College Road
Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DE

Tel 01782 292 753

admissions@staffs.ac.uk

www.staffs.ac.uk

Sunday Times ranking 79 (81)

Teaching excellence 57.1%

Student satisfaction 74.8%

Head teacher ranking 102= (111=)

Peer ranking 91= (98)

Research quality 16%

A/AS-level points 248

A-levels for entry 60%

Unemployment 8.7%

Firsts and 2:1s 50.3%

Student/staff ratio 18.1:1

Dropout rate 19% (18%)

Undergraduates 8,492 (3,337)

Postgraduates 1,101 (2,271)

Teaching staff 514

Applications/places 13,634/2,659; 5.1:1 (-3.1%)

Clearing entry 15%

Bursaries 40%: £350-£1,300

Scholarships: None

EU/overseas 1.1%/3.5%

Mature 25.9%

State school 98%

Lowest social classes 37%

Low-participation areas 24%

Live in 25% (100%) £55-£80

With halls of residence rates from just £55 a week, your student pound goes a lot further at Staffordshire. Straightforward bursary support from the university also helps stretch study funds: those on the full maintenance grant get £1,300 per year, dropping by £300 if the household income is up to £21,500 and down to £500 for up to £38,330. Students on HND (higher national diploma) and foundation courses also qualify for help if they receive means-tested grants.

Staffordshire has a strong reputation for widening access to higher education. It draws most (64%) of its students from the local area and runs a priority application scheme for people studying or living in Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire.

The university’s fast-track two-year degree courses received praise this year from higher education minister Bill Rammell, who said: “Staffordshire University is a really good example of a university that is working creatively to meet the needs of future and potential students”, and that “fast-track degrees are certainly no easy option”.

Rare, a Twycross-based games design company whose titles include Perfect Dark and Kameo, is to base its new motion capture studio on campus, giving games design students the opportunity to work with top industry teams. The spotlight has also been on forensic science. The university hosted the first regional conference in the field last year and is developing courses for the police, airport fire services and other security agencies.

Work will start later this year on the development of a £200m “university quarter”, a project of education-led regeneration for the region.

Open days October 10; November 17.

Student view Shafqat Ali, president of the students’ union:

USP Students rave about the services and support available.

Worst feature A lack of car parking.

Location Two campuses with bus services running between them.

Social scene Fashion shows, sports, lots of live music; something for everyone.

Rated excellent (12) Allied health professions (health visiting, specialist nursing practice); art and design; economics; geography; hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport and tourism; law; molecular biosciences; nursing and midwifery; organismal biosciences; philosophy; psychology; teacher training.

Degree of student satisfaction: 74.8%

Sports Science 87.5; Law 81.3; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 81.1; Physical Science 80.8; Biology and related Sciences 80.1; Communications and Information studies 78.6; Media studies 77.1; Psychology 76.6; Social Work 75.5; Art and Design 73.1; Computer Science 68.3; Business 68.2; Nursing 66.3; Technology 66.2; English-based studies 65.7

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