The Library is here to support you during your studies and research. Our year-round training and support provide a flexible blend of workshops, online guides and drop-in support to develop the necessary skills, and knowledge, at a time and pace that suits you.
There are a range of services you can access to support your study, including:
- My Learning Essentials: A selection of workshops and online guides to support your academic skills, study strategies and wellbeing. Including our new workshop GenAI tools and learning.
- My Research Essentials: Designed to support researchers at all stages, our researcher programme provides workshops and online guides focused on raising your research profile, dissemination of research, open research, publishing insights and dedicated writing time.
- Specialist Library Support: Access expert support in specialist areas such as copyright, referencing, advanced searching, systematic reviews and business data.
- Academic writing support: If you would like support to improve your academic writing, you can book a one-to-one appointment for an on-campus or online consultation with our Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Carys Bray.
- Library Subject Guides: our subject guides are here to help you find information and resources tailored to your course. We regularly update our eBook, eJournal and Database spotlights, so you can discover new and essential materials to support your studies quickly and easily.
- Order a Book, Order a Chapter, Order an Article for free: If you need research resources that the Library does not currently hold, then the Library will get them for you (electronically wherever possible). The service is free, quick and easy to use. Explore the order resources services.
Got a question? Come along to our regular drop-in support sessions. Our friendly Library experts are on hand to guide you on any aspects of using our resources and services.
For further information see the Library’s recent news article or visit our training and support pages.

