The Kent Union Awards celebrate the achievements of University of Kent students for the outstanding work they undertake while members of clubs and societies of Kent Union. Nominated by fellow students, the awards recognise individuals in a number of categories, such as 'Dedication to Volunteering', 'Outstanding Contribution to Student Media' and 'Campaigner of the year'. The winner of the category 'Postgraduates who Teach' was Philosophy PhD student Michael ... More
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Our congratulations to Dr Paul March-Russell, Honorary Lecturer in Comparative Literature, who has been appointed editor of Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, the second oldest academic journal devoted to science fiction. Launched in the UK in 1972, it remains the leading UK title dedicated to the genre. 'I am honoured and privileged to become the new editor of Foundation,' said Dr March-Russell. 'It is a journal with a rich tradition n... More
Professor Ray Laurence has completed work on a follow-up to his TED-Ed cartoon 'A Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome', which has been watched by over 180,000 people so far. The cartoon produced in collaboration with Cognitive Media, based in Folkestone, and has resulted in both the University and Cognitive Media being shortlisted for a Canterbury Culture Award in the category 'Commercial Collaboration'. Part II is entitled 'Four Sisters in Ancient Rome'... More
Following on from his workshop 'Legality and Legitimacy: From Weimar 1932 to Bucharest 2012?', Dr Edward Kanterian, Lecturer in Philosophy, has just published on Verfassungsblog, the leading European blog on legal and political philosophy, legal and political developments, and especially constitutional matters, in the European Union. The site is run by the Berlin Research Association 'Recht im Kontext', devoted to the repositioning of legal theory within the humanities. It publishes, on a reg... More
As part of the University of Kent's 50th anniversary celebrations we are delighted to announce the winners of Summer School Scholarships in Brussels and Paris. The scholarships were open to second- and final-year undergraduate students across all subject areas to to spend the first two weeks of June in Summer Schools at the University of Kent's premises in either Brussels or Paris. They include tuition, excursions, accommodation and travel expenses from Cant... More