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Keele University has won a highly coveted Green Gown Award for its outstanding approach to sustainability.

Elliott Lancaster has won the ‘Enterprise’ category of the Green Gown Awards 2018 for his student project ‘Utter Rubbish’

Members of the public are invited to a free event at Keele University to learn more about the life of Staffordshire MP Colonel Josiah Clement Wedgwood, who was MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1906-1942.

Karen Hunt writes for The Conversation UK.

Stoking Curiosity is Stoke-on-Trent’s first “festival of ideas” - a free festival that will build a community of curious people in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, to celebrate inquisitiveness, spark ideas, and bring people together.

Keele University geoscientists have helped police scientifically identify when a badger sett has been illegally filled in.

Keele University’s School of Psychology has been ranked in the Top 200 in the 2019 Times Higher Education World University rankings.

Robert Kirby, Professor of Clinical Education and Surgery writes for The Conversation UK.

An innovative green energy trial that could help dramatically cut carbon emissions has been given the go-ahead at Keele University

Jan Hoole writes for The Conversation UK.

A large clinical trial by researchers at the universities of Keele, Bristol, Exeter, Manchester and Hull York Medical School, and published in the British Medical Journal today, has looked at the effectiveness of adding mirtazapine to two types of antidepressants in patients who remain depressed after at least six weeks of conventional antidepressant treatment.

Keele University’s Professor Murray Brunt presented findings from the study at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

A major study of mortality across England attributes socioeconomic deprivation for sharp rises in deaths among 22 to 44-year-olds living in the North of England.

A new book which it is hoped will become a valuable resource for student nurses by giving them unique insights into patient and carer experiences of care at home has been launched at a special event held at Royal Stoke University Hospital.

A new international diplomacy programme jointly delivered by Keele University and Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) in China has welcomed its first 80 students with a day of celebrations.

‘The Great Donate’ scheme at Keele University has been shortlisted for a prestigious Green Gown Award for Student Engagement.

Keele is very pleased to announce that five Athena SWAN awards have been confirmed for its schools and research institutes.

Dr Senthorun Raj, a lecturer in Keele’s School of Law, has been invited to chair the Black Gold Arts board of trustees.

‘Emergency Poet’ Deborah Alma, who is a Lecturer and Honorary Research Fellow in Creative Writing at Keele University, has won the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement photo competition 2018.

Researchers at Keele have contributed to an important new report published by the College of Policing

Keele University’s Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences welcomed Dr Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge and former Archbishop of Canterbury, to campus this week to present the first Grand Challenges lecture of 2018/19.

Two subject groups at Keele University have entered the 2019 Times Higher Education World University rankings.

People over 65 who harm themselves are more likely to die by suicide than other age groups according to new research published in the Lancet Psychiatry by Keele University and University of Manchester researchers.

On Monday 24 September 2018, our first apprentices started at Keele on a Nursing Associate apprenticeship.

Keele University has been awarded an extension of the Strategic Support to Expedite Embedding Public Engagement with Research (SEE-PER) grant, by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Alex Sharpe, Keele University; Rosa Freedman, University of Reading, and Rosemary Auchmuty, University of Reading write for The Conversation UK.

Researchers from Keele University have worked with an international team of astronomers to find for the first time that a white dwarf and a brown dwarf collided in a ‘blaze of glory’ that was witnessed on Earth in 1670.

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

To mark 100 years since the end of the First World War, Keele University will be hosting a programme of events to commemorate the Centenary this autumn.

James Peacock, Senior Lecturer in English and American Literatures writes for The Conversation UK.

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

Ashley Murphy writes for The Conversation UK.

Lindsay Hamilton, Senior Lecturer in Organisational Ethnography and Emma Surman, Senior Lecturer in Marketing write for The Conversation UK.

Ken Rotenberg, Professor in Psychology writes for The Conversation UK.

Ella Tennant writes for The Conversation UK.

Live Age, the annual festival led by the New Vic Theatre, Keele University and Age UK North Staffordshire is back this month, celebrating creativity in later life.

The Keele University website has been Shortlisted for Best School and Education Website in the 8th Annual Lovie Awards.

Keele researcher Dr Helen Wells is urging drivers to consider safety first, and leave their phones alone whilst driving.

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has announced exciting plans for the long-term expansion of the area to the west of the Keele campus as a result of a significant land use planning exercise carried out by the Council and its partners.

Keele University’s School of Health and Rehabilitation has officially opened a brand new radiography suite on campus.

Senthorun Raj, Lecturer, Keele Law School, writes for The Conversation UK.

Lindsay Hamilton, Senior Lecturer in Organisational Ethnography writes for The Conversation UK.

Research led by Keele University suggests that women who have undergone a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedure are more likely to die or suffer complications than male patients.

Mark Eccleston-Turner, Lecturer of Law writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University is to be part of a new mental health network designed to reduce health inequalities for people with severe mental illness.

Keele University has been shortlisted for the prestigious ‘University of the Year’ title in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2018.

A large scale systematic review and meta-analysis has found that burnout in doctors has devastating consequences on the quality of care they deliver

Peter Styles, Professor Emeritus in Geophysics and Jamie Pringle, Senior Lecturer in Engineering and Environmental Geosciences write for The Conversation UK.

A Keele University medical student has won the sought-after Wolfson Intercalated Award from the Royal College of Physicians.

New research led by Keele University has revealed that people with obstructive sleep apnoea have a higher risk of developing gout

Keele University’s Dr Russell Crawford has been awarded a highly coveted National Teaching Fellowship.

Dr Siobhan Talbott has been awarded a prestigious Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Leadership Fellowship

Dr Jamie Pringle and Dr Sharon George write for The Conversation UK about the valuable waste that may be hidden in landfill

Dogs have the same hormones and experience the same chemical changes that humans do. Dr Daniel Allen and Dr Jan Hoole write for The Conversation UK

Rebecca Laycock Pedersen, Keele University and David P. M. Lam, Leuphana University write for The Conversation UK.

Why do some people love roller coasters while others hate them?

The North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP), led by Manchester University and of which Keele University is a member, is one of 10 consortia who will share more than £170 million in funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) over eight years.

Carolyn Roberts writes for The Conversation UK.

New research has found that changes in North Atlantic Ocean circulation at the end of the last ice age triggered a considerable increase in Greenland Ice Sheet melt.

Keele University has been awarded a £500,000 research grant by the Medical Research Council (UK) to assess the effectiveness of a community-based intervention in Pakistan in order to address the current gap in care for Schizophrenia patients within developing countries.

A global study led by Keele University has found that people who sleep for more than eight hours a night have a greater mortality and cardiovascular risk than those who sleep for under seven hours.

Keele University scientists have discovered a road created by the Knights Templar after the recent heatwave exposed the long-hidden foundations.

Sharon George, Keele University, writes for The Conversation UK.

Herbert the Dragon, Keele’s bronze mascot, was originally thought to be around 100 years old and to have been made locally, but recently discovered documents have revealed that Herbert is actually over 500 years old - and Italian!

Keele University has been ranked number one in England for overall student satisfaction in the 2018 National Student Survey (NSS) of broad-based public universities.

Sorin Baiasu, Professor of Philosophy, writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University’s Professor Toby Bruce has been awarded a major grant of £1.1million from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate solutions to the rising problem of the Fall Armyworm, in collaboration with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in Kenya.

Xuebing Cao, Lecturer in Industrial Relations, writes for The Conversation UK.

A student company from St John Fisher Catholic College has won at the Young Enterprise Company of the Year 2018 awards, after working with Keele’s School of Pharmacy

Patients with prior heart attack, who smoke or misuse alcohol or drugs are most likely to discharge against medical advice.

In recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions to society, six distinguished individuals have been awarded honorary degrees at Keele University

Jan Hoole and Daniel Allen write for The Conversation UK.

In recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions to society, Dr Nawal Al-Hosany and Mike Jackson have been awarded honorary degrees at Keele University.

The flamboyant 18th-century 'Macaronis' were so called because they were said to prefer continental pasta to good old British roast beef.

In recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions to society, Keele Alumni Ian Redmond OBE and Lynn Saunders OBE have been awarded honorary degrees at Keele University.

Keele University is delighted to announce the thirteenth Neil and Gina Smith Student of the Year Award.

Keele University’s School of Health and Rehabilitation (SHAR) has signed a partnership with Connect Health, the UK’s largest provider of musculoskeletal (MSK) health services.

Keele University has been named as one of the top 100 universities in Europe in the Times Higher Education Europe Teaching Rankings 2018.

In recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions to society, Sinéad Butters MBE and Professor David Croisdale-Appleby have been awarded honorary degrees at Keele University.

Research to be published in this week’s issue of the journal Nanoscale is helping to increase understanding of the impact of metals in the brain which may drive the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, and how the management of these metals could lead to more effective treatments for Alzheimer’s in the future.

Keele University is to partner with CVS Group to develop facilities for the new joint Veterinary School between Harper Adams University and Keele University.

Keele University has been shortlisted for four awards at the prestigious Green Gown Awards 2018.

Stella Coyle writes for The Conversation UK.

Researchers from Keele University have been selected to present their work on the quest for a life-like prosthetic hand at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.

Chris Stiff, Lecturer in psychology writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele has been ranked in the Top 10 universities in the UK to study Health Professions in the Guardian University Guide 2019.

Alicia El Haj, Professor of Cell Engineering at Keele University, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant to design and develop ways for remote control healing of the human body.

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.