STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY

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The Stoke-on-Trent Regional College of Art was one of three colleges that merged in 1971 to form North Staffordshire Polytechnic, later renamed Staffordshire Polytechnic and now Staffordshire University. The College of Art achieved Regional Art College status after the Second World War. it was formed from three of the Potteries’ art schools.

Burslem School of Art

Longton
The Departments of Ceramics and Fashion and Textiles were housed in the Sutherland Institute, Longton. In 1962 the Advanced Diploma in Art & Design (Ceramics) was offered by the Stoke-on-Trent Regional College of Art. Later, with the merger of the National Council for Diplomas in Art & Design and the Council for National Academic Awards, this was to become the first Master of Arts (MA) postgraduate course in North Staffordshire Polytechnic.

Stoke-on-Trent College of Art
The Stoke College of Art at the Herbert Minton Building in London Road from the mid-1850s. In 1964 Graphic Design and Printing moved to the Technical College site in Stoke, the current Staffordshire University College Road campus. Printing education was a key feature of the Stoke School and many advances in ceramic transfer printing were first developed there.