Category: Campus life

The 5 best reasons to study in Scotland [STUDENT BLOG]

King's Park in Stirling with sunset

Whether you’re Scottish born and bred, living here temporarily or just visiting, there’s plenty to love about our wee country. From its physical attractions and rich history to its culinary and cultural gifts, there’s plenty on offer to make anyone love living here. The Scottish landscape It’s no secret that the further North you go in

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UCAS Clearing 2018 Dictionary

A dictionary, which is good for clearing up any misconceptions.

To help you get your head around the UCAS Clearing 2018 process, and what it all means, we’ve put together a handy glossary of frequently-used terms, so that you’re ready to discuss your options with us when you get your exam results. Adjustment If your grades are better than predicted, you may be able to

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How to Make the Most of University Open Days

Do you want to learn more about the University of Stirling? We’d love to show you around. Register for our next Open Day on 17 September 2022. Even if you can’t attend Open Day, we’ve got loads of other visiting opportunities you can sign up for. Make sure you share your Open Day snaps using #StirOpenDay!

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What four international students had to say about Stirling

We’re thankful for the 120 nationalities studying and working on the University of Stirling campus. Our campus is genuinely a better place for having our international students and staff, and today we’re embracing the multiculturalism and diversity – and wealth of culture – that our international students and staff bring to campus. Here’s what four

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10 things as old as our 2017 Freshers

To celebrate our new 2017 Freshers, we’ve picked out 10 things that are as old as most of this year’s undergrad intake. There’s a few surprises, and no way are some of these this old. Time to mope about how old we are. The Matrix Red or Blue? The Wachowskis’ epic featured Keanu Reeves as

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Clearing 2017 explained

University of Stirling campus

This content was originally published in 2017. We’ve created a new guide to Clearing for students and parents.  Ready to apply through Clearing? Check out our UCAS Clearing 2018 pages. With SQA results due on 8 August and A-Level results on 17 August, we’ve created this short guide in case you need help with your next

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7 Student Stories from Summer Graduation 2017

Nearly 1600 University of Stirling graduates celebrated their achievements on the 28th and 29th of June 2017 – this year’s ceremonies particularly significant given that 2017 is the year of the University’s 50th Anniversary. We spoke to loads of happy grads on both days – here’s what seven of them had to say about Graduation,

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