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- Faber Short Story Review – Mrs Fox by Sarah Hall
“She is standing on the kitchen table, an unmistakable silhouette, cut from the wild” (Hall, 2019, pg.17). Hall’s prize-winning, magical realist short story Mrs Fox (2013) is based on the short novel by David Garnett Lady into Fox (1922), published just seven years after … Continue reading → ... read more - Top Cultural Guide for International Students in the UKMohamed Adesola Adjaou, MSc Digital Marketing Management Student Every year, thousands of foreign students come to the UK to study, be it in political science, journalism, fine arts, business, psychology or English language. England has become the education capital of … Continue reading → ... read more
- PAY, POVERTY AND ETHNICITY IN THE UKDr Tolu olarewaju, Lecturer at Staffordshire business School In 2017, the average (median) hourly pay for White people within the UK was £11.34, which was 10p higher than the average hourly pay for people from all other ethnic groups combined. … Continue reading → ... read more
- Teaching and Learning Conference
Tuesday 25th June 2019 This year’s Learning and Teaching conference focused on building the academic aspect of resilience, having the confidence to overcome problems that students often face in their learning, approaches to encourage a positive response by students to feedback, challenges and the fear of failure. Trust Diya ... read more - The West Midlands Big Bang Fair
Tuesday 18th June 2019 This year Staffs hosted the West Midlands Big Bang Fair again and welcomed 3000 students from Key Stages 2-4 across the county to our Stoke campus for a day full of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) lectures, workshops and stand activities to get involved ... read more - Staff Research Conference
Wednesday13th June 2019 The Staff Research Conference is also held annually and follows on from the PGR. Just like the PGR the Staff Research Conference allows staff members to present the research they are undertaking to fellow staff, post and undergraduate students. Several of our brilliant academic staff members presented ... read more - Biological & Biomedical Sciences Recent EventsThe last few weeks have seen a buzz of activity on campus at Staffordshire University with the Staff and Post-Graduate Research Conferences and The West Midlands Big Bang Fair. The Biological and Biomedical Sciences department have been busy getting involved, proudly presenting their research progressions and engaging thousands of students ... read more
- PGR Conference
Wednesday 12th June The PGR Conference is hosted annually at the university to showcase the post-graduate research being carried out from all schools across the university. We saw two of our PhD students informing other post-graduates and staff members of their research. Eleanor Atkins presented her work on the biodiversity ... read more - Children often misread fear in dogs – making a bite more likely
Dr Sarah Rose, Senior Lecturer at Staffordshire University, writes for The Conversation The benefits of growing up with a pet are well documented – these days dogs are even used in the classroom. That said, we sometimes forget that dogs can still present a risk. Children under the age of 10 are most at ... read more - European Union Students and BrexitMohamed Adesola Adjaou, MSc Digital Marketing Management Student By the end of October 2021, the United Kingdom must leave the European Union. Brexit will more or less lead to change for the students of the European Union coming to study … Continue reading → ... read more
- Staffs BioSciences Student Stories – Meet Gemma (BSc (Hons) Human Biology)
In the Biological & Biomedical Sciences department we always want to hear from our students throughout their course as we value them and their thoughts and experiences with us at Staffordshire University. As part of our new series of Staffs BioSciences Student Stories, we’re pleased to introduce Gemma who is ... read more - Wildlife In The Garden
by Dr Dave Skingsley (aka the ‘bugbotherer’) With summer started (honestly!) many people turn to the public green spaces around them (such as gardens, parks, towpaths, the moorlands) for a place in which to relax. It’s only then, when listening to the natural world, that people become aware of the ... read more - Exhibit A and other true crime shows can fuel misconceptions about forensic science
“Forensic science is under attack. A string of recent collapsed trials and quashed convictions that relied on forensic evidence have led some experts to say the field is in crisis.” Find out more, with Professor Graham Williams’ article, on The Conversation. ... read more - Calling for Early career Researchers in India interested in Diabetes and Assistive Devices
The Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies at Staffordshire University, UK is looking to establish a network of like-minded early career researchers in India interested in the area of rehabilitation and/or mobility assistive devices (e.g. footwear, orthoses, prostheses, wheelchairs) for people with diabetes. The goal of this network will be ... read more - Dr Daniel Jolley featured on BBC Radio 5 Live discussing why people believe in conspiracy theories
Dr Daniel Jolley (Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology & member of the Staffordshire Centre for Psychological Research) was featured on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Sarah Brett show discussing the reasons why people believe in conspiracy theories, whether more conspiracy theories are being believed today compared to the past, ... read more