Library

About us

Opening hours

The Library is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, during semester weeks, and 8am-midnight during the winter and summer vacations.

Sixth Form/FE college students membership requests will not be processed at weekends, during University closure days (2nd April, 7th and 8th April) or Bank Holidays (3rd April, 6th April, 4th May and 25th May)

27th April-7th June 2026 inclusive

Visitor access to the Library is restricted during the above exam period due to pressure on study spaces for our students. During this time we are unable to admit any visitors wishing to use our study spaces. Normal access will resume after these dates.

Visit the Library

The Library is the home of Library and Learning Services, bringing together the spaces, expertise, and materials that support the University community in their learning, teaching, and research journeys.

We provide our students with plenty of support during their studies, including online searching for Library resources, services for study and development support, and a team who provide disability and neurodiversity support.

We have a large collection of archives and special collections for students, staff and researchers to use and make our research publicly available and reusable through open research.

Visit us

If you are interested in using our facilities then please see our visit us page or view our Library tour.

Contact us

Please email the Library with any enquiries. To provide feedback on our services you can use our online feedback form. Please check our Library News Blog for updates.

What we offer

Student support

We offer study and development training and disability and neurodiversity support

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Open Research

Making our research easily discoverable, transparent, publicly available and re-usable

Visit us

Members of the public are welcome to visit the Library for reference use of printed items, to use the study space, and access the Visitor Online Library Service.