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Businesses and education leaders from across the West Midlands gathered at Keele University this week to officially launch a new initiative helping schools and colleges become more sustainable and resilient to climate change.

Keele University’s contributions to local regeneration and its work with businesses, public sector organisations and charities have been recognised in an assessment from a UK Government research body.

Staff and students at Keele University have been shortlisted for three awards in a prestigious awards programme celebrating sustainability in higher and further education.

The minister charged with looking after scientific innovation in Sir Keir Starmer’s new Government has praised Keele University for its forward-thinking approach to sustainability and green technology.

Researchers have called for an international consensus to address not just job “quantity”, but job “quality” by providing “decent work” opportunities to create a thriving labour market in the UK and around the world.

The garden is being built as part of Keele’s 75th anniversary celebrations, and will serve as a lasting legacy of the anniversary year for visitors to the campus, and the entire university community, to enjoy.

Keele University has ranked among the top universities in the world for its efforts to tackle pressing global challenges in an esteemed international ranking.

Keele’s School of Medicine has been ranked as the top performing medical school in the UK in the latest Planetary Health Report Card, with Pharmacy and Physiotherapy also performing strongly.

People across the West Midlands with a passion for sustainability and a desire to tackle the climate crisis are being urged to volunteer for a national climate education programme run by the Department for Education (DfE).

Keele University is among a select group of universities and research institutes who are the first to pledge to make their research as sustainable as possible as part of a new national agreement.

Appetite and ArtsKeele bring together a free event open to all that explores nature on our planet and beyond, taking place on Keele University campus across Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 April.

Researchers from Keele University have set out on a new project with Unilever, maker of some of the world’s leading home care brands, to help decarbonise its portfolio of cleaning products.

Keele is working alongside Staffordshire County Council to help the county prepare for the opportunities of the transition to a net zero future.

Keele University has been highly commended in two categories at the UK and Ireland 2023 Green Gown Awards.

Calling Keele students to share what sustainability and climate change means to them.

Keele University has seen off competition from across the UK to win a prestigious Green Energy Award for its groundbreaking Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND) and Low Carbon Energy Generation Park.

Keele University is one of just two UK universities and colleges to achieve the highest tier possible in a scheme designed to encourage biodiversity on university campuses.

Local technology business is aiming to extend the life of more than 100,000 mobile devices every year, thanks to collaborative work undertaken with Keele University.

Dr Sharon George writes for The Conversation UK.

Climate change is taking effect with devastating effects, and as temperatures have already been pushed up to 1.2C above pre-industrial levels, it is looking unlikely that we will stay below the 1.5C level recommended by the International Panel for Climate Change to limit the effects.

A project exploring the legacy of a Staffordshire town's once booming textile industry has found fibres preserved in lake sediment.

Professor Zoe Robinson on why COP27 matters

Angie Turner, Eleanor Harrison and Zoe Robinson write for The Conversation UK.

Dr Antonia Law writes for The Conversation UK

The scientific community has been warning us about climate change with increasing clarity since evidence began to emerge in the 1950s.

Keele University has played a crucial role in devising a new set of guidelines to help local authorities tackle the climate emergency.

A delegation from the Department of International Trade in the UK and India have visited Keele to learn more about the University's pioneering work in sustainability, and the potential for investment in the Midlands region.

A Keele graduate is pursuing her passion for the environment working with the University's sustainability team.

A pioneering renewable energy park at Keele University producing up to 50% of the campus’ electricity has been officially opened at a ceremony this week.

Keele has been judged among the best institutions in the country for protecting and aiding wildlife after receiving a gold accreditation as a Hedgehog Friendly Campus.

Keele University is leading a new programme designed to support and foster the creation of a new hydrogen economy in the Midlands.

Keele University has been judged as a “First Class” university in an assessment of its environmental and ethical impact.

Keele University has joined more than 1,000 universities and colleges around the world in pledging decisive action to reduce its carbon footprint, as the crucial COP26 climate summit in Glasgow takes place.

Blending hydrogen into the natural gas network is a viable and promising strategy for vastly reducing CO2 emissions, a pioneering trial has shown.

Keele University has secured nearly £1m in Government funding to implement an ambitious decarbonisation scheme on campus which will save 241 tonnes of CO2 every year.

Keele has been recognised as the top university in the world for sustainability at a prestigious awards ceremony celebrating sustainability in higher education.

Dr Antonia Law writes for The Conversation.

A major smart energy project in Rugeley involving Keele University has taken a major step forward with the demolition of the town's former cooling towers.

The Minister for Climate Change praised Keele University‘s sector-leading work on sustainability and developing new green energy solutions in a visit to campus today marking exactly six months until COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference that will be held in Glasgow in November.

A Keele University lecturer has received the coveted Sustainability Champion award at a prestigious national awards ceremony for her work to promote sustainability in her chemistry teaching.

Keele University has outlined a core set of principles that will guide its activities over the next decade to support its ambitious plans of becoming carbon neutral by 2030.

Keele University has taken home the top prize at this year's Green Gown Awards, which celebrate sustainability in Higher Education.

A UK-first trial at Keele University to blend hydrogen into the gas network in a bid to reduce carbon emissions has now been completed successfully.

Scientists studying ocean temperature and sea level changes from thousands of years ago have said their data could be crucial to understanding climate change and improving projections of how our world may change due to global warming.

Keele's Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost, Professor Mark Ormerod, has been invited to join a prestigious environmental sustainability advisory group.

Dr Marc Hudson writes for The Conversation

Keele has once again been scored among the top 4% of universities in the world for sustainability in a global ranking of over 900 universities.

Two wind turbines and 12,500 solar panels are set to be installed on the Keele University campus through a new partnership managed and financed by ENGIE, to support the University’s pledge to be carbon neutral by 2030.

Keele University has been named as a finalist in four prestigious Green Gown Award categories which celebrate sustainability in higher education, including Sustainability Institution of the Year.

A new charging hub for electric vehicles (EV) has opened at Keele, furthering the University’s sector-leading commitment to sustainability.

Researchers have found a new way to encourage people to spread out the usage of high-powered household appliances, such as washing machines and dishwashers, which is essential in ensuring that demand can be met by renewable energy sources.

Dr Deirdre McKay writes for The Conversation

Keele University made a commitment to reduce campus carbon emissions by 34% by 2020 and reached a 39% reduction last year, before the impact of Covid-19.

A new composite material made up of natural wood and plastic has been highlighted as a possible strategy for combating plastic pollution in new research co-authored by a Keele scientist.

Keele University Students' Union has successfully retained its Green Impact 'excellent' accreditation for the second year running.

Dr Marc Hudson write for The Conversation UK.

Dr Marc Hudson writes for The Conversation UK

Dr Adam Moolna features on The Conversation Africa's podcast, Pasha

Dr Adam Moolna writes for The Conversation.

Extinction Rebellion (XR) supporters are more likely to be new to protesting than other environmental activists, a new study shows.

Dr Helen Glanville, Dr Antonia Law, and Dr Alix Cage write for The Conversation UK

New research led by Professor Toby Bruce has revealed the genetics underpinning a genetic defence allowing maize plants to recruit "bodyguards" against pests.

Professor Chris Fogwill and Professor Chris Turney write for The Conversation UK.

Dr Marc Hudson writes for The Conversation UK

Keele University and Keele Students’ Union have achieved their second re-accreditation through the Responsible Futures programme for embedding sustainability and social responsibility into the curriculum and wider student experience.

A new study led by Keele University has highlighted the crucial role that sea ice across the Southern Ocean played in controlling atmospheric carbon dioxide levels during times of past climate change, and could provide a critical resource for developing future climate change models.

Keele University has launched a new Masters degree course in Smart Energy Management.

The UK’s first live pilot to inject zero carbon hydrogen into a gas network to heat homes is yielding positive results, according to those using the gas.

A €4 million study led by Keele University to support emerging technology for combustion engines has made “significant progress".

Dr Marc Hudson writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University has been named as one of the Top 35 universities in Europe for its social and economic impact in the 2020 Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings.

Joost de Moor, Professor Brian Doherty and Dr Philip Catney write for the Conversation UK.

Food and drink bought on the Keele campus can now be provided even more sustainably thanks to the introduction of a campaign to reduce waste takeaway food packaging.

A Keele professor has been working with a Staffordshire local authority to train councillors on the best ways to tackle climate change.

A Keele professor was among a delegation of prominent academics who visited a Beijing university recently to forge new partnerships centred on smart energy and innovation.

Keele has again been scored among the Top 25 universities in the world for sustainability in a global ranking of nearly 800 universities.

The UK’s first live pilot to inject zero carbon hydrogen into a gas network to heat homes and buildings at Keele University is now fully operational.

The Education for Sustainability Team is offering two new Sustainability Project Intern roles to expand the current team and support sustainability projects on campus! The two roles are for Sustainable Food projects and Sustainable Living projects.

Volunteers plant 300 trees on Keele campus to help combat climate change.

Keele University is celebrating success at this year’s prestigious Green Gown Awards which honour sustainability in higher education.

Keele’s Professor Robert Ladrech joined a climate justice initiative in New York City to help propose solutions to ‘environmental injustice’ to the United Nations Climate Change Summit 2019.

Keele University campus to become Europe’s first smart energy centre

Hydrogen trial at Keele could dramatically cut UK’s carbon emissions

Keele University and Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council are working together on climate sustainability to reduce the region’s carbon footprint.

Keele University has been granted planning permission to generate 80% of its own electricity through solar and wind power.

Keele has joined more than 200 organisations and news outlets from around the world that have signed up for Covering Climate Now, a media collaboration devoted to covering global climate emergency news.

An environmental professor praised Keele for its commitment to sustainability as she was awarded an honorary degree this month.

Keele University has been judged as a “First Class” institution in an assessment of its environmental and ethical impact.

Keele University has achieved a record number of nominations for the prestigious Green Gown Awards which celebrate sustainability in higher education.

Professor Carolyn Roberts has been highly commended as the Environmental Professional of the Year by The Society for the Environment at their fifteenth birthday celebrations in Kew Gardens.

Keele University has joined the Government and other institutions to become one of the first UK universities to declare a ‘climate emergency’, reaffirming its position and commitment to being a world-leader in sustainability.

Two key organisations in Newcastle-under-Lyme are leading the way in protecting the environment.

A Keele University lecturer has been helping Nantwich cut down on its plastic waste alongside a local action group.

Sustainability will be celebrated across campus during Keele Green Festival which is taking place from 11 to 17 March.

Keele Students’ Union has launched an ambitious new venture aimed at cutting plastic pollution across the University.

The Education for Sustainability Team has a fantastic opportunity for a current Keele student to become our first ever Sustainability Intern. The role will support the Education for Sustainability team and wider Sustainability Team in delivering the University’s Education for Sustainability strategy and wider sustainability objectives.

Keele University has for the third successive year been ranked as one of the Top 20 universities in the world for sustainability.

Sharon George writes for The Conversation UK.

Keele University’s innovative green energy trial ‘HyDeploy’ has been presented at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24).

Elliott Lancaster has won the ‘Enterprise’ category of the Green Gown Awards 2018 for his student project ‘Utter Rubbish’

An innovative green energy trial that could help dramatically cut carbon emissions has been given the go-ahead at Keele University

‘The Great Donate’ scheme at Keele University has been shortlisted for a prestigious Green Gown Award for Student Engagement.

Keele University has launched a new research institute to tackle the issues of sustainability on a local, national and global scale.

Keele University has been shortlisted for four awards at the prestigious Green Gown Awards 2018.

Keele University welcomes representatives from over 300 universities and colleges to its campus this week to share knowledge on environmental issues and sustainability within further and higher education.

The University has recently launched its Sustainability Network, Sustainability Awards Scheme and sustainability project funding for all Schools and Directorates.

Keele University has raised more than £50,000 for the British Heart Foundation in the last five years, by donating furniture and electrical items.

At Keele we’re committed to embedding sustainability into everything that we do.

A pioneering green energy trial at Keele University could help cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caused by heating homes.

Head out into the campus for our Fairtrade Treasure Hunt and you could win a free fairtrade tea, coffee, hot chocolate or snack.

Unleash your photography skills and enter our Sustainable Development Goal Photography Competition to be in with the chance of winning vouchers and being part of a Keele SDG Photo Resource.

Keele University has appointed engineering giant, Siemens, to turn the University campus into the largest single, integrated electricity, gas and heat Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND).

Keele University has for the second successive year been ranked in the Top 20 universities in a global sustainability league table.

Keele University has been named as one of the most beautiful universities in the country, according to Times Higher Education.

The 2017 NUS Sustainability Skills Survey launched today giving students the chance to win £500.

Keele Food Coop has been awarded £1000 to expand their product range to include dried goods.

Keele's Supplier Engagement Tool enables university suppliers to identify their business' impact on the environment and put a sustainability plan in place for the future.

An innovative system has been installed on the ground floor of the Claus Moser building to trial automated control that also allows building users to adjust the room temperature to their own comfort levels.

Keele University has donated 2.5 tonnes of food to Newcastle-Staffs Food Bank through Keele Green Move Out 2017, whilst student volunteers collected kitchen and household items to reduce waste and enable reuse by new students.

Keele University has replaced 3 old diesel vans with Nissan e-NV 200 electric vans, making Keele's campus vehicle fleet more than 20% electric.

MSc Computing students created an app to monitor activities in the Sustainable Student Bungalow. The app will enable students to track activities such as waste production and management of crops in raised beds.

University has recently been re-certified to the prestigious ISO 50001 Energy Management standard.

Keele University has been ranked the number one university in the world for its green setting and campus infrastructure in a global sustainability league table.

Dave Emley, a former geology technician at Keele, has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours list for services to higher education and natural history.

Keele University has seen a major jump in its position in the People & Planet Universities League Table, the national Sustainability League Table, rising 33 places to 15th position in the table of over 150 universities, earning itself a First Class award for its environmental and ethical performance.

Keele University is celebrating after winning its greatest number of awards yet at the prestigious Green Gown Awards 2016, thanks to its pioneering leadership, teaching, and student excellence in sustainability.

Keele University has four finalists in the Green Gown Awards 2016, celebrating pioneering teaching, leadership, research and student sustainability excellence.