Keele University Profile
History
•Keele was first UK University of the 20th Century and is UK’s largest integrated campus university.
Location and transport
•Situated in the center of the UK, Keele is accessible from anywhere in the country. Set in more than 600 acres of parkland, the University is is an hour’s drive of Manchester and Birmingham, and less than two hours by train from London. Keele is devoted to helping students make most of their potential.
Student mix
•The percentage of Local students 30%.
•The ratio of Male : Female 45% : 55%.
•The rati of UK+EU : Overseas 88% : 12%.
Research standards
•Around 85% of Keele University's research is classified as international importance as a result of 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
•Around 11per cent of the university's research submitted for the assessment was judged to bre of the international standards. This compares to 6 per cent achieving the top grade in previous RAE in 2001.
Academic strengths
•The University makes the unique contribution to higher education in its commitment to encouraging interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary education and research.
•Courses hear include Nursing, Midwifery, Medicine, Physiotherapy, Law, Business Management, Biomedical Sciences, Pharmacy, International Relations, Criminology, Forensic Science, and Mathematics.
Sport
•20 hectares of sport facilities comprising playing fields, a new all-weather pitch, 8 tennis courts, 6 squash courts, 2 sports halls and fitness centre.
•The fitness centre has 49 stations and 2 weight rooms.
Notable alumni
•Phil Avery, the BBC weather presenter
•Emran bin Bahar, ambassador for Brunei Darussalam
•Stan Beckensall, expert in the prehistoric rock art