On Thursday 15 September 2022, the University hosted Growing Kent and Medway’s first Sustainable Packaging Forum, bringing together key stakeholders from industry, policy and academia … Read more
Category: research
Summer Vacation Research Competitions Update
The Graduate and Researcher College (GRC) is pleased to announce the undergraduate winners of the Summer Vacation Research Competition (SVRC) 2022 and the postdoctoral and … Read more
Falling Walls 2022: Finalist for the Science Breakthrough of the Year!
Congratulations to Dr Peter Ellis & James Turner, on being finalists for the Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year 2022 in Life Sciences. The … Read more
£118m to accelerate UK bright ideas into global opportunities
The University of Kent has been awarded significant funding from the UKRI Impact Acceleration Accounts (IAAs) to improve and accelerate the translation of research to real impacts, … Read more
Innovative agricultural project to get the best out of Kent’s cherries
Researchers from the School of Biosciences have been awarded funding of over £300, 000 from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop a new approach … Read more
Grant awarded for “Blastocystis under One Health” project
Project led by Dr Anastasios Tsaousis (Tasos), and supported by The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). Dr. Anastasios D. Tsaousis, Reader in Molecular and Evolutionary … Read more
Birth Rites Collection comes to Kent (13 June)
Birth Rites Collection (BRC) – the first and only collection of contemporary artwork dedicated to the subject of childbirth – is set to move to … Read more
Bioscientists solve gene mystery in mammals
A study led by scientists at Kent and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has uncovered how the genome three-dimensional structure of male germ cells determines … Read more
REF2021
What is the REF? The REF is undertaken by the four UK higher education funding bodies: Research England, the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), the Higher … Read more
Kent signs MoU with Discovery Park
The University and Discovery Park have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see them work together in a number of strategic areas including Industrial Biotechnology, Neurosciences … Read more