West Midlands Minister Ian Austin is pictured at Staffordshire University in January 2009 announcing £36 million of funding from Advantage West Midlands towards Stoke-on-Trent's planned £282 million University Quarter which will transform the area between Stoke Railway Station and the city centre and involve Staffordshire University, the City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College and Stoke-on-Trent College.