The School of Arts has achieved an outstanding result in the recent Research Excellence Framework, with 100% of its research impact and 100% of its research environment judged to be \u2018world leading\u2019 by an expert panel. The Times Higher Education has ranked Arts at Kent 9th in the UK in its subject league table.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The only submission in the UK to achieve 100% \u2018world leading\u2019 assessments for both its impact and research environment, the School of Arts is a dynamic, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged community working across live, visual, and recorded arts in Media, Film, Drama, Art History, and Music. In addition to these outstanding scores, 89% of the School\u2019s research and over 80% of its research outputs have been ranked \u2018world leading\u2019 or \u2018internationally excellent\u2019.<\/p>\n
The fantastic result is a tribute to the School\u2019s focus on working with partners and the general public, and crossing subject boundaries to work in areas covering community and identity (participatory arts, gender, and neurodiversity), health and wellbeing (especially aging, memory loss, and mental health), and creative\/industry practice (film-making, VR, and electronic-acoustics).<\/p>\n
The School\u2019s research has impact around the globe. It informs wider perceptions of art and media and reveals how the arts and sciences can come together to help us communicate, share and engage with new ideas.<\/p>\n
Professor Shona Illingworth<\/a>\u2019s Lesions in the Landscape<\/em> project (supported by Wellcome funding) examined the complex individual and societal impact of amnesia. The project raised public awareness of key issues relating to amnesia in a highly accessible, thought-provoking, and engaging way.<\/p>\n Dr Ben Thomas<\/a> worked in partnership with Dr Catherine Whistler, University of Oxford (supported by Leverhulme funding) on Raphael: The Drawings<\/em> exhibition, which enhanced public understanding of Raphael and transformed how audiences viewed his work.<\/p>\n Dr Kaitlyn Regehr<\/a> collaborated with Professor Jessica Ringrose from University College London (supported by Mayor of London funding) on Women We See<\/em> a participatory research project that explored women\u2019s experience of mainstream advertising in London, and identified the misrepresentation and under-representation of the city\u2019s diverse populations.<\/p>\n The vibrancy of the School\u2019s research environment is evident in the diversity of its outputs, which include:<\/p>\n\n