You can now enter the Library using an app on your smart phone. Stocard is a free app available for iPhone and Android phones. Simply download the app, add your student or staff ID card and you can then use your phone to enter and exit the Library. To add your student/staff card to the […]
Category: IT News
BOS Service Transfer from the University of Bristol to Jisc
The transfer of the Bristol Online Surveys (BOS) service from the University of Bristol to Jisc is scheduled to take place during the week commencing 2 October 2017. To enable the transfer of its database, BOS will be offline from the morning of Tuesday 3 October for a period of up to 48 hours. During […]
Essential student Guide to Library and I. T. Services
This induction session covers everything you need to know about the Library and I.T. services at Stirling: including: How to print and Copy, Wi-Fi access, saving your work onto the network or Box, student email, using the Library, finding journal articles, computing labs and how to get free Office software. These sessions are running at […]
Phishing, Social Engineering, Spear Phishing, Whaling – it’s all Fraud!
Recently, the university has been targeted by online criminals via fraudulent emails. Knowledge is absolutely our first line of defence. Learn the jargon and know what to look out for: Phishing Untargeted, mass emails sent to many people asking for sensitive information (such as bank details) or encouraging them to visit a fake website. Social […]
Data skills development training at Urban Big Data Centre
The Urban Big Data Centre in Glasgow has announced the return of their data skills development training programme for summer 2017. Location: Jura Teaching Lab, University of Glasgow Library (map) Date Time Course Name Tuesday 1st August 2017 10am – 4:30pm Introduction to ArcGIS Wednesday 2nd August 2017 10am – 1pm Introduction to Network […]
Want a sneaky peak at the new box interface?
On August 31st the box interface will be changing automatically to a new box experience. To see the new interface you can go to https://stir.app.box.com/on/allnewbox , which generates a cookie and turns it on for that browser instance. See https://blog.box.com/blog/all-new-box/ for details. You can revert to the old version by clearing browser cookies. Single sign on […]
Introducing Canvas
The University has worked extensively with students to identify the best possible system. Many of you have responded to surveys, participated in focus groups, and tried out several systems. Matt Adie VP Education said: “This is a really positive improvement to our digital learning experience at Stirling. Having been involved in the work of the […]
HMRC Final payment request (phishing emails)
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 […]
Guest Wi-Fi just got simpler.
Guest Wi-Fi is changing! From 31st May it will be easier to logon. Some visitors may already have Wi-Fi access if they are from an eduroam enabled institution. They should be able to connect to the ‘eduroam’ signal using their credentials from their home Institution. However if you have visitors who do not have eduroam […]
Auto Logout –Remember to SAVE YOUR WORK!
This week there is a change in the policy for Lab computers in the Library and Study Zone (not including Training rooms 1, 2, group study rooms and Library Seminar room): after 20 minutes of inactivity lab computers will now log out. We have decided this change for two main reasons, the main reason being […]