Lectures. Essays. Lab reports. Group projects. Exams. Your social life is a distant memory. Clean clothes? Overrated. Juggling everything thrown at you whilst remaining calm and dealing with life in general can make it hard to relax and find balance. Everything becomes frantic and time spent away from textbooks or your laptop seems impossible to justify. This is
Third year sport and exercise student Lauren Tait was named Netball Scotland’s under 21 National Netball Player of the Year earlier this year. The 20 year old has also been named in the 12-strong Sirens – Scotland’s Vitality Netball Superleague team for 2017. We took 5 minutes to get to know Lauren a little better.
International Students’ Day is an international observance of student community held every year on 17th November. The date commemorates the day Nazis stormed universities in Czechoslovakia in 1939 – and the subsequent killing and interning of students in concentration camps. This International Students Day, we’re sharing the stories of two international students and how they arrived
The nights are drawing in. The temperature’s dropping. Winter is truly on its way – and that can create danger for users of the roads around campus. Our resident campus cycling expert Orsolya Keri gave us five top tips for staying safe cycling in winter. Make sure your bike is roadworthy It can take longer to stop
Stirling’s one of those places where you’ll very rarely take a bad photo. It was once the capital of Scotland and still maintains some of that grandeur through its historic architecture and location at the heart of Scotland. There’s nothing better than walking through this great city – camera or phone in hand – and
We joined the Stirling University Muay Thai Boxing club for a training session on Wednesday 28th September. Club President Rory Cummings and Treasurer Elliott Mpezeni told us all about ‘the art of eight limbs‘ – and how it’s great for self-defence, improving fitness and above all, stress relief. What levels of experience do you cater for? From
Freshers Week is over for 2016. It’s time to get stuck into this semester’s course work, essays, dissertations and all the rest. For some of our freshers, this is only the third week they’ve spent away from home. Ever (pro-tip: Everything is going to be OK). In light of this, we asked some of our staff members
From 16-23 September 2016, the Scottish Government is promoting a Greener Scotland through Climate Week – designed to inspire action on climate change at home and at work. In the spirit of living life a little greener, we’ve pulled together some ideas on how to make the commute to campus climate-friendly – for students, staff and visitors. They may
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