Read the latest blogs from around Staffordshire University
- 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 - Monkey Dust mayhem: the English city reportedly at the centre of a drug-fuelled ‘epidemic’
Sarah Page, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, has written an article about the reported Monkey Dust epidemic for The Conversation. “Our ongoing research raises questions about how widespread and localised use of the drug really is.” You can read the full article here. You can also watch Sarah discussing ... read more - A Recipe for Success
Written by Angela Lawrence, Senior Lecturer There’s an Autumn nip in the air, the Great British Bake Off has begun and the annual McMillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is just around the corner. Kenwood mixers are whirling into action in … Continue reading → ... read more - Listen Again to Film, TV & Radio Graduate’s Documentary on BBC Radio StokeJaspreet Singh, who graduated with a first on our BA Film, TV & Radio degree in July, has had work completed for a Radio Features module accepted for broadcast by BBC Radio Stoke as two 60 minute documentaries. The first of which has been released looking at ‘Fandom’, the rise ... read more
- Award-winning Graduate Snapped Up By Film Company
Click Here to read all about George Bartlett’s burgeoning career at Seven Video Productions, a graduate from our very own Experimental Film degree! ... read more - Nuffield Placement Blog: Investigating the impact of TV viewing on children’s creativity
We have recently hosted a local college student on a Nuffield Research Placement. The student worked with Dr Sarah Rose (Senior Lecturer in Psychology & Director of the Children’s Lab, part of the Staffordshire Centre for Psychological Research) to develop a project investigating the impact of watching TV on children’s creativity. Here ... read more - Student Blog – Nippon Sports Science University Exchange
On 20th May, 2018, 23 students from various sport and exercise courses and years set off from Manchester Airport to Haneda Airport, Tokyo. After arriving at the University guesthouse, we got some much-needed sleep and then got straight into classes and activities the next day. We were split into small ... read more - BSc Psychology & Counselling – Field trip to Beaudesert Care Farm
By Julie Faulkner, Course Leader – BSc (Hons) Psychology & Counselling During the winter this year, we offered our Psychology and Counselling undergraduates the chance to don a pair of wellies and enter the hills of Cannock to experience the eco-therapeutic value of care farming at Beaudesert Park Farm. This ... read more - What To Pack for University
Hey everyone! Around this time last year I was gathering all the things I needed to pack for Uni, at first I took too little, then over the year I took too much! So hopefully this guide can help you avoid such dilemma’s! ... read more - Leaders versus LeadershipProfessor Rune Todnem By, MBA and Senior Leader Master’s Degree Apprenticeship course leader r.t.by@staffs.ac.uk @Prof_RuneTBy Leadership is often defined as “something leaders do”, and this common (mis)understanding is the cause of much confusion, conflict, and under-utilisation of resources in both … Continue reading → ... read more
- Accounting and Finance achieve 98 per cent satisfaction in National Student SurveyWritten by Karl McCormack, Course Leader in Accounting and Finance We are proud to announce that the Staffordshire Business School’s suite of Accounting and Finance courses are in the top 5% of institutions for overall student satisfaction according to the … Continue reading → ... read more
- Great places to eat in Stoke on Trent and Newcastle under LymeStaffordshire University have a lot of international students and staff from all sorts of cultures. Here are some of the more varied places to try in the Potteries. Hawasana is based in Shelton and on Stoke Road (the next road … Continue reading → ... read more
- PhD Student Blog: Attending the Conspiracy Theory Research Training School
By Darel Cookson (PhD Student in Psychology; Staffordshire Centre for Psychological Research). This summer I was lucky enough to attend a training school in Canterbury (at the University of Kent), organised by the COST Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories action group, which focussed on quantitative methods in conspiracy theory research. ... read more - Five things you didn’t know about Staffordshire Business School!Written by Rachel Gowers, Associate Dean Recruitment 1. We are one of the leading Business Schools in the world for Social Media. We’ve won the Edurank ‘Best Twitter Performance’ award twice in the Business School category (beating Harvard into second … Continue reading → ... read more
- Meet the StaffsPsych Graduates – Grace (BSc Psychology & Criminology)
As part of our series of StaffsPsych Graduate Success Stories, we are pleased to introduce Grace who graduated from our BSc (Hons) Psychology & Criminology course in 2018. Find out about Grace’s experiences at Staffordshire University and her plans for the future: Before coming to Staffs I had worked as ... read more