Editing University of Staffordshire

{{short description|University in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = University of Staffordshire
 | logo                   = Staffordshire University logo.png
 | image_name             = Shield of the University of Staffordshire.svg
 | caption                = Coat of arms
 | image_upright          = .7
 | established            = 1906 – School of Mining<br />1914 – Central School of Science & Technology<br />1926 – North Staffordshire Technical College<br />
1971 – North Staffordshire Polytechnic<br />1988 – Staffordshire Polytechnic<br />1992 – gained [[Universities in the United Kingdom|university status]] as Staffordshire University
 | former_names           = Central School of Science & Technology<br />North Staffordshire Technical College<br />Staffordshire Polytechnic<br />North Staffordshire Polytechnic <br />Staffordshire University<br />
 | motto                  = {{langx|la|Sapere Aude}}
 | mottoeng               = Dare to know<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.staffs.ac.uk/about/our-heritage|title= Our Heritage - Staffordshire University|access-date= 28 November 2019|publisher= Staffordshire University}}</ref>
 | type                   = [[public university|Public]]
 | endowment              = £26,000 (2022)<ref name="annacc">{{cite web |title=Annual Review and Financial Statements |url=https://www.staffs.ac.uk/about/corporate-information/finance/docs/pdf/annual-review-and-financial-statement-21-22-compressed.pdf |website=staffs.ac.uk |access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>
 | budget                 = £150.4 million (2021–22)<ref name="annacc"/>
 | administrative_staff   = 1,375
 | chancellor             = [[Levison Wood]]
 | vice_chancellor        = [[Martin Jones (academic)|Martin Jones]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.staffs.ac.uk/people/martin-jones|title= People – Martin Jones|access-date= 2 September 2022|publisher= Staffordshire University}}</ref>
 | students               = {{HESA student population|INSTID=10006299}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=10006299}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation"/>
 | postgrad               = {{HESA postgraduate population|INSTID=10006299}} ({{HESA year}})<ref name="HESA citation"/>
 | city                   = [[Stoke-on-Trent]], [[Stafford]], [[Shrewsbury]], [[Lichfield]], [[London]]
 | country                = United Kingdom
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]] and [[Rural area|rural]]
 | colours                = Red and white
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 | website                = {{URL|https://staffs.ac.uk}}
 | affiliations           = [[MillionPlus]] <br /> [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]]<br />[[Universities UK]]
}}
The '''University of Staffordshire''' is a public research university in [[Staffordshire]], England. It has its main campus in [[Stoke-on-Trent]] and four other campuses in [[Stafford]], [[Lichfield]], [[Shrewsbury]], and [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/about_us/campuses_and_maps/|title=Campuses and Maps|access-date=16 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928041151/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/about_us/campuses_and_maps/|archive-date=28 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fenews.co.uk/skills/investing-in-the-future-staffordshire-university-london-doubles-in-size-with-announcement-of-new-courses-and-campus-expansion |title= Investing – In – Future – Staffordshire - University |date= 3 June 2021 |access-date= 2 September 2022|publisher= FE News}}</ref>

== History ==
In 1901, industrialist Alfred Bolton acquired a {{convert|2|acre|m2|adj=on}} site on what is now College Road and in 1906 mining classes began there. In 1907, pottery classes followed, being transferred from [[Tunstall, Staffordshire|Tunstall]] into temporary buildings, and in 1914 the building now known as the Cadman Building was officially opened as the '''Central School of Science and Technology''' by [[Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford|J. A. Pease]], President of the Board of Education. A frieze over the entrance depicts potters and miners. In 2013, the Library Conference room in the Cadman Building was renamed the Alfred Bolton Room.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/infoservices/library/refurbishment/ | title=Library refurbishment | publisher=Staffordshire University | access-date=13 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208135305/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/support_depts/infoservices/library/refurbishment/ | archive-date=8 February 2014 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In 1915, a department was established for the commercial production of [[Seger cone]]s used to measure and control the temperatures of ceramic furnaces, based upon research completed by the principal, [[Joseph William Mellor|Joseph Mellor]]. Grants from the [[Carnegie United Kingdom Trust]] in 1924 were used to develop the ceramics library and in 1926 the name of the institution was changed to '''North Staffordshire Technical College'''. By 1931 extensions to the Cadman Building ran along Station Road and housed the Mining Department. A grant was awarded from the Miners’ Welfare Fund to fund the building work. The new extension also housed the library, which by now had 35,000 volumes. By 1934 the college consisted of four departments: Engineering (nearly 800 students), Pottery (just over 600 students), Mining (just under 500 students), and Chemistry (under 300 students).

In 1939, new engineering workshops were occupied for the first time and the land opposite the Cadman Building was purchased. By 1950 Victoria Road had been renamed College Road and the site now extended over {{convert|12|acre|m2}}. The Mellor Building and Experimental Production Block (now Dwight Building) were constructed for the North Staffordshire College of Technology by 1960.

Various faculty movements and further building work resulted in '''North Staffordshire Polytechnic''' being formed in 1970 with the merger of [[Stoke-on-Trent College of Art]], North Staffordshire College of Technology (both based in Stoke-on-Trent), and Staffordshire College of Technology in [[Stafford]]. In 1977, the polytechnic absorbed '''Madeley College of Education''', formerly '''County of Stafford Training College''', a teacher training facility in [[Madeley, Staffordshire]] specialising in physical education.<ref name="madeley">{{cite web |title=The College |url=http://www.madeleyvillage.co.uk/about-madeley/history/college/ |website=www.madeleyvillage.co.uk |publisher=Madeley Village |access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="madeley-hist">{{cite web |title=Madeley College History |url=http://www.madeleyvillage.co.uk/about-madeley/history/college/madeley-college-history/ |website=www.madeleyvillage.co.uk |publisher=Madeley Village |access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref>

The polytechnic developed traditional strengths of the component institutions, e.g. ceramics (Stoke-on-Trent),<ref name="staffs-ceramics">{{cite web | url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/faculties/art_and_design/studio_and_facilities/ceramic_workshops/ | title=Ceramics Workshops | publisher=Staffordshire University | access-date=29 July 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109170315/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/faculties/art_and_design/studio_and_facilities/ceramic_workshops/ | archive-date=9 November 2009 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> computing (Stafford)<ref name="staffs-computing">{{cite web | url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/faculties/comp_eng_tech/subject_and_courses/computing/ | title=Computing | publisher=Staffordshire University | access-date=29 July 2010 | archive-date=15 August 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815064025/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/faculties/comp_eng_tech/subject_and_courses/computing/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> and sports education (Madeley). The mining department closed as result of the decline of [[coal mining]] in the 1980s. New subjects were developed. North Staffordshire Polytechnic was among only a handful of third-level institutions in the UK to offer International Relations as a dedicated degree. The 1992 UK government [[Research Assessment Exercise]] placed the International Relations Department as the highest-rated in the institution.

In 1988, the institution changed its name to '''Staffordshire Polytechnic'''. In 1992, it became Staffordshire University, one of the [[New universities (United Kingdom)|new universities]] based on former [[polytechnic (United Kingdom)|polytechnic]]s.

On 23rd September 2024, the university was rebranded as '''University of Staffordshire'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stoke.nub.news/news/local-news/university-of-staffordshire-unveils-new-brand-identity-240579 |title=University of Staffordshire unveils new brand identity }}</ref> 

== Campuses ==
[[File:Staffordshire university stoke campus frontage.jpg|thumb|Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke. The building shown is the former technical college, opened 1914]]

The university has one main campus, and four other campuses in Stafford, Lichfield, Shrewsbury and London,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.staffs.ac.uk/student-life/campus-and-facilities |title=Student - Life |access-date= 2 September 2022|publisher= Staffordshire University}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.staffs.ac.uk/about/how-to-find-us|title= How -To – Find -Us |access-date= 2 September 2022|publisher= Staffordshire University}}</ref> and extensive links with national, European and transnational academic institutions.

===Stoke-on-Trent===
The main campus is in [[Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent|Shelton]], Stoke-on-Trent, and primarily offers law, business, sciences, applied computing, engineering, arts, design, games, journalism and media production courses. These are split into two areas, one on College Road (on the site of the former [[County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent|County Cricket Ground]]), and the other on Leek Road. A Science Centre was opened in 2012 as part of a major redevelopment adjacent to [[Stoke-on-Trent railway station]].<ref name="uniq">{{cite web | url=http://www.uniq-stoke.com/ | title=UniQ - A unique solution for a unique city | publisher=Staffordshire University | access-date=29 July 2010}}</ref> In 2022, the University opened a new £42 million building on the Leek Road site - The Catalyst.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/fcbs-completes-university-hub-in-stoke-on-trent?tkn=1|title= Architects Journal|date= 22 August 2022|access-date= 2 September 2022|publisher= Architects Journal}}</ref> This 8,800 sqm, four storey building, brought together the delivery of apprenticeships and skills.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.staffs.ac.uk/about/facilities/campus-transformations/catalyst|title= Campus - Transformations|access-date= 2 September 2022|publisher= Staffordshire University}}</ref>

The Stoke campus also features its own student nightclub called LRV (Leek Road Venue).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/were-going-bed-down-like-3470633 | title=Students forced to sleep on camp beds as uni evacuated due to flooding | date=26 October 2019 }}</ref> This nightclub hosts a variety of student nights on various days of the week but its main open nights are on a Wednesday and Friday.

A public film theatre is situated on the side of the Flaxman building on College Road, which shows mainstream and independent films on a regular basis to an audience of up to 180 people, as well as being used for large lectures.<ref name="staffs-film-theatre">{{cite web | url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/faculties/art_and_design/studio_and_facilities/film_theatre/ | title=Film Theatre | publisher=Staffordshire University | access-date=29 July 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109170338/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/faculties/art_and_design/studio_and_facilities/film_theatre/ | archive-date=9 November 2009 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2006, a TV studio facility was opened by former BBC Director General [[Greg Dyke]] in the Arts, Media and Design faculty building on College Road, Stoke.<ref name='staffs-studios'/> The £1 million development features up-to-date technology and industry specification equipment.

The Stoke-on-Trent campus is also home to the Sir Stanley Matthews Sports Centre. Named after Stoke City footballer Sir [[Stanley Matthews]] CBE, the sports centre is located on Leek Road campus and is open to students, staff and the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.staffs.ac.uk/about/facilities/sports-centre |title=Sports - Centre|access-date= 2 September 2022|publisher= Staffordshire University}}</ref>

===Staffordshire University London: Digital Institute ===
Located at Here East in East London, the Digital Institute opened in 2019 and is focused on new and emerging technology, primarily based around Games and Computing courses, key specialisms of the University since the 1960s. In 2021, the university invested £3.5m to increase its footprint to 31,133 sq feet, and allow the provider to expand the range of courses it has on offer for 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://universitybusiness.co.uk/headlines/staffordshire-university-to-double-size-of-london-campus/  |title=Staffordshire – University –To – Double – Size – Of – London – Campus |date=3 June 2021 |access-date= 2 September 2022|publisher=University Business}}</ref>

===Stafford and Shrewsbury ===
Nursing, midwifery, operating department practice and paramedic science courses are taught at the "Centre of Excellence" in Stafford on Blackheath Lane and at the "Centre for Health Innovation" in Shrewsbury which is situated at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

In March 2022, the university opened the £5.8 million Centre for Health Innovation.

The new Centre was part-funded by Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) via the Government’s Getting Building Fund. The LEP allocated £2.89m to the scheme to help bring forward the pioneering facility and generate further opportunity for learners and businesses in the area.

As well as being the study base for more than 2,000 student nurses, midwives, operating department practitioners and paramedics, the Centre also offers a platform for new collaborations with local business and healthcare and technology industries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.staffs.ac.uk/news/2022/03/new-5.8m-centre-for-health-innovation-in-stafford-opens-up-world-of-opportunity-for-students-business-and-industry  |title= Centre – For – Health – Innovation – in Stafford |date= 28 March 2022 |access-date= 2 September 2022|publisher= Staffordshire University}}</ref>

===Lichfield===
[[File:Lichfield Campus.jpg|thumb|right|The main entrance to the Lichfield Campus building]]
In 1998, in partnership with Tamworth and Lichfield College, the university opened a new campus in Lichfield.<ref name="staffs-lichfield">{{cite web | url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/about_us/campuses_and_maps/lichfield/ | title=Staffordshire University Lichfield Centre | publisher=Staffordshire University | access-date=29 July 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823232836/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/about_us/campuses_and_maps/lichfield/ | archive-date=23 August 2010 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Shrewsbury, Telford, and Oswestry===
This part of the university is mainly for nursing and midwifery courses, and is still part of the university despite all three settlements being located in the neighbouring county of [[Shropshire]].<ref name="staffs-shrewsbury">{{cite web | url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/about_us/campuses_and_maps/shrewsbury/ | title=Shrewsbury Campus | publisher=Staffordshire University | access-date=29 July 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624094122/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/about_us/campuses_and_maps/shrewsbury/ | archive-date=24 June 2010 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Overseas===
The university has many overseas students studying for Staffordshire University awards in Belgium, Canada, China, Vietnam, France, Greece, India, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, Spain, and Sri Lanka. The university also conducts a twinning programme with [[DISTED College]] in [[George Town, Penang|George Town]], [[Penang]], [[Malaysia]].

Staffordshire University offers programmes in Hung Yen, Ecopark Township,<ref name="BRITISH UNIVERSITY VIETNAM (BUV) – ECOPARK CAMPUS">{{cite web |title=BRITISH UNIVERSITY VIETNAM (BUV) – ECOPARK CAMPUS |url=https://ecoparks-vietnam.com/tin-tuc/dai-hoc-anh-quoc-viet-nam-buv/ |website=Ecopark Viet Nam}}</ref> Vietnam through the [[British University Vietnam]]. The university has a strong partnership with the [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]], Belgium.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}

===Halls of residence===
The university offers guaranteed accommodation for all first-year students, provided the university is their firm [[UCAS]] choice.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20230105012208/http://web-archive-sources.org/M608%20Accommodation%20Brochure_tcm44-10288.pdf]}}</ref> All accommodation is situated close to all teaching, sporting, and Union venues.

====Stafford====
The Stafford campus has its own halls of residence, Stafford Court, comprising over 264 en-suite single study bedrooms and 290 single study bedrooms with shared facilities. The various houses take their names from villages in Staffordshire: [[Brocton, Staffordshire|Brocton]], [[Derrington]], [[Eccleshall]], [[Gnosall]], [[Haughton, Staffordshire|Haughton]], [[Knightley, Staffordshire|Knightley]], [[Levedale]], [[Milwich, Staffordshire|Milwich]], [[Norbury, Staffordshire|Norbury]], [[Ranton, Staffordshire|Ranton]], [[Shugborough]] and [[Weston, Staffordshire|Weston]].

A separate block of larger flats, named after the village of [[Yarlet, Staffordshire|Yarlet]] (previously Beckett Hall), is also on the same site. This comprises an additional 51 single-study bedrooms over three floors, each accommodating 17 residents, who share a kitchen, dining room and four shower rooms. All of these halls are directly opposite the Stafford campus buildings on Weston Road.

By September 2016 only the midwifery, nursing, paramedic science, operation department practitioners and other allied and public health courses will remain at the Blackheath Lane site (Stafford) with the rest moved to Stoke.<ref name = "ST2015">The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2015, accessed 15 October 2015</ref>

====Stoke====
At Stoke, halls of residence are primarily situated on the Leek Road campus. The shared-bathroom accommodation was sponsored by various local potteries, and halls are therefore named after them, for example [[Royal Doulton]], [[Coalport#Pottery|Coalport]], [[Mintons]], [[Spode]], [[Aynsley China|Aynsley]] and [[Wedgwood]] halls.

The on-campus en-suite accommodation is contained within Clarice Cliff Court, comprising seven halls, each of about 30 students over three floors, each hall named after female ceramicists: Rachel Bishop, Eve Midwinter, [[Jessie van Hallen]], Charlotte Rhead, Jessie Tait, [[Millicent Taplin]] and [[Star Wedgwood]]. Along with the halls and en-suite, the university also offers 32 houses, known as the Leek Road Houses, each of which accommodates up to 6 people each.<ref>[http://www.staffs.ac.uk/facilities_management/accommodation/stoke/stokeoncampus.php] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201193946/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/facilities_management/accommodation/stoke/stokeoncampus.php|date=1 December 2008}}</ref>

Carlton House, Etruscan House, Caledonia Road, Queen Anne Street Flats, Cromwell Court, Church Street and Sovereign House are situated off campus. They are all within {{convert|2|km|mi|sp=us}} of the Stoke Campus, and are reserved for postgraduate and returning (second and third year) students.

The Shelton area of Stoke is where many students choose to live after their first year. The proximity of Shelton to the university and the large quantity of student accommodation has effectively turned it into a mini-student village. Alternatively, there are also the College Court Halls, which are privately run but operate in a similar way to university-run halls. They are situated opposite Hanley Park and are close to the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=College Court, Stoke-on-Trent {{!}} Why Not Take a Look? |url=https://wearehomesforstudents.com/student-accommodation/stoke-on-trent/college-court |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116224109/https://wearehomesforstudents.com/student-accommodation/stoke-on-trent/college-court |archive-date=16 November 2023 |website=We Are Homes for Students}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=College Court - Staffordshire University |url=https://www.staffs.ac.uk/student-life/accommodation/our-accommodation/college-court |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116224558/https://www.staffs.ac.uk/student-life/accommodation/our-accommodation/college-court |archive-date=16 November 2023}}</ref>

== Organisation ==
[[File:Staffordshire University coat of arms.png|thumb|Staffordshire University's coat of arms|right]]
The university restructured in 2021 and has now three academic schools, alongside the Institute of Education and Staffordshire University London.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Schools - Staffordshire University|url=https://www.staffs.ac.uk/about/schools|access-date=12 November 2021|website=www.staffs.ac.uk}}</ref>

* School of Digital, Technology and Arts
* School of Health, Science and Wellbeing
* School of Justice, Security and Sustainability
* Institute of Education
* Staffordshire University London

===Staffordshire University Services===

As of 1 April 2021, all new academic and professional services staff are employed by Staffordshire University Services - which the University describes as 'a wholly owned subsidiary company of Staffordshire University'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Rewards and Benefits - Jobs at Staffs |url=https://jobs.staffs.ac.uk/display.aspx?Id=1255 |access-date=27 April 2022 |website=jobs.staffs.ac.uk}}</ref> Staff employed by Staffordshire University Services have no access to the defined benefit [[Teachers' Pension Scheme]] and instead join a new defined contribution scheme that does not guarantee a set level of income in retirement.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 March 2022 |title=Strike called over university's 'two-tier workforce' plan |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/strike-called-over-universitys-two-tier-workforce-plan |access-date=29 April 2022 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hodgkiss |first=Samuel |date=7 April 2022 |title=Staffordshire University workers on strike this morning |url=https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/local-news/staffordshire-university-workers-strike-morning-6914800 |access-date=27 April 2022 |website=burtonmail |language=en}}</ref>

The University and College Union claimed that this would create a "two tier workforce".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Davies |first1=Ruby |last2=Byatt |first2=Flora |date=30 March 2022 |title=Picket line live: Staffordshire University academics go on strike |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/picket-line-live-staffordshire-university-6879426 |access-date=27 April 2022 |website=StokeonTrentLive |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2022, Almost three-quarters (70 per cent) of staff backed strike action over the matter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mercer |first=Ben |title=Staffordshire University staff to walk out over pension reform |url=https://www.ftadviser.com/pensions/2022/03/15/staffordshire-university-staff-to-walk-out-over-pension-reform/ |website=FTAdviser}}</ref>

== Academic profile ==

The School of Computing was originally situated at Blackheath Lane on the edge of Stafford in [[General Electric Company plc|GEC]]'s former Nelson Research Laboratory. It offered one of the first [[BSc]] courses in computing in the United Kingdom and its first major computer was a second hand [[English Electric DEUCE|DEUCE]]. The School of Computing later moved to a purpose-built building on the Beaconside campus, the Octagon, constructed in 1992 when university status had been achieved.

{{Infobox UK university rankings
| Complete = 97=
| The_Guardian = 58
| Times/Sunday_Times = 101
| THE_W = 1201–1500
| TEF = Gold
}}
The university was the first institution to introduce a single honours degree in Film, Television and Radio Studies in 1990. A new Media Centre was opened by [[Greg Dyke]] in 2005, comprising radio studios, television news desk and broadcast journalist suite.<ref name="staffs-studios">{{cite web | url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/art_and_design/journalism/studios.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223062544/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/art_and_design/journalism/studios.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 December 2012 | title=Studios & facilities | publisher=Staffordshire University | access-date=29 July 2010 }}</ref> Courses in print, broadcast and sports journalism are nationally accredited by the [[National Council for the Training of Journalists]] and the [[Broadcast Journalism Training Council]].

The Forensic Science degrees (Forensic Science, Forensic Science and Criminology and Forensic Science and Psychology) were accredited by the [[Forensic Science Society]] (FSC) in 2007, one of four universities whose courses have been acknowledged for teaching services and high academic quality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/sciences/forensic/accreditation/index.php|title=Degree Course Accreditations Faculty of Sciences|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=2 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002511/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/sciences/forensic/accreditation/index.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The Forensic theme is continued with a specialist Forensic Biology degree and on the Stafford Campus the Faculty of Computing Engineering and Technology was one of the first university faculties in the UK to offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the new field of Forensic Computing.

===League table rankings===

The university's world ranking is 1,354 in 2010, according to webometrics.info.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.webometrics.info/top12000.asp?offset=1350&zoom_highlight=Staffordshire |title=Ranking Web of World universities: Top 12,000 World Ranking |publisher=Webometrics.info |access-date=29 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611232345/http://www.webometrics.info/top12000.asp?offset=1350&zoom_highlight=Staffordshire |archive-date=11 June 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

== Student life ==

=== Students' Union ===
Staffordshire University Students' Union aims to represent students at the university. Constitutionally it is governed by the student body, who annually elect a student council which is responsible for the organisation of the Union. The day-to-day operation of the union is handled by four [[Sabbatical Officers]] and four student trustees, who are held to account by the Council. All officer positions, bar the four sabbatical officers, work on a part-time basis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.staffsunion.com/pageassets/union/policy/Union-constitution-04.pdf |title=Staffordshire University Students' Union Constitution |access-date=29 December 2010}}</ref>

=== Sports ===
Since 2007, Staffordshire University (Stoke Campus) and [[Keele University]] have engaged in an annual [[List of British and Irish varsity matches|varsity match]]. In 2013 Staffordshire University (Stafford Campus) and [[Wolverhampton University]] engaged in an annual varsity match. In 2021, the university tied up with [[Indian Super League]] club [[Odisha FC]] under the later's Education and Community partnership Program<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uni celebrates new signing with Indian Super League club|url=https://www.staffs.ac.uk/news/2021/11/uni-celebrates-new-signing-with-indian-super-league-club|access-date=19 January 2022|website=www.staffs.ac.uk|date=11 November 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Notable alumni ==
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===Academia and Science===
*[[David Bolt (disability studies)|David Bolt]], Academic specialising in literature and disability
*[[Paul Reilly (computer scientist)|Paul Reilly]], Computer scientist
*[[Zhengxu Zhao]], Scientist of space mission visualisation and control.

===Arts and Media===
*[[Peter Bebb]], special effect artist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/news/students-lego-inception-film-trailer-is-a-global-hit-tcm4247589.jsp|title=Students' Lego Inception film trailer is a global hit|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105652/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/news/students-lego-inception-film-trailer-is-a-global-hit-tcm4247589.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Ian Clark (director)|Ian Clark]], film director and screenwriter
*[[Jim Davies (musician)|Jim Davies]], Guitarist for [[The Prodigy]] and [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]]
*[[Marcus Dillistone]], Film Director and music producer
*[[Dale Vince]], green energy pioneer and boss of Ecotricity
*[[John Robb (musician)|John Robb]], journalist and musician 
*[[Alex Frost (artist)|Alex Frost]], artist
*[[Raimi Gbadamosi]], Conceptual artist
*[[Dave Gorman]], English author, comedian, and television presenter
*[[Michael Greco (actor)|Michael Greco]], Soap actor
*[[Paul Harvey (artist)|Paul Harvey]], Stuckist artist
*[[Emma Jones (journalist)|Emma Jones]], Tabloid journalist
*[[Edward Lay]], Drummer for rock band [[Editors (band)|Editors]]
*[[David Leach (potter)|David Leach]], Studio potter
*[[Russell Leetch]], Bass guitarist for rock band [[Editors (band)|Editors]]
*[[Ian McMillan (poet)|Ian McMillan]], Poet
*[[Tom Smith (Editors musician)|Tom Smith]], Lead singer for rock band [[Editors (band)|Editors]]
*[[Chris Urbanowicz]], Lead Guitarist for rock band [[Editors (band)|Editors]]

===Politics and Service===
*[[Shafie Apdal]], Chief Minister of Sabah
*[[Avdullah Hoti]], Prime Minister of Kosovo
*[[Fatmir Besimi]], Minister of the Economy of the [[Republic of Macedonia]]
*[[Michelle Brown]], UKIP Member of the National Assembly for Wales
*[[Abdul Ghafar Ismail]], Bruneian diplomat
*[[Jane Kambalame]], Malawi High Commissioner to Zimbabwe and Botswana
*[[Tim Field]], Founder of the UK National Workplace Bullying Advice Line
*[[Mike O'Brien (UK politician)|Mike O'Brien]], Former Labour MP and [[Minister of State]] for [[Department of Health (United Kingdom)|Health Services]]
*[[Jared O'Mara]], Former Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam
*[[Artane Rizvanolli]], minister of economy of [[Kosovo]]
*[[David Kwaku Ziga]], Ghanaian potter and politician

===Sports===
*Jermaine Allen, American football running back
*[[Matt Baker (footballer, born 1979)|Matt Baker]], Professional footballer
*[[Chris Beardsley]], Professional footballer<ref>{{cite news |first=Lawrie |last=Madden |title=Stevenage star is back in the big time |url=http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa/pfa-news/stevenage-star-is-back-in-the-big-time |publisher=Professional Footballers' Association |date=18 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613143826/http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa/pfa-news/stevenage-star-is-back-in-the-big-time |archive-date=13 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[James Beaumont]], Professional footballer
*[[George Berry (footballer)|George Berry]], Professional footballer and Welsh international
*[[Kate Dennison]], Pole vaulter and current British record holder
*[[Josh Gordon (footballer)|Josh Gordon]], Professional footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Staffs graduate signed by Leicester City FC |url=http://www.staffs.ac.uk/news/staffs-graduate-signed-by-leicester-city-fc-tcm4293719.jsp |website=Staffordshire University |access-date=11 August 2018 |archive-date=11 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811200126/http://www.staffs.ac.uk/news/staffs-graduate-signed-by-leicester-city-fc-tcm4293719.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[John Mayock]], Athlete and olympian
*[[Scott Minto]], Professional footballer and sports broadcaster
*[[Fabrice Muamba]], Professional footballer 
*[[Graham Shaw (footballer born 1967)|Graham Shaw]], Professional football
*[[Sam Stockley]], Professional footballer
*[[Gavin Strachan]], Professional footballer
*[[Andrew Triggs Hodge]], Olympic gold medallist and World Champion rower
*[[Mark Wallace (cricketer)|Mark Wallace]], Cricketer
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==Arts alumni==
Many famous artists produced by the [[Stoke-on-Trent College of Art|former art schools]] of Stoke-on-Trent can be regarded as alumni, as the university is the successor institution.

*[[Burslem School of Art]]
**[[William Bowyer (artist)|William Bowyer]], Artist
**[[Clarice Cliff]], Ceramic artist
**[[Susie Cooper]], Ceramic artist
**[[Jessie Tait]], Ceramic artist
**[[Sidney Tushingham]], Artist and etcher
*Fenton School of Art
**[[Charlotte Rhead]], Ceramic artist
*Stoke School of Art
**[[Arnold Machin]], Coin and stamp designer

==See also==
* [[Armorial of UK universities]]
* [[List of universities in the UK]]
* [[Post-1992 universities]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.staffs.ac.uk Staffordshire University website]
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