CCU Student Research Projects
We now have a section on the website that will showcase some of the research projects carried out by our current and past students. The pages will be updated over the coming weeks and months, and […]
Work with Young People
Staffordshire University hosts European project on diversity and inclusion in the classroom
From 7th to 11th March teachers, trainers and youth workers from Italy, Turkey, Spain, Greece, and the UK gathered in Stoke-on-Trent for an Intensive Study Programme on Inclusivity and Diversity in the classroom. Janet Hetherington […]
Shaping the Future: Where Now For Youth and Community Work?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Are you a Youth worker in Stoke or North Staffordshire? Let us hear your thoughts….
We are currently carrying out a small research project looking at the feasibility of developing a local youth work network for youth workers in Stoke on Trent and North Staffordshire. Please take a couple of […]
The complexities of managing youth work
Youth work in the UK has seen significant changes and challenges in recent years. A recent study by the Creative Communities Unit (The Shape of Youth Work Report) found that across the West Midlands there was […]
Book yourself on a free workshop to celebrate National Youth Work Week 2012
The Creative Communities Unit are hosting a This is Youth Work workshop led by Bernard Davies and Pauline Grace of the In Defence of Youth Work Campaign on Thursday 7th February 2013. As youth workers across the UK celebrate […]
The start of something great…
Penny and Nic spend a productive at Regent College, Shelton. This morning Penny and I met with Jim Cullen and (briefly) David Vincent from Regent College in Shelton. We received a warm welcome and had […]