Professor Jon Williamson, Department of Philosophy, has recently received a research grant from the Leverhulme Trust for his project ‘EBL+: new philosophical foundations for evidence-based … Read more
Author: Lyle Young
2022 Research and Innovation Prizes
‘Through these awards, the University seeks to recognise and to showcase the research and innovation achievements of our staff, and to celebrate their hard work … Read more
Celebrating KURIE events
Supporting excellent research with real life impact since 2020, KURIE has been running a series of successful workshops for staff. These included: KURIE Sustainable Development … Read more
Kent researchers to co-investigate public perceptions of administrative fairness in the digital welfare state
Two academics from the Division of Human and Social Sciences, Dr Ben Seyd (School of Politics and International Relations) and Professor Aleksandra Cichocka (School of … Read more
Positive Environmental Futures – ‘Trees are culture: an arboricultural ramble over the University’s southern slopes’
On Thursday 15 September 2022, as part of the Staff Conference 2022, Dr William Rowlandson (Modern Languages) and Dr Kaori Nagai (English) – both of … Read more
International ‘New Doctoral’ biotechnology research funding opportunity
Professor Colin Robinson (PI) and Professor Mark Smales (Co-I) from the School of Biosciences have been awarded a £530,000 grant from the EU for their … Read more
A data-driven approach to assessing agricultural plastic waste
Dr Lijuan Wang, (Lecturer in Electronic Engineering, CEMS) has won the EPSRC New Investigator Award for the project “Automatic quality assessment of waste plastic bales … Read more
Do Strictly’s same-sex pairings promote inclusivity in ballroom dancing?
BBC’s move on Strictly Come Dancing leads us to question: To what extent has BBC’s featuring of same-sex dance couples encouraged increased societal acceptance of … Read more
Future Human at bOing! Festival
Future Human appeared at bOing! Festival 2022, which took place at the Gulbenkian, Canterbury Campus on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 August 2022. This was all … Read more
The role of oestrogen in common yeast infection in women
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) awarded funding to Dr Becky Hall (School of Biosciences) for her research project ‘Mooning the immune system: … Read more









