Choosing an overall winner from a category of 12 nominated academic societies was ‘no easy task’ this year, but Kent Union revealed that the Economics … Read more
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William Collier awarded Senior Fellowship of Advance HE
Congratulations to Dr William Collier who has been recognised as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (now known as Advance HE). Senior Fellowship … Read more
Faculty ‘meet’ to pay tribute to Professor Peter Sinclair
Staff from the School of Economics ‘gathered’ last night on Zoom conferencing to pay tribute to the esteemed economist Peter Sinclair, who sadly passed away … Read more
Who is our building named after? Charles Kennedy 1923-1997
Professor Tony Thirlwall, tells us about his friend and colleague, Charles Kennedy, first Professor of Economic Theory at the University of Kent in 1966 and … 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
Ambachew Mekonnen
The School was saddened to hear of the death of alumnus Dr Ambachew Mekonnen, Regional President of the Amhara region of Ethiopia, who was assassinated … Read more
Goodbye Keynes, Hello Kennedy: Doors open at School of Economics’ new home
Last Friday marked the end of an era for the School of Economics as we reached our last day in Keynes College. After decades of fond … Read more
Six weeks to go until School moves to new home
With less than six weeks to go until the School of Economics moves the brand new Kennedy Building, work is under way to prepare the … Read more
Academic Promotions 2018
The School of Economics are delighted to announce that three of our academics have received academic promotions over the summer: Dr Sylvain Barde, promoted to … Read more
Alan, Alex and Charlotte awarded Above and Beyond Awards
Congratulations to Alan Carruth, Alex Klein and Charlotte Ransom from the School of Economics have been awarded Kent Union Above and Beyond awards. Above and … Read more