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Keele University has climbed to 32nd place in the Guardian University Guide 2020, our highest ever ranking, and has seen five of its subjects achieve UK Top 10 status.

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.

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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.

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.

An internationally renowned orthopaedic and oncology surgeon has been made an Honorary Professor at Keele University for his work helping patients with bone and soft tissue cancer.

The hotly-debated issue of how volcanoes contribute to atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels is a step closer to being understood thanks to a research team led by Keele scientists.

Ash Murphy writes for The Conversation UK.

Dr Janet Hoole writes for The Conversation UK.

Researchers at Keele University have explored the experiences and reasons for self-harm in older adults to improve the support and treatment that can be provided.

Staff and students from Keele’s School of Nursing and Midwifery have continued their annual tradition of helping sick pilgrims make their spiritual journey to Lourdes.

A unique exhibition by Keele University featuring artworks made of waste plastics will go on display at a historic South Cheshire church this month.

Keele University alumni and a current honorary research fellow have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Members of the Keele Law Society and staff from the School of Law undertook the Welsh Three Peak Challenge recently to fundraise for the charity Silence of Suicide (SOS).

The Orthotics team at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital have been working with Keele University and Opcare to create a pioneering degree in Prosthetics and Orthotics.

Professor Carolyn Roberts has been highly commended as the Environmental Professional of the Year by The Society for the Environment at their fifteenth birthday celebrations in Kew Gardens.

Keele University’s Professor Helen Parr has been interviewed for the BBC History Magazine in an article about whether the future of Nato is under threat.

A Keele professor has been recognised as a leading “World Expert” in low back pain, ranking among the top 0.1% of experts in the world.

New research led by Keele University into awareness about human papillomavirus (HPV), the main cause of cervical cancer, has found that health care professionals across the UK are not as well informed as they should be.

Jan Hoole writes for The Conversation UK.

A regional partnership led by Keele University has been awarded £750,000 from the Office for Students (OfS) to develop an integrated community approach to mental health and wellbeing for students in further and higher education, in collaboration with Staffordshire University, as part of a £2.2 million project.

Adam Moolna writes for The Conversation UK.

A Keele PhD student has received £42,000 from the Leverhulme Trust to spend two years abroad pursuing her literary career.

Keele University’s School of Law has been ranked 5th in the UK for its resources in the 2019 National Student Survey (NSS).

Keele University is one of the only UK partner institutions of a €31 million pan-European research infrastructure project - The European Plate Observing System (EPOS) - which facilitates integrated use of data, data products, and facilities from distributed research infrastructures for solid Earth science in Europe.

Dr Heidi Fuller and Dr Sharon Owen presented their research into identifying treatment strategies for children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) at the launch event of No Time to Lose, a campaign by children’s medical research charity Sparks.

Leanne Savigar writes for The Conversation UK.

Jan Hoole writes for The Conversation UK.

Researchers at Keele have today issued a heartfelt thank you to the tens of thousands of volunteers that help make their life-changing health care studies possible.

Research by Keele academics has been placed in the top 100 most read studies in a prestigious scientific journal.

Keele has been awarded a Race Equality Charter (REC) Bronze Award by Advance HE to recognise the University’s commitment to tackling race equality in the Keele community and in higher education more broadly.

A Keele professor is working with colleagues from the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Manchester to pioneer new treatment procedures to help doctors manage a type of heart failure.

A renowned cardiologist from Keele University has been named as one of the “Nation’s Lifesavers” in recognition of his excellent contributions to advancing healthcare.

New state-of-the-art science facilities at Keele University have been officially opened by renowned broadcaster Sir David Attenborough today.

A Keele academic is helping to shape Government policy around children’s mental wellbeing following a recent visit to Parliament.

Members of a House of Lords committee have called for an urgent reform of forensic science in the UK following a report by Keele academics.

Dr Matthew Jones has been appointed as the founding Head of the Harper and Keele Veterinary School.

Adam Stanton writes for The Conversation UK.

Shalini Sharma writes for The Conversation UK.

Ella Tennant writes for The Conversation UK.

A student from Keele’s School of Medicine has been highly commended in a prestigious competition celebrating the best healthcare researchers in the UK.

Alumni from Keele’s class of 1969 joined the esteemed ranks of the Golden Graduates at a special event held on campus last weekend.

Keele University has joined the Government and other institutions to become one of the first UK universities to declare a ‘climate emergency’, reaffirming its position and commitment to being a world-leader in sustainability.

Forensic Science, Nursing, and Medicine at Keele University have all been ranked in the UK Top 10 in the latest Complete University Guide.

Keele University has pledged its support to a joint report by the National Union of Students and Universities UK which aims to eliminate the black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) student degree attainment gap.

Ed Hilton, a student on Keele University’s MA Creative Writing course, has penned the story inspired by the life of local historical figure Joseph Cook, which he now hopes to see produced on the stage.

Two key organisations in Newcastle-under-Lyme are leading the way in protecting the environment.

A Keele University lecturer has been helping Nantwich cut down on its plastic waste alongside a local action group.

An international team of anthropologists, clinicians and artists are hosting a series of events at Keele University about rural healthcare in the Philippines.

Chris Hawes writes for The Conversation UK.

A study has examined a 2000-year history of greenhouse gases in the world’s atmosphere, providing key data for taking action to tackle climate change.

Sharon George, Lecturer in Environmental Science, Keele University and Carolyn Roberts, Entrepreneur in Residence, Mercia Centre for Innovation Leadership write for The Comversation UK.

Aristotle Kallis, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History writes for The Conversation UK.

Local schools and community groups have been inspired by comic books, fairy tales and novels to decorate BookBenches across the city of Stoke-on-Trent.

Indrajit Roy, University of York; Shalini Sharma, Keele University; Suryakant Waghmore, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Ajay Gudavarthy, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Radha D'Souza, University of Westminster

Professor Helen Parr has been awarded the 2018 Templer Medal by the Society for Army Historical Research (SAHR) for her book Our Boys: The Story of a Paratrooper - and is also the first ever woman to do so.

Neil Baldwin has been awarded his British Empire Medal for his invaluable contributions to the local community.

Partnership between Keele and the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)

Allison Gardner writes for the Conversation UK

Jan Hoole writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele’s equality and diversity programme has been shortlisted in the Universities Human Resources (UHR) Awards 2019.

Keele University has been named as one of the Top 30 universities in Europe for its social and economic impact in the 2019 Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings.

Jacco van Loon writes for The Conversation UK.

Major grant of £1.5 million from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to investigate if an occupational health advice service for patients consulting with their GP will reduce absence from work due to ill-health.

Dr Mark Eccleston-Turner, Lecturer in Law at Keele University, was invited to attend the White House and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. recently.

Sophia Daoudi, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Stirling and Jan Hoole, Lecturer in Biology, Keele University write for The Conversation UK.

Chris Moreh, York St John University; Athina Vlachantoni, University of Southampton, and Derek McGhee, Keele University write for The Conversation UK.

Keele University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery has been shortlisted for the Nurse Education Provider of the Year (pre-registration) in the prestigious Students Nursing Times Awards 2019.

A Keele research project led by Dr Helen Wells, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, and Dr Leanne Savigar, PhD Research Assistant in Criminology, has launched a compendium reviewing the innovations currently in operation aimed at reducing mobile phone use by drivers.

President Trump’s refusal to play the Washington game pleases his base but limits his ability to fulfil his campaign promises. It’s just one of the many reasons this extraordinary president is delivering a very ordinary presidency, according to a new book from Keele University US politics expert Dr Jon Herbert.

Ella Tenant writes for The Conversation UK

Professor Toby Bruce has secured a full Government inquiry into the role of science and technology in addressing challenges to food security and biodiversity, following his successful pitch to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee in January.

Sustainability will be celebrated across campus during Keele Green Festival which is taking place from 11 to 17 March.

Keele’s Dr Mariangela Palladino presented her research on forced displacement to the House of Commons International Development Committee this week.

David Amigoni writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele Students’ Union has launched an ambitious new venture aimed at cutting plastic pollution across the University.

A new study, led by Keele University in collaboration with the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France, has uncovered the behaviour of a disease involving an abnormal protein that causes organ failure and neurodegenerative disorders.

2019 marks 100 years of learning disability nursing in the UK, and students and staff at Keele University are celebrating this milestone of supporting people with learning disabilities to have a more independent healthy life.

A new study led by Keele University has found that older people who self-harm may do so because of social factors including isolation, loneliness, poor housing and financial hardship.

More than 600 Keele University students collectively donated 24,773 hours of their time within the last academic year to support local causes and help the local community.

Professor Clifford Stott writes for The Conversation UK.

The 1,000th meeting of the Keele World Affairs series took place earlier this month, after almost 40 years of continuous debate and discussion with over 500 renowned speakers.

New research from Keele University has found that playing mid-week UEFA Europa League matches has no detrimental effect on domestic league results.

Keele University among 30 universities to sign new “Civic University Agreement” to reaffirm local role

Neil Archer writes for The Conversation UK.

The UK Parliament today announced that 24 universities will offer a new innovative and unique Parliamentary Studies module from the 2019/20 academic year.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Trevor McMillan appeared on The Bottom Line on BBC Radio 4 discussing if universities can be successful businesses, with Evan Davis.

Keele Observatory will be marking the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by throwing open its doors to visitors to explore all things science on Monday 11 February.

Keele University’s School of Computing and Mathematics recently opened a new state-of-the-art gaming station laboratory.

Keele University and the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) have teamed up to appoint a new Consultant Senior Lecturer of Population Orthopaedics.

An international team of health and legal experts has published a new paper calling on the World Health Organisation to convene the Emergency Committee to consider declaring the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” (PHEIC).

Dr Awol Allo, Lecturer in Law, was recently invited by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office to provide a briefing to the UK's new Ambassador to Ethiopia.

Small businesses in Staffordshire will support the creation of innovative transport improvements at a new Keele University ‘living lab,’ following a successful government funding bid by a county council-led partnership.

A research team from Keele University has reported their findings into the causes and consequences of the English 2011 riots, linking sense of identity and anti-police sentiment to how and why the riots spread.

Keele University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise Professor David Amigoni has been appointed to The Conversation’s editorial board.

Keele University has launched a new institute to bring together experts from across the university to shape educational delivery and deliver enhanced education outcomes for both students and staff.

Ash Murphy writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele’s Professor Toby Bruce presented his research on food security, environment and crop protection to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee today.

Professor Dominic Janes from the School of Humanities is working on a project on gender and student societies (c.1880-1940) as part of a fellowship at the University of Oxford.

Keele’s Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research and Enterprise Professor David Amigoni has published a new collection, Creativity in Later Life: Beyond Late Style, a study of ageing and its relationships with creativity and the arts.

A new collaboration between local cultural and civic organisations, led by Keele University, is set to boost the local economy by £36m over the next decade.

Chris Stiff writes for The Conversation UK.

Journalist and TV presenter Jon Snow was awarded an honorary degree from Keele University for his outstanding contribution to journalism.

In recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions to society and Keele University, Alumnus Jack Bowman and Councillor Philip Atkins have been appointed to Keele’s College of Fellows.

Keele University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Helen O’Sullivan, has been appointed to the board of Advance HE.

Sharon George and Deirdre McKay write for The Conversation UK.

Jan Hoole writes for The Conversation UK.

Adam Moolna writes for The Conversation UK.

Eran Cutliffe, a specialist prosecutor and Keele University graduate, has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for services to law and order.

Alannah Tomkins writes for The Conversation UK.

A research team from Keele University’s Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences has been awarded a major grant of £2.4million from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to investigate the overprescribing of opioid painkillers.

This Wednesday Keele University Chancellor Sir Jonathon Porritt will give a one-off public lecture discussing the next ten years as the most critical decade in humankind’s short history.

A Keele University honorary graduate and well-loved campus figure has been recognised in the 2019 New Year Honours List.

Time Out magazine recently celebrated its 50th anniversary after being founded by former Keele student Tony Elliot in 1968.

Keele alumnus and historian Dr Stanley Beckensall has been awarded an MBE

Keele alumna and local college principal Karen Dobson has been awarded an OBE

Keele University has for the third successive year been ranked as one of the Top 20 universities in the world for sustainability.

Keele University’s Professor Maria Heckl has been awarded a €4 million grant from Horizon 2020 to support the development of emerging technology solutions that could replace fossil fuels.

Mike Evans writes for The Conversation UK.

Clare Holdsworth, Professor of Social Geography, writes for The Conversation UK.

From headlines about sleep and heart disease, to the discovery of a pitch black planet, and new research about back pain and breast cancer treatments, Keele research has made global headlines this year.

Sharon George writes for The Conversation UK.

Colleagues at Keele University were saddened by the recent passing of Professor Sir David Weatherall, our former Chancellor, who was a world-leading clinical scientist and pioneering researcher.

Mark Eccleston-Turner writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele was pleased to welcome His Excellency Ambassador Liu Xiaoming, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the UK, to the campus earlier this month.

Keele University’s innovative green energy trial ‘HyDeploy’ has been presented at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24).

New research into the benefits of swearing has found that making a taboo hand gesture whilst in pain can help you feel more positive.

A team from Keele University has been selected as one of four ‘Global Nominees’ in Virtual Participation in the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2018.

Dr Michael Fay writes for The Conversation about the UK Mental Health Act Review

Dr Helen Parr, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Keele University, recently published ‘Our Boys: The Story of a Paratrooper’ to critical acclaim.

Professor Mark Ormerod, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost at Keele University, has been appointed to the Research Excellence Framework 2021 Institutional Environment Pilot Panel.

A collaborative project partially funded by Higher Horizons+ has won a Construction News Talent “Graduate Initiative of the Year” award.

A business support programme designed to drive improvements across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire’s healthcare and medical sector has been approved for a second project to provide support for a further three years, after receiving more than £1m of additional funding.

Researchers at Keele University have transformed back pain treatment, improving the lives of millions of people around the world.

Research led by Keele University suggests that patients with cancer who undergo a common heart procedure have worse short-term clinical outcomes compared to non-cancer patients, in the largest study undertaken to date.

Jan Hoole writes for The Conversation UK.

Geoscientists from Keele University have been working with the police to assist with the investigation of environmental crimes, such as illegal waste dumps.

A research team from Keele University has been awarded £200,000 from the Government’s new Work and Health Challenge Fund

Sharon George, Keele University and Matt Edgeworth, University of Leicester write for The Conversation UK.

Rebecca Yearling writes for The Conversation UK.

The inaugural Stoking Curiosity festival took place at the historic Spode Works factory site in Stoke-on-Trent.

Keele University Gospel Choir (KUGC) has made it to the final of the BBC Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year 2018 competition.

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.

Keele has an established award scheme for the recognition of excellence in teaching and supporting learning. In November 2017 the scheme was expanded to include a number of new award categories which are aligned to the University’s key strategic themes and to enable colleagues from all staff groups to be nominated.

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.