Black History Month takes place in the UK during October. To mark this event, here are a selection of resources from our library collections to encourage you to explore issues being raised in relation...
The winner of the 2021 Kate Greenaway medal is author and illustrator Sydney Smith for ‘Small in the City’ This award is judged by children’s librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children...
The law is always changing and keeping abreast of the changes in your research area can be challenging. This is true for all students studying law, but especially for those students involved with the Sunderland...
The Open Society Justice Initiative is part of the Open Society Foundations. It aims to provide expert legal support for Open Society’s mission and values through strategic human rights litigation and other legal work...
In last year’s Big Talk to the Library feedback you told us that you would like to see more immediate help with your Study Skills. We listened to this and have now increased the number of our Study...
Our MA degree students who have studied here during 2020-21 are currently exhibiting their end of degree shows. Glass and Ceramics students are exhibiting at the National Glass Centre 25th September – 3rd October....
What is Grey Literature? Grey literature is print and electronic documents produced by organisations such as governments, academics, business and industry. It’s documents produced for non-commercial reasons and by organisations where publishing is not...
Welcome to new Hospitality, Events, Aviation & Tourism students! You can use the Library on campus or online from wherever you are. You’ll be meeting your Librarian in early October as part of...
VisitBritain is the national tourism agency that drives inbound tourism. They report that the tourism industry is Britain’s 7th largest export industry and prior to the pandemic was worth £137 billion to the economy....
Sustainable Fashion Week is taking place 11th – 19th September 2021. Take this opportunity to explore our library resources on this subject which include: Barnard (2020) Fashion theory: a reader Bravo (2020) How to...
For students interested in hospitality management there has been a lot of research published recently. I wanted to highlight some examples of new books we’ve bought on this subject, new research that has been...
Check out the Heritage Open Days locally this September! They provide excellent opportunities to explore heritage of all kinds in the region – this year the open days take place over a period of...
Euromonitor International (the provider of the market research database Euromonitor Passport) recently published an ebook ‘Understanding the Traveller Journey: Critical for a Sustainable Recovery‘. This book includes some data and analysis on topics such...
Field for the British Isles by Antony Gormley, creator of the Angel of the North, is on display at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art (NGCA) at the National Glass Centre from July until September this year....