Vehicle break-ins
The Police have warned of an increase in the number of local vehicles being targeted around the city by an opportunist thief who breaks into the vehicles to examine or steal belongings left behind by the owner.
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Sailing stressful seas
Stress is what motivates us, gets us out of bed in the morning, and supplies excitement in our lives. No, really. That feeling of get-up-and-go really is stress. ‘Motivation’ is just what stress feels like at manageable levels. For various reasons, not all of which are immediately obvious, many people are now experiencing more stress than is good for them. Happily, there are ways of transcending stress that at least have the potential to be effective in almost any situation.
Keeping your identity safe
It can be very tempting to post a big photo of your graduation certificate on all your social media channels but as fraud prevention experts Cifas point out, there are good reasons not to do so. Any personal information you share with the world or simply fail to protect from those with an unhealthy interest in your identity and personal history makes you more vulnerable to identity theft. Prevention is better than cure, although credit experts still maintain that both care and vigilance is necessary to stay safe in the modern world.
A celebration of synth
Modern music is pretty much all synthesised, or at least comprises digital reproductions of recordings of acoustic sounds and yet this development was very much a twentieth-century phenomenon. This post comprises a whistlestop tour from early electric light bulbs through vacuum tubes to modern electronic circuitry, Oscar, Sala, Brian Eno, the too often overlooked Wendy Carlos, and on to the modern day with many a window shopping stop along the way.
Our Times Higher Education subscription has renewed!
Times Higher Education Supplement (THE) is the leading voice of global higher education and your source of the latest news and analysis across academia. Our subscription has just renewed, so there has never been a better time to catch up on sector news online!
Where are my books?
Much of the time, you will be using reading lists and catalogue searches to find specific books. But what if you want to find books on a particular topic, or just want to browse all the books for your subject? …
Figure out how you learn best
As term gets started in earnest, it is a great time to take a fresh look at the way you work and ask yourself whether there are tools and tricks you could make use of to make life easier. If …
Take Lexis to the next level
Looking to learn Lexis Library and get certified to impress future employers? Get your certification process off to a flying start with foundation and advanced certification support from your friendly student LexisNexis representative next Wednesday and Thursday afternoons: LexisLibrary Foundation …
Free trial: American Indian Histories and Cultures
We are delighted to present a free trial of American Indian Histories and Cultures until 7 September 2021. Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact between American Indians and European settlers right up to photographs …
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Getting started with The New York Times
If you haven’t discovered our subscription to the New York Times yet, you should really take a look. It offers free access to one of the world’s leading newspapers, including an archive of newspaper copy comprising actual actual page layouts …
