Introduction: About this site

As you can imagine, the people financing and coordinating any university want to see it do well. The money comes from its popularity, which comes from its courses which are funded by its students. So it's hardly surprising that these people will attract students in any way they can, using marketing tactics and flashy advertising.

The purpose of this site is to provide a real perspective of one such place, Keele University, to prospective students wondering what it's really like. By "real perspective," we mean the experiences of real Keele students, as opposed to the misleading media hype set forth by the sales pitch of the prospectus.

Consider this site the "other side," where various students, past and present have contributed their issues and experiences honestly and freely without bias or anything to gain. These people remain anonymous, but their accounts will be checked and edited by yours truly, who has already been here for 5 years.

So read the prospectus, think "oh God, what a fantistic place," read this site, see what it's like from the inside, and then make an informed judgement - but don't be put off coming to Keele just by reading this site: although some accounts will be frankly negative, it isn't all bad and wherever you go there are likely to be problems. That's life, I'm afraid.

Over the course of the next few weeks expect to see links to other articles relating to all of aspects of the Keele experience, including sex, violence, money, drink and other academic, social and managerial qualities.

Finally, apologies if the pages come up with javascript errors and are deluged with adverts - this site is hosted free of charge on GeoCities, and the catch is that they get to mess around with it.

Thanks.

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