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Lesson plans launched to teach slavery in Scottish schools

The launch of Teaching Slavery in Scotland comes during Black History Month.

school pupils at desk with slavery lesson on blackboard

When can we switch off from work? Public event discusses blurred lines for home workers

A free public event at the University of Stirling will address the blurred lines between work and leisure

woman working from home looking at watch

Woodland creation strategies reshaped by Stirling-led research

A new study, led by Dr Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor, a Senior Lecturer in Nature-based Solutions at the University’s Faculty of Natural Sciences, has identified key ecological factors supporting natural colonisation.

Victory Woods which have been created using a Hybrid approach

World’s largest aquaculture market will be supported by University’s new innovation hub

The University's new National Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Hub (NATIH), a £21million suite of research and development facilities, will enable broader range of academic research and commercial trials to be undertaken.

A group of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Fishery Science toured the Institute of Aquaculture’s new National Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Hub (NATIH).

School pupils donate 1,000 paper cranes to University exhibition on bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima

In Japanese culture, paper cranes are a symbol of luck, longevity, and hope, associated with the legend of folding 1,000 cranes to be granted a wish.

S1 students Rosalind Macleod, Darcie Williams and Eva Harper with paper cranes

Stirling triathlete takes second place at World Championship

Alex Robin puts on a phenomenal performance in Australia

Alex Robin, triathlete, poses in front of Airthrey Loch.

Pioneering database charts how freshwater wildlife respond to rising temperatures

Dr. Noël Juvigny-Khenafou is part of a team that has published the largest openly accessible collection of data on the thermal tolerance of freshwater organisms to date.

A bright red freshwater shrimp

University's Head of Golf reappointed Walker Cup Captain

Dean Robertson will lead the team next year at Lahinch, Ireland.

Dean Robertson at the 2025 Walker Cup.

Record number of students celebrate their graduation from UAE campus

A total of 80 students marked their achievements in a range of programmes including accounting and finance, software engineering, computing science, and management.

Graduates at the University of Stirling's Ras Al Khaimah ceremony

University of Stirling basketballer looks ahead to Glasgow 2026 after returning to campus with silver

Shayne Humphries won the medal at the World University Games

Shayne Humphries with his silver medal.

Exhibition documenting impact of atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki opens for the first time in the UK

To mark the eighth decade since the bombing, the University is hosting Remembered: 80 years since the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Katsutoshi Takeda, Consul General of Japan, Professor Sir Gerry McCormac, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Lord Jack McConnell, Chancellor, Mr Hiroshi Nose, Director of the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, His Excellency Mr Hiroshi Suzuki, Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom

Stirling to play key role in UK Space Agency funded water quality monitoring project

AquaWatch AUK has been awarded £479,000 through the International Bilateral Fund, reinforcing the University’s position at the forefront of earth observation science.

A GPS satellite orbiting earth

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