Born 100 years ago in Edinburgh, Norman MacCaig produced poetry known for its humour, simplicity of language and popularity. While he lived and worked in the city of his birth, he preferred to spend his summers in Assynt in the North West Highlands. Professor Emeritus Rory Watson, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, founding […]
Month: October 2011
Succeed Downtime 10.00am Saturday 8th October
As a result of the work we have been doing with Blackboard (the company that produces the underlying software) to fix the performance issues with Succeed we have been issued with two patches for the system. These are simple and quick to install but require that the system is stopped to do so. The […]
Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities – a new online guide
The London School of Economics has published a new guide to using Twitter for academic and research staff. The online guide describes the practicalities of setting up a Twitter profile and gives advice about writing tweets, finding other academic staff or researchers who use Twitter and how Twitter can be used in a teaching context. […]
6th October 2011 – National Poetry Day
6th October is National Poetry Day, why not mark the event by borrowing a poetry book from Stirling University Library? A list of our poetry collections is available here. To find out more about National Poetry Day visit: http://www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk/
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