Plain tobacco packaging comes into full force in the UK in May 2017, to help address a behaviour which kills around 7 million people worldwide each year. Experts from the University of Stirling’s Institute for Social Marketing (ISM) have investigated the impact of standardised packs on consumers’ attitudes and behaviour over several years. Stirling expertise helps policy makers understand
2017 marks the 400th anniversary of the official grant of British patent number one. To mark the occasion, the UK government is launching a new campaign to highlight some of the amazing innovations developed in Britain over the last four centuries. We’re one of many UK universities playing a leading role in supporting the development
On Saturday 8 April we welcomed over 1200 applicants to campus for Applicant Day 2017, who took in 52 presentations, 31 academic departmental stalls and hundreds of tour places over the course of the day. Here’s what 9 of those applicants had to say about the University of Stirling. Olly Fitt from Cambridge, England “I
World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April. Researchers at Stirling have an international reputation for delivering world-leading research that addresses the needs of society and helps shape the future – impacting on people’s health, education and well-being worldwide. Saving African lives from a Stirling laboratory Ebola made
Former UofS exchange student Eric Vaughan got in touch to share the Stirling love story of Eric and Tara. The University of Stirling is a very special place to my wife Tara and I, and a big part of our story together. My wife Tara and I started dating in Spring of 2000 in college. In January
Saturday 4th February 2017 is World Cancer Day – a day where the world comes together in unity in the fight against cancer. Here’s how Stirling research is helping to accelerate progress in the fight against cancer. Investigating carcinogens in astro football pitches In 2016, Professor Andrew Watterson identified cancer-causing chemicals in rubber crumb samples from 3G astro football
Big crowds for Big Wednesday Sport was the order of the day for Stirling’s first ‘Big Wednesday’ event which saw hundreds of athletes and supporters come together for a day of matches across campus. With crowds braving the cold to cheer them on, the Women’s Football 1st XI, Women’s Rugby 1st XV and Men’s Football
If someone had told you ten years ago that by 2017 we would be inaugurating Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America, and mourning the end of a two-term office led by a Hawaiian born, African-American President whose wife enjoyed carpool karaoke with James Corden and shopping with Ellen, would
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