Month: May 2019

The future of gender relations after the #MeToo movement will be debated at a special  event at the University on 6 June. Entitled What Now? … Read more

Iain Wilkinson, Professor of Sociology, says the UK must accept the UN’s poverty report as reality and act now.  He maintains “It is now being … Read more

We are pleased to be able to offer three 3-year PhD scholarships (full-time or 5 years part-time) to be based in the Centre for Health … Read more

The BACB has released pass rate data for first time BCBA exam candidates in 2018. We are delighted to announce that the Tizard Centre (University of Kent) had a … Read more

We are delighted to announce that Mark Brookes  is to be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Kent at its graduation ceremonies in … Read more

Panorama has gone undercover inside a hospital for vulnerable adults and revealed patients being mocked, taunted and intimidated by abusive staff. In shocking footage, reporter … Read more

The social rights of migrants have become a salient political issue in Northern Western European countries. The context is the increased level of migration, in … Read more

Dr Marian Duggan, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, welcomes government moves to force councils to provide adequate housing to domestic abuse victims, but says a lack … Read more

Deepening democracy through political scrutiny The fashionable idea of ‘evidence-based’ law-making implies that expert opinion consists of incontrovertible facts that can be turned into solutions, … Read more

‘The Conversation’ has just published an article by Iain Wilkinson, Professor of Sociology, on food poverty and how going hungry is affecting children in the … Read more