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Sports scholar Alex set to pursue boccia dream

Alex Medley selected for the Boccia UK Talent Transition Squad

University of Stirling Sports Centre

University of Stirling researcher wins prestigious Scottish Forestry Trust award

Sarah Watts of the University’s Faculty of Natural Sciences and colleagues were recognised for their research into mountain woodland restoration

Sarah Watts (left) is presented with The Dr Cyril Hart Memorial Award by Dr Helen McKay OBE FICFor CEnv, Chair of The Scottish Forestry Trust’s Projects and Research Committee

Stirling sports teams dominate BUCS – delivering six trophies and five final spots in one day

Five Stirling teams set for BUCS top-tier finale later this month

Women's basketball team pose with trophy.

R&A Student Tour Series win for Stirling golfer Grace Bowen

In the men's event, Stirling secures a third and fourth-place finish

Grace Bowen with Lucas Martin, winner of men's event.

Stirling study could help create better hearing aids and more accessible public spaces

New research examined how people's brain activity changes when listening to engaging stories in background chatter

A young child adjusts a hearing aid in a home environment.

Stirling scientists part of race to understand Greenland North Atlantic climate tipping point

Climate tipping points are critical thresholds within Earth’s systems – such as ice sheets, rainforests or ocean currents – beyond which change can become rapid, self-perpetuating and potentially irreversible

A view into a fjord in Greenland

Stirling students take part in NATO simulation exercise

The annual event aims to replicate the response to a major crisis

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Increasing access to electricity in African countries can come at an environmental cost, research reveals

The study of Rwanda's experience identifies a 'sustainability paradox'

electricity poles and people on motorbike in Rwanda

University of Stirling and Environment Agency publish new report on phosphorus in English rivers

Phosphorus remains one of the most significant pollutants in England’s rivers

A landscape shot of a river in England during the summer months with trees in full bloom

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