times have you clicked on a link or reference, only to get the message that the webpage no longer exists? This phenomenon, which is called ‘link rot‘ or ‘content drift‘ can be...
After doing most everything – socializing, lectures, essays, projects, entertainment – on the screen, could your eyes use a break? I’m going to suggest two methods for listening to your academic reading with a...
We have heard a few students and academics say that you’re unable to access JStor from off campus. We are looking into this as a matter of urgency. Strangely, some staff members have no...
From 1 March 2020, you will be able to search across over 600 newspaper titles and news broadcast outlets at the same time by using Newsstream via your library’s subscriptions. Newsstream will be replacing...
16 August marks 200 years since the Peterloo Massacre which kick started demands for reform and universal suffrage following the Napoleonic Wars. Read more about the Peterloo Massacre on the National Archives blog post...
Studying for dissertations, projects and assignments over the summer? Did you know St Peters Library is open 10am-6pm on Saturdays? In addition as a result of student feedback we are pleased to have successfully...
This weekend 19-21 July is the Northern Pride Festival. The festival takes over Exhibition Park and the Town Moor in Newcastle whilst their is a commemorative march marking 50 years since the Stonewall Riots...
This week BBC Radio 3’s The Essay has been focusing its discussions around masculinity which has been part of the York Festival of Ideas. There are five podcasts you can catch up with which...
This week beginning the 8 April is Researcher Development Week at the University of Sunderland. You’ll find the University is running a number of sessions to support researchers in writing grant bids, mentoring and...
Our Study Skills Drop-ins are back this semester and are concentrating on study skills. You might be asking yourself ‘why?’. Well it’s a result of our analysis of the type of queries students had...