Staffordshire Business School takes bold steps towards a sustainable and digital future

Staffordshire Business School is launching new future-facing degrees as part of Staffordshire University’s ambition to be the foremost digital University in the UK.

Staffordshire Business School is launching new future-facing degrees as part of Staffordshire University’s ambition to be the foremost digital University in the UK.

Central to this is the development of four bespoke awards for launch in September 2021, which will be delivered in new ways with a view to developing students for careers of the future.

• BA (Hons) Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• BA (Hons) Business Management and Sustainability 
• BA (Hons) Digital and Social Media Marketing 
• BA (Hons) Finance and Business Enterprise

In designing the new courses, the University has responded to student and employer feedback which values interdisciplinary graduates who are forward-thinking and solutions-focused.

The new modular learning method allows students to deep-dive into an exciting and industry-relevant set of modules and to immerse themselves fully in one aspect of their studies at a time.

Angela Lawrence, Associate Dean for Recruitment in Staffordshire Business School, said: “This is progressive and exciting. It’s critical that our students are able to respond positively to global and societal challenges and for that reason the themes of digital, sustainability and entrepreneurship are central to all of our new awards.”

Andrew Proctor, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Digital) at Staffordshire University, added: “The launch of the new courses fits nicely with our new Catalyst building which will bring new cohorts into contact with the employers we work with in a really modern contemporary space, mirroring the business environment and digital facilities found in global companies.”

The four-storey Catalyst building is currently taking shape on the University’s Leek Road site and, once complete, the £40m flagship will act as a hub for employers and a study site for students on Staffordshire Business School courses and those undertaking degree and higher level apprenticeships.  

Employability skills are embedded in each of the new degrees and students will also acquire industry-recognised micro-credentials to help them excel in a digital world.

All four new undergraduate courses can be studied full or part time, all with placement opportunities, and two courses are available to study as accelerated degrees. Prospective students can find out more by booking a place at the University's virtual Open Day on Saturday 5 December.

Maria Scrivens

Communications Manager

t: 01782 294375

m: 07766 520339

e: m.c.scrivens@staffs.ac.uk

Staffordshire University is the Connected University; connected to the needs 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 Shrewsbury.  

We were recognised with a Gold award in the 2019 Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) for delivering consistently outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for students.  

We have been shortlisted for University of the Year at the THE Awards 2020 and were named ‘Midlands University of the Year’ at the Midlands Business Awards 2020. 
 
Staffordshire University has signed up to the Civic University Agreement, pledging to play a leading role in improving the regional economy and enhancing quality of life in local communities. We were recognised in the top 15 for social inclusion in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. We aim to be a leading university for digital technologies building on our proud computing heritage and in 2019 launched Staffordshire University London’s Digital Institute which is committed to preparing students for careers in new and emerging tech industries. 

We are a Top 250 Young University (Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2020) and are connected globally, with more than 11,000 people studying Staffordshire University degrees overseas.

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