Euro fallout, soaring temperatures and flying elephants -we couldn’t be happier to send off the knowledgable and impassioned finalists of 2021 into the world to sort all this out!
We celebrated our Finalists!
- On Friday 16 July, the School of Anthropology and Conservation came together to celebrate our final year students in an event that reflected on their time at Kent and also looked towards the future. Watch here.
We appointed a new Head of School…
- We are excited to announce that Dr Tatyana Hulme (known as ‘Tanya’ to everyone here) will take up the position on August 1st after Professor Tracy Kivell is soon to finish her tenure. Read more.
How it started versus how it’s going…
- Natalia Lee is finishing her MA in Social Anthropology – Humanitarian and Environmental Crises at Kent. Read about being a University of Kent student in times of crisis.
We were awarded fellowships and prizes!
- PhD candidate, Louis Bachaud, won the best presentation prize at the 3rd Annual Haifa International Social Sciences Workshop. Find out about this year’s theme.
- The Royal Historical Society announced that Professor Keith Somerville had been elected as a Fellow by the RHS council. Find out more.
We innovated…
- Could Video Games be a tool for conservation messages? Find out.
- Professor Rob Fish launched a graphic textbook on nature – a novel way to convey public values on environmental research to Undergraduate students. See more.
Summer bites continued…
- A summer of bitesize talks from the Schools of Anthropology and Conservation, Economics, Politics and International Relations, and Psychology continued throughout July. View the schedule for August.
Italy won the Euros
- In the aftermath of England’s Euro’s loss to Italy, 3-2 on penalties, Dr Martha Newson spoke to Radio 4 during Woman’s Hour about hope and loss. Listen here.
Controversial plans to fly 13 African elephants from Howletts to Kenya were announced…
- Professor Keith Somerville commented on how this is an ‘expensive, stressful and potentially risky procedure’ that will get ‘lots of media attention but do nothing of value for elephant conservation’. Learn more.
We saw record high temperatures!
- With record high temperatures causing devastation in Canada and North-West USA, Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem explained the link between urban areas and the global climate crisis. Learn more.
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