Read the latest blogs from around Staffordshire University
- Guest Speaker – Microplastics under scrutiny with the Rozalia Project: We are eating our fleece!
Microplastics under scrutiny with the Rozalia Project: We are eating our fleece! A presentation about your clothes, your washer, microfiber pollution and how we can all get ahead of the problem 6pm-7.30pm on the 29th October, in the Science Centre, Staffordshire University Following on from the Plastic: Not So ... read more - Big Biology Day 2018: The Education Edition
This year the Education Department supported the Big Biology day with an offering of: Clay, Snot, Unhealthy Ponds, Minibeast Zone and a Vaccination Clinic. It was great to expand the offering on the day to attract even the youngest of visitors. If you wish to make your own snot, you ... read more - Advice from a student parent
Right okay, so as we already know being a parent is a hard task. Its life consuming having a miniature human entirely reliant on you, then add in looking after yourself and having some form of your own life and you’ve got a full time job on your hands; and ... read more - Dr Sarah Rose featured on BBC One’s Inside Out discussing the need for more men to work in childcare
Dr Sarah Rose (Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Staffordshire Centre for Psychological Research) was featured on BBC One’s Inside Out West Midlands TV programme discussing the need for more men to work in early years childcare. Around 2-3% of childcare workers are men but local nurseries in the Stoke-on-Trent region have ... read more - Psychology featured at Staffordshire University’s Big Biology Day 2018!
Staffordshire University held its annual Big Biology Day on Saturday 13th October 2018, a free public engagement event where families from the local community and beyond came to learn about the different aspects of biology, including its applications to psychology, the environment, forensic investigation and education. As part of this ... read more - New Children’s Library Offers Parent-Students More Flexibility When Studying on Campus
“Staffordshire University has created the facilities so youngsters can browse through books while their parents are studying alongside them. The children’s library – located in a corner of the main university library off College Road, Stoke – has been kitted out with funky seating, shelves brimming with books ... read more - Meet the StaffsPsych Graduates – Szilvia (MSc & Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology)
As part of our series of StaffsPsych Graduate Success Stories, we are pleased to introduce Szilvia who completed her MSc in Health Psychology and her Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology here at Staffordshire University. Find out about Szilvia’s experiences at on her course and her plans for the future: Before ... read more - Forensic Investigation Student Presents Research in Canada
In April, MSci Forensic Investigation student, Gareth Griffiths, and MSci Forensic Science student, Kirstin Gent, funded their own research trip to Canada. This week, Gareth returned to present his research. Gareth’s research, that he presented on Thursday 5th October in Ottawa, involved validating software for Faro and also enabled ... read more - Harnessing the power of social media for small businesses
Written by June Dennis, Dean of Staffordshire Business School, Chartered Marketer and Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. If you only have a small marketing budget, social media can seem like an ideal way to promote your product or service. Twenty years … Continue reading → ... read more - Funded PhD Project OpportunityRecovery and profiling of encapsulated DNA from Counterfeit Banknotes This is a funded PhD project with a tax-free bursary of £14,000 pa and includes tuition fees and bench fees. This is funded by the European Central Bank. The aim of this project is to evaluate the viability of obtaining DNA ... read more
- Jobs of the futureWritten by Rachel Gowers, Associate Dean By 2025 it’s estimated that we will lose over five million jobs to automation. Don’t worry though – jobs are getting more interesting with machines handling the more mundane tasks. Your time will be … Continue reading → ... read more
- The age of innovation: Has the time come for the paradigm shift in innovation policy?By Ema Talam The United Kingdom is classified as Innovation Leader in the latest European Innovation Scoreboard. Although it excels in performance compared to the European Union average in 2017 on various indicators used (e.g. International scientific co-publications, Innovative SMEs … Continue reading → ... read more
- Stoke Psychology in the Pub returns on 3rd October 2018!
We are pleased to announce the return of the Stoke Psychology in the Pub series of talks for the 2018/19 academic year. The Psychology in the Pub series features a range of talks about various aspects of psychology but in the setting of The Glebe Pub in Stoke-on-Trent. The ... read more - European Researchers’ NIGHT
European Researchers’ NIGHT event 29th September 2018 Science in Space Beacon Building – 9am till 12pm Interactive Virtual Reality Activities Psychology of space….in Space (T203) Dr Nichola Street/Dr Gemma Hurst/Dr Daniel Jolley Imagine spending a year (or more) inside one living space, with no gravity. That’s the job of ... read more - Visiting Speaker Series Research talks returns on 27th September 2018
The Staffordshire Centre for Psychological Research is pleased to announce the first in the 2018-19 series of Visiting Speaker Research Talks. The talks feature a variety of speakers from both within and external to the University who will be presenting their latest research findings to staff and students from ... read more
