Friday 11 October 5.00-6.00pm KenSR11 Have you ever wondered what it is like working for UNICEF and what kind of work they do in developing … Read more
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Irma receives award for economic research
Congratulations to the School’s Professor Irma Clots-Figueras who received the XVIII Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Economic Research at an awards ceremony on 8 October … Read more
Celebrating academic excellence
The School of Economics is delighted to announce that two of our academics have received academic promotions over the summer: Katsuyuki Shibayama, promoted to Senior Lecturer … Read more
3rd Kent Workshop on Networks in Economics
The third in a series of Kent workshops on Networks in Economics will be held at the University of Kent in Canterbury on Friday 20 … Read more
Drop-in sessions with the Deputy Director of the BEIS
We are excited to announce that Hannah Chaplin, Deputy Director of EU Exit and Trade Analysis at the BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial … Read more
Kent welcomes UK’s first degree-level economics apprenticeship students
On Monday 9 September the University welcomed 90 learners from the UK’s first degree-level economics apprenticeship programme to its Canterbury campus. A partnership between the … Read more
Corruption among India’s factory inspectors makes labour regulation costly
New research shows that ‘extortionary’ corruption on the part of factory inspectors in India is helping to drive up the cost of the country’s labour … Read more
Kent graduate to co-ordinate United Nations Africa youth initiative
Kent graduate Catherine Onoselase has been selected to co-ordinate a UN youth initiative in The Gambia. Catherine, who graduated in 2015 with a BSc in … Read more
Kent Economics excels in NSS
Economics at Kent has excelled in the National Student Survey 2019 with over 92% of students expressing overall satisfaction with the quality of their course. … Read more
Irma awarded 18th Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Economic Research
Irma Clots-Figueras has been awarded the 18th Banco Sabadell Foundation Prize for Economic Research for her quantitative research work on gender aspects in political economy. … Read more