Last year we introduced AppsAnywhere – a new way for staff and students to access software applications (apps) on university and privately owned devices. What is AppsAnywhere? AppsAnywhere is the University of Stirling’s software streaming service. Software applications like SPSS – a popular statistics package, can be installed and used at work or at home, […]
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University app – introducing My Timetable
Get all your university services at your fingertips with our new University of Stirling app! The University of Stirling app provides real-time, on-the-go, anytime information to support you during your time at Stirling. It is available to all students and staff for free. The app provides easy access to our most popular services and resources […]
HMRC warns of student scams
University students taking part-time jobs are at increased risk of falling victim to scams, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is warning. Higher numbers of students going to university this year means more young people may choose to take on part-time work. Being new to interacting with HMRC and unfamiliar with genuine contact from the department […]
Teaching room tech refresher
This session is for people who have never taught on campus, or for people who need a refresher course after working from home for such a long time. This session covers the basics of using the technology in our teaching spaces. After watching our short video if you feel like you would like a refresher course please book […]
ReadingLists for Autumn 2021
You can now create a new reading list or ‘roll over’ a previous list by clicking on the ‘Reading List’ option in your Autumn 2021 Canvas module. The reading list system allows you to add items from LibrarySearch, upload a PDF file, or download the ‘Cite it’ widget to your browser to add content from […]
Email, OneDrive and Office365 after graduation
Congratulations if you are graduating next week. Student emailYou may want to retain access to your student email for 2 years after you graduate. You need to opt-in to do this. Please check your portal for the opt-in banner. If you are continuing your studies by taking a Postgraduate taught course, please opt-in to retain […]
Off-Campus SMTP mail service ends.
As part of our on-going programme of security enhancements, we have already made some changes to the way that email is accessed. Earlier in the year we began by blocking basic authentication. This meant that users were no longer able to access their University email via mail clients/applications that rely on basic authentication (i.e. clear-text username and password) over legacy (old) protocols such as […]
Do you want to keep your reading history?
Your current Library Catalogue account holds the list of books that you have borrowed, this list is in your ‘Reading History’. Once we switch to the new LibrarySearch you won’t have access to your old Library account, so if you want to retain a copy of your Reading History: From the Library Catalogue home screen […]
Meet our new intuitive ReadingLists system.
This summer sees the introduction of a new flexible and intuitive ReadingLists system enabling teaching staff to easily prepare, manage and share module reading lists. The system is integrated with Canvas and a new Library management system to give immediate access to library resources, request material not in stock and reduce the need for emailing Word lists and the resulting bottlenecks […]
Library opening arrangements, Summer 2021
From next Friday 28 May 2021, the library opening hours will be changing slightly. We will move to our summer hours. There is only one change, the library will close at 5pm on Friday’s. Monday – Thursday 8 am – 8 pm Friday 8 am – 5 pm Saturday – Sunday 10 am – 5 […]