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Hello there.I got an offer for Criminology and Forensic sciences and I would like to ask if there is a possibility of picking up some linguistics modules in addition, as I didn't find anything like that on the course website.

I was wondering about the diversity of the student body so like the proportion of lets say white, black, asian (all types) and international students etc and how well they mix like do people kind of keep to themselves or nah?

I haven't got any statistics but from my experience Keele has a very diverse student body. There are lots of international students especially in the last few years where Keele has had more East Asian students to the point that the on-campus supermarket has aisles for South and East Asian food. The student union has multiple societies for different races and cultures but anyone can join them whether they are part of that culture or not. Often these societies will each throw their own cultural event either weekly, monthly or annually. For instance the Afro-Caribbean societies host an SU night every few weeks, the Sikh society hosts a free lunch for everyone (each semester?), and the SU hosts a global night with free/cheap food in Semester 1 usually.

There's also a global cafe every week where international students and home students are encouraged to talk and play games together, with the incentive of free hot drinks. It gets decent numbers every week.

How well the groups mix varies a lot but there tends to be a god mix. Once you leave campus and go to the surrounding towns of Stoke-on-Trent, diversity is very low. However, there are some culturally specific shops - particularly South and East Asian shops in Hanley.

Hi, i was wondering, is it difficult to make friends at keele and how are the students there from your own experience and is it easy to travel around the area if you don't have a car?

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Might be a silly question but how do you pay in the buses? Can you just use cash or is it contactless and is it the same for all the buses? I'm a Keele student but don't usually use them.

@eruditeprincess @04MR17

Might be a silly question but how do you pay in the buses? Can you just use cash or is it contactless and is it the same for all the buses? I'm a Keele student but don't usually use them.

Contactless is available on the bus services (all of them).

If you're travelling regularly I'd actually recommend the app (first buses ticketing app).

Although, rumour has it first bus will not be operating the route soon, and will be taken over by someone else.

If you feel you would be using first bus a lot then you can buy a first student year bus pass for £319, also if you don't feel like using the bus to get to the town bit by the bus station I record it as a 38 minute walk (But you will regret it when you are walking back up to Keele because of the Hill)