The third Kent Workshop on Networks in Economics took place in the Kennedy Building at the University of Kent on Friday 20 September 2019. The … 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
Introducing Professor Miltos Makris
As Director of Graduate Studies he helps research students achieve Miltos Makris joined the School of Economics at Kent in August 2018, attracted by its … 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
Workshop on Microeconomic Approaches to Development Economics
The School of Economics held its second workshop on Microeconomic Approaches to Development Economics on 24-25 June 2019. The workshop was co-sponsored by the Royal … 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









