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- WH Smith Fined for Breach of Health and Safety
Hamza Ali (Student) WHSmith have been issued a significant fine of £337,500 after a customer fell almost 3m through an open trapdoor on the shop floor. The incident left the victim with serious injuries. As a result of health and safety breaches, WHSmith pleaded guilty. WHSmith have a duty of ... read more - “Oh, I’m really sorry, the jacket potato took ages to arrive…” Do you feel guilty about taking a lunch break?
By Mike Oliver, Trainee Health Psychologist. What has the length of time it takes to queue up for a jacket potato got to do with taking breaks at work? For some people, it turns out that it’s a handy way to explain to their colleagues why they’re “late” back from lunch. And ... read more - Staffs Students’ Superb Opportunity to Attend Lincoln’s Inn
Over 100 undergraduate students across the country were chosen by their respective institutions to attend Lincoln’s Inn last week. Lincoln’s Inn is one of four Inns of Court providing students with training, careers advice and scholarships. “I was delighted to be chosen by the Universities Academic Team to ... read more - Why Google Analytics are a Digital Marketer’s Best Friend
Ben Hocking, MSc Digital Marketing Management student Do you have a website without analytics set up? Rather than using guess work to try and evaluate your digital presence, using Google analytics can provide you with everything you need to know … Continue reading → ... read more - Are Robot Wills The Future?
Larisa Astley (Student) The Wills Act 1837 that governs wills in England and Wales is now more than 180 years old and has been branded “unclear and outdated”. Major improvements are being considered by The Law Commission consultation “to bring the law into the modern world”. One of the controversial ... read more - Is a Right to Rent Check in Breach of Your Human Rights?
Courtney James (Student) The Government’s right to rent policy requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of prospective tenants. In February, a British man and his family were made homeless after a letting agent turned them away under Right to Rent rules. Rory McCormick put a deposit down ... read more - Mental Health and Social Media Usage: a Call for Policy and Practice Change
Scarlet Hunt, a final year student, has been undertaking a final year research project around the impacts of social media with young people. She has particularly been looking into the mental impacts of utilising social media. New proposals and guidance from the British government for legislation concerning social media usage ... read more - The Big Picture on Adult Social: What’s Really Happening in England?
Everybody agrees that there is a crisis in adult social care. Unlike the National Health Service, there has never been a single national body to look after the needs of people without acute health needs (such as those with long-term disabilities and frail older people) who live in the ... read more - Early Childhood Studies Degree Network Conference
We had an opportunity to share our small-scale study, “Early Years Teacher Status: Constraints, Implications and Reforms required for a 21st Century Early Years Workforce” with a wide audience of academics and students at the 2nd ECSDN research conference in London on 25th January. Our study was borne through the ... read more - Experiencing International ConfexLia Bover Armstrong, Event Management student International Confex is the leading exhibition for event planners: delivering ideas, inspiration and a great opportunity to expand your network and create business relationships in the industry. This event is free to attend, and … Continue reading → ... read more
- What if England voted to leave the EU in a second referendum but the rest of the UK wanted to stay?
“At the referendum, only two of the four component parts of the UK – England and Wales – voted to leave the EU. This was enough to swing an overall UK-wide majority in favour of leave, but it went against the will of the Scottish and Northern Irish electorate… It ... read more - Port Vale F.C. Foundation Trust – Coach Development Event
BSc Football Coaching & Performance students joined Port Vale F.C. Foundation Trust for their recent Coach Development Event The first-year cohort of the BSc Football Coaching and Performance course were invited by Tom Sheratt, Head of Port Vale Foundation Trust, to visit Vale Park and participate in their in-house Coach ... read more - Staffordshire Business School (SBS) Alumni Success StoriesDr Ahmad Mlouk, Senior Lecturer at Staffordshire Business School On Thursday 21st February 2019 SBS hosted a grand event in the form of a presentation delivered by two of its alumni (Business Study graduates): Mr Jason Tarry, CEO of Tesco … Continue reading → ... read more
- Is Prison the New Pension Plan?
By Shannon-Annie Moore -Student It has been reported that there has been a steady increase of elderly people in Japan committing crimes, as pensioner’s turn to crime with the aim of prosecution as a way of escaping loneliness and poverty. The report suggests that Japanese pensioners are turning to ... read more - Staffordshire University Proudly Presents: Level 4 Early Childhood Studies Degree; 1st Baby Conference
With Guest Speaker Midwife: Sylvia Baddeley Staffordshire University observed its first (ever) Student Baby Conference on Friday February 8th, 2019. This event had been organised to co-inside with the delivery (pardon the pun) of the Working with Babies Module (0-3 years) and to cover specific topics related to the module. ... read more