Each year the Eating Disorder Awareness Week focuses on sharing more information on a specific eating disorder or element of an eating disorder. This year, the focus is on ARFID.
LGBT+ History Month 2024: Researching LGBTQIA+ health
February is LGBT+ History Month. This year’s theme is Medicine #UnderTheScope. Each of our libraries has a display this month of books and/or book covers relating to health and medical […]
Queering The Archive Zine Project
Are you curious about what lurks in the hidden shelves of our Special Collections? Do you want to have a go at making a zine? Or has your research lead […]
Books and Beyond – inspiring young readers in the local community
Ordering education books for the library is never dull. Last week I requested a collection of essays by key educational theorists, and I have now just asked our amazing library […]
LGBT+ History Month: Professor Margaret ‘Meg’ Stacey: Trailblazer in sociology
One aspect of this year’s LGBT+ History Month is to highlight the lives and work of LGBT+ people in the history of medicine and healthcare. This blog post focuses on […]
LGBT+ History Month: Sophia Jex – Blake: a pioneer for medical reform
LGBT+ History Month: Sophia Jex-Blake one of the first women to graduate in the UK.
LGBT+ History Month 2024
Dr Cecil Belfield Clarke Cecil Belfield Clarke was a student, educator, doctor, inventor and international campaigner for the people, for those from the African nations. He spent his entire life […]
Giving you a little bit extra with the Libby App
Calling all movie and music lovers… We’ve made the Libby app even more essential! As well as an amazing selection of e-books, audiobooks and magazines, we’ve now added access to Indieflix and Qello Concerts.
Disability History Month 2023: People Who Inspire: Helen Keller
Helen Keller had an inspirational life, she wanted to improve the world around her, the world she was living in. The need to help people understand her and that by being blind did not hold you back, having a disability meant you still had so much could achieve with the right support and teacher!