News & Events

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Blackboard June Update

09/06/2025

The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit would like to highlight enhancements for Instructors in the June Blackboard Update: 

  • New: Question type: Jumbled Sentence
  • Discussions
  • Knowledge Checks (Documents)
  • Student Activity Logs

For more detail, see our blogpost: What’s new in Blackboard June 2025.

Hugh Owen Library opening hours from 1 June

28/05/2025

The Hugh Owen Library’s opening hours will be changing from the 1st June

  • Level D (ground floor) open 24/7
  • Levels E and F open 08:30 -20:00
  • Staffed services between 08:30 -20:00

Check the online opening hours calendars here: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/about/opening-hours/

Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit sessions 09/06/2025 - 25/06/2025

09/06/2025

June

17/06 Small Tweaks, Big Impact: Embedding Employability Skills in Your Teaching (Face-to-Face)

25/06 Understanding Yourself - and Understanding your Team (Face-to-face)

Times / booking

Are you using reference generators such as MyBib or Scribbr?

28/04/2025

Reference generators have become popular tools to simplify the process of formatting citations and bibliographies. However, while they are good starting points to quickly generate a reference, you should approach them with responsibility and caution.

Check out this Librarians’ Blog to find out more on what you need to look out for: https://wordpress.aber.ac.uk/librarian/?p=1531

Using Artificial Intelligence safely in your studies

02/04/2025

We are looking at students’ experience of using Artificial Intelligence and your requirements regarding advice and guidance on how to use AI safely in your studies. If you have 15-20 minutes to spare to speak with members of our library team, we would be very grateful. Please can you send an email to is-feedback@aber.ac.uk if you are happy for us to contact you. We are happy to meet face-to-face or over Teams

13th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference: Programme Announcement

06/05/2025

We are delighted to announce the programme for the 13th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference.

Taking place between Tuesday 8 and Thursday 10 July, the conference programme is available online.

Book your place.

See further information on our blog.