Read the latest blogs from around Staffordshire University
- Reduced physical activity and increased sedentary behaviour: the damage on young people during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr Alison Owen Research carried out at Staffordshire University has looked at the impact in young people of a reduction in physical activity and an increase in sedentary behaviour has occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was carried out by Staffordshire University Health Psychology lecturer, Dr Alison Owen, alongside ... read more - Webinar: Air Quality Inequity for Clean Air Day 2021
On Clean Air Day 17th June 2021, the Environment Agency will be hosting presentations and panel discussions on environmental equity and presenting interim findings from the ‘Joint Air Quality Health Inequalities’ project. Join us to hear the latest air quality … Continue reading → ... read more - “Lost” report on Nazi atrocities on Alderney published
Recent articles in the media have suggested that a report written by a British investigator in 1945 about the atrocities committed on the island of Alderney has remained classified by the British government for more than seventy years. However, as Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls reports, copies have been available ... read more - Are you considering taking SULAC as a module during your final year?Are you a student at Staffordshire University and considering taking SULAC (Staffordshire University Legal Advice Clinic) as a module during your final year? Emma, a final year Law student shares how choosing the SULAC module has helped develop her confidence and enhance her skills. I have just completed my final year ... read more
- Digital Entrepreneurship in the Wake of Covid-19As part of Staffordshire University’s Innovation Enterprise Zone webinar series, Professor Fang Zhao – Associate Dean Research and Enterprise and Julia Roberts, Entrepreneur in Residence of Staffordshire Business School presented a webinar titled ‘Digital Entrepreneurship in the wake of Covid-19’ … Continue reading → ... read more
- Nursing – The ‘5-stage’ approachInternational Nurses Day 2021 focuses on ‘A vision for future healthcare’. School Lead for Simulation and Patient Safety, Emily Browne talks about the ‘5-stage’ approach to training for student nurses at Staffordshire University. In 2019 we ran several interprofessional simulation events for our nursing and paramedic students involving clinical practitioners ... read more
- Waking up from a Pandemic: Some personal reflections and questionsDr Jenny Gale – Senior LEcturer, STaffordshire Business SChool One of the initial objectives of the incoming Conservative government in 1979 was to reduce the size (cost) of the public sector through a major privatisation programme. This included British Telecom … Continue reading → ... read more
- Young Driver Focus 2021 – The Report
Dr Leanne Savigar-Shaw‘s article about ‘x-ray specs: the hidden cost of an invisible distraction’ has been published in the Young Driver Focus 2021 report. Read the report here. ... read more - The Inconvenient Truth About Mobile Phone Distraction: Understanding the Means, Motive and Opportunity for Driver Resistance to Legal and Safety Messages
Dr Leanne Savigar-Shaw, Policing Lecturer, has co-written an article on driver distraction with Helen Wells and Gemma Briggs. ‘The Inconvenient Truth About Mobile Phone Distraction: Understanding the Means, Motive and Opportunity for Driver Resistance to Legal and Safety Messages’ is on The British Journal of Criminology here. ... read more - Is there a chance of rejoining the EU?Professor Geoffrey Pugh, Staffordshire Business SChool This blog considers the political potential for the UK to rejoin the EU in, say, the next ten to 15 years. Before the 2016 Referendum, Leavers displayed most of the passion. Remainers tended to … Continue reading → ... read more
- Line of Duty: two ex-anti-corruption officers on how the police actually catch ‘bent coppers’
Ahead of the season finale of Line of Duty this weekend, Sarah Jane Fox and James Holyoak (Policing Lecturers at Staffordshire University’s The Institute of Policing) discuss how police actually catch ‘bent coppers’. “As fans of the show, we have been gripped by the dramatic twists and turns. Line of ... read more - Change is Inevitable: Adapt to SurviveDr. Mohammad Ali Wasim – Lecturer, Staffordshire Business School In the last year we have all come to realise that whatever plans we had cannot bear fruit. It may be surprising to know that it was not just individuals who … Continue reading → ... read more
- Policing the COVID-19 pandemic: police officer well-being and commitment to democratic modes of policing
Dr Leanne Savigar-Shaw‘s – Lecturer in Policing – co-authored article on Policing the COVID-19 pandemic: police officer well-being and commitment to democratic modes of policing has been published on Taylor and Francis online. You can access the article here. ... read more - ‘There is nothing there’: Deindustrialization and loss in a coastal town
Dr Luke Telford‘s (Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology) article has been published on Sage Journals. You can access the article, ‘There is nothing there’: Deindustrialization and loss in a coastal town here. ... read more - The ‘Fantabulous’ Francis JacksonDeon Wong, Visitor Attraction and Resort Management Student On Wednesday 24th March 2021, Year 1 & 2 Fda Visitor Attraction and Resort Management Students (VARM) attended a virtual Q&A with extra special guest Francis Jackson (Alton Towers Resorts Operations Director). … Continue reading → ... read more