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Getting to Stirling

You did it! You’ve secured an offer and it’s almost time to join us here at the University of Stirling. We’re so excited to welcome you onto campus…but how do you get here? We have put together some essential pre-arrival information to help you with your journey to campus. Let’s get into it! Our beautiful

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Our top 8 Clearing courses for 2023

A happy student in University of Stirling Sport Centre

As Clearing opens and results day draws nearer, you may feel mixed emotions. Overwhelmed? Nervous with a dash of excitement? Information overload? However you’re feeling, we want to help make Clearing as smooth as possible. Clearing is the perfect opportunity to pivot and look at subjects you may not have previously considered. To help you

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Interrobang* by Stirling Makar Laura Fyfe

Stirling Makar and alumna, Laura Fyfe (MLT Creative Writing, 2016) was asked to collate memories, anecdotes and sensory details from our student and alumni community to compose a collective poem that could be shared worldwide. We hope you enjoy reminiscing and are transported back to life on campus. Here we learned how to make a

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How to Write a Killer UCAS Personal Statement

A young person about to write a UCAS Personal Statement. A laptop is open in front.

The UCAS Personal Statement is an important part of the undergraduate UCAS application. It could be the difference between you getting a place at the University of Stirling, and not. With that in mind, we’ve got you covered with this short and sweet guide to writing your UCAS Personal Statement. What is a UCAS Personal

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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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Global Accessibility Awareness Day 

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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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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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