At is meeting on 20 June 2014, Council congratulated the following staff on their recent successes:
Professor David Shemmings, co-director of the Centre for Child Protection: awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list
Dr Peter Klappa of the School of Biosciences: winner of a 2014 Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellowship
Professor Glynnis Murphy of the Tizard Centre: on becoming an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences
The next meeting of the Court will be at 3pm on Friday 21 January 2014. The Agenda and papers have been published at http://www.kent.ac.uk/governance/court/2014/agenda.html, including the Annual Review and the Financial Statements for 2012-2013
Council has appointed Sir David Warren as the new Chair of Council from 1 August 2014 until 31 July 2017.
Sir David Warren served as British Ambassador to Japan from 2008 to 2012. Following language training in Japanese, he was first appointed to Japan in the late 1970s. His career since then has included a term as Assistant Head of the Far East Department at the FCO and five years in Tokyo as Commercial Counsellor, 1993-1998. He has also served as Head of the FCO’s China Hong Kong Department and Director of UK Trade and Investment. He was Director of Human Resources at FCO before going to Tokyo as Ambassador. He is currently the Chair of The Japan Society of the UK.
Council has reappointed Tony Quigley as Deputy Chair of Council for a further year until 31 July 2015.
Council congratulated:
Senate and Council, at their meetings in October 2013, congratulated the following on their recent success
Dominic Abrams, Professor of Social Psychology on being elected as a Fellow of the British Academy.
David Ormrod, Professor of Economic and Cultural History on being elected as an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS).
Dr Will Norman, Lecturer in American Literature in the University’s School of English, has received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship.
Senate and Council, at their meetings in October 2013, noted the following successes:
Shortlisted for Times Higher Education Awards
The University has been shortlisted for two Times Higher Education Awards
Donation for the Law Clinic
The University has received a £1m donation from The Hon Charles Wigoder as part of its fundraising campaign to build a new home for the Kent Law Clinic.
World Architecture News ‘Facade of the Year Award’ for Kent School of Architecture
The Kent School of Architecture Crit Building has won World Architecture News ‘Facade of the Year Award.’
Council considered the University’s recruitment of new students for 2013 at its meeting on on 11 October 2013 and in the light of the favourable outcome confirmed the University’s budgets for 2013-14.
