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Social Policy at Kent has achieved an excellent 4th position in the subject table just published in The Guardian University Guide 2020. Rising from 9th … Read more

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

On 9 April, PhD candidate Adrienn Győry presented her research findings to a group of policy experts at the Department of Planning and Strategy in … Read more

A new study finds no evidence that teenage cannabis use is lower in countries with tougher policies. The study, by Alex Stevens, Professor in Criminal … Read more

Sales have risen at an alarming rate, research finds, with policymakers urged to act to prevent an opioid crisis similar to that in the USA. … Read more

Dr Erin Sanders-McDonagh, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, says ‘The recent measures being proposed by the Government to try to tackle knife crime will have no … Read more

At this event on Monday 26 November, five Kent authors will offer brief reflections about the arguments and insights of their newly published books and … Read more

See the University News Centre to read Professor Alex Stevens‘ comments on the government’s review into the ban on legal highs, which has found the … Read more