Keele University
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📸 At a Glance

🌍Keele, Staffordshire, West Midlands, UK
🎓 Russell Group ❌
⚖️ Race Equality Charter ✅ Silver Award
💰 Scholarships Available ✅
🏅Ranking: 31 (Complete University Guide 2026)

🔎 Overview

Keele University is a public campus university founded in 1949 in North Staffordshire, England, near Newcastle-under-Lyme and under an hour from both Manchester and Birmingham. Set on a 600-acre parkland estate, it’s known for pioneering the Dual Honours degree, strong student satisfaction rankings, and career-focused courses across health, humanities, and natural sciences.

 📊 Ethnicity Breakdown

  • Black: 10%
  • Mixed: 4%
  • White: 58%
  • Asian: 23%
  • Other: 2%
  • Not known: 2%

💷 Scholarships & Funding

⚠️ This university has no scholarships specifically for Black students, however check their widening participation and general awards, as you may still qualify based on your circumstances and academic achievement.

  • GREAT Scholarships (Nigeria) – Keele University offers GREAT Scholarships worth £10,000 each for the 2026-27 academic year.
  • Chevening Scholarship – Chevening Scholarships offer full funding for a one-year master’s at a UK university, open to outstanding individuals with leadership potential from over 160 countries. Applicants must have at least two years’ work experience and commit to returning home for at least two years after completing their studies.

👨🏾‍🎓👩🏿‍🎓 Student Life & Support

  • Afro Caribbean Society (ACS)

➡️ The university also points students to its full clubs and societies directory under cultural/national societies, which may include additional or more up-to-date groups not listed here.

📣  Things Uni To Know

Report & Support – Students can use the portal to report racism, harassment, discrimination or sexual misconduct anonymously or with your details.

What this means

•Race Equality Charter: Recognises universities improving ethnic minority representation and outcomes. Awards include Bronze, Silver, or Gold; some universities are members without an award.

• Ethnicity breakdown: Shows the ethnic makeup of UK-domiciled students (those with a UK permanent address) across all levels, based on the most recent academic year.

Scholarship Update

• Scholarships are for Black students (home/domestic) and African/Caribbean students (international).

• "Black" includes those of Black heritage and mixed Black heritage.

• Eligibility varies by scholarship - check each listing for details.

• Scholarships are for 2026–27; some may have closed. Check back for 2027–28 updates.

• Scholarship availability changes yearly, some scholarships may be closed now but reopen later. Check official sites for details and revisit this page for updates and new listings.

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How This Data Works

• Info is based on the latest HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) and publicly available data for UK-domiciled students, reflecting the previous academic year (rounded to whole numbers).

• Ethnicity is self-identified, so figures are indicative, not exact.

• The “Mixed” category by HESA includes all mixed ethnic backgrounds, including mixed Black backgrounds.

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