Professor Kevin Hylton, the first Black Professor of Sports and Exercise Science and Head of the Centre for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Leeds Beckett University, will be speaking at Medway campus on Wednesday 4 October.

Professor Hylton’s presentation, titled ‘Exploring the Student Experience and Belonging in Higher Education’, is a key part of the University’s Black History Month Events 2017. His research focuses on the nature and extent of ‘race’, racism and racialisation in sport, leisure and education.

The presentation, in association with our School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Kent Afro-Caribbean Society and the Student Success (EDI) Project, will take place from 17.00 in The Deep End Mezzanine. It will include live spoken word performances by Kwame Osei Owusu (ACS Medway President) and Esere KJ.

Admission is free, but please secure your place by emailing studentsuccessproject@kent.ac.uk

Other events taking place at the University during Black History Month include a lecture on the ‘Contribution of Black and Asian Soldiers to the First World War’ on 18 October and an art exhibition, themed ‘Celebrating Black Professors in Kent’s Universities’, at the Historic Dockyard Chatham from 1-31 October. For further information, see the Student Success Project webpages.