Wed 24 October, 9.30am to 11.30am, Cottrell 2A13 (Drinks and pastries will be provided) Staff are invited to attend a Digiforum event, arranged by Academic Development and Information Services, on online and distance curriculum design for diverse learners. Designing and delivering content online creates a series of challenges for the educator. Open for discussion at the forum […]
EndNote X9 Now Available for Staff and Research Students
The latest version of EndNote is now available for University computers. New features include: ability to share a group of references with other researchers (previously you had to share your whole library); control permissions on who can edit shared references; generate Web of Science Citation reports directly from EndNote and use Manuscript Matcher to help […]
Update on problems with eduroam
15:45 Wed 17 Oct At 14.30 today, we identified a specific problem with a service related to eduroam, which we fixed. This improved the performance and availability of the eduroam service. We have since been monitoring and now believe that eduroam is stable enough for you to try. Please note that you may have to get […]
Issues with eduroam service today
We are still continuing to experience issues with connections to eduroam on campus today. We have been working with our suppliers to identify the cause of the issues but have not yet arrived at a resolution. We will continue to work on this. There are a large number of successful connections to eduroam so the […]
#StirCyberSec 2018 – Week 3 – Recognise Cyber Scams
The theme of this week aims to educate you on how to identify deceiving content in order to keep both yourself and your finances safe online. It’s also really important that you (as part of the University community) safeguard your university network account to protect the University network. Day 1: Is this a scam? Figure […]
EndNote Online downtime 13th October
We’ve received notification from EndNote that their online service will be undergoing maintenance on Saturday 13th October from 10am to 5pm. Please note that during this time the following will be affected: EndNote web will redirect to a maintenance message ResearcherID services will be unavailable Web of Science save to EndNote online and record […]
Maker Space tour for students.
On Wednesday 17th October between 2 pm and 4:30 pm we are opening you the Maker Space to students. If you want to find out about this technology and see it in action, pop along. Maybe you are part of a startup and the ability to 3Dprint a prototype would be something you would be […]
Digital wellbeing MOOC
What is the impact of digital technology on our health, relationships and society? How do we ensure our own digital wellbeing? Explore the answers to these questions and more with this course. You will investigate new and established technologies and their impact on society, looking at the positives and negatives of engaging with technology. You […]
Free Online Course: Discover how Digital Technology affects our Wellbeing
What is the impact of digital technology on our health, relationships and society? How do we ensure our own digital wellbeing? Explore the answers to these questions and more with this online course. The three-week course, developed by Future Learn, starts on 15 October 2018 and is free to join. You will investigate new and established […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in September #StirTopTenTheses
During September 1,172 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 19,000 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: 994 2. Scholarly publishing in Africa: a case […]