Knowledge Exchange Plan
Through our collaborative and creative endeavour, Keele University is a leading institution in reference to knowledge exchange, translating our knowledge and research into positive impacts for our communities and the economy.
Knowledge exchange is a term used to encompass a wide variety of activities that connect staff and students to external communities and enable the expertise and knowledge to make a difference in the world, and improve the quality of our research and education.
Keele’s approach to knowledge exchange is rooted in its role as a research-intensive civic university, operating within a local environment characterised by both significant economic opportunity and structural challenge.
The achievements of our previous Knowledge Exchange Plans demonstrated that organising ourselves at an institutional level can play a decisive role in the success of knowledge exchange - focusing resources on key society challenges, building scalable opportunities for engagement, and capturing the attention and support of valuable external allies.
Our latest plan builds on that approach by setting out the key areas of focus for institutional development - strategic projects that we and our key partners commit to resourcing and delivering.
There will always be a variety of engagement between academics and external partners that sit outside of these areas. We must enable this to flourish and grow too, developing and maintaining an institutional environment that recognises and rewards it as a valuable part of a successful academic career.
