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The University of Kent’s Outreach Team have developed a new student led project, 'Mentoring and University Insights for Black Students', which will be managed by a team of 11 Student Ambassadors who will research, design, and deliver the initiative. The Ambassadors plan to meet with black sixth form students from UKAT (University of Kent Academies Trust) on a once monthly basis over 4 months, with each meeting focusing on different a theme, ...

Student Success (EDI) is delighted to congratulate Dr. Alexandra Moores and Mr Francis Samra from the Division of Natural Sciences, who were recently announced as winners of a Learning Science Teaching Innovation Award 2020. Learning Science aims to support innovation that positively impacts teaching quality and enhances student learning, with the annual Teaching Innovation Awards presented to applicants who can demonstrate innovation in teaching and lear...

The BAME Staff Network at the University of Kent is honoured to host Dr Rose Hudson-Wilkin, the Bishop of Dover, as keynote speaker at this year’s International Women’s Day on the 8th March 2021. This year’s International Women’s Day campaign theme is: #ChooseToChallenge (choosing to challenge and call out gender bias and inequity). Dr Hudson-Wilkin is the first Black woman to become a Church of England Bishop, and is also a Cha...

Student Success are delighted and inordinately proud to announce that the One Hour Degree has won the Guardian University Award 2020 in the Digital Innovation category. This prestigious accolade is testament to the work of Alison Webb, our Student Success Systems Development Manager, designer and creator of the One Hour Degree¸ and all the staff and students who have contributed to its development. Commenting on the ...

The Student Success Team wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate our esteemed colleagues as they take up new posts across the University. It has been an absolute pleasure to work with so many of you that genuinely care about Student Success and equality in Higher Education. This is not farewell! As the University changes its structures to help deliver its Kent 2025 strategy, we ar...