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Read more: Learning from Libraries: UK academic librarians support their teaching colleagues during Covid-19
Learning from Libraries: UK academic librarians support their teaching colleagues during Covid-19
Introduction “A man will turn over half a library to make one book.” Dr Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer, 1775 Dr Johnson’s words were more prophetic than he knew. He lived in an age which thought of libraries as storage houses for thousands of codex volumes. And that, of course, is what libraries continued to be…
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Read more: Supporting student mental health at Nottingham Trent University
Supporting student mental health at Nottingham Trent University
Paul Dodsley and Leah Wareham together form the hub of the student support service at Nottingham Trent University, where 30,000 students are studying at any one time. Paul describes the service as “prevention-led” – its aim is to take hold of opportunities to support students before they slip into difficulties, rather than afterwards. It has…
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Read more: Mental health of international undergraduates in a time of global crisis
Mental health of international undergraduates in a time of global crisis
As part of our mini-series about undergraduate mental health, we tried to find out more about the specific issues international students face at this time of global crisis, and which strategies universities and students themselves are deploying to address them. First, to provide some clarity: the term “mental health” is frequently used ambiguously, but for…
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Read more: The mental well-being of our students
The mental well-being of our students
Whilst at Gold Leaf we believe it is alarmist – and not at all helpful – to call the present generation of students “lost” because of the impact of the pandemic and various lockdowns on their education – in our experience most young people are astonishingly brave and resilient – it has to be acknowledged…
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Read more: Librarians: the quiet and unsung professionals battling Covid every day
Librarians: the quiet and unsung professionals battling Covid every day
We have heard a great deal about front line workers this year – nurses and doctors and all those working for the NHS and its counterpart national and medical organisations throughout the world; teachers; members of the armed forces; delivery men; and those who toil at jobs in retail when they’re allowed to go to…
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