Following a successful launch of Effective Digital Content, our internal course that staff complete to learn and practice fundamental content design skills, the UX Service saw an opportunity to make the course more widely available, on the University’s Short Courses platform. Mar 12, 2026

This year’s University Mental Health Day theme is ‘human connection’. So of course, we have to start with the (arguably?) opposite: Artificial Intelligence! AI-driven chatbots have become a popular mental health advice source amidst lack of other support and a growing sense of disconnection and loneliness.   AI and mental health Mental health advice The […]

In this post, Claira Turvey reflects on her participation as an undergraduate student in the course ‘Understanding Decolonisation in a Globalised World’, and the importance of carefully curating spaces for inclusive and accessible tutorial discussions. Claira Turvey is a second year Sustainable Development and Social Anthropology undergraduate student. This post is part of the ‘Creating a […]

Hi! My name’s Corrie, I study Classics, and I went on a year abroad to Milan for my third year, spending the year at Università degli Studi di Milano Statale, going to lectures at the central campus in Via Festa del Perdono, which is nestled behind the Duomo of Milan. Academics in Italy The biggest […]

In every town and city today, cutting across parks and waste ground, you’ll see unofficial paths created by walkers who have abandoned the pavements and roads to take short cuts and make asides. (Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways) I meet Stewart on the high street and appreciate his energy right away. We set off at […]

by Mingxi Li, Psychotherapy and Counselling January brought a wave of “New Year, New Me” energy, and I decided to try something new. I needed something embodied – something to pull me out of my head and break the cycle of endless rumination at my desk. I’ve always wanted to try bouldering. I booked my […]