News and comment from the world of IT
The university computer network will be undergoing essential overnight maintenance between 11.30 pm on Thursday 6 February and 2 am on Friday 7 February to ensure we continue to deliver a reliable high speed network. During this period, your access …
We are upgrading our computer network to ensure we continue to provide reliable, high speed computing facilities this week (between 28-31 October). This means that over the next few days, we will need to make small clusters of student computers …
You have your laptop set up just the way you like it; it’s light and portable, but you crave a full-sized screen and keyboard when you settle in for a proper study session. We hear you! That’s why we bring you the best of all possible worlds with desktop computers you can plug your devices into and enjoy the use of a mouse, full-size keyboard and a monitor so large it had to be made curved for you to be able to see everything from side to side without moving! It’s the best of all possible worlds: the power and customizability of your own device with the luxury of a dedicated, modern desktop setup.
There are quite a few extensions for the Google Chrome browser that can transform your web browsing experience. Some strip out visual clutter, some display the page headings structure on one side so you can jump straight to the part of the page you want, while others help you speed read text or read it out to you so you can listen to the printed word. These extensions can make life easier for anyone, whether you struggle to read text, learn better from hearing information instead of reading it, have tired eyes or need to multitask and so prefer to listen, or you learn best by reading and listening to something, separately or at the same time.
Occasionally one of our website visitors comments on the number of tabs/windows the Library website creates during a session. In some situations it can seem overwhelming, but there is method in our madness …
