A-Level students from the Kent region will be on campus next week to attend our Philosophy Sixth-Form Conference, on Wednesday 18 October 2017.<\/p>\n
Staff from the\u00a0Department of Philosophy<\/a>\u00a0will be delivering sessions to give a taster for studying these subjects\u00a0at a university level. A mixture of seminars and plenary sessions are offered throughout the day, including such tempting titles as ‘Becoming a New Person\u2019, ‘Do We Have Any Duty to Obey Our State\u2019s Laws?’, \u2018Who Wants to Live Forever\u2019, \u2018”I Want to See Him Suffer”: Pain, Punishment and the Law\u2019, and \u2018Democracy, the EU and Brexit\u2019.<\/p>\n The day will run from 10.00am until the afternoon, with five\u00a0half-hour seminars and a campus tour.<\/p>\n Participating members of the Department include Dr Alexandra Couto<\/a>,\u00a0Dr Graeme Forbes<\/a>,\u00a0Dr Edward Kanterian<\/a>, Dr Lauren Ware<\/a> and PhD student<\/a> Alyx Robinson. The conference will be introduced by the Head of Department,\u00a0Dr Todd Mei<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you would like further information on participating, please contact\u00a0Mary Daly via\u00a0secl@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n For the full programme of events, please see the page:\u00a0www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/philosophy\/events\/index.html?eid=28240<\/a><\/p>\n For a video about studying Philosophy at Kent, please see below.<\/p>\n