Stage 3 student Kheireddine Adeyemi is working on his dissertation -how Elon Musk’s Twitter activity effects financial markets. With Musk’s recent bid to acquire Twitter, … Read more
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How does interoperability in mobile financial services affect financial inclusion of low-income urban women in a developing country?
Dr Zaki Wahhaj and Maliha Rahanaz have obtained funding from the FIT IN initiative to explore the effects of seamless digital transactions on mobile devices … Read more
The Annual Stock Pitch Challenge
“It is a must-have skill for people interested in hedge funds or asset management firms.” Wednesday, March 23rd saw the first round of stock pitches … Read more
Memes Contest: Engaging Students through Innovative Teaching
Rowan Cherodian teaches Introduction to Time-Series Econometrics to Stage Two Economics students. Recently, he held a meme contest, where the students with the top three … Read more
Hat trick! The Economics Society Wins Academic Society of the Year for the third year running.
This past Monday, April 4th, the Economics Society won the best Academic Society of the Year award at Kent Union’s Activities Awards! This is their … Read more
Belated Celebrations!
The last two years of graduation celebrations have been suspended due to the global pandemic but we are finally getting to celebrate the achievements of … Read more
Growth volatility and trade: diversification vs specialisation
Miguel Leon Ledesma delivers the Inaugural lecture of this series of quarterly lectures organised by the Group of Economic Analysis at Reading (GEAR). Professor Miguel … Read more
‘Homes for Ukraine’ Refugee Scheme
Our colleague, Dr Olena Nizalova, is of Ukrainian origin and since the Russian invasion at the start of the month she has been sharing resources … Read more
The Visible Effects of Remote Learning
Development MSc student Christine Ochoro believes that through increased remote programs and hybrid approaches, just as she has experienced at Kent, we can embrace inclusion … Read more
Ukranian Crisis: What can you do to help?
Dr Olena Nizalova, an economicst of Ukrainian origin, has prepared a list of useful and trustworthy resources that the University of Kent community can use … Read more