Shape St Mary's: Your Study Life

Face to Face learning

We launched Face to Face+ to keep in-person learning at the core of curriculum, whilst retaining the best of the flexibility that online teaching offers so you have the best learning experience possible

Better timetable information

You can now access your own course timetable with up-to-date logistics via email from your lecturer.

Investing in technology

We have invested almost £400k in hybrid teaching technology to help you learn flexibly around classroom teaching.

Better Access to Support

Your brand-new Student Hub is available to support you throughout the day at the front of library. The new hub brings all the key support services together, giving you seamless help in one comfortable and modern space

Developing teaching spaces

This year we have invested in enhancing teaching and living spaces to improve your student experience.

Borrow tech for longer

We launched the digital equality fund to support those most in need access long loans of laptops, noise-cancelling headphones and wi-fi enabled dongles

More access to power

You have more plug sockets and USB charging units around campus and new PCs and device charging lockers in the Library to help you stay connected.

Study any time

Your Library Study Hub is open all the time and has new furniture, a new Assistive Technology Room and a cashless vending machine to help you whenever you want to study

More study spaces and longer opening hours in the Library

You now have 300 spaces and a silent room with new furniture for you to study in. You can visit both libraries and the Study Hub any time of day or night in the run up to and during the exam periods so you can study and revise whenever you like. In term time, the Main Library is now open until midnight seven days a week. The Study Hub is open 24/7, 365 days a year.

More time to borrow a book

You now have longer to loan a book before you need to return it.

More suitable times to get help in the Library

You now have more drop-in study support sessions in the Library at times that suit you as well as access to more ebooks and resources

Staggered deadlines for your course work

Your coursework deadlines are more spread out now to help you better manage your time.

Cheaper printing costs

It is now cheaper for you to get your coursework and dissertations printed on campus.

Involvement in the annual Festival of Learning and Technology

More students are involved now in the annual Festival of Learning and Teaching, so you can share your experiences and lead sessions alongside external speakers and staff.

Additional personal development support for some student

BAME students can apply to join the Be Smart three-part programme offering 1:1 mentoring, leadership and professionalism and a paid internship. And our Get Set to Success programme is available for those who may be the first generation to go to university and now offers peer to peer student mentoring for longer

Improved resources in Health Sciences and Education

You now have new textbooks, new skeletons, and a range of bone models to complement the books in the new Naylor Library which has 270 study spaces and Education books, classroom resources and an onsite cafe

IT Support

In the library you will find our new self help kiosks, here you can reset your password top up your printer credit and much more 24 hours a day including weekends.

If you need to visit us for help IT support is available from 8:30 to 5:30 Monday to Friday (not including bank holidays) in H1 at the front of the library. Please visit the IT services help desk where we will be happy to help.

You can always submit your issues to us via The Hub Online where a member of our service desk will happily help you.

More careers support

New employability days and fairs have been introduced. These are a great opportunity for you to meet local employers and learn about full-time graduate level work, part-time jobs, work experience, internships, summer internships and volunteering opportunities.