During April there were 54,256 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 5,318 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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Stirling’s Top 5 most mentioned publications in April
Here’s the Top Five most mentioned Stirling papers during April. This listing is compiled using Altmetric data. Altmetric track mentions in online news stories, policy documents, blog posts, Twitter, Wikipedia, Mendeley, Facebook, etc. Congratulations to all our authors who made it into the Top Five!! Hallingberg B, Maynard O, Bauld L, Brown R, Gray L, Lowthian E, […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in April #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during April. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: A critical evaluation of the implementation process of a person-centred model of care in a new dementia specific care home. By Christopher Poyner http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29256 Interdisciplinary Learning: A Chimera of […]
Stirling’s Top 5 most mentioned publications in March
Here’s the Top Five most mentioned Stirling papers during February. This listing is compiled using Altmetric data. Altmetric track mentions in online news stories, policy documents, blog posts, Twitter, Wikipedia, Mendeley, Facebook, etc. Congratulations to all our authors who made it into the Top Five!! 391 mentions in March Ripple WJ, Chapron G, Lopez-Bao […]
Password rules are changing for University staff and Postgraduate Research students.
As part of our ongoing commitment to achieving Cyber Essentials Accreditation, we now turn our attention to network passwords. In order to comply with Cyber essentials, we need to strengthen our password policy. Our current security settings require a minimum of six characters and staff must change their password once a year. It is not […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in March #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during March. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Books and their Borrowers at the Library of Innerpeffray c. 1680-1855. By Jill Dye http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28881 The Literature of Madness: a critical study of the madhouse in Gothic fiction. By […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in March #StirTopTenPapers
During March there were 58, 255 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 5,225 publications. The top ten downloaded items were: The Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights: An Overview. By Cruft, Rowan; Liao, S Matthew; Renzo, Massimo http://hdl.handle.net/1893/23324 Downloads: 488 A Systematic Review of the Impact of Summative Assessment and Tests on Students’ Motivation for […]
Library opening hours
During the Easter Weekend (19th – 22nd April) the Library will be open all weekend. Easter falls within our extended 24/7 opening hours so we don’t actually close at all. 🙂 However our service desks are working different hours for this holiday weekend. Library Lending desk hours Good Friday 8:30 – 5:00 Easter Saturday 10:00 […]
Stirling’s Top 5 most mentioned publications in February
Here’s the Top Five most mentioned Stirling papers during February. This listing is compiled using Altmetric data. Altmetric track mentions in online news stories, policy documents, blog posts, twitter, Wikipedia, mendeley, facebook, etc. Congratulations to all our authors who made it into the Top Five!! 808 mentions in February Swinburn BA, Kraak VI, Allender […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in February #StirTopTenPapers
During February there were 44,216 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 4,858 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 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 Downloads: […]