The University is offering a £1,000 Graduate School Scholarship to graduates of Kent, who have finished their undergraduate studies in the previous academic year and … Read more
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Congratulations to Theresia Baumker
Theresia Baumker has been awarded her PhD in Social Policy with minor corrections. Theresia’s thesis was entitled “The Costs and Cost-effectiveness of Extra Care Housing … Read more
Kent Student Union’s teaching nominations
SSPSSR staff Kate Bradley, Anne Logan, Ela O’Farrell, Balihar Sanghera, Simon Shaw, David Shemmings, and Alisa Stevens have all been nominated by students for the … Read more
Leverhulme research grants
Miri Song and Beth Breeze have both been awarded Leverhulme research grants.
A Chinese edition of Chris Shilling’s monograph Changing Bodies: Habit, Crisis and Creativity will appear at the end of this year.
The latest Sociological Review Monograph collection of original articles has just been published. Series editor Chris Shilling has written a general introduction to this latest … Read more
Body, Corporeality and Identity – Chris Shilling
Chris Shilling recently presented the Keynote address at both the interdisciplinary workshop on Body, Corporeality and Identity at the University of Durham and the Religion … Read more
Parenting ‘isn’t rocket science’
Ellie Lee debates the Government’s latest parent-training scheme on BBC Newsnight, with Kirstie Allsopp:
Are you Mom Enough?
Charlotte Faircloth blogs in the Independent on the Time Magazine cover/story on attachment parenting, ‘Are you Mom Enough?’ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/18/are-you-mom-enough-putting-parenting-choices-under-the-microscope/
Howard League – essay shortlisted
Rachel Stuart, a first year Criminology and Cultural Studies student, has been shortlisted for an undergraduate essay competition organised by the Howard League.
British History and Politics annual conference
Peter Taylor-Gooby is presenting the concluding keynote at the German Association for the Study of British History and Politics annual conference in Dusseldorf on 19 … Read more








