Art journal – latest issue available online
Calling all artists – the latest issue of the Art Journal is now out – volume 79, issue 1 (2020). The university library subscribes to this journal to support the learning and research of...
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Interview with Hannah Lee – writing picture books
Artists and Writers provide industry advice to writers and artists. Before lockdown, they joined up with picture books author Hannah Lee to chat all things writing. They talked about the publication of her debut...
Free publications from the Getty Conservation Institute
Check out the Getty Conservation Institute’s web pages – nearly 200 of their publications are available to download for free. These include scientific research, conference proceedings, case studies, project reports, bibliographies, and works on...
Additional Temporary Resources for Health Sciences and Wellbeing
Whilst the library buildings are closed your subject librarians have been securing extra resources to help you with your studies and research. The additional temporary resources are available online and you will need to...
Manufacturing Resilience During Covid-19
An interesting article published on the British Standards website this week – what has manufacturing learned from Covid-19?
Anti-racist resources from your library
A black box will get you nowhere. One of these books though… pic.twitter.com/aCArbcqvcJ — Kate Ryan (@MsKateRyan) June 2, 2020 The recent killing of George Floyd by police in the United States and...
IBISWorld Covid-19 Resources for Business
IBISWorld is monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on industry sectors such as retail and travel to provide insights and analysis for the UK and around the world. You can access articles, reports, and podcasts...
Illustrator Holly Sterling launches children’s book
Holly Sterling, one of our own lecturers, is also a children’s writer and illustrator, and had just launching her book, Karate Kids. Holly was inspired to write the book from her passion for karate,...
Print-making and natural dyes
The Fashion and Textile Museum in London are promoting the work on Babs Behan, who is a natural dye artist and designer. They have recently shared her’ first online tutorial on nettle dying which...
A day in the life of Zandra Rhodes
Calling all fashion students. This video produced by the Fashion and Textile Museum in London features Zandra Rhodes talking about processes, practices and the importance of sketching.
Unveiling the 2020 BBC Proms
For everyone who loves the annual BBC Proms, or loves music, here is great news – the BBC have unveiled how they will bring us a summer of music, despite Covid-19 meaning they can’t...
Sunderland University Art & Design online degree show
Many universities are giving students the opportunity to exhibit in virtual degree shows. Our show here at the University of Sunderland will be hosted on the Sunderland Creatives web site. Our online platform will...
How to increase the proportion of online resources on your reading lists
This post is for our academic colleagues as you prepare your modules for next academic year. You may want to take this opportunity to review your reading lists, and see if you can increase...
Spotlight on LWW Health Library – Additional Temporary Resource
The LWW Health Library has been made available for staff and students to access but only until 7th June. So you will need to be quick. There are some excellent resources here for all...
Box of Broadcasts – an on-demand TV & Radio streaming service for education and research
As we are all spending more time at home the Box of Broadcasts archive can be a useful resource for enhancing your subject knowledge, keeping up with current affairs or just to catch up...