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Stirling documentary makers land double victory at national TV awards

Film and Media students are winners for the fourth year in a row

Stirling students and staff at the RTS awards

University of Stirling Men’s Tennis secure fourth UK title of the season

Men's Tennis take the National Championship, while basketballer Shayne Humphries also wins title

Tennis champions celebrate trophy win.

Beavers must be backed as Stirling study shows biodiversity boost animals bring to wetlands

Research has shown that beaver-created wetlands had 19% more species than other types of wetland

A beaver in a wetland

New project will map Fife’s mining heritage

University of Stirling launches Fife Miners’ Memorial Way

Iain Chalmers, Richard Baker MP, Dr Catherine Mills

Second-hand smoke exposure down 96% since Scotland’s smoking ban, study shows

But workplace risk persists, as Scotland marks 20th anniversary of landmark legislation

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Stirling athletes vie for major national titles at BUCS Big Wednesday

Record number of Stirling teams at end-of-season showdown

Nemanja Malesevic in action.

Pioneering Stirling research on salmon louse larvae could better inform parasite control strategies

A first-of-its-kind Stirling study could better inform strategies to control salmon lice, after researchers uncovered major differences in the secretions the parasite produces as larvae

Sea pens for salmon farming in Tobermory Bay on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.

Music and movement programme boosts care home wellbeing, research finds

The evaluation took place in 78 care homes across Scotland

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Esports viewing linked to wellbeing, Stirling study finds

Researchers surveyed 400 esports fans in South Korea

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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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