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Author: Grace Shore Banks

Who is joining in this month’s Bio Blitz and why?

By Grace Shore Banks | 18 May 2021

Our beautiful campus is incredibly rich in species, so its the ideal location for a ‘Bio Blitz’. It offers vast greenspaces, a concentration of ecological … Read more

Take part in the Kent Bio Blitz this month!

By Grace Shore Banks | 17 May 2021

This month the school are hosting a ‘Bio Blitz’ on campus, when a variety of specialist surveys will take place throughout the day, with experts … Read more

DICE talk 2021 “When to rescue orangutans, and other conservation dilemmas”.

By Grace Shore Banks | 11 May 2021

Professor Erik Meijaard joins the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology (DICE) for their prestigious annual lecture series. The DICE Lecture is an annual public … Read more

Professor Tracy Kivell project highlighted in ERC’s funding success campaign

By Grace Shore Banks | 06 May 2021

School of Anthropolgy Head of School Professor Tracy Kivell has been recognised along with 14 other grantees to celebrate the European Research Council (ERC)’s milestone of funding 10,000 … Read more

Anthropology Society Need YOU!

By Grace Shore Banks | 03 May 2021

There are so many benefits to joining a society committee. Anthropology enthusiast? The Anthropology Society are recruiting for next year’s committee and you can be a part … Read more

Recent wildlife documentaries affect public understanding of wider conservation

By Grace Shore Banks | 19 April 2021

Research led by the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has found that the personification of animals in recent wildlife documentaries leads to significant misinformation and … Read more

This year’s Annual Lecture of the Skeletal Biology Research Centre with Prof. Johannes Krause

By Grace Shore Banks | 16 April 2021

Unravelling the genetic history of The Black Death and bubonic plague from 5000 years ago to present.   You are cordially invited to the 2021 … Read more

Students return to campus for practical fieldwork.

By Grace Shore Banks | 29 March 2021

The campus has been relatively uninhabited by humans over the last few months which has left nature alone to do its thing! This is going … Read more

Even older than we thought?!

By Grace Shore Banks | 25 March 2021

Current evidence suggests the world’s earliest stone technologies are likely to be older than previously thought. A team led by Kent’s Dr Alastair Key and Dr David … Read more

Truth be Told: Safety and Support in the Field

By Grace Shore Banks | 24 March 2021

Organised by postgraduates in the School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, the Women in Conservation Canterbury Network, and WildHub   Organised by postgraduates in the School … Read more

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