Make it Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire - Universities & Research
Our knowledge economy is based on the production, distribution and use of knowledge as the main driver of growth, wealth creation and employment, across all industries, from high tech to the apparently menial. Consequently, there is a strong reliance on a ready supply of a well-educated workforce.
Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, with its central location, is greatly suited to take advantage of this change in the way that business is conducted. There are nine main higher and further education institutions in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, including two universities and seven colleges. Other universities nearby include Aston, Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham and Warwick.
Staffordshire University has around 16,000 and Keele some 8,300 full time and part time degree students. The colleges include Stoke-on-Trent College, which has around 30,000 students, and Burton College with approximately 14,200 students. The newly created Southern Staffordshire College - the amalgamation of Tamworth and Lichfield College, Cannock Chase Technical College and Rodbaston College - has nearly 20,000 students.
Other colleges include Stafford College, the City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College, Leek College of Further Education and Newcastle-under-Lyme College.
