There seems to be an increase in “phishing” attempts as we approach the holiday period. This is where an attempt is made to capture your network username and password by sending a fake email as in the example below. Please be very careful not to open up a link contained in an email and enter […]
Possible Internet service downtime, Tuesday 18th December
In order to complete the implementation of the University’s higher-bandwidth JANET connection, there may be a short disruption to all Internet services, sometime between 07:30 and 08:30 on Tuesday 18th December. During this window, staff from Systems and Network Services and EaStMAN will reconfigure network routing to begin using our second JANET circuit. Most […]
Library eResource authentication changes for on-campus users
The University Library currently spends hundreds of thousands of pounds every year subscribing to electronic resources for use by the University’s staff and students. However there is currently no coherent way of determining the level of usage of these resources, so, to remedy this, Information Services is implementing a tool called RAPTOR which will be […]
New library entrance system switch on Mon 17 Dec – don’t forget your ID card!
The new library entrance system will be switched on Monday 17th December. All staff and students will need to bring their ID card with them and present them to the readers on the new gates to gain entry and exit from the building. If you are a student who received an email from the Library […]
Staff – get ready for winter: set up your PC for working from home
Now that the snowy weather is upon us, you may have the opportunity to work from home. Remote desktop allows you to access your work PC from your home computer so that you can have access to all of the software you need to do your job. A bit of forward planning is required […]
Check out our Archives and Special Collections Advent Calendar
Following on from the success of our ‘Going Wild in the Archives’ exhibition earlier this year, we thought we’d give our festive Archives and Special Collections Advent Calendar a wildlife theme. Every day in the run up to Christmas, a new image from our collections relating to the natural world will […]
Wintery campus
Here are a couple of shots of the campus from the Library building this morning. Where are all the sledges? First one is the view from Level 4 overlooking Queen’s Court and the second one is taken from Level 2 Library overlooking the Loch.
Module Registration opens 3rd December 9am – please do not login to the portal unless essential
We are approaching one of the many busy times for the student system with Student Module Registration opening at 9.00am on Monday 3rd December. A number of technical measures have been put in place to help process student requests as quickly as possible. However, as a precaution, we would be grateful if staff could […]
Extra study space during exam period
From early next week the following extra study facilities will be available at Stirling campus to students wishing to study for exams: in the Cottrell 4W corridor – 24/7 study facilities (2 rooms) in the Library: all Enterprise Zone rooms will be open and set up for study purposes. There may be the occasional closure […]
Go live date for new student email system set
Further to our previous posting about the new student email system, Outlook Web App (part of Microsoft’s cloud based Office365 offering), we are pleased to confirm that the new system will go live during the winter vacation on 30 January 2013. We now have a pilot group of c60 students live on the system […]