Keele Visit Boosts Medics Hopes

Aspiring doctors at Solihull Sixth Form College visited Keele University recently for a day of activities aimed at showing them what Medical School study is like.

Learners on the Pre-Medical School enrichment undertook the trip, following a problem-based learning activity that took place in College back in March. During that session, students diagnosed an illness in a fictitious patient based on a series of clues provided to them. During the visit to Keele, learners reviewed what they had learned from that task.

While at the university Medical School, students also attended a lecture on active listening and interactions with patients and undertook a practical exercise that focussed on the urinary system and gave them the chance to utilise Keele's fantastic laboratories. There was also a session on Microbiology that asked students to consider the most appropriate antibiotics for a patient and students had the chance to ask lots of questions.

Assistant Principal Trevor Irving commented:

"Our relationship with Keele University was established in 2014 and it keeps going from strength to strength. We are hugely grateful to Dr Andrew Morris, Dr Gordon Dent and Dr Rebecca MacKenzie for all the work that went into arranging their day for our young people. They thoroughly enjoyed their time at Keele and learned a lot, which will help them moving forward."

The Pre-Medical School is just one of the enrichments on offer at Solihull Sixth Form College. Other academic options available to students include a History Academy, Psychology Academy, STEM Programme, National Cipher Challenge and many more. With sports and creative enrichments, not to mention student societies and volunteering opportunities, enrichments exist to help learners develop skills that universities and employers are looking for and boost their chances of getting the top Higher Education and employment offers.

9 June 2026