July News RoundUp

Building community, engagement and civic mission in Canterbury this summer.

We celebrated our Finalists!

  • On Friday 16 July, the School of Psychology came together to celebrate our final year students in an event that reflected on their time at Kent and also looked towards the future. Watch here.

How to make the most of student life!

  • A year abroad in Italy, competing in the Three Peaks Challenge, winning the Employability Points Runner Up Award and now an Internship in digital marketing. Read about Katherine’s experience.

Having ‘real world’ effect on our local area!

  • The first integrated therapy centre for Parkinson’s disease is to be launched in Canterbury and will be using Kent campus facilities and new ground-breaking research led by Professor David Wilkinson. Find out more.
  • Research by Professor Dominic Abrams, Dr Tim Hopthrow and Dr Fanny Lalot found that using low-cost psychological interventions in Canterbury can improve air quality. Find out more.

What is it like researching in the School of Psychology?

  • We quizzed Rebecca Dole, PhD in Social Psychology candidate, about her research and experience at the University of Kent. Read here.

How does our trust in leaders affect our response during a global health crisis?

  • Dr Jim Everett worked with Yale University’s Clara Colombatto and Molly Crockett assembling a multidisciplinary team of 37 international researchers to answer this question. Learn more.

Summer bites continued…

  • A summer of bitesize talks from the Schools of Anthropology and Conservation, Economics, Politics and International Relations, and Psychology continued throughout July. View the schedule for August.

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