The University of Kent is proud to announce its continuing participation in the Aurora programme, a Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (LFHE) sector-wide development programme for women in higher education.

The programme is sponsored at Kent by our Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow, and Professor Yvonne Sherwood (Professor of Religious Studies) has now formally taken over the role of Aurora Champion from Professor Ruth Blakeley (Professor of International Relations) who has provided excellent support and guidance for the programme in the role for the last three years.

After the last three year’s successful involvement with the programme, we will again be supporting a further Kent cohort in 2016/17. Female staff in academic (up to Senior Lecturer level), postgraduate research and professional services (grades 7-9) roles are now invited to apply by completing the relevant academic & research or professional services application form available on the Learning & Development website.