The University of Kent is delighted to be part of a consortium awarded Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership funding to implement a project designed to improve the … Read more
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The elderly are increasingly being cared for by elderly children
As the UK population ages, so the number of filial carers increases says an article in The Guardian online. Commenting in the article, SSPSSR’s Professor Alisoun … Read more
Research seminar: volunteering professionals
The Centre for Philanthropy Research Seminar on Wednesday 12 October is to be given by Dr Carolyn Cordery, Associate Professor in Accounting and Commercial Law … Read more
Autumn pubTALK series starts 6 October
The Q-Step team is pleased to announce its autumn series of pubTALK nights. ‘pubTALK’ is a series of informal talks about real-world issues, held on the first … Read more
Professor Sarah Vickerstaff announced as new ESRC committee member
The ESRC has announced five new members have been appointed to join their advisory committees for two years from 1 September 2016. Joining the Research Committee is Sarah … Read more
Specialist communication skills for social workers – new book released
In the second edition of the celebrated Specialist Communication Skills for Social Workers, Senior Lecturer in Social Work Johanna Woodcock Ross revisits the complex toolkit of … Read more
Heejung Chung to co-edit new Policy Press book series
Policy Press has announced a new series on Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy co-edited by Dr Heejung Chung, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and … Read more
New novel from Peter Taylor Gooby
Auctioning babies makes sense; the babies go to new parents who’ve proved by paying more than anyone else that they will give them the best … Read more
THE comments on Kent’s ‘Closing the gap’ research findings
Chris Havergal from Times Higher has published an article about some of the research findings from the University of Kent’s Student Success (EDI) Project. The … Read more
ESRC/SEDTC Conference 9-10 Sept: Heritage and Biography
Under the critical recognition that we become who we are by telling stories about our pasts, and living the stories we tell, this two-day interdisciplinary … Read more