We were so proud to see so many of our staff recognised by students at Kent Union’s Above and Beyond event this month. The Above … Read more
Economics see huge improvement in REF 2021
The School of Economics rated 88% and 87% for our ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ research environment and publications in the latest REF, reflecting the … Read more
April News RoundUp
Engaging, Speculating, Researching, Winning. Celebrating a Successful Spring in our monthly RoundUp. The Musk Effect Student Kheireddine Adeyemi is working on his Stage 3 dissertation … Read more
The Musk effect
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
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
March News RoundUp
Belated Celebrations! The last two years of graduation celebrations have been suspended due to the global pandemic but we finally got to celebrate the achievements … 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