Pre-learning
The university provides academic resources such as libraries, writing centres, tutoring services, and study groups. Get to know what is available to you and take advantage of these resources to enhance your learning experience.
General advice and guidance at the start of your academic journey:
TED Talks
Movie Suggestions
- The Last Dance
- The Insider
- The Gods must be crazy
- The Negotiator
- Capitalism: A love story
- Deepwater Horizon
- Erin Brockovich
- The Social Network
- The Internship
Book Suggestions
- The Corporation (by Joel Bakan)
- Confessions of an Economic Hitman (Book by John Perkins)
- Animal Farm (George Orwell)
School Blog
We have a large selection of blogs written by both staff and students for you to browse through. They cover a wide variety of topics such as student projects, study trips, staff research, business advice and even where to go for great food in the local area.
https://blogs.staffs.ac.uk/business/
Foundation year pre-learning
The university provides academic resources such as libraries, writing centres, tutoring services, and study groups. Get to know what is available to you and take advantage of these resources to enhance your learning experience.
General advice and guidance at the start of your academic journey:
TED Talks
- How failure cultivates resilience
In his research for NASA, clinical psychologist Raphael Rose discovered that failure is key to creating resilience. He explains how leaning into trials and setbacks builds the emotional callouses that help us value what's good in life.
Raphael Rose: How failure cultivates resilience | TED Talk
- The era of open innovation
In this deceptively casual talk, Charles Leadbeater weaves a tight argument that innovation isn't just for professionals anymore. Passionate amateurs, using new tools, are creating products and paradigms that companies can't.
Charles Leadbeater: The era of open innovation | TED Talk
School Blog
We have a large selection of blogs written by both staff and students for you to browse through. They cover a wide variety of topics such as student projects, study trips, staff research, business advice and even where to go for great food in the local area.
https://blogs.staffs.ac.uk/business/