{"id":2484,"date":"2021-02-01T09:30:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T09:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2021-02-15T09:55:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T09:55:48","slug":"economics-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/2021\/02\/01\/economics-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Economics Winter News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">These last two months have seen us head back into a national lockdown, but it hasn\u2019t stopped our staff and students! Here is a summary of what has been going on here in the School of Economics.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>We launched into 2021\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The first of its kind in the UK, we have developed an exciting new undergraduate programme in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/undergraduate\/4408\/economics-data-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Economics with Data Science<\/a>. Students will study programming, artificial intelligence and machine learning plus learn how to tackle some of today\u2019s economic problems.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2439\/economics-with-data-science-undergraduate-programme-launched\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Inspired by the extraordinary circumstances we have organised an 8-week Mindfulness course for our students. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2448\/8-week-mindfulness-course-for-economists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Get involved<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>We considered the future\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage three student and President of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/econsocukc.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Economics Society<\/a>, Joel Pointon said as economics students \u201cwe are statistically less likely to be unemployed\u00a0\u2013 clearly, the skills\u00a0you gain through studying for an\u00a0Economics degree are valued in the marketplace\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2361\/covid-19-and-gen-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Mental health was as important as ever\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 3 students Oliver Turner from Economics and Harvey Dorset from History were interviewed after raising over \u00a3200. \u201cMen\u2019s mental health\u00a0affects everyone and\u00a0is something that, until recently, has been massively overlooked\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2370\/a-man-dies-by-suicide-every-minute-of-every-day-movember-aims-to-change-this\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read the full story<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>After a hell of a year, our staff and students suggested some downtime reading to help you wind down and relax over the holidays. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2392\/downtime-reading-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Take a look at the full list<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Vaccine announcements gave us a glimmer of hope\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/2993\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/2993\/makris-miltos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Miltos Makris<\/a> responded to the news of the Pfizer vaccine, explaining a potential for this to lead to an economic downturn. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2373\/we-must-also-be-aware-of-a-potential-economic-downturn-whilst-we-wait-for-the-vaccine-to-arrive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>The Brexit Transition Period drew to a close\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Centre for European Agri-Environmental Studies gained more Horizon 2020 research funding &#8211; Professors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/439\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/439\/davidova-sophia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sophia Davidova<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/433\/bailey-alastair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alastair Bailey<\/a>, both played an instrumental part in drawing together the project consortium and designing the research project itself. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2401\/the-centre-for-european-agri-environmental-studies-gain-more-horizon-2020-research-funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Our economists have had an &#8216;unprecedented&#8217; period of research&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/2278\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/2278\/wahhaj-zaki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Zaki Wahhaj<\/a>\u2019s research demonstrated a decline in \u2018son preference\u2019 by women of childbearing age in Bangladesh. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2460\/preference-for-male-children-is-declining-in-bangladesh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Should older workers pay higher taxes than younger ones?\u00a0\u00a0Professors Miltos\u00a0Makris and Alessandro Pavan\u2019s\u00a0taxation paper\u00a0was accepted in the Journal of Political Economy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2424\/should-older-workers-pay-higher-taxes-than-younger-ones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>History was<\/strong><strong> mad<\/strong><strong>e\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>On 14th December 2020, Kent signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northsouth.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North South University<\/a> in Bangladesh in an online ceremony to develop collaboration in student mobility, staff exchange, joint research supervision, and research projects. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/2384\/kent-signs-first-memorandum-of-understanding-with-bangladesh-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Keep up to date with the latest news from the School of Economics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These last two months have seen us head back into a national lockdown, but it hasn\u2019t stopped our staff and students! 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