During April there were 54,256 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 5,318 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 […]
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Kluwer Arbitration is unavailable due to a malware attack on Wolters Kluwer platforms and applications. Forensic consultants are working on a solution and services will be resumed as soon as possible.
Stirling’s Top 5 most mentioned publications in April
Here’s the Top Five most mentioned Stirling papers during April. This listing is compiled using Altmetric data. Altmetric track mentions in online news stories, policy documents, blog posts, Twitter, Wikipedia, Mendeley, Facebook, etc. Congratulations to all our authors who made it into the Top Five!! Hallingberg B, Maynard O, Bauld L, Brown R, Gray L, Lowthian E, […]
Maintenance Alert (Cottrell) – Saturday 4 May
Essential maintenance work will be carried out in the Cottrell Building on Saturday 4 May. This will result in a loss of power (including network and telephone) and lighting to the areas indicated below: Z-Block (all levels)C-Block (all levels)2A1Queens Court Reception3A1 – 3A7A2B1 – 2b103B1 – 3B84B1 – 4B44 (Not all rooms) We apologise for […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in April #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during April. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: A critical evaluation of the implementation process of a person-centred model of care in a new dementia specific care home. By Christopher Poyner http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29256 Interdisciplinary Learning: A Chimera of […]
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Supporting research at all levels Sage Research Methods brings you books, chapters, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos. See Case Studies of real research projects and find real datasets for use in teaching. A ‘Methods Map’ helps to navigate the various research methods find the best techniques. Access Sage Research Methods via the A-Z […]
Stirling’s Top 5 most mentioned publications in March
Here’s the Top Five most mentioned Stirling papers during February. This listing is compiled using Altmetric data. Altmetric track mentions in online news stories, policy documents, blog posts, Twitter, Wikipedia, Mendeley, Facebook, etc. Congratulations to all our authors who made it into the Top Five!! 391 mentions in March Ripple WJ, Chapron G, Lopez-Bao […]
Password rules are changing for University staff and Postgraduate Research students.
As part of our ongoing commitment to achieving Cyber Essentials Accreditation, we now turn our attention to network passwords. In order to comply with Cyber essentials, we need to strengthen our password policy. Our current security settings require a minimum of six characters and staff must change their password once a year. It is not […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in March #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during March. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Books and their Borrowers at the Library of Innerpeffray c. 1680-1855. By Jill Dye http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28881 The Literature of Madness: a critical study of the madhouse in Gothic fiction. By […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in March #StirTopTenTheses
During March 1,279 theses in our research repository STORRE were downloaded a total of 24,666 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: 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: 1,956 Scholarly publishing in Africa: a case study […]