Professor David Shepherd

Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Humanities & Social Sciences

Welcome Talk

Agenda

• Quick introduction to surrounding area and the University

• Overview life on campus and life as a student

• A few words about finance

• Introduction to accommodation options

Choosing Your University

• traditional or modern?

• close to home or far away?

• campus or city based?

• 2,000, 20,000 or 40,000 students?

• quality?

Take you time to choose… …after all you will spend 3 or more years of your life at your chosen university

Choosing a University

“It’s right for me”

Keele and the surrounding areas

• Alton Towers • Vue and Odeon Cinemas

(Newcastle + Festival Park) • Shopping (Newcastle &

Stoke) • Bowling (Festival Park) • Waterworld (Festival Park) • Stoke Ski Slope (Festival

Park) • New Vic Theatre

(Newcastle)

Out and about: What our students do….

• Regent Theatre (Stoke) • Mitchell Theatre • Aerial Extreme (Trentham

Gardens) • Chester Zoo • Blue Planet Aquarium (Nr

Chester) • Trafford Shopping Centre • The Sugarmill (Music venue

in Hanley) • Premiership Club Stoke City

FC

Keele University

Our History

• Sneyd family estate, first founded on this site in 1580 with the existing Keele Hall built in 1851

• University founded in 1949 • Royal Charter in 1962

What makes Keele special?

• We are a leading campus-based university that is collegial, with traditional educational values at our heart

• We believe that higher education benefits society as a whole not just the individual

• Our graduates are confident and well educated with a broad experience that makes them highly employable

Keele in Numbers

• Over 9,000 students

• Intake in 2015 : 1,400 – 1,500 new undergraduate students

• Entry Standards – Three-year degree courses typically ask for between (AAB–BBC).

• Student Mix – Local students 30%.

– Male : Female 45% : 55%.

– UK+EU : Overseas 88% : 12%.

– State : public school 9 : 1

• Students from over 120 Countries

• Over 3,000 students living on campus

2013

2nd in the UK

Times Higher Education : May 2012

World Rankings

Top

1.75% THE World Rankings 2014

Research

85% of research world-leading or internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour* *Research Assessment Exercise 2008

Campus Safety

No. 1 Safest Campus in

West Midlands

Keele SU

4th in the UK

for nightlife September 2012

Meet Kevin the Squirrel and his family!

Student Life

#keelebecause

Describe Keele in 3 words

Distinctive Keele Curriculum (DKC) Beyond your academic programme this curriculum can also include learning a foreign language, studying abroad at a partner institution and the opportunity to choose classes on topics outside of your degree called ‘electives’.

A range of learning activities to support your personal and professional development, preparing you for life after Keele. You can work towards completing the Skills Portfolio (KUSP) and gain a free additional qualification from the Institute of Leadership and Management (iLM). No other university in the UK offers you the opportunity to gain this free professional qualification in this way.

Encompasses a whole range of extracurricular activities available to you during your time at university including societies, sports, volunteering, student representation, mentoring and enterprise. At Keele we recognise that these activities are an important part of your personal development.

The Graduate Attributes are a set of qualities you will develop during your time at Keele. Mastering these attributes and being able to articulate them will place you in good stead in life after university.

• Flexibility to thrive in rapidly changing world

• Curiosity and independence of thought

• Interdisciplinarity

• Information literacy

• Creative problem solving

• Appreciation of social, environmental & global issues

Keele Graduate Attributes

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively

• Self-confidence and self-awareness

• Participate responsibly and collaboratively as an active citizen

• Professional approach to life and study

Study Abroad destinations include… • Australia

• India

• America

• Canada

• China

• Hong Kong

• Japan

• Vietnam

• Turkey

• Korea

• Austria

• Germany

• France

• Iceland

• Netherlands

• Norway

• Spain

• Malta

Graduate Employment 2013 Source :HESA, Non-specialist Universities

Keele University 93.0

The University of Birmingham 92.8

Loughborough University 92.5

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The University of Liverpool 92.4

The University of Warwick 92.3

The University of Leeds 92.1

The University of Oxford 92.0

The University of Manchester 91.0

2nd

in West

Midlands

Supporting you •Student Mentors

•Financial support – income-based

•Comprehensive welfare and guidance services www.keele.ac.uk/livingatkeele

• Residential Manager and Tutors in Halls

• 24-hour Security

• Keele Students’ Union: Advice and Support at Keele (ASK) and Nightline

• Doctors and dentist on campus

Fees & Funding

• £9,000 per year loan, start 2015, average salary

– You will pay back an estimated £33,918 over 26 years

– After 30 years the remaining debt of £3,610 will be written off

• £14,500 per year, start 201, average salary

– You will pay back an estimated £33,918 over 26 years

– After 30 years the remaining debt of £29,647 will be written off

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Maintenance Grant for living costs

• The grant is paid into your bank account at the start of term. You don’t have to pay the grant back, but any grant you get will reduce the Maintenance Loan you can get.

• Full-time student Grant for courses from September 2014 £25,000 or less £3,387 £30,000 £2,441 £35,000 £1,494 £40,000 £547 £42,620 £50 Over £42,620 No grant

Av. Salary, Debt and Repayments (Assumes you borrow £14,500 per year for 3 years)

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Salary

Debt

Repayment

Total repaid

Repaying your debt

Age Salary Debt

(Fees Only) Debt (Fees & Living Costs)

Annual Repayment

Weekly Eqv Repayment

21 £18,498 £28,652 £46,162 £0

25 £27,188 £28,652 £46,162 £380 £7.31

30 £35,994 £27,505 £45,528 £1,013 £19.48

40 £47,029 £18,658 £39,933 £1,648 £31.69

50 £53,594 £3,025 £29,062 £1,824 £35.08

Scholarships & Bursaries 2015

• Keele Bursary (unlimited number)

– £1,000 pa, Household income below £25,000

• Excellence Scholarships (unlimited number)

– £2,000 pa for AAA (or equivalent)

– £1,000 pa for AAB (or equivalent)

– £ 500 pa for ABB (or equivalent)

Student Accommodation

Study bedroom – Barnes Hall

Living on Campus

• Halls of residence – Within walking distance of centre of campus

(except Liberty Court)

– A range of single study bedrooms • en suite; with washbasin; without washbasin…

– Self-catered with shared kitchens

– All rooms have internet connections (wi-fi hotspots, increased bandwidth with unlimited downloads)

– Social spaces and laundrettes

Laundrette

noun a self-service laundry

The Laundrette Challenge

Self catering v restaurant?

Traditional view of student catering

They won’t starve!

Wide range of eating places on campus: • The Refectory • Chancellor’s Café • Hawthorns Restaurant

New this year: • Street Food at the Atrium • Grab and Go • Pizza to eat in or take out

(Lindsays)

Other facilities on campus

• Supermarket and 2 convenience stores • Blackwells Bookshop • SU shop (for stationery etc) • Post office • Newsagent • Santander Bank • Cashpoints • Post Room….(for those food parcels and clean

washing!)

2014/15 Keele SU Team

Dan Annie Jon Bolu Bhavika Lucy

Keele SU Campaigns

Union Square

Students’ Union

Students’ Union

Keele Sports

• Indoor sports: – Squash & badminton

– Netball, basketball, volleyball

– Yoga and fitness classes

– Table tennis

– Kinesis Technogym

– Fitness classes

– Climbing/bouldering wall

• Outdoor Sports

– Football

– Tennis

– Rugby

– Lacrosse

– Cricket

– Running / Cross-Country

– Quidditch

Yes...you really can play Quidditch

Finally…

• Why Keele?

– High Quality Teaching

– World Class Research

– First for student satisfaction

– Consistently good graduate employment

– Distinctive Keele Curriculum

– Over 50 Sports, Clubs and Societies

– Student Accommodation on campus

And in the words of the Sunday Times Good University Guide 2013

“ …a top performing university.”

Thank You for listening!

Enjoy the rest of your day

David Shepherd