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Managing the risks of fracking
Posted on 07 December 2012
Professor Peter Styles gave the inaugural UCD Earth Institute Public Seminar at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Recognition for Environment & Sustainability BSc Programme
Posted on 16 November 2012
Keele University was one of the finalists at the Green Gown Awards 2012 in the 'courses' category.
Richard Waller & Ian Stimpson involved in HEA work on supporting transitions and fieldwork
Posted on 13 November 2012
Richard Waller and Ian Stimpson attended the first meeting of a HEA "Special Interest Group" on Transitions that is looking at the challenges students face when moving from school or college to university and the ways in which this transition can be supported.
Peter Styles at expert workshop
Posted on 09 November 2012
Peter Styles to give presentation on induced seismicity at an EC organised expert workshop
Zoe Robinson awarded prestigious National Teaching Fellowship
Posted on 12 October 2012
Dr Zoe Robinson has been awarded one of the prestigious National Teaching Fellowships
Sami Ullah in £2.5m UK Research Council Grant
Posted on 11 June 2012
Dr Sami Ullah is part of a successful consortium grant titled "Analysis and simulation of long-term/large-scale interactions of C, N and P in UK land, freshwater and atmosphere".
Geophysics team wins teaching award
Posted on 25 May 2012
Geophysics team receive Teaching excellence Award
Clare Holdsworth gets HEA Doctoral Programme Award
Posted on 25 May 2012
Prof. Clare Holdsworth has been awarded an HEA Doctoral Programme award. Her research and teaching expertise is in youth studies and she is particularly interested in the spatial context of youth transitions.
Educational Egaming at STEM 2012
Posted on 20 April 2012
Complementary learning technologies pioneered in SPGS presented at 1st National STEM Conference Imperial College, London
Peter Styles co-authors major report on fracking
Posted on 20 April 2012
Professor Peter Styles hit the headlines this week after he jointly authored a report on the controversial gas extraction method, fracking, which triggered two earth tremors near Blackpool last year.
Dr Zoe Robinson has been appointed as Director of Education for Sustainability
Posted on 23 March 2012
Dr Zoe Robinson has been appointed as Director of Education for Sustainability, to provide the lead for integrating sustainability into the Keele curriculum and student experience.
Dr Jamie Pringle awarded the William Smith Fund for 2012
Posted on 23 March 2012
Dr Jamie Pringle, Lecturer in the School of Physical Sciences & Geography, has been awarded the William Smith Fund for 2012 from the Geological Society of London (founded in 1807).
Nigel Cassidy promoted to Reader
Posted on 06 March 2012
Nigel Cassidy has been promoted to Reader.
Holocaust Archaeology research
Posted on 21 February 2012
Caroline Study-Colls (Staffordshire University) presents results from her Holocaust Archaeology research.
A rock for every day
Posted on 08 February 2012
Dr Ian Stimpson has been featured in the news section of 'Science' magazine for his project to photograph a rock for every day for 2012.
Pete Styles briefs journalists on fracking
Posted on 13 January 2012
Pete Styles briefed journalists on seismic activity and methane leakage from shale gas extraction
'Best talk' prize at Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group meeting
Posted on 11 January 2012
Keele graduate Katie Preece won the prize for 'best talk' in her session at the recent meeting of the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group.
Michael Kelly wins awards at Conference
Posted on 09 January 2012
Michael Kelly won the 2012 Mike Coward Prize for the Best Postgraduate Talk and the 2012 Shell Prize for Best Overall Presenter at the Tectonic Studies Group Annual Conference.
Euro honour for Nigel Cassidy
Posted on 06 January 2012
Nigel Cassidy to represent "Best of Near-surface Geophysics 2011".
Pete Styles Keynote Speaker at International Conference
Posted on 06 January 2012
Professor Peter Styles was the keynote speaker at the First International Conference on Engineering Geophysics held in Abu Dhabi.
GGE members at the British Sedimentology Research Group's Annual Meeting
Posted on 05 January 2012
Four GGE members attended the British Sedimentology Research Group's Annual Meeting at Imperial College London.
Jamie Pringle on BBC 4
Posted on 04 January 2012
Dr Jamie Pringle was featured in a BBC 4 'Science of Decay' documentary.

