The Kent and Medway Regional Partnership has opened recruitment for 20 aspiring social workers to join the Step Up to Social Work programme in January … Read more
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Children and young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities to benefit from new research into Intensive Interaction
The National Institute for Health and Care Research has awarded £1.8M to examine the effectiveness of a commonly used communication approach with people with Profound … Read more
The Centre for Child Protection launches new safeguarding simulation
Kent and the LTA, supported with funding by Sport England and the National Lottery, are pleased to have partnered to launch a safeguarding simulation called … Read more
‘The Human Experience’ Art Exhibition and Competition: Call for submissions on the theme of togetherness
Sponsored by Kent Law School, The Afro-Diasporic Legal Network are pleased to invite submissions from Kent students for an art exhibition and competition due to … Read more
New book helps readers to better understand role of philanthropy advisors
Philanthropy advising is an emerging and important profession fuelled by demand from donors for support with their charitable giving. Advising Philanthropists, the new book by Dr Beth Breeze, … Read more
Expert’s key contribution on child sexual abuse included in newly published book
Senior Lecturer in Child Protection, Vanisha Jassal, has contributed a chapter ‘Preserving what for whom?’ Female victim/survivor perspectives on the silence behind child sexual abuse … Read more
£3m project to analyse how different welfare systems can affect mental health
A major new research project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) will analyse how different welfare systems can affect people’s mental health and chances … Read more
Children’s civic learning opportunities suffer due to COVID-19 and cost-of-living
Researchers from Kent have found that many teachers in England are concerned about the role of active civic engagement in primary schools due to the … Read more
Theories and trends in how to mobilise social change, influence politics, and shift culture.
The module: SOCI8220 Social and Political Movements If you’ve ever aspired to change the world, you’ll likely understand the significance of a class like Social … Read more
Funding awarded for project on urban livelihoods, waste and the politics of value in Nigeria
Informal re-use of waste tyre in Lagos, Nigeria Dr David Garbin has been awarded a £50k grant under the British Academy Cities and Infrastructure of … Read more