Congratulations to our Research Postgraduates who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during June. One of the theses is available for reading immediately: News Usage Practices of Pakistani University Students in the Networked Media Environment. By Saadia Ishtiaq Nauman http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25463 The other theses are embargoed for a period to allow the authors time […]
Canvas Drop-in Sessions for Staff
Information Services are running Canvas drop-in sessions for staff members. These are informal sessions, in which you can come along at any point and either ask questions or just use one of the PCs to start working in Canvas with assistance where required. Sessions Running in August Date Time Room Wednesday 23th August 13:30 – 16:30 Training […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in June #StirTopTenTheses
During June 1,084 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 11,172 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: 495 2. Scholarly publishing in Africa: a case study […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in June #StirTopTenPapers
During June there were 24,901 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 3,524 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. Does knowing hurt? Perceiving oneself as overweight predicts future physical health and well-being. By Daly, Michael; Robinson, Eric; Sutin, Angelina. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25326 Downloads: 441 2. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Summative Assessment […]
Security alert – ‘Mexican’ phishing email doing the rounds
We have been made aware that there is another phishing email doing the rounds at the moment. This particular one may come from internal staff accounts. However you may also receive it from external sources. Any compromised staff accounts will be automatically disabled due to the automatic settings we have on bulk emails. This […]
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 […]
Session on strategically promoting your research
Want to be smarter about publicising your research? Kevin Tipton, Professor of Sport, Health and Exercise Science, will be giving a talk on how he is using Altmetric to help strategically promote his research. Kevin’s work is in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric. The session will include a brief […]
Study Zone closed for graduation use
**this is an update to our previous posting about the Study Zone during graduation week** The Study Zone will be closed from 6pm today, Tues 27th June until Friday 30th June. We had hoped to keep part of the area open overnight for student use but the graduation photography setup needs more space than anticipated. […]
Web of Science & EndNoteTraining for Researchers 4th July
Trainers from the Web of Science and EndNote training teams are visiting the University on Tuesday 4th July – come along to improve your research skills. The course aims to: Strengthen Research Discovery Strategies to find the most relevant research Strengthen Research Assessment Practices (assess impact using citation data) Manage Research Information With EndNote See […]
Journal Citation Reports: 2017 release and free webinars
This year’s edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is now available. JCR is an immensely useful tool and can help you: – identify journals with the highest citation impact in your field – find the most influential journals in which to publish Each edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is published annually following […]