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Annual Review 2009
Professor Julia Goodfellow - introduction
The University’s outstanding results in the 2008 national Research Assessment Exercise laid the foundation for a very successful year in 2009. As a direct outcome of this assessment, which placed Kent 24th out of 159 UK institutions on the basis of its 4* research, the University has been allocated an increase of 46% in research support funding by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. This is an exceptional result and congratulations go to all staff whose work contributed to this outcome.
In addition, we have been awarded an extra 250 student places for the Medway campus. This is particularly significant at a time when the government is beginning to cut back on expansion of undergraduate numbers. Combining the outcomes from research assessment and increased student numbers leads to a significant increase in funding from HEFCE for the academic year 2009/10 even though we are beginning to see cut backs because of the general economic situation...
To read more view the Annual Review below or download (pdf). You can also download the annual Financial Statements 2008-09 pdf
The 2009 review includes
- Introduction
- Winter 2009
- Staff profile – Gülnur Aybet
- Spring 2009
- Staff profile – Paul Allain
- Summer 2009
- Student profile – Kent Volunteers
- Autumn 2009
- Faculties
- Rising to the challenge of recession
- New music building
- Institutional Plan for 2009-12
- Books
- Open Lectures
- Summary of financial performance
- Awards, appointments, promotions and deaths
- Principal officers