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- Baudelaire and Birthdays
On Baudelaire’s two-hundredth Birthday I am with my mother-in-law for our weekly French lesson. It is her birthday too, today. As the occasion demands, we read a few passages from ‘Spleen’, which was first published in Fleurs de Mal [Flowers … Continue reading → ... read more - 200th anniversary of the birth of BaudelaireToday is the 200th anniversary of the French poet, Charles Baudelaire – a poet associated with the emergence of literary modernism and the figure of the urban wanderer; the flaneur. The flâneur is the prime urban walker and recorder in … Continue reading → ... read more
- Activism through lived experience; A ground breaking new anti-poverty degree from Staffordshire UniversityStaffordshire University is a Civic University and this new degree is an exciting new way to join us, learn and study with us tackling poverty head on from the start! Poverty has risen statistically and in the public’s awareness. Recent public campaigns from Marcus Rashford focussing on food poverty have ... read more
- Resilience is the new normalBy Marzena Reska The global pandemic has put resiliency on the agenda of every company in the world. As they cope with the seismic changes brought about by COVID-19, businesses of all sizes and types have needed to adapt to … Continue reading → ... read more
- Staff Picks for World Poetry DayOur English and Creative Writing lecturers pick some some significant poems for World Poetry Day Kate Tempest: Brand New Ancients (2013)—The New Waste Land. If you invest in just one poetry collection this year, get Brand New Ancients by Kate … Continue reading → ... read more
- Trust – an important ingredient towards work/life balanceDr Bharati Singh, Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire Business School This is my 3rd blog and I will continue with the theme of sharing my thoughts from previous corporate employment. So, this one is dedicated to work-life balance. While teaching on a … Continue reading → ... read more
- World Poetry Day and in/fertilityWe are publishing work from our students for World Poetry Day. Here, Layla tells us about the work she is doing with a health website and brings us a poems on the theme of IVF. I am writing and recording … Continue reading → ... read more
- World Poetry DayWe are publishing work from our students for World Poetry Day on March 21st. Here is Chloe’s poem, meditating on the effects of the pandemic on her generation. Thank you, Chloe, for your contribution. Generation Lost In Satellites We are … Continue reading → ... read more
- Where will we work post-Covid?by Vanessa Oakes,Course Director As we move through the Government’s Roadmap to ‘normality’ over the next few months, employers will be starting to consider what this may mean for staff returning to office environments. Many staff who have been able … Continue reading → ... read more
- 20 years’ smart city research marching on – what’s next?Professor Fang Zhao, Associate Dean Research and Enterprise, Staffordshire Business School By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in towns and cities, resulting in the consumption of over 70% of energy, and the emission of an equal amount … Continue reading → ... read more
- Staffordshire Business School Students take a STeLLL:aR approach to Learning, Surviving and Thriving in LockdownCarol Southall, Course Director, Staffordshire Business SChool STudent Life and Learning in Lockdown: achieving Resilience (STeLLL:aR) Staffordshire Business School students are not alone in their sense of isolation as they work remotely on modules and projects as part of their … Continue reading → ... read more
- The 5 most useful things I learnt during my time at university, that I use running my own business.That beautiful lady you see in the picture there is me. I like to toot my own horn, because if I don’t know how to show myself love, no one will know to follow suite haha.. I digress.. My name … Continue reading → ... read more
- Staffordshire Business School students making a positive impact with peer mentoringHaving a helping hand available as a friend, a peer or a fellow student who could provide guidance and advice or even act as a sounding board is critically important part of a student journey. This peer member may be … Continue reading → ... read more
- Which to use: Quick Ratio or Current Ratio for Liquidity Measurement in businessJust as businesses are adapting to the shock of Brexit, the global pandemic presents another disruption to businesses. These two events have created huge uncertainty for most small businesses while some have benefited . The striving small businesses are revaluating … Continue reading → ... read more
- The Last Beat – Lawrence Ferlinghetti(Mark and Lisa) Lawrence Ferlinghetti was a friend and a publisher to the writers of the Beat Generation, and an influential poet who was both critically and commercially successful. His bookshop, City Lights, became the epi-centre of the San Francisco … Continue reading → ... read more