The Shape of Masculinity
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...
Category: Library news & events
Winner announced for Kate Greenaway illustration award
The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal was established in 1955, for distinguished illustration in a book for children. It is named after the popular and highly influential nineteenth century artist known for her fine children’s illustrations and...
Art and Design degree show – Priestman
Come and celebrate our students’ artistic achievements in their end of degree shows. From Saturday 15th June to Friday 21st June (10.00am – 4.00pm) you can view student artwork from the following university courses:...
Psychology – reading for pleasure
Not everything you read has to be for an assignment … you could just read for pleasure! Psychology & Counselling is an incredibly rich and interesting subject so why not spend the summer reading...
Choreographic Practices – new issue out
The latest issue of the journal Choreographic Practices is now out! It is a special issue entitled ‘Dancing Urbanisms’ to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the journal. Choreographic Practices operates from the principle that...
21 years of the National Glass Centre
To celebrate 21 years since National Glass Centre opened to the public in Sunderland, we have gathered a panel of curators, academics and artists to reflect on the work of the centre, its cultural,...
Design competition run by British Library and British Fashion Council
The British Library and the British Fashion Council (BFC) are collaborating for a third time to launch a fashion design competition to inspire a new generation of fashion designers. BA and MA students from...
Heading to London this summer? Check out these British Library exhibitions
If you’re heading to London this summer, why not make time to visit the British Library and see two of their current exhibitions? Writing – Making your mark is currently running (until the end...
Illustration – new books based on your recommendations
The University gave the library extra money this year to buy more books – new titles and extra copies of well used titles. Library staff have been busy buying the titles you need for...
Creative Lives – Vincent Todd, Claire Todd and Sue Loughlin
A series of lectures about how artists work, live and thrive in the arts and creative industries. Tuesday 28th May 2019 4.00 – 5.00 pmRoom 1, The Gateway, City Campus, Chester Road, Panel discussion...
Journal of Artistic Research – call for papers
Are you a researcher in art? Have you come across the JAR journal? The Journal of Artistic Research is an international, online, open access and peer-reviewed journal that disseminates artistic research from all disciplines....
Answering exam questions- hints and tips
So you finally made it, assignments handed in, summer is just around the corner, all you need to do is sit that exam, easy right? Exams can be extremely daunting, but fear not, this...
New open access journal: ‘Computational Communication Research’
We in the library are always excited about open access journals, and the newly launched Computation Communication Research – at the junction of computing and communications – looks very promising. It uses the green...
New Nursing Books
The library has secured extra funding from the University this academic year to buy new books, extra copies of popular titles and new editions of the books on your My Modules Reading lists. Here...
Creative Lives – Doug Fishbone
A series of lectures about how artists work, live and thrive in the arts and creative industries. Tuesday 21st May 2019 4.00 – 5.00 pm Room 007, Prospect Building, Tom Cowie Campus, Sunderland University...