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
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
Free Public Lecture New Initiatives for Tackling Youth Radicalisation and Violent Extremism
The International Centre for Child Protection, University of Kent, Canterbury, will be holding a public lecture entitled: New Initiatives for Tackling Youth Radicalisation and Violent Extremism … Read more
Child Abuse Review of ‘Zak’ and ‘Gamer Zak’
The International Centre for Child Protection’s simulation ‘Signs of Radicalisation: Gamer Zak and Zak at University’ has recently been reviewed by Child Abuse Review. Comments … Read more