There has been an increase in numbers of students losing their work on lab computers due to not saving their files correctly. Please see the guidance below: ALWAYS save your work to your home directory when using a lab computer. You will find this in ‘Computer’ as your ‘H:’ drive. On a Windows 7 […]
Month: March 2014
New policy for open access in the post-2014 Research Excellence Framework
A new open access policy for future research assessments, post REF 2014 has been announced by HEFCE and the other three UK funding bodies. The requirements apply to journal articles and conference proceedings which are accepted for publication after 1st April 2016, and do not apply to data, monographs, other long-form publications, creative or non-text […]
First World War newspaper articles
August 2014 marks the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. To facilitate access to research in this field Cengage Learning have made made several newspaper articles from the period freely available online. Topics include: the prelude to war, the Western Front, keeping the Germany Army at bay, Germany’s advance, America joins the […]
RefWorks for Law Students – Wednesday 2nd April
A workshop on using RefWorks and Write-N-Cite with OSCOLA has been arranged at the request of a number of law students. No booking required. Date:Wednesday 02/04/14, Time: 1030-1230, Location: Cottrell, Room 2Y5
New from StirGate – Research Starters
Research Starters are a new feature of StirGate. They are summaries of a topic and are constructed from credible and reliable sources including Encyclopedia Britannica and reference books from Salem Press. There are approximately 60,000 Research Starters in StirGate covering topics as diverse as autism, badminton, classroom management, diabetes, global warming, monetary policy, Voltaire and Scottish law. Over […]
Leighton Library access April – May 2014
Due to staff illness, it will not be possible to fetch books from the Leighton Library in Dunblane between 16th April and mid May. If you will require a Leighton Library book during that period, please request it by 9th April at the latest. Note that many books in the Leighton Library are […]
Five Things To Do in the First Year of Your PhD
The Thesis Whisperer blog* has just posted a useful list of: Five things to do in your first year of your PhD: 1. Socialise 2. Write 3. Routine 4. Take as many courses as you can! 5. Pick your supervision (not so relevant in the UK) This is a great list and […]
Bookspotting: Mobile app that locates great Scottish books
Need a little inspiration to help you choose your next book? Ever wondered whether there’s a novel set down your way? How about reading up on your next holiday destination, or finding out what books are set near the village where you grew up? Bookspotting is a new mobile app that connects you – […]
Portal disruption on Wednesday 20th March (student records access)
FOR STAFF Portal disruption is expected on Wednesday 19th March between 8:30am and 10:30am, this is due to an essential system maintenance upgrade. This will impact on services available through the : My Portal Home> Student Admin tab. Business Systems and Student Administration apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Iain Banks exhibition – Parallel worlds
The University of Stirling is delighted to announce a new exhibition presenting a selection of foreign editions of Iain Banks’ novels from his personal collection. Iain Banks graduated from the University of Stirling in 1975 with a degree in English and Philosophy, and was later awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of the University in […]