{"id":274,"date":"2022-03-14T11:37:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T11:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/discover-stem\/?p=274"},"modified":"2022-03-14T15:03:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:03:19","slug":"british-science-week-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/discover-stem\/2022\/03\/14\/british-science-week-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"British Science Week 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year, British Science Week dedicates the week to a certain theme. This year the theme is Growth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Within STEM we looked at the growth of the University, introduced you to Growing Kent and Medway, the development of Sustainability on Campus, and re-capped of our Think Kent lectures.<\/p>\n

Over the past few years, the University has grown in size, with the merge with Canterbury Christ Church to produce the Kent and Medway Medical School<\/a>, the opening of the Kent Sports Clinic<\/a> and the move of our Sport and Exercise Sciences students from the Medway to Canterbury Campus.<\/p>\n

Kent and Medway Medical Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kent and Medway Medical School offers first-class medical education and research, combining the strengths and expertise of two universities: Canterbury Christ Church University and University of Kent. From 2020, the medical school has offered a five-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree with medical placements in Primary, Community, Mental Health and Secondary Care settings across Kent and Medway. Based at the universities\u2019 Canterbury campuses, it is Kent and Medway \u2018s first medical school and aims to be first choice for all those aspiring to achieve excellence in person-centred medical care in the UK.<\/p>\n

Kent Sports Clinic <\/strong><\/p>\n

The new Clinic boasts a range of high-tech equipment available to the public, including a 13 camera motion capture system to analyse an athlete\u2019s movement in 3D, an anti-gravity treadmill ideal for rehabilitation requiring reduced weight bearing, an ultrasound scanner and a Delfi Blood Flow restriction machine. This Clinic equipment has previously supported elite athletes and Olympians, as well as local athletes and recreational exercisers from the local community.<\/p>\n

Additionally, University sports students have to access the full breadth of Kent Sport\u2019s fitness suite, which includes a dance studio, indoor sports halls and outdoor pitches.<\/p>\n

Introducing you to Growing Kent and Medway<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The University of Kent is proud to be part of the Growing Kent & Medway consortium! They offer information about the latest GKM grants to businesses in the food and drink industry; and help trialling and enhancing products in the BioTech Hub.<\/p>\n

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A range of different grants, offering \u00a310k to 0.5m, are available for businesses and research organisations to apply for. GKM can help to develop an application for funding.<\/p>\n

A number of new specialist product research facilities are being developed for GKM. At Kent, we have The BioTech Hub, which provides businesses with opportunities to trial new research to enhance their products and services. If you are a business in the Food and Drink industry, whether you specialise in growing fruits, making wine, adding value to raw goods, packaging, machinery or something else\u2026we would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Growing Kent & Medway at University of Kent will conduct industrial-led research in the following priority areas:<\/p>\n

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  1. Sustainable packaging<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Bioethanol and biofuels from biomass and waste<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Pathogens Identification and control<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Photosynthesis (crop improvement), and fruit quality<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Biopesticides & Crop Improvement\u00a0(Contact: Dr Helen Cockerton)<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Production of High Value Compounds from Plant Material\u00a0(Contact: Prof Colin Robinson)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Sustainability on Campus<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

    The University aims to be NET Zero by 2040. It has adopted a target to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040. The Sustainability Team and Estates Department are currently working on a new carbon management plan to support this that is fit for the future, they have been slightly delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic but in the meantime have produced an interim statement which sets out our target, baselines, responsibilities and governance structures to support emissions reduction.<\/p>\n

    The sustainability team work closely with the Kent Community Oasis<\/a> garden, which is a multiuse space for students, staff and the local community run in partnership with East Kent Mind.<\/p>\n

    The existing Oasis Garden and the larger area around it has the potential to become a well-used resource for teaching, learning and engagement, and our project aims to:<\/p>\n