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9 unusual facts about Keele University


Arnold Wycombe Gomme

He was the father of Andor Gomme, Professor of English Literature and Architectural History at Keele University.

British and Irish Quidditch Cup

Overall, the winners were Radcliffe Chimeras from Oxford University lead by captain Ashley Cooper, with Avada Keeledavra of Keele University taking the silver medals and The Society of Quidditch in Bangor (SQUiB) from Bangor University taking the bronze medals.

Common Professional Examination

The CPE is also offered by some more established British universities, such as the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, Cardiff University, the University of East Anglia, Keele University, the University of Sussex and Swansea University.

Davide Limmiere

After studying at Keele University followed by a doctorate at Aberdeen University, Limmiére decided not to join any football clubs in either Scotland or England in order to focus on his new career.

Keele

According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,664, most of whom were students at Keele University.

W. A. Campbell Stewart

In 1950 Lord Lindsay, the founder of the newly opened University College of North Staffordshire, (now Keele University), appointed him the Chair of Education in 1950.

Professor (William Alexander) Campbell Stewart (17 December 1915–23 April 1997) was a Professor of Education and Vice-Chancellor of Keele University.

Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research

On December 10, 2012, the award was presented to Dr. Christoph Dieckmann, of Keele University (UK), for his 2-volume book Deutsche Besatzungspolitik in Litauen 1941-1944 (German Occupation Policy in Lithuania 1941-1944).

Yvonne Carter

In 1990 she became an Honorary Research Fellow at Keele University and was awarded a three year Royal College of General Practitioners Research Training Fellowship.


Brian Barry

During his early career, Barry held teaching posts at the University of Birmingham, Keele University and the University of Southampton.

Keele Hall

Keele Hall is a 19th-century mansion house at Keele, Staffordshire, England, now standing on the campus of Keele University and serving as the university conference centre.

Michael Barton Akehurst

After working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Beirut, he spent the rest of his career in the Department of Law at Keele University and he was a member of the editorial committee of the British Yearbook of International Law.

University college

Examples include the University of Nottingham (which was University College Nottingham when D. H. Lawrence attended), the University of Southampton which was a part of the University of London until 1952, and the University of Exeter, which until 1955 was the University College of the South West of England; Keele University was founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire until it was granted its royal charter in 1962 and transformed into a University.


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