Keele's Research Institute for Social Sciences brings together over 170 academic staff and over 200 postgraduate students working across a range of social science disciplines. Staff and research students are grouped within five Research Centres, these providing a focus for seminars, grant activity, support to PGRs, and research support and supervision.
New Vic Borderlines is the New Vic theatre’s nationally acclaimed program delivered by highly skilled practitioners engaging with the community and a range of partners, creating positive solutions, challenging negative behaviors, attitudes and actions and developing new and aspirational futures.
Partners include: Community and Voluntary groups, Youth and Community Services, County Council Departments, Crown Prosecution Service, Police, Probation and Youth Offending Services and statutory and voluntary sector organisations.
They have received many national awards including 2 Global Ethics Awards, a prestigious Clarion Award and a national British Crime Concern award for reducing offending behaviour. Their work is inspired by the social agenda and the belief that communities can create dynamic and positive relationships, imaginative and generous solutions and take on roles and responsibilities.
Recent work with the Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, brought about a touring play with workshops called ‘All Our Daughters?’ about Forced Marriage. Reaching 8000+ beneficiaries it’s described by the Chief Crown Prosecutor Nazir Afzal as “Saving Lives”.
We’re proud that students from over 150 countries have studied at Keele, learning from our eminent academics, advancing knowledge, and contributing to our global impact.
Keele University is ideally situated in the heart of England, just an hour from both Manchester and Birmingham, and offers a world-class educational experience. We are well regarded for the breadth of our teaching, and successively rank at the top of student satisfaction surveys.
Everything is on your doorstep at Keele. Our beautiful 600-acre campus is self-contained, with student accommodation, teaching buildings, restaurants and cafés, a sports centre, and medical centre all within easy reach.
Our student population is small yet cosmopolitan, and there’s a great sense of community. You’ll soon feel at home, and you’ll make and meet friends wherever you go.
We deliver a unique and international learning experience. We teach in small groups, provide one-to-one access to our academics, and value the quality of our teaching as highly as our cutting-edge research.
Whether you’re considering a foundation course or an undergraduate degree, an MA or a PhD, Keele is a place where students thrive.
Based on the evidence available, the TEF Panel judged that Keele delivers consistently outstanding teaching, learning, and outcomes for its students and therefore awarded the University Gold status. This is of the highest quality found in the UK - furthermore, in a separate analysis of the results by Times Higher Education (2017) we're ranked in the TEF UK Top 5.
GUARDIAN UNIVERSITY LEAGUE TABLE 2021
- Keele is ranked 35th place overall
- Ranked No.2 in England for both Radiography and Physiotherapy, and No.4 for Medicine behind Oxford, Cambridge, and Brighton Sussex Medical School
- Top 10 in England for Geography, and Top 20 for Nursing & Midwifery, Pharmacy, and Neuroscience
- Top 10 in England for Student Satisfaction for Course
TIMES GOOD UNIVERSITY GUIDE 2020
- Keele is ranked in the UK Top 50 overall
- Keele is ranked in the Top 10 for Student Experience
THE COMPLETE UNIVERSITY GUIDE 2021
- In the Top 10 for Forensic Science and Education, in England
- Keele is ranked 56nd overall
NATIONAL STUDENT SURVEY
- Consistently ranked in the top three in England for student satisfaction (of broad-based universities), NSS 2014-2019
- No.1 for Children's Nursing, Midwifery, Business Studies, and Media and Film Studies (NSS, 2020)
- No.1 for Chemistry and Human Geography (NSS, 2019)
- Top 10 for Adult Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacy, Business Studies, Molecular Biology, and Finance (NSS, 2019)
- Top 10 for our Students' Union (NSS, 2019)
COMBINED TEF & REF LEAGUE TABLE
- Keele is ranked in the UK Top 10
- Analysis by Lancaster University and published in Times Higher Education, March 2018
