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Month: May 2025

Investigating the potentially dangerous effects of two prescription drugs on elite cyclists

By Emily Collins | 28 May 2025

University researchers are investigating the potentially dangerous and performance enhancing effects that the painkillers tapentadol and dihydrocodeine could have on elite cyclists. Led by Lex … Read more

REF 2029 Sub-Panel leadership announcement

By Emily Collins | 27 May 2025

The four UK higher education funding bodies, working with the REF Main Panel Chairs and Advisory Panel members, have appointed chairs and deputy chairs for … Read more

A judge’s perspective: how to master research storytelling in 180 seconds

By Emily Collins | 22 May 2025

There was a buzz of nervous excitement in the air at Kent’s Graduate and Researcher College (GRC) this week, as twelve PhD students from across … Read more

New study to test if wall squat exercise can lower blood pressure

By Olivia Miller | 21 May 2025

Research has found that a wall squat is one of the most effective exercise types for lowering blood pressure. Following the success of a previous … Read more

Project to increase and share technical skills and expertise launches

By Emily Collins | 20 May 2025

The exciting £3m externally funded Technical Platform for Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (T-PIKE) project will see technical staff and businesses across the Eastern Arc region … Read more

Rethinking fables in an age of environmental crisis

By Emily Collins | 20 May 2025

The power of the fable as a tool to help society think differently about climate change, AI and other pressing global challenges is being celebrated … Read more

Kent and Medway Business Summit 2025

By Emily Collins | 19 May 2025

On Tuesday, Kent hosted its 9th Kent and Medway Business Summit, welcoming businesses and policymakers to our Canterbury campus for a day of discussion around the … Read more

Pint of Science festival returns to Medway

By Emily Collins | 16 May 2025

University of Kent students and lecturers from Medway School of Pharmacy are set to take their research from the lab to Medway’s community venues as part of … Read more

World first OCT-Raman diagnostics system to provide fast AI-enabled breast cancer diagnosis

By Olivia Miller | 13 May 2025

A team of researchers are working with surgeons to install a unique AI-enabled combined Optical Coherent Tomography (OCT) and Raman spectroscopy system at Nottingham City … Read more

Celebrating the science and art of British hops and beer

By Emily Collins | 12 May 2025

On Thursday 8 May, researchers, brewers and hop growers from across England gathered on our Canterbury campus to celebrate British hops and beer made with … Read more

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