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Dr Joan B. Wolf, US author of controversial book Is Breast Best? Taking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood, will give an open lecture at the University on Wednesday 13 February. Dr Wolf’s lecture will … Continue reading →

Justyna Miszkiewicz – Pollitzer Travel award winner: Image courtesy of Dr Wei-Feng XueA University of Kent student from the School of Anthropology and Conservation has won the international Pollitzer Travel award for the second consecutive year for her paper on … Continue reading →

Emel GivenA PhD student at the University of Kent’s Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS) is aiming to fund 70 operations for women in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suffering from childbirth injuries by participating in the Galveston ‘Ironman 70.3’. … Continue reading →

A £5.2 million package of renewed funding for health and social care researchers in the South East has ensured that they will receive valuable support and advice for the next five years. Funded by the National Institute for Health Research … Continue reading →

Professor Peter Taylor-GoobyA new book by Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy at the University, suggests that the UK can still afford an ‘inclusive, humane and generous’ welfare state and high quality public services. In his book, titled The Double … Continue reading →

A new study has revealed that children’s teeth are protected from damage during chewing by variation in enamel thickness along the tooth row. In a paper published by the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Dr Patrick Mahoney, Lecturer in Biological … Continue reading →

Ryan England has been named the University of Kent’s ‘Student Entrepreneur of the Year’ at its annual Employability Points Scheme rewards ceremony held recently. Ryan, who won the award for his project to customise the appearance of asthma inhalers to … Continue reading →

An exceptional University of Kent student who steered the student-led group Kent Marrow to sign up over 100 people to the national bone marrow donor register has been named as a top volunteer by blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan.  Katy Burnett, … Continue reading →

Professor Darren Griffin, a genetics and fertility expert at the University of Kent, has commented on the government’s decision to allow the creation of babies using DNA from three people. The new IVF technique could help eradicate inherited diseases within … Continue reading →

A scientific breakthrough by researchers at the University of Kent has revealed how vitamin B12/antipernicious anaemia factor is made – a challenge often referred to as ‘the Mount Everest of biosynthetic problems’. Vitamin B12 is pieced together as an elaborate … Continue reading →