Author: UofStirling Digital Team

Graduation – What’s Next?

Friends celebrating graduation

You’ve made it! You’ve completed your studies, got yourself a degree, and had your graduation photos taken by the loch…so now what? Life after University can be exciting and terrifying in equal measure! Some graduates have a plan, some graduates plan to have a plan and some just don’t want to think about plans at

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Celebrating the Persian tradition of Nowruz [student blog]

My name is Emily, and I’m a fourth year Criminology and Sociology student who’s originally from London. The University of Stirling has around 120 nationalities represented on campus, and with that comes lots of opportunity to learn about different cultures and experience new things! Homesickness is something that a lot of students are worried about

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Clearing 2023 advice for mature students

At the University of Stirling we welcome applications through UCAS Clearing from all students, including mature students. Clearing is not just for school leavers who didn’t achieve the results they needed or changed their mind. Mature students are classed by UCAS as anyone over the age of 21 who didn’t go to university after school

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day 

Graphic of a laptop with text reading global accessibility awareness day

Here in the UK, the average user spends more than four hours a day scrolling along on their mobile phones. Unfortunately, a huge proportion of the websites and apps out there occupying all of our time aren’t actually designed with everyone in mind.   Without the right accessibility measures in place, web journeys are filled with

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Get prepared for A-Level Results Day 2023

Group of students walking around the loch

We know waiting for those results will now feel like agony especially if you need certain grades to get your place at university. First bit of advice – don’t panic. Whatever happens with your results, there’s still going to be plenty of options for you. Clearing is now a very common way of applying to

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Clearing 2023 | Deadlines and Timings

Trying to secure a place on an undergraduate course for September 2023? Don’t stress if you didn’t get the results you were hoping for. You can still get a place on a course through UCAS Clearing. What is Clearing? Simply put, Clearing is part of the UCAS application process. It pairs applicants with UK university

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How does Clearing work? | Clearing 2023

dyslexia awareness week

Have you secured your place for an undergraduate course starting in September 2023? If not, don’t stress. You can still land yourself a place through the Clearing process. But what is University Clearing? When does Clearing 2023 start? How can you prepare for Clearing? This rapid guide explains everything you need to know about the

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University-Managed Accommodation vs Renting Privately [student blog]

Figuring out where to live during your studies can be a daunting endeavour. Utilities, council tax, tenancy agreements all come together in a confusing web of responsibilities that most of us have never had to deal with before.   When I first moved to Scotland from The Netherlands, there was a ton of information I missed

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