2021

Keele’s Vice-Chancellor has welcomed the approval of a new £13 million Institute of Technology (IoT) for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

Businesses across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire can boost their potential in 2022, as Keele University announces the dates for the next cohorts of its transformative Innovation Leadership* programme.

Congratulations to Woolcool and The Stone Group, joint winners in the Sustainability and Environment Category at this year's Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce Business Awards. Keele University was delighted to continue its sponsorship of this category.

With eleven years’ experience working on ways businesses across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire can engage with universities, Rob McKay reflects on his experience and offers his advice to local business leaders.  

Keele University will host a series of sustainability-themed events to coincide with the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November.

A local marketing agency is using new learnings from a prestigious Keele University business development programme to help to grow their workforce and improve productivity.

Over 70 students from Keele University’s Business School have worked alongside local charities to support their recovery from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ofsted inspectors have praised Keele’s approach to apprenticeship delivery after a recent monitoring visit, with the University’s apprenticeship provision being commended for making “significant progress” across all three inspection themes.

Construction is now underway on the latest Innovation Centre on Keele University’s Science and Innovation Park, which is set to open in 2022.

Keele University’s flagship summer start-up programme, supported by our OFS Student Knowledge Exchange Project and Santander, received a record-breaking number of applications this year.

A Keele University Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project will use neuroscience to develop marketing strategies with a local IT consultancy.

In this article, Terry Dray, Sue Welland, and Hannes Read look at how Keele University and the University of Birmingham are re-imagining experiential learning, industry placements, and student knowledge exchange. Terry Dray is the Director for Employability and Employer Engagement at Keele University, and leads the Student Knowledge Exchange project.

Local business owners have used learnings from Keele’s Innovation Leadership programme to refine their strategies and grow, following the global pandemic.

Five Keele University students have partnered with YMCA North Staffordshire to help highlight sustainable exercise in the local area.

Hundreds more local organisations are set to benefit from increased access to world-leading expertise and resources, following an expansion of Keele University’s exclusive business support programmes.

A Keele University student has produced a film documenting how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the lives of staff and residents of YMCA Crewe, as part of a Student Knowledge Exchange internship

A new report has praised the work of universities including Keele in championing businesses across the West Midlands, using their cutting-edge research to help these businesses to grow and innovate.

Keele University’s Vice-Chancellor has been appointed as the new Chair of a collaborative partnership championing innovation and progress across the Midlands.

Businesses across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire are being given a boost in their post-pandemic recovery, thanks to support from Keele University’s fully-funded support programmes.

More than 180 talented Keele University students have supported businesses, charities and not-for-profit organisations during the Coronavirus pandemic, in the form of paid internships.

The employability of Keele students has been praised at a recent national awards ceremony, with the University winning in two categories and shortlisted in a further three.

A new ‘nature corridor’ is set to be created across the Keele University campus, thanks to a local community project.

Keele University has partnered with key local and regional organisations to launch ambitious plans to strengthen the area’s recovery following the pandemic.

A thriving car lease company based on Keele University's Science and Innovation Park is set for a fast-growing 2021, after securing significant investment.

Keele University is delighted to be partnering with the UK Government as part of the ‘Together for Our Planet’ campaign - the UK's year of climate action that culminates in the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) being held in Glasgow in November.

Building work for The Courtyard by Marriott hotel on Keele’s campus is complete, and the hotel will open in February 2021.

A new report has revealed that the Midlands has moved swiftly to apply its wealth of capability in its hospitals, universities and businesses to deliver £90m of research to support regional, national and global efforts to tackle the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Keele has supported the growth and development of hundreds of local businesses since the Business Gateway was launched four years ago, and now even more organisations are benefitting thanks to the expansion of support available.

Keele's work to address regional and national healthcare priorities has been commended by the MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Stoke-on-Trent championed as top city for start-up businesses, in new research

The Oxford coronavirus vaccine - which is being manufactured at Keele following an agreement between Cobra Biologics and AstraZeneca UK – has today been administered to the first patient by the NHS.