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The Central Secretariat exists to support the management, administration and governance of the University.
Our main objective is to service and maintain records of the University's principal bodies (Council, Senate and Court) and key Senate and Council committees and the Executive Group (which comprises the University's senior officers). (more)
The University of Kent is a founding signatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum. Signed in 1988, the Charta is a commitment to institutional autonomy for universities, the link between teaching and research, academic freedom and the internationalism of higher learning.
The Charta has an associated Observatory that gathers information and forms opinion from signatory institutions to promote fundamental university values.