The annual Times Higher Education (THE) Awards have also shortlisted the University for Outstanding Support for Students. The THE’s University of the Year Award, which … Read more
Author: Carly Turnham
50th Festival Celebrations in the School of Psychology
Saturday 5th September Welcome Talk: ‘The School of Psychology – Past, Present and Future’ with David Wilkinson and Georgina Randsley de Moura (10.00-11.00 in Keynes … Read more
Change, Resistance, and Collective Action in Southern Italy: A Multidisciplinary Symposium
Change, Resistance, and Collective Action in Southern Italy A Multidisciplinary Symposium 4 September, 2015 University of Kent Keynes Lecture Theatre 4 http://inspr.eu/event-info/sisymposium/ This symposium reopens … Read more
Awareness of mortality can be bad for our health
People with low self-esteem use a variety of escape mechanisms to avoid thinking about their own mortality, new Kent research reveals. Researchers led by Dr … Read more
Attention Stage 3 Students 2015/16
To students going into stage 3: Dear all, Our peer mentoring scheme is running this year as part of the Student Success Project, aiming at … Read more
Treatment for firesetters is effective, research shows
Research from psychologists shows that male firesetting prisoners can be effectively treated with a pioneering treatment. In a two-year study involving prisoners at Swaleside and … Read more
Student Prize for Feminist Scholarship 2015
Congratulations to Psychology student Lois Donnelly on winning the Undergraduate Essay Competition for her submission on the title ‘”I am a woman, not a traffic jam”: … Read more
How wealthy neighbours make you think everyone is rich
Wealthy people may be likely to oppose redistribution of wealth because they have biased information about how wealthy most people actually are. That’s according to … Read more
‘Working with Fire-setters’ workshop 5th August
5th August 2015 9.30am-5pm Keynes College, Canterbury Campus, University of Kent The workshop will be made up of three parts which are all designed to … Read more
Research shows memories of crime can be suppressed
The research, which is a collaboration between the School of Psychology’s Dr Zara Bergström and colleagues in the US, including Xiaoqing Hu of the University … Read more