Staffordshire University and Stoke-on-Trent City Council have come together to collaborate their efforts in supporting learners back into education.

The University will be working closely with Adult Community Learning in the Local Authority headquarters, One Smithfield building in Hanley city centre to provide information, guidance and mentoring to members of the public who are looking to get back in to education. The university will also be offering tasters of what their free Step Up to Higher Education course has to offer to learners who are aiming for a degree level education.

Ashley Cotton, Step Up to HE Programme Manager said: “After working closely in the past, it is great to move forward with this exciting phase of development with the city council to support learners back in to education. It reaffirms our commitment to Stoke-on-Trent, that the University and the city council are working together to promote social mobility across the region”.

“Both the city council and the University are extremely excited to be offering educational opportunities in such a pivotal and central location for the city at the new One Smithfield development”.

Stacey Hargreaves, Senior Engagement Officer at Stoke-on-Trent City Council said: “This is a fantastic new partnership that we plan to develop going forward to ensure that we are doing all we can to support the residents of Stoke-on-Trent with their educational skillset for the future”.

From the university, Ashley Cotton will be on hand every Wednesday, 9:30-12pm to support members of the public who are considering to make the move back into education.

For additional information, please contact:

T: 01782 29400  E: stepup@staffs.ac.uk