News & Events

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Education and Student Experience Conference Award Fund

23/09/2025

We are delighted to announce the Education and Student Experience Conference Award Fund. Applications for the fund are now open with a deadline of 10 October.

For further information, including how to apply, please see our blogpost.

Hugh Owen Library's opening hours for the new term

08/08/2024

From Saturday 20 September, the Hugh Owen Library is open 08:30 until 22:00 every day of the week during term time. Level D (the ground floor) is always open 24/7 .

Check the Library opening hours on our online calendar here: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/about/opening-hours/

Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit sessions 07/10 - 17/10

22/09/2025

October

07/10 E-learning Essentials: Become a Document Pro (Online)

08/10 E-learning Essentials: Introduction to Turnitin (Online)

14/10 E-learning Essentials: Introduction to Panopto Lecture Capture and Teaching Room Equipment (Face-to-face)

17/10 E-learning Enhanced: Design interactive online learning activities using Blackboard Discussions and Journals (Online)

Times/ booking 

Library tours are back!

10/09/2025

Whether you’re returning to familiar study spots or discovering new spaces, come and join us on a Library Tour.

Our tours are informal opportunities to have a look around the library, ask questions (only if you want to!) and get to know how things work. 

There's no need to book a tour, just turn up on Level D (the ground floor) of the Hugh Owen Library at the right time. Tours are running every hour on the hour from 11am (for the early birds!) to 4pm every day starting 18th September.

More detail here: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/help/ug/welcome/#library-tours See you there

September Opening Hours at the Hugh Owen Library

01/09/2025

From Mon 1 Sept to Fri 19 Sept, we're open 08:30–20:00. Starting Sat 20 Sept to Sat 13 Dec, hours extend to 08:30–22:00. And don’t forget—Level D is open 24/7 all year round

See library opening hours at: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/about/opening-hours/

Blackboard's September Update

05/09/2025

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

  • New: Add and manage question titles in tests, forms, and banks
  • Enhancements to group tests
  • Time consistency across roles
  • Enhancing documents with block styling options

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

Updates to Blackboard for students

31/10/2025

Our latest blogpost outlines what has changed in Blackboard for students for the forthcoming academic year.

Library Action Plan 24/25

24/07/2025

Learn about your library. Our action plan presents key developments in our services and provision of library resources and details library usage.

Read here: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/feedback/action-plans/libraryactionplan24-25/#d.en.282320