***UPDATE – THIS ISSUE HAS NOW BEEN RESOLVED*** Following a suspected Windows update to lab PCs overnight, it is proving difficult to load the Succeed home page and access Turnitin. The quickest fix for this (until we can determine a permanent fix for Internet Explorer) is to use Chrome. If Chrome is not findable on […]
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Happy staff win prizes
The IS Satisfaction Survey for Staff and Research Postgraduate students ran during April. We asked staff and researchers what they thought of our main IT and Library services. We also offered a prize draw for those entering – with 3 Netflix vouchers up for grabs. Pictured are Peter Hancock and Madhu Satsangi who both received […]
Library exam setup including 24/7 opening
The Stirling Campus Library will be open 24/7 from Monday 7th December until Thursday 17th December to allow for exam study. Several other exam arrangements will be in place from Monday 23rd November to encourage a study environment in the Library: level 3 will become a silent study zone the Enterprise Zone rooms […]
Succeed Training for staff: Introduction to Succeed
We are offering two Introduction to Succeed training sessions for staff in August and September. The dates and times are: Monday 31st August, 14.00-16.00 Wednesday 9th September, 9.30-11.30 They will both take place in Training Room 2 (Library, level 4). To sign-up, go into Succeed and then to Learning and Development – My […]
Disruption to Stirling Campus wireless networks, Saturday 29/08/2015 08:00 – 09:00
Information Services staff will be carrying out essential software upgrades to the wireless network infrastructure on the morning of Saturday 29th August. During this time, none of the University wireless networks will be operational and therefore users will be unable to use wireless connections for network access. The list of affected networks includes: eduroam […]
Our ‘Hosts & Champions’ exhibition is shortlisted for the Herald HE awards!
We’re very proud to report that our recent exhibition ‘Hosts and Champions: Scotland in the Commonwealth Games’ exhibition has been shortlisted for the Herald HE awards. ‘Hosts and Champions’ is a touring exhibition celebrating over 80 years of participation and achievement by Scotland in the Commonwealth Games from its origin as the British Empire Games […]
Get Equipped for your Research Journey with Compass
Business Systems Development and Support, alongside the Stirling Graduate School, have been working together to develop a one-stop web-based system for postgraduate researchers. Research Compass has been developed following feedback from the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) in 2013. Research Compass seeks to provide a single point of access which enhances the support available […]
lynda.com now tailored for you
Back in November, we introduced you to your new personal trainer lynda. Since then over 4,000 videos have been viewed from the lynda.com site with the most popular course being ‘Excel 2013 Essential Training’. Since the initial launch, a cross team working group led by IS has been looking at how best the university could make use […]
Possible network disruption in Alexander Court – Thursday 19th March, 0730-0745
Information Services staff will be carrying out some configuration work on Thursday morning to improve the resilience of the network connection to Alexander Court. The work will affect all Alexander Court Residence Blocks and the Porter’s Lodge. There will be a brief interruption to network services as data traffic from Alexander Court moves over […]
Possible network disruption in Gannochy – Friday 13th March, 0730-0800
Information Services staff will be upgrading the physical network link to the Gannochy on Friday 13th March between 0730 and 0800. It is envisaged that any disruption will be minimal, as configuration work has been carried out in advance. There will be a brief interruption to network services as data traffic is moved over […]