We have had a number of staff reporting a phishing email purporting to be from HMRC. This email had the subject line “Final payment request”. We wanted to confirm that this is a Phishing email and in not a genuine communication from HMRC. Please delete without opening attachments. If you have opened an attachment, don’t […]
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New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in May #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Research Postgraduates who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during May. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Research in Care Homes – Issues of Participation and Citizenship. By Emma Law http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25305 Exploring the application of self-monitoring of blood glucose results in insulin-treated diabetes: A case […]
Research Bites 2017 – New Programme of Events
Information Services and Research & Innovation Services are pleased to announce the 2017 Research Bites programme will launch next week. These are short, one hour sessions over lunch, to give you relevant information and skills regarding your research activities. All sessions and sign-up links are below, and session descriptors are also provided. Date Time Room Title […]
Are you cyber aware?
As our world becomes more and more digital, so do the threats that it faces. This week we are raising awareness that, like Health and Safety, cyber security is everyone’s responsibility. Is your password strong enough? Could it easily be hacked, or even just guessed? Is it safe from prying eyes? Or do you have […]
New deposit in #DataSTORRE from Stirling’s Biological and Environmental Sciences division
We are delighted to see that Jennifer Sjolund and Alistair Jump have deposited a dataset, ‘Nuclear and chloroplast microsatellite and GPS data for the European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Great Britain, Italy, France, and Germany’, in DataSTORRE (http://hdl.handle.net/11667/90). The research in this dataset will be published in the article, ‘Understanding the legacy of widespread population […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in April #StirTopTenTheses
During April 1,122 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 15,421 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: 1. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models of Complex Adaptive Systems. By Niazi, Muaz A K. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3365 Downloads: 702 2. Dimensions of service quality and service climate: […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in April #StirTopTenPapers
During April there were 37,195 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 3,821 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; Daughtery, Richard; Gardner, John; James, Mary; Stobart, Gordon. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/19607 Downloads: 748 […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in April #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Research Postgraduates who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during April. The theses are embargoed for a period to allow the authors time to write up work for publication: The Development of John Wilbur Chapman’s Life and Thought (1859-1918) by Ross Purdy http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25267 Sex determination and genetic […]
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 […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in March #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Research Postgraduates who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during March. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Women Walking: The Flâneuse and Urban Tourist in Cinema. By Elizabeth Tiller http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25096 Developing approaches to measure dependency across different domains of need in later life: an exploration […]