With digital technology featuring in many aspects of our learning and teaching, Academic Development (AD) and the Learning and Teaching Support Team in Information Services (IS) are delighted to announce a series of eight Teaching Bites dedicated to this theme. Learning Technologists from Information Services will talk attendees through the effective use of digital technology […]
You Said, We Did – Library and IT Training
You Said We would like more training in Library and IT services to help with our studies. We Did Essential Student Guide to Library and IT Services Rated as one of the F Team’s Top Tips, our Essential Student Guide to Library and IT services ran at the start of each semester in 2018. At […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in January #StirTopTenTheses
During January 1,207 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 18,220 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: 1192 . Assessment practices and their […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in January #StirTopTenPapers
During January there were 43,665 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 4,893 research publications. . The top ten downloaded items were: . Black Sailors on Red Clydeside: Rioting, Reactionary Trade Unionism and Conflicting Notions of ‘Britishness’ Following the First World War. By Jenkinson, Jacqueline http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1069 Downloads: 461 . A Systematic Review of the Impact […]
Whale phishing attack – targeting senior staff
Over the last few months we have seen a substantial rise in the volume of phishing emails being sent to university staff apparently from a colleague. These emails are sent from a fake external email address e.g. colleagues.name@gmail.com or something similar. Often the emails are made to look as if they’ve come from senior colleagues […]
You said, We did – Library building
YOU SAID – “Can we have more seats in the library for exam study” WE DID – We want the library to be a welcoming and calm place to study. we understand that at certain times of the year the demands on the space in the library building are high. The library currently has 910 […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in January #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during January. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Molecular regulators of smoltification and viral infection management tools for salmon aquaculture. By Michael McGowan http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28532 Education in Outdoor Settings: The Teacher’s Role in More-than-human Curriculum Making. By Jonathan […]
You Said, We Did – Wellbeing Space
You Said You wanted more comfortable areas and a place to go when stressed. We Did We created a dedicated space on the first floor of the Library where you can take a break away from your work in order to recharge and refresh. The area is equipped for mindfulness, quietly relaxing, or browsing the […]
WARNING SCAM EMAILS: DON’T GET CAUGHT
Further to our Information Security alert of last Thursday which was distributed by email to all staff and all students, as well as published in the Student Bulletin and on all IS channels, we are now seeing a resurgence of blue button emails amongst the student community. Since the initial attack last Thursday, we have […]
Safer Internet Day 2019
Safer Internet Day 2019 will be celebrated globally on Tuesday 5th February with the slogan: ‘Together for a better Internet’. Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre the celebration sees hundreds of organisations get involved and join a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively. The day offers the […]