University of Kent - Research http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/news The latest research news from the UK's European university Copyright: (C) University of Kent en-gb Wed, 16 May 2012 22:02:43 +0100 Study highlights new mammal species for promoting conservation fundraising http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/mammalspeciespromotingconsevationfunding/2012 Images of tigers and elephants are among the most common threatened mammals used by conservation organisations as 'flagships'... Wed, 16 May 2012 11:26:13 +0100 /research/stories/mammalspeciespromotingconsevationfunding Research to spotlight 'mumpreneurs' in new Kent Business School project http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/mumpreneurs/2012 Women who combine motherhood with launching their own business often have to overcome many barriers to succeed. Now a new... Wed, 16 May 2012 11:06:49 +0100 /research/stories/mumpreneurs Research shows that red is not a proxy signal for female genitalia in humans http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/research-shows-that-red/2012 New research from anthropologists at the University of Kent may have important ramifications for the future study of the... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:42:44 +0100 /research/stories/research-shows-that-red University to lead new study on impact of small island tourism for World Bank http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/small-island-tourism/2012 Research to examine how tourism impacts on poverty and local opportunities in small islands. A new research project sponsored... Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:52:40 +0000 /research/stories/small-island-tourism Dental discovery to benefit forensic practitioners and anthropologists http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/dental-discovery-patrick-mahoney/2012 Research shows that human milk teeth do not develop in the same way as adult permanent teeth. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:43:19 +0000 /research/stories/dental-discovery-patrick-mahoney More cutbacks mean more riots http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/more-cutbacks-mean-more-riots/2012 New research by Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby at the University's School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Research has... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:50:41 +0000 /research/stories/more-cutbacks-mean-more-riots Neanderthals and their contemporaries engineered stone tools http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/neanderthals-stone-tools/2012 New published research from anthropologists at the University has scientifically supported for the first time the long held... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:55:34 +0000 /research/stories/neanderthals-stone-tools 1.2 million euro research award for Kent law lecturer http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/research-award-for-law-lecturer/2012 Dr Anneli Albi, Senior Lecturer at Kent Law School (KLS), University of Kent, has been awarded 1.2 million euros by the European... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:50:11 +0000 /research/stories/research-award-for-law-lecturer New research sheds light on whale by-catch in the Korean peninsula http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/whale-bycatch/2012 New published research from Professor Douglas MacMillan of the University of Kent's School of Anthropology and Conservation... Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:49:49 +0000 /research/stories/whale-bycatch Editorial appointment for Kent expert in biometrics http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/fairhurst-iet-biometrics/2012 Professor Michael Fairhurst has been appointed Editor- in-Chief of IET Biometrics, a new academic journal in the field of... Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:12:49 +0000 /research/stories/fairhurst-iet-biometrics Professor Diane Houston honoured for her contribution to psychology http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/houston-fbps/2012 Diane Houston, Professor of Psychology at the University of Kent, has been elected a Fellow of the British Psychological... Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:43:36 +0000 /research/stories/houston-fbps Two-year old becomes 2000th recruit for Kent Child Development Unit http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/two-year-old-becomes-2000th-recruite/2011 The Kent Child Development Unit (KCDU) at the University's Canterbury campus is celebrating its 2000th recruit - two-year... Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:08:11 +0000 /research/stories/two-year-old-becomes-2000th-recruite Drama may be key to opening up the world for autistic children http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/drama-autistic-research/2011 A new research project exploring how drama-based activities may play a key role in helping autistic children communicate,... Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:12:41 +0000 /research/stories/drama-autistic-research New research to reveal the 'lived experience' of sight loss in older age http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/new-research-to-reveal-the-lived-experience-of-sight-loss-in-older-age/2011 A research project into what it means to live with sight loss is currently underway at the University's School of Social... Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:44:21 +0000 /research/stories/new-research-to-reveal-the-lived-experience-of-sight-loss-in-older-age Lower jaw shape reflects dietary differences between human populations http://www.kent.ac.uk/research/stories/lower-jaw-shape-reflects-dietary-differences-between-human-populations/2011 New research from the University suggests that many of the common orthodontic problems experienced by people in industrialised... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:20:15 +0000 /research/stories/lower-jaw-shape-reflects-dietary-differences-between-human-populations