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- PhD Student Blog: Attending the PsyPAG 2019 Annual Conference
By Darel Cookson, PhD Student (Staffordshire Centre for Psychological Research) The PsyPAG 34th Annual Conference took place from Tuesday 23rd – Friday 26th July 2019 at Sheffield Hallam University. This year, the conference theme was to promote the health and wellbeing of delegates while they had the opportunity to meet, ... read more - Toni Morrison, 1931-2019
The Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison, has died at the age of 88. She was educated at Howard and Cornell Universities, going on to work as an academic, critic and activist as well as one of the most influential novelists of her … Continue reading → ... read more - Staffs BioSciences Graduate Stories – Meet Dominic Moule
In the Biological & Biomedical Sciences department, we celebrate our graduate’s successes with them on graduation day but also as their journeys continue after they leave us. Once you become an alumni of Staffs and the Biology department you remain a part of our ever-growing family and we take joy ... read more - A Year On – The Bar Professional Training Course
Last year we published an article about celebrating the scholarship one of our students, Jake Edwards, won in order to complete the Bar Professional Training Course at Nottingham Trent University. We caught up with him to see how the course was and to tell us a little bit more about ... read more - We see your potential at Staffordshire Business SchoolCarol Southall, Senior Lecturer at Staffordshire Business School Kerry Edge, Administrative Assistant Recruitment For many people, a new year starts in January, but in the academic world we are fast approaching a new ‘academic’ year. It is that time of … Continue reading → ... read more
- Graduate Wins Scholarship for Bar Professional Training Course
Lauren Bicknell, a Graduate in LLB Law with a Foundation Year, has won a scholarship from Middle Temple to study the BPTC (Bar Professional Training Course). “I am beyond delighted to share that I have been awarded the Jules Thorn Scholarship from Middle Temple to study the BPTC (Bar ... read more - My experiences at Staffordshire University and #StaffsBiomechChristopher Aitkins The decision of where to study for a master’s degree was a difficult one. There seemed to be an endless choice of institutions, with a multitude of differing delivery models. I was working as a podiatrist and an undergraduate lecturer, I hand both teaching and clinical commitments ... read more
- Student Gains Paid Role After Volunteering in the Criminal Justice Sector
Kate Price, who will be going into her second year in the BA Criminal Justice with Offender Management degree in September, wrote a blog article for us last year about her experiences volunteering in Criminal Justice Sector. She is a proactive student and is now a paid staff member at ... read more - New GTA-PhD Scholarship!Project: Interaction Design and Storytelling for Interactive Films with Group Audience ParticipationSupervisor: Dr. Polina Zioga, Lecturer in Film Production & Director of Interactive Filmmaking LabLocation: School of Computing & Digital Technologies, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UKTenure: Fixed term for 3 years from October 2019 to September 2022read more
- ?Dr Daniel Jolley featured on BBC Radio Stoke discussing what makes a conspiracy theory…
Dr Daniel Jolley (Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology & member of the Staffordshire Centre for Psychological Research) was featured on BBC Radio Stoke’s Lucas Yeomans Evening show discussing the psychology of conspiracy theories and how he got into researching why people believe in conspiracies. You can listen ... read more - “Conspiracy theories: Are they damaging democracy?” Dr Daniel Jolley featured on TRT World’s RoundtableDr Daniel Jolley (Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology & member of the Staffordshire Centre for Psychological Research) was featured on TRT World’s Roundtable television programme discussing the psychology and consequences of beliefs in conspiracy theories as part of a discussion panel. Dr Jolley discussed some of his recent ... read more
- What Are You Up to Now? Catching up with Law Alumni
We like to keep in touch with our alumni and hear about what they are doing since graduating. Jade Taylor studied the LLB Law with a Foundation Year degree with us as Staffordshire University and graduated in 2017. Since graduating, Jade has been a support Officer, Coordinator and volunteer in ... read more - Human Rights Law as a Control on the Exercise of Power in the UK
Naseem Khan, who graduated in July with an LLB (Hons) in Law, submitted his essay on Human Rights to E-International Relations and it has been published.
Human Rights Law as a Control on the Exercise of Power in the UK The site states that it ... read more - World Breastfeeding Week 2019 – New research understanding mothers’ experiences of breastfeeding
By Dr Sarah Dean (Health Psychologist & Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology). Dr Sarah Dean A large amount of research has shown that breastfeeding has several health benefits for both the parent and the child. For example, mothers who breastfeed are less likely to develop conditions such as ovarian ... read more - Find a student job in EnglandMohamed Adesola Adjaou, MSc Digital Marketing Management Student Are you going to Erasmus in England and would you like to find a student job? Or do you just want to go there for a summer to work? You are in … Continue reading → ... read more