Keele ITMB Finalists are National Champions

A team of second and third year Keele students studying for a BSc in Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) have been crowned national champions, with a cash prize of £500, at the second leg of 2009 ITMB student competitions, organised biannually by e-skills UK.
The students role-played pitching their arguments on how to cut £2b [...]

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Using Darwin to help define the Biological Essentiality of Silicon and Aluminium

In this year, 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’ a UK scientist has used Darwin’s seminal work on Natural Selection in helping to define the biological essentiality of the second (silicon) and third (aluminium) most abundant elements of the Earth’s [...]

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Keele scientists in their element with chemistry podcasts

Two scientists from Keele University have contributed podcasts to an interactive look at the periodic table.
Professor Pat Bailey and Dr Katherine Haxton appear in Chemistry World’s Chemistry In Its Element series, in which a leading scientist or author takes a look at the story behind an element.
Professor Bailey compares Boron to a “boring, middle-aged accountant [...]

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Silver SWAN award for Life Sciences

Keele University’s School of Life Sciences has been awarded the prestigious silver Athena SWAN award for excellence in recruiting and progressing women in science, engineering and technology (SET).
The awards recognise university schools that look to attract and promote women in SET careers. Universities subscribing to the Athena Swan Charter – supported by the UK Resource [...]

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Swearing as a response to pain – public lecture at Keele University

A Keele University psychologist will discuss his research into swearing as a response to pain at a public lecture next month.
Dr Richard Stephens and his colleagues John Atkins and Andrew Kingston found that swearing can increase pain tolerance. Sixty-four undergraduate volunteers were asked to submerge their hand in a tub of ice water for as [...]

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