TEACHING
QUALITY
Staffordshire University
101
st
NATIONAL
RANK
RANK
58.5%
FIRSTS
2:1s
2:1s
80.8%
COMPLETION
RATE
RATE
Key Stats
n/a
77th
STUDENT
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
110th=
RESEARCH
QUALITY
QUALITY
105th
GRADUATE
PROSPECTS
PROSPECTS
Contact details
ADDRESS
College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2DE View on map >
Telephone
Email
Website
Open days
October 4 (Shrewsbury only)
University Profile
Staffordshire is to concentrate most of its activities on Stoke-on-Trent and by September 2016, only the highly-rated nursing and midwifery degrees and other courses in paramedic and public health will remain on the Stafford campus.
Timescales are still to be finalised but students beginning degrees in computing and entertainment technology in 2015 may start their courses in Stafford and move after the first year.
Professor Michael Gunn, the vice-chancellor, said concentration made economic sense and would offer the best possible student experience. “Students generally show a preference for an edge-of-city campus with brilliant learning and teaching facilities, good public transport links and social activities – all of which we have in Stoke-on-Trent.”
Staffordshire’s engineering provision has already moved to Stoke last year and the university is planning further development there. The aim is to create an award-winning, teaching-led university by 2017, with a focus on employability, enterprise and entrepreneurialism.
The reorganisation follows a review of the university’s academic portfolio. A £30m science block opened on the Stoke campus in 2012 in order to create a focal point to help drive
Staffordshire is at the heart of Stoke’s University Quarter project, which is designed to transform the South Sheldon area as well as encouraging greater participation in higher education. The university has made a commitment to students and employers through the Staffordshire Graduate programme to ensure that, alongside their academic learning, all students are equipped with employability skills. From 2015-16 for the first time, fees for all undergraduate courses will be £9,000.
The university’s two main existing sites both have modern halls of residence, sports centres and lively students’ union venues. Some £12m has already been invested in the Stoke campus to create a more attractive study environment with dedicated student spaces, exhibition areas, cafes and landscaping. Much larger sums will follow to ensure that the campus can comfortably accommodate the extra students.
There is a 25-acre nature reserve – part of the university’s sustained green commitment – as well as a business village offering affordable business space for start-up companies. The teacher training programmes, which rank in the top 30 in the Good Teacher Training guide, are based on a third site in Lichfield.
The site houses an integrated further and higher education centre, developed in partnership with South Staffordshire College, as well as business start-up units.
There are also 15,000 students taking Staffordshire courses outside the UK, almost half of them located around the Pacific Rim. They now make up more than a third of the university’s global intake, adding to a growing cohort of international students on the university’s UK campuses.
Staffordshire is a pioneer of two-year fast-track degrees, which are now offered in accounting and finance, computing science, business, English and law. There already was an extensive portfolio of two-year Foundation degrees, largely taught by the university’s UK partners, which include the National Design Academy.
With almost all of its undergraduates state-educated and 44% coming from working-class homes Staffordshire exceeds all the benchmarks for the breadth of its intake. There is good provision for students with disabilities and more than one undergraduate in five comes from areas with little participation in higher education, one of the biggest proportions in the country.
The downside is the dropout rate, which, although improving, was projected at more than 18% in the latest survey - well above the national average for the university’s courses and entry qualifications.
Staffordshire entered only a small proportion of its academics for the last research assessments, but has made a larger submission to the Research Excellence Framework, whose results are due at the end of 2014. Applied research has led to the development of new products in markets as diverse as medical technology and recycling.
Stoke is not the liveliest city of its size, but the University Quarter is attracting more social and leisure facilities. The campus is within easy reach of the city centre and has a buzzing students’ union. Stafford is the more attractive setting and offers a better chance of a residential place, but the town is quiet and the campus is a mile and a half outside it.
Sports facilities are good and will see more investment as numbers on the Stoke campus rise. Good coaching has helped attract some outstanding athletes, who have access to a sports performance centre to help with training schedules, psychological support and dietary assessments.
Timescales are still to be finalised but students beginning degrees in computing and entertainment technology in 2015 may start their courses in Stafford and move after the first year.
Professor Michael Gunn, the vice-chancellor, said concentration made economic sense and would offer the best possible student experience. “Students generally show a preference for an edge-of-city campus with brilliant learning and teaching facilities, good public transport links and social activities – all of which we have in Stoke-on-Trent.”
Staffordshire’s engineering provision has already moved to Stoke last year and the university is planning further development there. The aim is to create an award-winning, teaching-led university by 2017, with a focus on employability, enterprise and entrepreneurialism.
The reorganisation follows a review of the university’s academic portfolio. A £30m science block opened on the Stoke campus in 2012 in order to create a focal point to help drive
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up the numbers of young people in the region opting to study science, maths and engineering subjects, where career prospects are good.Staffordshire is at the heart of Stoke’s University Quarter project, which is designed to transform the South Sheldon area as well as encouraging greater participation in higher education. The university has made a commitment to students and employers through the Staffordshire Graduate programme to ensure that, alongside their academic learning, all students are equipped with employability skills. From 2015-16 for the first time, fees for all undergraduate courses will be £9,000.
There is a 25-acre nature reserve – part of the university’s sustained green commitment – as well as a business village offering affordable business space for start-up companies. The teacher training programmes, which rank in the top 30 in the Good Teacher Training guide, are based on a third site in Lichfield.
The site houses an integrated further and higher education centre, developed in partnership with South Staffordshire College, as well as business start-up units.
There are also 15,000 students taking Staffordshire courses outside the UK, almost half of them located around the Pacific Rim. They now make up more than a third of the university’s global intake, adding to a growing cohort of international students on the university’s UK campuses.
Staffordshire is a pioneer of two-year fast-track degrees, which are now offered in accounting and finance, computing science, business, English and law. There already was an extensive portfolio of two-year Foundation degrees, largely taught by the university’s UK partners, which include the National Design Academy.
With almost all of its undergraduates state-educated and 44% coming from working-class homes Staffordshire exceeds all the benchmarks for the breadth of its intake. There is good provision for students with disabilities and more than one undergraduate in five comes from areas with little participation in higher education, one of the biggest proportions in the country.
The downside is the dropout rate, which, although improving, was projected at more than 18% in the latest survey - well above the national average for the university’s courses and entry qualifications.
Staffordshire entered only a small proportion of its academics for the last research assessments, but has made a larger submission to the Research Excellence Framework, whose results are due at the end of 2014. Applied research has led to the development of new products in markets as diverse as medical technology and recycling.
Stoke is not the liveliest city of its size, but the University Quarter is attracting more social and leisure facilities. The campus is within easy reach of the city centre and has a buzzing students’ union. Stafford is the more attractive setting and offers a better chance of a residential place, but the town is quiet and the campus is a mile and a half outside it.
Sports facilities are good and will see more investment as numbers on the Stoke campus rise. Good coaching has helped attract some outstanding athletes, who have access to a sports performance centre to help with training schedules, psychological support and dietary assessments.
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Detailed Statistics
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE
CATEGORY
SCORE
RANK
Ranking
-
101 (108)
Student experience
81.2
77th
Research quality
1
110th=
Ucas entry points
273
117th
Graduate prospects
55.9
105th
Firsts and 2:1s
58.5
102nd=
Completion rate
80.8
100th=
Student-staff ratio
17.7:1
62nd=
Services/facilities spend (£)
1,416
77th=
VITAL STATISTICS
Undergraduates
(Full-time)
10,470
Undergraduates
(Part-time)
7,010
Postgraduates
(Full-time)
1,100
Postgraduates
(Part-time)
2,440
Applications/places
16,065/3,700
Applications/places ratio
4.3:1
STUDENT CITIES
Mel Ramsay, students’ union president
We have massive introductions at the halls where students meet everyone they will be living with.
You don’t get the city feel because Stoke is a bunch of towns shoved together, but our campus is a breath of fresh air in terms of activity.
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Cost of living
Nightlife
Transport
Culture
ACCOMMODATION
FEES
UK/EU fees
£9,000
Fees (placement year)
£1,200
Fees (international)
£10,000
Finance website
Graduate salaries
£18,073
BURSARIES/SCHOLARSHIPS
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Students from deprived areas and with lowest household incomes, 500 bursaries of £200 cash and £800 accommodation discount or support for travel costs or institutional services in year 1; £100 and £400 in years 2 and 3.
SPORT
Sports points/rank
208, 87th
Sport website
Student satisfaction
89.2%
88.2%
86.6%
85.9%
85.0%
82.1%
82.1%
81.1%
80.7%
80.7%
80.2%
79.0%
78.6%
78.5%
77.5%
76.8%