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Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open win for golfer Grace Bowen

With the victory, Grace has secured an invite to a Ladies European Tour event later in the season, and joins a prestigious list of previous winners that includes Leona Maguire, Mel Reid and Catriona Matthew

Grace Bowen with the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open trophy at Royal Troon

Stirling academic announced as member of inaugural RSE Research Leadership cohort

Dr Heather Price, Associate Professor in Geography at the University’s Faculty of Natural Sciences, has been chosen as one of Scotland’s 13 most promising academics

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18 medals for Stirling swimmers at British Champs

University of Stirling swimmers are in fine form ahead of this summer’s Commonwealth Games – returning from the Aquatics GB Championships with 18 medals and new national records.

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World’s largest great ape cognition dataset offers new insights on human intelligence evolution

Studying great ape cognition, how the animals think, learn, and understand the world, is crucial for understanding the foundations of human cognitive abilities

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Football referees add unexplained additional time when results are on a knife edge

The findings call into question sporting fairness and referee training, and whether standards are consistent across football.

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Sport clubs became lifelines during public health crisis, research shows

Many groups transformed their role from sport providers into critical sources of social support

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Professor recognised with prestigious RSE Fellowship

Professor Paul Cairney is among 43 individuals elected as RSE Fellows in 2026

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Landmark study shows data sharing key to reproducibility across social and behavioural sciences

Experimental psychologist Dr Arran Reader from the University of Stirling’s Faculty of Natural Sciences was part of an international team of researchers from over 100 institutions involved in the study

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