Social life

Many of your adventures will no-doubt involve the Students’ Union. Not just the nights out in the various Union bars, but by joining a club or society or simply taking part in the huge choice of activities that are arranged every year.

At Staffordshire University, the Students’ Union has four superb venues and hosts many major acts and events. In September 2007, the brand new Squeeze Box juice bar was also opened for alcohol-free social space.

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Probably your first proper experience of Staffordshire University, Welcome Week takes place just before the main University returns to study after the summer break. It is the time to find your way around, settle in, make new friends, join in all sorts of activities – and really begin to enjoy student life.

During Welcome Week, purple-shirted Welcome Week reps (students who have come back early), will show you around, help with your bags – and give you a great introduction to student life.

As you’d expect, Staffordshire offers a wide variety of bars and nightlife. But that’s not all. We’ve Alton Towers, the V-Festival and Trentham Gardens. Plus we’re close enough to Birmingham and Manchester for a great day out.

Get a few ideas of things to do and see in Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford and Lichfield.

Whether you're the sporty type, fancy keeping fit or just want to let off steam after a hard day studying – there are plenty of sports and leisure facilities on or around both our campuses.

We have two sports centres, Sir Stanley Matthews Sports Centre at Stoke and Beaconside Sports Centre at Stafford.

Both have fully equipped Health Connections fitness suites, multi-function sports hall and activities room plus all-weather pitches for most team sports. The centres also offer a wide range of fitness and relaxation classes to suit every level of fitness and ability.

If you'd like to be part of sporting club or pursue an interest or hobby - you can take your pick from over 80 activities. Choose from traditional sporting clubs such as football and rugby, or non-traditional like motor sport and lacrosse to societies reflecting all sorts of student interests from cheerleading, heavy metal to drama.