At 5.43pm on 12 June 2021 the sporting world was shocked when Danish footballer Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest while playing Finland in the … Read more
Category: Staff news
Cervical cancer discovery offers major new clue to better understand the disease
Scientists have discovered that cervical cancer can be divided into two distinct molecular subgroups – one far more aggressive than the other – as part … Read more
University of Kent MRC IAA Launch Event.
The University of Kent launched the Medical Research Council (MRC) Impact Acceleration account on Friday the 7th October. The MRC awarded the University of Kent … Read more
University of Kent partnership to improve IVF success rates awarded ‘Outstanding’ by Innovate UK
A second Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between the University of Kent and London Women’s Clinic (LWC) has been awarded an ‘A’ for Outstanding by Innovate … Read more
Kent launches original TV series to inspire next generation of scientists
The University has launched its documentary series Generation Genome with a celebration of Science and Public Engagement at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridge. The … Read more
Sustainable packaging challenges for the county and beyond
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
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
Should we be adding ‘graphic content’ warnings to our degree programmes?
Reading with interest, a somewhat critical commentary in the national press on the University of Exeter (9th June 2022). The article referred to warnings given … 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
Meet Your Academic- Dr Jill Shepherd
Meet Dr Jill Shepherd, programme director for Biomedical Sciences. Dr Shepherd studied Biology at the University of Georgia (USA), where she developed interests in cell … Read more