Dr Marian Duggan discusses the issues surrounding the court case involving Ashers, the Christian-run bakery in Northern Ireland. Dr Duggan has written extensively on homophobia including … Read more
Outstanding sociology student is Kent Student of the Year
The 2015 Student of the Year is April-Louise Pennant, who has just completed her final year on the Sociology with a Year in Hong Kong course. The … Read more
Youth Online Understanding Radicalisation Survey
National Counter Terrorism Policing HQ have asked the Centre for Child Protection to assist in promoting their Youth Online Understanding Radicalisation (YOUR) Survey as widely … Read more
Prestigious Teaching Awards
We are delighted to announce that Tony Osgood and Jill Bradshaw have both won Kent Union Teaching Awards voted by the students themselves; the ultimate accolade … Read more
The ‘street’ in contemporary society – join the debate
The streets of our towns and cities are taken for granted by most yet they are in many ways the measure of how civil and … Read more
Third Sector Impact – new blog for project updates and findings
PSSRU is part of a three year European Commission funded project, Third Sector Impact (TSI), looking at the impact of the third sector in Europe – … Read more
Year 2 Autism Studies
Our Year 2 Autism students attended their final workshop this week presenting their portfolio work and describing how they had been working to improve the quality … Read more
SSPSSR employability blog
The SSPSSR employability bulletin has now been changed to an all new SSPSSR employability blog. To receive the latest employability news, events and opportunities from … Read more
Bursary for DCGC candidate to attend BSC Conference
The theme for the 2015 conference is: ‘Criminology: Voyages of Critical Discovery’. This reflects the spirit of Plymouth as a point of departure for … Read more
Social Policy in Top 10 Subject Tables
Social Policy at Kent appears in the latest Complete University Guide’s (CUG) top 10 subject tables. Social Policy, ranked 9th by the CUG, regularly receives excellent feedback and this year appears … Read more


