The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) is the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of adult education in England and Scotland. Founded in 1903, the WEA is a charity dedicated … Read more
Month: February 2022
Campus visits aligned with key research themes
Written by Gemma Hunt, Subject Specialist & STEM Outreach Lead, Division of Natural Sciences. Campus visits are an integral part of our outreach curriculum and enhance our engagement with … Read more
Generation Genome science television series
Engaging as a multidisciplinary team key to winning British Film Institute television funding. Written by Jill Hurst Generation Genome is a six-episode television science series … Read more
Gene modification and animal farming: Time for a more nuanced public debate?
Animal welfare is of paramount public concern in relation to any form of genetic editing in farm animals according to the Nuffield Bioethics report. Dr … Read more
Imagining Autism
Public Engagement with Research is key to the ground breaking ‘Playing A/Part’ work with girls undertaken by Professor Nicola Shaughnessy and Dr Melissa Trimingham from … Read more
Pint of Science 2018
About The Project The Pint of Science festival is a three-day international public engagement festival held each May that will see thousands of scientists across … Read more
Kent’s PhD quilt
Laura Thomas-Walters, PhD Candidate from the School of Anthropology and Conservation was awarded funding from the Postgraduates Community Experience Awards to support her ‘Kent PhD Quilt’ project. … Read more
Pint of Science Festival
The University of Kent (UoK) Pint of Science (PoS) Team has been delivering research events in pubs in the month of May for the past … Read more
U3A Research Collaboration
The University of Kent and the University of the Third Age (U3A) presented a number of joint and individual research projects at special event open … Read more
The HOYS-CAPS Citizen Science Project
The Hunting for Outbursting Young Stars with the Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science Citizen Science project brings together amateur astronomers from around the world … Read more