Author: Hilary

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Reading for Leisure

Over the winter holidays why not relax with some reading? It’s very easy in our busy lives to only read for studying or work purposes and forget that you can read for pleasure as...

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Inequality and Society Useful Resources

We’ve just created a new list of Key Resources to cover the MSc Inequality and Society. The list covers key areas of inequality; social, economic, educational, health, ethnicity, gender and LGBTQ+.  The resources on...

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Integrated Care Webinar

Studying Health and Social Care or Social Work? Interested in integrating care services? Then sign up for the free Achieving Integrated Care: 15 Best Practice Actions webinar on Tuesday 3 December at 1pm. The...

Journals – Why They’re Worth It

  Over the past few weeks we’ve been out delivering journal searching sessions to Level 4 students and advanced searching techniques to Level 6 students in Childhood Studies, Criminology, Health and Social Care, Sociology,...

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A-Z of Referencing

This week’s skills session for year 1 BSc Criminology students focused on the fundamentals of referencing – what it is, why you need to reference, what you need to reference and how you reference...

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Northern Lights: Scottish Enlightenment

  If  you’re studying arts, language and literature, social sciences or science and medicine you’ll be interested in a free exhibition Northern Lights: Scottish Enlightenment – Ideas that Shook the World which focuses on...

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Sexual Violence – the Future of Rape Trials

If you are studying criminology or law you’ll be interested in catching up with BBC Radio 4’s programme Rape Trials: is the Jury Out? Broadcast on 30 August 2019 the programme discusses that despite...

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Peterloo 200th Anniversary

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...