{"id":898,"date":"2025-09-02T11:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/?p=898"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T08:35:35","slug":"introducing-scholarcy-for-smarter-reading-summarising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/2025\/09\/02\/introducing-scholarcy-for-smarter-reading-summarising\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Scholarcy \u2013 For Smarter Reading &amp; Summarising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholarcy.com\/who-is-scholarcy-for\/student\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.scholarcy.com\/who-is-scholarcy-for\/student\"><strong>Scholarcy <\/strong><\/a>is now available to QUB students through a <strong>new, limited-access model<\/strong>. This means you can try out one of the leading AI-powered summarising tools as part of your studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you ever feel swamped by long reading lists or complex journal articles, Scholarcy helps by breaking down documents into clear, structured summaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Scholarcy Does<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Summarises long documents<\/strong> \u2013 turns full articles or reports into short, clear flashcards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Highlights key concepts<\/strong> \u2013 pulls out important findings, stats, and references.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Organises your research<\/strong> \u2013 export summaries to Word, PDF, or reference managers like Zotero or Mendeley.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Supports focus &amp; learning<\/strong> \u2013 great for students with reading and processing difficulties, or anyone short on time.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.scholarcy.com\/signup?ref_page=homepage&amp;ref_loc=nav&amp;ref_cta=sl_tryFree\">Scholarcy website <\/a>to learn more and access a 7 day free trial!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Use Scholarcy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cuts down reading time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps you understand tricky research papers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lets you build a personal library of summaries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perfect if you\u2019re juggling multiple assignments or struggling to process dense text.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who can access it?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All students<\/strong> at QUB can request access to Scholarcy through the <a href=\"assistivetechnology@qub.ac.uk\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"assistivetechnology@qub.ac.uk\">Assistive Technology Coordinator<\/a> or by booking in for a short training session <a href=\"https:\/\/outlook.office.com\/book\/ALSAssistiveTechDropIn@bookings.qub.ac.uk\/?ismsaljsauthenabled\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Licences are allocated on a short-term basis and may be recalled if not in use. As licences are limited, priority will be given to students who have a disability or long-term condition and areregistered with the Accessible Learning Service and\/or DSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check Training Dates &amp; Book Your Place<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to get started with Scholarcy? Training is quick, practical, and designed to show you exactly how to use Genio to support your learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <strong>Visit our&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/category\/training-and-events\/\"><strong>Assistive Tech Training and Events page<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to see upcoming sessions and reserve your spot.<br>Or email us at&nbsp;<a>assistivetechnology@qub.ac.uk<\/a>&nbsp;if you have any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2401,"featured_media":899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-study-tools-resources"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2025\/09\/scholarcy.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1264,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions\/1264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentatguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}