Academic Book Week (#AcBookWeek) – the week-long celebration of the diversity, innovation and influence of academic books throughout history is returning for a second year from 23-28 January 2017 following the success of 2015. Please see the Academic Book Week website for more information. Ahead of Academic Book Week, the Top 20 Academic Books that […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in November & December #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Research Postgraduates who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during November and December. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Three Essays on Retirement and Savings Behaviour. By Bernardo Fonseca Nunes http://hdl.handle.net/1893/24516 The Artivism Intervention: Can art be used to conscientise artists (Mental Health Service Users) […]
Succeed Downtime – Saturday 14th January
Succeed will be unavailable on Saturday 14th January, 9.00-11.00am. This planned downtime will allow us to upgrade the file store on both Succeed and the database server.
Top Ten Thesis downloads in December #StirTopTenTheses
During December 1,074 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 11,215 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: 1. Dimensions of service quality and service climate: a study of bank customers and employees in four local Malaysian banks. By Ab. Wahab, Noralis. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1297 Downloads: 353 2. Film music and film genre. By Brownrigg, […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in December #StirTopTenPapers
During December there were 29,088 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 3,565 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. Taking active learning into the primary school: a matter of new practices? By Stephen, Christine; Ellis, Jennifer; Martlew, Joan. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2803 Downloads: 239 2. Career transitions in sport: European perspectives. By Wylleman, Paul; Alfermann, Dorothee; […]
Turnitin Planned Downtime – Saturday 7th January
We have been notified by Turnitin that due to essential maintenance the Turnitin service will be unavailable from 3-11pm on Saturday 7th January. Please be aware that no submissions or grading will be possible through this service during this time. We therefore advise that submission deadlines are set outside of this maintenance window. Please follow @TurnitinStatus for […]
Stirling’s Top Ten most shared articles of 2016
Here’s the Top Ten Stirling papers with the highest Altmetric scores during 2016! Most of these papers are available to download immediately from the links in the references below (the link goes to the record in the University’s repository, STORRE). If the full-text is embargoed use the ‘Request a copy’ button at the foot of the […]
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, […]
Succeed Modules Opening Dates – Spring 2017
Succeed modules will open on the same basis as last year but with the new Spring semester start date. For Spring 2017 this will be: 1st and 2nd year modules will open on the Monday before the start of semester (9th Jan 2017) 3rd and 4th year modules will open on the Tuesday before the start […]
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 […]