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A special school has reached out to businesses asking them to consider providing opportunities for its children to experience the workplace.  The Meadows School, in Leek, wants to link up with firms that can either provide workplace visits for 14 to 19-year-olds or work placements for those in Year 14,

A student is helping to train aircraft pilots thanks to a scheme linking Staffordshire University with SMEs. Games Development student Harry Reader created a virtual reality (VR) training experience for the A320 Airbus using the Unreal Engine computer programme during a placement at Longton-based training company V-Prep. He is now

Keele University Events and Conferencing has a new senior team at the helm with the introduction of a new leadership structure. Emma Woodcock now heads up the senior team as Head of Catering and Events, following a restructure earlier in the year, which now also includes two new Senior Events

Aspiring entrepreneurs had the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to five ‘dragons’ as part of a Young Enterprise UK event Teenage pupils from three schools showcased their business plans and aspirations at the Young Enterprise Dragons’ Den, hosted by Michelin Development in Stoke-on-Trent. The event was the first heat

All proceeds from the sale of a thriller written by a South Staffordshire College lecturer are going to charities supporting families with autistic children. Radical, centred around the themes of technology, climate change and politics, is by Ian Cawley, HE lecturer in Film and TV at the Lichfield College site.

Keele University has launched an undergraduate degree programme to help law students tackle climate crisis using legal powers – the first of its kind in the country. The new course in Law with Environmental Sustainability aims to give students a solid foundation in their legal careers, and allow them to

A Keele University criminologist has lent her expertise to the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) annual campaign to tackle drink and drug driving over the festive season.  With the World Cup coinciding with the run up to Christmas this year, police are facing an extra challenge in their annual efforts

Keele University’s Business School is expanded its offering with a host of new courses and a new Director at the helm.  Dr Scott Bambrick has joined Keele from Manchester Metropolitan University, where he was Head of the Strategy, Enterprise and Sustainability department.  Dr Bambrick said: “This is a very exciting

Entrepreneurs are being targeted by Staffordshire University in a drive to harness business success in new partnerships to benefit the county. Company leaders heard Vice Chancellor Martin Jones open doors while throwing down the gauntlet during a dinner for hundreds of the area’s most successful companies. As well as unveiling

Stoke-on-Trent College has secured over £13 million in funding for two new state-of-the-art buildings and to transform its campuses.  Both the Cauldon site in Shelton and the other in Burslem will benefit from new classrooms and teaching spaces, leading to the development of new curriculum areas. They will replace older