Keele Geography, Geology and the Environment

🚀 We're Hiring: Programme & Assessment Administrator
School of Life Sciences, Keele University
We’re looking for a proactive and organised administrator to support our undergraduate programmes and help deliver an excellent student experience.

What you’ll do:
• Provide programme and assessment administration
• Work closely with academic and professional services teams
• Ensure data accuracy, compliance and smooth processes

What you’ll bring:
• Strong IT skills (Microsoft 365 & databases)
• Excellent communication and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Customer‑focused and well‑organised

Why Keele?
• Competitive pay + annual increments
• Generous annual leave
• Excellent pension scheme
• Career development opportunities
• On‑site outstanding nursery
• Discounted fitness facilities
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Flexible working practices

Interview date: 14 May 2026

📌 Full details and application links are available here: https://bit.ly/4dSQoUg

📧 Informal enquiries: Kerry Melvin – [email protected] (no applications via email)

🌍 William Smith (GGE) Seminar Series – 10th December 2025
📅 Date: Wednesday, 10th December 2025
🕑 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
📍 Location: WS 0.06, William Smith Building, Keele University

Join us for two fascinating talks:

🔹 Victor Hême de Lacotte – Dunes & tides: the geological record of a Jurassic desert

🔹 Dr Adam Moolna – Ocean inspiration for a sustainable future: Rivers to Seas engagement and a UN Ocean Agency

📣 Upcoming William Smith Seminar Series
🗓 Wednesday, 12th November
🕒 3:00–4:00 PM
📍 WS 0.06
Join us for this month’s seminar featuring:
🎓 Professor Clare Holdsworth (Professor of Social Geography)
🎓 Grace Buffery (PGR Student)
Come along for an hour of insightful talks and discussion. Everyone is welcome!

🎓 William Smith Seminar Series – October Edition
🗓 Wednesday 15th October
🕑 2:00–3:00 PM
📍 WS 0.06, Keele University

Join us for an inspiring afternoon of research talks featuring:
🔬 Emily Clamp
🌍 Erin Molyneux

Whether you're a student, researcher, or just curious, come along to explore exciting developments in geoscience and beyond!

📢 Everyone welcome – spread the word and bring a friend!

🎓 Join us for the next William Smith (GGE) Seminar Series at Keele University!

🗓️ Date: Tuesday 16th September 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00–2:00 PM
📍 Location: WS 0.06

Come and hear from two fantastic speakers:

🌍 Kristel Fourie – Exploring perspectives on community participation in disaster risk reduction in Malawi, Southern Africa.

🌾 Shumaila ‘Shemi’ Parvez – Two Dimensional MXenes (Ti₃C₂Tₓ) synthesis and their application on crop plants (Rice seedlings and Wheat).

Whether you're into environmental science, materials research, or global development—there's something here for you!

📢 All welcome. Don’t miss it!

🎓 Congratulations to the Class of 2025 🌍

We extend our warmest congratulations to all students graduating this summer from the disciplines of Geography, Geology, Environmental Sciences and Natural Sciences.

Your dedication to understanding the complexities of our planet — from its physical landscapes and geological processes to the urgent environmental challenges we face — has been truly commendable. As you embark on the next stage of your journey, we are confident that your knowledge, skills, and passion will contribute meaningfully to shaping a more sustainable and informed world.

We wish you every success in your future endeavors.

Calling all Keele Geography, Geology and the Environment students. There is an exciting opportunity available for you to join the organising team of the Earth Stories Film Festival, blending environmental awareness, interdisciplinary collaboration, and real-world experience.

The Earth Stories Film Festival is a multi-award-winning, environmental film festival founded by Keele University students in 2022, and continues to be student-led, receiving over 5000 film submissions in the last 3 years with a footprint in 136 countries worldwide. All film submissions are under 10 minutes and created by people under the age of 25.

The festival team are looking for students from a wide range of disciplines to get involved - including science, geography, geology, and environmental studies - to get involved. No prior film experience is required, and we offer a variety of roles including: film judging, communications, STEM/ GGE consultant, community development and more.

Website: https://www.keele.ac.uk/earth-stories/

YouTube archive: https://www.youtube.com/

Seeds from two trees that survived the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima at the end of World War Two will be grown at Keele as part of an international project with the Green Legacy Hiroshima initiative to promote peace and hope.

The seeds were collected from an oriental plane tree in the grounds of the Tenma Elementary School – which was destroyed by the bombing – and a 200-year-old ginkgo tree growing in Shukkeien Garden. Both trees were situated less than a mile from the bomb site on 6th August 1945. The seeds will now be cared for by experts at the University until they become tall and sturdy enough to be planted in the ground.

Seeds from Hiroshima atomic bomb ‘survivor trees’ growing at Keele 🌱 Seeds from two trees that survived the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima at the end of World War Two are being grown at Keele University, as part of an interna...