{"id":5029,"date":"2023-03-02T15:55:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T15:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/?p=5029"},"modified":"2023-03-02T17:03:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T17:03:24","slug":"february-news-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/2023\/03\/02\/february-news-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"February News Round Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Economics is Everywhere and so are our Economists -Threadneedle St, Times Square, Belgium, Bangladesh, Milton Keynes&#8230; Catch up with our economists in the wild in our Monthly RoundUp. <\/p>\n<h2>Start spreading the news&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Year-In student Tom Hulks was features on Morgan Stanley&#8217;s Times Square billboard in New York!&#x1f5fd; Read our quick-fire interview with Hot-Shot Hulks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/5021\/time-in-money\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Meaning of Everything<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquiremedia.org\/\">InQuire<\/a> student newspaper&#8217;s Nathan Collins-Cope reports on the return of Kent alumnus and Bank of England Senior Economic Advisor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Econ students in the wild<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We caught up with our placement students, and as usual, our students are excelling and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/4971\/straight-out-of-the-starting-gate\"><strong>making the most<\/strong><\/a> of their experiences.<\/li>\n<li>Managing risk at Volkswagen Financial Services&#8230; here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/5015\/a-year-in-industry-adding-real-world-experience-to-your-degree\"><strong>Nathan Arbuckle<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Calling All Econometricians!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;re looking for a Senior Lecturer in Econometrics (Teaching and Research) and welcome applications from candidates with a strong research and teaching potential at all levels up to PhD in the area of Econometrics. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jobs.kent.ac.uk\/Vacancy.aspx?ref=HSS-164-23\">Join us!<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The UK: &#8216;Fat Man of Europe&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Adelina Gschwandtner discussed the economic impact of chronic health issues associated with obesity, which has trebled in the UK over the last 30 years on BBC Radio Kent. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/2023\/02\/13\/full-english\/\">Listen here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Watch out for:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>As part of our Inspirational Speaker Series, we are delighted to host political activist and Kent alumna Aba Amoah. Join us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/5031\/aba-amoah-joins-us-this-international-womens-day\"><strong>Wednesday 8th March<\/strong><\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marriage or Mortgage<\/strong>? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/people\/2278\/wahhaj-zaki\">Professor Zaki Wahhaj<\/a> speaks on <em>Marriage Decisions in Low-Income Countries<\/em> next in his HSS Inaugural Lecture, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/news\/4934\/hss-inaugural-lecture-series-2023\">Friday 10 March<\/a><\/strong>. Focussing on research from Burkina Faso, Ghana, India, Belgium, Turkey and research in Bangladesh which you can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kmtv-media.imigino.com\/video\/1\/buildEnvelope\/Y2lkPTE5MSZ2aWRlb1VybD1odHRwczovL2ttdHYtY2RuLmFmcm96YWFyLmNvbS9rbXR2Y3JlYXRpdmUvaXNhYmVsbGUvdjQtY2hpbGQtbWFycmlhZ2UtZG9jdW1lbnRhcnkubXA0\">watch here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economics is Everywhere and so are our Economists -Threadneedle St, Times Square, Belgium, Bangladesh, Milton Keynes&#8230; Catch up with our economists in the wild in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/2023\/03\/02\/february-news-round-up\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66395,"featured_media":5070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5029"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5029"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5074,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5029\/revisions\/5074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}