New Year, New Projects
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 […]
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Happy Christmas From The Creative Communities Unit
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
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
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
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 […]
Amores Partners Meeting
The Amores Team are meeting again- this week in Lodz, Poland. The amores project explores how the creation of e- artefacts can encourage children and young people to enjoy reading. Teachers from Poland, UK, Croatia, […]
Amores Second Teacher’s Workshop
Over the past few days, 18 teachers from Croatia, Poland, Sweeden, Denmark and the UK have been attending the Amores workshop at Staffordshire University. Amores is an EU funded project which is working with teachers […]
BE REFLECTIVE LAUNCH EVENT AND RESIDENCY ARTIST NETWORK WORKSHOP
Invitation to the Be Reflective Launch Event and Residency Artist Network Meeting, 1-3PM, 27 JANUARY 2015, FLAXMAN FOYER, STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY Be Reflective is a resource offering a framework to reflect on quality through all stages of […]
Mentoring Schemes: What’s in it for you? Top five Benefits
In today’s changing world, mentoring schemes are increasing in popularity and can provide a broad spectrum of benefits to organisations and individuals alike. Mentoring is a collaboration between two or more people and another person […]
Get in the ‘Mindset’ for social diversity?
CCU Social Media Editor, Adam Gratton, talks about the Creative Communities Unit’s involvement with @Mindset. We here in the Creative Communities Unit at Staffordshire University are proud to be part of an innovative new European […]