Forever Keele Issue 10 | 2015 | Page 5

WELCOME Welcome FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR When we ask our alumni: “What words mean Keele to you?” the answers ring loud and clear. Keele is a beautiful green campus. Keele is a friendly and active community. Keele has an approach to teaching and research that sets the university, and Keele graduates, apart. Keele is different. Keele is for life. Alumni are part of our present as well as our past and you travel with us into an uncertain and challenging future. But one thing about that future is certain. Keele University is no longer a hidden gem. The world knows about our reputation for excellent teaching and world-class research. Prospective students are attracted by the positive surveys of recent graduates and quickly discover that Keele is a different place to study and live. When they visit for the first time they see a distinctive Keele spirit in the current students we are preparing for life after Keele, and in the colleagues who enable them. This year, for the first time, we will invite the Class of 1990 and their predecessors to celebrate a 25th Silver Anniversary with us. The journeys and achievements of our Silver graduates are proof that Keele offers an experience unique in the UK. They are proof that a Keele education works. That proof is evident in the Class of 2014 wh