A new malware threat, first known to be causing trouble in September 2013, is CryptoLocker. It is known as “ransomware” because it prevents you from accessing your files unless you pay money to the authors of it. It does this by encrypting the files on all local and mapped network drives that your computer can […]
Category: IT News
About to graduate? Useful tips for what you need to do before you leave
Congratulations from IS on your impending graduation! We have compiled a short list of Library and IT tips which will help you make sure that you can leave the university without losing any of your files; access to your email account; access to Refworks etc. See the list here http://blogs.stir.ac.uk/isnews/?p=2963
Student print system back online
Further to our earlier service message about the problems with the student print system, our staff now have a solution which hopefully addresses the issues. The student print system is back online – please check the printer status page http://labstats.stir.ac.uk//lab.html to check current availability in each location. If any problems occur, please come over […]
Internet service disruption – Sunday/Monday 29/30 September
The University’s data communications service provider has given notice of maintenance works they will be performing between 2200 on Sunday 29 September and 0600 on Monday 30 September, which will impact on the availability and performance of our connection to the internet. The service is designed to be resilient to outages so there will be […]
One machine to rule them all…
Over the summer, a new student print/copy system was installed on Stirling and Highland campuses. The old pharos print stations and photocopiers have been replaced by the Lord of the Machines – it does everything! See our informative 1950s style information bulletin on printing and copying below. As well as photocopying and scanning it does print […]
mStir, the University of Stirling’s app
Information Services is proud to announce the launch of the University’s new app, mStir. Introducing mStir, the University of Stirling’s app. Available for both Apple and Android devices, the app allows you to access a whole host of university information on the go! mStir includes some fantastic features: Useful Number: ‘Touch to […]
New student print system now live
The new print/copy/scan system went live on 12th August in Stirling and will go live Tuesday 13th August in Highland. The new machines are all able to print in colour and mono (black), print A4 and A3 jobs and also print stapled jobs. The queues are listed on our student print web page. The old […]
Internet service disruption, Tuesday 20th August
Following an unsuccessful attempt on 12/07/2013 to carry out a software upgrade on core network equipment, we have been in contact with our support provider and they have supplied advice which should allow the upgrade to be completed successfully. Therefore, there will be two short interruptions to all off-campus Internet services, sometime between 07:30 and […]
New Module Opening Dates in Canvas
THIS ITEM DATES BACK TO 2013. IF YOU HAVE BEEN SENT A LINK TO IT, PLEASE LOOK FOR MORE RECENT POSTINGS ON MODULE OPENING DATES (CLICK ‘IS NEWS BLOG’ ABOVE TO GO TO THE MOST RECENT ARTICLES). Canvas, the system the university uses for your module materials, will be available from Mon 4 September. From that […]
Turnitin scheduled maintenance, Saturday 10 August
The Turnitin service (linked from Succeed) may be intermittently unavailable during a scheduled maintenance period on Saturday, August 10th, from 3pm to 7pm. Simon Booth Succeed Administrator