{"id":4661,"date":"2022-12-02T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/?p=4661"},"modified":"2022-12-01T17:49:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T17:49:49","slug":"november-news-roundup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/2022\/12\/02\/november-news-roundup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"November News RoundUp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Where is the best chicken katsu on campus? Why is there a day in the year where women effectively stop earning? What even is money? These and other crucial questions answered in this month&#8217;s RoundUp.<\/p>\n<h2>You&#8217;re Hired!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Working hard and playing even harder were our PhD students, who explored DEFRA project proposals in the form of a Dragon&#8217;s Den style workshop. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/4608\/dragons-den-training-to-tender-for-research-project-with-the-green-infrastructure-framework\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>She works hard for the money<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This Equal Pay Day\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/443\/gosling-amanda\">Dr Amanda Gosling<\/a> revealed that that the gap in pay between higher educated mothers and fathers (the \u2018motherhood penalty\u2019) is as large today as it was 40 years ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/4645\/why-women-are-no-better-off-having-a-baby-now-than-in-the-70s\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The state of the U.K. economy<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Former Kent Economics Professor, now Director of NIESR, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niesr.ac.uk\/people\/chadha-j\">Jagjit Chadha<\/a> came to unpack the world of central banking but we really enjoyed his lively digressions! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/4638\/professor-jagjit-chadha-the-money-minders\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sell me this pen<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Kent Invest&#8217;s VP Joshua Cheeseman gave us his hot takes on mince pies, campus food, and studying Economics at Kent. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/4650\/quantitive-easing-or-quantitive-tightening-mince-pies-of-christmas-pudding\"><strong>Read here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Con<em>grad<\/em>ulations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We wished our Class of 2022 a huge congratulations at the November Graduations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/4633\/a-class-of-2022-act\"><strong>See the photos here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Closing soon&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We are inviting student-led applications for research scholarships commencing in September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/4588\/school-of-economics-research-scholarships-2023\"><strong>Submit your application<\/strong><\/a> by 20th January 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Visit us!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out our 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/s\/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTQxNTU2NDQxMjQ2NTcx?story_media_id=2954524485207968390&amp;igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\"><strong>open day spirit<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/visit\/open-days#open-day-person\"><strong>book here<\/strong><\/a> to visit us in January.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where is the best chicken katsu on campus? 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