23 Facts About Keele University

Keele University, officially known as the University of Keele, is a public research university in Keele, approximately three miles from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England.

In 1954 the first graduate studying fully at Keele University was Margaret Boulds, who received a dual honours degree in philosophy and English.

Alternatives were considered, including "The Keele University of Stoke" or "Stoke-on-Trent", but both were rejected because the estate is situated in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Together with Reading, Nottingham, Southampton, Hull, Exeter and Leicester, all university colleges founded a short time before or after the First World War, Keele was identified as one of the "younger civic universities" by the Robbins Report.

In late 1985, after a series of cuts in university funding, Keele briefly considered merging with North Staffordshire Polytechnic, but negotiations collapsed.

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In 1994, the Oswestry and North Staffordshire School of Physiotherapy, which had been a separate institution based at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry, Shropshire, merged with Keele University, becoming Keele's Department of Physiotherapy Studies .

In 2001, Keele was awarded an undergraduate medical school in partnership with Manchester University.

In 2016, Keele University was finalist in the Green Gowns Awards for its "significant reduction in carbon emissions and to a dedicated programme of carbon reduction projects supported by an excellent energy management system".

Additionally, Keele University has embarked on a major expansion of STEM subjects with a £45m investment.

Keele University is in advanced discussions with Shropshire's Harper Adams Keele University for the creation of a joint Veterinary School on-campus with its first student intake expected in 2019.

The Hawthorns, remnants of the Sneyd property in Keele University Village, was originally a large house, two paddocks and gardens totalling 13 acres.

Keele 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.

Keele University operates several collaborative arrangements with educational establishments in the UK and abroad.

Today, Keele University has exchange agreements with over 80 academic institutions worldwide.

In 2011, Keele established a college of fellows to promote the activities of the university outside the traditional realm of academia.

In recent years Keele University has attempted to boost this number by reaching out to local schools and hosting a summer school.

Keele University has made it a priority to attract applicants with ABB grades and above at A'Level.

In May 2012 Keele University was listed by the Times Higher Education magazine as among the world's top 100 new universities.

In September 2016, Keele was awarded 'University of the Year for Student Experience' .

In June 2017, Keele University was awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework which measures excellence in three areas: teaching quality, the learning environment and the educational and professional outcomes achieved by students.

In 2012, Keele University took part in the first official inter-university Muggle Quidditch match, winning and thus becoming the top ranked team in the country.

The sport has since expanded and Keele University has remained one of the forerunners, finishing in second place at the British Quidditch Cup in November 2013.

Keele University featured prominently in Marvellous, the biographical film about honorary graduate Neil Baldwin broadcast on BBC Two in September 2014.