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 […]
Network Gaming in University Residences
Students living in University residences who have brought games consoles with them (including those who took part in last year’s trial service) should visit http://www.stir.ac.uk/is/student/it/campusnet/games/ for up-to-date information about the Network Gaming service, including how to self-register consoles before use.
Succeed patch to be applied Friday 6th September
At the moment, the recently upgraded Succeed is showing both available and unavailable modules in the ‘My Succeed’ panel. The cumulative patch that will be applied on Friday 6th September will switch this off to give a list of open modules only. Returning students will be able to find out the opening dates of Succeed […]
Cancellation of FT.com
Unfortunately our access to the FT.com will stop on Saturday 14th September. The library has had to make the difficult decision to cancel because of a 300% price increase and licence terms which we could not agree to. The Financial Times is still purchased in print and is available to read in the library. In […]
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 […]
Bzzzz…. Bees in the library
The Library has two new exhibitions. Artist and poet, Alec Finlay, is currently Leverhulme artist-in-residence at the University of Stirling, working in collaboration with Professor Kathleen Jamie in the School of Arts and Humanities. The installation adapts a 19th century Nether hive system for beekeeping. In this Nether hive the knowledge of books […]
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
Research Bites: spaces available for Knowledge Network and Data Management Planning sessions
The Research Bites summer programme is a programme aimed at researchers. The following two sessions still have places remaining: Knowledge Network 7 August 12.30pm in the Library Seminar Room. This session is only open to School of Nursing Midwifery and Health researchers The Knowledge Network provides access to “over 12 million information and learning […]