Keele University
Motto:	Thanke God for All
Established:	1949 (as University College of North Staffordshire); university status granted in 1962
Type:	Public
Chancellor:	Prof Sir David Weatherall
Vice-Chancellor:	Prof Janet Finch
Visitor:	The Lord President of the Council ex officio
Faculty:	403
Students:	12,345[1]
Undergraduates:	8,950[1]
Postgraduates:	3,400[1]
Location:	Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Campus:	Rural
Website:	http://www.keele.ac.uk/

Keele University is a research-intensive campus university located near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A public university is a University that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government as opposed to private universities. A Chancellor is the head of a University. Other titles are sometimes used such as President or Rector. Sir David John Weatherall (born 9 March 1933) is a British physician and researcher in Molecular genetics, Haematology, Pathology A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a University in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, For the Catholic equivalent see Canonical visitation, and for other uses see Visitor (disambiguation A Visitor, in United The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above C D E A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described This article is about the English village For the Toronto subway see station Keele (TTC. Newcastle-under-Lyme, known simply as "castle" to many local people is a Market town in Staffordshire, England, and is the principal Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A campus university is a British term for a University situated on one site - with student accommodation teaching and research facilities and leisure activities Newcastle-under-Lyme, known simply as "castle" to many local people is a Market town in Staffordshire, England, and is the principal Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Founded in 1949 as an experimental college dedicated to a broad curriculum and interdisciplinary study,^[2] Keele is most notable for pioneering the dual honours degree in Britain. In Academia, Pedagogy, Physical sciences, Earth sciences, Human sciences and Social sciences Joint Honours (also known as dual honours or double majors) is a specific type of degree offered generally at the Bachelor's level in the ^[3] The University occupies a 617 acre (2. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U 5 km²) rural campus close to the village of Keele and houses a Science Park^[4] and a conference centre. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of This article is about the English village For the Toronto subway see station Keele (TTC. ^[5] The University's School of Medicine and School of Nursing and Midwifery operate clinical courses from a separate campus at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire in Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent. Keele University Medical School is the medical school of Keele University, Staffordshire, England. The University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS is a major teaching & research hospital in Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, England, near Stoke-on-Trent ( often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city in Staffordshire, England which forms a linear Conurbation almost 12 miles (19

History

Keele University was established in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, at the initiative of A. D. Lindsay, then Master of Balliol College, Oxford. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alexander Dunlop Lindsay 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker CBE ( 14 May 1879 - 18 March 1952) known as Sandie Lindsay, was a British Balliol College (ˈbeɪlɪəl founded in 1263 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Lindsay was a strong advocate of working-class adult education,^[6] who had first suggested a "people's university" in an address to the North Staffordshire Workers' Educational Association in 1925. The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA seeks to provide access to education and lifelong learning for adults from all backgrounds and in particular those who have previously missed ^[7]

On 13th March 1946, Lindsay wrote to Sir Walter Moberly, chair of the University Grants Committee (UGC), suggesting the establishment of a college “on new lines”. Sir Walter Hamilton Moberly GBE KCB Kt DSO (b 20 October 1881 &ndash1974 was a British academic The University Grants Committee (UGC ( of Hong Kong is an advisory Committee responsible for advising the Hong Kong Government on the development and funding ^[8] Established practice was for new colleges to be launched without degree-awarding powers, instead taking external degrees of the University of London. Crucially, Lindsay wanted to “get rid of the London external degree”, instead forming a college with the authority from the start to set its own syllabus, perhaps acting under the sponsorship of an established university. Lindsay wrote also to the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, tentatively requesting just such sponsorship. ^[8]

Keele Hall, formerly the ancestral home of the Sneyd family; now part of Keele University.

An exploratory committee was established by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, chaired by Lindsay and supported by Alderman Thomas Horwood, Vicar of Etruria and leader of the Labour group on the City Council. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the ^[9] Having secured public funding from the UGC in January 1948,^[10] the Committee acquired Keele Hall, a stately home on the outskirts of Newcastle-under-Lyme, from its owner, Ralph Sneyd. Keele Hall is a 19th century mansion house at Keele, Staffordshire now standing on the campus of Keele University and serving as the university conference ^[11] The Hall, ancestral residence of the Sneyd family, had previously been requisitioned by the War Office for military use during World War II, and was supplied with the bulk of the Sneyd estate and a number of prefabricated structures erected by the Army, for the sum of £31,000. The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963 when ^[11]

Growing steadily, the University College was promoted to university status in 1962,^[12] receiving a new Royal Charter in January of that year,^[13] and adopting the name The University of Keele. The term " university college " is used in a number of countries to denote institutions that provide Tertiary education but do not have full or independent A Royal Charter is a Charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy council to legitimize an incorporated body such as a city company This remains the official name, although Keele University is now the name used by the University itself. In achieving University status, Keele became the second of the New Universities (after Sussex, Royal Charter 1961). In the United Kingdom, the term New University has various meanings regarding British universities. The University of Sussex is a British Campus university which is situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, and is from Brighton

Since then, student numbers have swelled considerably. The University estimates that there are now upwards of 5,600 full-time students at Keele; 1,300 part-time students; and around 4,000 participants on professional and short courses. ^[14] The University is committed to further growth,^[15] with the stated objective of increasing its numbers to 10,000 full-time students. ^[14]

Campus

The university is located on a 617 acre (2. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U 5 km²) estate. The campus is home to an increasing number of academic and residential buildings. A campus is traditionally the land on which a College or University and related institutional buildings are situated

There are four halls of residence. Barnes, Lindsay (including The Oaks and Holly Cross) and Horwood are located on the main campus, while The Hawthorns is just outside the university gates in Keele village itself. This article is about the English village For the Toronto subway see station Keele (TTC. Together, these halls provide accommodation for approximately 70% of the full-time students. ^[14] Many staff are also resident on campus.

Other campus facilities include an astronomical observatory, an art gallery, an arboretum, a chapel, 2 mosques, and shops, cafes and places to eat and drink. Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study An arboretum is a collection of trees Related collections include a fruticetum (from the Latin frutex, meaning shrub and a viticetum a collection of vines Just outside the entrance to the University is Keele Golf Course and practice range.

The university has also built award-winning science and business parks and conference centres on the campus. A campus is traditionally the land on which a College or University and related institutional buildings are situated

Recently, the university received planning permission to begin a building programme on a 70 acre portion of the campus. A campus is traditionally the land on which a College or University and related institutional buildings are situated This will include a mixture of academic and residential buildings to accommodate the planned increase in student numbers.

The Students' Union building. Keele University Students' Union (KUSU aims to represent students at Keele University, England.

Students' Union

Main article: Keele University Students' Union

Keele University Students' Union is active in organising social activities throughout the year. Keele University Students' Union (KUSU aims to represent students at Keele University, England. The Student Union holds student social nights most nights, with the busiest being "Rewind" on a Wednesday (with a monthly "Flirt!" night) and "Reloaded" on a Friday. The Union has several bars - The Lounge, Sam's Bar, Barista and K2. Restaurants are Harveys Coffee Shop and The Kiln. The union formerly owned the Golfer's Arms, adjacent to the campus but this was finally sold to the local council at the end of 2005.

Concourse is the name of the student newspaper. It is issued twice a month.

There is also a very popular student radio station called Kube Radio, broadcast over the Internet. Keele University Broadcasting Enterprise (often abbreviated to KUBE is a student run radio station at Keele University in Staffordshire, England and This station is currently the most internationally acclaimed student radio station with awards from both the New York Festivals and the European Radio Awards both for Best Online Only Radio Station.

In the early 1990s the Keele Students Union RAG committee was instrumental in the formation of the "National Association of RAGs". University Rag societies are student-run charitable fundraising organisations that are widespread in the United Kingdom and Ireland. This wider scope of activity lead to good natured rivalry with other RAG committees, especially Warwick and Cardiff. The University of Warwick is a British Campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands, England and is Cardiff University (Prifysgol Caerdydd is a leading University located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Keele Rev is an active branch of the charity Revelation Rock-Gospel Choirs. Revelation is a registered charity supporting a network of Christian -based rock-gospel Choirs in student institutions throughout the United

Reputation and academic organisation

The University's distinctive profile^[16] reflects the aims of its founders: breadth of study and community atmosphere. ^[17]

Breadth of study was guaranteed by the "pioneering"^[18] four-year dual-honours degree programmes initially offered by Keele. The University's curriculum required every student to study two "principal" subjects to honours level, as well as further "subsidiary" subjects, with an additional requirement that students should study at least one subject from each of the subject groupings of Arts, Sciences and Social Sciences. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and ^[19] The cross-disciplinary requirement was reinforced by the Foundation Year, an innovation which meant that for the first year of the four-year programmes, all students would study a common course of interdisciplinary "foundation studies". In Academia, Pedagogy, Physical sciences, Earth sciences, Human sciences and Social sciences In the words of the first UCNS Prospectus, the programme offered:

". . . a broad education based upon an understanding of the heritage of civilisation, movements and conditions, and of the nature, methods and influence of the experimental sciences"^[20]

Standard three-year degrees were introduced in 1973^[21] and the number of students following the Foundation Year course have steadily dwindled since. The Foundation Year has never quite been formally discontinued, however, and remains an option for prospective students who qualify for entry into Higher Education, but lack subject-specific qualifications for specific degree programmes. Higher education is Education that is provided by universities, vocational universities, Community colleges Liberal arts colleges ^[22] By contrast, the Dual Honours system at Keele remains distinctive and popular, with almost 90 per cent of current undergraduates reading dual honours. ^[23]

As an experimental community, Keele was initially founded as a "wholly residential"^[17] institution. Of the initial intake of 159 students in October 1950, 149 were resident on campus,^[24] and it was required of the first professors appointed that they should also be in residence. ^[25] With the expansion of the University, total residency has long since been abandoned, but the proportion of students and staff resident on campus remains above average: 70 per cent of full-time students^[14] and "a significant proportion of staff"^[26] currently live in campus residences.

The University also has a reputation for political activism, especially left-wing radicalism,^[27] having been dubbed, in its early years, a "School for Socialists"^[28] and "The Kremlin on the Hill". ^[29]

Teaching

The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) last conducted an institution-wide audit of Keele's teaching between 10 and 14 May 2004. The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education ( QAA) was established in 1997 to provide an integrated Quality assurance service for United Kingdom The Agency reported "broad confidence" in the management of the University's teaching quality. ^[39]

The QAA discontinued the "graded profile" method of individual subject review in 2001,^[40] At that time, the highest-graded areas of teaching at Keele were: American studies, education, philosophy, politics and international relations (scoring 24 out of a possible 24); economics and psychology (scoring 23); maths and statistics, physics and astrophysics, organismal biosciences, sociology (scoring 22); and management, nursing and midwifery, biochemistry and biomedical sciences (scoring 21). ^[3]

Departments at Keele are organised into three faculties:

• The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences contains the Schools of
  • Criminology, Education, and Sociology & Social Work (Criminology, Education, Social Relations)
  • Economic & Management Studies (Economics, Health Planning and Management, Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, Management)
  • Humanities (American studies, English, History, Languages, Culture and Creative Arts)
  • Law (Professional Ethics, Law)
  • Politics, International Relations & Philosophy.

• The Faculty of Natural Sciences contains the Schools of
  • Computing & Mathematics
  • Life Sciences
  • Physical & Geographical Sciences
  • Psychology

• The Faculty of Health contains the Schools of
  • Health & Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy)
  • Medicine
  • Pharmacy
  • Nursing & Midwifery

Research

In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, the research of one department (Law) was rated 5* and that of a further six departments (English, Mathematics (Applied), History, American Studies, the School of Politics, International Relations and the Environment ("SPIRE") and the Centre for Science and Technology in Medicine ("CSTM")) was rated 5. Keele University Medical School is the medical school of Keele University, Staffordshire, England. The Research Assessment Exercise ( RAE) is an exercise undertaken approximately every 5 years on behalf of the four UK Higher education funding councils ( HEFCE An interdepartmental submission to the Social Policy and Administration panel was also rated 5.

Research in psychology, biology, Russian, music, business and management studies and community-based clinical subjects was also highly rated in the RAE 2001. ^[41]

Research activities are co-ordinated by a Graduate School and organised within seven Research Institutes:

• Research Institute for the Humanities
• Research Institute for Law, Politics and Justice
• Research Institute for Life Course Studies
• Research Institute for Public Policy and Management
• Research Institute for the Environment, Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics (EPSAM)
• Research Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine
• Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences

Since 2005, an Office of Research and Enterprise has managed Keele's "enterprise activities".

2007 Janet Finch pay rise controversy

Early in 2007 it was announced that the Keele University Vice-Chancellor, Janet Finch, had received a pay rise of 31. 7 per cent in the previous year. This took her annual salary to £212,000 which is greater than the salaries paid to the Vice-Chancellors of universities such as Cambridge and Warwick. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the The University of Warwick is a British Campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands, England and is ^[42]

The salary increase was ten times the pay rise given to lecturers in the same year which drew concern from lecturers' unions that staff workloads were not being accurately reflected by pay increases.

Keele University defended the pay rise citing recently successful university expansion projects. However, critics point out that despite the success of recent expansions, Keele University has suffered the fourth biggest drop in student applications of all UK universities. Students at the university have also claimed that Finch's 'success' is down to ruthless cutbacks rather than careful investment. ^[43]

Finch's pay will remain frozen until 2009.

UCU Greylisting Campaign

In December 2007 Keele University's council approved a plan to close most of the School of Economic and Management Studies' current programmes in management, economics and industrial relations and human resource management, placing 38 of the 67 academic staff in the school at risk of redundancy. Keele management have informed staff that they refuse to enter into negotiations over the proposed redundancies and that they intend to make a 25% deduction from the pay of University and College Union members taking industrial action against the staff cuts. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The University and College Union ( UCU) is a UK Trade union

Members of UCU and other trade unions, labour movement organisations, and the international academic community are being asked to support the staff threatened with redundancy by joining the campaign to “greylist” Keele University. The term greylisting specifically means a voluntary boycott of academic and other university activities where appropriate at Keele.

Keele UCU members are seeking the following from management:

• Engage in meaningful negotiations with the branch and regional officials • Remove the threat of pay deductions relating to the ongoing ASOS • Commence the engagement of academic managers with teaching groups in discussion about future teaching programmes • Agree an acceptable process for voluntary severance - including an extension to the time period of the current scheme

Colleagues are asked to show their support for Keele UCU in particular in the following ways with effect from Friday 13 June, 2008:

• Non attendance, speaking at or organising academic or other conferences at Keele • Do not apply for jobs at Keele • Do not give lectures at Keele • Do not accept positions as Visiting professors or researchers at Keele • Do not write for any academic journal which is edited from Keele • Do not take up new contracts as external examiners for taught courses

Sport

Keele has a tradition of participation in many different sports, ranging from rugby to lacrosse, to dodgeball. Lacrosse is a full contact Team sport played using a solid rubber ball and long handled racket called a crosse or Lacrosse stick. Dodgeball is a traditional team sport played in Physical education classes in the U Sports teams and issues raised are managed by the Athletic Union with the University having very little involvement with the on-goings of sport at the university. The Leisure Centre is one of the largest dry leisure complexes in Staffordshire. ^[44] The Centre boasts two national standard sports halls, a single court gymnasium, a fitness centre, dance studio and climbing wall. Outside there is an all weather floodlit Astroturf pitch, tennis courts and extensive playing fields. AstroTurf is a brand of Artificial turf. Though the term is a Registered trademark, it is sometimes used as a generic description of any kind It is also the first University Centre in the UK to offer a full "Kinesis" gym facility. ^[45]

People

List of University officers

Professor Janet Finch, current Vice-Chancellor of Keele.

Principals and Vice-Chancellors

• Lord Lindsay of Birker (1949-52)
• Sir John Lennard-Jones (1953-54)
• Sir George Barnes (1956-60)
• Dr H. Alexander Dunlop Lindsay 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker CBE ( 14 May 1879 - 18 March 1952) known as Sandie Lindsay, was a British Sir John Edward Lennard-Jones KBE FRS (born October 27, 1894; died November 1, 1954) was a Mathematician who held a chair of theoretical Sir George Barnes (1904-1960 was a British Broadcasting executive who was a station Controller of both BBC Radio and later BBC Television in the 1940s M. Taylor (1961-67)
• Professor W. A. Campbell Stewart (1967-79)
• Dr D. Harrison (1979-84)
• Professor Sir Brian Fender (1985-95)
• Professor Janet Finch (since 1995)

Presidents and Chancellors

• The Earl of Harrowby (1949-55)
• HRH Princess Margaret (1956-86)
• Claus Moser (Lord Moser from 2001) (1986-2002)
• Professor Sir David Weatherall (since 2002)

Notable academics

The University Chapel. Sir Brian Fender (Birth unknown - ? is a British academic administrator John Herbert Dudley Ryder 5th Earl of Harrowby ( 22 August 1864 &ndash 30 March 1956) briefly known as Viscount Sandon from March Claus Adolf Moser Baron Moser, KCB, CBE (born November 24, 1922 in Berlin) is a British Statistician who has Sir David John Weatherall (born 9 March 1933) is a British physician and researcher in Molecular genetics, Haematology, Pathology

The Chapel in winter.

• Margaret Canovan - Political theorist
• Samuel Edward Finer - Political scientist
• Roy Fisher - British poet and jazz pianist
• Antony Flew - British philosopher
• Ronald Frankenberg - Anthropologist
• Peter Jackson - Medieval historian
• Eugene Lambert - Russianist
• Roy McWeeny - Physicist
• Donald Nicholl - Historian and theologian
• Nicholas O'Shaughnessy - Political commentator and author
• John Sloboda - Psychologist
• David Southall - Paediatrician
• Richard Swinburne - Philosopher
• Charles Townshend - Historian
• Paul Willis - Cultural theorist
• Kwasi Wiredu - African philosopher

Notable alumni

The University's Arms, as displayed on the front of the Library

Academics

• Stan Beckensall - Prehistoric rock art expert
• Sandra Dawson - Organizational theorist
• Adam Fairclough - Historian
• Sam Nolutshungu - Political scientist

Arts and Media

• Jo Beverley (BA History and American Studies, 1970) - Romantic novelist
• Bob Dickinson - Composer
• Tony Elliott - (French) founder and owner of Time Out
• Jack Emery (BA English and History, 1967) - Television producer
• Jem Finer (BA Computer Science and Sociology & Social Anthropology, 1977) - member of The Pogues
• Robert Henderson (BA History and Politics, 1973) - Writer
• Marina Lewycka (BA Philosophy and English, 1968)- Author
• Keith Ovenden - Writer
• David Pownall (BA English and History, 1960; DLitt, 2000) - Writer
• Sue Robbie (BA English and Psychology) - Television presenter

Politics

• Paul Clark (BA Economics and Politics) - Labour MP
• Don Foster (BSc Physics and Psychology) - Liberal Democrat MP
• John Golding - Labour MP and trade union leader
• Eric Joyce - Labour MP
• Alun Michael (BA English and Philosophy, 1966) - Labour MP
• Adelaide Tambo - South African politician
• John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick - British politician, first black Conservative member of the House of Lords
• Lynda Waltho - Labour MP

Public service

• Kojo Annan (BA Economics and Politics, 1995) - Son of Kofi Annan, Former General Secretary of the UN
• David J. Cooney (BA Politics and History) - Current Irish ambassador to the UK^[46]
• Jonathan Dollimore - Cultural and literary theorist
• The Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill (BA French and German, 1972) - Bishop of Lichfield
• Michael Mansfield (BA Philosophy and History, 1964; LLD, 1995) - Barrister
• Lord Melchett (MA Criminology) - Former Executive Director of Greenpeace
• Richard Mottram (BA Economics/History/Politics, 1968) - UK government Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, and chair of the UK Joint Intelligence Committee)
• Nick Partridge - AIDS awareness campaigner

Interesting facts and trivia

The University Library. Margaret Canovan (born 1939 is an English political theorist. Professor Samuel Edward Finer ( September 22, 1915 – June 9, 1993) was a political scientist and historian who was instrumental Roy Fisher (born 1930 is a British Poet and Jazz pianist He was one of the first British writers to absorb the poetics of William Carlos Williams Professor Antony Garrard Newton Flew (born 11 February 1923 is a British Philosopher. Ronald Frankenberg is a noted British Anthropologist, known for his study of conflict and decision-making in a Welsh village Peter Jackson is a scholar and historian specializing on the Crusades, particularly the contacts between the Europeans and the Mongols. Eugene Lambert is a mischievous Puppeteer, and owner of the Lambert Puppet Theatre in Monkstown Dublin, Ireland. Roy McWeeny, born May 19, 1924 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, is a physicist and academic Donald Nicholl ( 23 July 1923 – 3 May 1997) was a British Historian and theologian. Nicholas Jackson O'Shaughnessy is a Professor of Marketing and Communication at Queen Mary University of London. John Sloboda (b June 13th 1950 is the Executive Director of the Oxford Research Group, an NGO that seeks to develop non-violent approaches to national and international Professor David Southall is a UK Paediatrician who is regarded by some as a leading expert in Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII also known as " Richard G Swinburne (born December 26, 1934) is an eminent British Professor and Philosopher primarily interested in the Charles Townshend FBA (born 1945 is a British historian with particular expertise on the historic role of British imperialism in Ireland and Palestine Paul Willis is a leading British cultural theorist. He was born in Wolverhampton and received his education at the University of Cambridge and at the Kwasi Wiredu (born 1931) is one of the foremost African philosophers working today A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people Stan Beckensall is an international Rock art expert He was the first male graduate of Keele University. Dame Sandra J N Dawson DBE is Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, KPMG Professor of Management Samuel Clement Nolutshungu ( April 15, 1945 &ndash August 12, 1997) was one of the foremost South African scholars and an internationally Mary Josephine Dunn (born September 22, 1947 in Lancashire, England) is a prolific British - Canadian writer of popular Bob Dickinson (born 1955 is an English composer and writer He studied music at Sheffield University and Keele University (1973-77 Tony Elliott (b January 7 1947 is the founder and owner of Time Out Group based in London, England. Time Out is a Publishing company based in London, England. The company's best known product is the Time Out weekly listings Magazine Jack Emery is a British director writer and producer for stage TV and radio Jeremy "Jem" Finer (born July 25, 1955) is an English musician and composer The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background playing Traditional Irish music with influences from Punk rock, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane Robert Henderson (born 1947 is a British writer who has caused public Controversy with his views on racial issues and his letters to the British Marina Lewycka (born 1946 Kiel) is a British novelist of Ukrainian origin currently living in Sheffield, England. Keith Ovenden (born 1943 is an English novelist and biographer David Pownall (born 1938 is a critically acclaimed and prize-winning author of plays novels and short stories Sue Robbie (b Susan Robinson on July 5, 1949, London) grew up in the north-west of England and was educated at Keele University, Paul Gordon Clark (born 29 April 1957) is a British Labour Politician and MP for the South East constituency of Gillingham The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. John Golding ( 9 March 1931 &ndash 20 January 1999) was a Labour Party politician and Trade Union leader in the United The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Major Eric Stuart Joyce (born October 13, 1960, in Perth, Scotland) is a British politician and Member of Parliament for The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Alun Edward Michael JP MP (born 22 August 1943 is a Welsh politician The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Adelaide "Mama" Tambo ( July 18 1929 - January 31 2007) was a prominent anti-apartheid activist political exile and regarded as a John David Beckett Taylor Baron Taylor of Warwick (born 1952) is a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords. Lynda Ellen Waltho (born May 22, 1960, London) is the Labour MP for Stourbridge. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Kojo Annan (born July 1973 in Geneva, Switzerland) is the son of ex- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. David J Cooney (born 29 April 1954) is an Irish diplomat. He is Ireland 's permanent representative ( Ambassador) to the United Jonathan Dollimore (born 1948 is a British Sociologist and social theorist in the fields of Renaissance literature (especially drama Gender The Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill (born 1949 is the 98th Bishop of Lichfield. Michael Mansfield QC (born 12 October 1941) is a well known English Barrister. Peter Robert Henry Mond 4th Baron Melchett (born 24 February 1948) heir to Sir Alfred Mond 's ICI fortune son of the British Steel Corporation Greenpeace, originally known as the Greenpeace Foundation, was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1972 Sir Richard Mottram GCB (born April 23, 1946) is Chairman or a Board member of a number of private and public sector organisations many with international Nick Partridge is a leading campaigner for action on HIV / AIDS.

• In 1998 and 1999 there was some controversy over the decision by University authorities to sell the Turner Collection, a valuable collection of mathematical printed books including some which had belonged to Isaac Newton, in order to fund major improvements to the University Library. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (ˈnjuːtən 4 January 1643 31 March 1727) Biography Early years See also Isaac Newton's early life and achievements The collection also included first printed editions of Euclid in most of the major European languages. Senior University officials authorised the sale of the collection to a private buyer, with no guarantee that it would remain intact or within the UK. Although legally permissible, the sale was unpopular among the academic community and the controversy was fuelled by prolonged negative press coverage suggesting that the £1m sale price was too low and that the collection was certain to be broken up.

• The cochlear implant was developed in the Department of Communication and Neuroscience at Keele. A cochlear implant (CI is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of Sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing

• Many of the exterior shots for the BBC TV series "A Very Peculiar Practice" were filmed at University of Keele. A Very Peculiar Practice was a BBC comedy-drama series first shown in 1986

• Keele University was the subject of a 1980s BBC documentary on student debt entitled A Nightmare on Keele Hill. This name was used in 1991 to 1993 by the Students Union Entertainment Committee as the name for the Friday night disco (previously called the "Mega").

• In the early 1980s Keele attracted the attention of the national press and television news when some students founded a 'cuddling society' and a 'mass cuddle' was filmed in the car park outside the students union.

• Keele University is built over the mine workings of Silverdale colliery. Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining.
• Barnes Hall has no M block (it has A-L and N-X). This coupled with the large clear area adjacent to L block and the fact that the university is built over mine shafts led to an urban legend that the block sank into the ground due to a collapse of a mine tunnel. An urban legend or urban myth is a form of modern Folklore consisting of stories thought to be factual by those circulating them This is only partially true - the block became unsafe due to subsidence and was demolished. In Geology, Engineering, and Surveying, subsidence is the motion of a surface (usually the Earth's surface as it shifts downward relative to

• Keele was the first UK University to sell the rental income from its student accommodation to a private company for a limited time in order to raise short-term funds.

• The postmodern sculpture situated outside Keele's Library was stolen by a visiting sports team only to be later retrieved and securely fitted. In 2005 the same statue was damaged in protest of the University's policy of fining regulations against its undergraduate students.

• In 2007, Keele University students were responsible for getting Keele featured as a location on the UK 'Here and Now' version of the traditional board game Monopoly. Monopoly is a Board game published by Parker Brothers, a subsidiary of Hasbro. People in the UK had an opportunity to vote for which places should make the board, and Keele was the highest "wild-card" location which made it on. It even finished higher on the board than London, and takes the place of "Fleet Street" in the game ^[47]. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

• In 2007, Keele students won a competition hosted by O2 via facebook called "The battle for the UK's favourite university", scoring over 172000 points by uploading photos, videos and making wall posts on the group. Facebook is a social networking Website launched on February 4 2004 The prize for winning the comptetion was a party at their students union, hosted by O2.

• In episode 20 The Almighty Underwater Chicken of the children's program Roger and the Rottentrolls the narrator imagines what Yockenthwaite (the stupidest of the Rottentrolls) would have thought had he been the cleverest of the Rottentrolls, and he is shown playing for Keele University on University Challenge. Roger and the Rottentrolls (sometimes but not in the title sequence nor on DVD covers called just The Yockenthwaite is a hamlet in the Langstrothdale valley in the Yorkshire Dales in the north of England. University Challenge is a long-running British television quiz show, licensed and produced by Granada Television. ^[48]

Notes

References

• Harrison, Jane; Thorley, Helena (2006-03-14). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. love:keele – undergraduate 2007. Undergraduate Prospectus 2007. Keele University. Retrieved on 2007-03-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
• Kolbert, John Murray (2000-11-19). Keele: the first fifty years – a Portrait of the University 1950-2000. Keele, Staffordshire: Melandrium Books. ISBN 1-85856-238-4.  
• The British Society for the History of Mathematics' page opposing the sale of the Turner Collection in 1998

External links

• Keele University – official website
• Keele University Students' Union

• Keele University is at coordinates 53°00′11″N 2°16′23″W / 53.003, -2.273 (Keele University)Coordinates: 53°00′11″N 2°16′23″W / 53.003, -2.273 (Keele University)