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RECORD RESEARCH GRANT INCOME AT KEELE
Keele's research grant income hit a record
£11.02million in the last financial year, it was announced today – up
by a massive 24 per cent on the previous 12 months.
It is the first time that the University's grant
income has reached double figures in millions and compares with
£8.9million in 2007/08.
Significantly, income from the prestigious research
councils showed an increase of 21 per cent and now represents 33 per
cent of the total grant income, while money from industry and commerce
increased by 29 per cent and funding from the EU was up by 27 per cent.
Professor Peter Jones, Pro Vice-Chancellor for
Research and Enterprise, said: "This is an exceptional success story
for Keele and I want to congratulate everyone involved in achieving
this record of £11million in grant income - it is the result of a real
team effort.
"We are now beginning to reap the benefits of the
setting up of the Research Institutes. All the RI members have put in a
terrific amount of hard work, coming up with excellent ideas and being
successful in their applications for the grants. They have been backed
up by the RI Directors and Managers, as well as by Research and
Enterprise Services and Research Finance.
"We will now be looking to build on this success and things are already looking bright for next year." |
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GENES IDENTIFIED MAY HELP BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS
Keele researchers have identified two genes which may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer patients.
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research team, which also included colleagues from Nottingham and
Cambridge universities and King's College London, is identifying and
studying genes which control whether a cell lives or dies.
They found that the survival rate for patients with
a low expression of a gene known as Fau, a tumour suppressor, is twice
as bad as for people with normal levels, while a high expression of
cancer-causing gene MELK has a similar effect.
Professor Gwyn Williams, who has been working on the
study for 20 years, said he was excited by the discovery, published in
the journal Breast Cancer Research, as it had clear real world
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AHRC STUDENTSHIP SUCCESS
 Postgraduate
student George House has been awarded a full AHRC studentship in the
competitive open Research Preparation Masters Competition. George, who
read History and Music at Keele, graduated in July 2009 with
first-class honours.
He will begin his MRes in History at the end of
September under the supervision of Dr Kathleen Cushing
(History/Research Institute for the Humanities). His research will
focus on the extent to which belief in apocalyptic eschatology was
manifested within the various forms of saintly veneration in late
tenth- and eleventh-century European medieval society. |
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CHARITY CAKE BAKE SALE
 The
first Charity Cake Bake Sale organised by the Research and Enterprise
Services Social Committee has raised more than £250 for Barnardo's
Children's Charity.
The 2009 Cake Bake Master of Keele University is
Vanessa Hooper, who baked the Ultimate Lemon Cake, while the 2009
People's Choice award went to Yvonne Lomax and Helen Farrell, who baked
the Safe House Gingerbread cake.
Kevin Mattinson, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Community and Partnerships) was the official cake bake adjudicator. |
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PROSTATE CANCER CHARITY TOUR RIDE
 Stuart
McBain (Medical School) and Peter Hooper (Research & Enterprise
Services) joined more than 1,000 cyclists in a charity ride to raise
funds for the Prostate Cancer Charity. They chose the most challenging
90-mile route, starting and finishing at the Britannia Stadium and
taking in all the longest and steepest hills in North Staffordshire,
including parts of the Peak District. They were happy to get to
the finish line in just over six hours. If you would like to donate
please e-mail p.hooper@uso.keele.ac.uk with your pledge.
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UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE CELEBRATES IN STYLE AT KEELE HALL
This week the University Hospital of North
Staffordshire celebrated the excellence of their staff with an awards
dinner at Keele Hall.
Following a drinks reception in the Great Hall, more
than 250 doctors, nurses, administrative staff, support staff and many
more professions came together to applaud some of the outstanding work
done to help patients.
Eight awards were given out to individuals or teams
that had gone the extra mile to improve the care the people of North
Staffordshire receive at their hospital. Attendees then enjoyed a
buffet meal after which they danced the night away to the disco
entertainment.
The celebratory cake for the event was prepared and decorated by Chris Corbishley, Keele's resident chocolatier. |
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HERITAGE OPEN DAY AT KEELE
Hundreds of visitors explored Keele's historic campus at part of the national Heritage Open Day scheme on Sunday.
Visitors toured Grade II listed Keele Hall and viewed the Raven
Mason collection of ironstone ceramics. Curator Harry Frost provided a
free identification service for any ceramic items belonging to members
of the public.
Keele's chapel, the UK's first purpose-built ecumenical place of
worship, was also open and there were guided tours of Keele's arboretum. |
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HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY POSTER PRIZE WIN
Natalie Zadurian, of the Research Institute for
Primary Care and Health Sciences, attended the Division of Health
Psychology Annual Conference in Birmingham to present a poster from her
PhD work, entitled 'An investigation of cognitive and behavioural
coping among primary care low back pain patients'.
She answered questions from experienced psychologists
and beat many other researchers to receive the Division of Health
Psychology Conference 2009 *Poster Prize for outstanding content and
presentation* of her poster.
Natalie received a certificate, a book signed by the author and a year's subscription to the journal 'Psychology & Health'.
NEW APPOINTMENT
The following academic appointment commenced in post this week:
SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
Dr Jane Hunt, Lecturer in Counselling/ Counselling Psychology, who
was previously a Lecturer in Counselling at the University of
Salford.
KEELE CAMPUS PERFECT FOR HCPT ONE-DAY CONFERENCE
The Handicapped Children's Pilgrimage Trust which organises trips
for more than 5,000 children a year to the shrine at Lourdes in the
foothills of the Pyrenees used Keele campus to bring together members
from across the UK.
Chancellor's Building provided the perfect hub for day time
activities; the Westminster Theatre and pool rooms were utilised for
sessions during the day with meals being taken in Comus restaurant. The
convenience of the accommodation within The Oaks and Lindsay Court met
the needs of the charity perfectly both pre- and post- event. They also
used the Chapel for Mass to end the conference.
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