From 29 March 2018 AHRC are removing their requirement for a Technical Plan and replacing it with a requirement to submit a Data Management Plan, which will be mandatory for all Research Grants, Follow on Funding and Leadership Fellows proposals. AHRC’s requirements are therefore currently in flux, and we will continue to update its policy content accordingly […]
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Reverse Advent Calendar Donations
I would like to thank all staff and students who donated to our reverse advent calendar for Start Up Stirling. The idea of a reverse advent calendar is so that the food bank has supplies of basic food items after the holiday period, when they receive lots of donations. This helps local people through the […]
Open Access week 23 – 29 October 2017
The theme of this year’s Open Access week is “what are the benefits of making scholarly outputs openly available”. Although the benefits of Open Access publishing are numerous, one crucial benefit is eligibility for the next REF exercise. In the UK in order to be eligible for submission to REF 2021 the following conditions […]
Podcast on “Getting Published for the First Time”
Taylor and Francis in association with VITAE, have recently released a new episode of their 15-minute podcast series on developing your research career – “Getting published for the first time” http://bit.ly/15minPodcast. The episodes are free to listen to, and provide expert opinion and practical tips for researchers. The latest episode tackles crucial questions for first-time authors, […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in September #StirTopTenTheses
During September 1,122 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 10,435 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: Scholarly publishing in Africa: a case study of African university presses. By Darko-Ampem, Kwasi Otu. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/71 Downloads: 458 2. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models of Complex […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in September #StirTopTenPapers
During September there were 25,555 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 3707 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: Osma sjednica: uzroci, zna?aj, interpretacije. By Jovic, Dejan. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1185 Downloads: 421 2. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Summative Assessment and Tests on Students’ Motivation for Learning. By Harlen, Wynne; Crick, Ruth Deakin; Broadfoot, […]
The British Psychological Society (BPS) are waiving APCs for their members
All of our authors with a BPS membership can have free Gold Open Access when they publish in the following journals published by Wiley. This means you will not be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) British Journal of Clinical Psychology British Journal of Developmental Psychology British Journal of Educational Psychology British Journal of Health […]
Researchers: Tick off something on your summer to do list – get your ORCID now!
It only takes 30 seconds to register for your ORCID and it will last you a lifetime! ORCID (Open Researcher & Contributor ID) gives you as an author a single unique ID which works across the whole global research landscape. 8 reasons to have an ORCID ID: Distinguish yourself – Ensure […]
Sign up for one of the last 3 research bites session taking place this summer!
16 August 2017 Kudos Enterprise Zone Now changed to Training Room 1 This session will help you grasp the basics of disseminating your research using Kudos. The University is working with Kudos throughout 2017, to help you maximize the reach and impact of your published work. Kudos is free, easy and quick to […]
The X files are coming!
In order to support the University’s ambitious research strategy, Information Services want to ensure that every researcher has a place to store their active/current research data safely and securely. IS are aware that researchers hold their data on many different devices: laptops, a vast array of portable hard drives, USBs; and Dropbox. These devices […]