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Sustainable Campus
Sustainability Hub
At the entrance of the University is Keele’s
Sustainability Hub, a recent sustainable refurbishment
of a derelict farm building, which acts as an exemplar
of sustainable technologies.
Work placement opportunities
All of our environmental programmes include the
opportunity to undertake a work placement as part
of the degree. This draws on Keele’s extensive
background of working with companies in the local
area on sustainability-related projects, and includes
opportunities to work directly with the environmental
professionals working at Keele.
International sustainability
summer schools
Students from our environmental programmes have
been invited to take part in a summer school at the
prestigious Tongji University in Shanghai, China. This
has provided an amazing opportunity to learn about
sustainability issues from a very different perspective.
Renewable energy
campus developments
As part of Keele’s sustainability ambitions, Keele
is leading the UK’s first Smart Energy Network
Demonstrator site. The Smart Energy Network
will utilise a mixed energy supply and demand
environment providing the facility for the evaluation of
new and evolving energy technologies, meaning that
students are living and learning in an environment
at the forefront of renewable energy and energy
management technologies.
Keele University Sustainable
Research Network
Regular research seminars are held about diverse
sustainability topics from disciplines spanning
computer science to philosophy. All environmental
students are encouraged to attend.
In order to really understand the wealth of opportunities
at Keele, and appreciate our beautiful campus
environment make sure you come and visit us and talk
to our students at one of our open days!
World Student Environmental Summit
In recent years Keele University has funded students
on our environment programmes to attend the annual
World Student Environmental Summit. In recent
years these have taken place in Germany, South
Africa and Australia. Inspired by their experiences
at these networks, Keele environmental students
successfully applied for Keele to host the summit in
2016, providing amazing opportunities for students to
get involved in the organisation of a major international
student conference.
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