Month: July 2008

It is announced that the BJIR Best Paper Award 2008 will be assigned to Francis Green for his paper “Leeway for the Loyal: A Model … Read more

The School of Economics welcomes Professor Chris Heady as a new member of staff from 1 April 2009. Chris Heady comes to Kent following a … Read more

Rob Fraser, Professor of Agricultural Economics, has just been created Distinguished Fellow of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES). The award is recognition … Read more

75% of research rated internationally excellent The results of the Research Assessment Exercise have rated research in the School of Economics as follows: 4* 15% … Read more

The School of Economics was ranked 8th in the UK for overall quality in the 2008 National Student Survey, with 93% of students registering their … Read more

Even though there are many more graduates in the work force than during the 1990s, across Britain the financial returns to a graduate education are … Read more

The School of Economics is looking forward to a major expansion with the addition of six new members of staff. The six represent a significant … Read more

Dr Maria Garcia-Alonso has been awarded a grant by the British Academy, for a project on international policy co-ordination, incentives to innovate and universal coverage … Read more

Dr Yu Zhu has recently been commissioned by the Economics Network of the Higher Education Academy to update statistics about earnings premia for various degree … Read more

Independent schools in Britain employ a disproportionate share of teachers relative to the number of pupils they educate, and the gap between the independent and … Read more