This year SPS pledged to donate £1 to charity for each student in the School who completed either the National Student Survey (NSS) or Kent’s … Read more
Month: May 2020
Using a foundation year to build a great future
Our foundation years offer those students who haven’t previously studied science, or those who didn’t meet the requirements for direct entry, a chance to study … Read more
My Forensic Science Foundation Year at Kent: Emerald’s Story
Forensic Science graduate Emerald Taylor tells us about her experience of doing a foundation year at Kent, and how it helped her get to where … Read more
SPS academics part of team helping preserve artefacts from the Mary Rose
Dr Donna Arnold tells us more about the exciting work with the Mary Rose Trust that she’s part of to try and develop techniques to … Read more
New mentoring scheme for Physics students due to start university this Autumn
The Ogden Trust, along with Brightside, are launching a brand new 10 week mentoring scheme to help Physics students adapt to life at university. The … Read more
Chemistry Challenge
Questions 1.Watch the trailer for the ‘Plastics Unwrapped’ project. What properties can you think of for current plastics, that would need to be retained by … Read more
Physics Challenge
Our Physics students take part in a group project in their final year of study. As well as research and education based investigations, many of … Read more
Meet our new BAME Rep: Stefania Bormetti
As part of ongoing work to build the SPS Community, and following student feedback, we have introduced a new Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) … Read more
Anna’s Career Tips: Employability advice by stage and subject
This is a very disquieting time at the moment, the future is more uncertain than usual and all of us, individuals and organisations of all … Read more
Celebrating Women in STEM
Last month SPS ran a competition designed to help us do a better job at celebrating women in STEM. Here we share the winning slide. … Read more