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Yahoo
15-04-2025
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King appoints new lord-lieutenant for county
The next lord-lieutenant of Staffordshire has been appointed by King Charles III. Prof Elizabeth Barnes will take up the role on 15 July when the current lord-lieutenant, Sir Ian Dudson, retires, the county council confirmed. She will be the King's representative in the county and her duties will include overseeing royal visits and award presentations. Prof Barnes was previously vice chancellor of the University of Staffordshire and a board member of the Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership before she was appointed deputy lieutenant in 2020. She said it would be a "huge honour" to represent the King in the county where she was born and raised. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Flags at half-mast for former Lord Lieutenant Business award named after former Lord Lieutenant Lord Lieutenant deputy resigns over Tory leaflet 'Dedicated' vice lord-lieutenant bows out Staffordshire County Council
BBC News
15-04-2025
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- BBC News
King Charles appoints Staffordshire's next lord-lieutenant
The next lord-lieutenant of Staffordshire has been appointed by King Charles Elizabeth Barnes will take up the role on 15 July when the current lord-lieutenant, Sir Ian Dudson, retires, the county council will be the King's representative in the county and her duties will include overseeing royal visits and award Barnes was previously vice chancellor of the University of Staffordshire and a board member of the Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership before she was appointed deputy lieutenant in 2020. She said it would be a "huge honour" to represent the King in the county where she was born and raised. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
07-04-2025
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Staffordshire students feel "cheated" over graduation venue change
More than 1,000 students have signed a petition against a change of venue for their graduation University of Staffordshire has decided to move the event from the Grade II-listed King's Hall in Stoke-on-Trent to the £40m Catalyst building on campus in the students against the plan have argued that the university-owned building would not be as prestigious a venue to hold the officials said hosting the graduation on campus would make travel easier and would also mean ground-level access for all attendees. Student Sophie Grainger-Baird said she felt "cheated" by the change from the ornate Victorian building and that the day would not be as special for her in the new venue."Graduation has been a motivation for me; the fact that I have an end goal in sight is a reason for me to keep going," she said."I feel I have been cheated. I've been tempted to not show up and not graduate."She believed the university had taken the decision without the students in mind."We're just money to them," she added. Student Amy Fern, who has also signed the petition, recalled her first day at the university. "They bring everyone into the King's Hall; they say this is where you start and this is where you will graduate in three years time once you have done your degree," she felt the university had broken that promise that they had made to students on the first day."We were sold the promise on our first day that we were going to graduate at the King's Hall, and now the university have gone back on that promise," she added. A university spokesperson said it had received feedback relating to accessibility and travel and had worked with the Students' Union to improve its graduation added by hosting graduation on campus, the university was able to remove the need for coaches and ensure ground-level access for all attendees."The Catalyst was designed to host major university events, and we are proud to continue using it for that purpose," they said."It provides a sustainable, accessible, and fitting venue for one of the most important occasions in the academic calendar."They said they were confident the decision would enable them to deliver a memorable graduation celebration. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
