Information Services and Student Learning Services offer support to students at every stage of your dissertation. During #StirDisserationWeek we will be highlighting the support and resources available to you. Student Learning Services Support Student Learning Services (SLS) offer face-to-face and virtual tutorials. If you have any questions about the structure, writing, referencing, or editing of […]
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Institutional subscription to Times Higher.
Information Services has successfully negotiated an institutional subscription to the Times Higher, making this resource freely available to anyone registering with their @stir.ac.uk, @students.stir.ac.uk, @cs.stir.ac.uk, @drns.ac.uk, @macrobartscentre.org @scottishaquaculture.com, @scottishswimming.com, and @teamscotland.scot email addresses for use both on and off-campus, opening up this important resource to all the staff and students of the university and providing […]

Cyber Security Update
Recent attacks in the sector, Common Cyber Security Myths, and the Importance of Awareness Training How is it April 2022 already?! At least Spring is on the way, and we can look forward to longer and sunnier days (wishful thinking?). Whilst the weather may be changing, the pandemic continues to affect how we live our […]

Scams are everywhere
Like most of us, during a crisis, we will want to show our support and donating to the cause, is often the most common method to allow people to show their support. Unfortunately for us, it appears that, unfortunately, we live in a time where there are several people and groups who like to take […]

Microsoft student fundamentals
Cloud Skills are in demand.Grab your seat. Microsoft are offering FREE training opportunities to students. 5th April – AI Fundamentals7th April – Azure Fundamentals8th April – Security Fundamentals Students don’t miss out on this free, exclusive, time-limited, trainingopportunity. Microsoft are bringing you the opportunity to certify onMicrosoft Fundamentals:• Providing you with cloud skills aligned to […]

Library Easter opening hours.
The library will be open throughout the Easter weekend. We will be operating slightly different hours than normal. Good Friday 15 April 8 am – 8 pm Easter Saturday 16 April 10 am – 8 pm Easter Sunday 17 April 10 am – 8 pm Easter Monday 18 April 8 am – 8 pm Outwith […]

Extended Library opening hours
Great news! In response to student requests for extended library opening, from Monday 21st March until 31st July the library’s opening hours will be increased to: Monday – Friday 8 am – Midnight Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 8 pm These extended hours allow more time to access the library study space, books, journals, […]

21 things IS did for you in 2021
Over the last year, Information Services has strived to provide the best service possible to our staff and students. We listened to the feedback we received from our student community and used it to shape the improvements we made to our services. You said We did Sometimes we need IT and Library help out of […]

21 things Information Services did for you in 2021
Over the last year Information Services have strived to provide the best service possible to our staff and students. We listened to feedback we received from our student community and used it to shape the improvements we made to our services. You will be able to see what your feedback helped us to improve over […]

Things to do before you graduate – Tie up your library and IT loose ends
Congratulations, you made it! Whether you have completed your Undergraduate, Postgraduate taught, or Postgraduate Research qualification, there are some tasks you may want to do before your graduation date. At the end of your studies, your access to the University network and services will cease. There are, however, some services that we can offer you […]