There’s a lot more to your University of Stirling student email account than just email. For the duration of your studies, you will have: access your student email from anywhere plus the inbuilt contacts and calendar free access to the Office 365 app suite including OneDrive, MS Teams, Office Online (once you have completed registration) […]
Get started with IT – considering a new device?
Are you considering getting a new device for your university study? See our recommended specifications below. Laptop/PC Operating SystemRECOMMENDEDWindows 10 Home or Pro Processor TypeMINIMUMCore i5 ProcessorRECOMMENDEDCore i7 Processor MemoryMINIMUM8 GB RAM or higher Hard DriveMINIMUM250 GBRECOMMENDED500 GB or higher Graphics CardMINIMUM512 MB Video Memory or higher Mac OperatingSystemMac OS 10.14 or higher Processor TypeMINIMUMCore i5 […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in July #StirTopTenPapers
During July there were 35,872 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 4,941 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. The Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights: An Overview. By Cruft, Rowan; Liao, S Matthew; Renzo, Massimo http://hdl.handle.net/1893/23324 Downloads: 286 2. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Summative Assessment and Tests on Students’ […]
Scotsman Historical Archive
The Library recently acquired a digital archive of The Scotsman newspaper, covering the first issue in 1817 up to 1950. The Scotsman 1817-1950 adds to our growing collection of historical digitised newspapers. As well as The Scotsman, you can also search The Times, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times, and many regional newspapers. Historians should […]
Delivering Lectures and Seminars Online – webinar and self-study module
There are times when the online delivery of teaching can be beneficial to students. But do you know how you can deliver high-quality teaching sessions online without compromising on quality – either as a broadcast lecture, as short videos, or as an interactive webinar session? A series of webinars will be held in August and […]
Goodbye COPAC, Hello Library Hub Discover
On 31st July Library Hub Discover was launched by JISC. This service replaces both COPAC and SUNCAT. It includes the catalogues of 117 university and research libraries in the UK and Ireland and there are plans to add more in the future (including Stirling University’s catalogue – coming soon!). The new service offers much of […]
Webinar: An updated PubMed is on its way!
On Wednesday, August 14th at 4pm, NCBI staff will show you PubMed Labs, a test site that will become the default PubMed early next year. PubMed comprises over 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books. PubMed citations and abstracts include the fields of biomedicine and health, covering portions […]
Top ten thesis downloads in June #StirTopTenTheses
During June, 1,269 theses in our research repository STORRE were downloaded a total of 15,959 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: 900 2. Assessment practices and their impact […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in June #StirTopTenPapers
During June there were 37,380 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 4,915 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History. By Becker, Sascha; Woessmann, Ludger http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1653 Downloads: 363 2. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Summative Assessment and Tests on Students’ […]
Want to be a Wi-Fi wizard?
We are seeking to recruit student staff (Wi-Fi Wizards) to assist with setting up staff and students on the University Wi-Fi service – eduroam. We need approximately 5 new wizards to join our existing team. The job involves: Being part of a student wizard team providing support to students and staff in getting their devices […]