April

Keele University has been ranked as the top-performing university globally in three categories in the 2025 Planetary Health Report Card.

Professor Kevin Shakesheff has been announced as the new Vice-Chancellor of Keele University.

A student at Harper & Keele Veterinary School, who was told she had multiple sclerosis (MS) when she was 42 years old, is preparing to take part in a sponsored skydive to raise money for a support group that she says changed her life.

More than 60 sites in the Staffordshire Moorlands have been put forward by residents to feature in a project aimed at improving green spaces and monitoring habitat health. 

Restoring the complexity of habitats in rivers and canals should be a key priority for conservationists, researchers have said, after studying the impact litter has on the small insects (known as macroinvertebrates) living there and the effects of current conservation efforts.

A Keele Professor has been elected as the new President of an esteemed scientific research society to honour her significant contribution to the field.

Pint of Science, the annual science festival, is returning to North Staffordshire and South Cheshire this May – with organisers putting on the biggest event so far.

Researchers from Keele University have said there are multiple barriers preventing clinicians from prescribing alternative treatments for asthma patients, despite guidance calling for a move towards inhalers with lower environmental impact.

Staff from Keele’s School of Law have celebrated the launch of Keele’s Legal Advice Clinics and CLOCK provision at Keele in Town, in the heart of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

A computational astrophysicist specialising in 3D simulations to explore the role of magnetic fields related to supernovae has been recognised by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) for his work.

A government minister has become the 1,000th “climate ambassador” as part of a Keele-backed national scheme to help the next generation tackle the climate crisis.

Researchers at Keele University are partnering with colleagues in Mali to help them advance the fight against mosquito-borne diseases like malaria.

A “map” of mosquito genes being developed by Keele researchers could pave the way for effective new control methods to protect human and animal health.

Keele University has been awarded a prestigious Certificate of Commendation by the Ambassador of Japan for its collection of flowering cherry trees, which will soon be in full bloom and that is free to visit.

Researchers have called for more funding for surveillance and monitoring of crop diseases and the insects that carry them, as well as to support growers affected by potential crop loss, in a new report.