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Happening next week online! Careers in the Public Sector WeekCould a career in the public sector be for you? Do you want to learn more about what roles exist within this sector? Or to find out about how to stand out when applying for public sector grad schemes?Throughout the week, you’ll hear from Kent alumni and employers - including local council…
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SSPSSR Lecturer in Sociology Dr Corey Wrenn has been interviewed by Psychology Today about her book Animals in Irish Society: Interspecies Oppression and Vegan Liberation in Britain's First Colony (SUNY Press, 2021)▶ www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/202111/animals-in-irish-society-anti-speciesism-and-globalization (article is dated 2…
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🌳It's not all work and no play at SSPSSR!🌳 A group of our International Social Policy MA students were invited by Dr Jeremy Kendall (Reader in Social Policy) to enjoy a countryside walk just beyond our Canterbury campus last week. Afterwards, they headed into the city for a social gathering at a Canterbury pub.Our beautiful parkland campus at Cante…
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SPSSR Lecturer in Social Work, Dr Carin Tunåker, has secured £15.5k funding to co-lead innovative, interdisciplinary research that seeks to reduce levels of #ruralhomelessness in the UK.‘Homeless in the countryside: a hidden crisis’ is a collaboration between Dr Tunåker, Professor Helen Carr (University of Southampton) and a consortium of the UK’s …
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