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- Say Yes to Education, Say Yes to Progress: Simone, Step Up Mentor
Accessing education can feel impossible for many people. There can be a lot of perceived obstacles you feel you have to overcome and believe that education is not for people ‘like us’ such things like; out of education for a long time, long-term unemployed, criminal records, dependents or neurodiversity. I ... read more - International Women’s Day
Here in the English and Creative Writing department, we like to think we celebrate amazing women every single day. From our brilliant staff and students through to the wonderful female novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, essayists, and literary critics … Continue reading → ... read more - New member of staff – Dr. Joe Hazzam, Lecturer in Digital MarketingDr. Joe Hazzam has joined as a Lecturer in Digital Marketing in the Department of Business and Law, School of Justice, Security and Sustainability, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom. He holds Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Marketing from the British University in Dubai, United Arab … Continue reading → ... read more
- New member of staff – Dr. Muddasar Ghani Khwaja, Senior Lecturer in Digital MarketingDr. Muddasar Ghani Khwaja has joined as a Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing in the Department of Business and Law, School of Justice, Security and Sustainability, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom. He holds Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Marketing from the … Continue reading → ... read more
- Susan Fleming featured on BBC Radio Derby discussing “Blue” or “Brew” Monday.
Susan Fleming, Course Director for Counselling and CBT at Staffordshire University was featured on BBC Radio Derby discussing Blue Monday with Ian Skye’s radio show on 17th January 2022. During the interview Susan shared some background to Blue Monday, the need for us all to check in with ourselves ... read more - Take another look (part 3 of 3)
By Paul Orsmond and Dr Eleanor Atkins Learning in higher education (HE) is about the individual. For many students formal learning is primarily an individual event; as is the assessment of learning, the delivery of feedback (individual and anonymous), and student progression. Collaborative work, where it occurs, is principally organised ... read more - Professor Richard Cooke joins the Psychology Department at Staffordshire University!
The Psychology Academic team are pleased to welcome Professor Richard Cooke who joined the University as a Professor of Health Psychology in January 2022. Richard introduces himself below: Professor Richard Cooke I am delighted to have joined the amazing Staffordshire University as their new Professor of Health Psychology, director ... read more - Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology – Trainee Testimonials
Recent trainees from the Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology share their experiences: Dr Meg Linscott Dr Meg Linscott, Health Psychologist – Pain Service, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust Completing the Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology at Staffordshire University was a dream come true for me and from early on, opened ... read more - Ticking Boxes (Part 2 of 3)
Paul Orsmond and Dr Eleanor Atkins When people say ‘it ticks all the boxes’, we know instantly what they mean. It is a metaphor used to represent their ideal or something that will do the job. My new house ticks all the boxes means ‘it has everything we want’. It’s ... read more - Law Students Qualify for Client Interviewing Competition FinalsCongratulations to two of our Law students, Duncan Carson and Susan Guest, who have made it to the finals of the Client Interviewing Competition! Susan kindly shares her experience of the regional competition. Bringing together an unlikely pair to represent Staffordshire University in the Client Interviewing Competition was the beginning ... read more
- Learning in time (Part 1 of 3)
By Paul Orsmond and Dr Eleanor Atkins Learning in a community of practice (CoP) is relational, it occurs though participating in practice with others (Lave and Wenger 1991). Learning involves a person developing new identities. What learners do, and the understandings they make, does not exist in isolation. Everything is ... read more - Legal Clinics Move into Hospitals
Jack Marshall (Student) The need for free legal advice centers is continually growing, especially in light of cuts in legal aid. Many people cannot afford to instruct a solicitor, so these centers are often a lifeline for the general public. They give specialist advice to members of their community on ... read more - Creating a visitor attraction in 10 weeks!Heather Wingfield – Second year Visitor Attraction and Resort Management Student On Friday the 28th of January the second year Visitor Attraction and Resort Management Students had the opportunity of presenting a Visitor Attraction to members of the senior leadership … Continue reading → ... read more
- Domestic abuse rises sharply as cause of homelessness in England
Lauren Foster (Student) Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, in England the number of households left with no home because of domestic abuse has risen by more than 1/3. The following statistics illustrate the vast vulnerability of homelessness households, causes by domestic violence. 6,310 households were acknowledged as homeless ... read more - What archaeology can tell us about the lives of children in England 1,500 years ago
“Following the collapse of the Roman Empire in the early fifth century, groups from northwest Europe made their way to British shores. Germanic peoples settled in what is now England between the fifth and seventh centuries AD. The traditions around death and burial they brought with them provide us with ... read more