Dr Ellie Lee recently debated the ‘Breastfeeding could save the NHS £40m/year’ UNICEF report on Channel Four News. Dr Charlotte Faircloth was on Radio 5 … Read more
New Kent philanthropy research in the Guardian
The Guardian has just published an article by Beth Breeze called ‘the shop floor perspective on corporate philanthropy’, describing her new philanthropy research. You can read the … Read more
House of Commons Committee hears from Prof Alex Stevens
On 10th September, Professor Alex Stevens of SSPSSR spoke on drug policy at an international conference organised in London by the Commons Home Affairs Committee. … Read more
New funding award for “Carers in the 21st Century”
SSPSSR’s Dr Alisoun Milne has – with five colleagues – recently been awarded funding for four seminars on ‘Carers in the the 21st Century: Developing … Read more
IASSID 2012 Halifax
In July 2012, a number of the Tizard team travelled out to attend the World Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of … Read more
“Everybody Matters” film
We are delighted to announce that following the sad and untimely death of Prof Jim Mansell, a large number of friends, relatives, and colleagues as … Read more
German Paralympics Team Lecture
During the recent paralympics, Gillian Ziegner, MA Autism Studies (Distance Learning) gave a lecture to the German Behinderten-Sportverbrand (Association of Sport for the Disabled) and … Read more
Tizard Research Seminars 2012/2013
We are delighted to announce that Dr Marcus Redley, Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, will be giving the first in our series … Read more
Congratulations to Julie Beadle-Brown
Dr Julie Beadle-Brown has been appointed Professor in Disability Studies on a part-time basis in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at La … Read more
Kent is ranked in the top 150 Universities in the World in Sociology
The new QS World subject rankings for 2012 have been released yesterday and Kent appears in 5 of the top 200 subject listings: Philosophy – … Read more






