The Staffordshire Oatcake: A History

The famous Staffordshire oatcake is nothing less than a local food hero. Throughout the Potteries, and even beyond, it has achieved iconic status, with more than forty traditional oatcakemakers still in business today.
True, it has come a long way from its origins as humble, cheap and filling sustenance for the poor. All manner of exotic [...]

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Keele Lecture Looks At Sixteenth Century Staffordshire

Local history enthusiasts are invited to a lecture at Keele University taking a look at personalities and politics in mid-Tudor Staffordshire.
The 25th Earl Lecture will be given by Professor Ralph Houlbrooke, professor of early modern British history at Reading University, on Wednesday, October 21, at 8pm.
The lecture, which takes place every two years, was founded [...]

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Gain up to six months’ work experience with West Midlands Graduate Internships

Unemployed graduates in the West Midlands can gain up to six months of valuable work experience thanks to internships available from Keele University.
Placements are available in Staffordshire and Shropshire in a wide variety of fields including marketing, fundraising, socio-economic research, web development, engineering and business management.
Internships last from four weeks to six months and the [...]

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Keele’s New Doctors Stay In The West Midlands

Almost half of the 88 medical students who graduated this month from Keele University School of Medicine are to stay in the West Midlands.
All the new graduates are starting their medical careers in well-earned first jobs across the country, but 40 of them are staying within the West Midlands Deanery to work in hospitals in [...]

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Keele University Honorary Degrees July 2009

Keele University will award Honorary Degrees during this summer’s graduation ceremonies to a group of people who have made outstanding contributions within their fields of expertise.
They have made a major impact with significant work over many years in the diplomatic service, molecular medicine, to the life of Staffordshire, to social work and disability services and [...]

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