Dr Jan Macvarish, co-author of the recent book Parenting Culture Studies, will be joined by Kent colleague Professor Frank Furedi and David Eberhard, Swedish psychiatrist … Read more
Senior policy-makers attend lecture on welfare
Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby gave an invited lecture on Attitudes to Welfare and the Progressive Trilemma in the Churchill Room at the Treasury on 7 October … Read more
Ways forward in welfare – keynote lecture in Poland
Peter Taylor-Gooby gave the keynote lecture at the inaugural meeting of the Polish Social Policy Association/ ESPAnet Poland at the University of Poznan on 3 … Read more
Environmental humanities reading group – new members welcome
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, Wednesday, October 8 – RS4 Rutherford College The Environmental Humanities are an interdisciplinary area of research, drawing on the many … Read more
Interested in a career with Sky?
What would you ask @skystartingout? They’re holding a live Twitter chat exclusively for University of Kent students using the hashtag: #SkyGrads Follow @unikentemploy for updates … Read more
SSPSSR Placement Opportunity
As part of the University’s 50th anniversary celebrations, a placement has been specially created for an SSPSSR student. The successful student will help with the “50 Years of Feminism Project” … Read more
Join today’s seminar webcast ‘Caring, but not committed?’
The first of this term’s SSPSSR Staff and Postgraduate Seminars is today at 16.30. The seminar will also be available for you to join online at http://bit.ly/1vba8DF. … Read more
Examining empathy
September saw the publication of a book exploring the power dynamics underlying the contemporary affective injunction to ‘be empathetic’, and their complex social and geopolitical … Read more
Scholarships
We are delighted to announce that this year we have two students studying with us who have secured presitigous awards. Moffat Louis has been awarded a Chevening … Read more
Come and see us at these Conferences/Exhibitions!
The Centre for Child Protection is exhibiting in London over the next 3 months:- 8 October: Inside Government – Improving Outcomes in Troubled Families 26 November: … Read more


