Public events

A Sense of Place

Explore a small exhibition of artworks in the Iris Murdoch Building, organised by the Art Collection and chosen from the University’s permanent collection.

University of Stirling Parkrun

A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you!

Part of the Be Connected series.

Memoria

Developed over the course of Audrey Grant's year-long residency, Memoria explores the visible and invisible traces left on the historic Airthrey Estate landscape.

Remembering Together: Collective Creative Responses to the Pandemic

This exhibition explores how two separate projects chose to make sense of the pandemic, reflecting on how we as a society remember and honour traumatic times.

Seven Women: Ken Currie

In 2023 the University Art Collection was delighted to be gifted seven works by renowned artist Ken Currie and we are pleased to display Seven Women together in this exhibition.

Margaret Mitchell: Six Works

This series of six works, acquired by the University’s Art Collection in 2023, focus on Margaret Mitchell's nephew Steven, offering an insight into his life’s trajectory.

This Fragile Earth: Pioneer Scottish Artists who anticipated the climate crisis

This exhibition focusses on a group of pioneering Scottish artists who as early as the 1970s and 1980s were responding to the threat of climate change.

The Divine Sky - Sekai Machache

Sekai Machache (she/they) is a Zimbabwean-Scottish visual artist and curator based in Glasgow. Her work is a deep interrogation of the notion of self and she is interested in the relationship between spirituality, imagination and the role of the artist in disseminating symbolic imagery to provide a space for healing.

Centre of Environment, Heritage and Policy Seminar series

Join our regular seminar series and learn about some of the biggest and latest ideas in the area of Environment, Heritage and Policy.

Forest Bathing

Experience the healing powers of nature through the practice of forest bathing on the beautiful University of Stirling campus.

Postgraduate Webinar Season

Learn more about what it’s like to be a postgraduate student at the University of Stirling. At our online sessions we’ll take you through everything from advice on studying with us, the support we provide and preparing for your career after graduating.

Postgraduate Webinar Season: Accommodation Information Session

Join our Accommodation Team for an insightful session on everything you need to know about student housing.

Part of the Postgraduate Webinar Series series.

This Fragile Earth: creative writing workshops

We want to get people thinking and writing about the earth and what matters to them. Everyone is welcome to join our creative writing workshop.

Postgraduate Webinar Season: Careers and Employability Information Session

Join our Careers and Employability Team to learn everything you need to know about the support they can provide you.

Part of the Postgraduate Webinar Series series.

ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024

University of Stirling researchers are putting on an exciting programme of interactive public events as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024, the UK’s biggest celebration of social science research.

Hopetown 2040 - Tackling a 'Tomorrow Problem'

Come and play a serious game about tackling the ‘tomorrow problem’ of healthy ageing. Players will join teams to make decisions about services, housing and care for the residents of Hopetown. It's a fun way to experience the challenges and solutions of developing communities that support healthy ageing, which is a ‘tomorrow problem’ that will affect us all!

Part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 series.

Science of steps - a creative walk through nature revealing the science behind the benefits of a short stroll

We all know how hard it can be to be physically active. This creative event will show how small changes in our daily physical activity can make a difference to our wellbeing and fitness. Learn about our physical activity research while walking a lap of the loch, exploring the beautiful surroundings of University of Stirling campus.

Part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 series.

Postgraduate Webinar Season: Student Immigration Team Information Session

Join our Student Immigration Team to learn more about the student visa process.

Part of the Postgraduate Webinar Series series.

Hidden Histories - digital approaches to the ‘lost’ stories of Alloa

The exhibition is focused on bringing to life, through images and sounds, the experiences of older people who grew up in Alloa and the surrounding areas. It captures their life stories and through them will demonstrate the different ways that Alloa has changed in the last 120 years.

Part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 series.

After the Landslide - where next for UK politics and policy?

This event brings together a panel of leading academic experts, activists, and thought leaders to reflect on the big challenges facing UK and devolved politicians over the coming quarter century.

Part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 series.

Undergraduate Open Day October 2024

An Undergraduate Open Day is your golden opportunity to find out everything there is to know about life at the University of Stirling.

Postgraduate Webinar Season: Student Support Services Information Session

Join our Student Support Services to learn more about the extensive range of support services they provide to help you fulfil your potential and make the most of your time studying with us.

Part of the Postgraduate Webinar Series series.

Autism through an Autistic Lens

This event aims to bust common myths and stereotypes about autism. It includes a 45-minute interactive research talk by Sarah Dantas (event leader and main researcher) introducing the research project ‘Autism through an Autistic Lens’. The project engaged autistic adults in creatively expressing their experiences through photography.

Part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 series.

Intergenerational digital ideas swap shop

This two-hour workshop will offer a mix of in-person, online and hybrid activities to explore the idea of resilience and to share our experience of using technology to stay well and happy in our everyday lives.

Part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 series.

Our Digital Bodies - Biometric Technologies and Data

This interactive event offers a creative and collaborative space for citizens to share their perspectives on ‘Our Digital Bodies’ by exploring current and future uses of biometrics.

Part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 series.

John Craxton: A Life of Gifts film screening

A film screening and discussion of John Craxton: A Life of Gifts, a painter born into a famous musical family in 1922.

Voting women - women’s voices and political participation in Scotland from Parliament to Indyref and beyond

This event will combine discussions on Scotland’s recent political history – from the Scottish Parliament to Indyref and recent political events – and creative reflections on political voice from and for women.

Part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 series.

Technology Taster Session for Seniors

Have you ever wanted to try a new technology without having to buy it? If so then our drop-in session is perfect for you. Anyone over the age of 65 can come along to visit different stations and try a vast array of digital technologies.

Part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 series.

Exploring our automated futures - AI, data and surveillance

This two-hour interactive event offers a creative space to inform and critically explore issues and opportunities arising from digitally-mediated surveillance practices and systems which assist (or complicate) professional decision-making, strategy, and action across all sectors of human endeavour.

Part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 series.

Challenges and the Future of Minority and Indigenous Rights Protection Conference

This conference will reflect on the rights of indigenous peoples and ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, and the need to fundamentally rethink and recommit to their protection.