7 Things to do before you graduate

Important update –  it is not possible for the university to hold open a student’s email account for 90 days after graduation.  This is due to Microsoft licensing.  We are therefore having to change the email/Box opt-in/out period from 90 days after graduation to 30 days. If you do nothing your email and Box account will […]

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Altmetric: now covering patents

Tracking patent citations is one important way to understand the economic impacts of scholarship.   Altmetric are now indexing citations to research found in 8 million patents from nine jurisdictions worldwide, including World Intellectual Property Organization, United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the European Patent Office.   You can now use patent citation data […]

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Top Ten Thesis downloads in March #StirTopTenTheses

During March 1,169 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 20,388 times.   The top ten downloaded theses were:   1. Scholarly publishing in Africa: a case study of African university presses. By Darko-Ampem, Kwasi Otu. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/71 Downloads: 1,469   2. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models […]

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Top ten papers from our Research Repository in March #StirTopTenPapers

During March there were 45,448 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 4,338 research publications.   The top ten downloaded items were:   1. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Summative Assessment and Tests on Students’ Motivation for Learning. By Harlen, Wynne; Crick, Ruth Deakin; Broadfoot, Patricia; Daugherty, Richard; Gardner, John; James, Mary; Stobart, Gordon. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/19607 […]

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Top Ten Thesis downloads in February #StirTopTenTheses

During February 1,137 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 17,387 times.   The top ten downloaded theses were:   1. Scholarly publishing in Africa: a case study of African university presses. By Darko-Ampem, Kwasi Otu. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/71 Downloads: 1,100   2. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models […]

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