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[mezzogiorno]

 I am looking into getting into academia, but I have been out of my subject area for two years and am feeling quite rusty.  Unfortunately my nearest university has implemented a swipe-card policy that means I can't even set my foot in the door without a student card.  I do have many friends who are still students, but the books that I would need

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[mezzogiorno]

Thank you all for your input, I will do some more research with the university and see what my options are regarding alumni schemes etc. :)

[_viola]

Why don't you spend some time at the British Library? And I'm sure there's a system whereby university graduates are allowed a reader's card at other university libraries - you could phone the library you want to visit to ask about it.

Are you adding new friends? We seem to have similar backgrounds. I'm also a French graduate and teacher in Nottingham.

[mezzogiorno]

Yes I am, and I would like that. I might even know you?

[sensaes]

"...a swipe-card policy that means I can't even set my foot in the door without a student card. I do have many friends who are still students, but the books that I would need are likely all going to be restricted or short-loan, meaning I would have to physically be able to enter the library. I know this is an odd question, but does anyone have any ideas on what I might be able to do?"

Ethan Hunt of the Impossible Missions Force recommends latex masks, ventilation shafts, and some nifty wire-work. Tip: Avoid French collaborators with allergies.

[biascut]

Secondly: is anyone here a non-EU citizen who has ever sought funding to attend a UK university for an arts postgrad degree?

Contact the universities you're interested in and ask. Getting funding for arts postgrad degrees is incredibly difficult and competitive even if you're a UK student, so you'd need to be well-prepared, with excellent marks in your undergraduate degree. The main scheme for non-EU citizens for the past few years has been the ORS, but I think that's finishing this year and we're not sure what's going to replace it yet.

There may very well be one or two institutional scholarships available, however - you'd need to find out from the universities themselves.

[mls_classics]

Of course, since so much is digital, it may behoove you to, when you ask for membership at one of these libraries, to also ask for logins and passwords to their databases they subscribe to. My institution gives them out to off-campus students and patrons who ask, since auto-logon only occurs with on-campus computers.