An innovative scheme that awards points to University of Kent students as they demonstrate their skills and rewards them with work experience opportunities has received backing from leading employers. Tesco, Coca Cola and Enterprise rent-a-car are among the 80 leading companies and organisations offering work experience, internships and skills development sessions as prizes to Kent students under the University’s Employability Points Scheme. More than ... More

The University of Kent’s new part-time Postgraduate Certificate in Employee Engagement launches this October.  The course is the UK’s first university-accredited specialist qualification focusing exclusively on engagement. At Kent Business School, Professor Katie Truss, Director of Studies, Postgraduate Certificate in Employee Engagement says, “I know from talking with Employee Engagement Managers dur... More

Dr Mark Gilman, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management, Kent Business School, University of Kent comments on the following news item. ‘William Hague tells bosses to work harder’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18048963 "Research generally highlights that a long working hours culture and work intensification have not been beneficial in improving the UK’s poor productivity and growth. Research from the Cen... More

In our quest to engage our successful alumni and to enhance the quality of our student intake, Rajendra Shirolé, Director Kent MBA Programmes is embarking on a seven city tour of Africa and India. The QS World MBA Tour provides an excellent opportunity for prospective students to find out about Kent Business School and the University of Kent and why it is one of the most prestigious academic institutions in Europe and beyond.  The first five citi... More

Congratulations Dr Federico Liberatore for winning the Operational Research Society’s PhD Prize and  reaching the final of the Doctoral Dissertation Award (EDDA) given by the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO). Federico is an ex- Kent Business School PhD graduate (supervised by Dr Paola Scaparra) and is now a lecturer at the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid.  Organisers of the EURO award, described the work of t... More

International experts, academics, policymakers, HR professionals and students came together at the University of Kent’s Medway campus on Tuesday 17 April to discuss how organisations can improve employee well-being and get workers positively engaged with their jobs. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the event was organised by Prof. Katie Truss of Kent Business School.  This was the last o... More

As part of her ongoing research into Open Innovation, Kent Business school’s Dr Marian Garcia has begun an exciting new research project with Kaggle, a San Francisco based predictive modelling and analytics crowdsourcing platform. Home to the $3million Heritage Health Fund competition, Kaggle is an innovative solution for statistical/analytics outsourcing. They are the leading platform for predictive modeling competit... More

For students interested in the following scholarships, please note the deadlines approaching next month: Alumni Postgraduate Research Scholarship 2012 - deadline 24th May 2012. Full details at: www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/postgraduate/alumni.html The Christine and Ian Bolt Scholarship 2012 - deadline 30th May 2012. Full details at www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/postgraduate/christine_bolt.html We would be very grateful if you would pass this information on to School staff and any ... More