LG team welcome a chilly visitor

The LG team are happy to welcome any new student, staff member or visitor to the building and on Monday 2nd February we said hi to this cool character. He had earlier taken advantage of the fruit on offer for vitality week.

The Learning Gateway is open as normal, any changes to opening hours due to adverse weather conditions can be checked on the University website

www.cumbria.ac.uk

Countdown to Christmas

There isn't much to report here from the Gateway, other than we are still all working hard to maintain our high level of service to you all. The countdown to Christmas has started, where the campus does seem a little quieter. However, the Gateway is still open - please check the website for our opening hours, or pop in for a leaflet with them on. Have a lovely vacation; try not to work too hard!The Learning Gateway Team look forward to welcoming you back in the New Year.

Maths Masterclasses

The Learning Gateway has been the proud host of a series of Maths Masterclasses for young people at Cumbrian schools who show potential and interest in Maths.

The sessions have been running every Saturday morning in November from 10-12pm with specialist lecturers from all over the UK who are keen to bring Maths to life. Local tutors have been in attendance to support this very important initiative.

VOUCHERS TO BE WON!

The Learning and Information Services Team have always valued your input on how we can improve our services...It's also good to know what we are getting right! If you complete a short online survey telling us your thoughts on Learning and Information Services, you could be in with a chance of winning £100 of high street vouchers - very useful during the 'credit crunch'! Just go online to www.cumbria.ac.uk/LISsurvey, or pop into the Learning Gateway where the survey will be on laptops at the ground floor. If you do the latter, you may get a chocolate!!!!

Where have all the laptops gone?

Some users of the Gateway will have been unable to take out a laptop recently due to an unprecedented demand on our laptop stocks. This was mainly due to a number of IT classes taking place at the same time and laptops being necessary for those teaching sessions.

We would like to apologise to any students who were inconvenienced by this and want to assure you that we are looking at ways to prevent this situation happening in the future.

Many of you gave us comments and feedback, which we value and will act upon. In the meantime, if you have any further comments or complaints, please ask to fill in a feedback form at the issue desk or alternatively leave your comments here on the blog.

Why not try videoconferencing?

The portable videoconferencing units have been put to good use recently in the Learning Gateway. Groups of students have been taking the opportunity of linking up with colleagues in Lancaster and Ambleside with great success.

Did you know it is also possible to connect the VC unit up to the laptop you are using so that students on other campuses can see what you are demonstrating or teaching at first hand?

Staff in the Learning Gateway are more than happy to help you plan and organise a videoconferencing session to take place in one of our flexirooms or indeed, in theLecture Theatre.

Please let us know if you need any further information or help.

A busy week

The Learning Gateway is enjoying record numbers of visitors for the start of the academic year. This week we have enjoyed academic staff using the VC equipment to teach students in the building and at Whitehaven at the same time. A Blackboard session saw students using the second floor open space and talking to each other online. Finally, Wednesday night was the first chaplaincy DVD and a pizza night.