Author: harriet

Launched at the 46th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology in July, the ‘Ageing of British Gerontology Exhibition’ comprises portraits of and interviews 50 … Read more

The University of Kent, VoxUkraine and the University of California Berkeley are supporting the international conference ‘People Matter: Quality of Life and Wellbeing in Post-Transition … Read more

People in high-skilled jobs and supervisory roles are more likely to enjoy control over their working hours, new research from a University expert on work-life … Read more

CHSS (Centre for Health Services Studies), University of Kent is a new provider for the Health Education Kent Surrey Sussex (HEKSS)/National Institute for Health Research … Read more

Writing in the Journal of Social Policy, Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby asserts as many commentators have pointed out, that the UK welfare state faces long-term structural problems … Read more

Dr Carolyn Pedwell discusses the nature of empathy as a modern-day cure for all problems. She asks if being able to see from another’s perspective actually … Read more

The newspaper devoted four articles to Dr Zhang’s recent book entitled Small World: Footnotes to Academic Observations. The book draws on Dr Zhang’s experience of … Read more

Jai Fuller wanted to make a difference and was looking for a challenge, so he enrolled on a social work degree at our Medway campus. … Read more

Peter Taylor-Gooby presented his Democratic Forum research at the Policy Network ‘Progressive Britain’ conference last week, to an audience of politicians, journalists and academics. He argued that … Read more

Professor of Social Policy, Peter Taylor-Gooby discusses his recent novels on Channel Radio’s ‘Money Talk’ with Simon Webster. Peter covers his EU-funded research into the future of the … Read more