Staff and students events

University of Stirling Parkrun

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University of Stirling

A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you! Every Saturday at 9:30am.

Part of the Be Connected series.

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Free movie nights for students

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Macrobert Arts Centre, University of Stirling

Join your fellow students for free screenings throughout the semester in partnership with the Macrobert Arts Centre!

Part of the Be Connected series.

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Memoria

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Pathfoot Gallery Four

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.

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Global Café

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Chaplaincy

International students: come along and join us for tea or coffee, make friends, chat and play games. 

Part of the Be Connected series.

Study Abroad 101

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In-person or online

Learn about the opportunities to study abroad with your degree!

Part of the Be Connected series.

Event series

Be Connected

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University of Stirling

Discover a programme of free events and activities for our Stirling community of students and staff. Bookings for activities will open approximately four to six weeks before the event date.

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

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Pathfoot Crush Hall

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.

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

The Divine Sky - Sekai Machache

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Pathfoot Gallery One

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.

Image: The Divine Sky - Sekai Machache

Remembering Together: Collective Creative Responses to the Pandemic

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Pathfoot Gallery Three

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.

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Margaret Mitchell: Six Works

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Pathfoot Gallery Two

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.

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Seven Women: Ken Currie

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Pathfoot Gallery One

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.

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Event series

Centre of Environment, Heritage and Policy Seminar series

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Microsoft Teams

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

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A talk by Dr Yixian Sun: Challenges to operationalising fairness and equity in non-state climate action

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Room 2A54, Cottrell Building and online via Microsoft Teams

Come along to this seminar from Dr Yixian Sun, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath. The seminar will focus on a just net zero transition in non-state climate action.

Fireside Discussion

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Off-campus

Join us for presentations on the Baha’i Faith and Writings.

Part of the Be Connected series.

Graduation ball November 2024

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Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling

Get your ticket to the November 2024 Graduation Ball and celebrate your achievements.

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Event series

16 Days of Activism

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Various locations across campus and online

16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence is an annual international campaign that starts on 25 November and runs until 10 December. Find out what's happening at the University of Stirling.

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Led ride: women and non-binary people

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Queens Court, University of Stirling

Join us for a fun, empowering bike ride and coffee around Stirling's beautiful surroundings.

Part of the 16 Days of Activism series.

Understanding seascapes as heritage-making geographies: the floating populations of Macao, in the Southeast Coast of China

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Online via MS Teams

The effects migrations between seascapes and landscapes have on heritage processes are discussed in this seminar presented by Mariana Pinto Leitão Pereira.

Part of the Centre for Environment Heritage and Policy Seminar Series series.

Gender-based violence support and awareness showcase

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Atrium, Campus Central

Join us in the Atrium for stalls and information about gender-based violence.

Part of the 16 Days of Activism series.

Understanding coercive control, the dark heart of domestic abuse

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Court Room, Cottrell Building

Learn about coercive and controlling behaviours with this session by Stirling Women's Aid.

Part of the 16 Days of Activism series.

Placard making session for United Steps, Strong Voices Walk

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In front of the Students' Union, Atrium, Campus Central

Make a placard for the United Steps, Strong Voices Walk - materials will be provided!

Part of the 16 Days of Activism series.

Annual Festive Fun Day

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The Atrium

Join us in the Atrium from noon for a day of festive fun and a nod to Thanksgiving Day as part of our BeConnected programme.

Part of the Be Connected series.

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United Steps, Strong Voices

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Meet at the Students' Union

Walk around the loch with students and raise awareness for gender-based violence.

Part of the 16 Days of Activism series.

Women's only Pilates

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Juniper Court Accommodation

Join us for a women's only full body conditioning Pilates class at Juniper Court Accommodation.

Part of the 16 Days of Activism series.

Crafting Voices

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Atrium

Come along to get crafty with button making, positive pebble painting, patch sewing, and jewellery to raise awareness against GBV. No sign up required.

Part of the 16 Days of Activism series.

What can Sexual Violence and Misconduct Liaison Officers do?

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Microsoft Teams

Learn more about the SVMLO network and the support they can provide.

Part of the 16 Days of Activism series.

Round Table discussion

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B3 Lecture Theatre, Cottrell Building

Discussion on Sexual Violence and Gender-Based Violence for students and staff to talk about their own experiences. Trigger warnings will be announced before the event.

Part of the 16 Days of Activism series.

Curator’s Tour: University of Stirling Collections

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Pathfoot Crush Hall

Join the Art Collection for a tour and explore the Human Experience exhibition series.

Image: Curator’s Tour: University of Stirling Collections

Meditative Moments

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Off campus

Our Baha'i Faith Representative invites you to a moment of shared reflection.

Part of the Be Connected series.

First Responder and Student Welfare Referral Training

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Microsoft Teams

Our live MS Teams sessions will give staff an outline of the role of a First Responder in a Higher Education context, provide information about how to manage confidentiality and data sharing, student referral pathways and how to make an urgent referral.

Part of the 16 Days of Activism series.

White Ribbon bystander training

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2B88, Cottrell Building

Learn about the bystander concept with training from White Ribbon Scotland, a charity aiming to prevent and eradicate violence against women and girls.

Part of the 16 Days of Activism series.

Staff Festive Mixer

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University of Stirling Campus Central Level 3 Stirling FK9 4LA

Join the Christmas catch-up at Campus Central Level 3 for complimentary nibbles, festive activities, and a chance to win a hamper.

Part of the Be Connected series.

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Fireside Discussion

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Off-campus

Join us for presentations on the Baha’i Faith and Writings.

Part of the Be Connected series.

Free Christmas Dinner

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Scran

This year all students living in university accommodation or private accommodation in Stirling will be able to tuck into a free Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day as part of our Be Connected programme.

Part of the Be Connected series.

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Education, the Arts and Climate Change

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Pathfoot Crush Hall

This in-person event, hosted by the Stirling Centre for Research into Curriculum Making and Stirling University’s Art Collection, will explore the challenges and affordances of education that respond to the affective dimensions of living on a Fragile Earth.

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Challenges and the Future of Minority and Indigenous Rights Protection Conference

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Stirling Court Hotel

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.

Image: Challenges and the Future of Minority and Indigenous Rights Protection Conference