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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

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

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

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

The Tizard Centre are seeking to appoint a Research Associate to work with Peter McGill and colleagues on an NIHR School of Social Care Research … Read more

We are delighted to announce that a new prize has been established at the University in memory of the late Edward Newell, who sadly died in … Read more

Following the dreadful abuse of people with a learning disability at Winterbourne View last year an interim report has been prepared.  Viv Cooper, Chief Executive … Read more

The University having recognised the potential impact on Tizard’s undergraduate programmes of adopting the maximum allowable fees, have agreed to a reduced fee for programmes … Read more

It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2012 Lin Melville Prize Winners. Lady Melville, wife of the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of … Read more

Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy at the University of Kent’s School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, has been awarded an OBE for … Read more