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Skills for Learning

Our new Skills for Learning webpage is now up and running. Check it out for more information about Endnote and Study skills, as well as newly revamped Harvard information for 2009-10. Essential reading for UWBS students!

Christmas opening hours

Seasons Greetings to all our students!

All  learning centres will be closed on the following dates over Christmas;
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st December
Thursday 25th December til Sunday 28th December

Learning centres will open from 9am – 5pm on Monday 22nd - Wednesday 24th December.

Compton and Telford Learning centres will remain closed from Monday 29th December onwards, re-opening on 3rd of January when normal term-time opening hours will apply.

 Harrison and Walsall Learning centres will be open with security staff only at the following times throughout the vacation period;

Monday 29th December -Wednesday 31st December:  9am-5pm

Friday 2nd January: 9am-5pm.

You will be able to study, use PCs and return and borrow items via the auto service machines during these times, on production of a valid University ID card.

For further information please see our web pages. 

Enjoy your break!

Careers Advice and Study Skills at Telford Learning Centre

Careers advice is available at Telford Campus on Mondays and Thursdays between 10am and 4pm. Students can book an hour long session with Bob Almond using the appointments diary outside the careers room, or just drop-in if he is free.

There is also a study skills advisor based at Telford Campus on Thursdays between 11am and 2pm. Students can drop-in, or sign up for a 30 minute slot on the booking form kept on the study skills desk on the top floor of Telford Learning Centre. If you have any enquiries, staff can be contacted on 01902 323983.

Using MFD’s to print and photocopy

From Friday 14th November only multi-functional devices (MFD’s) will be used for printing in Compton Learning Centre. The HP Laserjet printers currently in use will be removed over the next few days.  Please ensure you have activated your Print/Copy card on the Pcounter top-up machines and have enough credit to print what you require. You must have this cardwith you in order to retrieve any print jobs that you send to the MFD’s.

Staff in the learning centre will be happy to advise on the printing facilities, and there is further information on the IT Services web pages.

Changes to Study Skills sessions at Compton LC

The bookable sessions with Study Skills Advisors at Compton Learning Centre have been re-scheduled. From week beginning 3rd November 2008, appointments will be available between the following times:

 Wednesdays 2 – 5pm 

 Thursdays 12.20 – 6.50pm

Those of you with appointments already booked for next week have been e-mailed details of your adjusted time slots, but please visit the Information Helpdesk in the Learning Centre if you wish to re-arrange your appointment.

Careers Advice

Unsure of your next move?

A careers advisor is available at Compton Learning Centre every Tuesday afternoon during term time between 1.30 and 4.30pm.

You can book a half hour session at the Information Helpdesk in the Learning Centre, or by  telephoning 01902 3642.

The Careers and Employment Service website contains lots of useful information and may be worth exploring if you are contemplating your future career path or considering further postgraduate study.

 

InfoBites – Information Skills Sessions

Do you need help with information skills?

InfoBites sessions are designed to provide you with help in finding books and journals, searching for and evaluating information, referencing, and using endnote. 

These information skills workshops are run by Learning Centres staff, and timetables are available on the InfoBites webpage.

If you wish to keep up to date with what workshops are available, you can subscribe to the Wolf topic ‘InfoBites: Information skills from Learning Centres’. This topic also contains all the worksheets and presentations relating to the workshops.

ASSIST – online chat information service

 

The ASSIST service allows you to contact Learning Centre staff online. You can chat to a librarian and seek advice on the following;

• Finding online and print resources
• Using and referencing information
• Researching your assignment
• Using Learning Centre services

More details can be found on the ASSIST web page.

ASSIST Chat Widgets

You may have noticed these while browsing our web pages!

You can use the chat widget to contact our librarians whenever the ASSIST service is available, instead of going to the main ASSIST web page.

Next time you have a resource related query or a question about the Learning Centres, why not give the widget a try?

 

During term-time ASSIST is open during the following times;

Monday-Thursday  11am-10.30pm

Friday 11am-6pm

Saturday & Sunday 1.30-5.15pm

Limited opening hours apply during vacation. Check the web page for further information.

 

Help with Study Skills

Following a high level of demand for Study Skills support during the last academic year, Compton Learning Centre now offers sessions with our Study Skills advisor on two days each week during term-time. Half-hour sessions can be booked at the Information Helpdesk within the Learning Centre or by telephoning 01902 323648.

Sessions are available Wednesdays between 1:45 pm – 5:15 pm, and Thursdays between 1:00 pm – 6:30 pm. Please see the study skills area of our web pages for further information.