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Welcome from the Dean

Health is an area of major growth and investment at Keele University. New Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy started taking undergraduates in 2002 and 2006 respectively. Together with existing programmes in Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy and other health related disciplines, the total number of full time clinical students at Keele is currently about 2,000 including Foundation year and International students.

The Faculty of Health at Keele offers the broadest range of clinical undergraduate courses amongst the universities in the West Midlands. Postgraduate education and training in these disciplines is complemented by research activity that is focussed on clinical and community healthcare within the Institutes of Science & Technology in Medicine (ISTM) and Primary Care & Health Sciences (PCHS). ISTM includes laboratory research and clinical trials within the university and NHS partner hospitals. The Primary Care Institute includes the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre.

The four Schools and two Research Institutes that comprise the Faculty of Health are each based in new custom-built accommodation on the University campus, at the nearby teaching hospital (the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, UHNS link icon ) and at our associate teaching hospitals in Shrewsbury and Oswestry. UHNS itself is undergoing major redevelopment with the £400 million new hospital opening in 2012. General hospitals in Shrewsbury, Telford and Stafford and the specialist orthopaedic hospital in Oswestry together with mental health and primary care NHS Trusts covering Shropshire, Stoke and Staffordshire ensure that students receive broad clinical experience during the course of their training.

Keele's commitment to inter-disciplinary education and research is reflected by inter-professional health education at undergraduate level and research collaborations with the Faculties of Humanities and Natural Sciences, including social gerontology and clinical management groups. Local collaboration also extends to companies on the University's Science Park where around one third of the 40 businesses are related to biomedical R&D and healthcare. Development of a further 70 acres of the campus will bring expansion in facilities for the Faculty of Health as well as new opportunities for incubation and enterprise.

Professor Andy Garner
Dean, Faculty of Health