On Friday the 10th of February the Study Zone will be closed from 18:30 until 17:00 on Sunday 12th. This room will be in use during the weekend for the Hackathon. On Friday and Saturday the Library will be open 24 hours. Both the Library and the Study Zone will revert to normal opening hours on […]
Category: IT News
REMINDER – Chrome OneClass Extension — DO NOT USE
If you receive an email from a fellow Stirling student along the lines of: “Hey guys, I just found some really helpful notes for the upcoming exams for <University Name> courses at https://oneclass.com/s/signup. I highly recommend signing up for an account now that way your first download is free!” Do not install the advertised OneClass […]
Student Hub joins UniDesk
The Student Services Hub team are joining UniDesk. UniDesk is your first point of call for a wide range of student enquiries such as Library, IT and now the Student Services Hub. You might want to ask questions about: Ask the Library The Library, the Library Catalogue, your Library Record, Research Guides, A-Z Online Resources, […]
Let’s get digital – We would like you to tell us your digital study needs
*Survey available to Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate students.* The Digital Student Experience Tracker is a new national survey to find out how you use digital technologies and how this affects your university experience overall. The University of Stirling has chosen to use the Tracker because we know how important digital issues are to you. The […]
Introducing the new Office 365 App Launcher
You may have noticed that your student email (Office 365) has changed recently. Microsoft have made some changes and there is now a newer version of the Office 365 app launcher. You should find it easier to find recently used apps, and there are additional customisation options. You can access the new features by clicking […]
Succeed Upgrade – Downtime for maintenance
On Monday 24 October there is planned downtime for some essential maintenance to Succeed. Please note that the planned downtime is 7.00am-11.00am. There are two pieces of work planned for Monday: Upgrade to cumulative update 3 for our release of Succeed. This is bug fixes and has no new features but it does fix a […]
Malicious telephone calls
Please be advised that a number of staff have reported receiving telephone calls from unknown or other external numbers on their University extensions, which appear to be malicious cold-callers. Typically, the phone calls have been either accident-claim companies, or individuals claiming to be from the University IT department and/or ‘Windows Technical Support’, requesting access to […]
Cloud computing webinars in October – learn more about Box
Free online training sessions about using Box, Stirling’s cloud storage tool, are now open for booking. More information and a link to sign up can be found here. Box offers all students and staff at the University of Stirling free, unlimited cloud storage and provides anytime, anywhere and any device access to your files. […]
Succeed Opening Dates (Autumn semester 2016/17)
1st year Undergraduate students – You will be able to pick your ID card on either Sunday 11th or Monday 12th, you will then be able to access your modules later in the day that your card was collected. 2nd Year Undergraduate students assuming all enrolment tasks are completed will have access from Monday 5th […]
Library users required – we need your feedback on the library catalogue: you get a £10 voucher for 30 mins of your time.
The library catalogue is changing this summer and we’re looking for volunteers to take part in a two-part observational usability study. You will need to be free to come to the Stirling or Highland campus library for 15 mins between 9 – 5 Mon to Fri w/c 25th July and again for 15 mins between […]