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Loyal Books

Free audiobooks and downloads

Maths and Stats Support via ASK

Maths and Stats support is available to University of Exeter students (Camborne School of Mines, Renewable Energy, Bioscience and Geography) studying on the Penryn Campus.

Mendeley

Mendeley is a free reference management tool and academic social networking tool. It works with any browser and comes in a desktop or mobile version.

Microsoft Teams

All students and staff at Falmouth Univesity and the University of Exeter have access to office.com . The Microsoft Teams app is a great way to document your teams activities and notes. Microsoft Teams works well with Microsoft Planner, or Trello and many other 3rd party apps.

Mind

National charity dealing with a wide range of mental health issues. Accessible, friendly advice and helpline.

MindMup

Free online mind mapping tool that doesn’t require an account to use.

MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing

Although this is specific to MLA style, it also contains useful sections on placing quotation in sentences and paragraphs and how to punctuate.

Moodjuice

Contains self help guides and advice on feelings and behaviours such as suicide, self-harm, stress and relationships.

My Study Bar

A set of freeware apps to help with reading, writing, planning and organisation. Comes with tutorials and can be run from a flash drive. PC only.
Screenshot showing text pasted in box to be read by Natural Reader Online. Controls displaying choices such as voice, speed, font size etc.

Natural Reader Online

A text-to-speech tool with natural-sounding voices. Customise speed, voice and highlighting to suit. You can also upload documents, PDFs and PowerPoints to read out loud. Watch the NRO video here.

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Note Board

Virtual note board where you can write tasks, add notes, upload files and save online content. Available online, as a Chrome extension or a mobile app (iOS and Android).

OneNote

Create notebooks, with multiple sections and multiple pages. Share and collaborate with others. Cross platform and mainly free. Click here to find out how it compares to Evernote.
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OneTab

If you have lots of open tabs, OneTab extension for Chrome and Firefox will convert them into a single list, freeing up memory and speeding up your computer. Click to reopen tabs or save and export.

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Open Culture

Free audiobooks and other educational media

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OpenDyslexic

OpenDyslexic is a font which some people with dyslexia may find easier to read. Works with Chrome and Safari.

OpenLearn - Groups and teamwork

A free Open University course in groups and teamwork with lots of useful ideas and tools.

Organising yourself - University of Sheffield

Interactive, audio-led guidance and information from the University of Sheffield. Learning styles, time management and memory are covered. Contains drag-and-drop practice exercises.
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Otter ai

Record audio on your smartphone or tablet and it will be transcribed. View, listen and edit online. Watch the Otter ai video here.

Oxford Reference Online

Access for Falmouth University Access for University of Exeter Oxford Reference Online brings together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias, and spanning 25 different subject areas.

Penultimate (Evernote)

Penultimate from Evernote - "a handwriting app for iPad that combines the natural experience of pen and paper with the flexibility and syncing of Evernote"