The UK’s new medical chief, Professor Chris Whitty, will deliver the annual Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) lecture at the University’s Canterbury campus. His … Read more
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Call for Papers: Tensions at the front line of risk work: implications for policy and practice
Dr Jo Warner, Reader in Social Work, has co-organised a two-day conference in her capacity as co-convenor of the British Sociological Association’s Risk and Society … Read more
Social historian researches lives of first women JPs
Dr Anne Logan, Reader in Social Science, wrote the introduction and did much of the research for the latest update to the Oxford Dictionary of … Read more
Forget ‘Obamageddon’, ‘Prepping’ is now part of mainstream American politics and culture
Long considered an extreme reaction to fears of Armageddon and imminent nuclear disaster, ‘preppers’ in the US have traditionally been portrayed as motivated by extreme … Read more
Is the two-child benefit cap fair?
Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby appeared on BBC Radio Kent’s The Wake Up Call programme this week to discuss the two-child cap on benefit with MEP Ann … Read more
Student Hayley Mulenda is a UK Rare Rising Star
Hayley Mulenda, a Sociology and Social Policy student, was named as one of the UK’s top ten black rising stars at The Rare Rising Stars … Read more
Health care expert to head new regional research collaboration
A new £9m health and social care research collaboration in the region is being headed by the University’s Professor Stephen Peckham. Professor Peckham, Director of the … Read more
Publications translated into Chinese
Two more of Professor Chris Shilling‘s books are being translated into Chinese. ‘The Body and Social Theory, 3rd Ed.‘ (Sage Press), and ‘The Sociological Ambition‘ … Read more
Expert responds to reports of hidden child abuse in the British South Asian community
You can read Vanisha Jassal‘s response to the recent news story in the University’s News Centre. Vanisha, Lecturer in Child Protection and Deputy Director of Studies at Kent’s … Read more
Professor Alex Stevens authors major drug harm reduction report
Alex Stevens, Professor in Criminal Justice, is the lead author of a new report that sets out key ways in which the government should improve … Read more