Are you a PGM student? The Library and UPSU would love to hear from you. As part of the Lasting Change initiative, we’re committed to improving the experience of all our PGM students. You can make a massive difference to this by taking part in an upcoming PGM student focus group and telling us your lived experiences. As a thank you for taking part, UPSU are offering a number of £25 vouchers for those taking part.
With more elections coming up and racial inequality still rife in the UK and worldwide, this begs the question of what can be done to create a fairer society. We have resources that directly address these social issues, from checklists and bite-sized explorations of white privilege to reports recommending authoritative evidence-based interventions. Here are some highly readable resources to help you explore the causes and counters to racial injustice in the UK.
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.
We are always looking for new ways to make learning more fun and interesting. To that end, one of our resident sci-fi enthusiasts has pulled together a reading list of science fiction books we have in stock that were all written by People of the Global Majority.
As LGBTQIA+ History Month draws to an end, it is time to look at the state of affairs as they stand now and ask how far have we actually come and what else should we do?
The catalogue for a new special collection relating to the author, sculptor and academic Professor Rom Landau (1899-1974) is now available on the University Library website.
Portsmouth Film Society/Peccadillo Pictures are very kindly providing a number of voucher codes to staff and students that will allow you to watch these films for free as part of LGBTQ+ History Month. Watch the previews below and then scroll on to the end of this post to find out how to get the codes to view these films for free.
People who identify – or who others identify – with more than one minority group experience social violence, oppression and disadvantage from all the different aspects of their minority identity. Black trans women are the archetypal minority within a minority – living with daily intersectional violence targeting women, trans people, trans women in particular, on top of racism.
Bring your children to the Global Week children’s storytime in the University Library! On Wednesday 13 March 2024, we are inviting staff, students and members of the local community to bring their children to a storytime event in the University Library starting at 4 pm, where we will read translated children’s stories sourced from around the world.
Anyone can injure themselves and find it difficult to carry books around, and while we make as many books available electronically as possible, a few books remain only available in print, while some people prefer to read from printed books, particularly when they study for extended periods. Often, academic books tend to be the sort of heavy book with which you can prop open a door or build a small bunker.
Happily, between our postal loans, wheeled book trolleys, and click and collect service, both our print and electronic books are easily available to everyone.
