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Student & Library Services Winter Vacation Guide 2024-25: Useful information and things to do

Reading for leisure using PressReader

TU Students and Staff can access PressReader for free!  You can spend the festive period catching up on all those Christmas magazines.

 

PressReader is a digital all you can read magazine and newspaper platform, you can access to over 7000 newspapers and magazines from over 100 countries in 60 languages.

from the Library homepage use the A-Z Databases button, you will find PressReader under P. You can use over the web or there is a useful app you can download on your mobile device for easy access.

Teesside University Students' Union (TUSU)

Top tips on how to fill your time and make the most of the break.

Whether you fancy helping others out, want to spend time with others or fancy some time chilling out alone, visit the TUSU Happy Holiday page for further information via the link below.

Winter wishes Christmas tree

Please leave a festive greeting, words of welcome or an inspiring quote for your fellow students!

The Winter wishes Christmas tree is located on the Library ground floor Exhibition space.

Write your message on one of our decorations and hang it on the tree.

Relax and read over the vacation

Why not check out the Wellbeing, Fiction and ALUMNI Collections available on Floor 3 of the Library, to help you relax and unwind over the Winter vacation.

You can find the collections on the wooden shelving on the Floor 3 landing with some fabulous titles to choose from.  A selection of titles from the Fiction Collection will be temporarily located on the ground floor  over the winter vacation

ALUMNI reading list

Fiction Collection reading list

Wellbeing Collection reading list

Study tips

Assignments to complete over the Christmas period or just want to improve your academic skills? have a look at our Learning Hub guides.

There are interactive tutorials, bitesize guides and videos plus top tips and helpsheets. These resources will help you develop your skills at a time that is convenient to you from the comfort of your home.

Festive broadcasts

You'll find a surprising range of Christmas content via BoB (Box of Broadcasts) including your favourite Christmas movies, seasonal television specials and also festive concerts recorded from the radio.

All TU Students and Staff within the EU have access to BoB - You can access it from the Library homepage use the A-Z Databases button, you will find Box of Broadcasts (BoB) under B for brilliant! 

You can search for programmes, movies, search to view public playlists or create your own playlist. So if you want to wBuddy | Elf Wiki | Fandomatch 'Elf' or 'It’s a Wonderful Life’, view ‘Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol’, soak up the ‘Royal Institution Christmas Lectures’, listen to ‘A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols’ or ‘The Archers’ at Christmas ... then you are in luck! 

Tip - Try searching 'Christmas' in the public playlists and find 10 alternative Christmas movies and much, much  more.

Winter Vacation Quiz

Quiz

Quiz Time!

Give the online Winter Vacation Quiz a whirl and test your knowledge about winter, Christmas and other celebrations from around the world at this time of year. 

QR Code for Winter Vacation Quiz

 

 

You can access the quiz via this link: https://forms.office.com/e/Gibr2MNMQ1 

Or by scanning the QR code

Feedback to us for a chance to win

We would love to hear your feedback, please take a few minutes to complete and submit this form. 

As a token of our appreciation, you will be automatically entered into a prize draw for a chance to win a £50 food voucher.  

Winners will be selected at random and notified via email week commencing 6th of January 2025.