Kent’s Tizard Centre is among the partners working with creative arts company Heart n Soul on a new project that aims to improve health care … Read more
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Unsuccessful benefit claimants struggling with mental health and finances during COVID-19
A new report led by Kent and University of Salford shows that 290,000 people unsuccessfully tried to claim benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most were not eligible … Read more
New Frank Furedi book defends the value of democracy following lockdown
A new book written during the COVID-19 lockdown by Professor Frank Furedi, SSPSSR Emeritus Professor of Sociology, explores the idea that democracy has diminished during the … Read more
Managers are more positive about flexible/home working since Covid-19
Managers feel much more positively about their staff working from home and working flexibly since the first COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020, according to a … Read more
Digital ‘serious’ game to combat online child sexual exploitation and trafficking in Thailand and Cambodia
A project led by the Centre for Child Protection, aiming to prevent the online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA) of children in Thailand and Cambodia, … Read more
Flexible home working has implications for mental health
A new report by the 4 Day Week Campaign has found that mental health is deteriorating due to people working longer hours during the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read more
SSPSSR Department Seminar: CRT, decolonial thought, and coronavirus
Successful online training – Emma Soutar
Emma Soutar – Child Protection Training Officer Emma Soutar is the Training Officer at the International Centre for Child Protection. She has made the most … Read more
Autumn teaching for Stage 2 and 3 returning students
We hope you are keeping safe and well. In these difficult and uncertain times we want to start by assuring you that we will be … Read more
PhD studentship in Social Care
The University of Kent is offering a scholarship for a 3-year PhD to research one or more key topics in the field of adult social … Read more