Many University staff and students have this morning, reported receiving a phishing email with subject line “Email Validation: University of STIRLING”. This is a screenshot of the email – below we have listed below the characteristics that can help identify it as a scam. Issues from the top down From field – on this occasion […]
Library fines and automatic renewal of books
The University is pleased to share two new significant library updates, which will make student lives easier and improve the student experience at Stirling. From Monday 11 November, standard loan (popular and long) books will now not incur library fines – instead, a new auto-renewal system has been introduced. Dropping library fines for all books, except […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in October #StirTopTenTheses
During October 1,310 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 20,275 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: 1. Assessment practices and their impact on home economics education in Ireland. By McSweeney, Kathryn http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21804 Downloads: 1,245 2. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models of […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in October #StirTopTenPapers
During October there were 52,129 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 5,780 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Summative Assessment and Tests on Students’ Motivation for Learning. By Harlen, Wynne; Crick, Ruth Deakin; Broadfoot, Patricia; Daugherty, Richard; Gardner, John; James, Mary; Stobart, Gordon http://hdl.handle.net/1893/19607 […]
Exam Time in the Library
Opening hours, finding a study space and support from the Library during exams. Here’s everything you need to know about using the Library during exams. 24-hour opening We’re opening the Library around the clock from Monday 18 November. When the doors open on Monday morning at 8am, the Library will remain open for the full […]
Book Week Scotland 2019
Scotland’s annual celebration of everything book, writing and reading-related is back, from 18-24 November. The theme this year is conversation. That’s right, we’re having a good old blether at Book Week Scotland. Book Week Scotland 2019 Events There are events taking place in every corner of Scotland. Find an event near you. Grab your copy of Blether […]
Spotlight on…. American Periodicals
The Library subscribes to an online resource called American Periodicals, which includes digitised American magazines and periodicals published between 1740 and 1900. This is a good resource if your subject is American Literature or History, particularly if you are interested in the following topics: 19th century literature; women’s magazines; popular culture; American politics and government […]
Free Software available to students.
Did you know that as a registered student at University of Stirling you are eligible for free software? We have listed the software available below. Office 365Get the full Office suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc) free of charge while you are studying/working at the University. This is a powerful tool, you can use OneDrive cloud […]
Students – we want to hear from you! Tell us what you think about Digital Technology at the University and have a chance of winning an Amazon voucher…
For the fourth year in a row, we are participating in the JISC Digital Experience Insights survey. We use this survey to find out how you are using digital technology at the University and what we can do to improve our services and support. Last year you told us you wanted more study space in […]
Your mailbox is on the move: timescale
Following our email and blog post about the migration of staff mailboxes from local servers to O365 cloud servers, the timetable for each area is outlined below: Timescale Mailbox Upgrades Date Staff discovery/disabled (done) 4-8 November 2019 PGR all (done) 11-13 November 2019 HR/International/Finance/INTO/Occ Health 13-15 November 2019 CMR / RIS/ Commercial Services incl Stirling […]