We are seeking to recruit student staff (Wi-Fi Wizards) to assist with setting up staff and students on the University Wi-Fi service – eduroam. We need approximately 5 new wizards to join our existing team. The job involves: Being part of a student wizard team providing support to students and staff in getting their devices […]
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Withdrawal of local admin account functionality
As part of our Cyber Essentials accreditation for managed staff desktops, we have recently withdrawn the local admin account functionality from Run Advertised Programs on staff PCs. While the local admin account withdrawal happened more suddenly than we had anticipated, we were planning to remove it from RAP this summer anyway. This is in line […]
Research Drive
So you’ve just been told that you have to move your research data from Box to Research Drive – but what is it? The University provides safe and secure storage for researchers where you can keep all your data relating to your current research. We call this your Research Drive or X: drive. The research […]
Password rules are changing
As part of our ongoing commitment to achieving Cyber Essentials Accreditation, we are strengthening our university network password rules. Our current security settings require a minimum of six characters and staff/PGRs must change their password once a year. It is not possible to use your previous two passwords when changing. In future, your password is going […]
New scam email….email Delivery Error for …
Today we have been made aware of the latest scam email circulating. It appears to be from a postmaster account and is regarding emails which have not been able to be delivered to your inbox. It may contain your correct email address and current date. There will be a link in the email to a […]
How to navigate the shifting research impact landscape?
Kudos are offering a free 20 minute webinar on the 24 May at 10.30 am which will cover: Why is research impact becoming more important? How impact can be achieved How it is measured and what actions you can take The webinar will be led by the Kudos co-founder, Charlie Rapple, who has over 20 […]
Kluwer Arbitration Temporarily Unavailable
Kluwer Arbitration is unavailable due to a malware attack on Wolters Kluwer platforms and applications. Forensic consultants are working on a solution and services will be resumed as soon as possible.
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 […]
Are you using the best research methods?
Supporting research at all levels Sage Research Methods brings you books, chapters, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos. See Case Studies of real research projects and find real datasets for use in teaching. A ‘Methods Map’ helps to navigate the various research methods find the best techniques. Access Sage Research Methods via the A-Z […]
Blue button phishing attack resurfaces
Earlier this week, variants of the blue button phishing email scam were circulated and unfortunately a number of accounts have been compromised as a result. Subsequently, user details including username and password were harvested. In this instance the attacker did not use the harvested details until this afternoon, when it emerged that a number of […]