{"id":8635,"date":"2022-12-02T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/?p=8635"},"modified":"2022-12-02T12:24:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T12:24:29","slug":"november-news-roundup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/2022\/12\/02\/november-news-roundup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"November News RoundUp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">What haven&#8217;t we done this month?! We discovered the kleptocracy in wildlife&#8217;s relationships, learnt how to code in R, competed in a Lord Sugar-esque game, and celebrated huge accomplissements.<\/p>\n<h2>Into the Dragon&#8217;s Den<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Our interdisciplinary training workshop gave PhD students the opportunity to explore drafting a project proposal in the form of a competitive game. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8589\/dragons-den-training-to-tender-for-a-research-project-with-the-green-infrastructure-framework\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Something to chew on<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Researcher Adam van Casteren visited us and presented a seminar on masticatory energetics, food mechanics, and human evolution. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8662\/the-bioanth-seminar-series-masticatory-energetics-food-mechanics-and-human-evolution\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>I-guana congratulate you<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD candidate, or reptile and amphibian connoisseur, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/people\/2226\/allain-steven\">Steven Allain<\/a> won the 2022 National Biodiversity Network Award for Wildlife Recording. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8562\/conservation-biologist-steve-allain-wins-prestigious-national-wildlife-award\"><strong>Congrats Steve<\/strong><\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>We also wished our Class of 2022 a huge congratulations at the November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8618\/youre-a-class-of-2022-act\"><strong>Graduations<\/strong><\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"page-title\" class=\"article__title\">On y va<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Conservation student Lewis Smith returned from Paris filled with <em>Joie de vivre<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8531\/studying-a-year-in-french-lewis-smith\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Coston shared her experience of studying a Year in Data Analytics. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8572\/studying-environmental-social-science-with-a-year-in-data-analytics-rebecca-coston\"><strong>.-. . .- -..\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;. . .-. .<\/strong><\/a> !<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Aggressive, fearless, and tenacious<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Honorary Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/dice\/person\/keith-somerville\/\">Keith Somerville<\/a> explored the lives of honey badgers, jackals, and golden wolves in his latest published title: &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8538\/conflict-between-humans-jackals-golden-wolves-and-honey-badgers\">Cunning, Courage and Conflict with Humans<\/a>&#8216;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Visit us!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wondering what goes on at Open Day? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/s\/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTY3NTA0MDEwODY2ODc2?story_media_id=2944516601808834720&amp;igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\"><strong>Watch our highlight<\/strong><\/a> or this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/ClJcrevpt45\/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=\">instalive<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/visit\/open-days#open-day-person\">Book here<\/a> <\/strong>to visit us in January 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Closing soon&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Apply for a PhD in Conservation: Hunting, Consumption and Trade of Animals in the Tropics. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8461\/phd-in-conservation-hunting-consumption-and-trade-of-animals-in-the-tropics\"><strong>Submit your application<\/strong><\/a> by 2nd January 2023.<\/li>\n<li>We are inviting student-led applications for research scholarships commencing in September 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8463\/school-of-anthropology-and-conservation-research-scholarships-2023\"><strong>Submit your application<\/strong><\/a> by 20th January 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What haven&#8217;t we done this month?! 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