Webinar training: Artstor to JSTOR migration
If you use Artstor, you will want to attend this webinar and learn how all the functionality of Artstor will continue from August in JSTOR.
Author: David Bennett
Assistant Librarian (Promotions) at the University Library. An enthusiastic advocate of libraries, diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice for all, inside and outside the workplace.
Cottage Grove Primary School Diversity Day
Originally posted 26th May 2023 Greta and Patrick from the University Library and Megan and Soo, two students from BA(Hons) Illustration, enjoyed a day at Cottage Grove Primary School. The school was celebrating diversity and on this, the second of …
Like Google, only green
Looking for a sustainable alternative to Google? You might like Ecosia – a green search engine that plants trees as you search the web!
Truth and the turning wheel of history
There are lies, damn lies, statistics, and then there is politics. Fake news has existed since the dawn of civilisation and has taken flight and caused serious concern more than once in human history. Crises of authority and the desperate …
Rounding off neurodiversity
The last of the really common neurodiverse conditions I want to introduce you to this Neurodiversity Awareness Week , I’m going to conclude with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD.
Autism
What is different about people who we describe as being “austistic”? Well, it’s complicated and, as with dementia, no two autistic people are the same, although there are five general traits they share in common that help characterise this form of neurodiversity.
Expressions of neurodiversity
Continuing on from my last two posts for Neurodiversity Awareness Week, I wanted to introduce you to the most common presentations of neurodiversity: the four ‘D’s: dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and dyspraxia.
Build it, and they will come
he architecture of oppression is old and runs deep in our society. Even the buildings we work in are often designed in ways that disturb neurodiverse people.
In my last blog post, I began to explore why neurodivergent people are so much less likely to be employed than neurotypical people. In this post, I’m going to explore why this might be.
Finding space
Finding a place to study together at the busiest times of the year can seem challenging but there are more spaces across campus where you can study than you might have thought. If you know you are going to be …
Celebrating diverse minds
Happy Neurodiversity Awareness Week! This week, we celebrate the rich diversity of humankind and the often very different ways we approach similar challenges.
