Upcoming Events

Robert Leighton and His Books: an exhibition

7th Dec 2011 - 24th Feb 2012

Robert Leighton

The latest exhibition in the Library features Archbishop Robert Leighton, who was Bishop of Dunblane and then Archbishop of Glasgow in the 17th century.

Venue: University Library
From now until 24th February 2012. Contact Helen Beardsley

Biological problems - mathematical solutions

23rd Feb 2012 7:00pm

Dr Rachel Norman

Mathematical models are used in many applications. At Stirling we are interested in models of biological systems and in particular models of the way diseases spread.

Venue: Lecture Theatre B4
For more information, please contact gmc@cs.stir.ac.uk.

This is Your Life ... go and live it!

27th Feb 2012 6:00pm-8:00pm

Make the most of your time at University.

• get a part-time job
• travel abroad
• volunteer for a charity
• start your own business
• get an internship

Venue: Pathfoot Crush Hall
Find out more about the workshops and organisations attending and register at www.careers.stir.ac.uk/thisisyourlife.

Photography Exhibition

1st Mar 2012 - 31st May 2012

Steve Lindridge

Iconic Scottish sports photographs captured by the late Steve Lindridge include sporting luminaries such as cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, Judo player Graham Randall and leading swimmer Hannah Miley.

Venue: University Library

Creativity and climate change

1st Mar 2012 12:00pm

Ben Twist

Ben Twist is the Director of Creative Carbon Scotland, a partnership of cultural organisations working towards a low carbon Scotland, and is researching for a PhD in the role of the cultural sector in enabling behavioural and attitudinal change.

Climate change poses a bigger-than-self problem that cannot be addressed by individuals on their own, yet poses enormous problems for governments and large institutions: individuals feel powerless acting on their own because their contribution is insignificant against the magnitude of the problem, while large institutions cannot move ahead without public support from millions of individuals.

Venue: Enterprise Zone, Stirling University Library

Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication

1st Mar 2012 2:00pm

Andrea Joyce, Associate Rights Director, Canongate Publishing

Venue: B2
All University of Stirling students are welcome to attend, but must RSVP to confirm a place. RSVP: frances.sessford@stir.ac.uk.

The environmental impact of war: the South African Defence Force and the Southern African environment, 1975-1989

1st Mar 2012 7:00pm

Dr Phia Steyn

Environmental history is the study of changes over time that have resulted from society's complex relationship with nature.

Venue: Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling
RSVP: Dr Catherine Mills at c.j.mills@stir.ac.uk

Human Race: Inside the Science of Sports Medicine

2nd Mar 2012 - 13th Apr 2012

The exhibition explores the impact of the history, culture and science of sport and exercise medicine on the human body and includes Scottish collections, newly commissioned artworks and rarely seen film footage.

Venue: Pathfoot Gallery, Pathfoot Building
Please see www.scotlandandmedicinehumanrace.com for further information.

Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication

8th Mar 2012 2:00pm

Johnny Gallant, Publisher, Alban Books

Venue: B2
All University of Stirling students are welcome to attend, but must RSVP to confirm a place. RSVP: frances.sessford@stir.ac.uk.

To infinity and beyond

8th Mar 2012 7:00pm

Donald Smith

We all have some feeling for what 'infinity' means and it is a word that is used in everyday language, but can it be defined?

Venue: Lecture Theatre B4
For further information, please contact gmc@cs.stir.ac.uk.

Landscapes of settlement in the Norse North Atlantic

8th Mar 2012 7:00pm

Professor Ian Simpson

Environmental history is the study of changes over time that have resulted from society's complex relationship with nature.

Venue: Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling
RSVP: Dr Catherine Mills at c.j.mills@stir.ac.uk

“People think you’re awesome if you’ve got a Ferrari!”

12th Mar 2012 2:00pm

Professor Agnes Nairn

Professor Agnes Nairn is Professor of Marketing at EM-Lyon Business School in France, Visiting Professor at Hult International Business School in London and a Research Fellow at the University of Bath.

In 2010 and 2011 Professor Agnes Nairn and Ipsos Mori Social Research Institute were commissioned to carry out qualitative research which took them and an ethnographic film crew to 24 families and 21 schools across Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Venue: 3Y2, Cottrell building
For more information or to confirm your attendance please contact Diane Dixon, tel: 01786 467390, email: d.m.dixon@stir.ac.uk.

Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication

15th Mar 2012 2:00pm

Peter Dennis, Editorial Manager, Leckie & Leckie

Venue: B2
All University of Stirling students are welcome to attend, but must RSVP to confirm a place. RSVP: frances.sessford@stir.ac.uk.

Medieval landscapes and resource utilisation

15th Mar 2012 7:00pm

Dr Alasdair Ross

Environmental history is the study of changes over time that have resulted from society's complex relationship with nature.

Venue: Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling
RSVP: Dr Catherine Mills at c.j.mills@stir.ac.uk

Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication

22nd Mar 2012 2:00pm

Miha Kovač, publisher, academic and author, The University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Venue: B2
All University of Stirling students are welcome to attend, but must RSVP to confirm a place. RSVP: frances.sessford@stir.ac.uk.

Recreational mathematics and graph theory

22nd Mar 2012 7:00pm

Dr Penny Jackson

Before games consoles and TVs people often used to amuse themselves by setting and solving puzzles.

Venue: Lecture Theatre B4
For further information, please contact gmc@cs.stir.ac.uk.

Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication

29th Mar 2012 2:00pm

Kyle Macrae and Allan Guthrie (Blasted Heath, digital publishers)

Venue: B2
All University of Stirling students are welcome to attend, but must RSVP to confirm a place. RSVP: frances.sessford@stir.ac.uk.

Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland Conference

2nd Apr 2012 9:30am - 4th Apr 2012 2:30pm

Professor Tristan Platt, University of St Andrews
Dr Isabel Torres, Queen’s University Belfast

Professor Tristan Platt from University of St Andrews will speak on 'Changes of a Spanish Coat-of-Arms to include indigenous elements' and Dr Isabel Torres from Queen’s University Belfast will deliver a talk entitled 'What's Love Got to Do With It?'

Venue: Pathfoot building, University of Stirling
For further information, please contact Dr Antonio Sanchez, Division of Literature and Languages at antonio.sanchez@stir.ac.uk.

Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication

12th Apr 2012 2:00pm

Sarah Rayner, author

Venue: B2
All University of Stirling students are welcome to attend, but must RSVP to confirm a place. RSVP: frances.sessford@stir.ac.uk.

Mathematics of evolution

12th Apr 2012 7:00pm

Dr Andrew Hoyle

In this lecture we shall discover how Darwin's exploration over 200 years ago significantly changed our view of the world and the realisation of how all species, from the largest mammals to the smallest microbes, adapt to the changing environments around them.

Venue: Lecture Theatre B4
For further information, please contact gmc@cs.stir.ac.uk.

Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication

19th Apr 2012 2:00pm

Vivian Marr, Head of Language Acquisition, Oxford University Press

Venue: B2
All University of Stirling students are welcome to attend, but must RSVP to confirm a place. RSVP: frances.sessford@stir.ac.uk.

Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication

26th Apr 2012 2:00pm

Sara Hunt, Publisher, Saraband Books

Venue: B2
All University of Stirling students are welcome to attend, but must RSVP to confirm a place. RSVP: frances.sessford@stir.ac.uk.

Statistics: 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'

26th Apr 2012 7:00pm

Catherine Howie

Whether we know it or not we are affected by the use and sometimes misuse of statistics every day.

Venue: Lecture Theatre B4
For further information, please contact gmc@cs.stir.ac.uk.

Justice

28th Apr 2012 10:30am

Chris Mullin

Chris Mullin is an author, journalist and former MP who served as a minister in three departments of British government and was chairman of the Home Affairs select committee. His books include three highly acclaimed volumes of diaries, “A view from the foothills”, “Decline and fall”, and “A walk-on part”. “Error of Judgement – the truth about the Birmingham bombings” led to the correction of one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British legal history.

Venue: Pathfoot Lecture Theatre, Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling
To register to attend, please contact Adrian Hunter on Adrian.hunter@stir.ac.uk.

The mathematics of diamonds and other crystals

3rd May 2012 7:00pm

Dr Jozsef Farkas

Probably everybody knows that diamond is one the hardest material on earth. Maybe less people know that it also has the highest thermal conductivity.

Venue: Lecture Theatre B4
For further information, please contact gmc@cs.stir.ac.uk.