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Keele Subjects Climb in Global Rankings
Keele University subjects have been recognised among the world ' s best in the Times Higher Education World Rankings 2021 .
Eight of Keele ’ s subjects have been ranked , with Psychology reaching the Top 150 , up from last year ’ s already impressive Top 175 position .
Education ranked in the Top 250 , climbing 50 places , and Social Sciences maintained its spot in the Top 250 .
The University has seven subject areas featured in the rankings overall , including Life Sciences , Physical Sciences , Arts and Humanities , and Clinical and Health .
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021 for specific subjects use the same rigorous and balanced range of 13 performance indicators as the overall World University Rankings .
Professor Mark Ormerod , Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost , said : “ I ' m delighted by our significantly improved performance at subject level across the majority of our academic disciplines in this year ' s THE World University Rankings . This success reflects our improving research metrics and reputation and Keele ' s increasing international profile and reputation . The further improvement in Psychology ' s global ranking to be Top 150 is particularly impressive .”
Honorary Graduate wins prestigious poetry award
Stuart Lyons CBE has been named winner of the Stephen Spender Prize 2020 for Poetry in Translation , open category , for his translation of ‘ Wild West Cambridge at Dusk ’ from the Chinese of Xu Zhimo . Xu Zhimo ( 1897-1931 ) was a graduate student at King ’ s College , Cambridge , in 1921-22 , and later founded the Crescent Moon Society in China which established a new genre of rhyming poetry in Chinese vernacular .
The Prize is the UK ’ s premier award for poetry in translation and next year , Stuart plans to bring out a new book ‘ Xu Zhimo in Cambridge ’ which will include a brief history of his time at King ’ s and 24 poems in translation .
A virtual award ceremony took place on 18 November with videos of Stuart and the winners of the junior categories reading their translations . A booklet and video recordings are available on the Stephen Spender website www . stephen-spender . org .
The Stephen Spender Trust is inspired by the cultural activism of Stephen Spender , poet and champion of international literature . They celebrate multilingualism and literary translation through a range of initiatives , including their Poetry in Translation Prize and Translators in Schools programme . By providing translators and teachers with the tools to bring translation into schools in creative , innovative ways , they aim to enrich intercultural awareness , while raising confidence and aspiration among young people .
The full poem can be read here .
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Keele signs renewable energy partnership
Two wind turbines and 15,000 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 .
ENGIE , a leading energy and services company focused on producing and supplying low-carbon energy , has agreed a 25-year deal with Keele University to fund , design , build and operate a multi-technology energy park that will generate up to 50 % of the University ’ s campus electricity requirements from renewable sources .
The University ’ s new low carbon energy project will see the development of two wind turbines , an industrial size battery for storing the generated energy , and 15,000 solar photo-voltaic ( PV ) panels installed at ground level in fields on the edge of the campus which will be managed and financed by ENGIE .
After installation , the renewables will provide up to 50 % of the campus electricity needs and the combined carbon emissions savings from the wind and solar farm will be around 1,500 tonnes per year – the equivalent of taking 800 cars off the road .
Excess electricity will be fed back to the local grid providing zero carbon energy to the local area , and the battery will help to balance the local and national electricity networks .
The partnership with ENGIE represents part of the University ’ s response to the climate change agenda through the subsidy-free provision of clean , renewable energy , as part of its ambitious pledge to become carbon neutral by 2030 .
Construction underway on new Veterinary School
The construction of a new building housing the Harper Keele Veterinary School on Keele University ’ s campus is officially underway .
The state-of-the-art building is being delivered by Seddon Construction , which has been appointed as main