Education – Creative Communities Unit

Art, Participation and Higher Education at Interface Symposium

13, September, 2016 0

Janet Hetherington writes about her experience at the Interface Symposium. What questions should we be asking ourselves as Participatory Artists? I was fortunate to attend a panel discussion as part of an Interface Symposium exploring […]

@Mindset Project Update

6, September, 2016 0

Staffordshire University has created new online resources for teachers to help tackle bullying and discrimination in classrooms across Europe. The free training includes an online course, toolkit and didactic manual, and was developed following research […]

CCU Student Research Projects

30, August, 2016 0

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 […]

Philip Astley Project

12, July, 2016 0

Janet Hetherington is working with The Philip Astley project, a Heritage Lottery Funded project managed by Staffordshire University. Over the next few months, Janet will be evaluating the impact of the programme of Philip Astley […]

Staffordshire University hosts European project on diversity and inclusion in the classroom

29, March, 2016 0

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?

26, January, 2016 0

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 Partners Meeting

15, June, 2015 0

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

25, March, 2015 0

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 […]

Get in the ‘Mindset’ for social diversity?

19, November, 2014 0

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 […]