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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

Social media algorithms amplify misogynistic content to teens

By Emily Collins | 06 March 2024

Social media algorithms amplify extreme content, such as misogynistic posts, which normalises harmful ideologies for young people, finds a new report co-authored by Professor Nicola Shaughnessy from … Read more

Stand-up comedy workshops can aid eating disorder recovery

By Emily Collins | 26 February 2024

Kent-led research has broken new ground by showing that stand-up comedy workshops can complement conventional approaches to eating disorder recovery. Comedy For Coping, a six-week … Read more

International enrichment drama workshops launched for UK secondary schools

By Emily Collins | 31 January 2024

An in-person enrichment drama and language workshop scheme using international plays to educate UK secondary school students about local cultures and histories has been launched. … Read more

Green light for groundbreaking new creative digital hub in Chatham

By Emily Collins | 22 January 2024

The Docking Station, the University’s groundbreaking hub for digital creative industries, has moved a step closer to reality as Medway Council planning committee has approved … Read more

Free theatre workshop programme for migrants in Kent

By Emily Collins | 18 January 2024

A 20-week community engagement programme for refugees, asylum seekers and first-generation migrants in Kent launches at the University of Kent’s School of Arts on Monday … Read more

Silvio Caputo will Co-Lead on Horizon Europe Grant funded ‘GreenME’ project

By Lyle Young | 25 April 2023

Dr Silvio Caputo (School of Architecture and Planning) will be the co-lead on GreenME, a project which will develop ways in which a broader green … Read more

‘Pantomime: Beyond the Binary’ Exhibition Accompanies Ian McKellen’s Mother Goose

By Lyle Young | 23 January 2023

Professor Helen Brooks (School of Arts) has recently designed a new pop-up exhibition, which is accompanying the touring pantomime production of Mother Goose, starring Ian … Read more

Walking With Ghosts: Exploring Conflict Through Art

By Lyle Young | 19 January 2023

Professor Helen Brooks (Arts) and Professor Mark Connelly (History) were part of the creative team that developed the successful and moving immersive art installation, Walking … Read more

How can we make buildings more sustainable?

By Emily Collins | 12 July 2022

In the second of our Net Zero Pathway to Change workshops, Professor Marialena Nikolopoulou and Professor Henrik Schoenefeldt from the Kent School of Architecture and Planning set out to answer this … Read more

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