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Keele University’s Digital Health Hub has been highly commended in the ‘Outstanding Digital Innovation of the Year’ category at the national Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2018.

Tim Collins, Senior Lecturer in Electronic Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University; Ivan Miguel Pires, PhD Researcher, University of Beira Interior; Salome Oniani, PhD Researcher, Georgian Technical University, and Sandra Woolley, Senior Lecturer, Software and Systems Engineering Research, Keele University write for The Conversation UK.

Keele University welcomes representatives from over 300 universities and colleges to its campus this week to share knowledge on environmental issues and sustainability within further and higher education.

Keele University has been ranked in the Top 10 in the UK to study Nursing and Midwifery, in the Guardian University Guide 2019.

The single, divorced, and widowed at heightened risk, pooled data analysis suggests

Keele University has launched a new research Institute to tackle the issues of social inequality on a local, national and global scale.

Yvonne Skipper, Lecturer in Psychology, writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University has signed a new partnership with Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) to deliver a joint undergraduate programme.

A Keele University student with a love of Stoke-on-Trent has claimed the honour of being the city’s first ever poet laureate.

Distinguished Keele University alumni Dame Fiona Woolf DBE DL and Jack Bowman have been appointed to Keele’s College of Fellows.

Keele University has been ranked amongst the best universities in the world in a table focused on institutions founded in the aftermath of the Second World War.

Seven distinguished individuals will be honoured by Keele University at this summer’s graduation ceremonies for their outstanding contributions to society.

Higher Horizons+, part of the aspiration-raising National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP) that operates across Staffordshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, is launching an ambitious new project as part of NCOP’s nationwide week of action.

Adam Stanton, Lecturer in Evolutionary Robotics and Artificial Life, writes for The Conversation UK.

As the FIFA World Cup approaches, researchers have found that keyhole surgery could help get injured footballers back on the pitch faster than physiotherapy-led treatments.

Professor Elaine Hay has been appointed as the new Programme Director for National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR).

Carolyn Chew-Graham writes for The Conversation UK.

Jan Hoole, Lecturer in Biology, writes for The Conversation UK.

Research at Keele University has examined why members of the public make judgements as to whether violent attackers are viewed as either terrorists or mentally ill.

Dr Naomi Forrester-Soto has joined Keele University’s School of Life Sciences as Reader in Vector Ecology.

Ashley Murphy, PhD Researcher writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University Council and Harper Adams University Board today confirmed plans to establish a new joint Veterinary School, due to take its first cohort of students in 2020.

Keele University awarded major grant by the ESRC to help shape police policy and practice

A large study led by Keele University has found that patients suffering with gout are not at a higher risk of fractures, contradicting previous research findings.

Students from Newcastle Under-Lyme College have completed a three-month long Model Law Commission pilot in collaboration with Keele University’s School of Law and the widening participation initiative Higher Horizons+.

Two entrepreneurial students from Keele University have won the ‘Design’ category at the UK STEM Awards.

Academics at Keele University have worked with local education practitioners and parents to develop a video guide for parents about reading with their children.

Scientists have detected an exoplanet atmosphere that is free of clouds, marking a pivotal breakthrough in the quest for greater understanding of the planets beyond our solar system.

Dr Senthorun Raj, a lecturer in Keele’s School of Law, has been elected to the Amnesty International UK board of governance.

An ambitious £2.7 million programme of research is seeking to personalise care for people with shoulder pain

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected helium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107b

Keele University has been successful in achieving renewal of its institutional Bronze Athena SWAN award.

Keele University has successfully retained the HR Excellence in Research Award.

Professor Trevor McMillan has shared his expert knowledge in innovation and knowledge exchange with an audience of university leaders and representatives from Chinese government and industry at the British Embassy, Beijing this week.

Dr Ann Jardine, director of a Widening Participation (WP) scheme at University New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, visits Keele University.

Keele University School of Medicine held a Thanksgiving Service to honour those who have donated their bodies to science.

Keele researchers have been awarded a grant to help cure a heart defect that causes thousands of sudden deaths each year.

Researchers from Keele University have discovered a planet that absorbs 99% of light, making it one of the darkest planets ever found.

Jan Hoole, Lecturer in Biology writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University researchers have been awarded a grant to investigate whether gene therapy can stop older people becoming frail.

Professor Mike Watkinson has taken up his position as Keele’s new Head of the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences.

Coel Hellier, Professor of Astrophysics writes for The Conversation UK.

Sue Sherman, Senior Lecturer in Psychology writes for The Conversation UK.

Midlands Innovation, a university collaboration of which Keele University is a proud partner, is to help researchers from across the UK get commercially promising ideas to the marketplace more quickly thanks to an £8 million funding boost.

Keele University caterers are celebrating after winning two awards at The University Catering Organisation (TUCO) competition recently.

Steve French, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations and HRM writes for The Conversation UK.

Research conducted at Keele University has found that many parents of boys are unaware of the dangers of HPV - the Human Papillomavirus, and once made aware, want the vaccine for HPV to be offered to boys as well as girls.

Midlands Innovation, a university collaboration of which Keele University is a proud partner, is to launch a connected system of technology transfer offices, following a £5 million award from Research England.

Dr Alison Long, Programme Director for Modern Languages at Keele University, has created a new language - Illitan - to be used in new BBC2 drama The City & The City.

The Keele University Astrophysics Group has been awarded a £435,000 grant from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to explore the formation and fundamental properties of stars and (exo)planetary systems.

Many members of staff at Keele pass through the doors or walk past the Dorothy Hodgkin Building every day, but who was Professor Dorothy Hodgkin?

Alison Long, Programme Director, Modern Languages writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University students are celebrating after their tenth win at Varsity, the multi-sport competition between Keele and Staffordshire Universities.

A new study, funded by Keele University, has highlighted the need for better treatment of heart disease patients suffering from additional chronic conditions.

A student company from St John Fisher Catholic College has been named Staffordshire Young Enterprise Company of the Year 2017/18, after working with Keele University’s School of Pharmacy.

New analysis published by Times Higher Education has found that Keele University is part of a ‘new elite’ of universities excelling in both teaching and research.

Researchers from Keele University’s Medical School have developed a game-based approach to teaching doctors in training, which helps to improve their learning about how drugs work.

Four members of staff from Keele University have been appointed as panel members for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF).

Alexandre Nobajas, Lecturer in Human Geography and GIS writes for The Conversation UK.

Stoke-on-Trent’s Cultural Observatory has hosted its first workshop for partners to discuss the impact of the arts on the city and its people.

Keele University works with global research team: low back pain affects 540 million people worldwide, but too many patients receive the wrong care.

Keele University has raised more than £50,000 for the British Heart Foundation in the last five years, by donating furniture and electrical items.

Keele University has been successful in its bid to increase the number of students at its School of Medicine.

Three new research studies at Keele University have been awarded £58,000 from local charity the North Staffordshire Medical Institute (NSMI).

Sharon George, Lecturer in Environmental Science writes for The Conversation UK.

At Keele we’re committed to embedding sustainability into everything that we do.

Sharon George and Deirdre McKay write for The Conversation UK.

Jacco van Loon, Astrophysicist and Director of Keele Observatory writes for The Conversation UK.

Professor Clare Holdsworth has been awarded a £152,000 Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship to explore how people cope differently with being busy.

Keele’s Professor Alicia El Haj to spend a year exchanging places with the University of Oxford’s Professor Sarah Waters.

Keele University has officially launched a new interdisciplinary research project to tackle public health issues in the Philippines.

Katie Wright-Bevans, Lecturer in Psychology writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University is delighted to announce Alex Mazey as the winner of the Roy Fisher Prize for Poetry.

In celebration of World Book Day Keele University is proud to hold one of the oldest children's books in the world.

Higher Horizons+, the aspiration-raising National Collaborative Outreach Programme is celebrating its first anniversary.

Keele University’s Dr Heidi Fuller has received a grant from Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and a medical research charity, to fund a study that will help pave the way towards a cure for the muscle-wasting condition spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

Rachel Gater, PhD Candidate, Keele University writes for The Conversation UK.

A group of outstanding researchers write for The Conversation UK.

A pioneering green energy trial at Keele University could help cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caused by heating homes.

Jan Hoole, Lecturer in Biology, Keele University writes for The Conversation UK.

Dr Ben Anderson, a Lecturer in Modern History at Keele University, has been announced as one of ten winners of the New Generation Thinkers 2018 scheme organised by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the BBC.

Dr Masi Noor, a Lecturer in Psychology at Keele University, launched his new book Forgiveness is Really Strange in London today.

Alexandre Nobajas, Lecturer in Human Geography and GIS writes for The Conversation UK.

An international research team, including Professor Christopher Fogwill from Keele University, has pinpointed a new geological age, the Anthropocene.

Daniel Allen, Animal Geographer, Keele University writes for The Conversation UK.

New research offers an explanation for the discrepancy between the size and age of the Rosette Nebula’s central cavity and that of its central stars.

Keele University’s Chancellor, Jonathon Porritt, CBE officially opened the School of Life Sciences’ £11 million building redevelopment and extension this week.

Sorcha Uí Chonnachtaigh, lecturer in Ethics and Law writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University is partnering with De Montfort University, the University of Bath, and Health Education England (HEE) to deliver masters-level training for qualified post-registration community pharmacists in the Midlands and East, and London and South East NHS regions.

Anthony Wrigley, Senior Lecturer in Ethics writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University has announced plans to invest in a new multi-million pound state-of-the-art facility that houses both Keele Management School and incubated companies in a sector leading Smart Innovation Hub.

Keele University has recently appointed Professor Pauline Walsh as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Keele University has recently appointed Dr Anne Loweth as Pro Vice-Chancellor for Students.

A study led by researchers at Keele University has shown for the first time that human muscles possess a ‘memory’ of earlier growth - at the DNA level.

Tricia Dawson, Lecturer in Human Resource Management writes for The Conversation UK.

Student Cynthia Ariana who received a full scholarship under the Article 26 asylum seeker project graduated from Keele University last week.

Criminologist Dr Helen Wells, and PhD student Leanne Savigar, have been awarded a grant from the Road Safety Trust, to review the range of innovations currently operating aimed at reducing mobile phone use by drivers.

A study led by researchers at Keele University has found the risk of death in later life due to coronary heart disease doubles in women who give birth prematurely.

Dr Dana Rosenfeld writes for The Conversation UK.

Dr Deirdre McKay and Dr Eva Giraud wrote for The Conversation UK.

Keele awarded Honorary Doctorates to two inspirational individuals in recognition of their distinguished careers and significant contributions to society.

This week Keele graduands and their families and friends returned to campus for a wonderful day of graduation ceremonies.

Professor Adrian Palmer writes for The Conversation UK.

Dr Sharon George and Dr Deirdre McKay write for The Conversation UK.

Professor Helen O’Sullivan has been appointed as Pro Vice-Chancellor of Education at Keele University.

Robert Meredith, PhD Candidate, writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University has appointed engineering giant, Siemens, to turn the University campus into the largest single, integrated electricity, gas and heat Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND).

A new study has highlighted that emotionally demanding workloads and confrontational patients are among the key stressors for GPs.

Five alumni and three honorary graduates of Keele University have been recognised in the 2018 New Year Honours.

Daniel Allen, Animal Geographer writes for The Conversation UK.

Dr Neil Archer, Lecturer in Film Studies, writes for The Conversation UK.

An international team of astronomers has revealed an ‘astonishing’ overabundance of massive stars in a neighbouring galaxy.

Keele University has for the second successive year been ranked in the Top 20 universities in a global sustainability league table.

Two inspirational individuals are to be recognised for their outstanding careers and contributions to society at Keele University’s graduation ceremonies later this month.

Professor John Sloboda has been awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Year Honours list for his services to psychology and music.

Ralf Gertisser, Senior Lecturer in Mineralogy and Petrology, Keele University; Katie Preece, Research Associate in Volcanology, University of Glasgow, and Sylvain Charbonnier, Assistant Professor in Volcanology, University of South Florida write for The Conversation UK.

Keele University has been named as one of the most beautiful universities in the country, according to Times Higher Education.

As we come to the end of another successful year at Keele, here are some of our highlights from 2017.

Keele strikes Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework.