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GRADUATE PROSPECTUS
Brussels | Canterbury | Medway | Paris WELCOME FROM THE DEAN
I am honoured to lead the Graduate and Researcher College at the University of Kent, which supports, leads and champions our thriving postgraduate community. Our excellent team helps create a caring and stimulating intellectual and social environment, regardless of whether you study at one of our UK campuses at Canterbury or Medway or at one of our European centres in Brussels or Paris; or even further afield at a partner institution.
We are especially proud of our diverse student body and our European and international staff, and we believe that not only does the University benefit from this intellectual and cultural diversity, but that it is also beneficial to the wider society. The Graduate and Researcher College works closely with academic schools and centres to enhance the quality of the postgraduate student experience across all campuses and for all students, and to develop vibrant postgraduate communities embedded in excellent teaching and research.
I look forward to welcoming you to Kent and working with you to ensure excellence in all aspects of your postgraduate study experience.
Professor Paul Allain Dean of the Graduate and Researcher College
Teaching Excellence Framework Based on the evidence available, the TEF Panel judged that the University of Kent delivers consistently outstanding teaching, learning and outcomes for its students. It is of the highest quality found in the UK.
REF • 97% of research at Kent was found to be of international quality. • Following the REF, Kent was ranked in the top 20 for research output and research intensity in the Times Higher Education, outperforming 11 of the 24 Russell Group universities.
Kent online To find out what our students think, see our online video interviews at www.kent.ac.uk/videoaudio/film www.kent.ac.uk 1
CONTENTS
Leading the way 2 Our programmes 44 Our changing world 6 Come to Kent 184 Join our community 8 Courses A-Z 190 Our changing world 14 English language Our changing world 34 entry requirements 200 Your finances 36 Useful information 202 Your career 38 Your study choices 40 Our changing world 42 2 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
“At this level the faculty treat you more as a peer than a student and want to give you as much freedom as possible to come up with your own theories and ideas.” Ashley Osborne, MSc Infectious Diseases www.kent.ac.uk 3
LEADING THE WAY
In the most recent Research Excellence Framework, 97% of Kent’s research was judged to be of international quality. Interdisciplinary, international and highly influential, our research addresses some of the most critical issues of our time. It has changed policy and improved lives.
Whether you’re studying on a taught Recent and current PhD students We currently attract external funding or research programme, you benefit have worked in areas including: the that regularly exceeds £18 million from the range and quality of the gig economy; wildlife trade; film and per annum. We have doctoral research at Kent. Our research drama practice; autism, intellectual training partnerships with several underpins our teaching, which disability and community care; bodies which give you access to a means you learn about the latest social justice; philanthropy; charting range of funding. These include: developments from those whose resistance activities in WW2 in Paris. work is extending the boundaries • Advanced Research and Innovation of their field. Kent helps you to develop as a in the Environmental Sciences researcher, through initiatives like (ARIES, NERC) Our academics are involved in our Researcher Development • Consortium for the Humanities and research that could lead to new Programme, which helps you to the Arts South-East England approaches to cancer treatment; acquire specialist and transferable (CHASE, AHRC) end plastic pollution; improve UK skills. You are supported by a • Global Challenges Doctoral Centre productivity; and create original thriving intellectual community that (GCDC) • South Coast Biosciences (SoCoBio) forms of poetry and creative writing. includes staff and students from all Doctoral Training Partnership our locations. • South East Network for Social We live in challenging times. The Sciences (SeNSS, ESRC). world needs innovative thinkers Research needs an open mind, prepared to work to address current resilience, a willingness to ask, and In many areas, our research is problems, envisage what might be answer, difficult questions and the leading the way and has had a ahead, and find ways of living that ability to collaborate. It also needs positive impact on people’s lives. sustain our world and our wellbeing. funding. Discover more overleaf. 4 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
Opposing indefinite detention What is the reality of indefinite detention in the UK? In a collaborative project called Refugee Tales, asylum seekers and refugees share their experiences with authors such as Ali Smith, Abdulrazak Gurnah and Monica Ali. The result is a set of compelling stories and a literary event that’s like no other – taking place on a long trek through the English countryside.
Working towards equality Is a woman’s leadership potential more likely to be overlooked than a man’s? Do flexible hours help or hinder mothers who are working part-time? Do men and women get different advice when considering a senior role? Our research is bringing clarity to many questions of gender equality. www.kent.ac.uk 5
Improving global nutrition Understanding the ‘unbelievers’ With its large population of vegetarians, India is a country What do agnostics and atheists believe? A Kent- where one billion people have low levels of vitamin B12. led research project confounded expectations by To tackle the problem, our scientists have teamed up with revealing that most agnostics and atheists believe researchers in India to develop a biotechnology solution in supernatural powers and in the ‘forces of good that doesn’t rely on animal products. The discoveries and evil’. The results were presented in an academic they’ve made could eventually solve the global epidemic conference held at the Vatican. of B12 malnutrition.
Understanding autism Think of an imaginary world – brought to life using drama, puppetry and multi-sensory environments. For autistic children and practitioners, creating and playing in these imaginary worlds can enhance both communication and empathy. Our researchers were pioneers in this field and their latest work explores the experiences of girls with a diagnosis of autism. 6 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
OUR CHANGING WORLD
Kent’s Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize in 2019 for its pioneering work to conserve biodiversity. Established in 1989, DICE research has had a major impact nationally and internationally. This includes innovative work to tackle the illegal trade in ivory and other wildlife products, as well as projects with local partners in Asia and South America to reduce deforestation and protect orangutans, sun bears and jaguars.
DICE has trained conservation scientists and biodiversity managers from 103 nations who are making a difference around the world. In 2020, two of our alumni, Dr Patricia Medici and Rachel Ikemeh, won Whitley Awards: Patricia for her research into tapirs as conservation flagships in Brazil and Rachel for advancing participatory conservation action for rare chimpanzees in Nigeria. One of our current students, Trang Nguyen, was named as one of the BBC’s top 100 women of 2019 for her work setting up WildAct Vietnam, a charity dedicated to creating a fairer and safer working environment for women in wildlife conservation in her home country.
DICE’s work has inspired the current generation of conservationists, who will in turn inspire the next, as we work to bring about positive change.
“DICE has been at the forefront of conservation training and research for 30 years, bringing together the natural and social sciences and making a real difference on the ground.” Professor Bob Smith, Director of DICE www.kent.ac.uk 7 8 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021 www.kent.ac.uk 9
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY
Postgraduate life at Kent Help when you need it
Our graduate community includes people Postgraduate study is stimulating and returning to study after a break or studying challenging. As a graduate, you’re used to part-time while continuing to advance their making your own decisions, organising your career, as well as recent graduates inspired by time and completing assignments. If ever you their studies and intent on discovering more. want to talk, though, we are here to listen.
Whatever your reasons for deciding on postgraduate Academic staff will be happy to discuss module study, at Kent you’ll sharpen your focus and hone your choices and dissertation ideas with you, while informal skills. You’ll work with outstanding academics who share networking opportunities give you the chance to talk with your passion and can guide you towards new areas in other students. Our Student Learning Advisory Service your field. offers help with study and research skills and can be particularly useful if you are returning to study after a You’ll be able to take advantage of first-class facilities, break. national and international links with leading institutions, and funding opportunities through our membership of Our wellbeing team can help if you have a disability various consortia. You’ll study with people from across or need support with emotional or mental health issues. the world whose interests complement yours and whose There are also support teams in our schools, advice varied experiences will expand your thinking. services run by our student unions (Kent Union and GKSU) as well as faith communities, all ready to listen. You’ll have opportunities to attend conferences, building your own network of contacts. You can also take part in We know that you’re motivated and have the intellectual skills workshops and present your research at our annual and practical skills to succeed. From time to time though, Postgraduate Festival. you might need more support. So, when you do, just ask.
So, join us at Kent, in Canterbury, Medway, Brussels or Paris and get ready to play your part in tomorrow’s world. “When you get here, you see that everyone is willing and able to help you. No-one expects you to know everything.” Oscar Lloret de Muller, MSc Microbiology 10 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
Working with you
As a postgraduate you need to hit the ground running. Our welcome events give you all the information you need. New to Kent? We’ll show you where everything is. If you’re a Kent graduate, we’ll reveal the places only postgrads can go.
At the heart of our international and diverse For research students we run a Researcher community is the Graduate and Researcher Development Programme (see p3) while our College. We work closely with schools and taught Master’s students can participate in centres, to develop innovative and distinctive our Global Skills Award Programme. This programmes; ensure that as postgraduates helps you broaden your understanding of you have access to the resources you need, global issues and current affairs and also including study hubs exclusively for you; and enhances your employability skills. run training programmes and workshops to help you further develop specialist research We put your voice at the centre of what we and transferable skills. do, welcoming students onto our governing body, listening to their ideas and acting We cultivate relationships with Research on suggestions. Kent Union, the students’ Councils, graduate schools and other union, also has an elected Vice-President organisations, regionally, nationally and for Postgraduate Experience, who works internationally, so that you have access to with students to ensure they have the additional funding and study opportunities. support they need and organises social and academic-related events. www.kent.ac.uk 11
“As President of KGSA, I want to create the best possible community for postgraduate students. By finding new ways to communicate, so we all know what’s happening across the University, and by putting on a range of events, social and academic, I hope to bring all postgraduates together.” Zoe Horsham, Kent Graduate Student Association (KGSA) President
And relax…
Postgraduate study, while exhilarating, is also intense and demanding. When you need a break, there’s lots to do at Kent.
There are hundreds of student societies you could join. If you’re a musician, you could become a member of our Chorus, Symphony Orchestra, Concert and Big Bands, Chamber Choir or one of the many other ensembles.
Keeping active has a positive effect on your wellbeing. So take advantage of the sports facilities at our Canterbury campus. These include: a fitness suite, indoor and outdoor tennis and netball pitches, and Astro and grass pitches. There’s fitness classes too. Everyone is welcome.
The Kent Graduate Student Association (KGSA) is run by volunteers who are passionate about creating a strong and caring postgraduate community, so why not get involved. KGSA organises social events from pizza and film nights to an end-of-year celebration, Woolf Fest. Kent Union also runs a Postgraduate Network and Buddy Scheme, as well as weekly tea breaks and regular coffee mornings. 12 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
The world on campus
At Kent, you’ll meet people from different backgrounds, of different ages and from different countries. With 159 nationalities on campus, the world is on your doorstep.
International community English language support If you’re coming to Kent from outside the UK, you’ll Details of the English language requirements for find a diverse and inclusive community. There’s lots our courses are on p200. If you need to improve of practical support to help you settle in, including your English language ability before you start your trips to local attractions and a buddy scheme where studies, you can take one of our pre-sessional you can chat to people from your home country and courses in English for Academic Purposes. They compare experiences. range in length from four to 17 weeks and as well as improving your English language, introduce you to We have been welcoming international students the UK university learning style. Once here, you can for many years, so can offer specialist advice from further improve your English by taking our free application stage, throughout your studies, up to English language lessons. graduation and beyond. Wang Peng came from China to study with us: “It takes only one year to We’d love to meet you, in-person or online, at one of get a Master’s degree at Kent, so it’s economically our Open Days. If you want to visit, but can’t make it efficient. I liked the location too: Canterbury is a to an Open Day, we can arrange an individual tour. beautiful city – it’s close to London but not nearly Or, you could talk to one of our representatives in as expensive.” Wherever in the world you’re from, your country about life at Kent. See www.kent.ac.uk/ studying at Kent will broaden your horizons. international for details. www.kent.ac.uk 13
“International is probably the best word to describe my fellow students. Among the postgraduate community at Kent, there’s people from all over the world and it’s been great getting the chance to build friendships with people from different countries.” Valeria Minisini, MA International Relations with International Law 14 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
OUR CHANGING WORLD
For a patient with a severe brain injury, who is in a non-responsive state, it’s important to know the patient’s level of consciousness. It’s not an easy question to answer because some patients may have ‘locked in syndrome’ – being unable to respond while still maintaining a level of awareness.
One way to test for conciousness is to perform an MRI scan while the patient is being asked to imagine an activity, such as playing tennis. One problem with this method however is that a brain injury can affect the ability to understand language. Another problem is that a large proportion of patients are just too badly injured to be put in to an MRI scanner.
Fortunately, neuroscience is a rapidly evolving field. Dr Srivas Chennu at the University of Kent has used recent advances to come up with a groundbreaking method. Demonstrating on a healthy adult, Dr Chennu says: ‘We use what looks like a bathing cap to place the electrodes on the skull and measure minor electrical activity. From that data, we can show patterns of connections in the brain.’
The healthy brain produces a very specific pattern – a band of connections that displays on screen as a colourful mohawk. Because neuroscientists have found that this pattern actually relates to levels of consciousness, that provides a clinical breakthrough. Doctors no longer have to rely on language or an MRI scan. Testing for the ‘mohawk of consciousness’ is safer, cheaper and can happen at the bedside.
“The science of consciousness is helping us to assess how aware a patient might be.” Dr Srivas Chennu, School of Computing www.kent.ac.uk 15 16 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021 www.kent.ac.uk 17
Canterbury campus
Our Canterbury campus has plenty of green spaces, fields and woods. You’ll find it a friendly and safe place to stay. It’s on a hill above the city of Canterbury and there’s a fantastic view across the campus slopes to Canterbury’s beautiful, world-famous cathedral – a great place for a selfie.
At the heart of the campus is the stunning Templeman Library. Recently extended, it has fantastic academic resources as well as a café. There are lots of other cafés, restaurants and bars on campus, as well as a sports centre, theatre, cinema and music performance building. There’s also graduate student accommodation in Woolf College, Darwin Houses, Keynes studio flats and Darwin studio flats, launderettes in various places across campus, and a medical centre.
If you want to explore Kent’s campus at Medway, the University provides a free shuttle bus that runs between each location during term time.
“The facilities on campus are really great. There are a lot of study spaces providing the opportunity for silent study up to social/group study. Also the library is an amazing resource.” Rebecca Barton-Hagger, MA Linguistics 18 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
Make the most of our environment Our campus provides plenty of outdoor spaces where you can catch up with friends.
The view from the air The Canterbury campus was built on 300 acres of beautiful parkland and as our aerial shot shows it still has plenty of green spaces, fields and woods. www.kent.ac.uk 19
The Templeman Library An outstanding resource, our library has spaces for silent, individual and group study. Our expert staff won the Times Higher Award for Outstanding Library Team in 2019 for inventive and innovative work that sought to transform the student experience.
Award-winning architecture The RIBA award-winning Sibson Building is home to Kent Business School and the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science. Its café is popular with all students. 20 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021 www.kent.ac.uk 21
Into the city
Canterbury is a fascinating place to live. Steeped in history, its quaint cobbled streets and spectacular cathedral make it a fun place to wander around. Add in the many pubs and cafés, a great range of well-known high street stores and quirky shops, the Marlowe Theatre, Curzon cinema, and venues such as The Pound at One Pound Lane and The Ballroom and you’ll find there’s plenty to keep you busy day and night.
What our students love about Canterbury The Marlowe Theatre – West End productions as well as creative activities, river tours, walking down the university hill on a sunny day!
Revivals, a vintage shop on the high street, is just like Aladdin’s cave. It’s packed full of clothes, shoes and accessories and great if you’re after a bit of fancy dress.
Dane John Gardens is a great place to relax and it hosts the annual food and drink festival, which is amazing.
Day trips Whitstable – Just a bus ride from campus, Whitstable is famous for its fresh seafood and pebbly beach, but now also boasts a thriving arts scene and plenty of live music venues. Definitely worth a visit.
Margate – Take the train from Canterbury West and you can be in Margate in just over half an hour. As well as the sandy beach, there is the wonderful Turner Contemporary gallery, the iconic Dreamland amusement park, lots of vintage shops, and plenty of places to buy chips and candyfloss.
London – London is less than an hour away on the high- speed rail service, giving you a great opportunity to explore one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world.
“Canterbury is small enough a place to find plenty of calm and quiet while working, but there’s enough going on that you always have something to do. And an hour by train from London means a day trip is always an option.” Katrine Solvaag, Poetry PhD 22 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021 www.kent.ac.uk 23
Medway campus
Our Medway campus reinvents a former naval base as a 21st-century study space, which makes for an unusual and dramatic backdrop to your studies.
The campus has two sites, both of which house fantastic facilities for our professionally focused courses. The Pembroke site is home to the Drill Hall Library, various cafés, and our Student Hub, while the Historic Dockyard includes the Galvanising Café and performance spaces for our talented music students. The Dockyard is a remarkable space, one of the busiest film locations in the South East and a real creative hub for the area. Our student accommodation is less than half an hour’s walk from campus.
We share the campus with two other universities which means there’s a good mix of students and a friendly atmosphere. There are lots of local students on campus who can help you to discover the area.
If you want to explore Kent’s campus at Canterbury, the University provides a free shuttle bus that runs between each location during term time. 24 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
Drill Hall Library A focal point on the Pembroke site, the Drill Hall has extensive online and print resources, spaces for silent, individual and group study and expert staff on hand to help.
Bringing a historic site back to life Historic buildings such as the Drill Hall (above) have been renovated and adapted for study. They sit alongside award-winning modern buildings, creating a unique campus environment. www.kent.ac.uk 25
The Pilkington Building We share the Medway campus with two other universities and the Pilkington building, with its large café, is a place where students from all universities get together.
And relax ... The Deep End hosts events throughout the year, including film screenings, theme nights and guest DJ spots. There’s a café too, serving tasty food throughout the day. 26 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021 www.kent.ac.uk 27
Into the towns
The Medway campus is close to Rochester and Chatham with their excellent facilities and intriguing histories. Rochester’s impressive cathedral is well worth a visit, and there’s a good mix of well-known high-street names and independent shops to explore. Chatham is home to two theatres, the Dockside retail outlet and a whole host of excellent sporting facilities. In both towns, there are lots of places to stop for coffee or lunch, and you’ll also find bars and restaurants down by the riverside.
What our students love about Medway Casino Rooms in Rochester is a student-friendly nightclub with weekend party nights, live acts and regular DJ sets.
Bluewater – 300 stores, a multiplex cinema, a nature trail, a trampoline park, an urban beach, boating on the lake, as well as all the restaurants: what’s not to like?
The Strand for taking it easy by the water on a sunny day and Capstone Farm Country Park for the cycle trail.
Day trips Chatham Snowsports Centre – Less than an hour from campus by bus, you can ride the longest toboggan run in the UK, show off your skiing skills, or take the easy route and slide down the slope in a sno-tube. Great stress- buster!
Margate – Take the train from Chatham and you can be in Margate in an hour. As well as the sandy beach, there is the wonderful Turner Contemporary gallery, the iconic Dreamland amusement park, lots of vintage shops and plenty of places to buy chips and candyfloss.
London – London is around an hour away, giving you a great opportunity to explore one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. 28 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
Brussels School of International Studies
Study in Brussels, the ‘capital of Europe’, home to NATO, the EU and the European Commission, and the ideal place to meet policymakers and take part in discussions that influence global economic, legal and political strategy.
At Kent’s Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS), we offer courses in the fields of international relations, conflict, development, migration and law. All teaching is in English and your teachers include practitioners, who offer insights into current practice. You have access to first-class facilities at BSIS as well as at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
You’ll be part of an engaged, international community of graduates, sharing opinions, having debates and shaping the future. You can gain additional skills by taking part in our student forums, getting involved with our annual conference, which attracts participants from across Europe and further afield, and by submitting articles to the Journal of International Studies. Programmes • Comparative Politics PhD We help you to settle in to a new city, support you • EU External Relations MA academically and, through our careers advisory • Human Rights Law LLM service, prepare you for a successful future. • International Conflict Analysis PhD • International Conflict and Security MA Brussels is known for its political community but it • International Development MA also has a rich cultural life with many music and film • International Law LLM festivals and exhibitions, plus a great number of • International Migration MA cafés, bars and restaurants, excellent shopping – • International Political Economy MA from large gallery shopping centres to colourful • International Relations PhD local markets – and world-class chocolate. • International Relations MA • Law PhD Find out more at: www.kent.ac.uk/brussels • Political and Social Thought PhD • Political Strategy and Communication MA www.kent.ac.uk 29 30 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
Paris School of Arts and Culture
Paris has been at the heart of European culture for centuries and remains a centre of contemporary creativity. At Kent’s Paris School of Arts and Culture you study in English, with students from around the world, taking inspiration from this iconic city.
The School offers courses in the arts and humanities that capitalise on the city’s heritage and culture. Alongside your seminars, trips are an integral part of your studies. Guided by internationally respected academics they bring theory to life. And, with access to Paris’s libraries, museums and galleries, you have all you need to excel in your studies.
You are based in the historic district of Montparnasse, at the Columbia Global Center, known as Reid Hall. We help you to settle in to a new city, support you academically and, by ensuring you gain transferable skills, prepare you for a successful future. Programmes The School is part of a thriving academic community • Architecture and Urban Design MA that includes students and staff from US universities. • Creative Writing MA There’s lots to do: a weekly series of talks and • Film MA readings, an annual week-long cultural festival, • History and Philosophy of Art MA which includes the launch of The Menteur, a literary and arts magazine produced by our students.
An intellectual and creative hub, Paris is an exciting city to live in. It’s easy to walk around, has beautiful gardens, great shopping, including superb local markets, theatres, cinemas and, of course, wonderful food.
Find out more at www.kent.ac.uk/paris www.kent.ac.uk 31 32 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
Your home away from home
You probably have great memories of time spent living in university accommodation as an undergraduate. Our postgraduate accommodation gives you the experience of community living, while also understanding that you might need a little more ‘quiet’ time.
One of the best things about living in University accommodation is that it’s worry free: bills are included, as is internet access, and interesting company is pretty much guaranteed.
There are lots of options, all of which are self-catered, and some, such as Woolf College, are exclusively for postgraduate students. As well as en-suite rooms, Woolf also has a social room where you can get to know your fellow students. If your study period is less than 12 months, you can stay in Darwin Houses just across the road from Woolf. It’s set in a lovely rose garden where you can sit with friends to chat about life, Twitter storms, and dissertations. There are also studio flats available, which are suitable for single or double occupancy.
Our accommodation in Pier Quays in Medway is part of a riverside development, less than half an hour from campus. You can discover all you need to know about your home at Kent and take a virtual tour at: www.kent.ac.uk/accommodation
Students at our Brussels and Paris centres can find information on accommodation at www.kent.ac.uk/brussels or www.kent.ac.uk/paris www.kent.ac.uk 33 34 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
OUR CHANGING WORLD
The sight of the clock tower known as ‘Big Ben’ is one of Britain’s most iconic views. But did you know that this beautiful tower is also a functional feature of a 19th-century ventilation system?
Dr Henrik Schoenefeldt from the University of Kent is contributing to the restoration of the Palace of Westminster by mapping its Victorian ventilation system. For example, in the ceiling of the House of Lords, you can see gilded letters around the square panels. But how many of us would realise that these are also vents, once used to extract hot air from the chamber? And the Tudor roses that are visible in the coving? They also once served another purpose, to allow fresh air to be transported into the gallery.
Mapping this maze of Victorian voids is vital to the restoration project. There’s a need to replace the infrastructure in the building and much of the mechanical and electrical work can make use of the voids being discovered. But there is also a more intriguing possibility.
Could elements of the ventilation system ever be made to work again? It’s a tantalising prospect and one that could help this Victorian building become carbon-neutral – uniting the aims of the 21st century with some very clever ideas from the past.
“To take my knowledge, develop it and be able to feed it directly into the process of restoration – that fills me with a sense of pride.” Dr Henrik Schoenefeldt, Kent School of Architecture and Planning www.kent.ac.uk 35 36 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
YOUR FINANCES
Doctoral training NERC (Natural Environment Funding partnerships Research Council) The University’s membership of the Kent has been successful in being Scholarships following consortia gives you access awarded NERC PhD scholarships We know that funding your to a range of funding. through its membership of the postgraduate study is a really Advanced Research and Innovation important part of your decision South East Network for Social in the Environmental Sciences making. We’ve listed below some Sciences (SeNSS) (ARIES) Doctoral Training of the options that you might be The University is a member Partnership. interested in. of SeNSS, which offers PhD studentships across a range of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Kent has a multimillion-pound social science disciplines. The dedicated scholarship fund to support (EPSRC) collaboration unites an academic our taught and research students with community of over 100 social Kent receives an EPSRC Doctoral their tuition fees and living costs. This science units and provides Training grant which provides PhD includes full awards to support significant expertise in both studentships in engineering, maths doctoral researchers, tuition fee and the physical sciences. awards for taught Master’s students, quantitative and qualitative research methods. discounts for Kent graduates and University of Kent Global scholarships for overseas students. Consortium for the Humanities Challenges Doctoral Centre Kent also offers scholarships in music and the Arts South-East England (GCDC) and sport for those who excel in those (CHASE) Kent has established a Global areas. We are also a partner within CHASE, Challenges Doctoral Centre (GCDC) dedicated to research All of our scholarships are listed on our which is at the forefront of arts and website: www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships humanities research. CHASE’s addressing the challenges of doctoral programme offers over economic development and 50 PhD studentships across the wellbeing faced by developing Consortium, including at Kent. countries on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) list. www.kent.ac.uk 37
The GCDC offers PhD scholarships Programmes based outside annually and provides a virtual and Tuition fees the UK physical ‘location’ to discuss and Please note that programmes UK-based programmes undertake research which identifies delivered outside the UK are subject solutions to global challenges. The tuition fees below are for to different fee structures. Paris-only 2021/22 unless otherwise stated. programmes as well as programmes South Coast Biosciences For non-standard fees, see in Brussels are charged in euros (SoCoBio) www.kent.ac.uk/finance- rather than sterling. Details of the Kent is part of the BBSRC-funded student/fees/tuition fees can be found on our website: SoCoBio Doctoral Training www.kent.ac.uk/finance-student/fees Partnership, with the Universities UK* students of Southampton, Sussex and Standard taught Payment of tuition fees Portsmouth and the horticultural and £8,100 Fees are paid in advance at the agricultural research institute NIAB beginning of each academic year. EMR. SoCoBio offers fully funded Standard research There are three main ways of PhD studentships in bioscience £4,407 (2020/21) paying: research. International students • in full • in two instalments – 50% on or Research council funding Standard laboratory taught before registration, and 50% by programmes at Kent 1 December 2021 £20,500 • Biotechnology and Biological • if you are in receipt of a Sciences Research Council Standard non-laboratory taught postgraduate loan from the (BBSRC) programmes Student Loans Company then • Engineering and Physical £16,800 you are able to pay your fees Sciences Research Council Standard laboratory research in three equal instalments. (EPSRC). programmes £20,500 Other sources of funding Standard non-laboratory research Living costs • Postgraduate loans for Master’s programmes Each student has different and PhD students are available £16,800 to eligible UK students circumstances, so to help you • Part-time work opportunities estimate your living costs, we are available through the provide an online calculator at Postgraduate Student www.kent.ac.uk/finance- Ambassador Scheme and student/livingcosts.html *Fees will increase year on year by no the Kent Union Jobshop. more than RPI+3% in each academic year of study, except where regulated. Where fees are regulated (such as by UKRI), they will be increased by an amount up to the permitted increase.
Financial opportunities for Kent students Make sure to visit the postgraduate funding pages on our website (kent.ac.uk/pgfunding) where you’ll find the most up-to-date information and our useful Scholarships Finder search tool. 38 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
A comprehensive package of extra-curricular activities including skills development training programmes such as the Researcher Development Programme and Opportunities to The Hub for Innovation Global Skills Award undertake part of your and Enterprise (HIVE) for Master’s studies or research offers practical help with students. abroad, developing new enterprise skills and runs skills and awareness of talks and workshops led by different cultures. industry specialists.
Excellent prospects Over 97% of Kent graduates who responded to the most An academic community recent national survey of An award-winning Careers which enables you to build graduate destinations were and Employability Service international networks to in work or further study offering personal guidance successfully compete in a within six months and advice on interview global workplace. (DLHE 2017). technique, assessment centres and career planning.
Professionally Volunteering and paid accredited programmes work opportunities to across many of our help enhance your subject areas. career prospects. www.kent.ac.uk 39
YOUR CAREER
A postgraduate degree expands your mind. potential employers. It adds value to my CV. I’ve Studying in Kent’s multicultural environment, already had several job offers and I’ve chosen the most you develop a global perspective and learn interesting one with the highest level of responsibility.” to address complex issues in critical and creative ways. Our graduates work for world-leading companies and organisations such as Renault, Accenture, the Our graduates are successful not only because they can Government Statistical Service, Cancer Research UK, demonstrate a high level of subject knowledge but also Guardian News & Media, the European Commission, because they have been able to develop the transferable Deutsche Bank and Lucasfilm. skills employers look for. The diagram on the left gives you an idea of the many initiatives open to you. These For those looking to progress into a career in academia, help you to build networks, improve your organisational, our Researcher Development Programme ensures research and communication skills, and develop skills you gain the skills you need. There might also be in negotiation that will help you to succeed both as a opportunities to undertake some teaching as part of collaborative teamworker and as a leader. your PhD studies, which helps you to gain practical experience within a supportive environment. All of our We know that many of you will be taking a postgraduate research students are encouraged to attend, and even degree to improve your career prospects. A graduate to run, conferences so that they gain experience of degree can set you apart, as Naila Alakbarova, a presenting their own work and by meeting other scholars graduate of our MBA programme found: “In Azerbaijan in their field begin to establish a professional network. I work in the banking industry – the fact that I’ve coped with an MBA definitely makes me more attractive to Whatever your ambitions for your future, a postgraduate qualification from Kent can help you achieve them.
“A graduate degree is, without any doubt, an important part of the package that employers are looking for, together with analytical, communications, interpersonal, and language skills (to name a few). Having a degree from a well-respected institution certainly adds value to the CV. ” Paul Brooks, MA International Conflict and Security (Brussels) now working for Deloitte in Management Consulting 40 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
YOUR STUDY CHOICES
Whether you are just starting to consider a postgraduate programme either for professional development or personal interest, or know exactly what, as well as where and how, you want to study, we offer you lots of choice.
Supervised by world-class researchers, you belong to Types of study a dynamic intellectual community of students who take an active role in academic life. You are encouraged to Taught programmes participate in conferences and publish papers. If you are A Master’s is the usual level of study, but some looking for an expert in a particular field, you can search programmes also have options for postgraduate our programmes or use the Find a Supervisor tool. certificates, diplomas and stand-alone modules. In addition, some programmes offer distance and blended learning. Ways to study
Taught programmes are available at all Kent’s locations. Many of our students are combining study with a career Many of our taught degrees include accreditation from or caring commitments, so we offer part-time options on relevant professional bodies. the majority of our programmes. Some courses are available through distance learning, including an external Research programmes PhD for those studying overseas. Typically, a part-time Master’s is studied over two years and a PhD over five. Research Master’s are available in most subjects Some of our programmes offer September or January to prepare you for professional work or a PhD. PhDs starts. are available at Canterbury, Medway and Brussels. www.kent.ac.uk 41
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OUR CHANGING WORLD
Thanks to ‘citizen science’, volunteers from across the UK have gathered valuable data on butterfly and moth species. However, for conservation charities, the analysis of data can often be a challenge. ‘We had some good datasets that were gathering dust because we weren’t sure how to analyse them,’ says Professor Brereton from Butterfly Conservation.
Now, thanks to research by Dr Emily Dennis and Professor Byron Morgan at the University of Kent, these datasets are being put to good use. As Professor Morgan explains: ‘We had equations for our models and realised that there were tricks we could do that made the analysis up to ten times more efficient. That was very exciting!’
These techniques have helped to uncover important information, such as the fact that rural butterflies are faring better than those in urban areas. As Dr Emily Dennis, who now works for Butterfly Conservation, explains: ‘It's complicated because of the multiple pressures a species might be subject to. But we can now produce better measures of how a species is doing – right down to individual sites.’
This new information can be used to decide which species need more support and can also influence policy in areas such as agri-environmental schemes. As Professor Morgan puts it: ‘To come to the right decisions, based on the right models – I think that's where we are really going to make a difference.’
“For butterflies and moths, we are lucky to have these great datasets. To work with them is a privilege.” Dr Emily Dennis, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science www.kent.ac.uk 43 44 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021 www.kent.ac.uk 45
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Actuarial Science
Qualifying as an actuary is a passport to careers in insurance, Taught investments, pensions, health care and banking – not just in the UK, but throughout the world. Kent is one of only a few programmes universities in the UK to teach actuarial science. For the most up-to-date information, including entry requirements, see The Centre for Actuarial Science, Risk and Investment (CASRI) has been steadily website details below. expanding its research capacity, building up a team of internationally renowned academics and research students. Areas of research interest include economic The modules listed are subject to capital and financial risk management; insurance risk classification and loss change. Please contact the School coverage; and all areas of mortality and longevity research. for more detailed information on availability. Key facts you the opportunity to: apply Industrial placements actuarial knowledge within a work- • Accreditation All of our Industrial placements commence in based environment; gain knowledge programmes are fully accredited by the summer of the first year (Master’s and understanding of current the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries programmes) or second year practice within the major areas of (IFoA); they also provide a fast-track (International Master’s programme), actuarial work; make a significant route to qualifying as an actuary and end before the August exams in contribution to an organisation; and because students who achieve a your final year. To be eligible for the gain valuable work-based skills. high enough mark in their studies award of an MSc with an Industrial • Professional qualifications can obtain exemptions from the Placement, you must meet the The MSc in Actuarial Science offers professional examinations. requirements for the award of the exemptions from up to six of the • Postgraduate resources MSc without a placement and pass Core Principles subjects. The MSc The University has an exclusive both of the placement modules. in Applied Actuarial Science offers arrangement with FIS, a leading exemptions from all three Core MSc in Actuarial Science global provider of technology for Practices subjects, and up to three www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1 the financial services industry. As of the Specialist Principles exams. a result, our taught postgraduate MSc in Actuarial Science with The International Master’s degree courses include optional modules an Industrial Placement offers exemptions from Core on the uses and applications of www.kent.ac.uk/pg/3260 Principles subjects in the first year, PROPHET, an industry-standard and from Core Practices and Location: Canterbury modelling software. Specialist Principles subjects in • Industrial placement The MSc in Actuarial Science is a one- the second year. Combining your postgraduate year, full-time programme for students • Graduate destinations degree with relevant employment who have a numerate degree, for Our graduates have gone on to work experience in a full-time, salaried example in mathematics, statistics for companies such as: Allied World actuarial placement can give you or economics. It offers exemptions Assurance, Aviva, EY, Great Eastern a real competitive advantage. Work from up to six of the IFoA Core Life Insurance, KPMG, Lloyd’s, UBS, placements take place towards the Principles examinations. You gain Zurich end of your programme. This gives knowledge and understanding of
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statistical, economic and specific actuarial mathematical techniques Research at an advanced level and their programme Staff profile applications to insurance, covering Vaishnavi Srinivasan areas such as actuarial mathematics, For the most up-to-date information, Lecturer in Actuarial Science actuarial statistics, risk modelling, see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/178 survival analysis, financial engineering, Actuarial Science PhD Before joining the University loss reserving, business finance and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/178 of Kent, Vaishnavi worked for business economics. Standard Life in Edinburgh and Location: Canterbury for Standard Life’s joint venture Applied Actuarial Science MSc in India, HDFC Standard Life. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/174 Current research areas include economic capital and financial The joint venture was one of the Applied Actuarial Science with risk management; insurance risk first insurance companies to be an Industrial Placement MSc classification and loss coverage; set up after the insurance industry www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1218 and all areas of mortality and in India was opened up to private enterprise and Vaishnavi was part Location: Canterbury longevity research. of the project team that worked on The MSc in Applied Actuarial Science getting regulatory approval for the offers exemptions from the following Research areas new company. Core Practices and Specialist Economic capital and financial Her experience in the life industry Principles examinations. You must risk management includes treasury management, take 180 credits for the MSc award. Financial services firms are expected pricing, product development, Course content to self-assess and quantify the amount valuation, group life insurance Modules include but are not limited to: of capital they need to cover the risks underwriting and business • Actuarial Practice (CP1) they are exposed to. We are involved planning. She currently teaches • Communication Practice (CP3) in developing rigorous risk Finance and Investment and the • Modelling Practice (CP2) management techniques to explicitly actuarial software PROPHET to • A choice of up to three Specialist measure how much risk a firm or postgraduate actuarial science Principles subjects. pension scheme is taking, holistically, students. across the entire spectrum of risks it International Master’s in accepts. Vaishnavi is a Fellow of the Applied Actuarial Science Institute and Faculty of Actuaries www.kent.ac.uk/pg/176 Longevity risk and a Fellow of the Institute of Longevity risk represents a substantial Actuaries of India. International Master’s in threat to the stability of support Applied Actuarial Science programmes for the elderly. We look at with an Industrial Placement modelling the key factors that influence www.kent.ac.uk/pg/3258 mortality and investigate the positive Location: Canterbury quadrant dependence between lives through multivariate frameworks. This course is equivalent to a year covering the Core Principles subjects, Public policy aspects of risk followed by the MSc in Applied classification Actuarial Science. It is for international Restrictions on risk classification can students with a good first degree (first lead to adverse selection. However, or upper-second class) in actuarial restrictions do exist in many countries, science, mathematics, statistics or suggesting that policymakers often economics or another subject with a perceive some merit in such high mathematical content, who would restrictions. From a policymaker’s like to gain exemptions from subjects perspective, it is important that more in the Core Principles, Core Practices ‘genuine’ risks, ie, those more likely and Specialist Principles stages of to suffer loss, buy insurance. We the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries’ investigate adverse selection and examinations. loss coverage under various risk- classification regimes and reconcile Further information with economists’ concepts of social T: +44 (0)1227 816050 welfare. E: [email protected] 48 https://www.kent.ac.uk/amst
American Studies
Over the last half century, the Centre for American Studies “I chose to study at the has developed a strong research culture that matches the Centre for American commitment of the University to interdisciplinary study as Studies because I come well as the mandate of American Studies to explore the US from a history background, experience in innovative, ground-breaking ways. but I wanted to broaden my research in an Our team of scholars maintain close links with a number of US research institutions interdiscplinary way and and includes several alumni of the Fulbright programme. The Centre is also home to two academic journals, the European Journal of American Culture, edited by I knew that studying at John Wills, and Transmotion, edited by David Stirrup. the Centre would be a great way to achieve this.” In recent years, American Studies projects at Kent have received research funding from various bodies, including the Leverhulme Trust, the Arts and Humanities Sarah Smeed, PhD American Studies Research Council, the British Academy and the Fulbright Commission. Students have been funded through the Consortium for the Humanities and Arts, South-East England (CHASE) and by internal bursaries and studentships.
Key facts photography and contemporary images, and a slide library, as Research • Research of relevance The Centre well as an extensive archive of US engages with contemporary issues programme papers. The library also houses in America (and the wider world). the British Cartoon Archive. American Studies MA by In recent years, we have hosted • A supportive community Research, PhD talks on the presidential election, Postgraduate students receive full www.kent.ac.uk/pg/8 Black Lives Matter, the state of US support from their supervisors and capitalism, and on elements of US Location: Canterbury play an active role in the Centre. popular culture, such as digital They benefit from a programme of We welcome candidates with a strong zombies and American Horror Story. speakers and workshops. There are research proposal. Members of the We have internationally renowned regular research seminars as well Centre for American Studies provide experts working in the fields of US as annual lectures. If you want to supervision in many aspects of foreign policy, presidential politics, know more about what’s happening American Studies. Supervision is team- post-1945 literature, indigenous at the Centre for American Studies based and reflects the active research rights, environmental protest, Cuba, visit our website, like us on interests of the Centre. border crossings, and even the US Facebook or follow us on Twitter. videogame industry. • Christine and Ian Bolt Scholarship • Excellent library resources These This covers the expenses of a include specialist collections on period of postgraduate research slavery, Native American culture, in the United States. a large collection of works on Further information T: +44 (0)1227 816313 E: [email protected]
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Anthropology
Anthropology takes a holistic approach to human society, “I had a foundation in the combining biological and social perspectives. At Kent, you subject but the MSc enabled study with leading academics in the fields of social and me to study it in much biological anthropology, palaeoanthropology, primatology, greater depth. I feel the medical, environmental and visual anthropology. course has given me the confidence to use my As a School we engage with local, national and international partners to produce knowledge as I build world-leading research that has a positive impact in the wider community. Our large and vibrant postgraduate community participates in timely debates about my career.” climate change, human evolution and contemporary socio-political crises. Emma Street MSc Forensic Osteology and Field A postgraduate degree in anthropology can lead to a range of careers including Recovery Methods working in non-governmental organisations and the civil service, and in areas such as journalism, documentary filmmaking, conservation and international finance, as well in academia.
Key facts preparation for stable isotope • Skeletal holdings Human skeletal analysis; the Ethnobiology material is curated by the Human • ESRC recognition All of our Laboratory serves as a transit Osteology Research Laboratory anthropology Master’s programmes station for receiving, examining within the School. are recognised by the Economic and redirecting field material. • Graduate destinations and Social Research Council • External links We have close links Environmental and humanitarian (ESRC) as having research training with the nearby Powell-Cotton NGOs; ethnobotanical collections; status. Museum which houses an extensive civil service; teaching; archaeology; • Postgraduate resources Research comparative collection of primate NHS; museums; forensic laboratories for visual anthropology, and other mammalian material and anthropology; pharmaceuticals. animal postcranial evolution, virtual has one of the largest ethnographic There is a wide range of varied palaeoanthropology, biological collections in the British Isles. job opportunities related to osteology and ethnobiology; the anthropological specialisations, Visual Anthropology Laboratory has ranging from applied to theoretical digital and analogue facilities; the fields. Biological Anthropology Laboratory is equipped for osteoarchaeological forensic work and collagen
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Taught Course content Course content All students take a module in You take compulsory modules in programmes advanced topics in evolutionary anthropological research methods, environmental anthropology, and For the most up-to-date information, anthropology. You can then choose a module focusing on research design ethnobiological knowledge systems. including entry requirements, please You are also able to choose three see our website details below and analytical methods to support your research project. optional modules (see our website We will, in certain circumstances, details). You complete a dissertation consider students who have not Students on the Human and Primate in environmental anthropology. Behaviour route take a range of followed a conventional education There is an option to study this path. modules related to this area. You also select at least one module from programme as an MA or an MSc, Biological Anthropology MSc options covering areas such as: with students who opt for the MSc being offered the opportunity to take www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2707 cognitive psychology; developmental psychopathology; intergroup relations, conservation modules taught by Location: Canterbury including within teams and researchers for the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) and This one-year MSc allows you to focus organisations; neuropsychology; the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. your studies through one of two routes: and forensic psychology. • The Human and Primate Behaviour Students on the Human Evolutionary Ethnobotany MSc route combines principles of Anatomy route also take modules in www.kent.ac.uk/pg/189 evolutionary anthropology and the palaeoanthropology and skeletal behaviour of human and non- Location: Canterbury and Kew functional morphology. You then select human primates, with aspects of Gardens, London at least two modules from options evolutionary, social, cognitive, and covering areas such as: human This programme combines forensic psychology. osteology and anatomy; human anthropological studies of human- • The Human Evolutionary Anatomy behaviour; primate behaviour; and environment interaction and socio- route focuses on the skeletal growth and disease of the human cultural knowledge of plants in biology, functional morphology and skeleton. different parts of the world with evolution of humans and non-human ecology, conservation science and primates. Environmental Anthropology biodiversity management. It also Each route emphasises the MA, MSc covers plant conservation and development of original thinking, www.kent.ac.uk/pg/188 sustainable management practices, training in advanced research methods Location: Canterbury taxonomy and economic botany. and the production of original You acquire advanced knowledge of The programme is partnered with research. You gain transferable skills the dynamics of human-environment the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in data collection, and oral and written relationships in time and space, with a (a World Heritage Site). dissemination of information. There are focus on how people both understand also professional development Course content and influence the environment. You opportunities. Your modules cover areas including: study issues such as biocultural the botanical foundations of diversity, knowledge systems, political ethnobotany; contemporary issues ecology, multispecies ethnography, in ethnobotany and environmental anthropology and conservation, life in anthropology; ethnobiological the Anthropocene, as well as human knowledge systems; holism, health adaptation to environmental and and healing; and plant resources climatic change. and their conservation. You also You gain practical and evaluative take research methods modules and skills and experience of conducting complete a dissertation in ethnobotany. empirical or other applied research. This enables you to pursue advanced degrees or work as a researcher, including in conjunction with national or international environmental bodies, governmental departments and non- governmental organisations. Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 51
Forensic Osteology and Field Course content Research Recovery Methods MSc You take compulsory modules in www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1231 theory and ethnography in social programmes anthropology and anthropological Location: Canterbury research methods. You can also We have breadth of expertise at the School, enabling you to receive This exciting and innovative MSc choose optional modules from the supportive supervision on a range of programme offers practical and lab- range available in the School before topics, from ethnobotany to human based training to provide you with completing your dissertation. evolution, climate change and core skills in skeletal identification, Social Anthropology – humanitarian crises. biological profiling from hard tissue, Humanitarian and methods of excavation, and recovery Environmental Crises MA To identify and contact a supervisor, of human hard tissue. please visit our web pages: www.kent.ac.uk/pg/787 www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology- You learn from real human skeletal Location: Canterbury conservation/people material curated in the Human Osteology Research Laboratory, which Our world is experiencing humanitarian Research students are invited to attend provides a unique learning opportunity and environmental challenges of modules from the taught Master’s and further develops your deep disturbing dimensions. This programmes. Kent’s Graduate and awareness of professional and programme addresses these Researcher College also runs a ethical standards and practices. challenges from an ethical angle, Researcher Development Programme exploring the social, political, for all postgraduate students. The programme qualifies you for economic and technological aspects a career, or further postgraduate of the crises that mark our Anthropology MA, PhD doctoral study, in forensics, biological contemporary world. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/202 anthropology and archaeology. You focus on contemporary planetary Covering topics across biological and Course content emergencies and conflicts that have a social anthropology. Your modules cover areas including humanitarian or environmental impact. human osteology and anatomy; field Biological Anthropology MSc You explore these from an excavation and recovery methods; www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1234 anthropological point of view using forensic methods of identification; a variety of ethnographic research Ethnobiology MSc, PhD forensic physical methods; forensic methods, such as interviewing, www.kent.ac.uk/pg/204 taphonomy; and growth and disease participant observation and localised of the human skeleton. You also take Location: Canterbury surveys. a module covering research design We welcome students with the and analytical methods and complete Course content appropriate background for research. a 12-15,000-word dissertation. You take compulsory modules in key The first year may include coursework, topics in anthropology, alongside Social Anthropology MA especially research methods modules others focusing on the anthropology of for students who need additional www.kent.ac.uk/pg/197 contemporary political, environmental training. In general, you work closely Location: Canterbury and humanitarian crises. You then with one supervisor, although you have choose optional modules from those a committee of three (including your This programme is ideal for students available within the School, which may who have studied anthropology, either primary supervisor) overseeing your cover areas such as: the global climate progress. as a degree course or as part of a emergency; environmental movements degree course at undergraduate level. in national contexts; migration, If you are interested in registering for It provides in-depth generalist training diaspora and refugee crises; racism, a research degree, you should contact in anthropology and is excellent xenophobia and national politics; war the member of staff whose research preparation for research degrees in and conflict; and economic is relevant to your interests. You should anthropology, while also serving as an oppression. You also take research include a curriculum vitae and a introduction to anthropology for those methods modules and complete a research proposal of no more than who have studied other subjects. dissertation. two A4 pages If you wish to study for a single year, you can do the MA or MSc by research, as a 12-month independent research project.
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Primatology economic crisis and precarity form Research areas The Living Primates Research Group a major focus of our current work in Biological Anthropology fosters research into the behaviour these areas, alongside new research Our research encompasses a broad and ecology of primates. It addresses on austerity and its social impact, range of topics within biological and questions concerning adaptation, immigration, and charity. We have evolutionary anthropology, including using living primates as model emerging interests in social inequality bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, species, to provide a comparative and work and are internationally archaeological science, human framework for the understanding of recognised for our work on ethnicity, reproductive strategies, hominin human biology and behaviour, and nationalism and identity. We are also evolution, primate behaviour and investigate the biological and social pioneering innovation in multimodal ecology, and modern human variation. dimensions of anthropogenic impacts ethnographic methods. We have three dedicated research on non-human primates (NHPs). Research extends to diasporas, laboratories, as well as a commercial Research ranges from functional intercommunal violence, urban osteology unit. morphology to behavioural ecology and physiology, cultural primatology, ethnogenesis, pilgrimage, Our research takes us to many regions and the interplay of primate biology, intercommunal trade, indigenous of the world (Asia, Africa, Europe, ecology and conservation, including representation, and contemporary South America and the United States). primate rehabilitation and religions and their global connections We collaborate with international reintroduction and human–NHP (especially Islam). Other research research organisations, including: coexistence. addresses the anthropology of natural • the Instituto de Biologia Subtropical resources and tourism, and post- (Argentina) Environmental Anthropology socialist economies and societies • German Primate Center and Ethnobiology in Europe and Central Asia. • Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Work in these areas is connected We have a strong interest in visual Anthropology through the Centre for Biocultural anthropology. Our work on identity and • Budongo Conservation Field Station Diversity. We conduct research on locality links with growing strengths in (Uganda) ethnobiological knowledge systems, kinship and parenthood. This is ethnoecology, and other systems of complemented by work on the Members of staff provide a wide environmental knowledge, as well as language of relatedness, and research network, offering research local responses to deforestation, the cognitive bases of kinship opportunities in Africa, Southeast Asia climate change, natural resource terminologies. and South America. management, medical ethnobotany, Skeletal Biology the impacts of mobility and A final focus concerns science, Our Skeletal Biology Research Centre displacement, and the interface medical anthropology and focuses on the analysis of biological between conservation and contemporary society. We work hard tissues (bones and teeth). It development. on the anthropology of business, brings together innovative research, biotechnology and mental health. The Centre has an Ethnobiology novel methodologies and international Related research focuses on policy Laboratory and Ethnobotanical collaborations, with expertise and and advocacy issues and examines Garden, and extensive collaborative resources from the Schools of Physical the connections between public health links, including with the Royal Botanic Sciences and Biosciences at Kent, and policy and local healing strategies. Gardens at Kew and the Eden Project. the Powell-Cotton Museum. Research Kent is also well known for its ranges from analyses of the most Social Anthropology pioneering engagement with the important human fossils, histological Our regional expertise has a global anthropology of Europe. studies of teeth and bone, isotopic reach, with field sites in northern and analyses and dietary reconstruction, southern Europe, the Middle East, virtual 3D analyses of the skeleton and Central Asia, Southeast and South forensic identification that together aim Asia, Amazonia and Central America, to better understand humans and our East Timor, China and Taiwan, and evolutionary history. Oceania. Themes of conflict, violence,
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Architecture
Architects and the designers of our surroundings are the “The staff are very driving force behind the sustainable development of our built knowledgeable and are environment. Whether designing new buildings or giving a passionate about what new lease of life to existing ones, developing urban spaces, they are teaching. I have landscapes or contemporary interiors, architectural designers said this before and will have a profound influence on all our lives. say it again; taking this course at Kent has been At the Kent School of Architecture and Planning (KSAP), alongside the two-year one of the best decisions full-time professional Master of Architecture (MArch), which gives exemption from ARB/RIBA Part 2 on completion, we offer a range of other programmes. All our of my life.” programmes benefit from the breadth of our research expertise, which covers Diara Naqi, MSc Architectural areas including sustainable architecture, the application of digital technology in Conservation architecture, and architectural humanities and design. Our staff have extensive design expertise and specialist knowledge which keep the School at the forefront of current architectural issues and research.
Key facts • External links We have excellent • Research centres We have three links with the Royal Institute of research centres: the Centre for • Postgraduate resources Our British Architects (RIBA) and a Research in European Architecture computing resources include a number of regional councils. (CREAte), the Centre for range of design, presentation and • Mentoring scheme Academic study Architecture and Sustainable analytical software programs, a is complemented by a mentoring Environment (CASE) and the Digital digital crit studio, a fully equipped scheme in collaboration with RIBA, Architecture Research Centre architectural model-making and by involving students in events (DARC). workshop and a digital workshop. in local practices. • Graduate destinations • Environmental monitoring Our • Academic partners We have Many of our graduates go on to extended laboratory infrastructure established partnerships with work in well-known architectural for environmental monitoring allows schools of architecture in Lille, practices, such as Farrells, you to undertake thermal imaging Istanbul, Rome and Tokyo. Grimshaw, HLM Architects, surveys, monitor microclimatic HOK and Jestico + Whiles. conditions and weather data in
different operational contexts and conduct lighting studies.
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“I have gained great communication skills as well as academic and language skills. I can definitely say I am much more confident and mature. I am able to express myself well both in academic and professional mediums, as well as in social environments. The skills I have gained will definitely put me one step ahead in life.” Reyyan Bilen, MA Architecture and Urban Design Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 55
Course content This programme enables students Taught Stage 4 to complete their professional training programmes • Cultural Context and follows the ARB’s criteria for Part • Design 4a 3, which allows graduates who have The modules listed are subject to • Design 4b* completed all three examinations to change. For the most up-to-date • Employability apply for professional registration as information, including entry • Technology 4 architects in the UK. requirements, see website details below. Stage 5 The programme draws on the • Artefact academic and professional knowledge Master of Architecture (MArch • Design 5a* within the Kent School of Architecture with ARB/RIBA Part 2 • Design 5b and Planning, and explores alternative exemption) • Technology 5 building procurement strategies, www.kent.ac.uk/pg/186 • Dissertation or Pedagogy or Artefact reflecting innovative practice based on published sources and the staff’s Location: Canterbury *These modules can be substituted personal experiences. UK practice is Entry requirements: Minimum 2.2 (or with the Study Abroad module. international equivalent) in architecture. presented in a wider international All applications will be reviewed on Architectural Conservation MSc context, meeting ARB’s criteria and merit. Priority will be given to www.kent.ac.uk/pg/362 equipping graduates to work in a applicants with higher grades in wide range of professional roles Location: Canterbury design and/or a strong design and environments. portfolio. You develop a critical understanding Statutory consultation will be of historic buildings and gain insight Applicants also need a minimum of six completed by October 2020 and we into conservation philosophy and months of experience in architectural expect then to be a fully prescribed policy. Case studies and workshops practice following their first degree, School, with Part 3 added to our in collaboration with Canterbury when they begin their MArch studies. existing Part 1 and 2 prescriptions. Cathedral introduce you to the Any student admitted to the MArch, properties of historic building materials Course content without ARB Part 1, or without a first and the techniques employed in the Half the course content comprises degree giving exemption from this, repair of old buildings. four lecture-based modules which are may apply directly to the ARB delivered in two block study sessions. Course content to take Part 1 as an external Following the ARB’s criteria, these You take modules covering areas candidate. See the ARB website modules cover: building procurement; such as: conservation principles; www.arb.org.uk/student for details. legal frameworks and processes; intervention at historic buildings; the practice and management; Kent’s Master of Architecture legislative framework; and structural professionalism, clients, users programme is a two-year full-time appraisal of historic buildings. You also and the delivery of services. undergraduate professional complete a 15,000-word dissertation. programme (known as Stage 4 The remaining half of the programme Architectural Practice PDip and Stage 5), focused on architectural comprises a case study, based on www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2722 design. It forms the second part of your current professional experience, the UK’s traditional five-year continuum Location: Canterbury with a reflective self-appraisal and of professional undergraduate Entry requirements: Entrants extended CV. will normally be required to hold education in architecture leading, Architectural Visualisation MA for graduates with the required undergraduate (ARB Part 1) and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/245 exemptions from professional graduate (ARB Part 2) qualifications. examinations, to registration in Exceptional students who do not Location: Canterbury the UK as an ‘architect’. hold these qualifications but can Architectural visualisation focuses demonstrate an equivalent academic on the communication of architectural All students within a particular unit ability and depth of professional space and form through digital media. follow the same design project brief. experience may be enrolled but Additional lecture and seminar would need ARB Part 1 and Part 2 You develop advanced skills in modules support design through qualifications and/or exemptions prior modelling, rendering, compositing, the teaching of technology, culture, to applying for professional and animation/film/video, as well dissertation and employability. registration. as photography and virtual reality. There is also an opportunity to Exploring themes such as film spend a term abroad. architecture, virtual heritage and projection mapping, you build 56 www.kent.ac.uk/architecture
skills, knowledge and experience professionals involved with planning Course content in developing a portfolio of work and the design of contemporary cities, You take modules covering the ready for a research project or and graduates wishing to pursue an discourse and theory of bio digital industry placement. academic career. architecture and the principles and methods of bio digital design. Collaborating with external companies Kent School of Architecture and and organisations throughout the Planning has developed a unique Further modules cover programming course, you use this experience partnership with Farrells, the for architecture and design, and to gain employment at the cutting internationally renowned architects and morphogenetic programming. You also edge of the profession, at leading urban planners. John Letherland, the complete a dissertation on bio digital international architectural visualisation former Head of Master Planning, leads architecture. companies. the design modules for all students on this programme. Urban Planning & Resilience MA Course content www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2706 You take modules covering areas such You spend your first term in Canterbury Location: Canterbury as: architectural photography; digital before relocating to our Paris School of compositing; film and architecture; film Arts and Culture for the spring term, This programme gives you the and video production; virtual cities. You studying in the heart of historic academic and professional core produce a digital architecture portfolio Montparnasse. The Paris programme knowledge, understanding, skills and complete an independent offers a particular perspective of the and experience required to practise research project. city, combining architectural history professionally as an urban planner, and theory with the study of the and help cities address and find Architecture and Sustainable contemporary city and the visual solutions for 21st-century challenges. Environment MSc arts, drama, film and other media www.kent.ac.uk/pg/182 that influence the urban landscape. During your studies, you develop an understanding of the planning Location: Canterbury All teaching is provided in English, profession with reference to how This programme is designed for by University of Kent academics. people and places interact. You take professionals and academics with into account the unique needs and For further information about the Paris an interest in sustainability in the built characteristics of different places School of Arts and Culture, please environment, including architects, and people, through working with see p30. engineers, surveyors, geographers city teams in Canterbury and beyond. and urban designers. It bridges the Course content You develop a range of problem boundaries between architecture and You take modules covering research solving, interpersonal and teamwork the sciences, research and practice. methods and analysis, the theory and skills across the modules which history of urban design, and the urban Course content complement the theory and enhance landscape. You also complete an You take modules covering areas such its application in practice. We develop urban design project and a 15,000- as the principles of environmental your ability to work effectively within word dissertation. design and the monitoring and business, social and neighbourhood modelling of environmental Bio Digital Architecture MSc forums. performance. You also develop your www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2720 understanding of past environmental Course content Your compulsory modules cover areas technologies and complete a Location: Canterbury such as the development of planning sustainable design project and This MSc provides you with the skills and resilience theory, global resilience a 15,000-word dissertation. and know-how to practise architecture practice,and planning policy. You can Architecture and Urban at the cutting edge of digital design. also select optional modules in areas Design MA You study the theoretical basis of such as conservation principles, and computer-aided architectural design www.kent.ac.uk/pg/181 the urban landscape. All students and learn how to use computers for complete a dissertation. Locations: Canterbury and Paris analysis of design problems and as a tool for the generation of space and The programme gives you a cross- form. Theory and practice are taught cultural, interdisciplinary perspective in tandem so you learn theory through on contemporary architecture and application and testing, enabling you urban design. This is a versatile to apply your knowledge and Master’s qualification for architects, understanding in design studio urban designers, surveyors, historians, projects. landscape architects, theorists, engineers and other related Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 57
Research CASE The Centre promotes research programme in the field of sustainable design, Staff profile For the most up-to-date information, encompassing different aspects Tim Ireland see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/184 and scales of the sustainable built Senior Lecturer environment. Our research is at the Architecture PhD forefront of developments in the areas Tim Ireland is an architect who has www.kent.ac.uk/pg/184 of thermal comfort, climate change worked in architectural practices in the UK and overseas, and Location: Canterbury adaptation, environmental performance of buildings and urban currently runs a boutique Entry requirements: Minimum spaces, and the historical and cultural architectural practice in London. 2.1 honours degree, plus a Master’s dimension of environmental design. Tim’s research interests are in degree or MArch in architecture or an natural systems and computation, appropriate subject, or professional The Centre has received significant and are a synthesis of algorithmic experience in architecture. external funding from various bodies, and biological design thinking. He including EPSRC, AHRC, InnovateUK, has recently created and launched We offer a full-time and part-time HLF, HEA, as well as local government the School’s Digital Architecture research programme, leading and specialised consultancy. Members Research Centre (DARC) and to a PhD research degree. The have also received funding from latest postgraduate offering, the School promotes innovative and international sources, including MSc in Bio Digital Architecture. interdisciplinary research study in WIMEK from Netherlands, Ministry architecture, urbanism and related of Education of China and the DARC is our newest research fields, and welcomes applicants British Council. centre specialising in the who wish to pursue a programme application of digital technology in of research through design. DARC architecture and focusing on the Digital Architecture Research Centre creative use of digital technologies Research centres (DARC) is the newest research centre to enhance design and fabrication at Kent School of Architecture and possibilities. Tim also runs a unit in The Centre for Research in European Planning, focusing on the application MArch, which is concerned with Architecture (CREAte) focuses on of digital technology in architecture. ideas of emphatic space, and research in architectural humanities DARC looks to explore the creative encourages students to think and design, the Centre for Architecture use of digital technologies to enhance algorithmically about the and Sustainable Environment (CASE) design and fabrication possibilities generation of shape and form. promotes research in the field of for architecture and the built sustainable architecture, and the environment. It promotes an innovative Digital Architecture Research Centre interdisciplinary research environment (DARC) focuses on the application of exploring intersections between digital technology in architecture. architecture and digital technologies, to open up and expand the School’s CREAte research agenda and funding The research focus is on architecture possibilities. The new research centre in the European context, in particular aims to promote a fundamental shift the role and contribution of humanities in architecture and design thinking to architecture and urban design in to develop design methods for the context of urban and regional the utilisation of computational regeneration. The Centre provides technologies in architectural a platform for evening lectures by design, fabrication and assembly. contemporary architects and scholars, and hosts debates and events that are at the heart of the architectural agenda of today.
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Biosciences
Our internationally acclaimed research promotes the “I think my studies at Kent understanding of human diseases and how living systems will greatly improve my can be of benefit to human society. employment prospects. There is a lot of seminar Within our collaborative research community, the School offers an inspiring work and discussion-based environment where researchers at all levels can produce their best work. Our research is focused on biological processes at the molecular and cellular level learning, which lets you and spans the disciplines of biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology and develop key communication biomedical research. skills and also allows you to work in group scenarios.” The five main research themes within the School are: cancer and ageing; cellular architecture and dynamics; industrial biotechnology; infectious diseases; and Jake Trethowan, MSc Biomedicine evolution, reproduction and genome organisation.
Key facts • FIREBio The Forum for Innovation, • We have partnerships with the Marie Research and Enterprise in Curie Research Institute, Cancer • Specialised resources These Biosciences is a weekly informal Research UK, National Institute include facilities for growing meeting where staff, postdocs for Medical Research, Medical microorganisms, extensive and postgraduates can present Research Council (MRC) London, laboratories for animal cell unpublished research findings and GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) and the culture and monoclonal antibody discuss them in a supportive European Union Framework 5. production, and an imaging suite environment. • Funding sources These include: providing high-resolution laser • National academic collaborations Biotechnology and Biological confocal and electron microscopy. Partners include: Cambridge, Sciences Research Council • Outstanding facilities Our Cardiff, King’s College London, (BBSRC); Biochemical Society; biomolecular science facility University College London, British Heart Foundation; E B provides resources for protein Newcastle, Oxford, Sussex, York, Hutchinson Charitable Trust; the and mass spectrometry, CD and Manchester, Durham and Sheffield. European Commission (EC); fluorescence spectroscopy, surface • International academic Engineering and Physical Sciences plasmon resonance, and HPLC and collaborations Partners include: Research Council (EPSRC); Kent FPLC systems for all aspects of the Boston Biomedical Research Cancer Trust; The Leverhulme Trust; biochemical and microbiological Institute; University of Hanover; National Institutes of Health (USA); research.We have upgraded to Monash University, Melbourne; Nuffield Foundation; Royal Society; a Bruker Avance III four-channel Harvard; University of California, Wellcome Trust. 600 MHz NMR spectrometer Davis; Université Claude Bernard – • Graduate destinations equipped with a QCI cryoprobe. Lyon 1; Goethe-Universität Frankfurt; Our graduates embark upon a The upgrade was made possible University of Queensland, Australia; broad range of careers in industry, via an equipment research award University of Utah; Texas A&M academia and the healthcare sector from the Wellcome Trust. University; and Braunschweig both in the UK and abroad. University of Technology.
National ratings Apply online REF 2014, biological sciences: www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/apply • 100% of research judged to be of international quality, with 88% being world-leading or internationally excellent • 7th for research intensity • top 20 for research output Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 59
Taught the biology of global pathogens; Biotechnology and epidemiology; vaccine development; Business MSc programmes antimicrobial resistance; pathogen www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2719 diagnosis; genomic stability Location: Canterbury For the most up-to-date information, and cancer; haematology and blood Entry requirements: Minimum 2.2 including entry requirements, see transfusion; IVF; the molecular and (or equivalent) in a relevant subject. website details below. cellular basis of cancer; neuroscience; Biomedicine MSc and the science of reproductive This programme provides in-depth medicine.. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1700 understanding of how to translate laboratory findings from a modern Biotechnology and Location: Canterbury bioscience laboratory to the clinic/ Bioengineering MSc commercial utility, based around You undertake a period of advanced www.kent.ac.uk/pg/213 training in research, technical and practicals, lectures, interactive transferable skills with application Location: Canterbury workshops and an extended, mile- in the biomedical research area, Entry requirements: Minimum 2.2 stoned research project. You are including an extended practical (or equivalent) in a relevant subject. exposed to modern biosciences by drawing from the existing advanced training in cutting-edge genome This interdisciplinary MSc focuses on optional modules in our other editing. You then choose options providing advanced academic training biosciences programmes, coupled from a wide selection that includes in the cellular and molecular processes with exposure to existing business oncology, microbiology, biotechnology that relate to the production of modules plus a new innovation module and instrumentation, drug biomedicines for use in healthcare. that focuses on translating bioscience development and reproductive science This is coupled with rigorous practical to business. – allowing you to pursue particular training in the design, production and interests within a flexible curriculum. characterisation of biomolecules using Course content During the summer term and summer state-of-the-art biotechnological and You take compulsory modules in areas vacation, you also undertake an bioengineering analytical and including: financial and management extended research project in one of our molecular technologies. accounting, marketing, strategy, and research groups, under the supervision translating (bio)science to business, Course content as well as a module where you gain of a member of academic staff. Your compulsory modules advanced practical and applied cover molecular processing for Course content research skills for biologists. You biotechnologists and bioengineers Your compulsory modules cover also complete a project. practical and applied research and the influence of science on skills, and the influence of science professional practice. You also gain In addition, you can select optional on professional practice. You also advanced practical and applied modules from any of the other undertake a research project. research skills and undertake a Biosciences Master’s programmes. research project. You also select optional modules from a range covering areas such as: You also select optional modules analytical and emerging technologies from a range covering areas such as: in biotechnology and bioengineering; analytical and emerging technologies molecular processing for in biotechnology and bioengineering; biotechnologists and bioengineers; cancer research; cancer therapeutics; advances in parasitology; bacterial entrepreneurship; and new enterprise pathogens; bioinformatics and development. genomics; the biology of ageing; Further information cancer research; cancer therapeutics; T: +44 (0)1227 823025 E: [email protected]
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Cancer Biology and Course content Therapeutics MSc Your modules cover areas including: Staff profile www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2710 the biology of global pathogens; epidemiology; vaccine development; Michelle Garrett Location: Canterbury antimicrobial resistance; and pathogen Professor of Cancer Therapeutics The MSc in Cancer Biology is diagnosis. You also gain advanced Michelle Garrett was appointed for students who wish to gain an practical and applied research skills Chair of Cancer Therapeutics in advanced education and training and complete a research project. September 2014. in the biological sciences within Reproductive Medicine: Science the context of a disease that affects She studied at Leeds and The and Ethics MSc a large proportion of the global Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), www.kent.ac.uk/pg/228 population. It trains you in modern London, before moving to the US biological research skills, which Location: Canterbury to undertake post-doctoral studies can be harnessed to further our at Yale. This programme is for those who wish understanding of cancer and to gain an advanced education and improve treatment. Michelle worked for Onyx training within the context of a medical Pharmaceuticals in California, Course content issue that affects one in six couples involved in the development of Your modules cover areas including: wishing to start a family. cancer drugs targeting the cell cancer research, cancer therapeutics, The MSc is taught by world-leading division cycle. Returning to the ICR genomic stability and cancer, and the academics at the University of Kent in 1999, she became team leader molecular and cellular basis of cancer. and leading industry practitioners in the Cancer Research UK Cancer You also study the influence of science from The Bridge Centre, London. Therapeutics Unit, with her on professional practice and gain research specialising in the advanced practical and applied This programme provides you with discovery and development of research skills. a deep and broad overview of the novel small molecule therapeutics modern practice of reproductive for the treatment of cancer. She Infectious Diseases MSc medicine. became a Reader in Cancer www.kent.ac.uk/pg/361 Therapeutics and Head of Biology Location: Canterbury It is of interest to prospective for the Unit. Michelle currently has researchers, clinical embryologists, two cancer drugs in the clinic. This MSc programme is for students clinical scientists or individuals simply who wish to gain an advanced interested in reproductive medicine. education and training in the biological sciences within the context of a range Course content Your modules cover areas including: of human diseases that affect a reproduction and the beginnings of significant proportion of the global life, the science of reproductive population. medicine, the IVF world and the The programme provides training in influence of science on professional the practical, academic and research practice. You gain advanced practical skills that are used in academia and and applied research skills and industry. It culminates with a research complete a project or dissertation. project under the supervision of expert staff who are currently conducting research on disease-causing microorganisms. Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 61
Research In the most recent Research Centre for Interdisciplinary Excellence Framework 100% of the Studies of Reproduction programmes research submitted for Biological (CISoR) Sciences by the School was judged The Centre comprises several For the most up-to-date information, to be of international quality. like-minded academics dedicated see website details below. to the study of reproduction in all The School houses a dynamic its forms. Drawing on a range of Biochemistry MSc, PhD research community with five major academic disciplines, CISoR’s core www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1235 research themes: philosophy is that the study of this www.kent.ac.uk/pg/229 • industrial biotechnology fascinating field will advance further Cell Biology MSc, PhD • infectious diseases through a multidisciplinary approach. • cancer and ageing www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1236 Impactful, excellent research forms www.kent.ac.uk/pg/285 • cellular architecture and dynamics the basis of CISoR’s activities, • evolution, reproduction and genome Computational Biology MSc, including scientific advance, new organisation. PhD products and processes, contribution www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1237 Each area is led by a senior professor to public policy, and public www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1202 and underpinned by excellent engagement. Genetics MSc, PhD research facilities. The School-led development of the Industrial Industrial Biotechnology Centre www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1238 Within one of the University’s www.kent.ac.uk/pg/286 Biotechnology Centre (IBC), with staff from four other schools in the flagship research centres, staff from Microbiology MSc, PhD Faculty of Sciences, facilitates and biosciences, mathematics, chemistry, www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1239 encourages interdisciplinary projects. physics, computing and engineering www.kent.ac.uk/pg/287 The School has a strong commitment combine their expertise into pioneering Location: Canterbury to translational research, impact and interdisciplinary biosciences research, industrial application with a substantial in order to unlock the secrets of some You can select topics for the MSc or portfolio of enterprise activity of the essential life processes. These PhD from any of our research areas. and expertise. approaches are leading to a more integrated understanding of biology We also offer a conventional Associated centres in health and disease. MSc programme by research and dissertation, in which you undertake Kent Fungal Group (KFG) a single, focused research project KFG brings together a number of from day one, and attend only certain research groups in the School of components of our transferable skills Biosciences that primarily use yeasts modules. We assign a Postgraduate or other fungi as ‘model systems’ for Supervisory Committee to MSc their research. One strength of the students, to offer advice and keep KFG is the range of model fungi being a regular check on progress. exploited for both fundamental and medical/translational research. Research areas In addition to studying key cellular processes in the fungal cell such as Research in the School of Biosciences protein synthesis, amyloids and cell is focused primarily on essential division, members of the KFG are also biological processes at the molecular using yeast to explore the molecular and cellular level, encompassing the basis of human diseases such as disciplines of biochemistry, genetics, Alzheimer’s, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, Further information biotechnology and biomedical Huntington’s and Parkinson’s T: +44 (0)1227 823025 research. diseases as well as ageing. E: [email protected] 62 www.kent.ac.uk/kbs
“The teachers at Kent are all very helpful. In class they are professional and humorous as they pass on their knowledge to the class. After class, no matter how busy they are, if you have a question, they are happy to answer it.” Xiaontong Zhang, MSc Business Analytics Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 63
Business
Kent Business School (KBS) is accredited by The Association “It was the right decision to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), an for me to do an MBA at accreditation gained by only 5% of the world’s business this point in my career. schools. KBS is a world-class business school combining Kent Business School has rigorous teaching with real-world relevance and strong links everything you need to to the business community. improve your knowledge and skills. I think an MBA from Our flagship programme, the Kent MBA, has AMBA accreditation and awards a reputable UK university students the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership. We received a Small Business Charter award in such as Kent definitely 2019 for our work with local businesses, while our ASPIRE centre’s support for increases your chances innovation and enterprise has led to great success for local entrepreneurs. of promotion.”
KBS has more than 40 internationally recognised academics from 23 different Naila Alakbarova, MBA countries. Most of our teaching faculty are involved with researching the latest issues in business and management, working with organisations to provide new insight for business leaders and policymakers. Their knowledge and findings feed into the programmes to ensure they are both leading-edge and globally relevant.
Key facts for projects, internships and would extend the normal 12-month graduate placements. Master’s programme to a maximum • European academic partners KBS • Industry links Our links with of 24 months. Our dedicated has links with European institutions industry help us to attract high- placement team can help you gain including: Neoma Business School, profile speakers to the School. For a suitable paid position and provide Jean Moulin University Lyon III and example, we have hosted staff from support throughout your placement. Rennes School of Business the Bank of England, BAE Systems, Check the individual programme (France); EBA University of Barclays, Lloyds Insurance, entries to see if your programme Business and Law (Germany); IE Cummins, Delphi and Kent County offers this option. University, Madrid (Spain) and LIUC Council. • Graduate destinations Universitá Carol Cattaneo (Italy). • Research groups We have six Our students develop the skills • International academic partners research groups: Accounting; employers look for in their senior These include: Hong Kong Baptist Finance; Marketing; Management managers. Our graduates work University where we offer dual Science; People, Management and around the world in areas including Master’s programmes in both Organisation; Strategy and finance, general management, Finance and Business Analytics; International Business. marketing and human resources in City University of Hong Kong; • Industrial placements Many of our large and small businesses, local Renmin University of China and degrees offer you the option of an and national governments and non- Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia. industrial placement. Placements governmental organisations. Many • Internships and live projects are self-sought and can range from also start their own businesses. Strong links with local and national an additional 12 to 50 weeks. This organisations provide opportunities
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corporate social responsibility and marketing communications; Taught sustainability management; delivering marketing across cultures; logistics programmes innovation; entrepreneurship; financial and supply chain planning; managing analysis for decision making; organisational performance; operations For the most up-to-date information, global strategic management; management and digital including entry requirements, see leadership and change; operations transformation; project management; website details below. management; strategic marketing and warehousing and global We consider applicants with extensive and communication; strategic people transportation management. management. relevant professional experience for Once you have completed your entry on to our programmes. Once you have completed your modules you undertake your The Kent MBA modules, you then undertake your dissertation. MBA business report. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/291 Digital Marketing and Analytics Location: Canterbury This programme can be taken as part MSc of a Senior Leader Apprenticeship. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1232 Entry requirements: A good degree from a UK or other approved university Business Analytics MSc Location: Medway and/or an equivalent professional www.kent.ac.uk/pg/292 This MSc is for students who have qualification; a minimum of three years’ Location: Canterbury previously studied marketing at relevant managerial work experience. undergraduate level and wish to The programme focuses on the An individual interview forms part of develop a deeper understanding of application of quantitative and the selection process. the tools and techniques available to qualitative analytical systems to marketers today. You learn how digital Our AMBA-accredited MBA transforms interpret data. You undertake marketing and analytics are changing you into a responsible, innovative and predictive and strategic business the face of marketing and develop entrepreneurial business leader, using modelling by data mining, forecasting, key practical skills for running digital sustainable management practices for spreadsheet and mathematical campaigns, including social media the advancement of local and global techniques. You improve your and analytical skills. Through communities. We ensure you develop consultancy skills and enhance your consultancy projects, you gain the skills to enhance the scope and employability through the In Company further practical experience within potential of your career in a senior Project, which bridges the gap these areas. leadership role. between classroom learning and The Kent MBA combines a rigorous business application. Students have It is possible to undertake an industrial grounding in business theory with the opportunity to achieve a specialist placement as part of this programme. degree in either MSc Business opportunities to put it into practice with The programme has a Graduate Analytics (Smart Logistics) or MSc global live case studies, a European Gateway accreditation from the Business Analytics (Finance). study tour, Consultancy Week – working Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). with a range of businesses on live It is possible to undertake an industrial issues – and internships with high- placement as part of this programme. Course content profile, multinational corporations. Your modules cover the principles Course content of digital and social media marketing Throughout the duration of the Kent Your compulsory modules cover areas including in areas such as: digital MBA, you engage with a range of including: advanced spreadsheets and and social media design; digital organisations, small, medium and decision support systems; big data consumers; digital marketing, data large, and from regional to analytics and visualisation; business mining and analytics; emerging multinational, allowing you to test statistics with R; consultancy, IT trends for digital marketing; research theories immediately in real-world negotiation and research skills; and strategy planning in digital situations. You also have the machine learning and forecasting; marketing; and analytics in web opportunity to gain the CMI Level 7 prescriptive analytics for decision marketing and social media. You also Diploma in Strategic Management making; and simulation modelling; take a module designed to improve and Leadership on completion of your professional skills and develop You then choose two further modules your studies – a qualification highly your employability. sought after by employers. from a range covering areas such as: applied marketing research; buyer Once you have completed your Course content decision making; corporate finance; modules, you undertake a digital Your compulsory modules cover areas financial statement analysis; marketing report. including: business analytics; business foundations of finance; integrated skills and personal development; Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 65
Healthcare Management MSc education so you acquire the level firms and countries can thrive in today’s www.kent.ac.uk/pg/3267 of knowledge and understanding to global marketplace. apply for full professional membership Location: Medway This programme is now also offered of the CIPD. with a foreign language (Russian, This programme provides you with Our teaching staff are members of Japanese, Arabic). a broad understanding of all areas the University’s Centre for Employment, of general management together Competitiveness and Growth, which Course content with specific modules on European All students take compulsory modules develops world-class research and healthcare systems. in the following areas: business in an knowledge transfer activities via a international perspective; corporate You study key aspects of business multidisciplinary approach to human responsibility and globalisation; and management, all designed to resource management and operations financial and management accounting; build on your existing knowledge management. global value chains strategy and and experiences, together with Course content development; managing multinational modules linked to healthcare Your compulsory modules cover HRM enterprises; strategic marketing; management in the UK and across skills, HRM in context, and HRM and organisational behaviour and human the world. This develops managerial development in practice. You also resource management. expertise and capabilities necessary study leadership and management for a career geared towards healthcare Students who are not taking a foreign and research methods management. language choose a further module, for You then select four optional modules example in digital marketing, integrated It is possible to undertake an industrial from a range in areas such as: marketing communications or project placement as part of this programme. employee resourcing; employment management. Course content relations; HR analytics; HR strategy; Foreign language students take two Your compulsory modules cover areas the psychology of selection and language modules: one beginner and such as: accounting and financial assessment; and reward and one post-beginner. Both modules must management; collaborative practices performance management. be taken in the same language. in healthcare management; Once you have completed your Languages currently available are: consultancy skills and practice; modules, you undertake an HRM Arabic, Japanese and Russian. corporate strategy and performance business report. management; global sustainable On completion of their modules all healthcare; health economics for non- International Business and students complete a business report. economists; leadership and change Management MSc Logistics and Supply Chain management; managing integrated www.kent.ac.uk/pg/299 health systems; and marketing Management MSc management and communications. International Business and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/294 Management (with a Foreign You also take a module designed to Location: Canterbury improve your professional skills and Language) MSc develop your employability. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2202 Accredited by the Chartered Institute Location: Canterbury of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and Once you have completed your the Chartered Institute of Procurement modules, you undertake a This programme is accredited by the and Supply (CIPS), this MSc enables management consultancy report. Institute of Exports and International you to develop enhanced conceptual, Trade (IoE&IT), and the Chartered analytical and research skills to support Human Resource Management Management Institute (CMI) which decision making in any logistic area MSc gives you the opportunity to gain within an organisation. Logistics and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/293 a level 7 Certificate in Strategic supply chain management problems Location: Canterbury Management and Leadership upon may include inventory, transportation, successful completion of your studies. warehousing, location, reverse and Accredited by the Chartered Institute green logistics, and customer and of Personnel and Development (CIPD), The International Business and supplier relationships. These aspects this MSc offers you an insight into the Management programme provides provide a company with competitive principal areas of managing human an insight into a number of areas of advantage, if approached correctly. resources (HR) by providing critical general management, with particular assessment of the human resource emphasis on key aspects of Course content management (HRM) and employment international business. It gives you Your compulsory modules cover the relations (ER) approach. As a CIPD- the tools, techniques and concepts key areas of logistics and supply chain approved study centre, we are to understand how international management including: planning; recognised as a deliverer of HRM business is conducted and how operations management and digital 66 www.kent.ac.uk/kbs
transformation; simulation modelling; You then select three further modules Project Management MSc strategic and sustainable procurement; from a range of options. The areas www.kent.ac.uk/pg/3269 supply chain modelling and analytics; covered may include: business Location: Medway warehousing and global transportation analytics; digital innovation and new management; and consultancy, media management; programme On this programme you build negotiation and research skills. and project management; socially networks, learn from your peers, and responsible management; strategic gain an international perspective on You then choose a further two modules operations and supply chain business and management issues. You from a range of options. Areas covered excellence. develop an understanding of relevant may include the strategy and theories alongside the practical skills development of global value chains, Once you have completed your you need to work as a professional machine learning and forecasting, modules, you undertake a project manager, strategist or prescriptive analytics for decision management consultancy report consultant. making and project management. Marketing MSc It is possible to undertake an industrial Once you have completed your www.kent.ac.uk/pg/303 placement as part of this programme. modules, you undertake a dissertation Location: Canterbury You also work on consultancy projects. and an industry-based project. You can choose to gain six This programme covers all aspects professional certificates in project Management MSc of marketing, equipping the modern management by attending a course www.kent.ac.uk/pg/3266 marketing manager with the necessary taught by our world-class Location: Medway tools for a successful career. It places professionals. great emphasis on socially responsible This programme is accredited by the marketing and the role of marketing You become a member of the Project Chartered Management Institute (CMI) within society, and you learn from an Management Institute UK (PMI) and you have the opportunity to gain internationally recognised team of network, the world’s leading a level 7 Certificate in Professional marketing and business experts. association for professional portfolio, Consulting upon successful programme or project managers. This completion of your studies. Kent Business School has partnered gives you access to weekly talks by with the Chartered Institute of Our MSc in Management provides professional guest speakers as well as Marketing (CIM), the leading you with a broad understanding of all other evening networking events. You professional body for marketers areas of general management. You can also take part in prestigious PMI worldwide, to give you a unique also take modules that reflect the university competitions. opportunity to gain highly sought after distinct strengths of Kent Business CIM qualifications alongside the MSc Course content School. in Marketing through their Graduate Your compulsory modules cover You study key aspects of business Gateway. areas such as: leadership and and management, all designed to change management, agile project Course content management, project and programme build on your existing knowledge and Your compulsory modules cover areas management, project risk experiences. This develops managerial including: applied marketing research; management, corporate strategy and expertise and capabilities necessary buyer decision making; financial performance measurement, value for a career in whichever area you and management accounting; management and strategic portfolio choose, including running your own innovation management and new management. You also gain business. product development; integrated consultancy, professional and marketing communications; strategic It is possible to undertake an industrial employability skills and complete marketing and marketing across placement as part of this programme. a project management consultancy cultures. report. Course content Your compulsory modules cover areas You then choose two further modules Related taught programmes from a range of options covering such as: accounting and financial Finance (Finance, Investment and areas such as corporate responsibility management; consultancy skills and Risk) MSc and globalisation, digital marketing, practice; corporate strategy and See p114. performance management; global global value chains, strategy and business analysis; leadership and development, and project Finance (Finance and change management; marketing management. Management) MSc management and communications. See p114. Once you have completed your You also take a module that further modules, you undertake a marketing Finance (Financial Markets) MSc develops your professional skills and report. See p114. improves employability. Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 67
Finance (Financial Markets) HKBU Dual Award MSc Research groups See p115. Accounting Staff profile Finance (International Accounting) Our Accounting Group has an Marian Garcia MSc international reputation for its research Dean of Kent Business School, See p115. on public sector critical accounting Professor of Marketing and and accounting history. Recent topics Innovation Finance (International Banking and include privatisation, health and new Finance) MSc public management. Marian Garcia’s research focuses See p115. on marketing-led innovation, with Finance a particular focus on new product Research The Finance Group addresses development and value academically interesting and practical co-creation strategies. programmes contemporary issues in finance and banking. Staff pursue research in She has published in leading For the most up-to-date information, several areas, including: derivatives international journals, including see website details below. pricing and risk management; financial Research Policy, Technovation, Accounting PhD econometrics; international banking; California Management Review and MIT Sloan Management www.kent.ac.uk/pg/309 financial regulation; corporate finance; asset pricing and real estate Review. Her book, Open Finance PhD modelling. Innovation in the Food and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/312 Beverage Industry, has become a Marketing Management Science PhD key reference source for innovation Research in this group cuts across scholars and practitioners in the www.kent.ac.uk/pg/316 four main domains including: food industry. Marketing PhD marketing strategy and performance; www.kent.ac.uk/pg/317 product development and innovation; Marian established the KBS Open Innovation Network in 2013, a Operational Research PhD buyer behaviour; and the management of supply (value) chains and market user-led regional network bringing www.kent.ac.uk/pg/319 delivery systems. Strong links with together businesses, academics Organisational Behaviour and industry and an international network and practitioners to facilitate Human Resource Management of research partners support the connections and knowledge PhD group’s empirical research. transfer. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2728 Management Science Location: Canterbury and Medway This group covers a wide range of Entry requirements: A 2.1 at research areas in operational research undergraduate level and, for PhD and systems thinking. These include Strategy and International applicants, a Merit at Master’s level in research in the area of logistics, Business a relevant discipline from a UK or other including green logistics and network Research focuses on strategic approved university and/or equivalent. security with a special emphasis on alliances, non-market strategies, You must submit a research proposal the innovative design and analysis of performance management, business of approximately 3,000 words on your heuristic and exact optimisation, DEA, in emerging economies, international intended topic. operation management, multi-variate strategy, management of multinational We have international expertise in the analysis, biometrics, multi- enterprises and corporate social following areas: accounting, finance, methodology and soft OR/systems. responsibility. operational research, international People, Management and business strategy, organisational Organisation behaviour, human resource Research examines themes in the management, marketing and areas of employment relations, human supply chain management. resource management, organisational Master’s and PhD degrees are behaviour and leadership. The group available in most of these areas, covers a wide range of research, or in the general subject area of including employment relationships, management. the role of social partners, the effects of skills, technology and culture on the Further information world of work, employee engagement, T: +44 (0)1227 827726 and the role of leadership. E: [email protected] 68 www.kent.ac.uk/physical-sciences
Chemistry
Chemistry is a fundamental science that underpins a vast array Research groups of topics. Our programmes extend your depth and breadth of Materials for Energy and knowledge in areas such as analytical chemistry, experimental Electronics (MEE) design, advanced laboratory techniques, spectroscopy, The group’s work includes creation computational and materials chemistry. of new materials, physical property investigation and developing the Our Chemistry team, within the interdisciplinary School of Physical Sciences, is understanding of their atomic, magnetic involved in studies including the synthesis and development of new antimicrobial and electronic structures, crucial to drugs, developing next-generation materials for energy, data storage and optimising their properties. Research cryogenic cooling. incorporates both experimental and computational approaches, including With strong international reputations, our staff provide expert teaching, well-established expertise in central well-designed projects, first-class training and unrivalled enthusiasm within a neutron, X-ray and computational stimulating academic environment. Recent investment in state-of-the-art laboratory facilities. Current focuses include equipment and computational facilities, along with a host of new academic staff, materials for Li and Na-ion batteries, accelerate our research and give students an excellent experience. photovoltaic cells, nanoparticles and glasses for environmental remediation, Key facts ferroelectric materials for energy Research storage and sensing, and magnetic • School resources These include: materials for cooling and data storage. NMR spectrometers; powder and programme single crystal X-ray diffractometers; For the most up-to-date information, Supramolecular, Interfacial and X-ray fluorescence; SQUID see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/18 Synthetic Chemistry (SISC) magnetometer; several furnaces In the SISC group we share a common for high-temperature synthesis; high- Chemistry MSc, PhD vision of molecular chemistry as the performance liquid chromatography; www.kent.ac.uk/pg/18 central science – a discipline that is mass spectrometry; scanning outward facing, initiating and Location: Canterbury electron microscopy and EDX. underpinning developments and • Academic partners We have Funded PhD positions appear on our technologies which transgress classical collaborations with universities in website (www.kent.ac.uk/physical- disciplinary barriers. Our foundational Germany, France, Italy and the USA, sciences). Independently funded strengths are the pillars of synthetic, as well as in the UK. applications for MSc or PhD are also supramolecular, interfacial, • Industrial partners These include welcomed. macromolecular, organic, biomolecular, BAE Systems, Defra and Dstl. redox, and materials chemistry. Our When you apply, please give specific • Graduate destinations research interests, facilities, techniques, indications of your research interests Our graduates can go on to work and applications overlap on many or the member(s) of staff you wish to in a range of areas including: fronts. Our target areas of influence work with and we will match you up academia, R&D departments in are biomedical science, sustainability, with a supervisor. No detailed proposal chemical and pharmaceutical sensing, and soft materials. industries, and teaching. is required.
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Child Protection
The Centre for Child Protection is part of the School of Social games, expert video lectures, filmed Policy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR) and is the first role-plays and online discussion centre of its kind in Europe. Combining research with distance forums. There are also study days held over the two years to enhance student learning and innovative, serious training games, the Centre learning and interaction. leads the way in building knowledge and training opportunities for professionals working in this area. Course content You take modules in the following We develop cutting-edge techniques for professional training and support, areas: contemporary child protection and apply the latest research and knowledge to inform best practice. We create practice and policies; definitions, diverse, flexible learning programmes, address gaps in post-qualification training prevalence, causes and provision and facilitate safe, realistic environments in which child protection consequences of child abuse professionals can develop their skills and professional practice. and neglect; new perspectives on assessment and observation; support, The Centre for Child Protection is led and informed by experts in the field, who are help and intervention in a national and committed to improving the provision of professional development to enhance the international context; and the skills of those involved in child protection. organisational dimensions of risk management. You also take a module Key facts that develops your understanding of Taught programme social research. • Award-winning game simulations For the most up-to-date information, The Centre for Child Protection’s Those following the full Master’s including entry requirements, see award-winning range of serious programme complete a dissertation www.kent.ac.uk/pg/326 game simulations (Rosie; Rosie: on an agreed aspect of multi-agency myCourtroom; Looking out for Lottie; Advanced Child Protection child protection. Visiting Elliott; Zac; Behind Closed PCert, PDip, MA Stand-alone MA modules Doors) provide research-based www.kent.ac.uk/pg/326 The modules can be taken on their case studies and opportunities own or as a taster to Master’s-level to explore the complex dynamics Location: Canterbury/distance study. All the work is completed online, involved in making professional learning where you participate in online forums assessments and decisions in the Teaching is through guided study and have access to journal articles context of child protection issues, using an online learning environment and specialist materials. including chronic neglect, internet (Moodle), strengthened by consistent grooming and child sexual and continuous tutor support. The Successful completion of the module exploitation. programme is delivered through assignment is equivalent to 20 credits • Career development distance learning using innovative at Master’s level. For further information, Through the MA you develop and progressive techniques see our website: advanced skills essential in a range and technology. These include www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/ccp of complex, multi-agency settings. interprofessional serious training
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Classical & Archaeological Studies
Classical & Archaeological Studies examines the textual “Building on my and material evidence for a wide cross-section of the ancient undergraduate studies here, world and includes three convergent research and teaching my MA has enabled me to pathways: ancient history, classical literature, and archaeology. explore new topics, widening my understanding of the Classical & Archaeological Studies is part of the Division of Arts and Humanities, ancient world and ancient which provides a thriving academic environment with a strong tradition of interdisciplinary research. languages. I feel a strong sense of belonging at Kent, Kent’s Templeman Library houses specialist collections such as the library of A S L thanks to the amazing Farquharson, specialising in the age of Marcus Aurelius, and generous donations support of both the Classics from the libraries of Victor Ehrenberg in ancient social history, and Anthony Snodgrass, Richard Reece and Jill Braithwaite in archaeology. The Colin Renfrew department, and the wider Archive is a major resource for research on the history of archaeology, community. I am now archaeological theory, prehistoric Orkney and the Aegean Bronze Age. seriously considering a PhD.” Alex Davis, MA Ancient History
Key facts • Technical support The department • Language and practical has its own specialist technician archaeology training We offer • Academic partnerships We have who is widely experienced and optional training in Greek and partnerships with high-profile skilled in landscape archaeology, Latin languages at all levels, and universities and organisations in geographic information systems specialist skills training in artefact Europe, the US, Canada, Australia (GIS), digital imaging and studies and fieldwork methods. and Brazil. laser scanning, as well • Graduate destinations • External resources You have as geophysical surveying. Recent graduates have gone into access to Canterbury Cathedral • Fieldwork opportunities You may academia in the UK and overseas. Library and Archives, other have the opportunity to participate Other popular career paths include archaeological libraries and in the department’s fieldwork the museum and heritage sector, the collections in Kent. projects both in the UK and Civil Service and local government, • Specialist equipment This includes overseas. Bursaries may be project management, teaching and a Romer laser scanner, portable available to support you. publishing. XRF machinery, resistivity and magnetometer survey machines, GPS, landscape survey equipment and a photographic lab.
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Taught Archaeology MA Roman History and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/297 Archaeology MA programmes Location: Canterbury www.kent.ac.uk/pg/307 For the most up-to-date information, Location: Canterbury This MA provides you with a robust including entry requirements, see grounding in theories, methods and This unique MA is for students who website details below. approaches within contemporary wish to adopt a twin-tracked approach Ancient History MA archaeology through a compulsory to the past by using both historical and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/289 taught module. You can then specialise archaeological evidence. A key focus in selected periods and regions of the MA is on the cities of the Roman Location: Canterbury through a range of optional taught Empire (including the capital, Rome) The MA in Ancient History has a focus modules. and engagement with the material remains of the Empire. You can on research training that places you in The dissertation module enables you choose to specialise in the study of a strong position for further study for a to learn and enhance skills in areas age, gender and ethnicity, as well as PhD or for careers outside academia such as field survey techniques, taking modules in the wider history that require research skills. The MA including geophysical survey, and archaeology of the Roman period. provides a full study of the use of excavation and artefact analysis. various types of evidence, which is Course content underpinned by a compulsory module You engage first-hand with You take two compulsory modules, one on interpretation. The wide range of archaeological evidence, exploring focuses on contemporary archaeology modules in Greek and Roman history areas such as the relationship of sites and the other further develops your means you can specialise in an area to their wider landscape and cultural research skills in ancient history. You of particular interest to you. setting, processes of continuity and then choose one further module from change within the archaeological a range of options that covers areas Course content record, and the interpretation of You take a module that further such as: ancient Greek science; material culture. develops your research skills in ancient the political, social and economic history. You choose the rest of your This programme includes day trips and history of the Hellenistic world; Roman modules from a range of options that longer visits to view sites and material, archaeology; and the myth of the covers areas including: ancient Greek to undertake practical work, and to eternal city, Rome. You can also opt science; contemporary archaeology; attend seminars and lectures. to produce a practical archaeology Roman archaeology; and the myth of report. the eternal city, Rome. You can also Course content You take a module on contemporary You then complete your dissertation. choose to study Latin or Ancient Greek archaeology and produce a practical at an appropriate level (Beginners, archaeology report. You then choose Intermediate or Advanced). two further modules from a range of You also complete a dissertation. options that covers areas including: ancient Greek science; the political, social and economic history of the Hellenistic world; Roman archaeology; and the myth of the eternal city, Rome. You can also take a module that further develops your research skills in ancient Further information history. Dr Efrosyni Boutsikas T: +44 (0)1227 827909 You then complete your dissertation. E: [email protected]
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Research Ancient history Classical and Hellenistic Greece; age, Staff profile programme family and ethnicity; Hellenistic and Roman Egypt; the history of the Ellen Swift For the most up-to-date information, Roman Republic; interpretations of Professor of Roman Archaeology see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/310 Roman history, law and society; Greek Professor Ellen Swift studied at the Classical & Archaeological and Egyptian papyrology; epigraphy Institute of Archaeology, University Studies PhD and palaeography. College London for her BA, MA, www.kent.ac.uk/pg/310 and PhD. Archaeology Location: Canterbury Roman ceramics; archaeology and Grant-funded research undertaken gender; medicine; Aegean You can undertake supervised by Ellen as Principal Investigator archaeology including Minoan and research, specialising in one of the includes a Leverhulme Research Mycenaean; archaeoastronomy; Greek topics listed under research areas. Fellowship in 2013, and AHRC religion and religious architecture; later project ‘Roman and Late Antique Each research student is assigned prehistory in temperate Europe, Artefacts from Egypt’ in 2017-19. two internal supervisors who agree including the British Isles; Britain Ellen is a Fellow of the Society of the programme of study and research and the western Provinces; Roman Antiquaries and has wide research to suit individual student interests. artefacts and art; the late post-Roman interests in artefact studies, the transition in the West; the archaeology Recent theses have included Change of the Transmanche region; Late late to post-Roman transition in the and continuity at the Roman fort at West, and Roman and late antique Antique cities; heritage, tourism and Oudenburg from the late-second until the classical tradition. art. She has worked on artefacts the early-fifth century AD; Making the from both the north-western invisible visible: new survey and Classical studies, Late Antiquity provinces of the Roman empire, investigation of the Iron-age hillforts of and Byzantium and from Roman and Late Antique Bigbury and Oldbury in Kent; The Later Ancient literature; myth, philosophy Egypt. Iron Age of Britain and Temperate and performance arts; Greek Europe with particular focus upon palaeography; Greek astronomy; Oppida; The speeches in Herodotus Greek and Roman epic; early and Thucydides: a comparison. Christian hagiography; gender studies; reception studies. Research areas The department has a distinctive and broad research culture that is characterised by its interdisciplinarity. Our research clusters and centres extend across ancient history, archaeology, Byzantium, classics, heritage and reception, forming a stimulating research environment. They comprise: Artefacts and Society; Health, Wellbeing and the Senses; the Centre for Late Antique Archaeology; and the Centre for Heritage. Further information Dr Efrosyni Boutsikas T: +44 (0)1227 827909 E: [email protected] Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 73
“My experience at Kent has increased my employment prospects immensely. Kent has provided me with the opportunity to gain a PhD and teaching experience; two aspects that will greatly elevate my chances of employment within, or outside of, academia.” Karl Goodwin, PhD Classical & Archaeological Studies 74 www.kent.ac.uk/comparative-literature
Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature at Kent offers an excellent environment “Research the programme for the postgraduate study of literature beyond national and thoroughly, make sure it’s linguistic borders. something that you want to spend time and energy on – The research interests of our staff are comparativist in nature and include the then go for it! The European avant-garde, modernism and postmodernism, postcolonial literature, literary theory, literature and medicine, and the relationship between literature programme is a really cool and the visual arts. You benefit from the activities organised by the Centre for combination of literature, Modern European Literature, such as lectures by prestigious guest speakers, culture and criticism and research seminars, conferences and a reading group. I’ve enjoyed it a lot.” The Department of Comparative Literature is part of the Division of Arts and Jasminique Harris, Humanities, which provides a thriving academic environment with a strong MA Comparative Literature tradition of interdisciplinary research.This means you are able to draw on the excellent resources of a diverse team of teachers with expertise in many key areas of global culture.
Key facts • Conferences and research talks • Graduate destinations Research students gain further Recent graduates have gone on to • Library resources Kent’s academic experience by giving successful careers in publishing, Templeman Library has excellent research talks in the Centre for journalism, marketing and teaching, holdings in all our areas of research Modern European Literature as well as roles in academia in the interest, with particular strengths in seminar series, and attending UK and overseas. modern European literature. national and international • School resources The School conferences. provides high-quality IT facilities, • Language support If you are with state-of-the-art language a native speaker of a foreign laboratories, dedicated technical language and have language staff and designated areas for training needs, we can assist postgraduate study. you, particularly where English is concerned.
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Taught Research programmes programmes Staff profile For the most up-to-date information, For the most up-to-date information, Patricia Novillo-Corvalán including entry requirements, see see website details below. Reader in Comparative Literature website details below. Comparative Literature PhD Patricia’s comparative research Comparative Literature MA www.kent.ac.uk/pg/324 is located at the intersections of www.kent.ac.uk/pg/318 Anglophone and Latin American Location: Canterbury modernist literature. Patricia Location: Canterbury Research students need to engages with modernism as a The programme comprises three demonstrate competence in transnational phenomenon by main interweaving strands: the relevant languages. exploring the ways in which writers • themes and major figures in world responded to, and were shaped We undertake supervised research literature by, the cultural dilemmas in any of the topics listed below: the • interactions between European presented by modernity, empire, European avant-garde; modernism and world literatures, as reflected and revolutionary dreams. and postmodernism; postcolonial in important genres such as literature; literary theory; literature and Through comparative case autobiography and the fantastic medicine; literature and the visual arts; studies, she explores writers’ • comparative literature in theory and literature and sexuality; and literature networks; from canonical figures practice, with an emphasis on the and philosophy. Many of our staff are such as Borges, Cortázar, Bolaño, history of the discipline and ways members of the Centre for Modern and Victoria Ocampo, to less well- of reading literature comparatively. European Literature. If you are known figures such as Juan Filloy These complementary strands considering applying for a research and Gabriela Mistral, she shows encourage comparative analysis in a degree, we encourage you to contact how these writers engaged with variety of contexts: national literatures, us to discuss your plans at an early canonical modernists like Joyce, genres, media and theory. stage of your application. Woolf, and Eliot. Course content The modules available cover areas Research centres including: comparative literature in Centre for Language and theory and practice; literature and Linguistics (CLL) affect; literature and madness in See p106. the modern period; and tales of the fantastic. You also complete Centre for Modern European a dissertation. Literature Co-directed by members of Comparative Literature, French and German, the Centre for Modern European Literature promotes collaborative interdisciplinary research. Ranging across English, French, German, Italian and Spanish literature, the Centre focuses in particular on the European avant-garde, European modernism and postmodernism, literary theory, the international reception of European writers, and the relations between modern European literature and the other arts, including painting, photography, film, music and architecture.
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Computing
At the School of Computing you study key areas of computer “While it is natural to feel science taught by staff who are research leaders. The website intimidated when entering CSRankings.com rates us in the top 10 worldwide for our a new field, my experience research into programming languages since 2014. at the University of Kent has indeed changed my outlook. The University of Kent has also been recognised by the UK Government’s National I do not feel that doing a Cyber Security Centre as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research. Our world-leading researchers in cyber security and programming Master’s in a new discipline languages are joined by others working in areas such as computational is a mammoth task.” intelligence, data science and computer education. Ruksar Kachchhi, MSc Computer We excel in computer science teaching and our students benefit from a high level Science of access to academic staff. On all of our taught Master's courses you can gain practical, paid work experience by adding an industrial placement to your course, giving you an extra edge when applying for jobs. Our staff are frequently asked to give expert opinion by the media and are authors of widely used textbooks.
Key facts you to develop a wide range of • Graduate destinations Our Internet of Things (IoT) devices, graduates go on to work in a • Industry partners Our strong from an extensive range of wireless range of companies from large industry links include: Cisco development boards, sensors and corporations to start-ups, including Systems Inc, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, actuators. It also has a model home Deloitte, JP Morgan, CGI, Thales, Nvidia, Erlang Solutions, GCHQ, for you to integrate your devices in Capgemini and Kuomi. They work Orange Cyberdefense, Google. a scaled test environment. as software developers, software • The Kent IT Consultancy (KITC) • Industrial placements If you decide engineers, web developers, analysts This offers our students consultancy to add an industrial placement to and consultants. Matt Gould experience while studying. your course, our dedicated team completed the MSc Computer KITC provides a project-based help you to gain a suitable position Science with an industrial placement consulting service to small and support you throughout your at Influential Software, where he businesses in Kent. placement. continued after graduation as a • First-class resources The School • Conference funding Our research software developer; he now works has a large range of equipment students are offered funds for for REPL as principal engineer. Milan providing both Linux and PC-based academic conference travel, to Gurling studied MSc Computer systems as well as a cloud assist in publishing papers and Science and is now working in SAP computing service and a high- getting involved in the international Business Intelligence for Capgemini, performance cluster (HPC) with community. and Pedro Garcia Pintos, MSc a mixture of CPU and GPU nodes. Computer Science, did an industrial • Makerspace ‘The Shed’ has a placement at Influential Software and space for building and making now works for consultancy firm Retail digital artefacts. It is a place for Reply as a solutions architect.
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Taught Taught Advanced Master’s Advanced Computer Science programmes (Computational Intelligence) programmes Advanced Computer Science MSc MSc www.kent.ac.uk/pg/249 For the most up-to-date information, including entry requirements, see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/246 Location: Canterbury website details below. Location: Canterbury This programme will appeal to Programme structure This programme will appeal to computing graduates who would like Each of our programmes is available in computing graduates whose interests to specialise in artificial intelligence two formats: span more than one specialism, as and machine learning, and their • Intensive – 12 months full-time well as those seeking the freedom to application to other fields of • Intensive with an industrial explore a variety of advanced topics. knowledge. The goal of this placement – 14-24 months full-time. The programme can serve as a programme is to prepare you for springboard for employment or a career in artificial intelligence Taught Conversion Master’s research. and its related fields. programme Course content Computer Science MSc This programme is also available with an optional industrial placement. This programme combines a wide www.kent.ac.uk/pg/243 choice of advanced topics in Location: Canterbury Course content computer science with specialist This programme offers a largely free modules relating to computational The Computer Science MSc prepares choice of modules from our range of intelligence, including logic-based, graduates from any discipline for a Advanced Master’s programmes, evolutionary artificial intelligence, career in computing, or a career including cyber security, artificial inspirations from the natural world, involving the application of computing intelligence, advanced programming, practical applications and the within their original professional field. and IoT. philosophy of machine reasoning. No prior knowledge of computer science is required. You also complete a project and You also complete your project and dissertation. your dissertation. This programme is also available with an optional industrial placement. Course content This conversion programme provides a broad and balanced introduction to computer science, including the key technologies and skills needed for employment, such as software engineering, databases and web development. You can also explore your personal interests through a variety of optional modules, including cyber security and artificial intelligence related modules.
You then complete your project and dissertation.
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Cyber Security MSc Networks and Security MSc Research www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1225 www.kent.ac.uk/pg/259 Location: Canterbury Location: Canterbury programmes For the most up-to-date information, This programme is fully accredited This programme provides a broad see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/283 by the National Cyber Security Centre coverage of computer networks, (NCSC), a subsidiary of the UK computer security and IoT Computer Science MSc, PhD Government Communications technologies. It looks in depth at some www.kent.ac.uk/pg/283 Headquarters (GCHQ). This confirms of the security issues that fixed and that the programme meets the criteria wireless networks are subject to, and Location: Canterbury defined by the NCSC for Master’s the current solutions employed to Your research should produce an degrees, providing postgraduate address these problems. The original contribution in your chosen students with a general, broad programme will appeal to computing field of study. You work closely foundation in cyber security. graduates seeking careers in the with your supervisor, a member of network or network security industries, The programme is aimed at computing academic staff, who is your principal or those who wish to carry on with this graduates with strong programming source of support. If you choose a topic as an area of research. skills who are looking to work as cyber research area that has interdisciplinary security professionals or in careers This programme is available with an aspects, you may have more than one that need a systematic and deep optional industrial placement. supervisor. understanding of the subject. You You also join one or more of our well- learn the essential skills to support Course content This programme combines a set of integrated, active research groups cyber security within commercial and compulsory modules in cyber security, where you are able to test and discuss government organisations. It is also including encryption, authentication, your ideas and place your research in an excellent starting point for those biometrics and network security, with a broader context. wishing to carry out further research a wide choice of advanced topics in in cyber security. computer science, including Research groups This programme is also available with computational intelligence and an optional industrial placement. advanced progamming. Cyber Security Research Group Research areas include: Course content You then complete your project and • authorisation infrastructures This programme combines modules dissertation. • cybercrime that look at the technical side of • Internet of Things security and encryption, authentication, biometrics privacy and network security, as well as • authentication information security management • quantum computation and and cyber security risk. information, with security applications You then complete your project and • formal methods for cryptography dissertation. • steganography and steganalysis • trust management and metrics and reputation systems • tools for vulnerability analysis “The staff are encouraging • self-adaptation applied to security and genuinely interested in and privacy our work. We have weekly • cloud security research seminars where we • human aspects of security can present our work, you’re • blockchain and distributed ledger asked lots of questions and technology • identity management get useful feedback. It’s • data ethics and privacy. a good experience and prepares you for your viva, where you are going to get grilled!” Kathryn Harris, PhD Computer Science Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 79
Computational Intelligence Data Science Research Group Research Group Research areas include: Areas of research within the group • biomedical signal analysis Staff profile include: for applications such as brain- Jason Nurse • machine learning, data mining and computer-interfacing, biometrics, Senior Lecturer knowledge discovery; and cardiovascular diagnosis, mental applications in biomedicine, natural disorders and virtual reality Jason’s research investigates language processing, etc • financial econometrics, and time- interdisciplinary approaches • probabilistic planning and series modelling and forecasting to enhance and maintain cyber reinforcement learning • speech and audio signal processing security for organisations, • modelling of attention, affect and with embedded system designs for individuals and governments. In addiction; salience sensitive control applications related to hearing and particular, his work concentrates • bio-inspired computing – genetic communications on human aspects of security, algorithms, swarm intelligence, • computational intelligence privacy and trust, and the overlap artificial neural networks techniques for business-related with daily life as well as areas • theory and applications of problems such as weather including cybercrime. information visualisation derivatives and algorithmic trading Prior to joining Kent, Jason was a • computational creativity • supervised machine learning Research Fellow at the University • physical limits of computation. algorithms to analyse biological data of Oxford for seven years, a • computational creativity, semantic position he took up after his Programming Languages and web and natural language doctorate in cyber security at the Systems Research Group processing University of Warwick. Jason is a This group researches both practical • memristor technology for data visiting academic at the University and theoretical aspects of storage, cloud and green computing of Oxford, a Visiting Fellow in programming language design and • parallel and stream data processing Defence and Security at Cranfield system building. Our work in • cryptology, steganography and University, and has been languages spans programming across steganalysis. a broad range of paradigms including: nominated as a Rising Star within imperative, object-orientated, the UK’s EPSRC RISE Awards functional and logic programming, and Campaign. even assembler. These interests are complemented by our architectures and systems research in concurrency, relaxed memory, verified compilation and garbage collection. All our work is linked by shared interests in semantics, type systems, verification and implementation.
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Conservation
The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), based “I think that having in the School of Anthropology and Conservation, is Britain’s classmates from various leading research and postgraduate training centre dedicated to areas of the world, together conserving biodiversity, as well as the ecological processes that with the quality of the support ecosystems and people. professors and their experience in conservation, We focus on combining natural and social sciences to understand complex made discussions a great conservation issues and design effective interventions to conserve biodiversity. Our staff have outstanding international research profiles, yet integrate this learning experience.” with considerable on-the-ground experience, working in collaboration with Dr Nicolas Galvez, awarded conservation agencies around the world. This blend of expertise ensures that Biodiversity Management PhD our programmes deliver the skills and knowledge that are essential components of conservation implementation.
Our taught Master’s programmes cover topics in conservation management, economics, wildlife trade, policy, ecotourism and sustainable natural resource use. The research degree programmes encourage you to undertake original, high-quality research, which culminates in the submission of a thesis.
Key facts IUCN Young Professional Award; • Graduate destinations Sanjay Gubbi, Rachel Ikemeh and DICE graduates are working in • Prize-winning In 2019, DICE was Patricia Medici, Whitley Award for countries around the world for awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Nature. organisations including: Department Prize for Higher and Further • Our research projects We have for Environment, Food & Rural Education for its outstanding work various long-term research Affairs, Durrell Wildlife Conservation in conservation. projects around the world, in Trust, Fauna and Flora International, • Graduate success Since 1991, addition to maintaining an ecology International Union for the there have been over 720 taught field trials area and field laboratory Conservation of Nature, Natural MSc graduates from 92 countries, on the University campus. England, Panthera, Royal Society many of whom now have successful • First-class resources As part for the Protection of Birds, Save full-time conservation careers. of the School of Anthropology and the Elephants, United Nations • Prize-winning postgraduates Conservation, DICE students have Environment Programme – World Several of our PhD graduates have access to excellent computing Conservation Monitoring Centre, won prestigious international prizes facilities and research laboratories World Wide Fund for Nature and for their outstanding conservation for molecular genetics, ecology, the Zoological Society of London. achievements, for example: Belinda ethnobotany and biological Stewart-Cox, OBE; Edwin Sabuhoro, anthropology.
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Taught Conservation and International Conservation Biology MSc Wildlife Trade MSc www.kent.ac.uk/pg/273 programmes www.kent.ac.uk/pg/268 Location: Canterbury For the most up-to-date information, Location: Canterbury This pathway takes an interdisciplinary including entry requirements, see This pathway is designed for people approach and is international in its website details below. from areas such as government, outlook. It covers the biological, The MSc in Conservation pathways management and scientific authorities, economic, political and social aspects offered by DICE follow a common NGOs, international agencies and of biodiversity conservation and how pattern, comprising 24 weeks of donors who are working to improve these operate across spatial scales teaching with the remaining time set the sustainability of wildlife trade. It (from local to global). The pathway is aside for research and private study. examines a number of mechanisms for wildlife officers and administrators Within each pathway, there are optional for delivering sustainable wildlife with practical experience in modules that allow you to devise trade, especially the Convention on international conservation work, a programme that suits your specific International Trade in Endangered which they want to reinforce with interests, with an appropriate balance Species of Wild Fauna and Flora formal scientific training. It is also for between natural and social sciences. (CITES). students with academic qualifications who wish to develop a new career in In exceptional circumstances, DICE Course content conservation. admits applicants without a first You take the compulsory modules degree if their professional and International Wildlife Trade, plus Course content career and experience shows a selection of the optional modules Alongside the common compulsory academic achievement of a high listed left. modules, you take a further module enough standard. on population and evolutionary biology, Conservation and Rural then select further optional modules Course content Development MSc (see list in first column). Common compulsory modules www.kent.ac.uk/pg/271 All our MSc courses share common Location: Canterbury Conservation Project compulsory modules. These help you Management MSc to develop your research skills, your This pathway provides substantive www.kent.ac.uk/pg/274 natural and social science training knowledge of research methods in the Location: Canterbury social sciences and an understanding in both conservation and relevant of multidisciplinary perspectives on aspects of rural development. This MSc pathway draws upon the extensive conservation project conservation. You also complete a The pathway will be of particular management experience of the Durrell dissertation project. interest to applicants with a strong Wildlife Conservation Trust and equips interest in conservation, with a view Optional modules you with the skills and tools you need to working for a conservation-related You choose your optional modules to manage conservation projects organisation or in a leadership role from a wide range available. Areas effectively. It is particularly suitable in a conservation NGO. covered include: managing protected for managers of conservation projects areas, international wildlife trade – Course content who wish to build on their existing achieving sustainability, population Alongside the common compulsory skills, or conservation practitioners and evolutionary biology, conservation modules, you take a further module who wish to move into a project and community development, special on conservation and community management role. topics in conservation, the economics development. Our optional modules Course content of biodiversity conservation and cover a wide range of areas (see left) Alongside the common compulsory advanced topics in primate behaviour. so you can choose modules that best modules, you take a further module match your interests and ambitions. Other modules allow you to develop on leadership skills for conservation your understanding of the principles managers. Our optional modules of geographic information systems cover a wide range of areas (see first (GIS) and remote sensing, develop column) so you can choose modules leadership skills for conservation that best match your interests and management and attend one of ambitions. two field courses we offer: one on integrated species management and another on social dimensions of conservation. It may be possible to choose up to two modules from those available across the University. CONTINUED OVERLEAF 82 www.kent.ac.uk/dice
Research Current research Staff profile programme Recent or current projects cover topics such as: Bob Smith For the most up-to-date information • benefits of biodiversity: human– Professor of Conservation see: www.kent.ac.uk/pg/276 nature interactions in urban Guyana Science; Director of DICE Biodiversity Management • predicting and navigating future Dr Smith is a passionate MSc, PhD discord between gold mining and other livelihoods in Guyana’s conservation scientist mainly www.kent.ac.uk/pg/276 focusing on identifying priority rainforest areas for conservation and Location: Canterbury • professional development in wildlife designing protected area DICE’s research degree programmes conservation: identifying gaps and networks. Much of this work has all carry the title of Biodiversity barriers from case studies in involved leading long-running Management. We welcome students developing countries projects in southern Africa and the with the appropriate background for • sustainability performance of UK, while also working on projects research. All research students have ecological approaches to farming in 22 countries in Africa, Asia, a supervisory committee, which is led at regional scale Europe and South America. by a main supervisor who oversees • methods of, and motives for, the day-to-day administration and laundering a wildlife commodity In addition, his research beyond captive farms encompasses a broad range management of the project. The committee also includes a chair and, • modelling future scenarios for of conservation topics, including conservation land-use in England understanding spatial patterns of if necessary, a supplementary member (often based in the country where the • social marketing and behaviour deforestation and human–wildlife change for demand reduction in conflict. In particular, he has research is conducted). In conjunction with the supervisory committee, wildlife trade published seminal work on • evaluating the outcomes of the influence of corruption in an individual training programme is devised for each student that includes biodiversity offsetting and ‘no net conservation and the role of loss’ policies around the world marketing in conservation. both the general and specific skills required to undertake the programme • how is environmental change of research. Students are encouraged influencing the movement of to undertake original research, to Malaysia’s apex predators in submit as a thesis, on important topics wildlife corridors? related to conserving and managing • wild harvesting in Kent – diversity. human–nature interactions along the Kent coastline Overseas students who wish to spend • Borneo’s arboreal mammals: most of their time in their home country diversity and vulnerability to habitat while undertaking research may change register as an external student or • conservation of Mongolia’s wild for a split PhD. For further information, camels see www.kent.ac.uk/courses/ • the value of sustainable use- postgraduate/research-phd/ protected areas for jaguar modes-of-study conservation • interactions between environmental change and exploitation on Borneo’s mammalian megafauna.
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Criminology
Criminology has a long and distinguished tradition at Kent “The level of support is with its research base in the Crime, Culture and Control cluster. excellent; you can email the You are tutored by a team of scholars and researchers who are professors at any time and internationally renowned for their world-class teaching and they will put time aside to research. meet you. Also, the library is fantastic and the number of Criminology is part of the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research online journals you can (SSPSSR), one of the top institutions of its kind in the UK. The atmosphere in the School is inclusive and friendly, and the postgraduate community is enriched by access because you are a the contribution of visiting professors including Jeff Ferrell, Frank Furedi and David Kent student is great.” Brotherton. Seminars introduce you to the work of academic staff and research Ryan Steeson, MA Criminology students, as well as academic visitors, providing intellectual stimulation and sociability. Our favourable staff/student ratios mean that academic staff are readily accessible. Where appropriate, research students are encouraged to teach part- time in the School.
Key facts • International partnerships These include: Erasmus University, • Postgraduate study area The Rotterdam; the Universities of School has dedicated study space Ghent, Hamburg, Middlesex, Porto for our postgraduate students. and Utrecht; ELTE, Budapest; • Common Study Programme in the Democritus University of Thrace; Critical Criminology This gives the University of the Peloponnese, Canterbury-based Kent Corinth; Vilnius University, Lithuania; postgraduate students the chance and the CUNY Graduate Center, to add an international dimension New York. to their criminological study. At this • Graduate destinations student-led, biannual conference Our graduates move on to work for ideas are exchanged, and papers organisations such as the police on topics relating to critical, cultural force, criminal justice services, and international criminology are social services and the crown court. delivered. The conference is run Some move on to teaching and in collaboration with Kent’s further research. international criminology partners.
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Taught Year 2 Related taught programme You are based at one of Erasmus International two-year MA in programmes University of Rotterdam, University Criminology of Kent or University of Ghent www.kent.ac.uk/pg/331 For the most up-to-date information, depending on the pathway chosen. including entry requirements, see The compulsory modules for the Designed for international students, website details below. University of Kent pathway are: this programme provides an • European Union Criminal Policy introduction to high-level academic Advanced Research in study leading to a recognised Criminology MSc (IMARC) and Justice in Context • Global Discourse and Narratives postgraduate qualification. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2729 of Crime You gain an advanced understanding Location: Canterbury and • Where the Local Meets the Global of the subject while receiving Rotterdam/Ghent • Dissertation. coaching in academic study and This two-year, full-time programme is Criminology MA writing. Language and study support are also given in the first year to help run jointly with Erasmus University of www.kent.ac.uk/pg/173 Rotterdam and Ghent University. you achieve your potential. Location: Canterbury This collaborative programme gives In your second year, you take you a comprehensive overview and You study issues at the leading edge compulsory modules in criminology understanding of contemporary of current criminological debate with and can also choose further modules debates in criminology and criminal a strong emphasis on the cultural from the wide range available within justice, including those around the context of crime. the School. complex relationships between crime, Course content For full details of the programme, visit control and power. You undertake Your compulsory modules cover the website above. critical analysis of crime in relation theories of crime and the logics to developments in social theory, and methods of social research. sociology, social policy and cultural studies, to understand the social and You then choose four further modules cultural processes that influence the from a range of options covering areas relationship between individuals, such as: contemporary social theory; groups and institutions. critical and global criminology; cultural criminology; gender and crime; You gain an advanced understanding policing; prisons and penal policy; the of how quantitative and qualitative sociology of violence; terrorism and research methodologies are used modern society; and the worlds of to study crime and criminal justice work. You then complete your in international contexts. dissertation. Course content Year 1 You are based at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam for term 1 and at University of Kent for terms 2 and 3.
You take four methodological training modules at Rotterdam followed by two terms of thematic studies for the Kent Further information pathway which includes a common T: +44 (0)1227 823684 sessions module plus three optional E: [email protected] modules. Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 85
The programme is divided into three Research main strands: research, subject- programmes specific training and transferable Staff profile skills training. You develop a politically Erin Sanders-McDonagh For the most up-to-date information, engaged, international understanding Senior Lecturer in Criminology see website details below. and approach to crime, harm and its Criminology MA-R, PhD control. The programme prepares Erin is a senior lecturer in high-level doctoral candidates to work www.kent.ac.uk/pg/177 criminology, and a feminist in a wide range of arenas concerned ethnographer who works with Location: Canterbury with understanding, preventing and a range of marginalised groups. Across SSPSSR, there is a breadth responding to crime, taking into She has written on a wide range and depth of research expertise and account the global and cultural of issues, including domestic we offer high-quality supervision in a context. violence, sex work, gentrification and youth offending. wide range of areas in criminology. You must submit a high-quality You will find details of the research research proposal fitting the DCGC Erin has recently completed activities and publications of staff research themes and demonstrate a project with the New Horizon and the School’s research units on eligibility and academic achievement. Youth Centre in London, where our website. she interviewed over 100 young All research students take a research Research group people with serious offending training programme with the School histories. Her work on knife crime or Kent Graduate and Researcher Crime, Culture and Control has featured on the BBC and RTV, College. The School has a long tradition of and she has presented evidence conducting criminological research. to a range of statutory and third Doctorate in Cultural and Global The Crime, Culture and Control cluster sector organisations. Criminology (DCGC) covers a diverse range of topics www.kent.ac.uk/pg/179 and employs both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. We have Location: Canterbury and a partner particular expertise in the following: institution of your choice (see below). cultural criminology; crime, punishment The DCGC is an international, and social change; criminal justice collaborative, three-year postgraduate organisational cultures; drug use; research programme led by the gender, crime and criminal justice; University of Kent, with partners ELTE, penology and imprisonment; policing; Budapest, University of Hamburg and quasi-compulsory treatment for drug- Utrecht University, leading to the using offenders; race, crime and submission of a doctoral thesis. criminal justice; restorative justice and young offenders; terrorism and political crime; violence; youth crime and youth justice.
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Drama and Theatre
Drama and Theatre at Kent has a strong reputation for research “The staff and students and supervision in contemporary theatre and performance. all want to help you find Our distinctive focus is on theatre as practice. We were the and pursue what you’re first department in the country to offer MA and PhD degrees passionate about, while by practice-as-research. also introducing you to new things. I had so much At Kent, you’re part of a diverse group of students who are passionate about encouragement from making performance and producing theatre. You work with an international team of researchers and practitioners whose expertise covers theatre history, applied everyone as I moved from theatre, multimedia performance, directing, dramaturgy, physical acting, stand-up being a new international comedy, and popular performance. student to my BA, on to an MA, then PhD. I couldn’t ask We work with a range of external theatre companies and practitioners and encourage you to make use of our close links with local, national, and international for a better environment to theatre companies, venues and artists, both for research and for your professional learn in.” development. Natcha Chirapiwat, PhD Drama
Key facts • Construction workshop You have • Research areas Our research access to an extensively equipped clusters include: European Theatre • Outstanding facilities The School construction workshop and costume Research Network; Histories: Art, of Arts’ award-winning Jarman collection. Drama and Film; Identities, Politics Building offers professional • External links We have strong links and the Arts; Performance and standard drama facilities, including with organisations such as the Theatre. two performance studios. It also International Federation for Theatre • Graduate destinations has social spaces, a gallery and a Research (IFTR) and the Theatre Our graduates have gone on to work dedicated centre for postgraduate and Performance Research in the theatre in management roles students. Associate (TaPRA) and encourage and as production assistants; • On-campus theatres There are postgraduates to present work started their own theatre companies; three further theatre spaces on the within national and international become actors or stand-up Canterbury campus: the 113-seat conferences. comedians (for example, Laura Aphra Theatre; the Lumley Theatre, Lexx). Some choose to move on which is a flexible and adaptable to teaching or further study. studio space; and the Forest Studio.
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Taught Physical Acting MA www.kent.ac.uk/pg/277 programmes Location: Canterbury Staff profile For the most up-to-date information, Paul Allain This programme focuses on including entry requirements, see Professor of Theatre and physical actor training and physical website details below. Performance performance practice. Working in this Creative Producing MA specialist area allows you to develop Paul is an internationally acclaimed www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1212 your creative movement language as a specialist in physical actor training performer, and explore where your own practices, who set up the MA Location: Canterbury practice sits along the spectrum Physical Acting and advises on This programme offers you the between acting and movement/dance. the MA Theatre Making. He opportunity to explore theatre at its You have the opportunity to work as an collaborated with the Polish most dynamic: from creative concept individual practitioner and within an Gardzienice Theatre Association to realisation. You learn the business ensemble. from 1989-93, and has published and commercial skills needed to widely on Jerzy Grotowski, Tadashi Graduates have gone on to apply Suzuki and Andrei Droznin. He is develop your creative ideas, drawing their learning in a range of contexts, on real-life case studies, guest lectures also co-author of The Routledge including physical theatre, theatre, Companion to Theatre and from industry practitioners and work dance-theatre and TV. placement residencies. From working Performance. on existing projects through to The programme explores: Paul has recently completed developing a project from scratch, you • physical and vocal training Physical Actor Training – An Online will gain the skills and confidence to processes for actors A to Z, a project funded by the develop work as a creative producer. • acting processes for performers Leverhulme Trust which explores • autonomous and collaborative Course content new digital means to talk about, practice document, teach and analyse Your modules help you to develop • interdisciplinary approaches. the diverse creative skills you need aspects such as movement, to operate as a producer within the Course content space, rhythm, sound and voice. professional world of theatre and live Your modules cover areas including: performance. You experience pitching ensemble devising and performance; and selling an idea and, either through physical and vocal training; and a placement or by completing an in- composition and performance for depth study of an individual or a solo acting. company, you see how skills and You also complete a dissertation knowledge learned can be applied project. Please check the website in practice. In addition, you develop for details. a nuanced and sophisticated understanding of theatre audiences.
Your MA concludes with a dissertation.
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Theatre Making MA Research Research clusters www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1222 European Theatre Research Location: Canterbury programmes Network For the most up-to-date information, This programme explores practices, The European Theatre Research see website details below. traditions and contexts of theatre Network is a partnership with the making. You have the opportunity Drama: Practice as Research Central School of Speech and Drama to develop skills in your chosen area PhD and Aarhus University in Denmark. It of directing, devising, playwriting, www.kent.ac.uk/pg/280 focuses on European theatre as a dramaturgy, or applied theatre. widespread landscape of many Location: Canterbury local contexts and discourses. You work using varied artistic approaches, while also gaining an This programme is for practitioners Histories: Art, Drama and Film insight into key critical discourses who want time to develop and reflect Research Group on their work in a supportive and and the practical conditions of theatre The Histories: Art, Drama and Film challenging environment. It is also for production. Research Group brings together recent graduates who want to either staff and postgraduate students The research-led teaching is develop a body of practice or to from across theatre, film and art complemented by a sustained conduct practice-based research history. The Group holds regular engagement with professional theatre at a higher level. research seminars and supports makers in workshops and guest student-led initiatives, such as sessions. We also work closely with Drama PhD by thesis and organising conferences. the Marlowe and Gulbenkian Theatres practice in Canterbury. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/351 Identities, Politics and the Arts Location: Canterbury Course content Research Group The interdisciplinary Identities, Politics Your modules allow you to interrogate Individual staff research interests and the Arts Research Group brings the boundaries between theatre forms cover a wide range of both historical together arts researchers and – such as devising, directing, physical and contemporary aspects of the colleagues in other disciplines who theatre, performance art, and applied theory and practice of theatre, and share interests in issues of identity, theatre. You develop and manage supervision is available in all community, diversity and agency. original projects and by working on of these areas. collaborative projects with your fellow Performance and Theatre students gain a range of experience, Research Group which you critique and reflect on in The Performance and Theatre writing. To explore the relationship Research Group’s mission is to between academic research and create a warm and dynamic research professional practice, you undertake community, welcoming everybody from a placement or shadow professionals fresher to professor. It comprises a within a venue or company. Finally, you delightfully broad church, with well- complete your dissertation project. established expertise in a broad range of subjects, from dance and politics to popular performance and stand-up comedy.
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Economics
Kent’s School of Economics offers a wide range of taught “There’s really strong and research postgraduate degrees which are informed by the support. The doors of the School’s thriving research culture and cosmopolitan academic academics’ offices are always community. open and they are happy to offer advice. There’s also a We are dedicated to excellence in both teaching and research. We offer excellent definite community of training in economics and the opportunity to specialise in areas such as finance, econometrics, development and agri-environmental economics, as well as the research students – we all skills to work as an economist at a senior level. understood what our fellow students were going through Our staff serve as academic advisers and experts to UK and international and many of us have stayed agencies, including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank, European Central Bank, Bank of England, European in regular contact since Commission, European Parliament, Organisation for Economic Co-operation graduating.” and Development (OECD), HM Treasury, Department for Environment, Food Dr Jack Meaning, completed his PhD and Rural Affairs (Defra), and the Ministry of Finance, India. at Kent and now works at the Bank of England as an economist in the Monetary Analysis Directorate
Key facts • Seminar programme We have a • Research areas Our research regular seminar programme during groups and centres include: • Individual academic support You the year, to which we invite outside Macroeconomics, Growth and have an academic adviser who is speakers. History Centre (MaGHiC); your point of reference for advice, • Student societies There is also a Development Economics Research support and guidance during your student Economics Society, which Centre; Centre for European Agri- studies. For your MSc dissertation, invites its own speakers for Environmental Studies (CEAS); you are also allocated a supervisor discussion of topics in economics, Microeconomics Research Group. who can advise on data and provide and Kent Invest Society, which • Graduate destinations comments on methodologies and manages a virtual portfolio. Recent graduates of the School written material. You take a module • Intensive mathematics support We of Economics have gone on to that ensures you have the provide a week of intensive teaching work for organisations such as knowledge and practical skills to in mathematics for all our Master’s AON, Bank of England, Government research and write an MSc-level students to ensure you have the Economic Service, IBM, KPMG, dissertation. skills you need to achieve your full National Audit Office and Office • Postgraduate study space The potential. for National Statistics. School provides a dedicated area for MSc students, with computer facilities and open space for discussion and group work.
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Taught Economics and Econometrics MSc Staff profile programmes www.kent.ac.uk/pg/198 Irma Clots-Figueras For the most up-to-date information, Location: Canterbury Professor of Microeconomics including entry requirements, see Applied economics and econometrics website details below. Professor Clots-Figueras came to are at the heart of this stimulating the University of Kent in January Programmes in economics project-orientated programme. It 2019, from Universidad Carlos III Common compulsory modules for introduces you to the advanced theory de Madrid. She received her PhD all Economics programmes and practice of econometric modelling in Economics from the London Students on all programmes take and policy evaluation. It is one of the School of Economics in 2006. Irma a set of compulsory modules. These few programmes in the UK that offers is an applied microeconomist and cover areas such as: advanced specialist training in this area. her research interests include macroeconomics; advanced development economics, labour Alongside the common compulsory microeconomics of consumers, modules, you take modules in financial economics, migration, cultural markets and welfare; econometric economics and political economy. econometrics, microeconometrics, and methods. They also take a module that time series econometrics. You then Her work has been published in improves their research skills and so choose two further modules from journals such as the American supports their work on their 12,000- a range covering areas including Economic Journal: Applied word dissertation. development, international and labour Economics, the American Economics MSc economics, and money and credit. Economic Journal: Economic www.kent.ac.uk/pg/194 Policy, the Economic Journal, the Development Economics MSc Journal of Public Economics and Location: Canterbury www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2207 the Journal of the European This degree provides training in Location: Canterbury Economic Association. advanced economic theory and This programme examines problems She is an associate editor of econometric methods. It develops a faced by contemporary developing SERIEs (Journal of the Spanish comprehensive understanding of how economies and looks into policies Economic Association), vice-chair modern market economies function, to overcome underdevelopment. of COSME (gender subcommittee provides deep insights into strategic Combining classical and modern of the Spanish Economic interactions in core markets and approaches to development, social Association) and a research fellow examines the governmental role in organisation and psychology, the of IZA (Institute for the Study of regulating market activity. programme scrutinises development Labor). Alongside the common compulsory from the perspective of social norms modules, you take modules in and interactions, along with pure development, international and labour market forces. economics. You then choose two further modules from a range covering areas including: international finance; microeconometrics; money and credit; and time series econometrics. Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 91
Alongside the common compulsory Alongside the common compulsory modules you take modules in modules, you take modules in Research development economics, advanced advanced topics in financial programmes development economics, international economics, international finance, economics, sustainable economic money and credit. You then choose For the most up-to-date information, growth and environmental valuation. two further modules from a range see website details below. You then choose one further module covering areas including financial Economics PhD from either advanced econometrics, international economics, www.kent.ac.uk/pg/208 macroeconomics or the political and time-series econometrics. economy of development. Agri-Environmental Economics Economics Conversion MSc PhD Programmes in financial www.kent.ac.uk/pg/196 www.kent.ac.uk/pg/207 economics Location: Canterbury Location: Canterbury Common compulsory modules for all Financial Economics programmes Students who hold a degree in a Our four-year PhD programmes Students on all programmes take a subject other than Economics may are open to students who have set of compulsory modules. These enrol for a two-year Conversion MSc. successfully completed a taught cover areas such as: advanced During the first year, you take the Master’s programme in Economics macroeconomics; financial economics; Diploma in Economic Analysis (DEA). or a relevant discipline. We provide and econometric methods. They also This brings you up to the standard an environment in which you can take a module that improves their required to continue with MSc study. both develop as an economist and research skills and so supports their Students who pass the diploma with complete a high-quality thesis. work on their 12,000-word dissertation. 60% and above then proceed to one of our MSc programmes. Students In the first year of study, you are Financial Economics MSc who pass but do not achieve 60% required to take PhD-specific www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2206 are awarded the Diploma. advanced training courses across Location: Canterbury macroeconomics, microeconomics, Course content computational economics and This programme combines advanced Your compulsory modules introduce econometrics. The content, structure economic and finance theory, with you to econometrics and time-series and level of these courses provide relevant econometric and quantitative econometrics and also cover the skills needed for independent methods. Building a bridge between macroeconomics and economic research. the core economic areas of the microeconomics. You then choose financial sector, such as financial either a module on policy analysis or architecture, regulation and one focusing on political economy and intermediation, and a classical finance take a further module that focuses on curriculum, it will provide you with one of the following areas: economic enhanced versatility in the global controversies; the economics of job market. human capital; or the economics of money and banking
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The final three years of the PhD are technical strength in computational Microeconomics Research devoted to independent research, economics, macroeconometric Group under the guidance of a supervisory modelling and forecasting, and In addition to the three research panel. At the end of this period, you expertise in building long-run centres, the School has an active submit a thesis, which is examined by macroeconomic time series and microeconomics research group, viva voce. Research generated during reconstructing historical national whose members’ research the PhD can result in publication of accounts. spans applied and theoretical papers in top economics journals. microeconomics, and Development Economics microeconometrics. The group’s You are encouraged to take part in Research Centre research covers a wide range of regular reading groups, workshops Research in development economics areas with the main focus being and seminars that take place has been a particular strength at Kent on development economics, throughout the academic year. since its founding in 1965. Today, the labour and education economics, Development Economics Research microeconometrics, games and Centre brings together a large Research areas behavioural economics, the contingent of economists with economics of food, economic The School of Economics has a strong expertise in inequality, conflict, political geography, industrial organisation, research culture and an international economy, labour markets, trade, firms political economy, networks and reputation in a number of fields, and informality. The group focuses on the economics of taxation. particularly development economics; the use of applied microeconomic labour; growth; business cycles; research methods to address the econometrics; and agri-environmental major challenges that developing economics. countries face today. Macroeconomics, Growth and Centre for European History Centre (MaGHiC) Agri-Environmental MaGHiC brings together a large Studies (CEAS) number of researchers at the School CEAS has a longstanding interest of Economics whose main interests lie in agricultural policy analysis, rural in the wide area of macroeconomics. and small enterprise development, MaGHiC is the focal point for economic modelling, and macroeconomic research, impact environmental and food chain and training at the University of Kent. analyses. CEAS also engages The Centre’s main focus is on the in interdisciplinary research and analysis of macroeconomic issues, collaboration across a range of including productivity and growth, large international projects. labour markets, income distribution, business cycles and macroeconomic phenomena from a historical perspective. The group also has
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“The main objective for pursuing a postgraduate degree was to expand my employment perspectives. I’m impressed with how applicable and relevant the course is to industry. I believe my degree broadens the scope of employment that I am qualified for; I can look for employment in the fields of both economics and finance.” Lauren Innis, MSc Financial Economics 94 www.kent.ac.uk/cshe
Education
The Centre for the Study of Higher Education provides a base “Superb supervision for postgraduate provision with a distinctive focus on the field supported my development of higher education. The Centre is a focal point for research as an educational researcher in this area, supported by seminars and events to which all but also increased my postgraduate students are warmly welcomed. capacity for evaluation and contribution beyond my We offer programmes tailored according to levels of experience and designed to inquiry and existing role.” enable you to select subject matter according to your own professional interests and role within higher education. The emphasis is on developing an understanding Dr Tracey Ashmore, PhD in Higher of the current higher education context, the diversity of provision and the Education Studies implications for academic work.
Students on our taught programmes come from a wide range of subject backgrounds and bring a rich variety of experiences to their work, resulting in a lively interdisciplinary dimension to the taught modules and opportunities for debate.
Key facts researchers in this field. We • External links The Centre is actively offer joint supervision with other involved in relevant organisations • Wide-ranging expertise academic schools and can such as: the Society for Research Higher education is a broad accommodate a range of research into Higher Education (SRHE), the interdisciplinary field, and members topics related to academic practice, European Association for Learning of the Centre research and publish policy, and learning and teaching in and Instruction (EARLI), Staff and on a wide range of subjects. higher education. Educational Development • PhD study The Centre offers a PhD • Regular research seminars These Association (SEDA). programme in Higher Education, allow academic staff and • Graduate and Researcher College which can be taken on a full or part- postgraduate students to discuss You have access to the extensive time basis. It is for those with a their research and work in progress. training and other resources professional or scholarly interest in Every term, we also invite a number provided by Kent’s Graduate any aspect of higher education who of external speakers to give lectures and Researcher College. wish to develop as independent and seminars.
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You then select two further modules Taught from a wide range that covers areas in Research programmes higher education such as: assessment programme and feedback, developing as a For the most up-to-date information, researcher, internationalisation For the most up-to-date information, including entry requirements, see and reflection and reflexivity. Other see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/242 website details below. available modules consider learning Higher Education PhD and teaching innovation, technology Higher Education PCert www.kent.ac.uk/pg/242 (PGCHE) in the academic environment, understanding student learning Location: Canterbury www.kent.ac.uk/pg/239 experiences and the Entry requirements: A good honours Location: Canterbury, with some inclusive university. You can also degree or Master’s in a subject compulsory modules also taught complete an individual investigation relevant to your proposed research at Medway (subject to demand) in higher education. topic. You should contact the Centre Entry requirements: You should be to discuss your plans before making teaching at higher education (HE) Higher Education PDip, MA a formal application. level for at least two hours per week www.kent.ac.uk/pg/241 Please note: applicants must have throughout one term, so that there are Location: Canterbury current working knowledge of HE and opportunities for sustained teaching Entry requirements: A PGCHE we cannot offer supervision on topics observation. or equivalent professional qualification, related to school teaching or TESOL. This programme offers theoretical and or negotiated alternative, plus a Research on HE at Kent includes practical support for those embarking minimum of two years’ recent work related to supporting academics’ on a career in HE. It considers different experience as an HE professional. development, practice and work; approaches to teaching and learning, This programme offers an opportunity learning and teaching in particular grounded in educational research, for HE professionals to deepen their disciplines and professions; and related aspects such as understanding of principles, assessment and feedback; and curriculum design and delivery, theoretical concepts and the policy student experience and development. and the principles and purposes of context of HE. Practice-based assessment. It enables you to bring specialist modules are combined The Centre draws on expertise from these considerations to bear on your with modules supporting across the University, so we can offer own work and experience as a teacher, the development of research skills, high-quality PhD supervision; we work researcher or practitioner. culminating in a dissertation for the very carefully to match you with a supervisory panel that suits your The emphasis throughout is on MA. The emphasis throughout is interests and ambitions. You will find developing an understanding of the on a critical understanding of the details of the research activities of HE context, recognising the diversity HE context and its implications for our staff on the Centre’s website. of provision – universities, further academic work. education institutions, specialist Course content In addition to regular meetings with institutions, professional providers – Your compulsory modules cover supervisors, all research students and practices, for example, in different educational research methodology take part in a tailored research disciplinary fields. and higher education research. training programme, which can include research methods modules offered Completion enables eligibility for You can then choose a module by the Centre or by other schools, as Higher Education Academy (HEA) from one of the areas outlined in the appropriate. You are also encouraged Fellowship. PGCHE course content above or take to participate in the seminars, Course content four modules for students without workshops, new researcher networks Your compulsory modules provide PGCHE or equivalent and masterclasses offered by the an introduction to different theoretical MA only scholarly bodies in the discipline, approaches to learning and teaching • Dissertation including the Society for Research and help you to situate your own into Higher Education (SRHE) and teaching within the discipline you teach the European Association for Learning and within national and institutional and Instruction (EARLI), and Staff and higher education policies. Educational Development Association (SEDA). 96 www.kent.ac.uk/eda
Engineering and Digital Arts
The School of Engineering and Digital Arts successfully Research combines modern engineering and technology with the exciting new field of digital media. Established over 40 years ago, the programmes School has developed a top-quality teaching and research base, For the most up-to-date information, receiving excellent ratings in research and teaching assessments. see website details below. Our interdisciplinary research spans Our high-quality research has had significant national and international impact, engineering, digital arts, technology and our spread of expertise allows us to respond rapidly to new developments. and design. Enhanced by strong We have research funding from the Research Councils UK, European research external collaborations, it actively programmes, a number of industrial and commercial companies and government promotes transformative changes agencies. Our Electronic Systems Design Centre and Digital Media Hub provide to 21st-century society and industry. training and consultancy for a wide range of companies. Many of our research Recent projects include: projects are collaborative and we have links with institutions worldwide. • biometrics research that has been incorporated into international Key facts and subsequent testing with network standards and spectrum analysers up to 110 • Industry-standard facilities The • instrumentation and measurement GHz, arbitrary waveform generator School has a broad range of technology that is used to reduce to 12 GSa/s, high-speed sampling hardware and software for image power station emissions in the UK oscilloscope to 100 GSa/s, on-wafer acquisition and processing, and and internationally prober and high-quality anechoic facilities for designing embedded • novel, wearable antenna research chambers. systems using programmable logic that received mention in the House Digital media computing resources and chip technology, supported by of Lords include leading-edge PC CAD tools and development • design of an optical fibre delivery workstations running AliasTM Maya software from international system for reference signals in and Foundry Nuke, a photographic companies, including CadenceTM, ALMA, one of the largest ever studio and a production studio with XilinxTM, AlteraTM, National international astronomy projects green screen. Instruments® and Mentor • the fifth generation (5G) and beyond • Research areas Our research GraphicsTM. mobile communications and mobile groups provide a thriving and A full suite of Matlab/Simulink® tools cloud networks. supportive research community, is available. Our instrumentation • VR that has been used for people which attracts external support laboratory has multiphase flow and with dementia in 20 care homes. and growing numbers of research combustion test rigs, which can students. Digital Arts MRes, PhD generate a range of real-life, albeit • Graduate destinations Our www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2702 reduced-scale, industrial processes. graduates move on to work as www.kent.ac.uk/pg/264 There are tools for the software software and hardware engineers, design of RF, antenna and photonic Location: Canterbury ux designers and web developers, systems (such as ADSTM, CSTTM, and as members of digital visual The School successfully combines HFSSTM and VPITransmissionMakerTM) effects teams. modern engineering and technology
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with the exciting new field of digital • electromagnetic bandgaps and media, including interactive multimedia, metamaterials digital film, animation, • frequency selective surfaces Staff profile and virtual/augmented reality. • microwave and millimetre-wave John Batchelor systems Professor of Antenna Technology Electronic Engineering MRes, • wireless systems and networks and EPSRC Foresight PhD • beamforming and advanced Manufacturing Fellow www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2701 wireless techniques www.kent.ac.uk/pg/262 • fibre-wireless systems John Batchelor has been Location: Canterbury • photonic signal processing researching small antennas for • optical components. over 20 years. His work specialises The School offers research-led degrees in the creation of abel-based in a wide range of research disciplines, Instrumentation and Control sensors that use passive RFID related to electronic, control and Current work is in the following areas: links for communications in IoT information engineering, in a highly • advanced flame monitoring and proposed connected objects stimulating academic environment. • multiphase flow metering in future ‘smart cities’ and • acoustic and electrostatic sensing Biomedical Engineering MRes, healthcare systems. Developing • hyperspectral imaging PhD these new devices is highly • quality monitoring of recycled www.kent.ac.uk/pg/3261 interdisciplinary and he frequently plastic waste www.kent.ac.uk/pg/3262 collaborates with material • medical instrumentation and scientists, sensing experts Location: Canterbury rehabilitation for swallowing and additive manufacturing • intelligent sliding mode control The School offers research-led degrees researchers. • robust advanced control of robotic in a wide range of research disciplines systems Throughout his career, he has related to Medical Engineering, • fault diagnosis and tolerant control led research in academic and Bioengineering, Digital-Health and of high-speed trains industrial projects and he has won Medical Electronics. We enjoy an • physical properties of biological cells continuous funding from EPSRC international reputation for our work and • mechanical properties of red blood and other agencies. His team is give our students the freedom to realise cells currently developing passive on- their potential. You can undertake • mechanical system design skin wireless accelerometers to cutting-edge projects in a broad range • mechanics of smart materials. optimise equipment for disabled of biomedical related disciplines. users. Mechanical Engineering MRes, Intelligent Interactions PhD Current research themes include: • advanced pattern recognition www.kent.ac.uk/pg/3263 www.kent.ac.uk/pg/3264 (medical imaging, document and handwriting recognition, animal Location: Canterbury biometrics) The MRes and PhD research-led • assistive robotics and human-robot degrees in the Mechanical Engineering interaction Group allow you to undertake cutting- • intelligent systems (including deep edge projects in advanced fields of learning and artificial neural Mechanical Engineering. Research networks for semantic segmentation, fields include: computer aided design environment understanding and (CAD), failure of materials and robotic navigation) structures, computational fluid • behaviour models for security dynamics (CFD), automation and • biometric and forensic technologies manufacturing, risk and reliability, • brain-computer interfaces industrial maintenance, robotics and • computer animation, game design autonomous systems, and digital and game technologies mechanics. • digital arts, virtual narratives • distributed systems security (cloud computing, internet of things) Research groups • mobile, ubiquitous and pervasive Communications computing Further information Current main research themes include: • sensor networks and data analytics T: +44 (0)1227 827535 • antenna systems • social and affective computing • virtual and augmented reality. E: [email protected] 98 www.kent.ac.uk/english
English
The School of English has established a reputation as one of “The whole department is the leading departments in the country. The School is diverse open to helping you, which is and inclusive, which helps to create our lively and intellectually what I like about being at stimulating environment. Kent. All of the staff take an interest in your work and Expertise and specialisms range from the medieval to the contemporary including: you receive lots of British, American and Irish literature, postcolonial writing, 18th-century studies, Shakespeare, early modern literature and culture, Victorian studies, modern poetry, encouragement. The School critical theory and cultural history. has a wealth of expertise that you can tap into, which There are a number of highly acclaimed and award-winning creative writers in the is particularly valuable.” School, many of whom are both critics and widely published authors of novels, short stories or collections of poetry. We explore crossovers between creative and Frances Reading, completed her BA critical writing in all our areas of teaching and research. The variety and flexibility and MA at Kent and is now studying of our programmes, coupled with our inclusive international community, fosters an for a PhD in English atmosphere of cultural and intellectual engagement and inquiry.
Key facts participate in a conference at the ICA and a small number of organised in collaboration with our internships. • Library special collections The CHASE partners (Consortium of the • Postgraduate journal You can Templeman Library houses the Humanities and the Arts South-east contribute to the School of English following collections: the John Crow England). postgraduate interdisciplinary Collection of Elizabethan and other • Research seminars These weekly journal Litterae Mentis. early printed texts; the seminars are organised • Research areas Our research Reading/Raynor Collection collaboratively by staff centres focus on the following of theatre history (over 7,000 texts and graduates in the School. areas: the Long Eighteenth century; or manuscripts); ECCO (Eighteenth- Speakers include our own students Victorian literature; American Century Collections Online); the as well as distinguished lecturers literature; creative writing; medieval Melville manuscripts relating to who are at the forefront of and early modern; modern poetry; popular culture in the 19th and contemporary research. colonial and postcolonial; and early 20th centuries; the Pettingell • Reading series Our Centre for gender sexuality and writing. Collection of 19th-century drama Creative Writing hosts a very • Graduate destinations (over 7,500 items); the Eliot popular and successful weekly Our MA graduates have gone Collection; children’s literature; reading series. on to work as teachers, journalists, and popular literature. • ICA partnership The University content executives, editors, web • Conferences and symposia You of Kent has a partnership with the copywriters and market researchers. are encouraged to attend and Institute of Contemporary Arts Some choose to go on to further participate in the many international (ICA). Benefits include free study. Many of our PhD candidates conferences, symposia and membership for students, now work in higher education in workshops organised by our embedded seminar opportunities institutions around the world. research centres. You can also
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Taught Creative Writing MA Course content www.kent.ac.uk/pg/211 You are encouraged to put together programmes www.kent.ac.uk/pg/214 an MA programme that suits you and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/774 your plans. All students undertake a For the most up-to-date information, Creative Writing dissertation in their including entry requirements, see Locations: Canterbury; Canterbury and Paris; Paris third term (the second year for part- website details below. time students). The modules you take American Literature and Culture You are required to submit a sample vary depending on your location, but MA of your creative writing, and this will be all students take creative writing the most significant factor in admission modules that focus on fiction, poetry, www.kent.ac.uk/pg decisions. or creative non-fiction. Location: Canterbury It is possible to study this MA either Alongside their fiction or poetry On this programme you take your entirely in Canterbury or Paris, or split creative writing modules, Canterbury study of American literature to the next between Canterbury and Paris. This students can choose to take one other level. You develop an understanding of programme is also available as an creative writing module or to augment the points of contest and debate that extended MA, which is studied two their studies with a module from the have shaped American literature and years full-time or three years part-time. literature programmes or from other gain the tools you need to pursue your Humanities programmes. interests and deepen your The MA in Creative Writing allows you understanding of the field. to study fiction and poetry (exclusively In the spring term in Paris, alongside or together). Designed with serious, their fiction or poetry creative writing Overall, the MA in American literature ambitious writers in mind, our modules, Canterbury and Paris and culture is designed to give its programme uses seminars, tutorials, students take a module that allows students breadth and depth of workshops, and precise editing to them to produce work inspired by a understanding in the field, preparing enable you to take control of your own specific location for a specific period them for PhD study and a range of work and write exciting, contemporary of time. In the autumn in Canterbury, other professional career paths. material. they can choose from any of the other creative writing modules on offer. Course content If you are on the split-site Canterbury You take a compulsory module that and Paris programme, you spend the Alongside their fiction or poetry focuses on American culture and autumn term in Canterbury, moving to creative writing modules, Paris conflict, and choose three further our Paris School of Arts and Culture students also take a module that allows optional modules, at least two of in the spring term. In Paris, your them to produce work inspired by a which must be from our selection of modules are taught in English. specific location for a specific period Americanist options. Our selection of of time. optional modules covers areas such Those spending their entire year in as, critical race theory, medical Paris can start the programme in humanities, American modernism and September or January. They fully Cold War fiction. immerse themselves in the city that has inspired many of the greatest authors After the spring term, you participate of the last several hundred years. in a student-funded field trip to a major library, aimed at developing your For further information about the Paris research skills. Drawing on this School of Arts and Culture, see p30. experience, you write a 15,000 word dissertation on a topic of your choice, supervised by one of our Americanist Further information academics. T: +44 (0)1227 823054 E: [email protected]
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English and American Literature Medical Humanities MA Postcolonial Studies MA MA www.kent.ac.uk/pg/3 www.kent.ac.uk/pg/225 www.kent.ac.uk/pg/222 Location: Canterbury Location: Canterbury Locations: Canterbury During this programme, you are The MA in Postcolonial Studies On this programme you choose from introduced to questions asked about develops your understanding of how the full range of our MA literature medicine from within the humanities. cultural forms offer a radical resistance modules. The list is regularly added For example, you can examine the to colonial worldviews that are still very to by academics keen to explore new history of Western medicine and much prevalent today. Modules draw areas of thinking with students and to consider how medical practice is on the expertise of staff in the draw you into our established areas of presented in, and shaped by, literature. literatures, cultures and histories of research strength, such as You can reflect on what is involved in formerly colonised regions across the postcolonial studies, 18th-century classifying a disease or an abnormal Global South and indigenous nations, studies, modern poetry and fiction, or mental state, or explore various ethical particularly throughout Africa, Asia, the Victorian studies. The modules draw on and legal problems that arise within Middle East, the Caribbean and Latin different critical approaches and focus medicine. America. on a range of historical periods, ideas The programme is taught by scholars Kent was one of the first universities to and places from modern India to from different disciplines and is aimed establish postcolonial literary studies post-war New York to literary London primarily at people with a humanities in Britain and has continued to play a in the 18th century. background, although we also significant part in the development of Course content welcome people with medical the field. You choose from modules in areas backgrounds and current medical such as: American modernism; practitioners. Course content You take modules in areas such as: colonial and postcolonial discourses; colonial and postcolonial discourses; critical race theory; India in Indian and Course content All students take one compulsory India in Indian and British literature; British literature; and Jane Austen and module in the autumn, introducing postcolonial writing and the material culture; and postmodern them to the field of medical humanities. environment. You may also be able poetry and poetics. It may be possible They then select three or more optional to select modules from other areas to take modules from other areas modules, within streamed options. across the University. across the University. Current streams include: history, law You also complete a dissertation. You also complete a dissertation. and ethics, literature and philosophy.
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sort, and to explore original, Modern Poetry allowing for joint Research contemporary research questions) you supervision between the two centres. programmes are expected to achieve almost all of Cross-faculty work on modern poetry, this in the novel itself. There is no long with colleagues in the School of For the most up-to-date information, critical piece attached to the PhD European Culture and Languages see website details below. programme. Instead, you produce is encouraged. The programme As a research student, you meet a 3-5,000-word essay that works as acknowledges the fact that poetry has regularly with your supervisor, and can a preface to your project, linking your historically understood itself as an art, take part in informal reading groups concerns with others’, demonstrating consciously informed by research. and research seminars to which your awareness of theme and locating your work within/without one or more Text, Practice and Research PhD students, staff and visiting speakers www.kent.ac.uk/pg/240 contribute papers. You attend a series traditions. You also need to produce This programme addresses one of our of seminars in research skills, which a full bibliography. main aims at Kent, which is to enable give you a chance to benefit from the The programme encourages critical research students to take risks and expertise of staff and postdoctoral thinking, reading and research, use cross-disciplinary techniques to members in the School. PhD students and then helps you to turn it into explore research questions. This PhD may be given the opportunity to teach contemporary fiction. You have a covers narrative non-fiction, as well as from their second year. supervisory team to read your work other forms of creative writing that are As a basis for advanced research, and help you with thinking, research, neither poems nor novels. The first you must take the School and Faculty plotting, editing, characterisation, student on this programme explored research methods programmes. pace, dialogue and so on. identity through hip-hop and handed in an album alongside a piece of Poetry: Text, Practice as Research Creative Writing PhDs scholarly research. MA, PhD Location: Canterbury www.kent.ac.uk/pg/235 The Contemporary Novel: Practice This programme allows promising as Research MA, PhD poets to develop the potential of www.kent.ac.uk/pg/232 poetry as a tool of inquiry within the humanities. You produce a volume of This is an innovative and exciting poetry as well as a piece of scholarly programme in which you focus on research of 30-40,000 words. Given writing either a portion of (MRes – its emphasis on poetic practice as between 30,000-35,000 words), research into the possibilities and or a full-length literary novel (PhD – potential for contemporary poetry, the between 80,000-110,000 words). programme integrates with the aims While the aims and objectives and objectives of the Centre for remain the same as on any other PhD programme in the humanities (for example, you are expected to contribute new knowledge of some
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“The aspect that I love most about the PhD is that it provides structure and support to a project I was already interested in pursuing. For the first time, I’m no longer attending lessons and trying to learn something new. Instead, I am taking the knowledge I’ve gained from my BA and MA and embarking upon a journey of my own.” Katrine Lynn Solvaag, PhD Poetry: Text Practice as Research Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 103
Narrative Non-Fiction: Practice as Postcolonial Studies MA, PhD Research centres Research PhD www.kent.ac.uk/pg/236 www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2715 Research in the School of English Location: Canterbury You produce a full-length work of comes roughly under the following narrative non-fiction of 80-135,000 Staff supervise research in the areas. However, there is often a words. This can be in the genre of following areas: African literature in degree of overlap between groups memoir, travel-writing, biography or English and in translation, Caribbean and individual staff have interests nature-writing, but may be a blend literature, African-American and Native that range more widely. of manner, form and mode. It should American literatures, Australian Long Eighteenth century make an original contribution in the literature, New Zealand and South field of creative non-fiction and Pacific literature since 1800, Indian The particular interests of the Centre contribute new knowledge within, and and Southeast Asian literature in for Studies in the Long Eighteenth occasionally beyond, the humanities. English and in translation, Middle- Century converge around gender, Alongside this you produce a situating Eastern literature and Mediterranean class, nation, travel and empire, and document that contextualises the text’s literature, postcolonial women writers, the relationship between print and ideas, placing it within its own practice, theory, and travel writing. material culture. Staff in the Centre precursors and traditions (3,500- pursue cutting-edge approaches 15,000 words plus full bibliography). to the field and share a commitment to interdisciplinary methodologies. English MA, PhD Victorian literature www.kent.ac.uk/pg/231 The Centre for Victorian Literature and Location: Canterbury Culture provides a stimulating research Staff supervise research in most areas environment for staff and students. of English and associated studies, The Centre places a particular and have expertise in the following emphasis on Victorian literature areas: theory, modernism and and culture associated with Kent postmodernism, 18th and 19th-century and the south east. studies, women’s writing, literature American literature and visual arts, Shakespeare and the Staff research interests include 20th- Renaissance, early modern literature century American literature, especially and culture, medieval studies, poetry, Native American writing, American literature, postcolonial modernism and cultural history. literature, modern poetry, animal humanities, and gender and sexuality.
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Creative writing Medical Humanities The Centre for Creative Writing is the An interdisciplinary research network, Staff profile focus for most practice-based we work to foster collaboration and Dr Juha Virtanen research in the School. exchange among medical and health humanities studies scholars. Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Medieval and early modern Literature The Faculty-based Centre for Medieval Animal humanities Dr Juha Virtanen completed his and Early Modern Studies has a Excited about all things animal, we are MA at Kent in 2008 and enjoyed distinctive brand of interdisciplinarity, an interdisciplinary research network his studies so much, he stayed at strong links with local archives and working to foster collaboration and the University to complete his PhD, archaeological trusts, and provides a exchange among animal studies which he received in 2013. He forum for investigating the relationships scholars. joined the School of English as between literary and non-literary Indigenous and Settler Colonial Lecturer in Contemporary modes of writing in its weekly research Studies Literature in 2015. His recent seminar (see p142). The Centre brings together scholars research projects include topics Modern poetry in the humanities and social sciences such as the role of collage and The Centre for Modern Poetry is with individual interests in the graffiti in the recent publications a leading centre for research and Americas, Oceania, Western Asia, of Allen Fisher and Ulli Freer; the publication in its field, and participates Southern Africa, and northern Europe, political implications of comicbook in both critical and creative research. and with a collective interest in the supervillains; female poets in the global frameworks of Critical British Poetry Revival; and radical Colonial and postcolonial Indigenous Studies (CIS). We embrace politics in contemporary poetry The Centre for Colonial and the challenge (to non-Indigenous and poetics. Postcolonial Studies has an scholars in particular) to develop He is the author of Poetry and international reputation for excellence ethical forms of scholarship and Performance During the British and an outstanding track record in engagement. Poetry Revival 1960-1980: Event publication. It also hosts a visiting writer and Effect (2017) and his poetry is from India every year in association available in Back Channel Apraxia with the Charles Wallace India Trust. (2014), and -LAND (2016). Gender, sexuality and writing The Centre for Gender, Sexuality and Writing has particular research strengths in the histories of sexuality and gender. Along with other staff in the School of English, we currently offer supervision in a range of queer, sexualities, and gender-related studies from the medieval and early modern period to contemporary writing.
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English Language and Linguistics
English Language and Linguistics is a dynamic department “The course enabled me to with a vibrant research culture. We specialise in experimental refine my pedagogical skills nd theoretical linguistics. In particular, our interests focus on while also strengthening my quantitative and experimental research in speech and language linguistic understanding. processing, first and second language acquisition, variation and The lecturers convey their change, syntax, pragmatics and literary stylistics. knowledge in engaging and inspiring ways and are In addition to English and its varieties, our staff work on gesture and signed always supportive, delivering languages, French and its dialects, German, Greek, Korean, Romani, Russian and Spanish. thought-provoking and practical topics to provide English Language and Linguistics is part of the Division of Arts and Humanities, students with a well-rounded which provides a thriving academic environment with a strong tradition of postgraduate experience.” interdisciplinary research. Staff and postgraduates are members of the Centre for Language and Linguistics (CLL), a research centre which promotes Oli McVeigh, MA Applied Linguistics interdisciplinary linguistic research.
Key facts • High-quality facilities These include to act as peer-mentors for MA excellent multimedia laboratories students; presentation of research • Academic partnerships We have equipped for teaching in phonetics at our annual Research Day; training national and international links with and psycholinguistics, as well as seminars in statistics, the peer- academic associations, including technical staff and designated review system and experimental the Linguistics Association of Great areas for postgraduate study. techniques in linguistics. Britain, the British Association for • Talks and symposia CLL organises • Graduate destinations Applied Linguistics, the British events, from talks to symposia. Recent graduates have gone into Association of Academic In addition, you can learn about academia in the UK and overseas, Phoneticians, the Linguistic Society current research and exchange where they have joined doctoral of America, the Association for ideas at any one of three reading programmes or secured places French Language Studies and the groups: the Language and as paid research assistants on Poetics and Linguistics Association. Cognition Reading Group; the internationally and nationally funded • Linguistics Laboratory Our Stylistics Reading Group; and the experimental projects. Other popular linguistics laboratory is equipped Syntax Reading Group. career paths include speech and for research in speech acoustics • Research skills training We help our language therapy training, (recording equipment, studio, research students gain the skills they journalism, teaching (including software for speech analysis), need through a range of training mainstream, special needs and speech and language processing events. These include: an ELL- foreign languages) and publishing. and acquisition (including eye- specific induction day; the chance tracking, DMDX and E-prime), and general data analysis (Statistica, R, and Matlab running on both PCs and Macs).
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sentences and meaning (morphology, Taught syntax, semantics and pragmatics). Staff profile programmes You are able to develop your own Vikki Janke For the most up-to-date information, areas of interest and engage with Senior Lecturer in Linguistics including entry requirements, see aspects of your chosen discipline, website details below. which are informed by the latest Dr Janke’s work focuses on research and scholarship. This language development. She Applied Linguistics with TESOL programme offers a smooth transition is interested in the language (Teaching English to Speakers to doctoral work. acquisition path of typically of Other Languages) MA developing individuals but also www.kent.ac.uk/pg/357 Course content those whose language might Your compulsory modules cover develop in a slightly different way. Location: Canterbury areas such as: meaning; sounds; and Consequently, she has researched This MA is for teachers who are at the structure. You also take a module that and published on the linguistic beginning of their careers and those further develops your research skills in hurdles faced by typically who have a little more experience, but order to support your work on your developing monolingual children, would like to develop and enhance dissertation. children with autism spectrum their knowledge, skills and practice. conditions, second language You select further modules from a large learners and, more recently, It covers the areas of linguistics that range of options, details of which are hearing learners of signed inform classroom practice (such as online (www.kent.ac.uk/pg/11). languages. syntax, morphology, semantics, pragmatics and phonetics), raising Research awareness of these fields and applying them to Teaching English programme to Speakers of Other Languages For the most up-to-date information, (TESOL). see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/12 Practical teaching opportunities are Linguistics PhD a feature of the programme, including www.kent.ac.uk/pg/12 teaching to a peer group and foreign students. You can also observe Location: Canterbury language classes. We welcome applications from Course content students interested in PhD research. Compulsory modules include course Please see www.kent.ac.uk/secl/ell/ and syllabus design, language people for details of staff research awareness and analysis, and methods interests. and practice for TESOL. You also study second language acquisition, sounds, Research centre and structure. You select further modules from a large range of Centre for Language and options, details of which are online Linguistics (CLL) (www.kent.ac.uk/pg/357). English Language and Linguistics is the main contributor to the Centre for You also complete a research Language and Linguistics. Founded dissertation or teaching portfolio. in 2007, the Centre promotes Linguistics MA interdisciplinary collaboration in linguistic research and teaching. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/11 Membership embraces not just the Location: Canterbury members of ELL but also other staff The MA in Linguistics is for graduates interested in the study of language, with a background in language and including researchers in philosophy, related areas, looking to explore in computing, psychology and anthropology. This eclectic Further information depth the theory and experimental methodology of linguistics, from the membership reflects the varied routes Dr Vikki Janke by which individuals come to a love of T: +44 (0)1227 823505 study of sound (phonetics and phonology) to the study of words, language and an interest in the various E: [email protected] subdisciplines of linguistics. www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/postgraduate 107
Environmental Social Science
Social science perspectives are crucial to understanding and The University of Kent solving environmental problems. Human behaviour produces helps you to develop as many elements of the ‘natural’ environment, from landscapes to a researcher, through floods and famines. Local and national policies and international initiatives like our agreements regulate the environmental practices of Researcher Development corporations, governments and households. Programme, which helps you to develop specialist The social sciences have a great deal to contribute to understanding what have and transferable skills. become defined as environmental issues, and what measures can most effectively tackle them. This interdisciplinary programme draws on the contributions of See www.kent.ac.uk/graduate-school/ anthropology, conservation and ecology, law, social policy and sociology, all skills-training areas where Kent is very active in research in each of these disciplines and so this programme is informed by, and builds upon, this strong base.
Key facts We offer research supervision across Research a broad range of topics. We are • Postgraduate resources You have especially interested in applications access to dedicated space within programme that include proposals to investigate the School and are able to take For the most up-to-date information, the social dimensions of environmental advantage of excellent library see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/14 issues in the countries in which we and computing facilities. Where have area expertise, and topics in appropriate, research students are Environmental Social Science environmental politics and encouraged to expand their MSc, PhD environmental movements. experience by teaching part-time www.kent.ac.uk/pg/14 in the School. Location: Canterbury • Graduate destinations Our graduates move on to roles in Research programmes involve writing international conservation and a thesis on a particular topic with environmental organisations, local, specialist supervision. You are given regional and national government research training, which is tailored departments, and voluntary to the particular needs of your organisations. research and takes into account any training you have previously received. You also have opportunities to take modules on relevant subjects on a Further information non-assessed basis to fill any gaps T: +44 (0)1227 823684 in your background. E: [email protected] Apply online www.kent.ac.uk/courses/ postgrad/apply
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Event and Experience Design
Our teaching is informed by world-leading and internationally Taught programme recognised research that provides innovative and immersive learning while offering you important links into professional For the most up-to-date information, including entry requirements, see practice. website details below. We are situated on the Medway campus at the University of Kent, located within Event and Experience Design The Historic Dockyard Chatham. This is an internationally renowned riverside MA visitor attraction with ships, historic buildings housing museums, galleries and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2716 visitor experiences. It is also used as a film location (Sherlock Holmes, 2009; Location: Medway Les Misèrables, 2012; television series, Call the Midwife, 2012-present) and for large-scale public performances and events. This is an ideal location to study This is an interdisciplinary and evolving and interrogate events. field of media, visual arts, design communication and performance. Our environment is designed to provide excellent conditions for dynamic Through practice and research, you postgraduate work that contributes to the exciting creative and research engage with, contribute to, and community at the University. critique, this exciting area of cultural production. Postgraduate resources • Construction workshop The Boiler House Workshop provides facilities You are taught in an environment that • Specialist and professional audio for wood, metal, casting, plaster reflects the professional world of visual equipment This includes: work, fibreglass, textiles and silk- design culture and event production high-end HD video, camcorders screen printing, and laser cutting. within which designers, photographers, and digital SLR cameras; HD • Production and performance studio video makers and performers hands-free video cameras; and Housed in the Galvanising Shop this collaborate and share practice. editing suites with industry-relevant includes a full lighting rig and software, audio recording devices You can experiment and test ideas staging. and video mapping software and across a range of media, means of • Recording studios Housed in the hardware. communication and spaces. Drilling Shed Studio these include • Photography and video resources a Foley recording studio and post- Course content Housed in the Engineering production rooms. You take modules in creative studio Workshop, these include: • Graduate destinations operation and immersive space photography and video production Career options include working as design. You develop your professional suite with analogue and digital a: creative producer, event designer, practice, gain an understanding of processing facilities; a darkroom creative at a marketing and research methods and improve your with 35mm and medium format branding agency, set and exhibition research skills in preparation for your enlargers; a studio with lighting designer, designer in a creative independent research project and backdrops for photography studio, marketing manager, and video production; a large format production executive, and industrial printer to produce very events account manager. large-scale digital prints on to a range of materials.
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Film
The Film department at the University of Kent is known for “The Film department is its excellence in research and teaching. One of the largest a community that offers a European centres for the study of film, it has an established supportive and engaging reputation going back over 40 years. experience. From lecturers who are researching at the We currently offer expertise in North American, European and Latin American cutting edge of their cinemas, and in genres such as horror, melodrama and the historical film. Our research and teaching engages you in a dialogue with aesthetic, conceptual and discipline to a friendly historical perspectives, as well as with digital media and practice by research. administrative team, we, the students, are encouraged to Approaching film as a dynamic part of our cultural experience, we encourage study to the best of our thinking about motion pictures at the intersections of art, document and entertainment. Through theory and practice, individual research, student-led ability.” seminars and visiting speakers, we promote an environment in which postgraduate Nelle Porter, MA Film students are able to engage with the continuing vibrancy of cinema.
Key facts • First-class facilities Purpose-built, boundaries of film knowledge and and RIBA award-winning, the host a range of research events, • Library resources Kent’s Jarman Building is home to including symposia, visiting Templeman Library has extensive professional-standard editing speakers and workshops. book and specialist journal holdings and studio facilities, as well as • Graduate destinations in film and related areas. There is a dedicated postgraduate centre Our graduates move on to work in also a large reference collection of and teaching and social spaces. a variety of roles including: volunteer film on DVD, with individual and • Award-winning staff The co-ordinator at the Rotterdam group viewing facilities. Department includes internationally International Film Festival; lecturer • Film screenings Film at Kent has renowned and award-winning at the Communication University excellent viewing and library filmmakers among its members of of China and Programme Assistant facilities, with a large number staff. These include Clio Barnard, at Columbia Global Centers, Paris. of films screened weekly during James Davis, Shona Illingworth, Filmmakers include Ece Ger whose term time. Lawrence Jackson and film Meeting Jim premiered at the • On-campus cinema The Richard Misek. 2019 Edinburgh Film Festival and Department also benefits from • Research areas Our research Antonio Mascoli whose film Namron the presence of the Gulbenkian clusters include : Film, Media and was selected to be included in the cinema on campus, which runs a Culture; Histories: Art, Drama and 2019 Flicks International Student programme of new releases and Film; and the Aesthetics Research Short Film Festival in Groningen, classics, in addition to first-rate Centre. They push back the the Netherlands. viewing facilities within our student cinema, The Lupino.
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Taught Canterbury students also choose at Additional costs least one module from a range of The course offers workshops to enrich programmes cutting-edge research-led topics in film your practical skills and knowledge of studies. It may be possible to choose a For the most up-to-date information, the industry and provides access to further module from those offered facilities, such as a film studio, editing including entry requirements, see across the University. website details below. suites and production equipment, to Canterbury and Paris students also support your development of a Film MA take an advanced research-led film distinctive filmmaking practice. You are www.kent.ac.uk/pg/17 studies module and two other modules required to cover additional costs that www.kent.ac.uk/pg/19 from those on offer in Paris. your filmmaking may incur. The School www.kent.ac.uk/pg/763 supports MA Film with Practice Locations: Canterbury; Canterbury Year-long Paris students take a film students by reimbursing, upon and Paris; Paris research methods module and an submission of receipts, expenses advanced research-led film studies of up to £300 per student for the It is possible to study this MA in three module. They also choose two further dissertation film. ways: either entirely in Canterbury, in modules from those available in Paris. both Canterbury and Paris, or entirely Course content in Paris. All students complete a 15,000-word Two practical modules develop your dissertation. filmmaking and project development The programme offers a thorough skills. You then select two modules grounding in postgraduate-level film Film with Practice MA covering topics in film analysis, theory and is suitable both for graduates in www.kent.ac.uk/pg/343 and/or history in order to expand your the subject and those new to it. It is Location: Canterbury creative imagination and your ability to taught by experts in film and seeks to Entry requirements: Your application speak and write confidently about film engage you with the key elements that must include a link to an example of style and film cultural traditions. make up the diverse nature of film and your film practice, a treatment for a You also undertake a dissertation moving images. short film (1000 words), a sample of module, which includes the production academic writing (1,500-2,000 words) If you are studying on the split-site of a final short fact or fiction film. This or a substantive film review that programme, you spend your first term is designed to develop your creative demonstrates passion for the subject. in Canterbury before relocating to our voice and build your professional Paris School of Arts and Culture for the The programme is suitable for portfolio. spring term, studying in the heart of graduates in film, experienced historic Montparnasse. All teaching professionals who seek to advance is provided in English by University their practice in a creative and of Kent academics. intellectually stimulating environment and non-film graduates with a passion For further information about the Paris for film practice. School of Arts and Culture, see p30. The programme is taught by award- Course content winning filmmakers and internationally Canterbury or Canterbury and Paris recognised film scholars. students take modules in core areas such as advanced film theory, film research methods and/or film analysis.
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Research Research groups programmes Aesthetics Research Centre Staff profile The Aesthetics Research Centre For the most up-to-date information, Aylish Wood co-ordinates, enables and promotes see website details below. Professor of Film research in philosophy of art and Film PhD aesthetics at the University of Kent. Aylish’s research is informed by www.kent.ac.uk/pg/20 For regular updates on events and an interest in the relationships activities, please follow on Twitter and between technology and moving- Film: Practice by Research PhD Facebook. image media. Since undertaking a www.kent.ac.uk/pg/352 PhD on images of technoscience Film, Media and Culture Location: Canterbury in American Cinema, she has Research Group developed a cross-media Research supervision draws on The Group’s main objective is to approach, working with animation, wide staff interests in world cinemas, support and produce cutting-edge digital games, installation art and offering opportunities to study projects research in the areas of film, media cinema. based in aesthetic, conceptual and and culture. A broad and welcoming historical perspectives on film and church for the manifold approaches to Her current research is focused digital media, as well as practice by our subject, we specialise in research on 3D animation software and its research. that is collaborative, of high impact, use in visual effects, animations, international and interdisciplinary in adverts, and science scope. visualisations. Funded by an Research areas AHRC Fellowship, this research Research in both theory and practice Histories: Art, Drama and Film has involved interviewing is currently centred in six broad areas: Research Group animators, developing a framework • national cinemas – form and history: The Histories: Art, Drama and Film that draws on software studies, North American, European, Latin Research Group brings together ecologies of technologies, and American staff and postgraduate students digital materialities, as well as • genres – horror, melodrama, from across the School of Arts whose cinema studies. romantic comedy, period films, research involves a cultural historical Her most recent monograph is extreme cinema and more approach to their field. Whether it is in Software, Animation, and the • the moving image in a digital context theatre, film or art history, the Group Moving Image: What’s in the • documentary film promotes and enables cultural Box? (Palgrave, 2015). • film aesthetics historical research by holding a regular • avant-garde and experimental research seminar and supporting cinema. student-led initiatives, such as organising conferences.
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“The lecturers are communicative and genuinely enjoy their subjects, making for an authentic and engaging learning experience. Their feedback is very useful, particularly when more than one piece of work is required for a module as it allows you to review your academic understanding or report style before submitting further work.” Emily Read, MSc Finance (Financial Markets) Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 113
Finance
In today’s global environment, employers are increasingly “Some of the lecturers have selective in their search for competent business and finance worked in industry so are professionals. Our Finance programmes equip you with a solid able to bring their own background in financial principles and practices, and cultivate experiences to the classroom. your practical finance skills and real-world business knowledge. The course has also given me a better understanding We have a variety of specialist finance programmes offered by Kent Business of what is going on in the School, the School of Economics and the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science. Our programmes are designed to comply with the world. I now look more requirements of the relevant professional bodies and to respond to the closely at details rather than changing needs of the finance and financial services sectors. take things at face value, Whether you are a graduate looking to enter the finance industry or to further which is a skill I can use your academic studies, or a professional wishing to improve your employment in any job setting.” prospects, our Finance programmes equip you with the right skills and knowledge Khalida Durrani, MSc Finance to develop or consolidate a successful career in the financial world.
Key facts • Graduate destinations • Finance (International Accounting) Our MSc Finance students usually MSc • Kent Business School is accredited go on to find jobs in commercial and • Financial Economics MSc (p91) by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) investment banks, hedge funds, Big • International Master’s in Applied and the Association to Advance 4 accounting firms, and central Actuarial Science MSc (p47) Collegiate Schools of Business banks such as, PwC, NatWest, • International Master’s in Applied (AACSB). AACSB accreditation Macquarie Group, Grant Thornton Actuarial Science with an Industrial is gained by only 5% of business and Ghana International Bank. Placement MSc (p47) schools worldwide. • Statistics with Finance MSc (p182) • School of Economics has a long- Programmes • Statistics with Finance MSc standing reputation for world- • Applied Actuarial Science MSc (International Master’s) (p182) leading research and provides an (p47) • Statistics with Finance with inspiring environment in which to • Applied Actuarial Science with an an Industrial Placement MSc (p182) study. Industrial Placement MSc (p47) • School of Mathematics, Statistics • Finance (Finance, Investment and and Actuarial Science is widely Risk) MSc recognised for its innovative • Finance (Finance and Management) teaching and outstanding research. MSc You learn in a supportive • Finance (Financial Markets) MSc environment. • Finance (International Banking and Finance) MSc Apply online www.kent.ac.uk/courses/ postgrad/apply
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to produce relevant financial analysis Taught of corporate companies, financial Staff profile programmes institutions or other bodies where finance is an important activity in Anastasiya Shamshur For the most up-to-date information, both the public and private sectors. Professor of Finance including entry requirements, see website details below. There are opportunities for practical Professor Anastasiya Shamshur work on the MSc to be carried out in joined Kent Business School, the Finance (Finance, Investment Kent Business School’s dedicated University of Kent in November and Risk) MSc Bloomberg Lab. The virtual trading 2019 as a Professor in Finance. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1703 platform allows you to access and Anastasiya’s research focuses Location: Canterbury engage with market data through on a firm's decision-making practical case studies and the use processes broadly defined with This programme is accredited by the of online databases. The programme a particular interest in capital Chartered Financial Analyst Institute also provides you with the training structure decisions, ownership (CFA) and the Global Association of required for the Bloomberg Certificate. structure, M&As and banking. Risk Professionals (GARP). The Course content The quality of her research is programme provides a sound You take compulsory modules in recognised internationally. Besides understanding of the theories that areas such as international business; publishing in leading finance and underpin modern techniques in corporate finance; corporate management journals, she has investment and risk management. responsibility and globalisation; the been invited to give talks at several The application of the theories is foundations of finance; international prestigious universities in Europe demonstrated in our finance lab with financial markets and instruments; and and the US. Outside academia, the aid of Bloomberg, via case studies organisational behaviour and human her research has also been and the use of online databases. resource management. You also take presented to policymakers at the Regular training sessions led by a module to further develop your European Central Bank, the experienced Bloomberg trainers research skills. Finnish National Bank, and the help you gain valuable practice in Croatian National Bank. accessing and using market data. The You then select two optional modules Bloomberg platform also provides an from a range covering areas including: opportunity for virtual trading practice credit risk; the ethics of international and competitions. business; financial regulation and Course content financial crises; investments and You take compulsory modules in portfolio management; managing areas such as: credit risk; derivatives; multinational enterprises; and strategy. essentials of financial risk You also complete a business report in management; investment finance. management; investments and portfolio management; mathematics Finance (Financial Markets) MSc of finance; and quantitative methods. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1704 You then select three further modules Location: Canterbury from a range covering areas including: The programme provides a the fundamentals of financial comprehensive framework of economics; business economics; knowledge, insight and vision corporate finance; ethics of regarding the key issues in finance, international business; financial data the finance function of organisations, modelling; financial statement analysis; and operations and functions of and fixed income markets. financial institutions and markets. You also complete a project in finance. Elements of practical work may be Finance (Finance and carried out in Kent Business School’s Management) MSc dedicated Bloomberg Lab. The virtual www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1705 trading platform allows you to access and engage with market data through Location: Canterbury practical case studies and the use of The programme enables you to online databases. The programme develop the practical skills required also provides you with the training required for the Bloomberg Certificate. Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 115
The MSc Finance (Financial Markets) Stage 2 (HKBU) an appropriate range of research is accredited by the Global Association You take compulsory modules in skills and relevant personal and of Risk Professionals (GARP), areas such as: computational finance; interpersonal skills to enable you to Professional Risk Managers derivatives; mathematical finance; time- interact in the real world of business International Association (PRMIA) series analysis; probability theory and and finance. and the Chartered Financial Analyst stochastic processes. Elements of practical work on the MSc Institute (CFA). The CFA is the largest is carried out in Kent Business School’s global association of investment Finance (International dedicated Bloomberg Lab. The virtual management professionals and this Accounting) MSc trading platform allows you to access accreditation offers additional material www.kent.ac.uk/pg and engage with market data through and resources to students, as well as Location: Canterbury practical case studies and the use connections with CFA members of online databases. The programme worldwide. This programme is suitable for those who have studied accounting and also provides you with the training Course content finance or a related discipline, as well required for the Bloomberg Certificate. You take compulsory modules in areas as for those who wish to enhance their The MSc Finance (International such as: derivatives; financial risk careers in international accounting and Banking and Finance) is accredited management; financial data modelling; finance. by the Chartered Financial Analyst investments and portfolio Institute (CFA), the largest global management; and quantitative It equips you with the professional and association of investment management methods. You also take a module to research skills you need to pursue a professionals. The CFA accreditation further develop your research skills. career in a wide range of institutional settings such as academia, auditing, offers additional material and You then select two optional modules banking, financial institutions, resources to students, as well as from a range covering areas including: management consultancy and connections with CFA members the ethics of international business; organisational management. It also worldwide. The programme is also finance with Excel; financial regulation gives you the foundations you need to accredited by the Professional Risk and financial crises; financial move on to further study in the area. Managers International Association statement analysis; fixed (PRMIA). income markets; and financial Course content economics. Your compulsory modules cover areas Course content such as: financial accounting and You take compulsory modules in areas You also complete a dissertation. reporting; financial and management such as: corporate finance; derivatives; accounting; business law, ethics and domestic and international banking; Finance (Financial Markets) governance; corporate performance financial risk management; financial HKBU Dual Award MSc management; audit and assurances; institutions management; and financial www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2198 strategic financial accounting; and regulation and financial crises. You Location: Canterbury and Hong Kong the principles and practice of taxation. also take a module to further develop Attendance: Two years full-time only You also take a module focusing your research skills. on business research methods. This two year dual award programme You then choose two optional modules gives you the opportunity to attain your You choose one optional module from from a range covering areas including: first Master’s award, MSc Finance a range covering areas including: credit risk; ethics of international (Financial Markets) in the UK in your international money and finance; business; finance with excel; financial first year with your second year at our corporate finance; and corporate statement analysis; international money partner university, Hong Kong Baptist responsibility and globalisation. You and finance; and investments and University (HKBU), where you attain also complete a business report in portfolio management. You also your second Master’s award, MSc accounting. complete a business report in finance. Mathematical Finance. Finance (International Banking Course content and Finance) MSc Stage 1 (Kent) www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1706 You take compulsory modules in areas Location: Canterbury such as: derivatives; financial risk management; financial data modelling; The programme develops cognitive financial regulation and financial skills that enable you to fully crises; fixed income markets; understand the complexity of the investments and portfolio financial markets in the domestic Further information management; and quantitative and global economies, as well as T: +44 (0)1227 824650 methods. 116 www.kent.ac.uk/physical-sciences
Forensic Science
Forensic Science at Kent gives you the chance to study a range Taught programme of forensic disciplines, with a strong focus on developing scientific and analytical skills, preparing you for employment or For the most up-to-date information, including entry requirements, see further study. We create ‘crime scenes’, in our new crime-scene www.kent.ac.uk/pg5 house, giving you a chance to examine, investigate and react in real time to an unfolding event. Forensic Science MSc www.kent.ac.uk/pg/5 Our Forensics team, which is part of the interdisciplinary School of Physical Location: Canterbury Sciences, is involved in studies including facial identification, substance identification, design of novel fingerprint developers and detection of concealed This course is for graduates with a objects. With strong international reputations, our staff provide expert teaching, strong grounding in a science discipline well-designed projects, first-class training and unrivalled enthusiasm within a such as forensic science, chemistry, stimulating academic environment. biochemistry or forensic biology. It prepares you for a professional role in We also offer practical training including use of the analytical instrumentation and forensic science within the criminal or services available, which ensure you gain a wide range of skills to aid employability. civil judicial system, police or forensic practice, or research.
Key facts • Forensic Research Group Funded You develop command, control and by industrial and security firms • First-class resources These include: management skills in relation to alongside national and international NMR spectrometers; powder and incidents and develop an understanding funding councils, we work on single crystal X-ray diffractometers; of analytical laboratory methods. Your projects around the theme of X-ray fluorescence; SQUID integrated and critical understanding of biological and cultural security. magnetometer; Raman forensic science is good preparation for This includes ongoing work in spectrometers; gas chromatography; a PhD in any associated discipline. forensic imaging, biological sensor high performance liquid design and analytical chemistry for Course content chromatography; mass substances of abuse. You study a combination of spectrometry; scanning electron • Graduate destinations compulsory and optional modules microscopy and EDX. Graduates from our forensic covering contemporary and advanced • Academic partners We collaborate science programme move on to issues in forensic science, including: with universities around the world, work in government agencies, DNA analysis and interpretation, fires including in France, Germany, Italy consultancies, the emergency and explosions, major incident and the USA and several universities services, laboratories, research or management, and substances of in the UK including King’s College, academia. abuse. You also take a module in London and University College, physical research planning, gain London. advanced forensic laboratory skills and • Industrial partners These include complete an MSc Research Project. Defra, Dstl, the Metropolitan Police and Kent Police.
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French
Kent offers an excellent environment for postgraduate study “In addition to my PhD, in French literature, thought, culture, society and the visual I have been able to take arts from the 19th century to the present. Our main research advantage of the wide range interests include word and image studies, narratology, literary of training and development theory, psychoanalysis, sociolinguistics, postcolonial studies, sessions available. From medical humanities, gender studies and autobiography. research techniques to mindfulness, these sessions French is part of the Division of Arts and Humanities, which provides a thriving have improved both my academic environment with a strong tradition of interdisciplinary research. Our staff and postgraduates take a leading role in both the Centre for Modern academic and personal European Literature and the School of English’s Centre for Studies in the experience, in addition to Long Eighteenth Century. furnishing me with the tools needed in my future career.” Our programmes benefit from Kent’s proximity to Paris in more ways than one. Most colleagues have research links in Paris. We have a long-standing exchange Beatrice Fagan, PhD French with the prestigious École Normale Supérieure.
Key facts speakers of other foreign languages and public lectures in mainland follow our postgraduate courses, Europe, the US, Australia and • First-class resources We provide giving you plenty of opportunities elsewhere. high-quality IT facilities, including to mix and converse with native • Graduate destinations dedicated technical staff speakers. We also have a team of Recent graduates have gone on to and designated areas for French foreign-language lectors secure academic roles in the UK postgraduate study, including two who combine undergraduate and overseas, as well as working networked multimedia laboratories. teaching with study for a higher in teaching and publishing. • Training workshops We provide degree or with writing a dissertation training for postgraduate students for their home universities. with teaching responsibilities, • Cotutelle doctorates Research bringing together postgraduates students can opt for a cotutelle from all our subject areas. doctorate leading to the award of • Conferences Postgraduates a PhD from Kent and a doctorate organise their own annual from a French or Swiss institution. international conference. • Global outlook This is reflected in • Learn from native speakers Every research activities that are given year, a considerable number of an international dimension by French nationals and native publications, conference papers Further information Dr Mathilde Poizat-Amar T: +44 (0)1227 823050 E: [email protected]
National ratings • 3rd for research quality and research output REF 2014, modern languages and linguistics: • top 20 for research intensity, research impact and research • 100% of our research judged to be of international power quality with 85% classed as world-leading or Apply online internationally excellent www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/apply
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Research Research areas Staff profile programmes Staff interests broadly fit within the parameters of French literature Larry Duffy For the most up-to-date information, and thought from the 19th century Senior Lecturer in French see www.kent.ac.uk/pg to the present, with research clusters Dr Duffy came to Kent in 2010 French PhD organised around the following areas: Ekphrasis; medical humanities; after teaching at several www.kent.ac.uk/pg/41 institutions including the University philosophy and critical theory; French of Ulster and the University Location: Canterbury surrealism; Cubism; the avant-garde; of Queensland. His main research On some of our PhD programmes, you the interface between visual arts and interests lie in the interplay have the option of spending a year in text; travel writing; Franco-Japanese between literary, scientific and Paris at the École Normale Supérieure. relations; crime fiction; Caribbean medical discourses in 19th- literature; life-writing. century France. Recent French and Comparative Recent publications have focused on publications include peer- Literature PhD authors, artists and thinkers including: reviewed journal articles on www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1701 Apollinaire; Artaud; Badiou; Barthes; medical themes in the works of Location: Canterbury Blanchot; Cendrars; Chamoiseau; Gustave Flaubert and Émile Zola, Cocteau; Crébillon fils; Deleuze; and on Michel Houellebecq’s 20th Both the Department of Modern Diderot; Djebar; Flaubert; Foucault; and 21st-century articulation of Languages and the Department Houellebecq; Maupassant; Mérimée; 19th-century preoccupations. of Comparative Literature offer Nothomb; Perec; Proust; Segalen; supervision from world-class Voltaire; Zola. Larry is a member of the Society academics with expertise in a wide of Dix-neuviémistes Executive range of disciplines, able to support Committee and co-editor of the and guide you through your research. Research centres journal, Dix-neuf. His monograph Flaubert, Zola and the Previous doctoral theses from Centre for Language and Incorporation of Disciplinary the departments of French and Linguistics (CLL) Knowledge was published by Comparative Literature have included See p106. Palgrave Macmillan in 2014. ‘Logos, Bios and Madness in Nietzsche, Bataille, Foucault and Centre for Modern European Derrida’, ‘The Representation of Literature Women Musicians in French, See p75. English and German Literature of the Nineteenth Century’ and ‘L’Éclat du voyage: Blaise Cendrars, Victor Segalen, Albert Londres’. www.kent.ac.uk/modern-languages 119
German
German at Kent offers an ideal environment for the postgraduate philosophy and the German lyric study of literature and culture within a broadly European tradition; 18th-century literature; context. The research interests of our staff cover the entire modernism and 20th-century literature, especially Rilke, Kafka, Mann, W G modern period, both within German-speaking countries and Sebald and Jean Améry. Other areas across Europe, and include poetry, the European avant-garde, of specialism within the School modernism, postmodernism, literary theory and media studies. include: Beckett; Proust; the European avant-garde; modernism and Staff are experienced in running international projects and have attracted funding postmodernism; cross-cultural from sources such as The Leverhulme Trust and the Humboldt Foundation. transmission; translation theory; literary theory and aesthetics; Jewish writing; German is part of the Division of Arts and Humanities, which provides a thriving and literature and fundamentalism. academic environment with a strong tradition of interdisciplinary research. Our staff and postgraduates take a leading role in the Centre for Modern European We can supervise postgraduate Literature. We host a number of foreign-language lectors who combine teaching students in any of the areas listed with a higher degree or work on their dissertation for their home universities. here, as well as in other main fields of German and European literature. We encourage you to contact us to Key facts on to work at the Deutsches discuss your plans at an early stage Literaturarchiv in Marbach, and • First-class resources We provide of your application. at the University of Freiburg. high-quality IT facilities, dedicated technical staff and designated Research centres areas for postgraduate study. Research Language-learning and Centre for Language and translation facilities include eight programmes Linguistics (CLL) all-purpose teaching rooms and two For the most up-to-date information, See p106. networked multimedia laboratories. see website details below. Centre for Modern European • Training workshops We provide Literature training for postgraduate students German and Comparative with teaching responsibilities, Literature PhD See p75. bringing together postgraduates www.kent.ac.uk/pg/33 from all our subject areas. Students German PhD gain further academic experience www.kent.ac.uk/pg/34 by giving research talks in the Centre for Modern European Location: Canterbury Literature series. • Conferences We encourage all of Research areas our postgraduate students to get Further information involved in conferences. Staff research interests in German Dr Ian Cooper • Graduate destinations include: Austrian studies; Austrian T: +44 (0)1227 827322 Recent PhD graduates have gone intellectual studies; post-idealist E: [email protected]
National ratings • 3rd for research quality and research output REF 2014, modern languages and linguistics: • top 20 for research intensity, research impact and research • 100% of our research judged to be of international power quality with 85% classed as world-leading or Apply online internationally excellent www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/apply 120 www.kent.ac.uk/modern-languages
Hispanic Studies
Research active academics in Hispanic Studies specialise in the Research areas broader field of modern and contemporary Spanish and Latin American history and culture. We have two Peninsular specialists (Dr Antonio Lázaro-Reboll and We have research expertise in areas such as Spanish film studies and cultural Professor Núria Triana Toribio) studies, as well as military culture and history in the 19th and 20th centuries in and three Latin American specialists South America and articulations of national identity in Mexico, Cuba and the (Dr William Rowlandson, Dr Rebecca Caribbean in the 20th and 21st centuries. Ogden and Professor Natalia Sobrevilla Perea). The Department’s range of We are part of the Division of Arts and Humanities, which provides a thriving interests covers contemporary Spanish academic environment with a strong tradition of interdisciplinary research. Our film and Spanish popular culture and subjects include French, German and Italian, so you study in a truly integrated, visual culture; Peninsular cultural European environment. studies; Latin American literature, including poetry, history, politics and culture; and articulations of national • Conferences We encourage all Key facts identity in Mexico, Cuba and the of our postgraduate students to • First-class resources We provide Caribbean in the 20th and 21st get involved in conferences. high-quality facilities in IT, dedicated centuries. • Graduate destinations technical staff and designated Recent graduates have taken up areas for postgraduate study. academic posts in the UK and Language-learning and translation Research centres overseas, and also work in film facilities include eight all-purpose Centre for Modern European programming and curating, and teaching rooms and two networked Literature in language teaching. multimedia laboratories. See p75. • Training workshops We provide Research training for postgraduate students Film, Media and Culture with teaching responsibilities, programme Research Group bringing together postgraduates See p111. For the most up-to-date information, from all our subject areas. Students see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/72 gain further academic experience by giving research talks in the Hispanic Studies PhD Centre for Modern European www.kent.ac.uk/pg/72 Literature series and with the Film, Media and Culture Research Group. Location: Canterbury Research students need to demonstrate competence in Spanish .
Further information Dr Antonio Lázaro-Reboll T: +44 (0)1227 823205 E: [email protected]
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History
The School of History has strong and thriving postgraduate “The learning environment communities in medieval and early modern culture, social at Kent is outstanding. The history, religious history, history of medicine, war and the staff are always on hand to media, imperial history and military history. support you throughout your studies, in addition to Our taught programmes draw on the breadth of research in the School to offer enabling you to explore the a wide range of modules, allowing you to tailor your studies to your interests. The School achieved excellent results in the Research Excellence Framework topics you are passionate (REF) and also consistently scores highly in the National Student Survey. It has a about. I could not ask for a vibrant intellectual community, in which postgraduate students play an active role. better place to complete my PhD!” The School provides a lively, research-led environment where postgraduate students are given the opportunity to work alongside academics recognised Megan Kelleher PhD History as experts in their respective fields.
Key facts • Centre for the Study of War, Media • Research areas These include: and Society The School holds a medieval history; early modern • Library resources Kent’s distinctive archive of written, history; modern British history; Templeman Library has a audio and visual sources as well modern European history; American designated European as material culture, including history; military history; the history Documentation Centre, which holds propaganda resources and medical medicine, environment and specialised collections on slavery apparatus. technology; and imperial and and antislavery, and on medical • External resources Locally, you colonial history. science. have access to: the Canterbury • Graduate destinations • Special collections The Library Cathedral Library and Archive (a Our graduates have gone onto a also has a substantial collection of major collection for the study of wide range of careers, including secondary materials to back up an medieval and early modern religious academia, national museums, excellent collection of primary and social history); the Centre for galleries and archives, as well sources, including the British Kentish Studies at Maidstone; and as the NHS, Fortnum and Mason, Cartoon Archive, vintage the National Maritime Collection and even Sony Music. newspapers, a large audio-visual at Greenwich. library, and a complete set of British • Ideal location for research Kent Second World War Ministry of is also within easy reach of the Information propaganda pamphlets. country’s premier research collections in London and the national libraries in Paris and Brussels.
National ratings Apply online REF 2014, history www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/apply • 99% of our research judged to be of international quality • 8th for research intensity • top 20 for research power
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You choose optional modules from Taught a very wide range available covering Research programmes areas such as: the British army and the programme Great War; landscapes of the Great For the most up-to-date information, War; Europe after Napoleon 1815- For the most up-to-date information, including entry requirements, see 1849; nuclear America; the Imperial see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/89 website details below. War Graves Commission, 1917-1939; History MA, PhD liberation struggles in southern Africa; Modern History MA www.kent.ac.uk/pg/89 material culture in the Early Modern www.kent.ac.uk/pg/74 world; modern medicine and health Location: Canterbury Location: Canterbury since 1850; money and medicine in We welcome research applications The programme focuses on the Britain and America since 1750; across the range of expertise within period c1500-2000. You develop your religion and society in 17th-century the School. We run regular seminars capacity to think critically about past England; testimonies of war: oral in medieval and Tudor studies, modern events, approach primary and history in theory and practice; themes history and imperial history. secondary sources from a variety of and controversies in modern imperial All first-year research students attend perspectives and strive to understand history; war in the Hispanic world since a Methodologies and Research Skills the complex issues surrounding 1808; War and propaganda and the seminar. This training improves your context and significance. In addition, media. You can also undertake a work knowledge of both historical theory you engage with the wider placement. and methods of using primary historiography and discourse Medieval and Early Modern Studies material, and can assist in associated with your studies, MA funding applications. understanding the structure and nature See p142. of cultural, political and social forces in the modern period. Research areas This programme draws on the wide- Medieval history ranging expertise of staff giving you Our staff have particular expertise the opportunity to choose modules in the areas of Gothic art and that reflect your own interests. architecture, the artistic representation of religious devotion, the ecclesiastical Course content and religious history of the High Your compulsory module focuses Middle Ages, the medieval papacy, on methods and interpretation of the Crusades, and the environment, historical research. You also undertake economic and social history of the a dissertation. British Isles in the late medieval period. Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 123
Early Modern history American history Areas of research include the political, Themes include the American West, religious and social history of Britain the American Revolution, Atlantic Staff profile from the Reformation to the history between 1500 and 1800, Karen Jones Enlightenment, the history of objects 20th-century US history, and American Professor of Environmental and and material culture in early modern constitutional, political and diplomatic Cultural History Europe, and the interaction between history. the Christian and Islamic worlds in Professor Karen Jones is an expert the early modern period. Military history in modern environmental and Examining war from a historical cultural history. She is one of the Modern British history perspective, our research includes the leading environmental historians in Our areas of research include modern impact of industry and mechanisation the UK and has published widely Irish history, the influence of sport on war and societies, the relationship on animal history, conservation, on British society, the memory and between British and indigenous parks and environmental attitudes. commemoration of the First World War societies in the British Empire, the in Britain, and the political, social and history of the Spanish Carlist wars and Her research interests centre on cultural history of Britain in the 19th the Spanish Civil War, and the political, the ways in which humans have and 20th centuries. military and cultural history of the First consumed, appreciated and World War. protected the natural world, from Modern European history female hunters writing of their Particular specialisms include the History of science, medicine, experiences on the American French Revolution and revolutionary environment and technology frontier to the establishment of movements in Europe, Russian and Incorporating such themes as the public museums full of taxidermy Soviet political and cultural history, impact of war on medical beasts in European capitals. the political and diplomatic exchanges developments, the history of disability between Britain and Europe before in British society, and the relationship She is currently working and during the Second World War, between medicine and commerce on a project that combines the effects on French and German throughout history. environmental history, imperial societies of Nazi occupation and history and medical humanities to rule, the history of British intelligence Imperial and colonial history explore the creation of city parks operations in the Second World War, We explore key themes and regions in as ‘green lungs’ in London, Delhi and the impact of war on European the making of world history, from the and Shanghai. cities. 18th century to the present day. Our staff have particular expertise in sub- Saharan Africa, colonial South Asia, technology and space, the role of the United Nations in the 20th century and the British Empire.
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History of Art
The History of Art Department within the School of Arts “I have received loads of offers distinctive programmes which provide opportunities for support on both my MA graduate study with well-established researchers in the fields and into my PhD, which of art history, curation, philosophy of art and aesthetics. has allowed me to do so much more than I thought The Department currently offers expertise in contemporary art and aesthetics, possible. Staff are really Renaissance art, modernism, theories of art, the historiography of art and the Cold War, biographical monographs, the photograph (in its historical, contemporary and encouraging of your own critical contexts), and the historical interplay of image, theory and institutions from ideas too, and there is a the Renaissance to the present (especially European and North American). great sense of community here at Kent.” Developing areas of interest include the cultural and historical significance of prints and drawings and the role of performance and new media in contemporary Alice Helliwell, PhD History & art practices, which draw upon our links with other subjects within the School Philosophy of Art of Arts and the broader humanities.
Key facts • Research areas Postgraduates • Ideal location for research Kent can participate in the activities of is ideally located for access to • First-class facilities The purpose- the multidisciplinary Aesthetics galleries in London and on the built, and RIBA award-winning, Research Centre and the Histories: continent. Jarman Building is home to the Art, Drama and Film Research • Graduate destinations Studio 3 Gallery and there are a Cluster. Our students have gone on to range of teaching and social • Highly ranked History of Art at Kent careers in museums and galleries, spaces as well as a dedicated is ranked 12th in the UK in The curating, teaching, public relations, postgraduate centre. Complete University Guide 2021. marketing and creative consultancy. • Library resources There is a large • Visiting speaker programme There Some choose to move on to further and wide-ranging library holding is a full programme of visiting study. for History of Art, covering the fields speakers from across the of painting, sculpture, architecture, constituent subject areas within the photography, aesthetics School of Arts, which include Film, and contemporary visual Drama and Media Studies. communications. There is a substantial stock of periodicals and online access to e-journals.
National ratings Apply online REF 2014, history of art as part of the music, drama and www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/apply performing arts submission was ranked as follows: • 1st for research power • 98% of our research judged to be of international quality • top 20 for research quality Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 125
Taught History & Philosophy of Art MA Course content www.kent.ac.uk/pg/97 Canterbury or Canterbury and Paris programmes www.kent.ac.uk/pg/99 students take a module focusing on www.kent.ac.uk/pg/762 the key concepts and classic texts in For the most up-to-date information, history and philosophy of art. They including entry requirements, see Locations: Canterbury; Canterbury and Paris; Paris also undertake a dissertation of 12- website details below. 15,000 words. Curating MA It is possible to study this MA in three ways: either entirely in Canterbury, in Canterbury students also choose www.kent.ac.uk/pg/96 both Canterbury and Paris, or entirely two further modules from a range of Location: Canterbury in Paris. options covering areas such as: the art of portraiture: the history and theory of This programme, delivered by School This MA provides a structured curating; modern art in Paris; of Arts and specialist visiting lecturers, introduction to the postgraduate philosophical issues in art history and develops your skills and provides study of the history and philosophy visual culture; and post-conceptual experience relevant to a career in of art. Particular areas of focus include art and visual arts criticism. curating. contemporary art, photography, Renaissance art, 18th-century British Canterbury and Paris students also Using the School of Arts’ Studio 3 painting, modernism, aesthetics and take a module focusing on modern art Gallery, you are involved in all aspects the philosophy of art and film. You may in Paris and then choose one module of the running of the Gallery. You elect to take a Philosophy of Art and from options covering areas such as: have the opportunity to work closely Aesthetics pathway, which draws on curating art history; the history and with partner organisations such as the expertise of our Aesthetics theory of curating; post-conceptual Canterbury museums and galleries. Research Centre. art and visual arts criticism; key issues in contemporary culture and how they Compulsory modules provide an If you are studying on the split-site shape aesthetic forms; and theories of overview of the history of collecting programme, you spend your first term art in modern French thought. and exhibitions through a series of in Canterbury before relocating to our case studies, taking advantage of our Paris School of Arts and Culture for the They then take one further module proximity to major London collections. spring term, studying in the heart of from those available in Paris. We also cover theoretical issues historic Montparnasse. All teaching is relating to curating and museology. Year-long Paris students’ compulsory provided in English, by University of modules focus on the key concepts Collaborating with other students, you Kent academics. and classic texts in history and can develop your own project, working Those on the year-long Paris philosophy of art and modern art in within the Gallery’s exhibition programme take modules from their Paris. They select one further module programme. own subject area alongside optional from those available in Paris and Course content modules inspired by Paris and its complete a dissertation of 12-15,000 You take a compulsory module in the unique cultural history. words. history and theory of curating. You also For further information about the Paris undertake a curatorial internship. School of Arts and Culture, please You then select optional modules from see p30. a range covering areas such as: the art of portraiture; curating art history; museums, material culture and the history of science; philosophical Further information issues in art history and visual culture; T: +44 (0)1227 827567 post-conceptual art and visual E: [email protected] arts criticism.
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“My PhD is giving me skills such as the ability to think critically and develop my original thought, and to gather and organise hard historical evidence to support my ideas. In general, I believe that doing a PhD improves project management and time management skills, two abilities that make the difference in any kind of job.” Marta Colombo, PhD History and Philosophy of Art Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 127
Research Research groups programme Aesthetics Research Centre Staff profile The Aesthetics Research Centre For the most up-to-date information, Dr Ben Thomas coordinates, enables and promotes see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/100 Reader in Art History research in philosophy of art and History and Philosophy of Art aesthetics. For regular updates on Ben is an art historian and curator. PhD events and activities please follow He was co-curator, with Catherine www.kent.ac.uk/pg/100 us on Twitter and Facebook. Whistler, of Raphael: Location: Canterbury Histories: Art, Drama and Film The Drawings, at the Ashmolean Research Group Museum (2017), and co-curator of As a group, we have a collective the exhibition Drawing Together at The Histories: Art, Drama and Film interest in developing interdisciplinary the Courtauld Gallery (2017/18), Research Group brings together projects, including projects informed which explored the nature of staff and postgraduate students by art history and philosophy of art or drawing through a selection of from across the School of Arts whose aesthetics. Shared areas of research works in the Courtauld’s collection research involves a cultural historical interest include: photography, art and by the contemporary artists approach to their field. Whether it is in theory from the Renaissance to recent Stephen Farthing, Humphrey theatre, film or art history, the Group times, and contemporary art, including Ocean and Jenny Saville. promotes and enables cultural global and non-Western practice. We historical research by holding a regular can offer supervision in any of these At Kent, Ben is the convenor of the research seminar and supporting areas. MA Curating and was the founding student-led initiatives, such as Curator of Kent’s Studio 3 Gallery organising conferences. from 2010 until 2015. In this role, he has worked with a wide range of contemporary artists including Art & Language, John Blackburn, Paul Coldwell, Rose Hilton, Philip Hughes, Ana Maria Pacheco, Marcus Rees Roberts, Brian Rice, Richard Rome, Aithan Shapira, and Hani Zurob.
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Human Geography
Human Geography examines a wide range of topics but, in PhD applications are welcome in any essence, it is broadly concerned with the dynamic interactions main aspect of human geography between humans and their environment. This encompasses including rural and urban geographies, the geographies of tourism, social and cultural geography, urban and political geography, development geography and political economics and development studies, as well as environmental geography, as well as GIS and the and landscape planning. utilisation of new geo-spatial technologies. At Kent we encourage students to explore the complex, dynamic and changing relationships between humans and the environment. This focuses on how these Human Geography MSc by interactions are reproduced spatially, as well as how humans adapt to the Research environment and environmental change. Human Geography PhD www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2726 Key facts For the MSc by Research, you Research research and write a thesis under the • Interdisciplinary community The supervision of one or two academic geography community at Kent programme staff. reaches across the University. At its For the most up-to-date information, heart is the Kent Interdisciplinary see www.kent.ac.uk/pg For the PhD, you research and write a Centre for Spatial Studies (KISS). thesis of a maximum of 100,000 words You are encouraged to participate in Supervision under the supervision of an academic the activities of the Centre, including Postgraduate research can take place team. attending seminars and in any area of human geography that We have a vibrant research group symposiums, which give you access qualified members of the School are whose interests stretch across the to relevant and innovative research able to supervise. For further range of human geography. activities led by geographers from information, please see staff all over the world. details on our website. We welcome students with the • Access to ArcGIS With a University- appropriate background for research. Full-time research students have wide licence for ArcGIS you’ll have The first year may include coursework, a supervisory committee of three, access to this essential software especially research methods modules which includes a main supervisor wherever you choose to work on for students who need additional who oversees the day-to-day progress campus. training. If you are interested in of the project. Students have regular • Graduate destinations registering for a research degree, you supervision meetings with their A higher degree in Human should contact the member of staff supervisors through the academic Geography opens up fascinating whose research is relevant to your year. These meetings involve career possibilities. Human interests. You should include a discussion of how your project is Geographers are highly employable curriculum vitae and a 1,500-word developing, your readings and how globally working in all levels of research proposal. government, civil society (including your field research and writing-up Non-Governmental Organisations), are progressing. the private sector and academia.
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Italian
Without doubt, Italy is a cornerstone of European culture, art Research centres and history, as well as providing a controversial and stimulating area of studies in the modern period. Research at Kent is consciously conceived as interdisciplinary with Kent offers an ideal environment for the postgraduate study of modern Italian research in modern languages and society, literature and thought within a broadly European context. The research beyond, uniting staff with specialisms interests of staff cover the modern period and postgraduates also benefit from the in the history, art, literature and politics Centre for Modern European Literature research seminar series and the activities of Europe and the technicalities of of the Centre for Critical Thought, which includes lectures by guest speakers. language.
We can assist with language-training needs for overseas postgraduate students, Centre for Critical Thought particularly where English is concerned, and are part of the Erasmus network. Italian played a leading role in the founding of the Centre for Critical Thought (CCT). The Centre • Graduate destinations Key facts consolidates, sustains and develops Recent graduates are working in • First-class resources We provide cutting-edge research on critically academia in the UK and Europe, high-quality facilities in IT, dedicated oriented theory within the humanities as well as in professional roles in technical staff and designated and social sciences. Research within education and publishing. areas for postgraduate study. CCT focuses on the nature and Language-learning and translation scope of critical thought from an facilities include eight all-purpose Research interdisciplinary perspective. For teaching rooms and two networked further details, see p159. multimedia laboratories. programme Centre for Modern European • Training workshops We provide For the most up-to-date information, Literature training for students with teaching see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/104 responsibilities, which bring See p75. Italian PhD together students from all our Film, Media and Culture www.kent.ac.uk/pg/104 subject areas. Students gain further Research Group academic experience by giving Location: Canterbury See p111. research talks in the Centre for Critical Thought series. We offer supervision on contemporary • Conferences and seminars We Italian literature, visual culture, cinema, encourage you to get involved in critical thought and cultural studies. conferences. Regular research We welcome postgraduate students seminars help to bring our students who obtained their first degree in Italy. together as a community, as well as to introduce them to visiting speakers from outside the University. Further information Dr Alvise Sforza Tarabochia T: +44 (0)1227 827944 E: [email protected]
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Journalism
As a postgraduate journalism student at Kent’s Centre for “The degree prepares you Journalism, you undertake research and learn in an environment for when you graduate; that instils excellence in the practice of convergent, multimedia you know how to produce a journalism. television or radio package, how to write for print. A lot The Centre is professionally accredited by the National Council for the Training of of us had never done radio Journalists. It has a scholarship agreement with Associated Newspapers and work placements for all taught MA students with the Kent Messenger Group. Students before, many of us had never benefit from the opportunity to undertake paid work for our Ofcom-regulated, written for the press and regional television news channel, KMTV. you get to the end of term and know you can do all of A lively and welcoming community, we hold regular seminars and masterclasses. Recent visitors have included Amol Rajan, BBC News; Ed Conway, Sky News; these things.” Gavin Esler, former presenter of Newsnight; Jon Snow, presenter of Channel 4 Chloe Perceval, MA Multimedia News and Mark Thompson, former Director General of the BBC. Journalism The range of professional interests in the Centre mean we can offer wide scope for research supervision.
Key facts • Library resources The Drill Hall • Access to relevant journals The Library’s resources for journalism Centre subscribes to relevant UK • Industry-standard facilities The research include a comprehensive journals. In addition, research Centre’s state-of-the-art multimedia range of texts on the history, students have access to the newsrooms are equipped with the principles and practice of SCONUL scheme to visit and latest audio and video-editing journalism. Specialist resources borrow from other UK libraries. technology, a radio studio and include a complete microfiche • Graduate destinations broadcast-quality television facilities, archive of popular newspapers The Centre's graduates work for the including a dedicated postgraduate of the Second World War. Students Daily Mail, The Sun, Sky News, Sky newsroom. Newsroom computers have access to online full-text Sports, The Jeremy Vine Show, offer a range of software for journals and extensive online CNN, Euronews, BBC Persian, the teaching and research support. newspaper resources. Financial Times, This Is Money, • Access to news feeds You have KMTV and a wide range of local access to Press Association and regional newsrooms. newswires, Sky News Radio and Reuters World Television News feeds. • Multimedia website Our website, www.centreforjournalism.co.uk, offers live publishing facilities in text, audio and video.
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Course content Taught Your compulsory modules cover programmes areas including reporting and writing; Staff profile journalism law, ethics and regulation; Richard Pendry For the most up-to-date information, and principles and practices of Senior Lecturer in Broadcast including entry requirements, see convergent journalism introducing Journalism; Director of Graduate website details below. you to the professional challenges of Studies International Multimedia modern reporting and preparing you to pass the National Council for the Journalism MA Richard Pendry teaches Training of Journalists’ Diploma in www.kent.ac.uk/pg/107 broadcast production at the CFJ, Journalism (this involves passing and an academic course in war Location: Medway papers in shorthand, public affairs, law reporting called Reporting and reporting). You choose academic The programme teaches multimedia Conflict. He is a former member modules from a range covering areas journalism to graduates of universities of the news agency Frontline such as: the history of journalism; and outside the UK who aspire to pursue a News Television. Richard has communication and humanitarianism. career in the news industry. You learn made short films about Iraq for You may choose to complete a to report for newspapers, websites, the Daily Beast. His most recent dissertation. radio and television in a live newsroom documentary film for al Jazeera environment. Using state-of-the-art was an investigation into corrupt technology, you work to real deadlines Research practices in a FTSE 250 company to make news programmes and in Kazakhstan. He also chairs upload your work to the internet. Your programmes debates at the Frontline Club in tutors are award-winning journalists For the most up-to-date information, London. Richard researches with decades of front-line experience see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/111 reporting practices in in national and international news. contemporary foreign news Journalism MA, PhD gathering. For his last publication Course content www.kent.ac.uk/pg/111 he conducted research on the Your compulsory modules cover sources used by the online areas including reporting and writing, Location: Medway investigators Bellingcat in Ukraine, journalism and free expression, and Research programmes are best suited including the shooting-down of practical multimedia journalism, to students who have a clear and Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. introducing you to the intellectual and original idea of a topic that they would Richard has also written articles professional challenges of reporting like to investigate in detail. The MA by for scholarly journals on the ethical for newspapers, radio, television and Research entails producing a 40,000- implications of professional the internet. You choose optional word thesis. The PhD demands a high reporters’ use of locally-hired academic modules from a range level of research and analysis, news gatherers in Syria, and of areas including: the history of resulting in a dissertation of 80,000 conflict journalists’ informal source journalism; conflict reporting; and words. All first-year research students networks in Iraq after the invasion communication and humanitarianism. attend a Methodologies and Research of 2003. You also complete a dissertation. Skills seminar. Through the Faculty of Multimedia Journalism MA Social Sciences, the Centre provides training in methods of using sources www.kent.ac.uk/pg/108 and can assist in funding applications. Location: Medway We welcome research applications This programme is designed for across the range of expertise in the graduates who are determined to Centre and from all over the world. pursue a career in the news industry. You learn to report for newspapers, websites, radio and television in a live newsroom environment, using state-of- the-art technology and work to real deadlines, as for the International Multimedia Journalism MA. Further information T: +44 (0)1634 202913 E: [email protected] 132 www.kent.ac.uk/law
Law
Kent Law School (KLS) is a cosmopolitan centre of world-class “The great thing about critical legal research, offering a supportive and intellectually studying an LLM at Kent stimulating place to study. KLS gives you unparalleled Law School is the plethora opportunities to study with leading academic experts in a variety of specialisms and modules of specialised fields of law. available to choose. You can even choose to do a combined The Kent LLM at the University’s Canterbury campus enables you to specialise degree with one major and in one or many areas of law by giving you an open choice of modules and pathways. Our LLM programmes at the University’s Brussels School of one minor specialism, which International Studies also allow you to gain a secondary specialisation in politics is what I decided to do.” and international relations. With all of our programmes you gain expertise in a Nikoletta Komiati, Intellectual range of international and domestic subjects and develop advanced, transferable Property Law with International research and communication skills. Some programmes give you the opportunity Commerical Law to study at both Canterbury and Brussels.
You study within a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment, working closely with academic staff whose critical teaching is informed by world-class research.
Key facts to enhance public debate and aims cited, and many are members of to make a difference. influential external policymaking • A global view KLS is international in • Extra-curricular activities These and advisory groups. outlook and our programmes attract include our award-winning law • Postgraduate life in KLS You can excellent law graduates from around clinic, an annual LLM conference find out about life as a postgraduate the world, giving you the opportunity which gives students the chance to student at Kent directly from our to discuss different international present their research and our current students by reading our approaches to law with your peers. regular guest lecture programme. Mastering Law blog • Switch to law We welcome non-law • Research centres Our research (http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/klsllm/). graduates with an appropriate centres include: the Centre for • Graduate destinations academic or professional Critical International Law, the Our graduates progress to a variety background who wish to develop an Kent Centre for Sexuality, Race and of roles within the legal profession advanced understanding of law in Gender Justice, the Kent Centre for including as barristers, solicitors, their field. European and Comparative Law, the advocates and lawyers, both in the • Critical research You are immersed Centre for Critical Thought, and the UK and internationally. Beyond the in a culture of critical research within Centre for Heritage. legal profession, our graduates also KLS, which is widely regarded as a • Staff with influence Academic staff successfully secure legal, financial centre of excellence in legal at Kent are widely published and and business roles in charities, research and teaching. Our NGOs, and national and global research is collaborative and seeks businesses.
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Taught subject pathway, with your dissertation Human Rights Law also focusing on that area of law. To www.kent.ac.uk/pg/117 follow a double subject pathway, programmes This subject pathway examines you need to choose three modules human rights protection at national, For the most up-to-date information, associated with one subject pathway, regional and international levels. This including entry requirements, see and three from another subject subject pathway is particularly website details below. pathway, with the dissertation suited to those who work in, or hope determining which is your ‘major’ Canterbury programmes to work in, international organisations, subject. The postgraduate programmes offered non-governmental organisations, within Kent Law School are usually Subject pathways international law firms and foreign affairs departments. It is also suited taught in seminar format. Students Criminal Justice on the Diploma and LLM programmes to those who want to develop a human www.kent.ac.uk/pg/114 study three modules in both the rights practice in a domestic law autumn and the spring terms, and a This subject pathway is designed for context. required module in legal skills. LLM people who already work, or intend to You are encouraged to participate in students complete a dissertation of work, within the criminal justice system, the activities of our Centre for Critical 15,000 words. All LLM programmes whether for the police, probation International Law (CeCIL). offer September or January entry – service, prison service or other with a longer period of registration organisations, or those with an Course content for January entry (15 months full-time interest in such matters. You choose from a range of modules or 28 months part-time), for September covering areas such as: cultural You cover criminal law and procedure entry (1 year full-time or 2 years part- heritage law; European Union criminal in the UK, internationally and time). It is also possible to obtain a law and procedure; international comparatively. You also examine Postgraduate Certificate in Law by criminal law; and policing. criminal justice systems from a range taking three modules from the full of other perspectives, including the range available. management of organisations, human Choosing your subject pathway rights, the psychological and sociological causes of criminal Our LLM and Diploma programmes behaviour, and social and economic are open and flexible. You can perspectives. specialise in one area of law (pathway), or you can study one major Course content and one minor pathway. Alternatively, if You choose from a range of modules you wish to broaden as well as deepen covering areas such as: European your knowledge of law, you can Union criminal law and procedure; graduate with an LLM in Law with no international criminal law; policing; and one specialist pathway. You do not transnational criminal law. You can also have to decide your pathway until after choose modules from those offered on you arrive at Kent and have sampled the Criminology MA (see p84). the available modules. To be awarded Further information an LLM in a single subject, at least Canterbury four of your six modules must be T: +44 (0)1227 824595 chosen from those associated with that E: [email protected] Brussels T: +32 (0)2 641 1721 E: [email protected] www.kent.ac.uk/brussels
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Intellectual Property Law You gain a thorough grounding in Course content www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1217 the technical legal instruments of You choose from a range of modules international commercial law, and covering areas such as: European This subject pathway gives detailed training in interdisciplinary frameworks Union criminal law and procedure; insight into the dynamic and growing for analysis of global business international criminal law; international area of intellectual property law by regulation. Emphasis is also placed human rights law; and transnational taking a distinctively contextual upon the interaction of law with other criminal law. You can also choose one approach: delineating its histories, disciplines, particularly economics module from those offered on materialisations and practices, as and politics. the Criminology MA (see p84). well as analysing their conceptual foundations and dilemmas. You are Course content International Environmental Law introduced to critical, practical and You choose from a range of modules in www.kent.ac.uk/pg/130 socio-historical approaches to the areas such as: corporate governance; This subject pathway stimulates a framing and studying of intellectual international and comparative critical awareness of international property-related problems. bankruptcy and insolvency law environmental law and policy, and has and policy; international business a particular focus on topics that are Course content transactions; international commercial You choose from a range of modules controversial or in a state of evolution. arbitration; international financial in intellectual property law, which cover services regulation; international law You develop an understanding of the areas including copyright and breach on foreign investment; and World Trade institutional structures, key principles of confidence, patents and trade Organization (WTO) law and practice. of law and policy, and the contexts marks, industrial practices, and Other available modules cover areas within which international law operates. contemporary topics. Other available such as: intellectual property law You study the theoretical, social, modules cover areas such as: cultural including copyright and breach of political and scientific perspectives heritage law; privacy and data confidence, patents and trade marks, that underlie the substantive areas of protection; and world trade and industrial practices. law, as well as the practical situations organization (WTO) law and practice. in which international environmental International Criminal Justice International Commercial Law law operates. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/129 www.kent.ac.uk/pg/127 This subject pathway develops a Course content This subject pathway equips you You choose from a range of modules critical understanding of the operation with the intellectual tools to practice covering areas such as: climate of international and transnational international commercial law, or work change and renewable energy law; criminal justice, particularly in contexts for relevant government departments, European Union environmental law that are perceived to be controversial regulators and international and policy; the legal foundations or in a state of evolution. You learn organisations in a policymaking or and substantive legal aspects of about the main legal instruments and advisory capacity. It also provides international environmental law. institutions that provide for international an excellent foundation for further co-operation and prosecution of research. international, transnational and national crime, and the impact of human rights. You are encouraged to participate in the activities of our Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL). Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 135
International Law work for, international organisations, Individualised programme of www.kent.ac.uk/pg/133 non-governmental organisations, legal studies foreign affairs departments and This subject pathway is taught www.kent.ac.uk/pg/327 international law firms. You are primarily by examining current You can design your own programme encouraged to participate in the international events and the theoretical of study by selecting law modules activities of our Centre for Critical bases of international law. It is from those listed on these pages. International Law (CeCIL). particularly suited to those involved On completion of an individualised with, or who are hoping to work for, Course content programme of legal studies you international organisations, non- Areas covered are similar to those obtain an LLM in Law. governmental organisations, listed in International Law (see left). It may also be possible to spend one international law firms and foreign term at our Canterbury campus, and affairs departments. You are You also take two modules drawn from one at our centre in Brussels (returning encouraged to participate in the the School of Politics and International to your primary location to complete activities of our Centre for Critical Relations. your dissertation). This is available International Law (CeCIL). Law and Health for our International Law and Human Course content www.kent.ac.uk/pg/132 Rights Law subject pathways, as well You choose from a range of modules This pathway offers an innovative as the generic LLM subject pathways. covering areas such as: critical exploration of issues at the heart of Please note, this ‘split-site’ option is international migration law; cultural health law (including those raised by charged at a different rate. heritage law; international criminal law; the COVID-19 pandemic). Informed by Course content the legal foundations and substantive world-leading research, it will enable You take six modules in areas offered legal aspects of international you to understand legal and ethical on the LLM subject pathways in Kent environmental law; international and principles at play, to explore the Law School, see pp133-135 human rights law; legal aspects of political, social and institutional contemporary international problems; contexts that impact the regulation You also undertake a dissertation of public international law; and of health, and to analyse the complex 15,000 words. transnational criminal law. interrelationships between health, law International Law with and regulation. International Relations Consideration of law in its broader www.kent.ac.uk/pg/131 social, political and international This subject pathway covers the contexts, and the impact of methods, scope and theories of intersecting axes of discrimination, international law, international are at the heart of this pathway. humanitarian law and international Course content relations. It provides a detailed You are strongly encouraged to understanding of the role of public take modules on the regulation of international law in international affairs. healthcare and healthcare law and Its interdisciplinary approach is suited ethics. You can also choose from a to those involved with, or hoping to range of modules covering areas such Further information as privacy and data protection, health Canterbury and inequality, global health issues and T: +44 (0)1227 824595 reproductive justice. E: [email protected] Brussels T: +32 (0)2 641 1721 E: [email protected] www.kent.ac.uk/brussels
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Brussels programmes It is particularly suited to those who work in, or hope to work Brussels School of International in, international organisations, Staff profile Studies (BSIS) is a multidisciplinary non-governmental organisations, Hyo Yoon Kang postgraduate school of the University international law firms and foreign Senior Lecturer in Law of Kent. Since 1998, the BSIS has been affairs departments. offering students a multidisciplinary Hyo Yoon Kang is Co-Convenor education delivered by leading Course content of the LLM pathway in Intellectual academics and skilled practitioners You take a module in international Property (IP) Law. She co-leads and, being based in Brussels, provides human rights law and another that The Legal Materiality Network, an students with internship opportunities helps you to develop your research AHRC-sponsored interdisciplinary and exposure to major international skills. community of scholars which organisations. In Brussels, you have explores law’s changing materiality the ability to take your degree as a You choose up to three modules from and is Partner to the ERC research standard 12-month, 90 ECTS version those offered by Kent Law School in project on Patents as Scientific or as an extended version, which is 120 Brussels. These cover areas such as: Information 1985 - 2020 ECTS and consists of an extra three critical international migration law; EU (passim.se). taught modules. You also have the migration law; international criminal law; law and development; Dr Kang publishes and presents opportunity to take a secondary minor law of armed conflict; and transitional on all aspects of IP and legal subject pathway in another available justice and rule of law programming. theory, drawing on insights from area of law or politics and international her cross-disciplinary training and relations. This is done through the You can also choose two optional professional background in law, optional modules chosen. modules from the full list of modules history of sciences, and science For further information about the offered at Brussels and technology studies. She also Brussels School of International You complete a dissertation of has research interests in Studies, see p28. knowledge techniques and 15-20,000 words. transfers, digitisation of law and Human Rights Law LLM International Law LLM governance, construction of www.kent.ac.uk/pg/772 www.kent.ac.uk/pg/139 values and valuation practices Location: Brussels and critical innovation studies. Location: Brussels Start: September or January Start: September or January
You examine the theory and practice of After decades of rule of law human rights law, international criminal promotion, the need to ‘legally’ law, humanitarian law, transitional harm, detain, profit or pollute has justice, migration law and other fields transformed how policy moves are in the context of different policy areas now performed and contested on the and academic disciplines. world stage. This has elevated the significance of international legal rules for a range of governmental, corporate and societal actors, who each compete to devise legal norms, characterisations and strategies to address global political and economic problems.
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Course content • sexual violence and the law You take a module focusing on legal Research • human rights, equality and aspects of contemporary international Kent Law School is widely recognised multiculturalism problems and another that helps you to as a world leader in critical and • trade and development develop your research skills. interdisciplinary scholarship including • economic sociology of law socio-legal studies, law and humanities, • criminal law and international You choose up to three modules from critical legal studies and feminist theory. criminal law those offered by Kent Law School in • intellectual property law Brussels. These cover areas such as: We place law in its wider social, • law, science and technology global security law; international political and historical contexts, and • health, medicine and law diplomatic law; international law of the attend to a wide range of thematic • regulation of reproduction sea; the international law on foreign and geographical areas. • housing, social welfare and investment; international trade law; public law law and development; and We are renowned in particular, for our • wellbeing and happiness Public international law attention to the role of law in creating, challenging and perpetuating social • cultural heritage law You can also choose two optional and global inequalities. • family law modules from the full list of modules • law and religion offered at Brussels We want our research to make • law and culture meaningful contributions within, and • environmental law You complete a dissertation of beyond academia, locally, nationally • comparative, European and EU 15-20,000 words. and internationally. We collaborate with constitutional law academics and non-academics across • equity and trusts Research the globe and across disciplines; • commercial law rigorously developing and sharing • consumer law and policy programmes conceptual, empirical and normative • international law and public insights to advance our understanding For the most up-to-date information, international law of the life of law. see website details below. • asylum and refugee law Our success in achieving that aim is • global security law Law LLM, PhD due not only to the excellence of our • air and space law (Brussels PhD only) individual researchers, but also to our • visual communication of law www.kent.ac.uk/pg/142 challenging and supportive research • legal history www.kent.ac.uk/pg/340 • law and theology www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2717 culture. That success is reflected in our securing of research funding, prizes • law, architecture, urban planning Socio-legal Studies LLM, PhD and awards; in external assessments www.kent.ac.uk/pg/144 such as the Research Excellence Locations: Canterbury and Brussels Framework; and in our ability to attract outstanding international visitors and We welcome applications for research research students. degrees in a wide range of areas. We recommend you contact the School Our staff expertise cuts across informally before applying, and you numerous research approaches should accompany your application and areas, including: with a 1,500-2,000-word research • socio-legal studies proposal, detailing your intended • feminist theory and jurisprudence research project and methodology. • legal theory and philosophy • critical legal theory • gender, sexuality and law • de-colonial studies • labour/employment law • equality and anti-discrimination law Further information Canterbury T: +44 (0)1227 824595 E: [email protected] Brussels T: +32 (0)2 641 1721 E: [email protected] www.kent.ac.uk/brussels 138 www.kent.ac.uk/smsas
“A postgraduate qualification further develops your skills and helps to set you apart in the job market. I am planning to work as a lecturer or as a post-doctoral researcher and I think my studies at Kent, particularly the research skills I am developing, will help me to achieve that goal.” Isaac Oppong, Mathematics PhD Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 139
Mathematics
Studying Mathematics at postgraduate level gives you a chance “I think that the relationship to begin your own research, develop your own creativity and between research students be part of a long tradition of people investigating analytic, and staff is good here. I also geometric and algebraic ideas. Under the guidance of like the supervision internationally renowned researchers in the School of arrangements, the learning Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science (SMSAS), environment and the fact postgraduate students develop analytical, communication that there is an office for and research skills. PhD students”
We help students on research programmes to enhance their computational skills Isaac Oppong, PhD Mathematics and apply them to current research problems in pure and applied mathematics.
We also have an excellent track record of winning research grants from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Royal Society, the EU, the London Mathematical Society and The Leverhulme Trust.
Key facts • Conference grants The School • Graduate destinations offers conference grants to enable Our students have gone on to • Library resources The University’s research students to present their work in companies and institutions Templeman Library houses a work at national and international including: the Arcadia Group, comprehensive collection of books conferences. Chaucer Insurance PLC, Heriot-Watt and research periodicals. Online • Industrial placements Combining University, KPMG, Met Office, NHS, access to a wide variety of journals your postgraduate taught degree Omnicom Media Group, Rakuten, is available through services with relevant employment Towergate Insurance, Travelex, such as ScienceDirect and experience in a full-time salaried University of Alabama, University SpringerLink. placement gives you a real of Kent. • Computer software The School competitive advantage when has licences for major numerical starting your career. Placements and computer algebra software usually last 12 months. You can put packages. theory into practice, while making a • London Taught Course Centre valuable contribution to an The School is a member of the organisation. EPSRC-funded London Taught Course Centre for PhD students in the mathematical sciences, which means our PhD students can participate in the courses and workshops offered by the Centre.
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Taught of cohesion with diversity. The areas Algebra and representation outlined provide focal points for these theory programmes varied interests. A representation of a group is the concrete realisation of the group For the most up-to-date information, as a group of transformations. including entry requirements, see Research areas Representation theory played website details below. Nonlinear differential equations an important role in the proof of Mathematics and its The research on nonlinear differential the classification of finite simple Applications MSc equations primarily studies algorithms groups, one of the outstanding www.kent.ac.uk/pg/146 for their classification, normal forms, achievements of 20th-century algebra. symmetry reductions, orthogonal Representations of both groups and Mathematics and its polynomials and other exact solutions. algebras are important in diverse Applications with an Industrial Boundary value problems are studied areas of mathematics, such as Placement MSc from an analytical viewpoint, using statistical mechanics, knot theory www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1219 functional analysis and spectral theory and combinatorics. Location: Canterbury to investigate properties of solutions. Algebraic topology You further enhance your knowledge, Painlevé equations In topology, geometry is studied with creativity and computational skills in Current research on the Painlevé algebraic tools. An example of an core mathematical subjects and their equations and their discrete analogues algebraic object assigned to a applications, giving you a competitive involves the structure of hierarchies of geometric phenomenon is the winding advantage in a wide range of rational, algebraic and special function number: this is an integer assigned to mathematically based careers. families of exact solutions, Bäcklund a map of the n-dimensional sphere to transformations and connection itself. The methods used in algebraic You study at least one modern formulae using the isomonodromic topology link in with homotopy theory, application of mathematics in-depth. deformation method. homological algebra and modern Mathematical computing and open- category theory. ended project work are integral Mathematical biology/ecology parts of the learning experience. Natural systems are dominated by Invariant theory nonlinear interactions which produce a The ring of invariants, the subring of If you do not meet the entry rich variety of dynamical behaviours. fixed points, is the primary object of requirements because of an Analysis of these systems provides study. We use computational methods insufficient background in insight into real world problems such to construct generators for the ring of mathematics and you are an as genetic and infectious diseases invariants, and theoretical methods to international student, you are and conservation of wild populations. understand the relationship between encouraged to apply for the Moreover, these systems provide the structure of the ring of invariants International Master’s in Mathematics inspiration for the design of new and the underlying representation. and its Applications. computer algorithms. Course content Linear and nonlinear functional Modules cover areas such as groups Quantum integrable systems analysis and representations, quantum Current research on quantum Research in this branch of mechanics, discrete mathematics, integrable systems focuses on mathematical analysis is concerned linear and nonlinear waves and powerful exact analytical and with linear and nonlinear operators orthogonal polynomials. All students numerical techniques, with on infinite dimensional normed spaces complete a dissertation. Module applications in particle physics, and the properties of such spaces. details are on our online course pages. quantum information theory and It has numerous applications in mathematical physics. a variety of areas including mathematical physics, dynamical Topological solitons Research systems theory, geometric analysis Topological solitons are stable, and optimisation. programme finite energy, particle-like solutions For the most up-to-date information, of nonlinear wave equations that see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/149 arise due to the general topological properties of the nonlinear system Mathematics MSc, PhD concerned. This research focuses on www.kent.ac.uk/pg/149 classical and quantum behaviour of The research interests of the solitons with applications in various Further information Mathematics Group cover a wide areas of physics. T: +44 (0)1227 816050 range of topics following our strategy E: [email protected] www.kent.ac.uk/arts 141
Media Studies
Media Studies at Kent is a vibrant and supportive community of Research groups academics, practitioners and students, connected through our shared passion for all forms of media and communications. Film, Media and Culture Research Group We live in a world undergoing profound shifts in media and communications The Group’s main objective is to culture. A PhD in Media Studies enables you to develop an in-depth research support and produce cutting-edge project. We help you advance the discipline by empowering you to discover research in the areas of film, media cutting-edge insights. Our staff encourage you to locate media forms within and culture. A broad and welcoming broader social and historical contexts. You will be part of a substantial church for the manifold approaches to community of PhD students within the School of Arts. our subject, we specialise in research that is collaborative, of high impact, international and interdisciplinary in Key facts Research scope. • Academic community Media Histories: Art, Drama and Film Studies is located with the School of programme Research Group Arts alongside Art History, Drama For the most up-to-date information, This Group brings together staff and and Theatre, and Film. see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/3265 • First-class facilities The School is postgraduate students from across based in the Jarman Building at our Media Studies PhD the School of Arts whose research Canterbury campus. Jarman houses www.kent.ac.uk/pg/3265 involves a cultural historical approach to their field. Whether it is in theatre, professional standard drama, film Location: Canterbury and media production studios, as film or art history, the Group promotes well as teaching rooms, social Our international staff support a wide and enables cultural historical spaces and a dedicated centre for range of research covering social research by holding a regular research postgraduate students. media, online and fan culture, media seminar and supporting student-led • Dedicated Media Hub Located in industries, promotional media initiatives, such as organising Jarman, the Hub contains cameras (including marketing and PR), conferences. audiences and participatory culture, as well as computers equipped with Identities, Politics and the Arts editing software to support research and issues of politics, identity, diversity and the media. Research Group with practical designs and outputs. This Group brings together arts • Great location The campus is a 30- The Research Group for Film, Media researchers and colleagues in other minute walk from the cultural city of and Culture will be your homebase disciplines who share interests in Canterbury. From which you are an for symposia and talks. You can test issues of identity, community, diversity hour from London by train and 40 out your own ideas, share tips and and agency. We welcome researchers minutes from the Eurotunnel, get extra feedback in the School’s committed to understanding how meaning you can enjoy both a staff-led PhD ‘Work in Progress’ political agendas are changed through green, welcoming campus and research colloquium. artistic means and process, fully close proximity to metropolitan engaging, often via practice, with culture, archives and industry. current debates and uncertainties inside and outside academia.
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Medieval and Early Modern Studies
The Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) is an “There is a wide variety of interdisciplinary centre for the study of the Medieval and Early optional modules offered, Modern periods. Our teaching staff are drawn from English, so you can choose modules History, Architecture, Classical & Archaeological Studies, based on your own interests History of Art, and the Canterbury Archaeological Trust. or choose something new that sounds fascinating and MEMS offers a successful, interdisciplinary MA programme as well as expert different – it can be a very supervision for PhD students. Our thriving community of postgraduate students benefits from a rich and stimulating research culture where they work alongside hard decision!” academic staff and are strongly encouraged to get involved with the Centre’s Jeanette Rumsby, MA Medieval numerous research activities. and Early Modern Studies We have close relationships with Canterbury Cathedral and the Archaeological Trust, which allow our students access to a wide range of unique historical, literary and material evidence.
Key facts • University resources Kent’s • Conferences We also run a full Templeman Library has scholarly programme of conferences and • External resources Canterbury editions, monographs and journals. colloquia and encourage our Cathedral Archives and Library There are online computing facilities students to attend and organise have unparalleled holdings of across campus and our students research events. manuscripts and early printed have special access to computer • Graduate destinations books. We also have excellent links terminals and postgraduate student A significant number of our MA with Rochester Cathedral Archives rooms. students go on to pursue PhDs with and the Canterbury Archaeological • Regular research seminars The us, as we have an excellent record of Trust. Kent is also within easy reach Centre holds weekly research securing PhD funding opportunities. of the British Library, The National seminars and public lectures MEMS graduates are well placed to Archives, and other London each term, to which we welcome secure roles as archivists, curators research libraries. distinguished speakers. These and researchers. We offer guidance events are at the heart of the in ‘alt-careers’ to open up a range of Centre’s activities. engaging career possibilities.
National ratings English: REF 2014 • 10th for research intensity; 15th for research power Architecture: History: • 8th for research intensity and research output • 8th for research intensity; top 20 for research power Classics: Apply online • 2nd for research impact; top 20 for research intensity, www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/apply research power, research quality and research output Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 143
Taught programme Research For the most up-to-date information, programme Staff profile including entry requirements, see Catherine Richardson website details below. For the most up-to-date information, see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/152 Professor of Early Modern Studies Medieval and Early Modern Catherine’s research focuses on Studies MA Medieval and Early Modern the movement between living and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/151 Studies MA, PhD writing, between experience and Locations: Canterbury www.kent.ac.uk/pg/152 narrative. She is interested in the Location: Canterbury relationship between texts and the This interdisciplinary programme material circumstances of their provides the opportunity for intensive We are interested in hearing from production and consumption – historical, literary and art-historical students with research proposals for instance the way individuals study. It provides a thorough grounding covering all aspects of medieval and described objects as they wrote in the skills required for advanced early modern history, life and culture. them into probate inventories, or study in the medieval and early how theatre audiences ‘saw’ modern periods. As well as a Medieval Latin, Palaeography and spaces in relation to the dialogue compulsory module in disciplinary Language Express courses are offered of a play, the physical nature of methods and an exciting and varied to postgraduate research students the theatre and their own range of optional modules, you throughout the academic year. memories and imaginations. produce a final dissertation of 12- 15,000 words, for which you receive Research areas In April 2019, she began a three- one-to-one supervision. year project, funded by the Arts The research interests of our staff and Humanities Research Council cover areas as broad as religion, Course content (AHRC) ‘The Cultural Lives of the All students take compulsory modules material culture, theatre and Middling Sort, writing and material in Europe’s Lingua Franca, and performance culture, gender, economy, culture 1560-1660'. The project Palaeography and Codicology. food and drink, legal history, war, visual aims to transform our sense of the culture, politics, architecture, history of Students choose further modules from way reading and writing fitted into books and manuscripts, environment options in areas such as: early English the everyday cultural lives of the and travel, art history and literature. performance; cultures of piety; gothic ‘middling sort’ (the neither very art and architecture; manuscripts, rich, nor the very poor) and to give libraries and archives; material culture us a clearer understanding of the in the Early Modern world; reading history of those relationships Latins; the Medieval Town; and the between social mobility, creativity transformation of Europe, c870-1100. and the arts that continue to be of interest and importance today. All students complete a dissertation.
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Pharmacy
The Medway School of Pharmacy is a unique collaboration The Medway School of Pharmacy between the University of Greenwich and the University of offers a portfolio of short courses, Kent and is located at the heart of a multi-university campus which are focused around the clinical and cost-effective use of medicines development at Chatham Maritime in Medway, Kent. Investment and prescribing. A student enrolling in extensive new laboratories and research facilities has seen on the Associate Postgraduate the campus develop into a major higher education centre. Programme can do as many or as few courses as they like, taking one The Medway School of Pharmacy has been developing its postgraduate taught course at a time on a pay-as-you-go provision since 2004 and is pleased to be able to incorporate this into a Centre basis. You may build up enough for Postgraduate, Workplace and Community Learning. This centre delivers the credits to transfer on to the Medicines current portfolio of postgraduate taught programmes and is introducing work- Optimisation programme and gain based qualifications and community-centred learning courses. The postgraduate a qualification in medicines taught team is a mix of academic tutors and healthcare professionals active in management. clinical practice, enabling students to learn from practising professionals as well as from the School’s excellent academic staff. Course content Options include: • Advanced Patient Monitoring in Key facts doctoral graduates move on to work Practice; Asthma; Bipolar Affective in university academic departments, • Excellent facilities Postgraduate Disorder; Chronic Obstructive research institutes and leading students have access to all the Pulmonary Disease; Clinical and pharmaceutical and facilities at the Medway School of Consultation, Assessment and biotechnological companies. Pharmacy, including clinical skills Diagnosis; Consultation and labs and two ‘simulation men’. Communication; Dementia; • Unique partnership The School of Taught Depression; Diabetes: type 1 Pharmacy is a joint venture between and 2; Heart Failure; Hypertension; the universities of Kent and programmes Ischaemic Heart Disease; Greenwich so students have access For the most up-to-date information, Medicines Management in Practice; to facilities at Kent’s Medway and see website details below. Medication Review in Practice; Canterbury campuses, and the Minor Ailments: Infections and University of Greenwich campuses. Associate Postgraduate Student Infestations; Minor Ailments: Pain; • Research areas These include Programme Numeracy for Prescribing Practice; chemistry and drug delivery; www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1204 Patient Monitoring in Practice; biological sciences; and pharmacy Location: Medway Pharmacology for Prescribing practice. Entry requirements: Honours Practice; Skills for Dermatology; • Graduate destinations degree in a relevant subject or taught Skills for Medicines Use Review Our taught programmes are Master’s degree; relevant healthcare (MURs); Using Evidence Effectively. specifically designed for healthcare professional qualification; registered to professionals in active clinical roles work in the UK as a pharmacist, nurse who are looking to further develop or allied health professional (AHP). their scope and practice. Our
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General Pharmacy Practice Course content Independent/Supplementary PCert, PDip PCert Prescribing PCert www.kent.ac.uk/pg/737 • Practitioner Development and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/740 Establishment of Professional Location: Medway Location: Medway Clinical Practice Entry requirements: Registration with Entry requirements: Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council PDip the appropriate professional/regulatory (GPhC). • Developing Self, Others and Your body (GPhC or PSNI for pharmacists, Operational Management Skills HCPC for allied health professionals). This programme provides general-level • Ensuring Patient Safety and A first degree or evidence of having hospital pharmacists – registered with a Quality Service studied at level H (for those wishing the GPhC and working – with the to undertake a Master’s-level core skills required to provide holistic General Pharmacy Practice MSc qualification); at least two years’ pharmaceutical care in the practice www.kent.ac.uk/pg/737 post-registration clinical experience setting. The programme aligns Location: Medway (pharmacists); at least three years’ with a nationally agreed pharmacy Entry requirements: Successful post-registration clinical experience practitioner development strategy and completion of the PCert and PDip (AHPs). is the result of a unique collaboration General Pharmacy Practice. of higher education institutions across This programme, approved by the London and the south and east of This MSc develops your research appropriate professional/regulatory England. skills and helps you to make the bodies, provides a distance learning transition to a specialist role. It helps option for qualification as a non- The programme develops your you to demonstrate a number of medical prescriber. Nine contact days knowledge and skills in clinical competencies for research cover communication and diagnostic pharmacy practice and medicines and evaluation within the Royal skills, the legal, policy, professional and management. It works on a philosophy Pharmaceutical Society Advanced ethical aspects of prescribing, plus of student-centred workplace learning, Pharmacy Framework. pharmacology and patient assessment supported by workbooks and contact and monitoring. days facilitated by experienced Course content pharmacy practitioners. You are There is only one compulsory module You can take the programme as a expected to take responsibility for as the MSc is based around a stand-alone PCert in Independent/ managing your learning and achieving research project. This project involves: Supplementary Prescribing, or as the programme objectives. The ethos • preparation and planning of one pathway into the Medicines and culture of the programme is to research Optimisation programme (see below), enhance and develop self-reliance • research design and design by studying prescribing as either the and an adult approach to learning selection first or second year of the Medicines in support of continuing professional • managing the research process Optimisation PDip. development. • ethics and research governance On successful completion, the School • statistics for research The programme is further supported will notify the appropriate professional/ • sampling and recruiting applicants by student-learning sets, regulatory body that you have qualified • designing and using data collection downloadable interactive computer- as an independent/supplementary instruments assisted learning and a range of prescriber. • analysing quantitative and resources, including the library qualitative data. facilities at Medway and your practice Course content • Consultation and Decision-Making base, and the internet. • Non-Medical Prescribing in Context Completing the practice elements • Putting Prescribing into Practice of the programme leads to both an • Safe and Effective Prescribing academic award and the award of a Statement of Completion of General Pharmacist Training (SCGPT) from an accredited training centre.
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Independent/Supplementary Medicines Optimisation PCert, For the PCert, you must complete 60 Prescribing (Clinically PDip, MSc credits, of which at least 20 must be Enhanced) PCert www.kent.ac.uk/pg/738 from compulsory modules. Diploma students must complete 120 credits, www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2718 Location: Medway of which at least 40 credits must be Location: Medway Entry requirements: A first degree in a from compulsory modules. To gain the Entry requirements: Registration with relevant subject from an EU university; MSc, you must complete a 60-credit the GPhC. A first degree or evidence equivalent qualifications from a non-EU research project, write a dissertation of having studied at Level H, at least university may be acceptable, but their and present the results as a poster. two years’ post-registration clinical comparability will be assessed on an experience, appropriate experience individual basis; or at least five years Course content in prescribing scope of practice. of working experience in health Certificate compulsory modules care after obtaining a relevant • Consultation and Communication in This programme has been developed professional qualification. Students Practice: Patients as Partners by adapting our regular and well- must also be registered with the • Medicines Management in Practice established prescribing programme relevant UK professional body and and adding a specially designed practising in the UK, preferably within Diploma compulsory modules clinical health and assessment the National Health Service. • Medication Review in Practice diagnostics module. This is a part-time, • Using Evidence Effectively blended-learning programme which The Medway School of Pharmacy’s Options include: enables hospital, mental health and innovative postgraduate distance- • Advanced Patient Monitoring in community trust pharmacists to qualify learning programme in Medicines Practice; Asthma; Bipolar Affective as independent prescribers. You Optimisation equips healthcare Disorder; Clinical Consultation, develop the knowledge and skills professionals with the skills and Assessment and Diagnosis; to practise as prescribers with an knowledge to contribute effectively COPD; Dementia; Depression; additional emphasis on clinical skills. to medicines management services Heart Failure; Hypertension; Upon successful completion, you will and to individual drug therapy Infections and Infestations; meet the RPS Competency Framework decisions. Ischaemic Heart Disease; for All Prescribers. The programme emphasises clinical Numeracy for Prescribing Practice; Course content and cost-effective prescribing in the Pain; Patient Monitoring in Practice; • Independent Prescribing in Practice context of holistic consideration of Pharmacology for Prescribing • Clinical Health Assessment and patient needs, and one of its pathways Practice; Skills for Dermatology; Diagnostics offers you the chance to qualify as Skills for MURs*; Type 1 Diabetes; an independent/supplementary Type 2 Diabetes prescriber. *pharmacists only You can register for the full MSc programme or undertake stand-alone modules. Modules can be put together to form a short course programme. Module length varies from five to 20 credits. Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 147
neuropharmacology; renal and Research Research areas cardiovascular physiology. Examples programme Chemistry and drug delivery of current work include: investigation The group’s laboratories are equipped of the use of non-pathogenic virus For the most up-to-date information with dedicated state-of-the-art ‘pseudotypes’ to study pathogenic see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/171 drug delivery, nanotechnology, RNA; development of novel strategies Pharmacy PhD spectroscopy, chromatography for cancer diagnosis and immunotherapy; study of the www.kent.ac.uk/pg/171 and organic synthesis facilities. properties of neuronal potassium Entry requirements: Minimum 2.1 The group brings together researchers channels and their modulation and honours degree in an appropriate in medicinal chemistry and drug the development of new therapies for subject, or at least a Merit in a taught design, materials science and nano- patients who have developed acute Master’s. Potential applicants with non- technology/medicine, and drug kidney injury, in collaboration with standard qualifications but significant delivery and pharmaceutics, major pharmaceutical companies. experience should contact the encouraging a multidisciplinary School’s Director of Graduate Studies. approach to research. Examples of Clinical and Professional current work include: nanoparticle- Practice The Medway School of Pharmacy has based treatments for melanoma, soft The group conducts applied research strong and vibrant research groups materials for biomedical applications, in pharmacy and public health with that span a range of pharmacy-related improving dosage forms for use in low- emphasis on the patient's perspective areas. Staff have a wealth of research income societies, oral delivery of utilising a wide range of health experience and links with industry, biopharmaceuticals, development of services research methodologies. health providers and academic point-of-care diagnostics, and Examples of current work include: institutions. synthesis/evaluation of anti-cancer evaluating the feasibility of screening The programme gives postgraduate agents. services to detect atrial fibrillation in general practice, the development of students the integrated, broad-based Biological sciences research training needed to exploit screening tools to measure medicine This group is housed in recently current advances in pharmaceutical burden, and exploring medicine refurbished laboratories with dedicated and biological sciences and pharmacy burden and medicine support needs state-of-the-art Molecular and Cellular practice. in vulnerable groups including stroke Biology, Electrophysiology, tissue survivors, people with epilepsy and culture and microscopy facilities. The people living with HIV. Other specialist research is divided into three main areas of interest include the impact of themes: infectious diseases and physical activity on health and well cancer; Neuroscience and being, and the use of complementary therapies.
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Philosophy
Philosophy at Kent is an engaged research community “This is a really good MA which explores a diverse range of topics. Our programmes course covering some of the allow students to study and research in four key areas of most important areas of philosophical enquiry: knowledge and reality; norms and philosophy. It is delivered by values; reason; and analytic and continental philosophy. supportive staff in a really agreeable and collegial On our popular MA programme, modules consist of seminar discussion while atmosphere.” specific questions and themes pursued within the modules reflect the research interests of members of staff. Des Crampton, MA Philosophy The Department of Philosophy is part of the Division of Arts and Humanities, which provides a thriving academic environment with a strong tradition of interdisciplinary research.This means that students can draw on the excellent resources of a diverse team of teachers with expertise in many key areas of European culture.
Key facts • Postgraduate resources The School • Graduate destinations provides extensive facilities to Recent graduates have gone on • Stimulating environment Our support research, excellent IT to undertake further academic Department is a place of academic facilities and designated areas research, and have also pursued excellence, friendly exchange, for postgraduate studies. Kent’s careers in fields including intellectual excitement and diversity. Templeman Library has excellent accounting, administration, In our weekly departmental research holdings in all of our areas of teaching, market research, seminar, colleagues and research interest. data analysis, and writing. philosophers from other universities • Collaborative working Active present their current work, and in collaboration between departments our thriving student-run graduate within the School ensures that we seminar, students discuss their have a vigorous and lively research ideas with peers and members of culture, including conferences staff. organised around the research • Research centres We host a Centre interests of our staff. for Reasoning and Centre for • Ideal location for research The Practical Normativity and contribute University of Kent’s location is the to the Aesthetics Research Centre. best in Britain for students who need • Conferences and talks Research to visit not only the British Library in students gain further academic London, but also the major libraries experience by giving research and research centres on the Further information talks, and attending national and continent. T: Edward Kanterian international conferences. T: +44 (0)1227 824483 E: [email protected]
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Taught Research programmes programme Staff profile For the most up-to-date information, For the most up-to-date information, Jon Williamson including entry requirements, see see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/195 Professor of Reasoning, Inference www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2 and Scientific Method Philosophy PhD Philosophy MA www.kent.ac.uk/pg/195 Professor Jon Williamson works in www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2 Location: Canterbury the area of philosophy of science Location: Canterbury and medicine. He is co-director The list below indicates the range of of the Centre for Reasoning and Our MA in Philosophy is designed for current research interests of members is a member of the Theoretical those who wish to broaden their study of staff. We can supervise PhD Reasoning research cluster. of philosophy and make a gradual students in any of these areas, as well transition to research. It is ideally as in other main fields of philosophy. He works on the philosophy suited to students with previous We encourage you to contact us to of causality, the foundations of philosophical training who would like discuss your plans at an early stage probability, formal epistemology, to gain more training in philosophical of your application. inductive logic, and the use of methodology, and/or narrow down causality, probability and inference their interests of specialisation in Research areas methods in science and medicine. preparation for an MPhil/PhD. His books Bayesian Nets and The main research interests of staff Causality and In Defence of Course content are in moral and political philosophy; Objective Bayesianism develop You engage with a wide range of philosophy of medicine; causality the view that causality and topics taught through modules and probability; philosophy of probability are features of the covering areas such as analytic and mathematics; epistemology; modern way we reason about the world, continental philosophy; knowledge and European philosophy; moral not a part of the world itself. His reality; norms and values; and reason. psychology and metaphysics. You also complete a dissertation. books Probabilistic Logics and Probabilistic Networks and There are regular Philosophy Lectures on Inductive Logic postgraduate seminars, workshops apply recent developments in and open lectures on a wide range Bayesianism to motivate a new of topics. Please see: approach to inductive logic. www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy for details. Jon's latest book, Evaluating Evidence of Mechanisms in Medicine, seeks to broaden the range of evidence considered by evidence-based medicine. 150 www.kent.ac.uk/physical-sciences
Physics, Astrophysics and Space Science
Physics reaches from the smallest quark out to the largest “I enjoy developing my of galaxies, and encompasses all the matter and timescales research skills and analysis within these extremes. It is a fundamental science that helps techniques and I also like us to understand the world around us, from our everyday being part of the wider experience to the fascinating extreme behaviours found in research community, the very small (the quantum world) and the very large (space). attending workshops and conferences. It's a great Our programmes offer specialised training in optics, forensic imaging, theoretical feeling to know that you're and experimental quantum physics, materials research, astrophysics or space science, as well as a range of valuable transferable skills, such as problem working on something that solving, and analytical and computational skills. no one else has done before.”
Our Physics and Astronomy team, within the interdisciplinary School of Physical Justyn Campbell-White, PhD Sciences, is involved in a range of studies including, machine learning and Optical Physics Coherence Tomography, next generation materials for energy generation and storage, properties of new quantum materials, high-mass star formation and the structure of the Milky Way, planetary science and hypervelocity impacts.
Key facts furnaces for high-temperature institutions such as the Rutherford synthesis; scanning electron Appleton Laboratory and St • First-class resources These microscope with EDX and Raman Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. include: a two-stage light gas gun spectrometer. • Industrial partners These include and our Beacon Observatory, which • Our partnerships The School is a BAE Systems, New York Eye and is ideal for astronomical data leading partner in the South East Ear Infirmary, and Ophthalmic research. Physics Network (SEPnet) and Technology Inc, Canada. We also Biomedical optics and forensic benefits from £2.5 million funding have collaborations with NASA, imaging students benefit from from the Higher Education Funding European Southern Observatory optoelectronic instrumentation Council for England (HEFCE). (ESO) and European Space including optical spectrum • Collaborative research Our Agency (ESA) scientists. analysers, several optical coherence researchers have strong • Graduate destinations tomographs, lasers and a clean international reputations and a large Our graduates can go on to work in room. number of active, international a range of areas including: space, Additional equipment includes: collaborations with universities defence and nuclear industries; powder and single crystal X-ray around the world, including technical management, computing diffractometers; X-ray fluorescence; Germany, France, Italy, China, Japan and software design, the media, SQUID magnetometer; ultra-low and the USA, several universities in teaching and research. temperature materials the UK, including Cambridge and characterisation facilities; several Bristol, and other research
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Research The Group works with national and Centre for Astrophysics and international institutions to extend Planetary Science (CAPS) programme OCT capabilities, from eye imaging The Group’s research focusses on and endoscopy to non-destructive the formation of stars and planetary For the most up-to-date information, testing for conservation of paintings. systems, including our own, and how see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/212 Translating the technology from the they evolve and support the existence Physics MSc, PhD lab to the clinic and industry is an of life and spans observation, important part of their work. experimentation, simulation and Location: Canterbury modelling. The major topics are star Adaptive optics and microscopy Funded PhD positions are The Group conducts research on formation, planetary science and advertised regularly on our website. coherence-gated wavefront sensors early solar system bodies, galactic (www.kent.ac.uk/physical-sciences). for imaging with reduced aberrations, astronomy and astrobiology. The Independently funded applications assisting eye imaging with adaptive Group uses data from our in-house for MSc or PhD are also welcomed. optics for enhanced transversal Beacon Observatory as well as the When you apply, please give specific resolution and novel microscopy, largest telescopes in the world and indications of your research interests including two-photon absorption. in space, such as ESO’s Very Large or the member(s) of staff you wish to Telescope, the New Technology work with, and we will match you up Lasers Telescope, the Spitzer Space with a supervisor. No detailed proposal Research is conducted on Telescope and the Herschel Space is required. supercontinuum sources as well Observatory. as fast tunable lasers, to serve high-performance OCT. In addition, our in-house facilities Research groups include a two-stage light gas gun Signal processing for impact studies. Staff are involved Our research groups cover topics The Group works on processing in a wide range of international within physics, astronomy, forensic interferometric signals with correlation collaborative research projects. imaging and materials. Between methods for master-slave Areas of particular interest include: them, they cover a broad portfolio interferometry, invented by the AOG, star formation, extragalactic astronomy that reflects the interdisciplinary as well as using fast Fourier and solar system science. nature of the school. transformations on graphic cards. Applied Optics Group (AOG) Optical sensors The Group’s research focuses on This covers research into the optical sources, optical configurations fundamental properties of guided and signal processing methods for wave interferometers, and their optical measurements and imaging application in fields ranging from as detailed below. monitoring bridge structures to Biomedical imaging/Optical diagnostic procedures in medicine. coherence tomography (OCT) The first en-face OCT image of the human eye was produced by the AOG in 1996. Since then, the Group has continued to develop OCT, to enhance its high resolution and extend its capabilities. Further information T: +44 (0)1227 824392 E: [email protected]
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Physics of Quantum Materials Forensic Imaging Group (FIG) (PQM) The Group’s research has an applied Staff profile Our world-class expertise includes focus. We explore mathematical and Adrian Podoleanu field theory, phenomenology, computer computational techniques and employ Professor of Biomedical Optics; simulation, and measurements using a wide variety of image processing Head of the Applied Optics Group both large-scale external and in-house and analysis methods for applications facilities including our unique double- in many areas including forensics and Professor Podoleanu began his stage adiabatic demagnetisation cyber security. The Group holds major career teaching at the Technical refrigerator that can cool samples to grant funding from EPSRC. It has University Bucharest, Romania, 15 mK under 50 GPa of hydrostatic spawned a very successful spin-off where he taught physics, optics pressure. Interests include company, Visionmetric Ltd, and was and optoelectronics, and superconductors, topological central to the School’s excellent REF developed research on lasers materials, quantum phase transitions, rating for impact, placing the School and fast optoelectronics. relativistic quantum effects, low- equal 7th nationally in this category. dimensional and strongly correlated His research interests at Kent Current active research projects electron systems, and novel forms of focus on optical coherence include facial identification, substance quantum coherence. tomography (OCT), imaging the identification, design of novel eye, distance measurements using Materials for Energy and fingerprint developers and detection low coherence interferometry, Electronics (MEE) of concealed objects. subnanosecond dwell time The Group has a broad range of multichannel digital correlation, expertise in developing materials to and sensing and secure optical enable the novel technologies required communications. by modern society in a sustainable He contributed towards fashion. This includes creation of development of the en-face OCT new materials, physical property imaging as a novel technology investigation and developing and is involved in teaching of the understanding of their atomic, non-invasive optical imaging magnetic and electronic structures, methods with emphasis on OCT, crucial to optimising their properties. electromagnetism and optics Research incorporates both and medical physics. experimental and computational approaches, including well-established expertise in central neutron, X-ray and computational facilities. Current focuses include materials for Li and Na-ion batteries, photovoltaic cells, nanoparticles and glasses for environmental remediation, ferroelectric materials for energy storage and sensing and magnetic materials for cooling and data storage.
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Politics and International Relations
The School of Politics and International Relations is a dynamic “With my degree from place to study, combining high-quality teaching with cutting- BSIS, I was able to go edge research in a supportive environment. All postgraduate directly into the immigration teaching is informed by the latest research and is delivered policy world and work as a by academic staff with internationally recognised expertise. research associate for the Pew Charitable Trusts in The School has academic staff based at two locations, in Canterbury and Washington, DC. The Brussels. The School is cosmopolitan with staff from many different countries; more than half of our postgraduate students come from outside the UK. research and analytical skills I learned, in addition to the Our global outlook is reflected in our wide range of international partnerships. contacts I made, have been We are the only politics and international relations school in the country with a crucial to my success.” postgraduate centre in Brussels, which allows students on some of our programmes to follow part, or all, of their programme in Brussels. Agreements Karina Shklyan, MA International with partner institutions in Germany and Russia enable us to offer a Double Award Migration (BSIS) version of the MA in International Relations and a joint MA programme in Peace and Conflict Studies.
Key facts Diploma (PDip), which comprises • Brussels School of International six modules taught over nine Studies (BSIS) is a multidisciplinary • University resources You have months. postgraduate school of the access to an excellent library, • Part-time study You can study your University of Kent. Since 1998, including a collection of political MA over two years. the BSIS has been offering students cartoons, extensive computing • Two-year MAs We also offer two- a multidisciplinary education facilities and online resources year 120 ECTS versions of our MAs, delivered by leading academics including 50,000 journals. which comprise nine taught and skilled practitioners. Based in • European Documentation Centre modules and a dissertation. Brussels, it is able to provide you Based in the School, the Centre • Split-site study On some with internship opportunities and houses all official publications of programmes you can spend a term exposure to major international the EU and the School also has abroad or split your time between organisations. In Brussels, you also a specialised collection on Canterbury and Brussels. have the opportunity to combine international conflict and federal • Graduate destinations your degree subject with any of the studies. Our graduates move on to work other MA or LLM degrees offered in • Our postgraduate research students in areas including: the diplomatic Brussels. This is done through have their own designated study service, EU administration, local and the optional modules chosen. area. central government, international For further information on BSIS, • Flexible programmes This allows organisations including charities and see p28. you to fit your studies around other private companies, teaching and commitments. All of our one-year research. Some go into practical MA programmes at Canterbury politics. can be studied as a Postgraduate
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Taught International Conflict Analysis Specific training for working in the field MA of conflict analysis includes preparing programmes www.kent.ac.uk/pg/44 reports on specific conflicts or security issues, drafting recommendations for Locations: Canterbury or Canterbury For the most up-to-date information, policymakers, or mediating between and Brussels including entry requirements, see parties. The programme is constantly Start: September or January website details below. updated to introduce fresh insights EU External Relations MA You examine the major theories of and innovative policy strategies. conflict and conflict resolution in www.kent.ac.uk/pg/767 Course content international affairs, supplementing You take modules that cover areas Location: Brussels theory with detailed case studies. such as conflict and security and the Start: September or January Topics include negotiation, mediation, theories of conflict and violence. You conference diplomacy, third party The European Union (EU) is a key also take a module that develops your intervention, restorative justice, global actor and, as the largest research skills. economy, is the first trading partner for peacekeeping, peacemaking, many countries. But, by developing its and coercive diplomacy. You select a further module from a range that covers areas including: own foreign and defence policy, it also Course content conflict, transformation and peace; seeks to become a key diplomatic You take modules that cover areas critical approaches to security; global player. such as conflict resolution in world security law; law of armed conflict; politics, theories of conflict and On this programme, you study the negotiation and mediation; and violence and philosophy and EU in its different dimensions, such policies and politics of health and methodology of politics and as foreign policy, security and external health care in humanitarian disasters relations law, but also from an international relations. You then choose three optional outsider’s perspective in a context of You then take three optional modules modules from those offered at global change and regional instability. from those available within the School. Brussels. This programme is good preparation You also complete a dissertation. for careers in diplomacy, research and You also complete a dissertation. You can choose a two-year 120 ECTS employment in organisations that deal International Development MA with the external dimension of the EU. credit format for this programme, either based at Canterbury or split-site with www.kent.ac.uk/pg/55 Course content Brussels. Location: Brussels You take modules on European Start: September or January foreign and security policy and EU International Conflict and international relations law. You choose Security MA This programme improves your critical further modules from a range covering www.kent.ac.uk/pg/54 understanding of contemporary issues areas such as advocacy and in development and provides practical Location: Brussels campaigning, EU politics and tools for future engagement. It Start: September or January governance, foreign policy, considers theoretical, practical international relations theory and This programme introduces you to and ethical issues by interrogating Europe and global change. You then the concepts and theories needed to development discourses, objectives select three modules from those understand contemporary international and effects, and by seeking to offered in Brussels. conflict and security issues. Through understand forms of inclusion/ practical and case study-driven exclusion and intervention in societies. All students complete a dissertation. modules, you learn about conflict prevention and early warning, as well as ways of managing conflicts through negotiation and mediation. Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 155
Issues covered include economic International Migration MA International Political Economy development, poverty eradication, www.kent.ac.uk/pg/56 MA legal empowerment, public-private Location: Brussels www.kent.ac.uk/pg/58 partnerships, social entrepreneurship, Start: September or January Location: Brussels trade and privatisation, informal Start: September or January economies and finance, and The programme offers an technological initiatives. It also interdisciplinary perspective on This programme offers a combined provides you with an interdisciplinary migration and is suitable for recent competency in economics and politics, approach to development and to graduates or those with relevant enriched with the study of law. It allows allow you to specialise in your field experience. You gain an in-depth for a specialisation in a subfield such of interest, such as development understanding of the broader field as development, environmental policy, economics, development and of migration while being able to migration, conflict and security, political migration, development and specialise in a particular migration strategy or European public policy. conflict, or human rights. issue (eg, human trafficking). The exposure you are given to policy You examine the links between practice at the international institutions This programme is suitable for those migration and other fields ranging from based in Brussels, together with high- seeking to understand the field of development economics and conflict quality education, prepares you for a international development as well as analysis to human rights law or career in international and domestic for practitioners who have substantive international migration law. public policy, diplomacy, non- experience. It provides conceptual governmental organisations, tools and practical skills for a variety Course content as well as in the private sector. of careers in international affairs. You take modules that cover areas such as: migration: conflict, the state Course content Course content and human rights and theories of You take modules that cover areas You take modules that cover areas migration, integration and citizenship. such as: international political such as development theory and You also take a module that develops economy and state, market and practice and the politics of your research skills. security. You also take a module international development. You also that develops your research skills. take a module that develops your You select a further module from a research skills. range that covers areas including: critical international migration You select a further module from a law; development, disability and range that covers areas including: disadvantage; EU migration law; conflict, transformation and peace; gender in conflicts, migration and development, disability and development; human security in forced disadvantage; development migration; identity, state and belonging; economics; gender in conflicts, politics of health and health care in migration and development; law and humanitarian disasters; and security development; policies and politics of and liberties. health and health care in humanitarian disasters; and state, market You then choose three optional and society. modules from those offered at Brussels Further information Canterbury You then choose three optional You also complete a dissertation. modules from those offered at Brussels T: +44 (0)1227 827307 E: [email protected] You also complete a dissertation. Brussels T: +32 (0)2 641 1721 E: [email protected] www.kent.ac.uk/brussels
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“The teaching has been excellent! Throughout all my modules, the lecturers have been very supportive and available to answer questions about assessments or specific module topics. They have also tried to make lectures and seminars as interactive as possible, which has enhanced my learning.” Valeria Minisini, MA International Relations with International Law Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 157
You select a further module from a International Relations MA Peace and Conflict Studies MA range that covers areas including: (International Double Award) www.kent.ac.uk/pg/49 corporate governance; international www.kent.ac.uk/pg/46 Locations: Canterbury and Marburg economic regulation; international Locations: Canterbury and Moscow economics; and the politics of This is an exciting international and international development. Following your first year at Kent, interdisciplinary two-year programme you spend your second year at focusing on violent conflict as well You then choose three optional the prestigious National Research as its prevention and management. modules from those offered at Brussels University Higher School of Economics You spend your first year in Canterbury You also complete a dissertation. in Moscow. Courses in Moscow are and the second year in Marburg where taught in English with the option to take courses are taught in English. The International Relations MA Russian language courses. There is a programme features a mandatory www.kent.ac.uk/pg/45 mandatory research internship that is internship that is linked to the www.kent.ac.uk/pg/57 linked to the dissertation. dissertation. Locations: Canterbury or Brussels Course content Course content (MA only) For Stage 1, content is as for Canterbury Start: September or January International Relations (see left). You take modules in areas such as There is an increasing need for more conflict resolution in world politics, International Relations with sophisticated ways of understanding theories of conflict and violence, and International Law MA the dramatic changes taking place. the philosophy and methodology of www.kent.ac.uk/pg/47 This programme addresses that politics and international relations. need. It is a flexible MA that allows Location: Canterbury You then select three optional modules you maximum scope to construct Start: September or January from those available within the School. a degree that suits your interests. International law and international You complete your dissertation. Course content relations need to be informed by You take modules that cover each other. This programme covers the international relations theory and general methods, scope and theories the philosophy and methodology of of each discipline. You develop a politics and international relations. critical consideration of traditional approaches to the discipline of You then select four optional modules international relations and consider the from those available within the School. role, potential and limitations of public You also complete your dissertation. international law in international affairs. You can choose a two-year 120 ECTS Course content credit format for this programme, either You take modules that cover based at Canterbury or split-site with international relations theory, the Brussels. philosophy and methodology of politics and international relations and public international law. Further information Canterbury You then select three optional modules T: +44 (0)1227 827307 chosen from the School of Politics and E: [email protected] International Relations and Kent Law Brussels School, making a total of four politics T: +32 (0)2 641 1721 and international relations modules E: [email protected] and two law modules www.kent.ac.uk/brussels You complete your dissertation.
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Political Strategy and Security and Terrorism MA Research Communication MA www.kent.ac.uk/pg/52 www.kent.ac.uk/pg/59 Location: Canterbury programmes Location: Brussels Start: September or January For the most up-to-date information, Start: September or January see website details below. This programme is designed to This programme engages you in the explore terrorism and political violence Comparative Politics MA-R, PhD practical issues of political delivery. as perpetrated by both state and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/60 The areas of political communication, non-state actors. You analyse the www.kent.ac.uk/pg/336 political leadership, strategy, crisis implications of international terrorism International Conflict Analysis management, political branding, for the security of individuals, societies, MA-R, PhD and public relations are the leading states and the international system, vocational aspects of a developed along with the measures taken by www.kent.ac.uk/pg/62 www.kent.ac.uk/pg/338 academic understanding of politics states to deter political violence. and international relations. It is an International Relations MA-R, area of growing importance that Teaching is by world-leading PhD specialists in traditional and distinguishes our graduates as www.kent.ac.uk/pg/63 policy-relevant, engaged thinkers critical approaches to the study www.kent.ac.uk/pg/339 in the political arena. of terrorism and its implications. The programme equips you with Political and Social Thought Course content a range of research-based and MA-R, PhD You take modules in political more practical skills, and offers a www.kent.ac.uk/pg/61 communication and political strategy. springboard for careers in government, www.kent.ac.uk/pg/337 You choose a further module from a international organisations, journalism, Location: Canterbury (MA-R, PhD) or range that covers areas such as: the security sector and advocacy Brussels (PhD) critical approaches to security; foreign groups. It also gives you the resources Start: September or January policy analysis; international diplomatic to go on to further study in the field. law; and negotiation and mediation. Course content Research areas You then choose three optional You take modules that cover areas Our research interests are wide- modules from those offered at such as: the philosophy and ranging, with particular strengths in Brussels. methodology of politics and conflict analysis and resolution, international relations, security in a You also complete a dissertation. political theory and European politics. changing world and terrorism and Our three University-accredited crimes of the state. research centres function as the key You select three optional modules from organisational pillars for research those available within the School. activities within the school. We are part of the South East ESRC Doctoral Training Centre, making us one of the key training locations in our subject in the UK. Further details can be found at: http://southeastdtc.ac.uk Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 159
We encourage potential research generation of ideas innovators and students to refer to our research policymakers, demonstrated by its handbook (pdf) for detailed learning, teaching and knowledge Staff profile information, www.kent.ac.uk/ exchange activities and via the Global Elena Korosteleva politics/studying/postgraduate/ Europe Student Forum. The Centre is Professor of International Politics documents/pgrhandbook.pdf interdisciplinary and aims to develop synergies across the schools of Professor Korosteleva’s research Conflict Analysis Research Politics and International Relations, interests include the concepts Centre (CARC) Economics, History, European of governance/governmentality, Kent has been at the forefront of Languages and Culture, and resilience, changing order, conflict negotiation and resolution for Kent Business and Law schools. peoplehood and democracy almost 50 years. The Centre brings promotion; EU Global Security together academics working on Centre for Critical Thought Strategy and Foreign Policies different aspects of conflict and (CCT) including relations with Russia, security as well as PhD and Master’s This centre is a multidisciplinary Eastern Europe and Central Asia. students. Current research includes initiative across the Social Sciences an investigation into how migrant and Humanities faculties, co-ordinated She is a Jean Monnet Chair in communities can support peace by staff in Politics and International European Politics, which she building in their home society. Relations, Law and the School of received twice in recognition The Centre is also at the forefront European Culture and Languages’ of her research and teaching of trying to resolve actual conflicts Italian Department. Staff and students excellence. – for example, it played a role in the interested in cutting-edge critical In 2017 Professor Korosteleva was Moldova-Transnistria peace process thought meet to discuss their awarded a £4 million grant (2017- and has supported reconciliation work and to explore the insights 21) for the prestigious GCRF efforts in Africa. of interdisciplinary collaboration. COMPASS project which, in In addition, it serves as a forum for partnership with the University Global Europe Centre (GEC) lectures, including the Annual Kent of Cambridge, seeks to establish This centre focuses on the study Lecture in Political and Social Thought, ‘hubs of excellence’ in terms of of Europe and its relations with the seminars and an annual workshop. outside world. Its research focus is research integration, policy impact on contemporary policy challenges and sustainable communities, at to Europe and its nation states, and top-level higher education engagement with policymakers and institutions in Belarus, Azerbaijan, policy-shapers is at the core of its Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. activities. The Centre disseminates policy-relevant research via publications, research-led knowledge transfer workshops, conferences and public lectures. The Centre is committed to the creation of the next Further information Canterbury T: +44 (0)1227 827307 E: [email protected] Brussels T: +32 (0)2 641 1721 E: [email protected] www.kent.ac.uk/brussels 160 www.kent.ac.uk/professional-practice/programmes
Professional Practice/ Digital and Lifelong Learning
Professional Practice as part of Digital and Lifelong Learning “My employment prospects offers part-time, multi-professional, work-related postgraduate have improved vastly. Not studies. Our programmes and short courses have been just having a degree on my specifically designed to meet the needs of working record, but the new skill professionals wishing to develop their academic ability set, confidence and proved while maintaining their professional role. competence are all benefits to studying this programme.” We believe that employers can benefit from the University of Kent’s academic and research excellence, quality teaching, design and development activities James Devine, Chief Executive of to create positive change and to forge new knowledge within their organisations. Medway NHS Foundation Trust We work with external partners and employers to create distinct and original work- based and work-related developmental and educational solutions, which respond to the unique workforce challenges experienced by employees and organisations across the region and beyond. Our programmes are designed to enhance career progression and foster intellectual and professional development and practice.
Key facts • Collaborative provision and partners We develop and accredit Taught • Flexible programmes Our postgraduate training courses programmes of study provide programmes delivered by Health Education inclusive and coherent educational England, London and South East For the most up-to-date information, and work-related opportunities, Deanery, Kent Community Health see website details below. allowing you to study either NHS Foundation Trust and the New individual modules or to work Advanced and Specialist Horizons Teaching School Alliance. towards a postgraduate certificate, Healthcare PCert, MSc • CPD courses We offer CPD diploma or Master’s degree. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2208 courses in evidence-based practice, • Supportive environment You are research skills, collaborative and Location: Medway taught in a welcoming, supportive interprofessional working. You can Entry requirements: Entry onto and flexible academic environment. obtain further information about the programme is via professional • Practitioner-led Our academic team these programmes from our qualification in a relevant field has extensive professional website. (healthcare profession) with a practitioner experience and • Graduate destinations minimum of two years post- provides valuable contributions Our graduates use the skills they’ve qualification experience within the to the design, development and acquired to develop professional, relevant area of practice. Alternatively, delivery of current professional educational, clinical and policy the successful completion of a practice programmes. making career pathways at local, University of Kent PCert or PDip • Professional links Our strong links regional and national levels. Our in a health-related subject area. to local and national employers alumni lead NHS foundation trusts, You must be able to demonstrate ensures our programmes reflect school academy trusts and personal suitability and be within contemporary practice. professional associations. a suitable workplace setting.
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GP trainers who have achieved PCert Advanced and Specialist dental field plus a minimum of two or PDip in Strategic Leadership and Healthcare (Advanced Dental years’ dental practitioner experience. Multi-professional Education in Clinical Practice) MSc Accreditation of Prior Experiential Healthcare can continue to study for www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2193 and Certificated Learning (APECL) a full MSc award by direct access is encouraged and can be discussed Location: Medway into the PG Diploma. with one of our admissions officers. Entry requirements: Applicants need Requests for APECL (Accreditation to have gained the Faculty of General Flexible and multidisciplinary, this of Prior Experiential and Certificated Dental Practice (UK) Post-registration programme is designed to meet the Learning) and Credit Transfer are Diploma or equivalent qualification; needs of qualified registered dental welcome. this provides 90 credits in the form professionals wishing to develop their of approved Accreditation of Prior academic ability while maintaining their This is a multi-professional programme Experiential and Certificated Learning professional role. designed for qualified, registered (APECL). Applicants must also be healthcare professionals including working in a dental workplace setting. You analyse the current debates doctors, nurses, GP Fellows, relating to key issues relevant to the physiotherapists and therapists The programme is a joint collaboration professional context in which you are working across a wide range of between Professional Practice and the working and develop academic and settings including primary, secondary Faculty of General Dental Practice professional skills necessary to meet and community care who wish to (UK) (FGDP (UK)). the evolving needs of patient care in develop their academic skills contemporary practice. The MSc is a part-time Master’s-level alongside their professional role. programme studied over 18 months. Course content Taught by expert academics and It provides the route for the FGDP (UK) Your modules cover contemporary clinicians, you broaden your expertise post-registration Diploma or other dentistry, evidence-based practice, and hone your research skills while appropriately qualified students to professional standard setting and gaining a recognised qualification to extend their study to a full Master's research skills. You also take modules help progress your career. qualification. specific to your chosen pathway and complete a dissertation. Teaching is structured around a series The programme helps experienced of extended taught weekends (on dental care practitioners to extend Professional Practice MA, MSc average four to six weekends a year and deepen the analytical and critical www.kent.ac.uk/pg/224 at our Medway campus), consisting reasoning powers which underpin Professional Practice (Teaching of formal lectures, seminars, guest practice. For example, in organisational and Learning) MSc speakers and action learning sessions. leadership and change, health and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/335 You explore your existing work welfare systems, organisations and practice, with modules designed to services and advanced technical Location: Medway help you review and analyse current procedures and practices. Entry requirements: A professional debates and professional challenges qualification or appropriate degree- Course content relevant to the specific area and level qualification and/or equivalent In addition to successful completion healthcare context in which you work. work experience at the appropriate of the FGDP post-registration or level. Those entering the programme equivalent programme, you take Course content are expected to demonstrate compulsory modules to improve your The programme is designed to be professional experience in a role that research skills and complete a work- studied on a part-time basis. Typically, involves responsibility, which they have related project and a dissertation. you complete the PCert in your first held for at least two years. Applicants year, the PDip in your second and the Advanced and Specialist without traditional qualifications are MSc in your third. Healthcare (Applied Dental considered on an individual basis and First year PCert Professional Practice) MSc are required to demonstrate potential You focus on evidence-based practice to study at postgraduate level. (health). You then choose a module www.kent.ac.uk/pg/215 from those available in the optional Location: Medway This is an interdisciplinary programme modules list. Entry requirements: Applicants should for professionals who want to Second year PDip hold either an existing professional develop and enhance their practice. It You develop your research skills and qualification with registration to the is a work-related learning programme select further modules from those General Dental Council or a designed for participants from a variety available in the optional modules list. professional qualification in a related of professional settings including Third year MSc the private, public and third sector. You undertake a work-related project and complete your dissertation.
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You explore your profession further, The course is a self-guided study consider the challenges associated resource, comprising two parts, plus Staff profile with your professional practice and a third part for those wishing to gain develop your generic knowledge and academic credit. Anne-Maria Brennan skills in the workplace; while being • Part 1: an introduction to the skills Lecturer in Professional Practice able to focus on a specific area of needed to research and write Dr Brennan has over 20 years of practice relevant to you and your work. assignments at Master’s level experience in undergraduate and • Part 2: an introduction to concepts You are able to follow one of our postgraduate research supervision of learning at Master’s level specific accredited pathways or select and PhD examining, along with • Part 3: assessment details (only modules of personal and professional a successful track-record in required if seeking to interest from across the University. curriculum design and delivery. gain academic credit). She is a Senior Fellow of the Course content There are no formal entry requirements Higher Education Academy and You take modules that focus on for Parts 1 and 2 of this short course. a Freeman of the Worshipful learning and development, evidence- On successful completion of this Company of Educators. based practice, and interprofessional course, you may choose to progress working and developing your research Dr Brennan convenes the to the Master’s programmes. skills. You select further modules from Evidence-Based Practice and those available within Professional Course content Quantitative Research Methods Practice or across the wider University. From the course, you develop skills in modules for the MSc in You also complete a dissertation. the following areas: Professional Practice. The • the ability to communicate clearly Professional Practice programmes Teaching and Learning pathway in written formats in academic and (PCert/PDip/MA/MSc) are work- This is a work-related pathway professional workplace settings related, trans-disciplinary designed for qualified teachers in • manage complex information postgraduate programmes aimed collaboration with Rochester Grammar effectively and present this using at professional participants School, Brompton Academy and a comprehensive range of learning wishing to develop and enhance the New Horizons Teaching School resources their current working practice. Alliance. • demonstrate a capacity for Anne-Maria’s field of research is The modules you study address autonomous learning and the ability public engagement with science, barriers to learning, the role of to access professional resources as particularly the interface between schooling and improve your research appropriate. science, technology, culture and skills. For further details see the arts. Online short course www.kent.ac.uk/professional- practice/programmes Introduction to Master’s-level Study Academic Threshold Concept Research areas This online short course introduces Current research areas include: you to the concepts and skills required • communities of practice for successful study of the Master’s • experiential learning programmes delivered by Kent’s • power dynamics Digital and Lifelong Learning. • professionalisation Participating in the course gives you • reflective practice. the opportunity to develop new skills or revise skills you have learnt in the past but have not used for some time.
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Psychology
Psychology at Kent offers a diverse, dynamic and supportive “I particularly enjoyed community in which to research and learn. We conduct both the regular seminars theoretical and applied research in several areas, and we are given by well-known highly regarded as a leading European centre for postgraduate forensic psychologists. The research. As well as a long-established international reputation integration of theories with in social psychology, we have also established strengths in practical experience made cognitive, developmental and forensic psychology. learning much more pragmatic.” Our taught MSc programmes enhance your understanding of specialist topics and techniques in preparation for doctoral study and also employment in fields such Mehdi Alemohammad, MSc Forensic as health, education, policy development, and human resource management. Psychology, now a trainee forensic The School has a strong track record of attracting Economic and Social Research psychologist Council (ESRC) research studentship funding, which involves partnerships with external organisations such as The Anne Frank Trust and collaborative studentships with partners such as People United.
Key facts healthcare, local government, • An observational suite and fully coaching and training, conflict equipped video studios • Accredited programmes Our MSc management, prison and probation • Group dynamics laboratories in Forensic Psychology is accredited service, polling and electoral • Networked small groups/ by the British Psychological Society analyses, public relations, political interpersonal interaction laboratories as providing the first (academic) consultancy, human resource and hub room year of professional training for management, recruitment, • Electrophysiology (ERP/EEG) those who pass the course and counselling, policy development, laboratories wish to qualify as Chartered organisational development • Eye-tracking laboratories Forensic Psychologists. Our MSc consultancy and general managerial • Galvanic vestibular stimulation in Organisational and Business roles. laboratory (GVS, Magstim) Psychology is accredited by the • Physiological measurement Association for Business Psychology Key resources laboratories and can confer the title of Associate • The Kent Child Development Unit (a • Social cognition laboratory Business Psychologist. suite of child-oriented laboratories • Transcranial magnetic stimulation • Graduate destinations and a database of children who (TMS) Our graduates move on to careers participate in developmental • Visual cognition laboratories in areas such as: speech and research) and research team • Virtual reality laboratory language therapy, psychometric focusing on how children learn testing, specialist charity work, about their world
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Taught Developmental Psychology MSc Forensic Psychology MSc www.kent.ac.uk/pg/66 www.kent.ac.uk/pg/69 programmes Location: Canterbury Location: Canterbury For the most up-to-date information, Entry requirements: In addition to The MSc focuses on questions such including entry requirements, see general entry requirements, you must as: What psychological changes website details below. also qualify for the Graduate Basis for occur during infancy, childhood and Chartered Membership (GBC) with the adolescence? What psychological Cognitive British Psychological Society (BPS); processes drive the development of Psychology/Neuropsychology Graduate Membership of the BPS is children? What can psychologists do MSc insufficient. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/65 to promote healthy development in neurotypical individuals and support This MSc is accredited by The British Location: Canterbury development among individuals with Psychological Society as providing the Cognitive psychology and developmental disorders? first (academic) year of professional neuropsychology bring together training for those who wish to qualify The programme draws on the a range of different theoretical as Chartered Forensic Psychologists. strengths of developmental frameworks. Cognitive psychological, psychologists working in the Kent Child Course content neurobiological, neuropsychological Development Unit (KCDU). Some of You study the assessment and and computer science approaches our research is carried out in nurseries treatment of offenders in forensic combine in order to understand how and schools. In addition, the KCDU has settings, forensic cognition, the the human mind/brain solves a variety an extensive database of young psychology of criminal conduct, and of complex problems, such as children who visit the Unit to take of law and justice. You take a module recognising objects, remembering part in research. You can use these in statistics and methodology and previous experiences, reading, facilities for the purpose of your complete an empirical research speaking and reasoning. dissertation project. project in forensic psychology Course content Course content Organisational and Business You take modules looking at current You take modules in cognitive Psychology PCert, PDip, MSc issues in cognitive psychology development, developmental www.kent.ac.uk/pg/366 and neuropsychology, and statistics psychopathology and statistics and Taught jointly with: Kent Business and methodology. You then choose two methodology. You then choose two School further modules from a list that covers, further modules from a list that covers, Location: Canterbury at an advanced level, topics such as: at an advanced level, topics such as: cognitive (neuroscience) methods in cognitive (neuroscience) methods This MSc brings together aspects of practice; cognition in action; cognitive in practice; intergroup relations; psychological research into applied, development; developmental current issues in social and applied social, and organisational psychology psychopathology; and the psychology psychology theory and applications; modules from the School of of eyewitness testimony. You also developmental psychology in Psychology together with modules complete a research project. professional practice; and the on organisational behaviour and psychology of eyewitness testimony. people management from Kent You also complete a research project. Business School.
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Course content Social Psychology MSc Research You study business and organisational www.kent.ac.uk/pg/75 psychology and the psychology of programmes selection and assessment. You then Location: Canterbury For the most up-to-date information, choose three optional modules from The programme is taught by our see website details below. a range that covers areas such as outstanding research group in social human resource management and psychology. Teaching and research Cognitive Psychology/ development, leadership and covers the psychology of intergroup Neuropsychology PhD management and entrepreneurship. behaviour, group decision and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/76 You also complete a methods and performance, attitudes and statistics module and a research persuasion, organisational psychology, Forensic Psychology PhD apprenticeship dissertation. social cognition, children’s self- www.kent.ac.uk/pg/77 Political Psychology MSc concept and social attitudes, and Psychology MSc, PhD cross-cultural questions, relating social www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1206 www.kent.ac.uk/pg/78 psychological research in these areas Taught jointly with: School of Politics to social problems. Social Psychology MSc, PhD and International Relations www.kent.ac.uk/pg/79 Location: Canterbury Course content Location: Canterbury You take modules in the theory of This programme explores the social and applied psychology and The breadth of our research interests relationships between political and its applications and in statistics and allows us to offer supervision of psychological processes. It offers a methodology. You then choose two research degrees in a number unique interdisciplinary focus on key optional modules from a range that of areas of psychology, including: current issues in political psychology. covers, at an advanced level, areas social psychology; developmental such as: groups, teams and psychology; forensic psychology; Course content organisations, developmental Key topics include the nature of cognitive psychology; political, psychopathology, intergroup relations, political ideologies, government organisational and existential developmental psychology in perceptions, justice and inequality, psychology; personality and professional practice, political beliefs in political conspiracies, and motivation. You should include an psychology, and the psychology political conflict and violence. You outline of your proposed research of eyewitness testimony. You also develop your knowledge of theory and in your online application form. complete a research project. practice by studying a range of areas If you have not already successfully such as advanced intergroup relations, completed an advanced statistics public opinion, and statistics and and methods course (ie, beyond methods. You also complete a Bachelor-degree level), in your first research project in political year you will need to take our Master’s psychology. module in statistics and methodology.
We also offer MSc degrees by research (one year full-time or two years part-time), involving a research project and the advanced statistics training required of doctoral students.
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• attitudes and decision making questions on healthy populations Research themes • status, leadership and power include the role of executive functions The School of Psychology is highly • conspiracies and social movements in successful language use and regarded as a leading European • security and risk communication, how language centre for postgraduate research, • social influence influences attentional processes and with an international reputation for • personality perspective taking, anomaly detection excellence in social psychology • culture and social interaction. in reading, and brain structural and (including group processes and functional correlates of grammatical intergroup relations); cognition and Cognition and neuroscience processing. Work on developmental neuroscience; developmental Cognition and neuroscience research populations examines issues such as psychology; and forensic psychology. at Kent involves both neurologically how children learn to understand and We have staff who can supervise healthy volunteers and those who produce sentences in their own research degrees in all of these areas. suffer from brain abnormalities. It language, how they learn concentrates on two key areas: visual conversational conventions and Social psychology cognition, attention and memory and self-repair, and bilingual language The social psychology research group language and communication. acquisition and processing. Research at Kent is a leading centre for social Visual cognition, attention and also examines developmental psychological research in Europe. The disorders of communication, including group is comprised of internationally memory Research focuses on the role of autism spectrum disorders and renowned researchers who have vision and visual perception in human dyslexia. established a worldwide reputation for performance. The aim is to identify the their research. Forensic psychology cognitive processes and neurological Forensic psychology research and Our academics have received mechanisms that underlie various all forensic-related teaching operates prestigious editorial appointments and visual tasks. Studies with neurologically through our Centre of Research and both national and international awards. healthy volunteers examine issues Education in Forensic Psychology Many leading international social such as face recognition and (CORE-FP). psychologists are affiliated with the identification, eyewitness testimony, group, reflecting the strong reputation person detection, emotion processing, Members of CORE-FP are world- of social psychology at Kent. Research episodic memory, and pattern and leaders in research and teaching on: is funded by a variety of British and motion recognition. • preventing offending international sources, including • psychological factors in the Our research also examines a range European Research Council, investigation of crime of psychological disorders, including Economic and Social Research • psychological processes in the unilateral visual neglect, addiction, Council, British Academy, Leverhulme courtroom dementia and persistent vegetative Trust, National Science Foundation, • social and cognitive causes of state. We are interested in examining European Commission, Home Office, offending and antisocial behaviour the cognitive nature of these disorders, Department of Trade and Industry, • treating and rehabilitating people which includes assessing attentional Nuffield Foundation and Joseph who offend biases, visual experiences and Rowntree Foundation. Our researchers • understanding victims of crime. neurological activity. Much of our work also engage in consultancy work for also has an applied motivation, for businesses and government. Some of our current projects focus example helping to develop better on specific forensic challenges: The Social Psychology group research therapies for people with brain injury. • arson and firesetting covers all areas of social psychology, • cruelty towards non-human animals Language and communication including: • harmful sexual behaviour in an Research in this group examines • prejudice and discrimination online world various aspects of semantic, • equality, identity, diversity and • intergroup and interpersonal pragmatic, morphological and change aggression and violence syntactic understanding. Research • justice and morality Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 167
• prison gangs and street gangs • sexual abuse of children Research centres • sexual aggression from ‘only banter’ The School of Psychology currently Staff profile to rape. includes two research centres, David Williams representing areas of concentration Professor of Developmental Developmental psychology and excellence in research. Our developmental psychologists are Psychology, Head of School Centre for the Study of Group internationally recognised and award- Professor Williams completed his Processes winning, and their research projects PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, have been funded by major research The Centre consolidates the School’s King’s College London, where he grants from ESRC, Wellcome Trust, excellent international reputation for investigated the development of NHS Executive, Big Lottery Fund, social psychological research into self-awareness in neurotypical Oxfam, Department for International group processes and intergroup children and children with autism Development, and the University of relations. It attracts visits and research spectrum disorder. Kent. collaborations from major international researchers, many of whom have Since he came to Kent from Our research interests include: formal affiliations with it. The Centre Durham University in 2013, • how children learn to communicate edits an international journal, Group his research has focused • social cognition (eg Theory of Mind) Processes & Intergroup Relations. on ‘metacognition’ (awareness • peer interactions of one’s own thoughts), and • understanding prejudice Centre of Research and mindreading (awareness of • infant cognitive development Education in Forensic others’ mental states and cognitive • developmental psychopathology Psychology (CORE-FP) activity), and the relation between (eg autism) CORE-FP members are editors, them. He is also interest in the • conversation analysis associate editors and editorial board typical and atypical development • how children learn to reason members for major journals in forensic of episodic memory (recollection logically and applied psychology. Many are of/remembering past experiences) • gender and sexuality in human Chartered Forensic Psychologists who and episodic future thinking development assess and treat individuals who have (imagining experiences that might offended. CORE-FP academics have We have excellent links with the occur in one’s personal future). strong links with the UK Prison Service, wider community. Members of the the NHS, the Police, and other bodies Developmental Psychology group are involved in forensic related services committed to sharing their research and activities. findings and methodologies with the public. We hold highly successful Research conducted at CORE-FP is large-scale events that bring together funded by various national and practitioners, policy makers, and international sources, which include academics to share knowledge and the British Academy, Economic and develop collaborations. Our outreach Social Research Council, the Home events are typically interactive, fun, and Office, Leverhulme, the Ministry of informative. They range from ‘Play and Justice, the Nuffield Foundation and Learn’ days for young families to the Police. workshops for school children on topical issues such as cyberbullying and happiness. Further information T: +44 (0)1227 824775 E: [email protected] 168 www.kent.ac.uk/religious-studies
“Supervisions, which take place once per month, are an invaluable part of the PhD process. I have found them essential for having the opportunity to discuss my ideas and gauge my progress. My supervisor has been really generous with his advice to help me towards realising my career aspirations.” Nicole Graham, PhD Theology and Religious Studies Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 169
Religious Studies
The Department of Religious Studies at Kent has an exceptional “At Kent I am able to work track record in supporting advanced research training at with some of the most doctoral and post-doctoral level. We have developed a major brilliant academic minds online training resource in advanced methods for the study in Religious Studies – of religion, as well as researching the contemporary moral and when asked they all landscape. generously share their time and experience. I always Collectively, the staff at Kent cover all the current methodologies and theoretical feel both academic and approaches, from empirical research to psychology of religion to continental philosophy and history of ideas. As well as offering expertise in all the major world administrative staff are religions, we are widely recognised for groundbreaking work at the edges of the on my side.” categories of religion and the secular. Among the many combined subject areas Greg Robbins, PhD Religious we cover are: religion and media; religion and politics; religion and comparative Studies literatures; and religion and society.
Key facts • Professional development You are also supported to undertake wider Research • Cross-disciplinary study The professional development activities, Department strongly supports programme including teaching and writing for cross-disciplinary work and you are publication, which help you prepare For the most up-to-date information, encouraged to take advantage of for future academic work. see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/90 the wide range of postgraduate • Graduate destinations classes and seminars available Theology and Religious Studies Graduates are now working in both within the Department of PhD universities and colleges in North Religious Studies and across the www.kent.ac.uk/pg/90 America, the UK and Europe, the University as a whole. Middle East, and elsewhere. Many Location: Canterbury • Research seminars and workshops are successfully publishing their Entry requirements: an Our postgraduate students play theses as books with major undergraduate degree (first or 2.1) and an active role in the training and academic presses. a Master’s degree (distinction). research culture of the Department. This includes our regular research You are expected to provide a strong seminars and other training research proposal at the time of workshops. application.
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Social and Community Care
The Tizard Centre, part of the School of Social Policy, Sociology Taught and Social Research, has excellent links with health and social care organisations. The Centre is at the forefront of learning and programmes research in autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, For the most up-to-date information, and community care. In 2013 we received a Queen’s Anniversary including entry requirements, see Prize in recognition of our outstanding work in these areas. website details below. Analysis and Intervention in Our primary aims are to find out more about how to effectively support and Intellectual and Developmental work with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities; to help carers, Disabilities PDip, MSc managers and professionals develop the values, knowledge and skills that enable www.kent.ac.uk/pg/94 better services; and to aid policymakers, planners, managers and practitioners to organise and provide enhanced services. Autism Studies PCert, PDip, MA www.kent.ac.uk/pg/95 Recognised as leading the field in de-institutionalisation and community living, challenging behaviour, sexuality and autism, the Centre has had a significant Autism Studies PCert, PDip, MA impact on national policies in these areas. We are also committed to addressing (Distance Learning) issues arising from social inequality. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/98 Intellectual and Developmental Key facts • Postgraduate study space research Disabilities PCert, PDip, MA students have a shared office space www.kent.ac.uk/pg/101 • Research seminar series The Tizard with computers. Centre runs an annual seminar Intellectual and Developmental • Graduate destinations series where staff or guest lecturers Disabilities PCert, PDip, MA The skills gained allow our present the results of research or (Distance Learning) graduates to further progress their highlight recent developments in www.kent.ac.uk/pg/103 careers working in local authority the field of social care. Location: Canterbury and healthcare settings, private • Jim Mansell Memorial Lecture We agencies, charities and voluntary invite public figures or distinguished These degrees are advanced organisations. Some move on to academics to discuss topics of professional development programmes teaching and research. Graduates interest to a wide audience. involving some or all of the following: can also benefit from the Tizard • Tizard Learning Disability Review distance learning; study workshops; Practitioners’ Network, where Published by the Centre, the Review service placement visits; and a clinical members can share professional provides a source of up-to-date placement (which can be in your home information. information for professionals and area). The programmes in Intellectual
carers. and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and Autism Studies can be completed mainly by distance learning.
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Accreditation of Prior Learning and Course content Prior Experiential Learning may be Your modules cover the concepts, possible on all programmes. You can principles and underpinning Staff profile transfer between programmes and philosophy of applied behaviour Nick Gore between levels, subject to meeting analysis. There is a focus on Senior Lecturer in Learning admission requirements. behavioural assessment and the Disability development and implementation of Students taking the PDip or MSc in positive behaviour interventions and a Nick’s work focuses on supporting Analysis and Intervention in Intellectual module that looks at issues in values children and adults with and Developmental Disabilities need ethics and professional practice. A intellectual and developmental some practical experience in services research methods module supports disabilities, together with their for people with intellectual and your dissertation or work-based families and staff teams. He developmental disabilities. They work learning project. has a special interest in early in two different placements during intervention, behaviour that the programme: a service placement challenges and development of based at the Tizard Centre and an Research a Positive Behavioural Support individual clinical placement based programmes (PBS) Framework. He has in a community learning disability team produced a range of research, or social care service. They base their For the most up-to-date information, conceptual and practical dissertation on empirical research in see website details below. publications in these areas, services. Applied Psychology MA-R, PhD helped to develop and maintain Course content www.kent.ac.uk/pg/106 stakeholder networks and drive The modules you study cover the implementation of PBS in Community Care MA-R, PhD behaviour analysis and intervention, the UK with regards to workforce service issues in intellectual and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/109 development and policy initiatives. developmental disabilities and the Intellectual and Developmental Nick is the lead developer for social psychology of autism and Disabilities MA-R, PhD the Early Positive Approaches to intellectual and developmental www.kent.ac.uk/pg/110 Support (E-PAtS) programme for disabilities. You also complete a Mental Health of People with family caregivers, co-founding project, dissertation or case study. Learning Disabilities MA-R, PhD member of the PBS Academy Applied Behaviour Analysis www.kent.ac.uk/pg/112 and a member of the Sharland Foundation Developmental PCert, PDip, MSc Location: Canterbury www.kent.ac.uk/pg/105 Disabilities Research and Impact The Centre offers excellent Network. Positive Behaviour Support opportunities for full or part-time PDip, MSc research in intellectual disability and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1230 community care. The Tizard Centre Location: Canterbury has a strong track record of attracting University research studentship These programmes enable you to funding. You should send an outline develop a critical understanding of of your research proposal with your concepts and principles of applied application. behaviour analysis and positive behaviour support. Both programmes share most modules and are intended Research areas to provide the coursework necessary Current research areas include: for certification as a Board-Certified social inequalities and community Behaviour Analyst. The programmes care; intellectual and developmental are for both recent graduates and disabilities. experienced practitioners with theory and practice options in most modules.
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Social Policy and Social Work
The School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research “Master’s students have high (SSPSSR) has a long and distinguished history, and is one expectations and that works of the largest and most successful social science research well because the academics communities in Europe. can go into depth. They get to teach their specialised Academic staff specialise in research of international, comparative and theoretical topics and they really enjoy significance, and we have collective strengths in the following areas: civil society, NGOs, philanthropy and the third sector; cross-national and European social that. Some of my Master’s policy; health, social care and health studies; social work; work, employment and lectures were the best I’ve economic life; risk, ‘risk society’ and risk management; race, ethnicity and religion; ever heard.” social and public policy; sociology and the body; crime, culture and control; Jack Warner, MA Methods of Social sociological theory and the culture of modernity. Research
Key facts The programme enables you to apply Taught theories and methods of social policy • Excellent resources Postgraduate in exploring specific social policy fields students are supported by excellent programmes such as health, migration, pensions, online library resources and have For the most up-to-date information, education, social care, poverty and access to a range of skills including entry requirements, see social exclusion, urban development enhancing workshops. website details below. and family policy. • Teaching opportunities Where appropriate, research students are International Social Policy PDip, Course content encouraged to expand their skills MA You take compulsory modules in and experience by teaching part- www.kent.ac.uk/pg/118 comparative social policy, critical time in our School. Location: Canterbury social research and the social • Postgraduate seminar series These research design. You then choose weekly seminars introduce the work The programme provides you with optional modules from a list that covers of international scholars. an advanced understanding of areas such as: drug policy, civil society • Graduate destinations current debates, theories and and the third sector, theories of crime, Our graduates move on to work in concepts relevant to international qualitative research, quantitative data a variety of areas including the civil social policy. You learn about the analysis, social change and political service, banking and financial common features of social policy order, terrorism and modern society. services, teaching and research, arrangements internationally and You also complete a dissertation. public relations and human the diversity and differences that resources. Social Work graduates characterise welfare in different find roles in the NHS, adult and countries. children’s services, and voluntary agencies.
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Methods of Social Research business, economics, history, Course content PCert, MA sociology, geography, moral Stage 1 www.kent.ac.uk/pg/119 philosophy, anthropology and law. You undertake a practice placement You benefit from the input of expertise and assignment alongside modules Location: Canterbury from beyond the University, including which cover areas such as: This programme introduces a variety contributions from leading philanthropy communication and interpersonal of different approaches to social experts, advisers, consultants, grant- skills; the individual, the family and science research, presented in makers, fundraisers and strategic society; law, rights and justice; and a multidisciplinary context and at philanthropists. values, ethics and diversity. You also an advanced level. It focuses on study social work theories and take a Course content developing practical skills in analysis readiness for direct practice module. You take compulsory modules in the and presentation of social research, fundamentals of philanthropy and Stage 2 the philosophical, theoretical and comparative perspectives in global Practical application of theory and ethical issues surrounding research, philanthropy. A further module knowledge continues with both a and the debates about the relationship develops your understanding of practice placement and assignment between theory and research, and social research. You choose optional alongside modules which cover areas between research and policy/practice. modules from a range that covers such as: critical and reflective practice; Those students who wish to follow a areas such as the art and science and social work with mental health and sociology pathway should take optional of fundraising, advising donors, adult service users and children and modules that focus on sociology or evidence-based practice and families. You develop your social policy. volunteering and society. You also understanding of research methods complete your dissertation which must and complete a dissertation. Course content include original empirical research. Your compulsory modules cover critical Related taught programme social research, the design of social Social Work MA International two-year MA in research, qualitative research and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/124 Social Policy quantitative data analysis. You then Location: Medway www.kent.ac.uk/pg/333 choose two modules from those Designed for international students, available within the School, covering To apply for this two-year, full-time this programme provides an a wide range of topics including programme you should have relevant introduction to high-level academic sociology, social policy and experience in social care or social study leading to a recognised criminology. You also complete your work, as well as meeting our standard postgraduate qualification. dissertation which must include entry and placement requirements. original empirical research. You gain an advanced understanding Social Work at the University of Kent of the subject while receiving Philanthropic Studies PCert, is taught by world-leading academics coaching in academic study and PDip, MA and practitioners, and benefits writing. Language and study support from being part of one of the most www.kent.ac.uk/pg/769 are also given in the first year to help successful social science communities Location: Distance learning with some you achieve your potential. in Europe. attendance at either Canterbury or In your second year, you take Medway The MA offers you the opportunity compulsory modules in social policy to gain a professional qualification This two-year part-time programme and can also choose further modules in social work alongside a Master’s provides a comprehensive overview from the wide range available within degree. The programme offers of philanthropy in theory and practice, the School. successful graduates eligibility for covering historical developments, professional registration with the Health contemporary issues, conceptual For full details of the programme, visit & Care Professions Council (HCPC), challenges and key debates. It is the website above. the regulatory body for social work for for those pursuing a career in the England. The MA provides the national philanthropy sector and professionals required standard in knowledge and seeking an opportunity to reflect skills needed by professional social on their practice, as well as donors workers. The programme also provides seeking a greater understanding of the extensive work in practice-learning meaning and purpose of philanthropy. settings that meet Government Further information Modules are delivered by academics requirements. T: +44 (0)1227 823684 trained in a wide range of relevant E: [email protected] disciplines including social policy,
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Research Civil Society of outcomes, such as employment, Staff in this research cluster seek educational attainment and senses programmes to: understand the social forces and of ‘belonging’. In this sense, ‘race’ cultural interests that move people and the recognition of difference For the most up-to-date information, to take moral responsibility for continues to matter and is a key see website details below. responding to/caring for the needs element in the School’s research Applied Health Research MA-R, of others; document and explain the interests. institutional organisation of charitable PhD Risk and Uncertainty behaviour and its social impacts; www.kent.ac.uk/pg/770 The critical analysis of risk and understand the socio-cultural perceptions of risk have become Migration Studies MA-R, PhD dynamics of philanthropic behaviour central issues in the sociology of the www.kent.ac.uk/pg/334 and its effect on society. ‘risk society’ and this is an important Social Policy MA-R, PhD Crime, Culture and Control focus of activity in the School. Staff www.kent.ac.uk/pg/126 See p85. research includes work on health Social Work PhD risks and their management, the www.kent.ac.uk/pg/128 Gender, Sexuality and Culture implications of attitudes and behaviour See p177. concerning risk for the welfare state, Location: Canterbury the development of a culture of risk Health, Social Work and Social Within the School, there is a breadth and anxiety, moral panics, risk and Care and depth of expertise and we offer crime, risk and the life course, Present studies cover a range of high-quality supervision across a suffering, and the perceptions of issues within the fields of health wide range of social and public policy new communications technology. services, social work and health areas. You need to show an interest in policy. Particular interests include the chosen topic area and have a clear Social Theory health care organisation and policy; idea of your proposed thesis topic. In See p177. risk assessment and management; the case of research in health services primary care; public and user views Welfare State and personal social services, we of healthcare; health inequalities; The primary interest of this group is will also consider candidates with occupational therapy; care work the welfare state and the surrounding professional qualifications alone in health and social care; adoption; issues of sustainability, morality and and/or relevant experience in the foster care; adult attachment theory; political allegiance. Research topics health service. mental health; psychoanalysis; child have included comparative social protection; race, ethnicity and health. policy, social attitudes, disability, old Research areas age, health and social care services, Migration and Ethnicity labour market policies, immigration, Academic staff at Kent share a Though socially and discursively poverty and inequality, research number of interests, grouped here for constructed, ‘race’ continues to be methods in the welfare field, the your guidance. However, there is often a key basis of social division and politics of welfare and theoretical work. a degree of overlap between groups identification in British society, across and your research project does not Europe, and globally. Not only do Visual and Sensory have to fall neatly within any one of many disparate ethnic minority See p178. them. groups identify along ethnic, racial Applied Research Ethics and and religious lines, but ethnicity Integrity and race continue to shape a variety See p177. Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 175
Work and Economic Life Centre for Philanthropy Interest in the issues surrounding Dedicated to an understanding of work stretches across SSPSSR. the social processes and cultural Staff profile Current projects focus on work experiences by which people acquire Dr Eddy Hogg identity and meaning; work/life moral dispositions to care for others, Director of Studies, Social Policy balance; age, generation and the Centre for Philanthropy offers employment; visual representation of a focal point for much of this work. Dr Hogg completed his PhD work; deindustrialisation; organisational Research is conducted into the ways at Northumbria University. sociology; gender, ethnicity and class in which our capacity for feelings Collaborating with Age UK, his at work; historiography of work are socially cultivated, corporately thesis looked at how volunteering sociology; moral economy; workplace structured, politically mediated and is related to changing domestic ethnography and oral histories. economically expressed. The Centre and work responsibilities is also linked to the Third Sector throughout people’s lives. Research Centre (TSRC), collaborating Research centres Since coming to Kent, his with the University of Birmingham on research interests have focused The School also has several research third sector theory and policy analysis. centres that bring together experts on voluntary action in a range of in the field, co-ordinate research, Personal Social Services social settings, how people give organise talks and offer opportunities Research Unit (PSSRU) their time and money to good for postgraduate students to get The PSSRU is the largest social causes and how social and involved in discussions and research services research unit in the UK, regulatory systems encourage projects. and operates at three sites: the and constrain people’s charitable University of Kent, the London School actions. An active member of the Centre for Child Protection of Economics and the University of Voluntary Sector Studies Network See p69. Manchester. Research focuses on and the International Society for needs, resources and outcomes in Third Sector Research, he Centre for Health Services health and social care: major concerns regularly comments on issues Studies (CHSS) are resourcing, equity and efficiency affecting the voluntary sector in The Centre is a designated National from the perspective of users, the UK and beyond. Institute for Health Research (NIHR) agencies and others. The Unit has Research Design Support Service. developed a distinctive analytical Particular areas of expertise include framework called the ‘production pragmatic trials, risk assessment and of welfare approach’ to illuminate management, care of vulnerable this research. adults including older people, and public health. Q-Step Centre See p178. Centre for Parenting Culture Studies (CPCS) Tizard Centre See p178. See p170.
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Sociology
The School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research “At Kent you can find people (SSPSSR) has a long and distinguished history, and is one who bring out the best in you, of the largest and most successful social science research who help you be creative, communities in Europe. independent and challenged. You can work on making Our academic staff are world authorities in their fields and take part in international the world a better place, one symposia and research projects. Our programmes combine the teaching of rigorous research methods and analytical theory in a supportive and inclusive research project at a time.” environment. The School’s multidisciplinary nature is also an advantage, enabling Robin Rose Breetveld, PhD you to explore different areas of research and application. Sociology
Key facts research, and between research Taught and policy/practice. • Quantitative research expertise The School’s expertise in quantitative programmes Those students who wish to follow a research methodologies provides For the most up-to-date information, sociology pathway should take optional an excellent setting for postgraduate including entry requirements, see modules that focus on sociology or study and developing your research website details below. social policy. skills. • Consultancy and advice We act as Methods of Social Research Course content consultants and advisers to a wide PCert, MA Your compulsory modules cover critical variety of government departments, www.kent.ac.uk/pg/119 social research, the design of social research, qualitative research and professional organisations, research Location: Canterbury funding bodies and journals. quantitative data analysis. You then • Conferences and symposia We This programme provides essential choose two modules from those encourage you to take part in training for those going on to available within the School, covering conferences and symposia, so that employment involving the use of social a wide range of topics including you gain experience of presenting research, or to further research in the sociology, social policy, criminology. your work and can meet and social sciences. The programme You also complete your dissertation discuss your field with your peers. focuses on developing practical skills which must include original empirical • Graduate destinations in analysis and presentation of social research. Our graduates move on to work in research, the philosophical, theoretical a variety of areas including the civil and ethical issues surrounding service, banking and financial research, and debates about the services, teaching and research, relationship between theory and public relations and human resources.
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Sociology MA Research Civil Society www.kent.ac.uk/pg/141 See p174. programmes Location: Canterbury Crime, Culture and Control For the most up-to-date information, The MA in Sociology invites you to See p85. see website details below. think systematically about the social Gender, Sexuality and Culture world and how it is changing. The Applied Health Research MA-R, Research addresses how gender is programme provides a comprehensive PhD constructed and how it operates in a overview of foundational concerns and www.kent.ac.uk/pg/770 variety of social realms. Some recent current debates in sociology. You learn projects have focused on gender in about current theoretical tools and Sociology MA-R, PhD prisons, on women working as door develop skills in research and data www.kent.ac.uk/pg/145 staff in nightclubs and on how women analysis which can be used in a Urban Studies MA-R, PhD are addressed in advice on pregnancy. range of professional fields. www.kent.ac.uk/pg/771 Research on social policy also Course content Research in Sociology at Kent covers includes a focus on gender, examining Your compulsory modules cover a range of areas, including social how men, women and families are contemporary social theory and and critical theory, social movements, affected by legislation and service the foundations of sociology. globalisation and everyday life, cities provision. and space, media and technology, You then choose at least four modules Health, Social Work and Social class, ‘race’ and ethnicity, gender, from those offered by the School or in Care work, visual sociology, the welfare related fields, such as, anthropology, or state, risk and society, violence, NGOs See p174. politics and international relations. You and organisations, and social aspects then choose optional modules from a Migration and Ethnicity of the body. We offer high-quality list that covers areas such as: drug See p174. supervision across a wide range of policy, the worlds of work, civil society areas and we work carefully to match Risk and Uncertainty and the third sector, gender and crime, you with a supervisor who suits your qualitative research, quantitative See p174. interests and ambitions. data analysis, social and political Social Theory movements, and terrorism and Research underpins sociological modern society. You also complete Research areas inquiry and is wider ranging in its a dissertation. Academic staff at Kent share scope. A basis for exploring the world a number of interests so there is often and each other, social theory is vital to a degree of overlap between groups understand urgent problems of social and your research project does not structure and lived experiences. have to fall neatly within any one of them. Applied Research Ethics and Integrity Bridging the gap between the study of ethics as a purely academic enterprise and research practice.
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Welfare State While CPCS associates have diverse See p174. research interests, the common view Staff profile is that child-rearing as a social activity Visual and Sensory needs to be distinguished from Tina Haux Research looks at the visual dimension ‘parenting’ and the culture that Senior Lecturer in Quantitative of social life. How is life seen; how are surrounds it. The Centre seeks to Social Policy images created, stored and used? show how the role and meaning of Dr Haux is the Senior Lecturer It also explores the use of images in parenthood has changed in recent in Quantitative Social Policy and innovative forms of research design years. Co-Director of Qstep at Kent. and in sharing our findings. Her research interests are around Centre for Philanthropy Work and Economic Life family policy, welfare-to-work, See p175. See p175. evidence-based policy-making Personal Social Services and longitudinal research Research Unit (PSSRU) methods. She started working life Research centres See p175. as a researcher in government The School also has several research working on childcare policy before centres that bring together experts Q-Step Centre moving into the voluntary sector to in the field, co-ordinate research, The University of Kent is one of 15 work for Gingerbread, the charity organise talks and offer opportunities universities in the UK to have a Q-Step supporting single parent families. for postgraduate students to get Centre, significantly funded by the Being able to contribute research involved in discussions and research Higher Education Funding Council and analysis to improve policy- projects. for England (HEFCE), the Nuffield making and therefore the lives of Foundation and the Economic and others is a key aim of her work Centre for Child Protection Social Research Council for England and teaching ethos. See p69. (ESRC), to provide students with advanced training in quantitative Centre for Health Services methods in social sciences. Studies (CHSS) See p175 The Centre is based in SSPSSR and incorporates teaching from politics Centre for Parenting Culture and international relations, law, Studies (CPCS) business and liberal arts. At its This Centre is interdisciplinary, with heart is the delivery of quantitative associates in other schools at Kent, skills training in a subject context including Psychology and Law, and with community-based projects at other universities in the UK and and professional placements. internationally. Tizard Centre See p170. Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 179
Sport and Exercise Sciences
The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences is one of the most “Our research Master’s exciting and innovative sports schools in the UK. Based on the emphasises independent and University’s Canterbury campus, it has well-equipped, state-of critical thinking, providing the-art sports science laboratories, plus a sports therapy clinic, the perfect platform for those sports rehabilitation gymnasium and respiratory clinic. seeking to advance their research skills or move on We are a dynamic research community looking to overcome the traditional barriers to a PhD or further research. between scientific disciplines. Our research is wide-ranging and has led to excellent links with sporting bodies and teams, as well as NHS foundation trusts. Our collaborative research We also have partnerships with other top universities nationally and internationally. environment helps all to thrive, as they pursue We have a good track record when it comes to research funding having received their scientific interests.” grants from among others, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Ministry of Defence, as well as from charitable. Dr James Hopker, Director of Graduate Studies (PGR)
Key facts boxing and combat sports and • Graduate destinations outdoor pitches for rugby, football Our graduates go on to a range • School facilities Our excellent and American football. of roles including: community purpose-built facilities, include • Research groups Our research and hospital exercise specialists multiple Physiology laboratories, groups focus on endurance, health including in cardiac rehabilitation a Psychobiology laboratory, and a and sports legacies and society. and health promotion; sports Biomechanics laboratory equipped • Research with impact Our staff scientists with clubs and teams; with 3D motion capture cameras have used their research to benefit biomechanists; and coaches. and force plates. There is also a elite athletes including Olympic Others work in leisure industry sports therapy teaching clinic and swimmers and cyclists, and the roles within governing bodies and in rehabilitation gymnasium. England football team; soldiers in sport promotion. Some move on to • Campus facilities In September the British army; and specific clinical teaching or choose to continue their 2021, the School is moving to Kent’s populations. They have sought to studies by undertaking a PhD. Canterbury campus. As well as challenge perceptions of disability excellent academic facilities, the through a ground-breaking project campus also has an outstanding run in collaboration with the Brazilian Sports Centre, which includes an Paralympic Committee. air-conditioned fitness suite across two floors, dance and fitness studios with numerous classes, indoor courts for badminton, basketball, netball, volleyball and squash, training facilities for martial arts,
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This specialist programme is for Research those who would like to undertake Staff profile programmes research that is applied to their area of professional practice. It develops John Dickinson For the most up-to-date information your academic and professional Reader in Sport and Exercise see website details below. knowledge, and you acquire advanced Sciences Sport and Exercise Science research skills. The programme Dr Dickinson came to Kent with (by Research and Thesis) MSc culminates with the submission of several years’ experience of www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2196 a doctoral thesis or portfolio on a combining applied sports science topic that advances your area of Sport and Exercise Science and support to elite athletes and professional knowledge or practice. Sports Therapy PhD applied research investigating breathing problems related to www.kent.ac.uk/pg/154 Research groups exercise. Location: Canterbury Entry requirements: An MSc, or The School has a strong research At Kent, he continues to research a minimum 2.1 honours degree culture and a team of world-leading into breathing problems related in a relevant subject researchers in their respective fields. to exercise and is also consulting with professional teams and The School conducts high-quality, The Endurance Research group athletes. This support involves significant, national and international This group has quickly become one of carrying out investigations and research and offers excellent research- the largest groups of research assessments with athletes in our led degree opportunities in research excellence within Europe. The research sports science laboratories and disciplines related to sport and group focuses on various aspects of in the field. As part of this work, exercise sciences. You can select endurance performance including: Dr Dickinson encourages students topics for the MSc or PhD from any exercise tolerance and resistance to to gain experience by offering of our research areas. The MSc by fatigue, exercise-induced asthma, opportunities to assist in the research and dissertation enables training, individualised prescription of delivery of these assessments. you to undertake a single, focused, training, immune function and infection research project for the duration of risk and the use psychological skills in your studies. The PhD programme endurance athletes. allows you to conduct a series of The Health Research Group research studies within your chosen We focus on the use of exercise to areas. As a research student you enhance rehabilitation and promote regularly meet with your supervisor healthy behaviours including: and can take part in research seminars musculoskeletal rehabilitation, return to to which staff, students and visiting sports participation, psychobiology of speakers contribute. physical activity, injury prevention and Research groups hold weekly wearable technology in rehabilitation. meetings to discuss ongoing work, Members of the group also have and there are also weekly seminars interests in the effects of exercise in featuring external speakers. If you do cardiac and stroke patients, and the not have any postgraduate experience use of exercise to treat or manage of statistical analysis, you can take our chronic diseases (such as COPD, MSc module in Research Methods. diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, APS). Sport, Exercise and Health The Sports Legacies and Science Professional Doctorate Society Group www.kent.ac.uk/pg/158 We conduct research on social Location: Canterbury legacies of mega-events to include Entry requirements: Candidates sport participation, volunteering and must normally be experienced Olympic education as well as broader sport, exercise or health practitioners. sport policy and management issues They will be required to write a brief that affect well-being and participation proposal and will be invited to attend at various national and international Further information settings. T: +44 (0)1634 888858 an informal interview with the E: [email protected] programme director and potential supervisor. Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 181
Statistics
Statistics at Kent gives you the opportunity to develop practical, “I am really enjoying my mathematical and computing skills in statistics, while working MSc in Statistics and feel on challenging and important problems relevant to a broad like part of the research range of potential employers. Teaching and supervision is by community in SMSAS. I am staff who are research-active, with established reputations, specialising in Statistical who are accessible, supportive and genuinely interested in Ecology. My project title is: your work. ‘Statistical modelling of spatial and temporal The group regularly receives research grants. The Engineering and Physical patterns in human-elephant Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded two major grants, which support the National Centre for Statistical Ecology (NCSE), a joint venture between conflict in Assam, India’, several institutions. Recent awards include a New Investigator Award from EPSRC where I work in conjunction and a standard NERC grant. with Chester Zoo. The expert knowledge of the academic Key facts • Research areas Our research staff has helped me to interests are wide ranging and develop a range of statistical • Industrial placement: competition include: ecology, Bayesian statistics, for graduate employment remains methodology. I have applied data science and health statistics, fierce, so combining your these advanced techniques machine learning, nonparametric postgraduate degree with relevant to complex data sets using statistics and economics and employment experience in a full- specialist software such as R. finance. time salaried placement provides • PhD study Professional and After I graduate, I’ll look for you with a real competitive research training: you receive a a job in the statistical advantage. Work placements give solid training in areas of statistics you the opportunity to put theory modelling sector; I firmly and data science, with a focus on into practice, as well as make a believe that my research machine learning and statistical valuable contribution to an MSc will provide me with modelling or on financial data organisation or industrial company. more career options.” science which prepares you for We offer guidance and support to further study. help you find the right placement Chloe Francis, MSc by Research in • Graduate destinations for you. Statistics Our graduates have gone on to • Practical application: you gain work for organisations such as: the practical data science skills by Department for Transport, Imperial working on real-world problems. College, Kings College, the Ministry • Big data analysis A thorough of Defence and the University of grounding in cutting-edge Kent; for companies including HSBC methodology and computing and PWC; as well as in butterfly techniques gives you the skills conservation. to work with big data.
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Taught Statistical Data Science MSc You undertake a substantial project www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2711 in the area of finance or financial econometrics, supervised by an programmes Statistical Data Science with experienced researcher. Some an Industrial Placement MSc For the most up-to-date information, projects are focused on the analysis including entry requirements, see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2712 of particular complex data sets website details below. Location: Canterbury while others are more concerned with generic methodology. Statistical Data Science MSc This programme trains professional (International Master’s) statisticians and data scientists for Course content www.kent.ac.uk/pg/2713 posts in industry, government, Your compulsory modules cover Statistics with Finance MSc research and teaching. It provides areas such as: advanced regression (International Master’s) a suitable preparation for careers modelling, Bayesian statistics, data science with R, financial econometrics, www.kent.ac.uk/pg/164 in other fields requiring a strong statistical background. and probability and classical inference. Location: Canterbury You then choose three optional You undertake a substantial project modules. Areas covered may include: Students whose mathematical and in statistics and data science, statistical background is insufficient mathematics of financial derivatives, supervised by an experienced financial economics processes. All for direct entry on to the appropriate researcher. Some projects are focused programme, may apply for this course. students complete a 12,000-word on the analysis of particular complex project. The first year of the programme gives data sets while others are more you a strong background in statistics, concerned with generic methodology. including its mathematical aspects, Research equivalent to the Graduate Diploma in Course content Statistics. This is followed by the MSc Your compulsory modules cover: programme in Statistical Data Science or MSc in advanced regression modelling, For the most up-to-date information, Statistics with Finance. Bayesian statistics, computational see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/169 statistics, data science with R, Course content principles of data collection and Statistics MSc by Research, In your first year your modules cover: probability and classical inference. You PhD applied statistical modelling, linear then choose two optional modules in www.kent.ac.uk/pg/169 algebra, mathematical statistics, and areas such as: statistical learning, real analysis. You also complete a Staff research interests are diverse, stochastic processes and time series and include: Bayesian statistics; project in statistics or probability. You and applied statistical modelling. All then choose a further three modules bioinformatics; biometry; ecological students complete a 12,000-word statistics; medical statistics; in areas such as: statistical learning, project. statistics for insurance, stochastic nonparametric statistics and processes and time series modelling Statistics with Finance MSc semi-parametric modelling; neuro and simulation. You can also take a www.kent.ac.uk/pg/167 imaging; time series modelling; module in English for academic study high-dimensional regression; Statistics with Finance with in the sciences. shape statistics. an Industrial Placement MSc In the second year, you follow the www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1221 Statistics has strong connections with a number of prestigious research standard appropriate MSc Location: Canterbury programme. universities such as Texas A&M This programme trains students for University, the University of Texas, the careers using statistics in the financial University of Otago, the University of services industry. You study the Sydney and other research institutions statistical modelling underpinning at home and abroad. much modern financial engineering The research interests of the group are combined with a deep understanding in line with the mainstream of statistics, of core statistical concepts. The with emphasis on both theoretical and programme includes modelling applied subjects. of financial time series, risk and multivariate techniques. Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 768896 www.kent.ac.uk/pg 183
Research areas Machine learning This theme encompasses both theory Statistical Ecology and applications. Theory is involved Staff profile There has been research in the area with supervised and unsupervised Rachel McCrea of statistical ecology at Kent for many learning, matrix factorisation, modelling Professor in Statistics years. We are part of the National of high-dimensional time series, Centre for Statistical Ecology (NCSE), differential privacy, deep learning Rachel McCrea’s research which was established in 2005. For and networks, shape analysis interests are mainly in statistical details of the work of the NCSE, see and statistics on manifolds, and ecology, focusing on (multi-state) www.ncse.org.uk neuroimaging. Applications in biology, capture-recapture-type models industry, medicine and psychiatry. and integrated models. The Guy Bayesian statistics Often new computational methods are Medal in Bronze has been Bayesian statistics is a subset of the the key to analysing complex big data awarded for her innovative and field of statistics where some initial problems. novel work in statistical ecology, belief is expressed in terms of a with particular reference to the statistical distribution. The research Nonparametric statistics development of goodness-of-fit conducted in this area at Kent is In order to describe the data, it tests and model selection mainly on Bayesian variable selection, is common in statistics to assume strategies for complex ecological Bayesian model fitting, Bayesian non- a specific probability model. data. parametric methods, Markov chain Unfortunately, in many practical Monte Carlo and applications in areas applications (for instance in Notable publications include: the including biology, finance, economics, economics, population genetics and 2017 JRSSC paper ‘A new strategy neuroimaging and engineering. social networks) it is not possible to for diagnostic model assessment identify a specific structure for the in capture-recapture’, which Data science and health data. Nonparametric methods provide identified a direct relationship statistics statistical tools for addressing between particular diagnostic Research is focused on statistical inference in these situations. tests and score tests. She has modelling and inference in biology recently received an EPSRC and genetics with applications in Economics and finance grant on an ecological project. complex disease studies. Over the At Kent there is particular interest in past few decades, large amounts the use of nonparametric methods of complex data have been produced including quantile regression and by high through-put biotechnologies. Bayesian nonparametric approaches. The grand challenges offered to Application areas include modelling statisticians include developing of the business cycle and capacity scalable statistical methods for utilisation, calculating sovereign credit extracting useful information from ratings, modelling of stock return data, the data, modelling biological systems and predicting inflation. with the data, and fostering innovation in global health research.
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VISITING THE UNIVERSITY
Come along to our campuses and centres to see for yourself what it’s like to be a student at Kent. We hold Open Days for everybody and also organise events specifically for postgraduates, or you can take a self-guided tour. Family and friends are welcome to come with you. www.kent.ac.uk 187
Open Days/Informal visits St Thomas Hill, approx one mile (1.6km) up the A290, University entrance on right (signposted) near top of hill. We hold our Open Days in the summer and autumn at Campus map our Canterbury and Medway campuses and they are www.kent.ac.uk/maps/canterbury a fantastic way to come and see what Kent has to offer. You are also welcome to make an informal visit to our Medway campuses at any time. We run tours of the Canterbury By rail and Medway campuses on specified days or you can London St Pancras to Chatham: journey time approx take a self-guided tour at a time that suits you. 40 minutes. London Victoria to Chatham: journey time approx 45 minutes. London Charing Cross to Chatham: We hope to be able to welcome you on to campus in journey time approx 60 minutes. 2021, but coronavirus restrictions may affect our regular By road programme of events. Please check www.kent.ac.uk/visit From London, the north and west: M25, M2. Follow signs where you’ll find the most up-to-date information. for Gillingham, then the Historic Dockyard and Chatham Maritime via the A289 and the Medway Tunnel. From the International students east: A2, A289, the Gillingham Northern Link Road, follow signs for the Medway Tunnel. Meet us in your country By bus You can talk to one of our representatives in your From Chatham Station to Chatham Maritime: journey time country about studying at Kent. You can also meet approx 15 minutes. our team at virtual events around the world. See Campus map www.kent.ac.uk/international for details. www.kent.ac.uk/maps/medway
Individual tours Brussels If you live outside of the UK and Europe, we can By rail organise individual tours of our Canterbury or Medway The Etterbeek train station is a 10-minute walk from the campuses (advance notice is required). To arrange a BSIS campus and provides regular connections with visit, just complete the personal campus tours form at Schuman, Brussels North and Brussels Midi stations. www.kent.ac.uk/informal By bus Take the 34 from Trone or Porte du Namur and alight at Virtual tours Arsenal. BSIS is directly opposite the Arsenal bus stop within the building ‘Espace Rolin’. You can explore Kent from anywhere in the world by By tram taking a virtual tour of the university at www.kent.ac.uk/ Trams 7 and 25 both stop at Arsenal. virtual-visit You can also take virtual tours of the By metro accommodation at Canterbury and Medway, see: The Brussels campus is a 10-minute walk from the www.kent.ac.uk/accommodation Pétillon Metro station. Campus map How to reach us www.kent.ac.uk/maps/brussels
Canterbury Paris By rail By rail London St Pancras to Canterbury West: journey time The closest railway station to Reid Hall is Port Royal, approx 55 minutes. London Charing Cross to Canterbury which is on the RER B line and links directly to Charles West: journey time approx 90 minutes. London Victoria to de Gaulle airport and Gare du Nord station. From Gare Canterbury East: journey time approx 95 minutes. du Nord, take the metro to Reid Hall (see below). By bus By metro London Victoria to Canterbury bus station: journey From the Gare du Nord, take line 4 (purple) in the time approx 120 minutes. Canterbury bus station to direction of Mairie de Montrouge. It takes about 20 the University, regular service: journey time approx minutes to get to Reid Hall with no changes. 15 minutes. Campus map By road www.kent.ac.uk/maps/paris From London, the north and west: M25, (M20), M2, A2. Canterbury central ring road, A290 Whitstable Road, 188 University of Kent / Graduate Prospectus 2021
Travelling time and distances to Canterbury Distance to Travelling Travelling by Canterbury by road public transport
Belfast 530 miles 10hrs 15hrs 20mins Birmingham 184 miles 3hrs 3hrs Bristol 190 miles 3hrs 10mins 3hrs 35mins Cardiff 222 miles 3hrs 40mins 4hrs Edinburgh 450 miles 7hrs 30mins 5hrs 50mins Glasgow 470 miles 7hrs 10mins 6hrs Hull 243 miles 4hrs 15mins 3hrs 55mins Liverpool 278 miles 4hrs 30mins 3hrs 50mins London 62 miles 1hr 20mins 1hr 10mins (High-speed train 50mins) Manchester 266 miles 4hrs 30mins 3hrs 45mins Newcastle 330 miles 5hrs 20mins 4hrs 30mins Norwich 160 miles 2hrs 50mins 3hrs 10mins Plymouth 270 miles 4hrs 45mins 5hrs 10mins Portsmouth 125 miles 2hrs 10mins 2hrs 30mins
Travelling time and distances to Medway Distance to Travelling Travelling by Medway by road public transport
Belfast 505 miles 9hrs 30mins 15hrs Birmingham 157 miles 2hrs 40mins 3hrs 20mins Bristol 170 miles 2hrs 45mins 3hrs 40mins Cardiff 204 miles 3hrs 20mins 4hrs 5mins Edinburgh 420 miles 7hrs 10mins 6hrs Glasgow 440 miles 6hrs 50mins 6hrs 20mins Hull 215 miles 3hrs 50mins 4hrs 30mins Liverpool 250 miles 4hrs 5mins 4hrs 10mins London 35 miles 1hr 1hr 10mins Manchester 340 miles 4hrs 5mins 3hrs 45mins Newcastle 305 miles 5hrs 4hrs 35mins Norwich 132 miles 2hrs 35mins 3hrs 30mins Plymouth 255 miles 4hrs 35mins 5hrs 40mins Portsmouth 105 miles 1hr 50mins 3hrs 30mins
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COURSES A-Z
The University of Kent offers taught and research • Flexible and distance learning Students study and postgraduate programmes, most of which can be have discussions with staff and other students online; studied on either a full- or part-time basis. International attend the University in blocks of time, often over students who are in the UK on a Tier 4 (general) visa weekends; or in a combination of these methods can only study on a full-time programme. For details known as blended learning. Programmes are available of English language requirements, see p200. as short courses, Certificates, Diplomas or • Taught Master’s Most run for a full calendar year full postgraduate degrees (MA, MSc). beginning in mid-September, but some offer flexible • Research programmes We offer Master’s and PhDs. start dates. They consist of taught modules run over Master’s students produce a thesis of c30,000 words; the first nine months of the programme, followed by PhD candidates produce a thesis of c.80-100,000 a dissertation or project. words, followed by a viva voce (oral) examination • Postgraduate diplomas Postgraduate diplomas where they are tested by experts in their field. only require you to attend taught modules. You do • Dual research awards You are supervised by an not complete a dissertation or project. academic at Kent and an academic at a university • International Master’s These two-year programmes in another country, resulting in a dual award. are for international students with undergraduate • New Route PhD A four-year course incorporating degrees from institutions that do not award the taught subject-specific modules and modules in equivalent of UK honours degrees and who prefer research and professional skills training. (or whose financial sponsors require) enrolment on a single MSc programme.
Taught programmes The majority of our programmes can be taken either full- or part-time; some programmes offer start dates in September or January. See individual course entries at www.kent.ac.uk/pg
Location Distance Taught programme Page C M B P learning Actuarial Science MSc • 46 Actuarial Science with an Industrial Placement MSc • • 46 Advanced and Specialist Healthcare PCert, MSc (part-time only) • • 160 Advanced and Specialist Healthcare (Advanced Dental Clinical • • 161 Practice) MSc (part-time only) Advanced and Specialist Healthcare (Applied Dental Professional • • 161 Practice) MSc (part-time only) Advanced Child Protection PCert, PDip, MA (part-time only) • • 69 Advanced Computer Science MSc • • 77 Advanced Computer Science (Computational Intelligence) MSc • • 77 Advanced Research in Criminology MSc (IMARC) • • 84
Entry requirements For entry on to most of our Master’s programmes you need at least a second class honours degree; relevant professional experience may also be taken into account. For more details, see individual course entries at www.kent.ac.uk/pg
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Location Distance Taught programme Page C M B P learning American Literature and Culture MA • 99 Analysis and Intervention in Intellectual and Developmental • • 170 Disabilities PDip, MSc Ancient History MA • 71 Applied Actuarial Science MSc (full-time only) • 47 Applied Actuarial Science MSc (International Master’s, full-time only) • 47 Applied Actuarial Science with an Industrial Placement MSc • • 47 (full-time only) Applied Actuarial Science with an Industrial Placement MSc • • 47 (International Master’s, full-time only) Applied Behaviour Analysis PCert, PDip, MSc • 171 Applied Linguistics with TESOL • 106 (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) MA Archaeology MA • 71 Architectural Conservation MSc • 55 Architectural Practice PDip (part-time only) • 55 Architectural Visualisation MA (full-time only) • 55 Architecture and Sustainable Environment MSc • 56 Architecture and Urban Design MA (full-time only) • • 56 Architecture – ARB/RIBA Part 2 – MArch (full-time only) • 55 Autism Studies PCert, PDip, MA • 170 Autism Studies (Distance Learning) PCert, PDip, MA • • 170 Bio Digital Architecture MSc • 56 Biological Anthropology MSc • 50 Biomedicine MSc • 59 Biotechnology and Bioengineering • 59 Biotechnology and Business (full-time only) • 59 Business Analytics (full-time only) • • 64 Cancer Biology and Therapeutics MSc • 60 Cognitive Psychology/Neuropsychology • 164 Comparative Literature MA • 75 Computer Science MSc (full-time only) • • 77 Conservation and International Wildlife Trade MSc • 81
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Location Distance Taught programme Page C M B P learning Conservation and Rural Development MSc • 81 Conservation Biology MSc • 81 Conservation Project Management MSc • 81 Creative Producing MA • 87 Creative Writing MA • 99 Creative Writing MA (full-time only) • • 99 Creative Writing MA • 99 Criminology MA • 84 Curating MA • 125 Cyber Security MSc (full-time only) • • 78 Development Economics MSc • 90 Developmental Psychology MSc • 164 Digital Marketing and Analytics MSc (full-time only) • • 64 Economics MSc • 90 Economics and Econometrics MSc • 90 Economics Conversion Programme MSc (full-time only) • 91 English and American Literature MA • 100 Environmental Anthropology MA, MSc • 50 Ethnobotany MSc • 50 EU External Relations MA • 154 Event and Experience Design MA • 108 Film MA • 110 Film MA (full-time only) • • 110 Film MA • 110 Film with Practice MA • 110 Finance (Finance and Management) MSc (full-time only) • 114 Finance (Finance, Investment and Risk) MSc (full-time only) • 114 Finance (Financial Markets) MSc (full-time only) • 114 Finance (Financial Markets) [HKBU Dual Award] MSc (full-time only) • • 115 Finance (International Accounting) MSc • 115 Finance (International Banking and Finance) MSc (full-time only) • 115 Financial Economics MSc • 91 Forensic Osteology and Field Recovery Methods MSc • 51 Forensic Psychology MSc • 164
Entry requirements For entry on to most of our Master’s programmes you need at least a second class honours degree; relevant professional experience may also be taken into account. For more details, see individual course entries at www.kent.ac.uk/pg
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Location Distance Taught programme Page C M B P learning Forensic Science MSc (full-time only) • 116 General Pharmacy Practice PCert, PDip, MSc (part-time only) • • 145 Healthcare Management MSc • • 65 Higher Education PCert • 95 Higher Education PDip, MA (part-time only) • 95 History and Philosophy of Art MA • 125 History and Philosophy of Art MA (full-time only) • • 125 History and Philosophy of Art MA • 125 Human Resource Management MSc • 65 Human Rights Law LLM • 136 Independent/Supplementary Prescribing PCert (part-time only) • • 145 Independent/Supplementary Prescribing • • 146 (Clinically Enhanced) PCert (part-time only) Infectious Diseases MSc • 60 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities PCert, PDip, MA • 170 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Distance Learning) • • 170 PCert, PDip, MA International Business and Management MSc (full-time only) • 65 International Business and Management with a • 65 Foreign Language MSc (full-time only) International Conflict Analysis PDip, MA • 154 International Conflict and Security MA • 154 International Development MA • 154 International Law LLM • 136 International Migration MA • 155 International Multimedia Journalism MA (full-time only) • 131 International Political Economy MA • 155 International Relations MA • 157 International Relations MA • 157 International Relations (International Double Award) MA (full-time • • 157 only) two-year programme, second year in Moscow International Relations with International Law PDip, MA • 135 International Social Policy • 172 Law PCert, PDip, LLM • 133
Entry requirements For entry on to most of our Master’s programmes you need at least a second class honours degree; relevant professional experience may also be taken into account. For more details, see individual course entries at www.kent.ac.uk/pg
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Location Distance Taught programme Page C M B P learning Law (Criminal Justice) PDip, LLM • 133 Law (Human Rights Law) PDip, LLM • 133 Law (Intellectual Property Law) PDip, LLM • 134 Law (International Commercial Law) PDip, LLM • 134 Law (International Criminal Justice) PDip, LLM • 134 Law (International Environmental Law) PDip, LLM • 134 Law (International Law) PDip, LLM • 135 Law (International Law with International Relations) PDip, LLM • 135 Law (Law and Health) PDip, LLM • 135 Linguistics MA • 106 Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc (full-time only) • 65 Management MSc • • 66 Marketing MSc • 66 Mathematics and its Applications MSc (full-time only) • • 140 Mathematics and its Applications (International Master’s) MSc • 140 (full-time only) Mathematics and its Applications with an • 140 Industrial Placement MSc (full-time only) Medical Humanities MA • 100 Medicines Optimisation PCert, PDip, MSc (part-time only) • • 146 Medieval and Early Modern Studies MA • 143 Methods of Social Research PCert, MA • 173 Modern History MA • 122 Multimedia Journalism MA (full-time only) • 131 Networks and Security MSc (full-time only) • • 78 Organisational and Business Psychology PCert, PDip, MSc • 164 Peace and Conflict Studies (International Joint Award) MA • • 157 (full-time only) two-year programme, second year in Marburg Pharmacy Associate Postgraduate Student Programme • 144 (full-time only) Philanthropic Studies (Distance Learning) PCert, PDip, MA • • 173 (part-time only) Philosophy MA • 149 Physical Acting MA (full-time only) • 87
Entry requirements For entry on to most of our Master’s programmes you need at least a second class honours degree; relevant professional experience may also be taken into account. For more details, see individual course entries at www.kent.ac.uk/pg
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Location Distance Taught programme Page C M B P learning Political Psychology MSc • 165 Political Strategy and Communication MA • 158 Positive Behaviour Support PDip, MSc • 171 Postcolonial Studies MA • 100 Professional Practice MA, MSc (part-time only) • 161 Professional Practice (Teaching and Learning) MSc (part-time only) • 161 Project Management MSc • • 66 Reproductive Medicine: Science and Ethics MSc • 60 Roman History and Archaeology MA • 71 Security and Terrorism PDip, MA • 158 Social Anthropology MA • 51 Social Anthropology – Humanitarian and Environmental Crises MA • 51 Social Psychology MSc • 165 Social Work MA (full-time only) • 173 Sociology MA • 177 Statistical Data Science MSc (full-time only) • 182 Statistical Data Science (International Master’s) MSc • 182 Statistical Data Science with an Industrial • • 182 Placement MSc (full-time only) Statistics with Finance MSc (full-time only) • 182 Statistics with Finance and an Industrial Placement MSc • • 182 (full-time only) Statistics with Finance (International Master’s) MSc (full-time only) • 182 The Kent MBA • 64 Theatre Making MA • 88 Two-Year Master’s in Criminology MA (full-time only) • 84 Two-Year Master’s in International Social Policy MA (full-time only) • 173 Urban Planning and Resilience MA • 56
Entry requirements For entry on to most of our Master’s programmes you need at least a second class honours degree; relevant professional experience may also be taken into account. For more details, see individual course entries at www.kent.ac.uk/pg
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Research programmes Most of our programmes can be taken either full- or part-time; some research Master’s offer start dates in September or January; most PhDs offer September, January or May starts. See individual course entries at www.kent.ac.uk/pg
Location Distance Research programme Page C M B P learning Accounting PhD • • 67 Actuarial Science PhD • 47 Agri-Environmental Economics PhD • 91 American Studies MA, PhD • 48 Anthropology (by research) MA, PhD • 51 Applied Health Research PhD • 174 Architecture PhD • 57 Biochemistry MSc • 61 Biochemistry PhD • 61 Biodiversity Management (by Research) MSc, PhD • 82 Biological Anthropology (by Research) MSc • 51 Biomedical Engineering PhD • • 97 Biomedical Engineering (by Research and Thesis) MSc, PhD • • 97 Cell Biology MSc • 61 Cell Biology PhD • 61 Chemistry MSc, PhD • 68 Classical and Archaeological Studies PhD • 72 Cognitive Psychology/Neuropsychology PhD • 165 Community Care MA, PhD • 171 Comparative Literature PhD • 75 Comparative Politics PhD • 158 Comparative Politics MA, PhD • 158 Computational Biology MSc • 61 Computational Biology PhD • 61 Computer Science MSc, PhD • • 78 Criminology MA, PhD • 85 Digital Arts (by research) MSc, PhD • • 96 Digital Arts PhD • • 96
Entry requirements For entry on to most of our Master’s programmes you need at least a second class honours degree; relevant professional experience may also be taken into account. For more details, and PhD entry requirements, see individual course entries at www.kent.ac.uk/pg
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Location Distance Research programme Page C M B P learning Doctorate in Cultural and Global Criminology (DCGC): An Erasmus Mundus Joint • 85 Doctorate PhD Drama: Practice as Research PhD • 88 Drama by thesis and practice PhD • 88 Economics PhD • 91 Electronic Engineering (by Research) MSc • 97 Electronic Engineering PhD • 97 English MA, PhD • 103 Environmental Social Science MSc, PhD • 107 Ethnobiology (by Research) MSc, PhD • 51 Film PhD • 111 Film: Practice as Research MA, PhD • 111 Finance PhD • • 67 Forensic Psychology PhD • 165 French PhD • 118 French and Comparative Literature PhD • 118 Genetics MSc • 61 Genetics PhD • 61 German PhD • 119 German and Comparative Literature PhD • 119 Higher Education PhD • 95 Hispanic Studies PhD • 120 History MA, PhD • 122 History and Philosophy of Art PhD • 127 Human Geography MSc, PhD • 128 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities MA, PhD • 171 International Conflict Analysis PhD • 158 International Conflict Analysis MA, PhD • 158 International Relations PhD • 158 International Relations MA, PhD • 158 Italian PhD • 129 Journalism MA, PhD • 131
Entry requirements For entry on to most of our Master’s programmes you need at least a second class honours degree; relevant professional experience may also be taken into account. For more details, and PhD entry requirements, see individual course entries at www.kent.ac.uk/pg
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Location Distance Research programme Page C M B P learning Law PhD 137 Law PhD 137 Law LLM 137 Linguistics PhD 106 Management PhD 67 Management Science PhD 67 Marketing PhD 67 Mathematics MSc, PhD 140 Mechanical Engineering (by Research and Thesis) 97 Mechanical Engineering PhD 97 Media Studies PhD 141 Medieval and Early Modern Studies MA, PhD 143 Mental Health of People with Learning Disabilities MA, PhD 171 Microbiology MSc 61 Microbiology PhD 61 Migration Studies PhD 174 Narrative Non-Fiction: Practice as Research PhD 103 Operational Research PhD 67 Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management PhD 67 Pharmacy PhD 147 Philosophy PhD 149 Physics MSc, PhD 151 Poetry as Practice MA 101 Poetry: Text, Practice as Research PhD 101 Political and Social Thought PhD 158 Political and Social Thought MA, PhD 158 Postcolonial Studies MA, PhD 103 Psychology MSc, PhD 165 Social Policy MA, PhD 174 Social Psychology MSc, PhD 165 Social Work PhD 174 Socio-legal Studies LLM, PhD 137
Entry requirements For entry on to most of our Master’s programmes you need at least a second class honours degree; relevant professional experience may also be taken into account. For more details, and PhD entry requirements, see individual course entries at www.kent.ac.uk/pg
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Location Distance Research programme Page C M B P learning Sociology MA, PhD 177 Sport and Exercise Science and Sports Therapy PhD 180 Sport and Exercise Science (by Research and Thesis) MSc 180 Sport, Exercise and Health Science Sport Professional Doctorate 180 Statistics MSc, PhD 182 Text, Practice and Research PhD 101 The Contemporary Novel: Practice as Research MA, PhD 101 Theology and Religious Studies PhD 169 Urban Studies MA, PhD 177
Entry requirements For entry on to most of our Master’s programmes you need at least a second class honours degree; relevant professional experience may also be taken into account. For more details, and PhD entry requirements, see individual course entries at www.kent.ac.uk/pg
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English language requirements You can find details of all the English language tests we accept at www.kent.ac.uk/pg/english-language-requirements The table below includes the requirements for the most commonly taken tests.
English language requirements
Programmes IELTS Pearson Test Duolingo Internet-based TOEFL of English Academic (PTE Academic) General postgraduate 6.5 including minimum 62 including 110 (minimum 90 in all 90 including minimum programmes 6.0 in R and W, 5.5 in L 60 in each subtest components) 22 in R, 21 in W, 17 in L, and S 20 in S Computer Science research 6.5 including minimum 62 including 110 (minimum 90 in all 90 including minimum programmes 6.0 in each component 60 in each subtest components) 22 in R and S, 21 in W, 20 in L PDip Actuarial Science 6.0 including minimum 59 including 110 (minimum 90 in all 85 including minimum 5.5 in each component 59 in each subtest components) 18 in R, 17 in W and L, 20 in S School of English programmes 7.0 including minimum 68 including 120 (minimum 90 in all 95 including minimum 6.0 in each component 65 in each subtest components) 22 in R and S, 21 in W, 20 in L English Language and Linguistics 7.0 including minimum 120 (minimum 90 in all 95 including minimum programmes excluding MA 6.0 in each component components) 22 in R and S, 21 in W, Linguistics 20 in L MA Linguistics 7.0 including minimum 120 (minimum 90 in all 95 including minimum 6.5 in each component components) 22 in R and S, 21 in W, 20 in L Centre for Journalism – all 7.5 including minimum 130 (minimum 90 in all 100 including minimum programmes excluding 7.0 in each component components) 27 in R and W, 24 in L, International Multimedia 26 in S Journalism MA International Multimedia 7.0 including minimum 68 including 120 (minimum 90 in all 95 including minimum Journalism 6.5 in R, L and S, 7.0 65 in each subtest components) 25 in R, 27 in W, 22 in L, in W 24 in S Centre for the Study of Higher 7.0 including minimum 68 including 120 (minimum 90 in all 95 including minimum Education programmes 6.5 in each component 65 in each subtest components) 25 in R, 24 in W and S, Kent Law School programmes 22 in L School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Research – all programmes excluding two-year International Master’s programmes MA Social Work MSc IT Consultancy 7.0 including minimum 68 including 120 (minimum 90 in all 95 including minimum 6.0 in R, W and L, 7.0 in 62 in each subtest components) 22 in R, 21 in W, 20 in L, S 26 in S
Key: R = reading; W = writing; L = listening; S = speaking
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English language requirements
Programmes IELTS Pearson Test Duolingo Internet-based TOEFL of English Academic (PTE Academic) Kent Business School 6.5 including minimum 62 including 110 (minimum 90 in all 90 including minimum programmes 6.0 in each component 60 in each subtest components) 22 in R and S, 21 in W, 20 in L Kent School of Architecture and 6.5 including minimum 110 (minimum 90 in all 90 including minimum Planning programmes 6.0 in each component components) 22 in R and S, 21 in W, 20 in L MA Medieval and Early Modern 7.5 including minimum 130 (minimum 90 in all 104 including minimum Studies 7.0 in each component components) 27 in R and W, 25 in L and S
Medieval and Early Modern 8.5 including minimum 150 (minimum 90 in all 114 including minimum Studies research programmes 8.0 in each component components) 29 in R and W, 28 in L and S
School of Mathematics, Statistics 6.0 including minimum 100 (minimum 90 in all 85 including minimum and Actuarial Science – 6.0 in R and W, 5.5 in L components) 22 in R, 21 in W, 17 in L, International Master’s programmes and S 20 in S PhD Philosophy 7.0 including minimum 6.5 in each component
School of Sociology, Social Policy 6.0 including minimum 62 including 120 (minimum 90 in all 85 including minimum and Social Research – two-year 6.0 in R and W, 5.5 in L 60 in each subtest components) 22 in R, 21 in W, 17 in L, International Master’s programmes and S 20 in S
Pre-sessional English Kent International Pathways offer a range of Pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses catering to a range of English language levels and abilities. For details see www.kent.ac.uk/international-pathways/pre-sessional
Key: R = reading; W = writing; L = listening; S = speaking
Please note: The University accepts IELTS taken at any IELTS test centre except for the Pre-sessional programmes where IELTS must be taken at a UKVI-approved test centre. See www.kent.ac.uk/pg/english-language-requirements for full details
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Term dates 2021/22 Welcome Week 20 September 2021 – 24 September 2021 Autumn term 27 September 2021 – 17 December 2021 Spring term 17 January 2022 – 8 April 2022 Summer term 9 May 2022 – 17 June 2022
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