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Racial inequalities affect home ownership in UK, research reveals

Black and Bangladeshi communities show lowest owner-occupier rates

two people worried looking at paperwork

“We have spent almost 60 years damaging our high streets,” retail expert tells Government committee

Professor Leigh Sparks gave evidence at the UK Government's Scottish Affairs Committee meeting

People walking in Perth High Street

Stirling curling alumni meet Duke and Duchess of Rothesay

Prince William and Princess Catherine visited the National Curling Academy in Stirling

Prince William curling.

Emergency calls analysis reveals opportunities to save more lives

Prompt CPR increases survival chances fourfold

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Minister praises ambitious plans to plant 35 million trees in Central Scotland during University of Stirling hosted event

Four Climate Forests across the central belt will lead projects to plant millions of trees by 2035, delivering lasting ecological, climate, and social benefits

Leads from Scotland's Climate Forests; Doug Worrall, Forth Climate Forest; Rebecca Logdson, Fife Climate Forest; Sarah Cheyne, East Lothian Climate Forest and Chris Stark, Clyde Climate Forest.

Lowering deer densities can help restore Scotland's lost Highland mountain woodlands, new research shows

A six-year long Stirling-led study looked at the impact of deer management on mountain woodland

Dwarf birch growing in the Scottish Highlands

Professor Sir Gerry McCormac to retire as Principal of the University of Stirling

Appointed in 2010, Sir Gerry is the University's longest-serving Principal

Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Gerry McCormac in his graduation robes at loch side.

Participation in parkrun surging thanks to parkwalkers, new Stirling research shows

The launch of parkwalkers is shown to have increased the proportion of new female participants and reversed a decline in the average age of new attendees.

parkwalkers walking through a woodland parkrun setting

Himalayan balsam’s damaging impact on rivers revealed in new Stirling study

New research, carried out in partnership with Newcastle University, has shown that the species can disrupt the physical stability of ecosystems in ways that can have far-reaching consequences. Including significantly weakening riverbanks over winter.

Himalayan Balsam growing by a river in England.

Award-winning study into Scotland's most vulnerable children receives new funding

A new phase of research will track looked after children through adolescence and early adulthood.

teenage boy sitting at window

Major research project to transform dementia care in Kenya

Misconceptions, lack of dementia awareness and limited research mean people are stigmatised and overlooked

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