Our sporting community
Throughout our long history, Keele alumni have gone on to achieve great things. With over 100,000 alumni in 162 countries, here we celebrate our global sporting community.
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CEO of health club group Total Fitness, Sophie, reflects on her time at Keele and gives her advice for current students.
Dr Matthew Lancett talks about his career in medicine, and how Keele prepared him for life at Old Trafford.
Keele alumnus Harriet Scott spent five years balancing a demanding medical degree with a career in professional football for Birmingham City Women's FC, and represented Ireland in the World Cup.
Dan Torpey graduated from Keele in 2004 with a physiotherapy degree and now works for Manchester United as a Senior Academy Physiotherapist.
Since graduating in 1981, alumnus Mike Tipton has spent 40 years studying the body’s responses to adverse environments, publishing over 600 research papers. Mike reflects on his time at Keele.
“The Talented Athlete Programme has been a godsend to me. I feel like I’m in heaven on campus because I can run from my room to the gym within five minutes and I have access to sport facilities at my fingertips now which I couldn’t access back home in London.”
Keele Alumnus and BBC Radio Presenter shares how his time at Keele gave him a taste for his dream career.
Lawyer Zane Shihab has negotiated numerous high-value sponsorship and supplier agreements including London Marathon, UEFA and The All England Lawn Tennis Club (Wimbledon).
As the head of UK football policing, Mark Roberts has been responsible for policing support at some of the world’s biggest football tournaments – including the last two World Cup tournaments in Russia and Qatar.
“My time at Keele had such a profound effect on me as a person, and I always look back with fond memories. I made friends for life there.”
Mark Pakula, Player Insights Lead at the Football Association (FA)