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- Psychology featured at Staffordshire University’s Big Biology Day 2018!
Staffordshire University held its annual Big Biology Day on Saturday 13th October 2018, a free public engagement event where families from the local community and beyond came to learn about the different aspects of biology, including its applications to psychology, the environment, forensic investigation and education. As part of this ... read more - New Children’s Library Offers Parent-Students More Flexibility When Studying on Campus
“Staffordshire University has created the facilities so youngsters can browse through books while their parents are studying alongside them. The children’s library – located in a corner of the main university library off College Road, Stoke – has been kitted out with funky seating, shelves brimming with books ... read more - Meet the StaffsPsych Graduates – Szilvia (MSc & Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology)
As part of our series of StaffsPsych Graduate Success Stories, we are pleased to introduce Szilvia who completed her MSc in Health Psychology and her Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology here at Staffordshire University. Find out about Szilvia’s experiences at on her course and her plans for the future: Before ... read more - Forensic Investigation Student Presents Research in Canada
In April, MSci Forensic Investigation student, Gareth Griffiths, and MSci Forensic Science student, Kirstin Gent, funded their own research trip to Canada. This week, Gareth returned to present his research. Gareth’s research, that he presented on Thursday 5th October in Ottawa, involved validating software for Faro and also enabled ... read more - Harnessing the power of social media for small businesses
Written by June Dennis, Dean of Staffordshire Business School, Chartered Marketer and Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. If you only have a small marketing budget, social media can seem like an ideal way to promote your product or service. Twenty years … Continue reading → ... read more - Funded PhD Project OpportunityRecovery and profiling of encapsulated DNA from Counterfeit Banknotes This is a funded PhD project with a tax-free bursary of £14,000 pa and includes tuition fees and bench fees. This is funded by the European Central Bank. The aim of this project is to evaluate the viability of obtaining DNA ... read more
- Jobs of the futureWritten by Rachel Gowers, Associate Dean By 2025 it’s estimated that we will lose over five million jobs to automation. Don’t worry though – jobs are getting more interesting with machines handling the more mundane tasks. Your time will be … Continue reading → ... read more
- The age of innovation: Has the time come for the paradigm shift in innovation policy?By Ema Talam The United Kingdom is classified as Innovation Leader in the latest European Innovation Scoreboard. Although it excels in performance compared to the European Union average in 2017 on various indicators used (e.g. International scientific co-publications, Innovative SMEs … Continue reading → ... read more
- Stoke Psychology in the Pub returns on 3rd October 2018!
We are pleased to announce the return of the Stoke Psychology in the Pub series of talks for the 2018/19 academic year. The Psychology in the Pub series features a range of talks about various aspects of psychology but in the setting of The Glebe Pub in Stoke-on-Trent. The ... read more - European Researchers’ NIGHT
European Researchers’ NIGHT event 29th September 2018 Science in Space Beacon Building – 9am till 12pm Interactive Virtual Reality Activities Psychology of space….in Space (T203) Dr Nichola Street/Dr Gemma Hurst/Dr Daniel Jolley Imagine spending a year (or more) inside one living space, with no gravity. That’s the job of ... read more - 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 SuccessWritten 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
