Study Support

Main Library

Our Main Library Resource Centre is a bright and spacious environment with friendly, helpful staff to help students study and learn in a relaxed atmosphere. The library has a wide range of non-fiction and reference books related to college courses, and fiction books with modified language to help students enhance their literacy skills. There are also other fiction books available for reading for pleasure. There are daily newspapers and deaf journals to help students to keep up-to-date with current affairs, with the library acting as a good focal point for students to discuss and debate world and current issues that may concern them.

Careers Section

The library offers extensive computer-based career guidance. This includes user-friendly access to data bases that provide information about training and employment opportunities, job descriptions and pay, and the qualifications and skills requirements for jobs. Students are encouraged to use this up-to-date technology to search for vacancies both in their home areas and on a national basis. Our library shelves also have an extensive range of national university and college prospectus, and current information about the world of work.

Computer Section

Students have access to computer-based information such as the Internet and email service, and this empowers students’ confidence and learning in dealing with this fast-growing multimedia technology. It can also be used for students to work on assignments or projects, and to print out their work for their portfolio. The computer room is also used as a teaching resource area, whereby students are encouraged to use the computer to develop their numeracy and literacy skills, with their tutors.

Teletext TV and Video

There is access to this facility should students wish to see subtitled educational programmes or videos, There is also a range of sign language videos, to learn sign language for the first time or to improve sign language skills.