2019

Olly Robertson writes for The Conversation UK.

A Keele student is celebrating success after taking the top spot in a gruelling outdoor cycling competition, after almost giving up the sport for good just a few years ago

Professor Ken Rotenberg writes for The Conversation UK.

Professor Richard Luther, former Dean of Internationalisation and Emeritus Professor of Comparative Politics, recently travelled across China to present research into Western political party competition and to discuss the global economic and developmental issues faced by China and Europe.

We’re proud to announce that two Keele academics have been named in the Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list from the Web of Science Group.

Keele students have donated their time and raised money to help the most vulnerable people in the local area.

A Keele University astrophysicist is joining colleagues from around the world to lend his expertise to a new mission run by the European Space Agency (ESA).

Keele alumnus Stephen Barber has held a variety of roles since graduating from Keele in 2006, culminating in his current position as Communications Manager for BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.

Professor Helen Parr and Professor Ken Rotenberg comment in The Conversation UK article.

From headlines about painkillers and climate change to the discovery of one of the hottest exoplanets, and new studies on back pain and cancer treatments, Keele research has made global headlines this year.

Keele scientists are developing a new chemical probe to study the spread of cancer cells.

A new national network has been established to ensure that the UK retains and improves its place as a centre for world-leading research.

Keele University recently marked the 10th anniversary of its partnership with Santander Universities with a celebratory event attended by students, graduates and businesses who have benefitted from the collaboration over the past decade.

Professor Helen Parr writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele Business School student Elliott Lancaster has been shortlisted for the British Education Awards in recognition of his academic results and extra-curricular success.

Volunteers plant 300 trees on Keele campus to help combat climate change.

Dr Rohan Kapitany writes for The Conversation UK.

A global research team has highlighted shortfalls in the World Health Organisation's influenza strategy.

Keele University’s Professor Zoe Robinson has been recognised as one of the most innovative educators in the UK, as a runner-up in the ‘Most Innovative Teacher of the Year’ at the prestigious Times Higher Education Awards 2019.

Rachel Lee writes for The Conversation UK.

Matthew Harris writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University is celebrating success at this year’s prestigious Green Gown Awards which honour sustainability in higher education.

Keele’s School of Social, Political and Global Studies has appointed a new Honorary Professor of Practice to support cohesion, equality and policy development in a number of its courses.

A Keele psychology student has set up a campaign to help the homeless following a placement year with a local charity.

Keele University's School of Psychology has climbed in the global rankings.

Keele commemorates periodic table anniversary with illuminating display

Keele University has launched its third Keele Deal, with a focus on regional and national healthcare priorities.

Keele has been ranked in the UK Top 3 universities for business and administrative courses in a recent survey.

Dr Allison Gardner writes for The Conversation UK.

The Chief Executive of Health Education England has been appointed to a new role as Professor of Global Healthcare Workforce and Strategy at Keele University.

Keele hosts inspirational Holocaust survivor's talk for school pupils from Stoke-on-Trent area.

Dr Griff Round writes for The Conversation UK.

Matthew Radburn and Professor Clifford Stott write for The Conversation UK.

Keele University is lighting up to mark the 150th anniversary of the periodic table, one of the most crucial aspects of modern science.

Stoking Curiosity, a free ‘festival of ideas’ that aims to build a community of curious people in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, is returning this November.

Keele has been ranked in the UK Top 10 for postgraduate research experience.

A Keele professor has taken up a new post on an international steering committee designed to coordinate astrophysics research from universities around the world.

A Keele chemist has been awarded a major grant to investigate soil monitoring techniques to help improve the rising problem of food security.

Dr Gemma Loomes writes for The Conversation UK.

Professor Peter Styles writes for The Conversation UK.

Social science and education subjects at Keele University have been ranked among some of the best in the world in a prestigious global ranking.

Professor Alannah Tomkins writes for The Conversation UK.

A cross-faculty research team from Keele University has received £4.6 million from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to lead a global study investigating the social impact of a neglected tropical disease.

Dr Forough Ramezankhah writes for The Conversation UK.

The closest you’ve ever come to a vampire bat may be a Halloween decoration.

Professor Shane O’Neill visited Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) recently to welcome the new cohort of students on to the shared undergraduate programme that was launched last year.

Professor Helen Parr writes for the Conversation UK.

Keele University’s Dr Pawas Bisht, Lecturer in Media, Communications and Culture, is holding an event in Stoke-on-Trent to celebrate creativity in later life as part of the Economic and Social Research Council’s UK-wide Festival of Social Sciences.

Keele is one of the first universities in the UK to sign up to “The Voter Registration Pledge’’ initiative, encouraging young people to register to vote.

Dr Neil Archer writes for The Conversation UK.

A new policing project being coordinated by a Keele academic is set to help the way that football matches are policed and stewarded.

Keele celebrates a century of women in the legal profession

Researchers have found a crucial enzyme in tuberculosis (TB) to target, allowing the development of new treatments to help fight against the disease's drug resistance.

Marriott International is set to open a new hotel on campus at the end of 2020.

Keele’s Professor Robert Ladrech joined a climate justice initiative in New York City to help propose solutions to ‘environmental injustice’ to the United Nations Climate Change Summit 2019.

Dr Deirdre McKay writes for The Conversation UK.

A marine life study on the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands will assess how climate change and overfishing threaten the Southern Ocean’s ecosystems.

Dog theft has a devastating impact on people and families and is a known gateway to animal cruelty and extortion. Yet very few criminals get caught, let alone charged.

A literature academic from Keele University is helping to preserve the legacy of one of history’s most famous authors by editing a compendium of his personal letters.

Keele ranked in UK Top 10 for Student Experience

The backlash against the backlash has begun. Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Todd Phillips of Hangover trilogy fame, has opened to conflicting reviews and negative press.

Keele University is celebrating a new partnership with one of Indonesia’s top-tier research universities which will create new opportunities for research collaboration.

Researchers at Keele University have launched an innovative study to improve care for patients who manage long-term pain using opioids.

Literature academics from Keele University are opening an innovative “Poetry Pharmacy” to dispense literary “first aid” as a way of bringing the therapeutic benefits of poetry to the local community and to support mental health.

A research centre that brings together leading expertise from the West Midlands to address some of the most demanding pressures on health services in the region launches today.

Composer Dr Manuella Blackburn, who recently joined Keele University as Lecturer in Music Technology and Media, has been elected to the council of the Royal Musical Association (RMA).

Cardiology research undertaken by Keele University and University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been on show at major international cardiology events in over 15 different countries this year alone.

Dr Maria Flood writes for The Conversation UK.

Dr Islam Sobhy writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University is delighted to welcome Professor Dawn Scott to her new role as Head of the School of Life Sciences.

Keele University campus to become Europe’s first smart energy centre

Keele University has been awarded University Enterprise Zone (UEZ) status, heralding a new era for what is already the highest value employment site of its kind in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.

Hydrogen trial at Keele could dramatically cut UK’s carbon emissions

Keele University and Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council are working together on climate sustainability to reduce the region’s carbon footprint.

Keele University has been granted planning permission to generate 80% of its own electricity through solar and wind power.

I am scared of climate change and the fact that a lot of adults aren’t taking it seriously – do you think politicians will take action and try to save what we have left? – Carolina, aged 15, Santiago de Chile.

A new concordat has been established identifying the necessary conditions for researchers to flourish and help deliver the UK’s economic and industrial strategies.

A Professor of General Practice Research from the School of Primary, Community and Social Care at Keele University was awarded a category prize at the BMA annual book awards recently.

Participants engaging in painful religious ritual had higher psychological wellbeing.

Students from Keele University have taken part in a new programme, bringing students, global employers and Keele alumni together in London to explore graduate career opportunities.

Over 50 local students attended a four-day residential summer school at Keele University.

A Keele academic has been awarded $45,000 by the National Endowment for the Humanities for a collaborative project with the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Pennsylvania.

Keele has joined more than 200 organisations and news outlets from around the world that have signed up for Covering Climate Now, a media collaboration devoted to covering global climate emergency news.

Professor Aristotle Kallis writes for The Conversation UK.

Researchers at Keele have been awarded £1.8million from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to investigate if an NHS procedure for chronic severe low back pain can provide pain relief.

Michael McCluskey writes for The Conversation UK

Keele University’s Professor Zoe Robinson has been shortlisted for ‘Most Innovative Teacher of the Year’ at the national Times Higher Education Awards 2019

Student midwives from Keele University have been praised for their professionalism following their contribution to recent international research.

Dr David Ballantyne writes for The Conversation UK.

Arts Council England has invested more than £1million in leadership development in the region to develop creative leaders.

Violent extremist ideologies are becoming more widespread, globally.

Keele University has received a Silver Employer Recognition Scheme award from the Ministry of Defence in recognition of its work to support the armed forces community.

A new study has provided evidence that antibiotic usage is associated with an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.

Dr Sophie Allen, a lecturer in philosophy at Keele University, will be appearing at the How the Light Gets In festival in London on Saturday 21 September.

Keele University will play a crucial role in helping local people engage with the arts thanks to a £1.75million expansion of a local scheme.

A student on Keele’s creative writing postgraduate course has spoken of his joy at having his work immortalised at a local railway station.

A student joining Keele’s School of Medicine in September has spoken of her joy after securing her place.

Keele University’s Business School is set to move into its new state-of-the-art facility at the entrance to the campus, creating a world-class learning experience for students and delivering a cutting-edge research environment.

Astronomers at Keele have detected an ‘ultra-hot Jupiter’ recording its temperature as one of the hottest exoplanets of this type ever discovered.

A Keele astronomer has helped to capture a stunning new picture showcasing an enormous nebula where stars are born.

Dr Neil Archer writes for The Conversation UK.

Dr William Foster has been appointed to lead the new MBA apprenticeship programme at Keele University’s Business School.

Keele University is celebrating its official 70th anniversary this Sunday, 11 August.

Dr Sandra Woolley writes for The Conversation UK.

Dr Allison Gardner, a lecturer in Keele’s School of Computing and Mathematics, was invited to the prestigious Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in July to discuss the role of women in driving the digital revolution.

Dr Jacco van Loon writes for The Conversation UK.

Dr Jacco van Loon writes for The Conversation UK.

We’re working with the NHS, regional education providers and local authorities to develop new and innovative approaches to student wellbeing and mental health that can be rolled out nationally.

Lord Sandy Trees hosted an evening reception at the House of Lords for the new joint vet school between Harper Adams and Keele University this week.

Dr Helen Millward writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University will host an evening to explore the benefits that poetry can provide for cancer patients later this month.

An environmental professor praised Keele for its commitment to sustainability as she was awarded an honorary degree this month.

The founder of a scheme which helps asylum seekers and forced migrants to get a university education has praised Keele’s contribution in making the scheme a success.

Businessman Ralph Findlay, former Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council at Keele, has received an honorary degree for his outstanding contribution to the University.

Dr Mark Eccleston-Turner writes for The Conversation UK.

The newest member of Keele University’s College of Fellows has spoken of her pride at being inducted into its ranks.

Dr Barry Ryan writes for The Conversation UK.

An Oscar-winning writer and actor has been commended with an honorary degree from Keele University for her outstanding work to benefit the deaf community.

A campaigner who has worked tirelessly to promote social justice and inclusion for minority groups has said she is “humbled” to receive an honorary degree from Keele University.

A Keele University alumnus returned to campus this week after nearly 50 years since graduating to receive an honorary degree for his entrepreneurial success in the gaming industry.

A lecturer from Keele’s School of Computing and Mathematics was invited to the prestigious Royal Institution to share his expertise on the future of artificial intelligence (AI) recently.

Higher Horizons, a government-funded scheme that uses innovative outreach sessions to encourage young people to progress to higher education, has secured funds to extend the programme until August 2021.

An honorary graduate who has been commended at Keele’s 2019 graduation ceremonies has spoken highly of the University’s role in shaping his own success.

Keele University’s graduation celebrations got off to a flying start this week with the announcement of our Student of the Year 2019.

Students from Keele University’s School of Chemical and Physical Sciences recently visited the University of Tennessee’s Forensic Anthropology Centre and Anthropological Research Facility, also known as a body farm, in Knoxville.

Keele University has been judged as a “First Class” institution in an assessment of its environmental and ethical impact.

Work being led by researchers at Harper Adams University and Keele University is helping to safeguard global food crops against devastation by pests.

Keele University has been ranked among the Top 100 universities in Europe in the Times Higher Education Europe Teaching Rankings 2019.

Students at Keele University have generously donated 2.5 tonnes of food and household goods to the Newcastle-Staffs food bank as part of the 2019 Great Donate scheme.

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has awarded new funding to the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West Midlands.

An elusive organic material has been detected in our region of space by a group of researchers, after first being discovered almost 100 years ago.

Keele University has achieved a record number of nominations for the prestigious Green Gown Awards which celebrate sustainability in higher education.

Keele has been ranked in the Top 10 universities in the UK to study pharmacy and pharmacology in the Guardian University Guide 2020.

Professor Toby Bruce writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele has been ranked in the Top 3 universities in England to study politics in the Guardian University Guide 2020 behind only Cambridge and Oxford.

Dr Fraser Philp writes for The Conversation UK.

Eight Keele subjects have been ranked in the UK Top 10 for overall student satisfaction in the 2019 National Student Survey (NSS).

Some of Britain’s most ancient trees could be thousands of years younger than previously thought, according to new Keele research.

Dr Janet Hoole writes for The Conversation UK.

Jon Herbert, Keele University; Andrew Wroe, University of Kent, and Trevor McCrisken, University of Warwick write for The Conversation UK.

Keele University’s medicine degree programme has been ranked second in England in the Guardian University Guide 2020, behind only Oxford and ahead of Cambridge.

Keele’s Professor Helen Parr has received the prestigious 2019 Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History and also the Longman-History Today Book Prize 2019 for her book Our Boys: The Story of a Paratrooper.

Female scientists from Keele University have formed a Stoke-on-Trent branch of ‘Soapbox Science’, an international initiative that aims to encourage young women to consider a career in science.

A global research group has developed a new approach to improve future predictions of climate in Antarctica and have warned that current projections may be questionable.

Dr Senthorun Raj writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele’s arthritis and musculoskeletal specialists are part of a research collaboration that has secured renewed funding to continue its pioneering research to help those with long-term conditions.

Dr Gordon Rugg writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University has risen up the rankings in a league table charting the best universities founded since the Second World War.

Keele has been ranked in the Top 10 universities in the UK to study nursing and midwifery in the Guardian University Guide 2020.

Eight distinguished individuals from fields including science, culture and entrepreneurship will be honoured at Keele’s graduation ceremonies this summer.