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Kent is awarded gold in the TEF

The University is awarded gold, the highest rating, in the UK Government’s Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)

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Performances from around the world

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About us

The UK's European University: committed to the transformative power of education and research.

Map showing Kent locations in Canterbury, Medway, Tonbridge, Paris, Brussels, Rome and Athens

Stunning locations

UK campuses close to London and European centres in Paris, Brussels, Rome and Athens.

Research excellence

Our research is responding to 21st-century problems.

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Campus master plan

Our vision to create the best garden campus in the UK.

Around the University

Students 'rebuild' St Augustine’s Abbey in virtual reality

Destroyed in the 16th century, the Abbey can now be experienced in virtual reality, thanks to a collaboration between English Heritage and the University.

Black and white photograph of man in uniform playing baseball

Art exhibition: Canada, Folkestone and the Great War

Jun 27

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Jul 31

Our research centre, Gateways to the First World War, has helped to put together a fascinating exhibition on the wartime role of Canadian servicemen in Folkestone.

Alex Stevens, Professor in Criminal Justice

Government's new drug strategy 'shameful'

Expert comment: Professor Alex Stevens on the government's latest drug strategy.

Coffee bubble phobia may be a deep-seated aversion to parasites

Some people experience intense aversion and anxiety when they see clusters of roughly circular shapes, such as the bubbles in a cup of coffee.

In Conversation: the autumn season

Gavin Esler with guests Polly Toynbee, Terry Waite, Owen Jones, Francesca Simon and Michael Gove.