Econ-Wrapped 2022!<\/h2>\n
The MMF Conference<\/strong><\/a> gathered here over 100 delegates from 85 different academic departments across the world, holding 32 parallel sessions and 3 special sessions throughout its 3 days.<\/p>\n We hosted\u00a0270 Degree Apprentice Economists <\/strong><\/a>on their annual residential.<\/p>\n The Bank of England published its 1st ever book, written by Kent Alumnus Jack Meaning<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n We had 3 talks by Professor Jagjit Chadha: the MMF<\/strong> Conference<\/strong><\/a>, the DAP residential<\/strong><\/a>, and most recently on the Cost of Living<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n We held 4 graduations celebrating the Class of 2020<\/strong><\/a>, 2021<\/strong><\/a>, and 2022!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n There were 41 days in 2022 when women effectively stopped earning<\/strong><\/a> relative to men.<\/p>\n 87% of our publications were rated as world leading in this year’s REF<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n We launched the 1st<\/sup> ever volume<\/strong><\/a> of the Kent Economics Undergraduate Research Journal.<\/p>\n The Development Economics Research Centre at Kent had its 3rd workshop<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n There were\u00a0100 attendees<\/a><\/strong> at the Kennedy casino night.<\/p>\n Hatrick<\/a><\/strong> – The Economics Society won society of the year for 3rd year in a row.<\/p>\n We sent 12 students on their Year in Industry<\/a><\/strong> placement.<\/p>\n We wrote 102 blogs this year, but with one blog, it was love at first read. Our most read blog was Ukranian Crisis: What can you do to help?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Apply for a research scholarship before 20th January 2023<\/strong>! Submit your application here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We explored many categories, but here were our top 5:<\/h4>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nOur year can’t be contained in a playlist (of blogs), but we tried anyway.<\/h3>\n
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A look ahead<\/h2>\n