Health Faculty Publications PG Study and Research 2016 | Page 5

Keele University Faculty of Health

Major University Hospital partner developing excellent clinicians

LEADING-EDGE FACILITIES
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The Faculty of Health comprises a number of flagship buildings and has invested
heavily in the latest equipment in all its teaching and laboratory facilities including:

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State-of-the-art audio-visual and video-capture technology;

HIGHLY RATED PROGRAMMES

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Keele Active Virtual Learning Environment (KAVE);

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All professional health subjects at Keele are rated in the Top 5 in England (Guardian League

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New Pharmacy Practice Suite (PPS);

Tables, 2016);

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Extensive skills laboratories and anatomy suites using both embalmed and fresh frozen material.

The Faculty of Health works closely with the NHS, third sector partners, and other healthcare

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In addition to the Keele campus Library, the Health Library at the Royal Stoke University Hospital

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organisations in the private and independent sector in delivering highly rated education and

has 80 study spaces and holds a print book stock of 30,000 items on health-specific topics plus an

research programmes in areas such as medicine, midwifery, nursing, pharmacy, and

extensive journal collection both in print and online, together with an IT Suite with around 80 PCs

physiotherapy at both undergraduate and postgraduate level;

on the Keele network.

The Faculty of Health is consistently well rated in all these disciplines across the various
national league tables for teaching quality (Guardian League Table, 2016; the Complete

WORLD CLASS RESEARCH

University Guide, 2016) and student satisfaction (NSS, 2015);

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All our teaching is informed by evidence-based practice and internationally recognised

musculoskeletal disorders, and in focused areas of laboratory-translational research, specifically

research;

regenerative medicine and some aspects of genetic medicine and diagnostics, supported by a

We have well qualified professional academic staff, many of whom hold joint appointments

Clinical Trials Unit and Health Services Research Unit;

with local NHS Trusts;
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Keele University, Faculty of Health has research strengths in primary care, specifically

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The latest five-yearly national research benchmarking assessment, the Research Excellence
Framework (REF 2014), determined that 90% of Keele’s health research is rated as 4* world leading

Many of our staff have been awarded National Teaching Excellence Awards.

or 3* Internationally excellent;
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Health Faculty researchers were submitted to three Units of Assessment (UoA):
Primary Care (UoA 2); Allied Health Professions (UoA 3); and General Engineering (UoA 15); 

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In Primary Care, Keele were rated 1st for both research impact and environment
4* or 3*, overall rated 3rd nationally out of 32 submissions;

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In Allied Health Professions, rated 1st out of 94 submissions for research impact;

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In General Engineering, 100% of the submissions met the standards for environment 4* or 3*.

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