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Inclusivity and Diversity Management Intensive Study Programme, 7-11th March 2016

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Would you like to make your classroom more inclusive? From 7th to 11th March, Janet Hetherington, from the Creative Communities Unit, will be working with Dr Bobbie Fletcher, Dr Barbara Amadi-Coffin and colleagues from Greece, Turkey, […]

Introducing Kim

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Hi everyone, my name is Kimberly and I am the Social Enterprise Co-ordinator for a new partnership project between Staffordshire University, VAST, Staffordshire University Students’ Union, and other partners. Our partnership is all about Social […]

Opportunity to share your thoughts on support for social enterprises

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We’re hoping to apply for funding to extend the programme of support that we offer to people who are developing a social enterprise or have a new idea for a social enterprise. We would very […]

Shaping the Future: Where Now For Youth and Community Work?

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Staffordshire University Visiting Professor Paul Fenton will be appearing as a keynote speaker at a series of six conferences around the UK and Ireland being held by TAG: The Professional Association of Lecturers in Youth and […]

Three New Projects

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We’re excited to share that we have received funding from HEIF (Higher Education Innovation Funding) for three new projects: Creative Social Value Forecast, Social Enterprise, and Staffordshire Coaching and Mentoring Centre of Excellence. The three […]

New Year, New Projects

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Happy New Year! We have lots of new projects and events over the next few months which we’re excited to share with you over the coming weeks. Social Enterprise Peer Mentoring Hub The first Social Enterprise […]

Happy Christmas From The Creative Communities Unit

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Today we held our annual Christmas Mince Pie afternoon, which is a lovely chance to catch up with people we know from both within the University and outside of it. Thank you to everyone who came […]

AMORES – Discovering a love for literature through digital collaboration and creativity

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AMORES, a two year participatory action learning project, worked with ten teachers and over 400 students to learn how creativity and ICT could empower students and increase engagement with literature. Janet Hetherington, from the Creative Communities Unit, worked with […]

Residency Project Update

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Developed in partnership with the Universities of Warsaw and Poland and funded by the EU, the Residency project has been an action research project exploring how the model of an artist residency could be used […]

Communi-Cake Bake Sale Success

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Thank you to everyone who bought cake or donated a cake at our Macmillan Communi-Cake afternoon on Weds 30th September. Together we raised £124.30 for Macmillan Cancer Support! It was great to have a chat with lots […]