Staffordshire University is a connected university; connected to the need of students, academic partners, business and society. Our main City campus in Stoke-on-Trent features excellent learning and teaching facilities and good transport links. We have specialist Centres of Excellence in Healthcare Education at Stafford and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
We have been recognised with a ‘silver’ award in the 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), confirmation that we regularly exceed national standards for learning and teaching. We are also recipients of a commendation from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for our approach to engaging with industry and supporting regional development.
We aim to be a leading university for digital technologies building on our proud computing heritage and our strengths in computer games. We are connected globally and more than 20,000 people are studying Staffordshire University degrees overseas.
After years of training, focus and preparation, losing can be a devastating experience for athletes, so they need to develop a coping strategy – self-compassion is a good place to start.
Athletes who see stress as beneficial are likely to interpret moments like a knockout match in the European Championships as a challenge rather than as a threat.
It is good to read that Labour understands the need for a talent pipeline that feeds the huge potential for growth in the creative industries. But detail is lacking.
This is the moment of truth. John’s story is no longer trapped in the clinical pages of a case file. ‘I’ve lost everything,’ he says. ‘I might as well be dead.’