- New staff profile – Dr. Lee Stringer (Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour)By Dr. Lee Stringer 18 November 2024 Lee Stringer recently joined the Institute of Business and Innovation in the School of Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business at The University of Staffordshire, as a Lecturer in Human Resource Management (HRM) and … Continue reading ... read more
- How AI is reshaping learning and development in digital marketingBy Craig Holdcroft 5 November 2024 As a digital marketing practitioner and lecturer, I’ve seen the industry transform with technology, from the early days of web analytics to today’s AI-driven strategies. The initial hype around generative AI has quietened over … Continue reading ... read more
- New – Index of Multiple Environmental DeprivationA new prototype Index of Multiple Environmental Deprivation (IMED) has been developed by staff from Friends of the Earth, Natural England, Environment Agency, DEFRA, University of Leeds and University of Staffordshire as part of the Environmental Data Network. Mike Childs … Continue reading ... read more
- Michel Serres and the SocialThe revised papers from the conference Michel Serres and the Social, organised by Chris Watkin and held at Churchill College Cambridge in June 2022, have been published in the journal Angelaki. It’s a great collection and includes David Webb’s ‘Michel Serres: the natural contract, narrative and law’ and Bill ... read more
- New business survey of the digital/IT sector in North Staffordshire launchedStaffordshire University and the University of Manchester are currently researching the emergence of the IT sector in North Staffordshire. Early evidence from the research shows a large, growing and productive IT sector. Types of businesses that we want to take … Continue reading ... read more
- Stuart Blaney – on Rancière and FoucaultStuart Blaney, who recently completed his PhD at Staffordshire, has been interviewed by Daniel Tutt on the Emancipations podcast about his forthcoming Equality and Freedom in Rancière and Foucault. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORpbTJmm0U4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&listType=playlist&list=PLE03jn2k3GYDMN3XvYSXQ73xZdg1It6de&w=584&h=329] . ... read more
- Antonin Artaud – Revolutionary Messages, translated by Joel WhitePublished here in its entirety in English, Artaud’s Revolutionary Messages collects Antonin Artaud’s political, aesthetic and philosophical writings during his travels to Mexico in 1936. Not only will you gain crucial insight into Artaud’s time in Mexico and his vision of a “total revolution,” which he ... read more
- An exciting Michel Serres translation projectMichel Serres’ monumental book Le système de Leibniz et ses modèles mathématiques, published in 1968, has long been regarded as having an important place in his philosohical work. At over 800 pages, it has remained untranslated – but that’s now changing. Bill Ross, who ... read more
- Recent postgraduate student successGraduates from the MA in Continental Philosophy have recently gained places on PhD programs at the University of Chicago, the University of Hawai’i, the University of Durham, and the University of Glasgow. Sharon Hagenbeek presented her research on animality to the 2023 annual conference of the Nietzsche Society in ... read more
- Technophany – EntropiesJoel White, Executive Editor at the journal Technophany, announces a special edition entitled Entropies. The edition is forthcoming very soon, so watch this space. ... read more
- Patrick O’Connor – latest publications on philosophy and film…‘Spiritual Cinema: Agel, Merleau-Ponty and the Cinematic Real,’ Journal of Religion & Film 28, no. 1, (April 2024), Article 62, 1-31. ‘Screening Solidarity: Possible Lives in the Films of the Dardenne Brothers,’ Herausforderung Solidarität: Konzepte – Kontroversen – Perspektiven, Wetzler: Transcript Publishing, 2024. ... read more
- https://blogs.staffs.ac.uk/philosophy/?p=1982Patrick O’Connor’s Podcast Thales’ Well – Recent Episodes On Richard Rorty with Chris Voparil On writing with Lars Iyer On secular gurus with Chris Cavanagh ... read more
- Paul AusterIn his last novel, Baumgartner, Paul Auster contemplated the nature of loss and mortality. Auster had been ill with lung cancer for some time before his death this week, and this novel now, in retrospect, has the feel of a … Continue reading ... read more
- From @StaffsStepUP to BA Hons Working with Children, Young People and Families: Danielle’s blog #StepUptoHEComing to university was never part of the plan. Indeed, I had no plan. Working in screen printing since I was 16, I was shy, nervous and simply had no ambition or desire to change my career. Then in 2020 something changed, I did what I wanted to do ... read more
- PhD, research, academic, European and other specialist job sitesby Prof Jon Fairburn This blog should be especially useful for PGT, PGR and early career researchers looking for jobs, fellowships or scholarships. I also cover some relevant placement opportunities below for UG. The second half of the blog covers … Continue reading ... read more