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NOW IT GETS INTERESTINGOur postgraduate programmes are informed by acommitment to research excellence. As a top-rankedUK university, Kent provides a dynamic and challengingacademic environment.

The University offers students a wide choice of well-structured and ambitiouspostgraduate programmes. At every stage, students are supported by inspirationalteaching and supervision, first-class library and IT facilities and a diverse schedule of seminars, workshops and events.

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The University of Kent is known as the UK’s Europeanuniversity and following the recent referendum, we arereinforcing our commitment to remain a Europeanuniversity that is outward facing and international.We are especially proud of our diverse student bodyand our European and international staff, and we believethat, not only does the University benefit from intellectualand cultural diversity, but that it is beneficial to the widersociety.

In addition to our UK locations of Canterbury, Medwayand Tonbridge, we have postgraduate centres in Brussels,Paris, Rome and Athens, where study and research isinformed by specialist facilities and resources in thesechosen locations. Wherever you choose to study, you willbenefit from a supportive environment working alongsideworld-class researchers.

The Graduate School works in partnership with academicschools to enhance the quality of your study experience.Whatever your choice of location or programme, theGraduate School is here to help and ensure that youhave the right support.

I look forward to welcoming you to Kent and working withyou to ensure excellence in all aspects of your postgraduatestudy experience.

Professor Diane HoustonDean of the Graduate School

WELCOME FROM THE DEAN

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German 136Hispanic Studies 140History 143History of Art 147Italian 151Journalism 153Law 156Mathematics 165Medicine, Dental and Health Sciences 169Medieval and Early Modern Studies 171Music 174Pharmacy 178Philosophy 183Physical Sciences 186Politics and International Relations 192Professional Practice 199Psychology 203Religious Studies 211Science, Communication and Society 213Social and Community Care 215Social and Public Policy 219Sociology 226Sport and Exercise Sciences 231Statistics 235

Postgraduate study at Kent 239Fees and funding 240International students 242Canterbury 247Medway 250European centres 254How to apply 260

Index 261

Visiting the University 271

Why come to Kent?Shortlisted for University of the Year 4World-leading research 6Strong academic community 8A global outlook 10Taught student profile 12Research student profile 14Kent: the UK’s European university 16Inspiring locations 18Research excellence 20The Graduate School 24Choosing your programme 26Careers and employability 29

Your study experience 32Postgraduate programmes 33Actuarial Science 34American Studies 37Anthropology 40Architecture 47Biosciences 51Business 56Child Protection 63Classical & Archaeological Studies 65Comparative Literature 70Computing 74Conservation 80Criminology 84Drama and Theatre 87Economics 92Education 98Engineering and Digital Arts 101English 107English Language and Linguistics 116Environmental Social Science 119Film 121Finance 125Fine Art 129French 132

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20THThe University is ranked20th, its highest everposition, in the TimesHigher Education (THE)‘Table of Tables’ 2016.

23RDKent is ranked 23rd in TheGuardian University Guide2017

96%Over 96% of ourpostgraduate studentswho graduated in 2015were in work or furtherstudy within six months.

SHORTLISTED FOR

UNIVERSITY by the Times Higher Education (THE) and by The Timesand Sunday Times Good University Guide 2016.

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37%37% of our academicstaff are from overseasand we have studentsrepresenting 148nationalities.

97%of research at Kent wasfound to be of internationalquality in the ResearchExcellence Framework2014 (an independentnational survey of UKuniversities).

5THKent gained the 5thhighest score for overallstudent satisfaction in theNational Student Survey2015.

OF THE YEAR

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WORLD-LEADINGRESEARCHKent is a leading UK university. In the ResearchExcellence Framework (REF) 2014, Kent was ranked17th* for research output and research intensity in theTimes Higher Education, outperforming 11 of the 24Russell Group universities.

Our academic schools and centres produce world-leading research and ouroutstanding performance in the REF led to Kent receiving the fifth highestincrease in research funding in the UK from the Higher Education FundingCouncil for England (HEFCE).

With programmes of study that are informed by research, our students are ableto develop skills and knowledge relevant to contemporary issues. Our researchactivities and international collaborations with outside organisations createknowledge that has demonstrable impact across a range of disciplines.

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STRONGACADEMICCOMMUNITYA thriving intellectual community of students and staffis fundamental to Kent’s position as a leading researchuniversity. Our students benefit from a rich and stimulating,intellectually challenging community where postgraduateswork alongside staff.

We are proud of the diversity of our community; 37% of our teaching and research staffare from outside the UK and we have students from 148 countries. This vibrant andinterdisciplinary academic community was acknowledged in the recent Higher EducationReview by the UK’s Quality Assurance Agency. Schools hold regular events for studentsand staff to discuss their ongoing research activities, and schools also invite leaders intheir field to give guest lectures. Postgraduate students are encouraged to take an activerole in the academic community and develop their skills by presenting work at researchseminars, participating in conferences and publishing papers. The Graduate Schoolco-ordinates a range of activities to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and the developmentof research and transferable skills.

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AGLOBALOUTLOOKKent has an excellent international reputation and ouracademic schools are engaged in collaborative researchwith universities from around the world.

Many of Kent’s programmes have a strong international focus with some offeringthe opportunity to study for dual or joint awards with prestigious overseas partnerinstitutions. Kent has exchange links with over 100 universities around the world,providing students with the opportunity for research and study abroad. Our globaloutlook is strengthened by our long-standing links with continental Europe. Knownas ‘the UK’s European university’, we have specialist postgraduate centres inBrussels, Paris, Athens and Rome (see 254-259), where study and research isinformed by specialist facilities and resources in these chosen locations

As an established research-intensive university, Kent acts as a gateway toEurope for students from the UK and across the world. Last year, over half of ourpostgraduate students came from countries outside the UK. This contributes to thecosmopolitan atmosphere at Kent and provides the ideal environment for analysisof global issues.

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Lerzan KocMSc Marketing

TAUGHT MScSTUDENT PROFILE

Why did you choose to study at Kent?A strong motivation was the good reputation of the University.Although ranking is crucial, the content of the programme andthe quality of the academic staff were the main reasons thatpersuaded me to become part of the University.

How does postgraduate study differ fromundergraduate study?Postgraduate study is much more specialised. As a postgraduatestudent, you should be more focused, planned and organised.

What are you particularly enjoying about yourstudies?The interactive system at Kent, with seminar activities, groupprojects and case studies, has made the programme morebeneficial and entertaining. At the same time, the social lifein Canterbury and the friends I have made here, have mademy time more enjoyable.

What is the level of support like for postgraduates?Postgraduates have access to special events, seminars and libraryresources. We have individual mentors, who support us throughoutthe year and allocated advisers to assist during thesis writing.

What are you planning to do next?My plan is to join a brand management department ina multinational organisation and use the theoretical andpractical knowledge gained during my studies.


Justyn Campbell-WhitePhD Physics

RESEARCHSTUDENT PROFILE

What are you researching?I am researching ionised gas bubbles around massive starsin our galaxy. The underlying aim of my project is to betterunderstand the structure, history and evolution of our galaxy.

What does doing a further degree give you that a firstdegree doesn’t?The opportunity to learn more about your area of interest andpotentially further our understanding of the subject throughyour research. It’s a great feeling to know you’re working onsomething that no one else has done before.

What support do you receive as a research student?I was awarded a joint studentship by the School of PhysicalSciences and the School of Mathematics, Statistics and ActuarialScience, so I have a supervisor from each school. As well asa monthly stipend, I receive an annual research allowance tosupport conference expenses. I’ve taken workshops run by theGraduate School and these sessions, such as scientific writing,will be of great use throughout my research career.

Any advice for those thinking of coming to Kent?The University of Kent is known for promoting researchexcellence. I definitely feel that I can contribute to the widerresearch community thanks to the guidance and support Ireceive. I am sure this will be the same for you if you decideto start your research career at Kent.

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KENT: THEUK’S EUROPEANUNIVERSITY

As the UK’s Europeanuniversity, we are proudto be outward facing andinternational. We are aninclusive and diverseinstitution and recognisethat we, and the widersociety, benefit greatlyfrom this diversity.

Since our establishment inCanterbury, we have extendedour centres for learning throughoutthe county and Europe to includeMedway, Tonbridge, Brussels,Paris, Athens and Rome. Ourpartnerships within Europeprovide the foundation forour international approachto research and teaching.

Kent’s centres in five majorEuropean cities allow study andresearch to be informed by thespecialist facilities and resourcesin these chosen locations. Wehave over 100 European partners,including the highest rankinginstitutions of several countries.Our collaborations can boast linkswith, among others, the ÉcoleNormale Supérieure, Paris,Philipps-Universität Marburg,Ruprecht-Karls-Universität,Heidelberg, Universiteit Gent,Uppsala University, and theUniversities of Amsterdam,Bologna, Copenhagen, Helsinkiand Vienna. Our strongconnections within Europeenhance our internationalapproach to all our academicactivities.

Where the world meetsEuropeWith 148 nationalities representedin our student body and 37% ofour research and teaching stafffrom outside the UK, we celebrateintellectual and cultural diversitywith a commitment to educate ourstudents to be the global citizensof tomorrow.

Canterbury, the location of ourmain campus, is the closest UKcity to the European continent.Proximity to airports, the Channelports and particularly the Eurostarterminals at Ashford and Ebbsfleetmeans quick and easy accessto Paris, Brussels and Lille, andfrom there onwards to all majorEuropean cities. Kent acts as agateway to Europe for studentsfrom the UK and across the world.

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representing 37 differentEuropean countries.

European programmes Kent has a wide and growingrange of programmes, with aparticular European focus inareas such as European cultureand languages, drama, politics,law, economics, businessand migration. Some of ourpostgraduate programmesoffer dual UK and Europeanqualifications (InternationalDouble Degrees and DualResearch/cotutelle awards).

European researchand projectsMany of our academics areinvolved in research projectsin collaboration with otherEuropean universities, anda high percentage of Kent’sresearch is funded by the

European Union. Kent leadsor is involved in a large numberof projects funded throughthe EU Interreg initiativewithin the European RegionalDevelopment Fund, as wellas research and developmentprojects within the EU’sFramework Programmeand Horizon 2020.

European exchangesand credit systemsKent has been a key player inthe Erasmus student exchangeprogramme and was one of thefirst universities to receive theE-quality label for its exchangeprogramme. Kent uses theEuropean Credit Transfer System(ECTS) throughout all its degreesand was the first UK university tointroduce the European DiplomaSupplement.

Centres in Brussels,Paris, Athens and RomeThese specialist centres, and theprogrammes we offer, exploit thespecific historical, social, politicaland artistic resources available inthese exceptional sites. Kent offersprogrammes in internationalstudies in Brussels, the politicalheart of Europe; programmesin the humanities in Paris, thecultural hub of the Western world;heritage management in Athens,the cradle of Western civilisation;and the study of the ancient worldin Rome, the centre of classicalantiquity. Teaching in theselocations allows students and staffalike to expand their knowledge,and both social and professionalnetworks, through direct contactand exposure to source materialsand expert knowledge; frominternships in EU NGOs toeasy access to the world-classmuseums in Paris, to hands-onexperience in archaeologicalsites in Athens and Rome.

All of our campuses and centresare open to all of our students andcan be used by all postgraduatestudents to host conferences andacademic activities.

European students We attract a high percentage ofour students from outside the UKand many of these come fromother European countries.International students makeup over 27% of our overall studentpopulation with 11% of thesecoming from within Europe,

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INSPIRINGLOCATIONS

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The University of Kent has two UK campuses in south-east England, CanterburyandMedway, a study centre in Tonbridge and postgraduate centres in Athens,Brussels, Paris and Rome. All the facilities in all of our locations are availableto all of our students.

CANTERBURYOur self-contained Canterbury campus provides a friendly andstimulating environment. It is within walking distance of the city centreand in a beautiful parkland setting overlooking Canterbury Cathedral,part of a world heritage site. It offers first-class study resources setamong green and tranquil open spaces, as well as cafés, bars andentertainment venues, including a nightclub, cinema, concert halls,top-quality sports facilities and a cosmopolitan atmosphere. Lessthan an hour’s train journey from London, it is also within easy reachof Paris, Brussels, Lille and the rest of Europe (see p247).

MEDWAYKent’s Medway campus delivers professionally focused programmessupported by state-of-the-art study facilities on The Historic Dockyard,Chatham. The University has recently invested in the refurbishment ofa number of key buildings, as part of the expansion of the School ofMusic and Fine Art and Kent Business School. The campus has award-winning buildings, atmospheric cafés and a new student hub, creatinga lively social life and a great sense of community. There is also studentaccommodation as part of a riverside development (see p250).

TONBRIDGEThe University of Kent’s study centre has its own facilities just fiveminutes’ walk from the railway station at Tonbridge. The centre providesflexible, high-quality teaching in a friendly and supportive environmentto students of all ages and from a variety of backgrounds. It alsofocuses on supporting the continuing professional development needsof the business community in the region. In addition to the library ande-resources, our Tonbridge students have access to the resources onKent’s campuses at Canterbury and Medway.

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PARISThe University’s Paris School of Arts and Culture offers postgraduatestudents the chance to study in the historic and cultural heart ofMontparnasse. We offer programmes in the arts and humanities, whereyour learning is enhanced by immersion in the culture and language ofone of the most inspirational cities in the world. As part of a thrivingacademic community, students work with internationally respectedacademics and enjoy all the opportunities that come with living andworking in Paris – ranked the best student city in the world in the QSBest Student Cities 2016 (see p257).

ROMECanterbury and Rome have been linked since the Middle Ages by thepilgrimage route Via Francigena. The School of Arts and the Schoolof European Culture and Languages (SECL) both offer postgraduateprogrammes with the opportunity to spend a term studying in Rome,the centre of classical antiquity and inspiration for some of the world’sgreatest artists. Students have access to key sites, museums andartefacts within this historical city (see p258).

ATHENSKent’s teaching centre in Athens is in the suburb of Eleusina, one ofthe most important archaeological sites in the world. The Universityhas a unique collaboration with the Athens University of Economicsand Business, capitalising on the specialist teaching, research andexpertise of both partners. The MA in Heritage Management istaught in these historic surroundings. The centre of Athens is only30km away, and students have easy access to many other majorhistorical sites including the Parthenon, Ancient Corinth, Nemeaand Thebes (see p254).

BRUSSELSKent is the only UK university to have a centre in the ‘capital of Europe’,where it offers postgraduate degrees in international studies. Brusselsis home to the main institutions of the European Union, as well asorganisations such as NATO, NGOs and think-tanks, and staff frommany of these institutions contribute to the teaching at our centre.Studying in Brussels offers opportunities to network, with manystudents securing internships and careers within prestigiousorganisations (see p255).

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RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

Kent’s excellent researchperformance confirmsour position as a leadingUK university. In theResearch ExcellenceFramework (REF) 2014,we were ranked 17th* forresearch intensity. All ofour academic schools areengaged in research ofinternational standing.

With programmes of study thatare informed by research, ourstudents develop skills andknowledge relevant tocontemporary issues.Our research activities andcollaborations with outsideorganisations create knowledgethat is highly influential.

Internationally renownedstaffKent has some of the bestacademic and research staffin the country. These includeresearch leaders who arerenowned for their innovativethinking in areas such as history,modern languages, social policy,religious studies, law, and English.

For a sense of the teaching styleat Kent, take a look at our new‘Think Kent’ lectures. Similar instyle to ‘TED Talks’ these ten-15minute videos feature leadingKent academics talkingabout their research and theinternational impact of theirwork. See www.youtube.com/UniversityofKent

Research standing Our REF results have led toexcellent rankings for Kent inthe Times Higher Educationtables – we were rated 17thin the UK, outperforming 11 ofthe 24 Russell Group universities.The tables are based on researchintensity, which takes into accountthe proportion of academic staffassessed as well as the quality ofthe research. An impressive 85%of Kent’s research staff submittedto the REF – the 13th highestpercentage in the UK, and 97%of our research was judged tobe of international quality.

Many of our subjects wereranked in the top ten for researchintensity – architecture, biologicalsciences, English language andliterature, history, law, pharmacy,and social work and social policy.In rankings for research impact,physics is 7th, demonstrating itsimportance to industry and thepublic sector, while religiousstudies is 3rd and classics is 2nd,an affirmation of our researchers’contributions to social and culturalunderstanding. As testament toour position as the UK’s Europeanuniversity, Kent is ranked 1stfor the quality of its researchin modern languages.

For research intensity, othersuccesses include anthropology,computer science, philosophy,psychology, and sport andexercise sciences – all in thetop 20, while business andmanagement is 25th of over100 institutions. Politics and

international studies is in the top20 for research impact; musicand drama is in the top 20 forresearch quality.

Our standing is an indicatorof the world-leading researchactivity that takes place acrossthe institution and is underpinnedby our ability to attract externalfunding, which now consistentlyexceeds £12 million per annum.This also reflects our sustainedinvestment in staff, buildings,laboratories and equipment.

Kent is part of the EasternAcademic Research Consortium(ARC), a collaboration betweenKent and the universities of EastAnglia and Essex. The EasternARC stimulates cross-institutionalworking and creates anenvironment in which collaborativeresearch can flourish. By actingcollaboratively, the consortiumresponds creatively andeffectively to key drivers thatare changing the landscape ofresearch and research trainingin UK higher education.

Our academic staff are engagedin collaborative research projectswith universities worldwide, anda high percentage of Kent’sresearch is funded by theEuropean Union. This confirms theUniversity’s academic, economicand cultural stature, and thedirect, positive implications ourresearch activities have on theregion and beyond. Goodresearch delivers a highly skilledworkforce, improves businessperformance, creates


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• revelations that internetaddiction is leading to anincrease in ‘phubbing –people snubbing their socialcompanions to concentrateon their smartphone

• research indicating that use ofpsychoactive drugs – as simpleas caffeine – can encouragesedentary people to exercise,and enable people to keep totheir exercise regimes

• research highlighting thepotential for the emergenceof a new form of Ebolavirusthat causes severe diseasein humans

• research suggesting thatpeople are momentarilyhappier when drinking alcohol– but that over longer periods,drinking more does not makethem more satisfied with life

• pioneering work as part of a‘Superidentity’ project to assesslinks between different parts ofidentity from the physical to thevirtual

• research showing that womenwho perceive their sexualpartner is imposingperfectionist standards on themmay suffer sexual dysfunctionas a result

• the development of twoeducation programming tools,Blue J and Greenfoot, whichare now included in the UK’stop-selling low-cost computer,the Raspberry Pi

• revelations that people buyingfake ‘luxury brand’ goodsexperience a range ofpsychological motivations –including the ‘thrill of the hunt’.

opportunities for new businessactivities and enterprise, andimproves public services.

We work with regional andlocal agents to synchronise ourresearch agenda with the interestsof the region while maintainingour national and internationalactivities.

Research achievementsKent has an outstanding recordof research success. Recentresearch achievements, whichhave impacted on the economy,government policy and the dailylives of those affected, include:• running clinical trials of roboticlegs to help patients walkagain after being paralysed forreasons from trauma to disease

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of Reading, Royal Holloway andSurrey. These partner institutionsmake major contributions tosocial science research regionally,nationally and internationally,and this collaboration places oursocial scientists at the centre ofinter-institutional research andtraining activities.

Kent is a member of the South-East Network for Social Sciences(SeNSS), a new ten-membermulti-institutional collaboration.The consortium unites anacademic community of over100 social science units toprovide breadth and depthacross the social sciencedisciplines and significantexpertise in both quantitativeand qualitative research methods.

Kent is a partner within theConsortium for the Humanitiesand the Arts South-East England(CHASE), a collaboration withthe Courtauld Institute of Art,Goldsmiths University of London,the Open University and theUniversities of East Anglia, Essexand Sussex, and was awardeda £17m award from the Arts andHumanities Research Council(AHRC) under its Doctoral TrainingPartnerships Scheme. SOAS andBirkbeck College, University ofLondon also joined CHASE asAssociate Members in 2014.As one of only 11 new AHRCDoctoral Training Partnershipsin the UK, this collaborationrepresents an exciting new erafor arts and humanities doctoral

research at Kent, and it willprovide funding for over 375 PhDstudents across the Consortiumover the five-year period of theaward.

Kent is also part of theEnvironment East DoctoralTraining Partnership (EnvEastDTP), a collaboration between theUniversities of Kent, East Anglia,Essex and nine other corepartners. The partnership drawstogether relevant expertise froma complementary set of researchorganisations to train scientistscapable of making outstandingcontributions to their disciplineand able to apply their knowledgeto the challenges facing the UKeconomy, the quality of life forits citizens and the state of theglobal environment. EnvEast hasreceived funding from the NaturalEnvironment Research Council(NERC) to support 60 PhDstudents over five years.

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In addition, Kent has beenawarded a Queen’s AnniversaryPrize for Higher and FurtherEducation twice in the last nineyears. The prizes are awardedfor exceptional contributionsby institutions in the higherand further education sectors.

Strong researchpublishing recordOur 650 academic staff regularlypublish their research output.We maintain the Kent AcademicRepository, an online database ofthe publications of our staff. Thisis a useful resource for both staffand students who are able to seewhat research is being conductedand enables cross-disciplinarywork.

Details of these publications canbe accessed by visiting the onlineKent Academic Repository atwww.kent.ac.uk/research/publications

Research fundingsupportResearch Services at Kentsupports the University’s researchcommunity, by promoting fundingopportunities, assisting with thedevelopment of applications,negotiating research contractsand administering awards.

Doctoral trainingKent is part of the South-EastDoctoral Training Centre (SEDTC),funded by the Economic andSocial Research Council (ESRC),in partnership with the Universities

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THEGRADUATE SCHOOL

representation systemworking at school, facultyand institutional levels. TheDean chairs the Graduate SchoolBoard, which is responsible forall aspects of postgraduateeducation. It includes studentmembers as representatives ofthe postgraduate community toensure that your views on allaspects of the study experienceare listened to and acted uponwithin the institution.

Researcher DevelopmentProgrammeThe Graduate School co-ordinatesthe Researcher DevelopmentProgramme for research students,which includes workshopsfocused on research, specialistand transferable skills. Theprogramme is mapped to thenational Researcher DevelopmentFramework and covers a diverserange of topics, including subject-specific research skills, researchmanagement, communication

excellence with an exceptionalstudent experience andappropriate learning resourcesthrough the provision of:• high-quality postgraduatefacilities

• a supportive environmentfor the intellectual interestsof our postgraduates

• an excellent ResearcherDevelopment Programme

• an innovative Global SkillsAward Programme

• a strong framework of specialistsupport for our postgraduatesacross the University

• the cultivation of externallinks with Research Councils,graduate schools and otherorganisations, nationally andinternationally, to providefurther funding and studyopportunities.

Championing yourinterestsAt Kent, there is a strongpostgraduate course

Regardless of whetheryou study at one of ourUK campuses or one ofour European centres,or further afield at apartner institution,the Graduate Schoolsupports our thrivingpostgraduate communityand creates a stimulatingintellectual and socialenvironment.

The recent Higher EducationReview by the UK’s QualityAssurance Agency recognisedthe vibrant and interdisciplinaryacademic community at Kent,created by the range of formaland informal opportunitiesprovided for postgraduateresearch students.

The Graduate School worksin partnership with academicschools and centres to enhancethe quality of the postgraduatestudent experience across allcampuses, and create a vibrantpostgraduate community.The School is led by its Dean,Professor Diane Houston, who isresponsible for the developmentof provision for postgraduatestudy and research.

The Graduate School ensures thatthe academic and social interestsof postgraduate students areprovided for within the University.It works alongside academicschools to support and developinternationally distinctive, excitingand innovative programmesof study that combine academic


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skills, personal effectiveness,networking and teamworking,and career management skills.Research Councils UK haveidentified the development ofthese skills as essential for allpostgraduate researchers.

Global Skills AwardProgrammeThe Graduate School alsodelivers the Global Skills AwardProgramme for students followingtaught programmes of study. TheProgramme provides a series oflectures and workshops whichenhance graduates’ awarenessof current global issues andimproves their career prospects.

Woolf CollegeLocated on the Canterburycampus, Woolf College isexclusively dedicated topostgraduate studentsand provides purpose-builtaccommodation. Named after thepoet and writer Virginia Woolf, theCollege has a strong communityfeel and provides a supportnetwork during your studies.The Master of the College worksclosely with the Dean of theGraduate School and the KentGraduate Student Associationto ensure the provision ofsupport and social activitiesfor postgraduate students.

The Kent GraduateStudent Association The Kent Graduate StudentAssociation (KGSA) representspostgraduate students acrossall campuses and centres of

the University. The Associationfocuses on student issuescovering welfare and educationof both taught and researchstudents. The KGSA also providesopportunities for postgraduatestudents to meet and socialiseon a regular basis through events,and holds its executive meetingevery three weeks. Electionsfor Kent Graduate StudentAssociation officers are heldin the summer term. Serving asan elected officer is a rewardingopportunity that allows you torepresent the views of your fellowpostgraduates, meet new peopleand play an active role inimproving the postgraduateexperience at Kent.

Academic, social andnetworking opportunitiesThe Graduate School providesopportunities for postgraduatestudents to meet and socialiseand supports student-ledinitiatives, such as social

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events, conferences, workshopsand monthly research cafés.Students are able to participate inthe annual Postgraduate ResearchFestival and can apply to thePostgraduate Experience Awardsfor funding to deliver projects orevents to enhance their skills base.Students can join The GradPosteditorial team and contributearticles to the graduate newsletter(www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/news/gradpost.html).

The Graduate School and WoolfCollege are located centrallyon the Canterbury campus, withoffices for staff members anda common room for dedicatedpostgraduate use.

Further informationThe Graduate School,University of Kent, Canterbury,Kent, CT2 7NF, UKT: +44 (0)1227 824089E: [email protected]/graduateschool

You need to pass all your modulesbefore proceeding to your projector dissertation. If, for whateverreason, you do not complete thedissertation or project stage, youmay be eligible for the award ofa postgraduate diploma (seebelow). Dissertations or projectsmust be completed by the endof your period of registration.Projects, particularly in thesciences, may be assessed bydissertation and a presentation.

Postgraduate diplomasPostgraduate diplomas (PDips)are similar to a taught Master’sdegree (see left), but you areonly required to attend the taughtmodules. You do not completea dissertation or project. Somecourses initially register you forthe PDip and then transfer yourregistration to the Master’s degreeonce you have successfullycompleted the modules.

• MA/MSc/MRes/MA-R/LLM –one calendar year full-time/two years part-time

• MArch – two academic yearsfull-time

• MBA – one calendar yearfull-time/on a modular basis

• GDip/PDip – one academicyear full-time/two academicyears part-time.

Master’s degreesTaught Master’s programmes atKent consist of taught modules(with a national credit rating of120 credits), plus a dissertation orproject of 10,000 to 15,000 words(60 credits), leading to a total of180 credits (90 ECTS credits) fora full degree.

Modules run over the first ninemonths of the programme, aretaught mostly by seminar and/orlecture, and are assessed bywritten coursework, examinationsand seminar presentations.

Kent offers a wide choiceof well-establishedpostgraduateprogrammes, builtupon our long-standingacademic strengths.Drawing from these,we also develop newprogrammes thatrespond to contemporaryissues and debates.

Whatever programme youchoose to study, whether taughtor research, at Kent you have theopportunity to work alongsideleading academics, activelyengaged in cutting-edge research.

Programme structure All programmes carry a nationalacademic credit rating. They alsocarry a European Credit TransferSystem (ECTS) credit rating. If youhave been studying elsewhere, forinstance, you can apply to transferthe credit you have accumulatedto a relevant programme at Kent.

Taught programmesAs a postgraduate taughtstudent, you enrol on a structuredprogramme of study made up ofmodules in specific areas. If youare taking a Master’s degree, youalso complete a dissertation orproject.

The majority of Kent’s taughtMaster’s degrees run for a fullcalendar year beginning in mid-September, but some offer flexiblestart dates. For the most up-to-date information, please seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg

CHOOSING YOUR PROGRAMME


Pre-Master’s graduatediplomaPre-Master’s graduatediploma (GDip) is a ‘conversion’programme, designed to prepareyou for, and provide access to,specific Master’s degrees at KentBusiness School. It allows you todevelop your knowledge of yoursubject, improve your academicskills and your English languageproficiency. The programmetakes one academic year (fromSeptember to June). Successfulcompletion at a sufficient levelguarantees entry to specificpostgraduate Master’s degreesat Kent Business School.

International Master’sprogrammesThe International Master’s coursesare equivalent to a Pre-Master’sgraduate diploma, followed by aone-year MSc programme with anoptional industrial placement. Theyare for international students withundergraduate degrees frominstitutions that do not award theequivalent of UK honours degreesand who prefer (or whose financialsponsors require) enrolment on asingle MSc programme.

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Flexible and distance learningFlexible and distance learningoptions differ from standardprogrammes in their mode ofdelivery/attendance. Studentsengage in distance learningthrough online study and viaSkype discussions with staffand other students; attend theUniversity in blocks of time,often over weekends; or in acombination of these methodsknown as blended learning.Programmes are availableas short courses, Certificates,Diplomas or full postgraduatedegrees (MA, MSc).

Research programmesMany of our research studentsregister for a PhD (doctorate),but Kent also offers various othertypes of research degrees atMaster’s level.

Standard attendance times are:• Master’s (MA, MSc, LLM) –one year full-time/two yearspart-time

• MPhil – two years full-time/threeyears part-time

• PhD (doctorate) – a minimumof three years to a maximum offour years full-time; a minimumof five years to a maximum ofsix years part-time

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) –two years full-time/five yearspart-time.

The University is also investingin a number of blended/onlineprogrammes for specific subjectareas. See the individual subjectpages for further information(p34-238).

MA, MSc, LLMA thesis (c30,000 words) at thislevel must show the ability toconduct an independent studyand to understand its relationshipto a wider field of knowledge.

MPhil Your MPhil thesis (c60,000 words)must show the ability to conductan original investigation, to testideas, to understand therelationship of the theme to thewider field of knowledge and toorganise material appropriately.

PhDA PhD thesis (80-100,000 words)should cover all the requirementsof an MPhil thesis, plus make anoriginal contribution to knowledgeor understanding in the field youare investigating, and should beof a publishable standard.

As your PhD progresses, youwill move through a series ofprogression points and reviewstages to ensure that you areengaged in a process of researchthat will lead to the production ofa high-quality thesis and that youare on track to complete this in thetime available.

Following submission of your PhDthesis, you will have a viva voce(oral) examination assessed byexperts in your field.

Dual Research AwardsDual Research Awards (orcotutelle awards) offer researchstudents the chance to besupervised by a member of staffat the University of Kent and a

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“All the academics I’veengaged with have beenexceptionally knowledgeablein their fields and beyond,and are clearly dedicatedto providing an excellenteducation for the students.”

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Through this arrangement, whereit is not possible or appropriatefor you to be in attendance at theUniversity, we can provide you withsupervision under the guidanceof a supervisory team from theUniversity of Kent. We conductan assessment to ensure you haveaccess to the appropriate facilities,resources and support availableprior to your registration. Enquiriesabout the possibility of becomingan external research degreestudent should be directed tothe relevant academic schoolin the first instance.

Published works PhDThe degree of Doctor ofPhilosophy based on publishedworks is intended for candidateswho have developed theirresearch skills to doctoral leveland published extensively duringthe course of their careers insideor outside academia.

The University can award thisdegree to registered candidateswhose submitted work: • forms a coherent bodyof research

• is timely and current asdetermined by academicjudgement

• demonstrates the useof appropriate researchmethodology

• meets the criteria for the Doctorof Philosophy as specified inthe University of KentRegulations for ResearchProgrammes of Study.

Candidates must be graduatesof normally at least seven yearsstanding and normally holdinga first or upper-second classhonours degree or equivalentexperience.

member of staff at a universityin another country, resulting ina dual award: a PhD from Kentand a doctorate from the partneruniversity. For more informationplease see, www.kent.ac.uk/pg

New Route PhDThe University of Kent is oneof a consortium of around 30universities in the UK that offerNew Route PhDs. This nationalinitiative aims to provideprofessional and transferableskills for PhD students.

New Route PhDs are equivalentqualifications to traditional PhDs,but integrate taught subject-specific and skills moduleswith the research element.

The programme takes four yearsfull-time. The first part of theprogramme consists of taughtsubject-specific modules, modulesin research and professional skillstraining, and a research element.

You are assessed annually on yourprogress. You must satisfactorilypass all modules in order toproceed to the next stage ofthe programme.

External research degreesExternal research degrees area means by which students canundertake a research degree atanother location or organisationwhile being supported byacademic experts from theUniversity. This is subject toindividual circumstances,agreement of the academicschool and approval by theUniversity.


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CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY

Kent has anexcellent postgraduateemployment record: over96% of our postgraduatestudents who graduatedin 2015 found a jobor further studyopportunity withinsixmonths.

To be in a position to face thedemands of a competitive jobmarket, you need to acquire ahigh level of academic knowledgeand develop transferable skillsthat can be applied to all aspectsof employment. At Kent, weprovide a comprehensivepackage of skills developmenttraining programmes, careersadvice, and volunteering and paidwork opportunities to enhanceyour career prospects in a globalworkplace.

Benefits of apostgraduate educationWhether you choose to study atpostgraduate level to enhanceyour employment prospects,achieve a professionalqualification, facilitate a careerchange or to simply further yourinterest in a particular subjectarea, a postgraduate qualificationfrom Kent can be a life-changingexperience. You will enhance yoursubject knowledge and expertisein a multicultural environmentwhich will provide you with aninspiring perspective on issuesof global significance. In addition,postgraduate study at Kent willenable you to:

• engage with complex issuesand questions

• think critically andindependently aboutyour field of study

• plan a structured and effectiveprogramme of research

• develop learning, researchand organisational skills

• develop associated skills –creativity, collaborativeteamworking, problem-solving,communication, goal-setting

• communicate your knowledgeand insights to peers, academicsupervisors and laymen.

Pathway to an academiccareerWhile many research degreegraduates choose to pursuecareers outside higher education,a PhD is a clear pathway to acareer in academia for thosewith a passion for research intheir specialist subject areas.A research degree providesyou with the skills and trainingessential for a successfulcareer as an academic.

Career development In an ever-competitive globaljob market, a postgraduatequalification from a respecteduniversity can enhance yourcareer and earning prospects,and set you apart. A postgraduatedegree often leads employersto entrust you with greaterresponsibilities at an earlystage in recognition of the widerportfolio of skills you have to offer.In turn, this is likely to lead to

greater financial remunerationand accelerated careerprogression.

Graduate destinationsOur postgraduates have goneon to work for major world-leadingcompanies and organisations,such as Renault, Accenture, theGovernment Statistical Service,Cancer Research UK, GuardianNews & Media, the EuropeanCommission, Deutsche Bankand Lucasfilm.

Skills developmentEmployers want highly advancedskills from postgraduate studentsthat will enable them to operateeffectively at a senior level andpursue successful careers inbusiness, industry and academia.At Kent, we help you developtransferable skills through youracademic studies and throughparticipation in the University’srange of skills developmentprogrammes.

The Graduate School co-ordinatesthe Researcher DevelopmentProgramme for postgraduateresearch students, coveringa broad selection of topics,including research management,teamworking, problem-solving,communication and leadershipskills.

Taught postgraduate students canchoose to apply for a place on theGlobal Skills Award Programme.Delivered by the Graduate School,the programme is specificallydesigned to consolidate your

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The Service has also producedbooklets for both taught andresearch postgraduates, whichcover the transferable skillsgained through your studies,finding job opportunities andmaking successful applications.

Personal careers guidance isavailable at any stage of yourstudies for advice and informationon your options after you graduate.

Language ExpresscoursesThe Centre for English andWorld Languages offers a rangeof different foreign languageclasses, such as Arabic, French,Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish,on a flexible and non-credit-bearing basis to all membersof the University. Classes are

usually scheduled for earlyevening so they fit alongsideyour main study commitments.

If you are a non-native Englishspeaker and would like toenhance your skills, we also offera range of English classes. Seewww.kent.ac.uk/cewl for details.

Kent ExtraKent Extra is a means ofenhancing your CV and improvingyour employability throughadditional learning opportunitiesoutside the confines of specificdegree disciplines. Kent Extracourses are non-credit bearing;however, you are eligible forEmployability Points (see right).See www.kent.ac.uk/extra forfurther details.

awareness of current globalissues and improve youremployment prospects.

Further details of theseprogrammes can be found atwww.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool

Careers andEmployability ServiceYour postgraduate degree at Kentopens up a wide range of optionsto you upon graduation. TheUniversity’s award-winningCareers and EmployabilityService has an extensive website,which helps you to analyse youremployability skills, make careerchoices and develop yourapplication and interview skills.It includes advice on how to makeuse of your degree subject in yourcareer and an online database ofgraduate vacancies.

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“I feel the programmehas equipped me for theintricacies of the financialworld. I have gained not onlyacademic knowledge, butalso interpersonal skills suchas improved communication,both verbal and non-verbal,attitudes and working ina team. I have also gaineda professional networkamong my peers on bothmy programme and others.”

Kelvin ChandoMSc Finance, Investment and Risk

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(including Graduate TeachingAssistantships, see p240) toclerical and administrative jobsin academic schools and throughour professional service offices.

International graduatework in the UKIf you are an international studentfrom outside the EU on a Tier 4student visa, you are allowed towork part-time in the UK for up toa maximum of 20 hours per weekduring term-time and full-timeduring vacation periods. Termdates are available here:www.kent.ac.uk/academic/University-term-dates/Menutermdates.html

When you come to the end of yourstudies, you might consider thepossibility of staying on in the UKto work. For the most up-to-dateinformation on the optionsavailable to you, please visit:www.kentunion.co.uk/welfare/advice-centre/international-students-and-visas/ orwww.ukcisa.org.uk/information--advice/working/working-after-studies

Further informationCareers and employabilitywww.kent.ac.uk/ceswww.kent.ac.uk/employabilitywww.kent.ac.uk/employabilitypointswww.kent.ac.uk/studentimmigration

Jobshop and volunteeringwww.kentunion.co.ukwww.gkunions.co.uk

through the activities, but therewards themselves improveand increase their long-termemployability opportunities.

VolunteeringKent Union runs the KentStudent Certificate for Volunteering(KSCV), a formal recognitionscheme for volunteers which isendorsed by the University. Ifyou do any form of volunteeringwhile at Kent, whether it is on-campus or off, you are eligiblefor the award. It is designed toencourage volunteers to thinkabout the skills that they havedeveloped as a result ofvolunteering and can be used laterin job interviews, or on CVs andapplications. For more informationabout the KSCV award, seewww.kentunion.co.uk/ volunteering

JobshopThe students’ unions at Kentrun Jobshop, a job agency whichadvertises vacancies throughoutthe local region in areas suchas translation, social media,website development, retailand charity fundraising. Youcan register for the service onlineas soon as you become a studentat Kent.

Paid work, through temporaryor part-time jobs, helps to coverliving costs and provides theopportunity to gain practicalexperience and work-relatedskills. The University and KentUnion employ close to 2,000students a year in a range ofposts, from mentoring,research and teaching

PostgraduateplacementsKent’s international links providea range of opportunities forpostgraduate students toundertake part of their studyor research abroad. Internationalmobility within postgraduateprogrammes offers an experiencethat can enhance academic,personal and professionaldevelopment. Please contactyour academic school or seewww.kent.ac.uk/goabroad formore information.

Student enterpriseBuilding on our students’ growingenterprise culture and activities,we can help you to developenterprise skills and businessideas. On Kent’s Canterburycampus, The Bulb is the studentinnovation space in the CanterburyInnovation Centre, running talksand workshops with visitingspeakers from the world ofindustry.

Employability PointsSchemeThe Employability Points Schemeawards points for engaging inextra-curricular activities. Thepoints lead to rewards rangingfrom vouchers and corporateactivities to work experience,placements, training andinternships. All rewardsare carefully selected for theirability to encourage studentsto reflect on their experienceand continue their personaldevelopment. So not only dostudents enhance their skills

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POSTGRADUATEPROGRAMMESInformation on Kent’s wide range ofpostgraduate study programmes, anddetails of the teaching and researchactivities within our academic schoolsand centres.See p34-238

POSTGRADUATE STUDYATKENTInformation on fees and funding, ourlocations, how to apply and specificinformation for international students. See p239-260

VISITING THE UNIVERSITYOpen Days, postgraduate eventsandmaking an informal visit.See p271-273

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ACTUARIAL SCIENCE

Postgraduate resourcesThe University has an exclusivearrangement with SunGard,a global leader in integratedsoftware and processing solutionsprimarily for financial services,who market the industry’s leadingactuarial software packagePROPHET. As a result, our taughtpostgraduate courses includeoptional modules on the usesand applications of PROPHET.

ProfessionalqualificationsThe Postgraduate Diplomain Actuarial Science offersexemption from eight subjectswithin the Core Technical Stageof the professional examinationsof the Institute and Faculty ofActuaries. The MSc in AppliedActuarial Science offersexemption from subjects in theCore Applications Stage andthe Specialist Technical Stageof the professional examinations.

The International Master’s offersexemptions from eight subjectswithin the Core Technical Stagein the first year and exemptionsfrom the Core Applications andSpecialist Technical stagesin the second year.

Links with industryThe Centre for Actuarial Science,Risk and Investment maintainsclose relationships with industryactuaries through the InvictaActuarial Society, a regionalactuarial society which holdsits meetings at the Canterbury

Qualifying as an actuary is a passport to a varietyof careers in insurance, investments, pensions,health care and banking – not just in the UK, butthroughout the world. Kent is one of a very fewuniversities in the UK to teach the subject.

All of our programmes are fully accredited by the Institute and Facultyof Actuaries; they also provide a fast-track route to qualifying as anactuary, because students who achieve a high enough overall mark intheir studies can obtain exemptions from the professional examinations.

The PhD in Actuarial Science offers the opportunity to begin orconsolidate your research career under the guidance of renownedresearchers and professionals in the School of Mathematics, Statisticsand Actuarial Science. The School has a strong reputation for world-leading research and a well-established system of support and training,with a high level of contact between staff and students. The Centrefor Actuarial Science, Risk and Investment (CASRI) within the Schoolreflects the scope of our teaching and research. Areas of researchinterest include economic capital and financial risk management;mortality and longevity modelling; longevity indices and markets; andinsurance risk classification and loss coverage. Other research topicsinclude insurance economics, and pensions and corporate reporting.

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Applied Actuarial ScienceMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/174

Applied Actuarial Sciencewith an Industrial PlacementMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1218

Location: Canterbury

The MSc offers exemptions fromthe following subjects in the CoreApplications Stage and theSpecialist Technical Stage. Youmust take 180 credits to pass theMSc. If you take fewer than 180credits, you may be eligible for thePostgraduate Diploma in AppliedActuarial Science.

Course content• Actuarial Risk Management(CA1)

• Communications (CA3)• Life Insurance (ST2)• Pensions and Other Benefits(ST4)

• Finance and Investment A(ST5)

• Finance and Investment B(ST6)

• General Insurance – Reservingand Capital Modelling (ST7)

• General Insurance – Pricing(ST8)

• Enterprise Risk Management(ST9)

Industrial placementCompetition for studentemployment remains fierce, soby combining your postgraduatedegree with relevant employmentexperience in a full-time salariedplacement provides you with areal competitive advantage.

Work placements take place atthe end of your programme. Thisgives you the opportunity to:• apply actuarial knowledgewithin a practical situation

• gain a knowledge andunderstanding of the currentpractices within the major areasin which actuaries are involved

campus and is organised byUniversity of Kent studentsand academic staff.

Taught programmesFor the most up-to-date information,see website details below.

The modules listed are subjectto change. Please contact theSchool for more detailedinformation on availability.

AssessmentFor the most up-to-date information,see website details below.

Actuarial Science PDipwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1


This nine-month PDip covers thesyllabus of the Core TechnicalStage of the professionalexaminations and offersexemptions from subjects CT1to CT8 inclusive. Although youonly need to take 120 credits(equivalent to a minimum offour subjects leading to theprofessional examinations) forthe Diploma, you can take furthersubjects for exemption purposes.If you take fewer than 120 credits,you may be eligible for aPostgraduate Certificatein Actuarial Science.

Course content• Financial Mathematics (CT1)• Finance and FinancialReporting (CT2)

• Probability and MathematicalStatistics (CT3)

• Models (CT4)• Contingencies (CT5)• Statistical Methods (CT6)• Business Economics (CT7)• Financial Economics (CT8)

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STAFF PROFILE

Ian Rogers Lecturer in Actuarial Science

Ian has over 20 years’experience working in industryas a pensions actuary, mostrecently with Aon. While there,he was Scheme Actuary toseveral pension schemes,provided advice to employersand was a member of thenational leadership team forthe Integrated Pensions Service.

He has also undertaken a rangeof roles for the Institute andFaculty of Actuaries (IFoA) andis currently the lead for definedcontributions pensions work.

Ian has previously been amember of the IFoA EducationCommittee and of panelsreviewing university actuarialscience programmes aroundthe world.

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they are running. We are involvedin developing rigorous riskmanagement techniques toexplicitly measure how much riska firm or pension scheme is taking,holistically, across the entirespectrum of risks it accepts.

Longevity riskLongevity risk represents asubstantial threat to the stabilityof support programmes for theelderly. We look at modelling thekey factors that influence mortalityand investigate the positivequadrant dependence betweenlives through multivariateframework.

Public policy aspects of riskclassificationRestrictions on risk classificationcan lead to adverse selection.However, restrictions do exist inmany countries, suggesting thatpolicymakers often perceive somemerit in such restrictions. From apolicymaker’s perspective, it isimportant that more ‘right’ risks, ie,those more likely to suffer loss, buyinsurance. We investigate adverseselection and loss coverage undervarious risk-classification regimesand reconcile with economists’concept of social welfare.

Academic staffThere are 15 fully qualifiedactuaries within the Centre forActuarial Science, Risk andInvestment, research-active staffare below. For details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/casri/our-people

Dr Daniel Alai: Lecturerin Actuarial Science

Dr Antonis Alexandridis: Lecturerin Finance

Dr Jaideep Oberoi: Lecturerin Finance

Professor Paul Sweeting:Professor of Actuarial Science

Dr Pradip Tapadar: SeniorLecturer in Actuarial Science

Dr Huamao Wang: Lecturerin Finance

LocationCanterbury

Entry requirementsUsually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in a relevantsubject. For specific details,see www.kent.ac.uk/pg

English languagerequirementsSee p244

FeesSee www.kent.ac.uk/pg

Fundingwww.kent.ac.uk/pgfunding

National ratingsREF 2014, mathematicalsciences: • 100% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality• 25th for research power

Applications

Taught programmes Online at www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/apply

Research programmes See p260 or contact theSchool for further details.

Further informationT: +44 (0)1227 827181 F: +44 (0)1227 827932E: [email protected]

• make a valuable contributionto an organisation and gainvaluable employability skills.

International Master’s inApplied Actuarial Sciencewww.kent.ac.uk/pg/176


The International Master’scourse is equivalent toa Graduate Diploma (whichcovers the subjects taughtwithin the Postgraduate Diplomain Actuarial Science), followedby the MSc in Applied ActuarialScience. It is for internationalstudents with a good first degree(first or upper-second class)in mathematics, statistics oreconomics or another subject witha high mathematical content, whowould like to gain exemptions fromsubjects in the Core Technical,Core Applications and SpecialistTechnical stages of the Instituteand Faculty of Actuaries’examinations.

Research programmeFor the most up-to-date information,see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/178

Actuarial Science PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/178


Current research areas includeeconomic capital and financialrisk management; insurance riskclassification and loss coverage;and all areas of mortality andlongevity research. Otherresearch topics include insuranceeconomics, and pensions andcorporate reporting.

Research areasEconomic capital andfinancial risk managementFinancial services firms areexpected to self-assess andquantify the amount of capitalthey need to cover the risks

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AMERICAN STUDIES

Postgraduate resourcesAmerican Studies benefitsfrom excellent library resources.Specialist collections includeslavery, native American culture,a large collection of works onphotography and contemporaryimages, and a slide library. TheLibrary also houses the BritishCartoon Archive.

The Centre for American Studiesruns regular research events eachyear and students are welcome toattend research seminars hostedby other schools.

Taught programmeFor the most up-to-date information,see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/7

The modules listed are subjectto change. Please contactthe Centre for more detailedinformation on availability.

AssessmentFor details of assessment, pleasesee www.kent.ac.uk/pg/7

The Centre for American Studies dates backto 1973 and for over more than 40 years, wehave developed a strong research culture thatmatches the commitment of the University tointerdisciplinary study as well as the mandateof American Studies to explore the US experiencein innovative, groundbreaking ways. Our team ofscholars maintain close links with a number of USresearch institutions and includes several alumniof the Fulbright programme.

In recent years, the Centre has received research funding fromvarious bodies, including the Leverhulme Trust, the Arts andHumanities Research Council, the Wellcome Foundation and theFulbright Commission. Students have been funded through theConsortium for the Humanities and Arts, South-East England (CHASE)and by internal studentships such as the Vice-Chancellor’s scholarshipscheme.

The Centre for American Studies is home to several journals,The European Journal of American Culture, edited by John Wills,and Transmotion, edited by David Stirrup.


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“The Centre for AmericanStudies has provided mewith excellent support andguidance in my postgraduatestudies in North Americanenvironmental history. TheCentre has a number ofleading academics in thefield who have shown realinterest in my work.”

Stuart BarkerMA by Research in American Studies

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American Studies MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/7


This interdisciplinary programmeprovides an opportunity for youto deconstruct the Americanexperience at an advanced level.It interrogates, challenges andmoves beyond the exceptionalistrhetoric and nation-statesideology of traditional AmericanStudies to consider the USA, andits neighbours, in an insightful,challenging and relevant way.

A sophisticated awareness ofthe reach (and the limitations)of US hegemony, as well asissues of cultural collision, mediapenetration, region and identity,give our graduates an intellectualgrounding well-suited to manycareers, in addition to a solidfoundation for graduate workat MPhil or PhD level.

Course content• Transnational AmericanStudies: Methods andApproaches

• Optional modules include:Advanced Film Theory;American Foreign Policy;American Modernism 1900-1930; The Awkward Age:Transatlantic Literature andCulture in Translation 1880-1920; Conceptualising Film;Critical Race Theory; GeigerCounter at Ground Zero:Explorations of NuclearAmerica; Film History;History and Memory; Post-45:American Literature andCulture in the Cold War Era

• Dissertation

Research programmesFor the most up-to-date information,see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/8

American Studies MA,MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/8


Members of the Centre forAmerican Studies providesupervision in many aspectsof American Studies. Supervisionis team-based and reflects theactive research interests of theCentre.

Research areasCultural Forms, CulturalPoliticsThis cluster represents the widevariety of work in the Centre thatis focused on questions of culturalforms, aesthetics and politics inthe Americas, from literature andfilm to music and video games.

Migration, Borders and theTransnationalThe Centre has become amajor interdisciplinary hub fortransnational American Studies,with many of our scholarsexamining the movement,circulation and exchange ofpeople, objects and culturalpractices across borders.

Race, Gender, IndigeneityThe Centre for American Studieshas long been known for itsscholarship on race and ethnicityin the Americas. It carries stronginterests in questions ofindigeneity, and is host to thejournal Transmotion, which isdedicated to the study of Nativeand First Nations writing. It is alsodedicated to exploring the culturalformation and politics of genderand sexuality.

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STAFF PROFILE

Will NormanSenior Lecturer in AmericanLiterature

Will is a scholar of 20th-centuryAmerican literature and culture.His recent work has focused onthe question of what happenedto modernism in the UnitedStates during and after theSecond World War, addressedin his book Transatlantic Aliens:Modernism, Exile and Culture inMidcentury America, written withthe aid of a Fulbright fellowshipat Yale University.

He also works on hardboiledfiction, examining its style,role in the cultural field, andrelationship to ideas of labour.Will is currently researchinga new project on the idea ofcomplicity in American literaryhistory since 1945.

He teaches the module Post-45:American Literature and Culturein the Cold War Era, whichcombines the analysis offiction and intellectual history.

PoliticsFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/politics/staff

Dr Andrew Wroe: Lecturerin American Politics

FilmFor details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff-profiles

Dr Tamar Jeffers McDonald:Reader

Professor Peter Stanfield:Professor of Film

Latin American studiesFor details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/secl/modernlanguages/staff/

Dr William Rowlandson: SeniorLecturer in Hispanic Studies

Dr Natalia Sobrevilla Perea:Reader in Hispanic Studies

Music studiesFor details of individualstaff research interests, see:www.kent.ac.uk/smfa/staff

Dr Ben Curry: Lecturer in Music

History of ArtFor details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff-profiles

Professor Martin Hammer:Professor of History & Philosophyof Art

LocationCanterbury





National ratingsREF 2014English:• 95% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality• 10th for research intensity• 15th for research power

History: • 99% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality• 8th for research intensity • top 20 for research power

Applications


Research programmes See p260 or contact theCentre for further details.

Further informationClaire TaylorT: +44 (0)1227 823140 E: [email protected]

Space and EnvironmentThis research cluster addressesquestions of space and identityin the Americas by asking howparticular environments, fromparks and urban spaces toreservations, regions andstates, shape cultures andare represented by them.

Academic staffLiteratureFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/english/staff

Professor David Ayers: Professorof Modernism and Critical Theory

Dr Stella Bolaki: Senior Lecturerin American Literature

Dr Michael Collins: Lecturerin American Literature

Dr Sean Grattan: Lecturerin American Literature

Dr Will Norman: Senior Lecturerin American Literature

Dr Patricia Novillo-Corvalán:Senior Lecturer in ComparativeLiterature

Dr David Stirrup: Reader inIndigenous and Settler Literaturesof the Americas

HistoryFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/history/staff

Dr George Conyne: Lecturerin American History

Dr Ben Marsh: Senior Lecturerin American History

Dr John Wills: Senior Lecturer inAmerican History; Director, Centrefor American Studies

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ANTHROPOLOGY

Postgraduate resourcesThe School houses well-equippedresearch laboratories for genetics,ecology, visual anthropology,biological anthropology,anthropological computing,botany, osteology andethnobiology. The VisualAnthropology Laboratory hasdigital and analogue facilities.The Biological AnthropologyLaboratory is equipped forforensic and osteoarchaeologicalwork. It curates the Powell-Cottoncollection of human remains,together with Anglo-Saxonskeletons from Bishopstone,East Sussex.

The Ethnobiology Laboratoryserves as a transit station forreceiving, examining andredirecting field material. Italso houses the Powell-Cottoncollection of plant-based materialculture from Southeast Asia, anda small reference and teachingcollection of herbarium and spiritspecimens (1,000 items) arisingfrom recent research projects.

Kent has outstanding IT facilities.We have been associated withmany innovative projects and wehost the Anthropological IndexOnline and Experience-RichAnthropology Project.

We have close links withthe Powell-Cotton Museum,which has one of the largestethnographic collections in theBritish Isles. It also houses anextensive comparative collectionof primate and other mammalianmaterial. Human skeletal material

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Anthropology takes a holistic approach tohuman society, combining biological and socialperspectives. Kent has pioneered the socialanthropological study of Europe, Latin America,Melanesia, and Central and Southeast Asia, theuse of computers in anthropological research,and environmental anthropology in its widestsense (including ethnobiology and ethnobotany).

We maintain an active research culture, with staff working in manydifferent parts of the world. Kent’s submission for anthropology anddevelopment studies was ranked 10th in the UK for research power inthe Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. Our regional expertisecovers Europe, the Middle East, Central, Southeast and Southern Asia,Central and South America, Amazonia, Papua New Guinea, East Timorand Polynesia. Specialisation in biological anthropology includesforensics and paleopathology, osteology, evolutionary psychologyand the evolutionary ecology and behaviour of great apes.

Higher degrees in anthropology create opportunities in manyemployment sectors, including academia, the civil service andnon-governmental organisations, through work in areas such ashuman rights, journalism, documentary filmmaking, environmentalconservation and international finance.

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You gain practical and evaluativeskills, and experience ofconducting empirical orother applied research. Thisallows you to pursue workas a researcher, perhaps inconjunction with national orinternational environmentalbodies, governmentaldepartments and non-governmental organisations.

Course contentContent differs slightly betweenthe MA and the MSc.

• Anthropological ResearchMethods 1 and 2

• Environmental Anthropology• Ethnobiological KnowledgeSystems

• Dissertation in EnvironmentalAnthropology

Ethnobotany MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/189

Location: Canterbury and KewGardens, London

This programme combinesanthropological studies of human-environment interaction and socio-cultural knowledge of plants indifferent parts of the world withecology, conservation scienceand biodiversity management.It also covers plant conservationand sustainable managementpractices, taxonomy, andeconomic botany.

The programme is taughtcollaboratively with the RoyalBotanic Gardens at Kew (aWorld Heritage Site) and DICE.

Course content• Anthropological ResearchMethods 1

• Botanical Foundationsof Ethnobotany

• Contemporary Issues inEthnobotany and EnvironmentalAnthropology

• Environmental Anthropology

• Ethnobiological KnowledgeSystems

• Holism, Health and Healing• Plant Resources and theirConservation

• Dissertation in Ethnobotany

Evolution and HumanBehaviour MSc*

www.kent.ac.uk/pg/190

Taught jointly with: Schoolof PsychologyLocation: Canterbury

This MSc combines evolutionaryanthropology, focusing on thebehaviour of human and non-human primates, with evolutionary,social, developmental andcognitive psychology. You gain aninterdisciplinary understanding ofthe origins and functions of humanbehaviour.

Course content• Advanced Topics inEvolutionary Anthropology

• Advanced Topics in GroupProcesses

• Advanced Topics in HumanBehaviour

• Advanced Topics in PrimateBehaviour

• Statistics and Methodology• Research Project (Evolutionand Human Behaviour)

Forensic Osteology and FieldRecovery Methods MSc www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1231


This exciting and innovative newMSc programme offers practicaland lab-based training to provideyou with core skills in skeletalidentification, biological profilingfrom hard tissue, methods ofexcavation, and recovery ofhuman hard tissue. You learnfrom real human skeletal materialcurated in the Human OsteologyResearch Laboratory, whichprovides a unique learning

is housed at the Kent OsteologicalResearch and Analysis Centrewithin the School.

Anthropology programmesare offered within the School ofAnthropology and Conservation,which includes the Durrell Instituteof Conservation and Ecology(DICE) (see Conservation p80).


All of our anthropology Master’sprogrammes are recognisedby the Economic and SocialResearch Council (ESRC) ashaving research training status.

For those programmes markedwith an asterisk*, we will, incertain circumstances, considerstudents who have not followeda conventional education path.These cases are assessed by theDirector of Graduate Studies andthe programme convenor.

Please note that modules aresubject to change. Please contactthe School for more detailedinformation on availability.


Environmental AnthropologyMA, MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/188


You acquire advanced knowledgeof how different societies areinfluenced by the environmentand manage natural resourcesand hazards, in relation to issuesin human ecology, biodiversitymanagement, sustainabledevelopment, environmentalchange and the practicalapplications of such knowledge.


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opportunity and furtherdevelops your deep awareness ofprofessional and ethical standardsand practices. The programmequalifies you for a career, orfurther postgraduate doctoralstudy in forensics, biologicalanthropology, and archaeology.

Course content• Advanced Human Osteologyand Anatomy

• Advanced QuantitativeMethods

• Current Issues • Field Excavation and RecoveryMethods

• Forensic Methods ofIdentification

• Forensic Taphonomy• Human Skeletal Disease• Physical Methods• Dissertation of 12-15,000words

Social Anthropology MA*



This programme is for studentswho have already studiedanthropology, either as a degreecourse or as part of a degreecourse at undergraduate level.

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It provides in-depth generalisttraining in anthropology and isexcellent preparation for researchdegrees in anthropology.

Course content• Anthropological ResearchMethods 1 and 2

• Theory and Ethnography inSocial Anthropology 1 and 2

• Four from a range of modulesoffered within AnthropologyMA programmes

• Dissertation of 15,000 words

Social Anthropology andComputing MA*



This programme usually requirescomputer programming skillsand/or a broad understandingof computing at the applicationslevel. You develop the basics ofresearch in anthropology – thedesign, planning, implementationand analysis of anthropologicalresearch – and learn to applyspecialised computing methodsthat you develop or adapt toanthropological research andanalysis.

Please note: students with nobackground in Java programmingmust take a special three-weekmodule before the beginning ofthe academic year in September.

Course content• Design and Implementationof Computer Applications inAnthropology

• Introduction and AdvancedObject-oriented Programming(Java)

• Two modules from SocialAnthropology, usually includingAnthropological ResearchMethods

• Two modules from the Schoolof Computing

• Computing application andshort dissertation (6-10,000words)

Social Anthropology ofEurope MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/788


This programme provides you withan original and exciting approachto learning about other cultures,with a focus on Europe. It toucheson all aspects of human life.Through research-led teaching,you develop a greaterunderstanding of yourselfand your place in the world.

“MyMSc in Ethnobotanywas the most stimulating,fascinating and challengingyear of my working life! Thesubjects covered were verywide-ranging and the workintense, but the teachingand support offered wasexcellent.”

Liz GladinMSc Ethnobotany

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• Two additional modules insocial anthropology

• Dissertation of 12-15,000words or dissertation of 7,500words plus a multimediacomponent

Research programmesFor the most up-to-date information,see website details below.

The breadth of expertise withinthe School enables us to provideresearch supervision on a widerange of topics. For furtherinformation, please refer tostaff details on our web pages:www.kent.ac.uk/sac

Research students areencouraged to attendmodules from the taught Master’s(eg, in theory and field methods)and from the undergraduateprogramme. Kent’s GraduateSchool runs a ResearcherDevelopment Programmefor all postgraduate students.

Anthropology MA, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/202

Biological Anthropology MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1234

Ethnobiology MSc, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/204


We welcome students with theappropriate background forresearch. The first year mayinclude coursework, especiallymethods modules for studentswho need additional training.In general, you work closelywith one supervisor, althoughyou have a committee ofthree (including your primarysupervisor) overseeing yourprogress. If your research isin the area of applied computingin social anthropology, you alsohave a supervisor from the Schoolof Computing.

The programme offers apreliminary step towardsa research degree and canalso serve as an introductionto anthropology for those whohave studied other subjects.


• Anthropology of Europe• Special Topics in theAnthropology of Europe


• Two additional modules insocial anthropology

• Dissertation of 12-15,000words

Social Anthropology andVisual Ethnography MA www.kent.ac.uk/pg/199


This programme teaches visualanthropology theory and practicein combination with the expansiveresearch methodologies andethnographic focus of socialanthropology. You explore the useof collaborative video productionto represent anthropologicalknowledge, developing criticalskills of visual and multisensoryanalysis. You have access toprofessional video equipment andvideo-editing software, and havethe opportunity to submit a mixedAV dissertation.

The programme offers apreliminary step towardsa research degree and canalso serve as an introductionto anthropology for those whohave studied other subjects.



• Visual Anthropology Theory• Visual Anthropology VideoProject


STAFF PROFILE

Tracy KivellReader in BiologicalAnthropology

Dr Kivell came to Kent fromthe Max Planck Institute forEvolutionary Anthropology(Leipzig, Germany). Herresearch focuses on theanatomy and function of thehand in humans, other livingprimates, and our fossil humanancestors, to understandhow our locomotion andmanipulative abilities haveevolved. Tracy addresses thesequestions of hand evolutionthrough the biomechanics ofprimate locomotion and humantool use, and analyses of theexternal and internal structureof bones.

She is Director of the AnimalPostcranial Evolution (APE)Laboratory within the SkeletalBiology Research Centre in theSchool of Anthropology andConservation.

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“I like how my research degree hasgiven me the opportunity to becomean expert in my particular fieldand present my work to peers andlecturers in the School. It’s excitingto feel I am actually contributing toanthropological knowledge and I’mlooking forward to publishing in anacademic journal.”

Simon ChapplePhD Anthropology

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and international collaborations,with expertise and resourcesfrom the Schools of PhysicalSciences and Biosciences atKent, and the Powell-CottonMuseum. Research ranges fromanalyses of the most importanthuman fossils, histologicalstudies of teeth and bone,isotopic analyses and dietaryreconstruction, virtual 3Danalyses of the skeleton, andforensic identification that togetheraim to better understand humansand our evolutionary history.

PrimatologyThe Living Primates ResearchGroup fosters research intothe behaviour and ecology ofprimates. It addresses questionsconcerning adaptation usingliving primates as model species,to provide a comparativeframework for the understandingof human biology and behaviour,and investigate the biologicaland social dimensions ofanthropogenic impacts onnon-human primates (NHPs).Research ranges from functionalmorphology to behaviouralecology and physiology, culturalprimatology, and the interplay ofprimate biology, ecology andconservation, including primaterehabilitation and reintroductionand human-NHP coexistence.

Digital Anthropology:Cultural Informatics andComputational MethodsAchievements include advancesin kinship theory supported bynew computational methods.We are exploring cloud media,semantic networks, multi-agentmodelling, dual/blendedrealities, data mining and smartenvironments. Current workalso addresses quantitativeapproaches for assessingqualitative materials; mobilecomputing; sensing and

communications platforms,and transformation of virtualinto concrete objects.

Environmental Anthropologyand EthnobiologyWork in these areas is focusedon the Centre for BioculturalDiversity. We conduct researchon ethnobiological knowledgesystems, ethnoecology, andother systems of environmentalknowledge, as well as localresponses to deforestation,climate change, naturalresource management, medicalethnobotany, the impacts ofmobility and displacement,and the interface betweenconservation and development.

The Centre has an EthnobiologyLaboratory and EthnobotanicalGarden, and extensivecollaborative links, includingwith the Royal Botanic Gardensat Kew and Eden Project.

Social AnthropologyOur regional expertise has aglobal reach, with field sites inEurope (including the UK), theMiddle East, the Balkans, SouthAsia, Amazonia and CentralAmerica, Oceania and SoutheastAsia. Themes of conflict, violence,economic crisis and precarityform a major focus of our currentwork in these areas, alongsidenew research on austerity andits social impact, and charity. Wehave emerging interests in socialinequality, work, and organisedcrime and corruption; and areinternationally recognised forour work on ethnicity, nationalism,and identity.

Research extends to diasporas,intercommunal violence, urbanethnogenesis, pilgrimage,intercommunal trade, indigenousrepresentation and contemporaryreligions and their globalconnections (especially Islam).

If you are interested in registeringfor a research degree, you shouldcontact the member of staffwhose research is relevant toyour interests. You should includea curriculum vitae and a 1,500-word research proposal.

If you wish to study for a singleyear, you can do the MA orMSc by research, a 12-monthindependent research project.

Research areasBiological AnthropologyOur research encompassesa broad range of topics withinbiological and evolutionaryanthropology, includingbioarchaeology, forensicanthropology, archaeologicalscience, human reproductivestrategies, hominin evolution,primate behaviour and ecology,modern human variation, andcultural evolution. We havethree dedicated researchlaboratories, as well as acommercial osteology unit.

Our research takes us to manyregions of the world (Asia, Africa,Europe, South America and theUnited States). We collaboratewith international researchorganisations, including theInstituto de Biología Subtropical(Argentina), German PrimateCenter, Max Planck Institute forEvolutionary Anthropology andBudongo Conservation FieldStation (Uganda). Members ofstaff provide a wide researchnetwork, offering researchopportunities in Africa, SoutheastAsia and South America.

Skeletal BiologyOur Skeletal Biology ResearchCentre is the only UK Centrefocusing on analysis of biologicalhard tissues (bones and teeth).It brings together innovativeresearch, novel methodologies


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LocationCanterbury





National ratingsREF 2014, anthropology: • 94% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality• 10th for research power• top 20 for research impactand research intensity

Applications



Further informationT: +44 (0)1227 827013 E: [email protected]

Dr Geraldine Fahy: Lecturerin Biological Anthropology

Professor Michael Fischer:Professor of AnthropologicalSciences

Dr David Henig: Lecturer in SocialAnthropology

Dr Matthew Hodges: SeniorLecturer in Social Anthropology

Dr Sarah Johns: Senior Lecturerin Evolutionary Anthropology

Dr Alastair Key Lecturerin Biological Anthropology

Dr Tracy Kivell: Readerin Biological Anthropology

Dr Patrick Mahoney:Senior Lecturer in BiologicalAnthropology

Dr Nicholas E Newton-Fisher:Senior Lecturer in PrimateBehavioural Ecology

Dr Daniela Peluso: SeniorLecturer in Social Anthropology

Professor João de Pina-Cabral:Professor of Social Anthropology

Dr Mike Poltorak: Lecturerin Social Anthropology

Dr Rajindra Puri: Senior Lecturerin Environmental Anthropology

Dr Matthew Skinner: SeniorLecturer in EvolutionaryAnthropology

Professor DimitriosTheodossopoulos: Professorof Social Anthropology

Dr Anna Waldstein: Lecturerin Medical Anthropology andEthnobotany

Dr Brandon Wheeler: Lecturerin Biological Anthropology

History and heritage is anotherkey theme and the School hoststhe leading journal, History andAnthropology. Other researchaddresses the anthropology ofnatural resources and tourism;and post-socialist economiesand societies in Europe andCentral Asia.

We have a strong interest invisual anthropology. Our workon identity and locality links withgrowing strengths in kinship andparenthood. This is complementedby work on the language ofrelatedness, and the cognitivebases of kinship terminologies.

A final focus concerns science,medical anthropology andcontemporary society. We workon the anthropology of business,biotechnology and mental health.Related research focuses onpolicy and advocacy issues,and examines the connectionsbetween public health policyand local healing strategies.Kent is also well-known for itspioneering engagement withthe anthropology of Europe.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/sac/staff-profiles

Dr Miguel Alexiades: SeniorLecturer in EnvironmentalAnthropology/Ethnobotany

Dr Judith Bovensiepen: SeniorLecturer in Social Anthropology

Dr Chris Deter: Lecturerin Biological Anthropology

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ARCHITECTURE

Architects and the designers of our surroundingsare the driving force behind the design anddevelopment of our built environment. Whetherdesigning new buildings, giving a new lease oflife to existing ones, developing urban spaces,landscapes or contemporary interiors, architectshave a profound influence on all our lives.

The Kent School of Architecture (KSA) offers a two-year full-time‘professional’ Master of Architecture (MArch), which gives exemptionfrom ARB/RIBA Part 2 on completion. We also offer a research degreeprogramme (PhD) and taught Master’s programmes in ArchitecturalConservation, Architectural Visualisation, Architecture and theSustainable Environment, and Architecture and Urban Design.These programmes benefit from expertise in urban studies,animation and art within other schools at Kent.

In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, Architecturewas ranked 8th for research intensity and research output in the UK.School staff have design expertise and specialist knowledge. They areat the forefront of current architectural issues, including sustainability,technology, professional practice and research.

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Postgraduate resourcesKent School of Architecture hasexclusive computing facilitieswith a range of environmentalconstruction software, a digitalcrit studio, and a fully equippedarchitectural model-makingworkshop for constructingmodels and large-scaleprototypes.

Professional linksWe have excellent contactsincluding the Kent ArchitectureCentre, Royal Institute of BritishArchitects (RIBA), a number ofregional councils and Kent DesignInitiative. We also have excellentlinks with schools of architecturein Lille, Bruges, Rome, BauhausDessau, Beijing and in the USA.Academic study is complementedby a mentoring scheme incollaboration with RIBA, andby involving students in eventswith local practices.

“The programme allowedme to become familiar witha range of software requiredfor developing CGIanimation as well as stillimages; so I had the chanceto acquire the necessaryskills to start workingin industry as soon asI finished the course.”

Mark Eszlari MA Architectural Visualisationgraduate

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All students within a particularunit follow the same designproject brief. Additional lectureand seminar modules supportdesign through the teaching oftechnology, culture, dissertationand employability. There is alsoan opportunity to spend a termabroad.

Course contentStage 4• Cultural Context• Design 4a• Design 4b*• Employability• Technology 4

Stage 5• Design 5a*• Design 5b• Technology 5• Dissertation or Pedagogyor Artefact

*These modules can besubstituted with the StudyAbroad module.

Architectural ConservationMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/362


You develop a criticalunderstanding of historicbuildings and gain insightinto conservation philosophyand policy. Case studies andworkshops in collaborationwith Canterbury Cathedralintroduce you to the propertiesof historic building materialsand the techniques employedin the repair of old buildings.

Course content• Conservation Principles• Intervention of HistoricBuildings

• The Legislative Framework• Structural Appraisal of HistoricBuildings



The modules listed are subjectto change. Please contactthe School for more detailedinformation on availability.


Master of Architecture(MArch with ARB/RIBAPart 2 exemption)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/186

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements:Minimum2.1 (or international equivalent) inarchitecture plus a strong designportfolio. Applicants shouldalso achieve a minimum 2.1or (international equivalent), fortheir final-year design project(or design modules).

Applicants also need a minimumof six months of experience inarchitectural practice when theybegin their studies.

Any student already followingthe MArch, without ARB Part 1,or without a first degree givingexemption from this, mayapply directly to the ARBto take Part 1 as an externalcandidate. See the ARB websitewww.arb.org.uk/student for details.

Kent’s Master of Architecture(MArch) programme is a two-year full-time undergraduateprofessional programme (knownas Stage 4 and Stage 5), focusedon architectural design. It formsthe second part of the UK’straditional five-year continuumof professional undergraduateeducation in architecture leading,for graduates with the requiredexemptions from professionalexaminations, toward registrationin the UK as an ‘architect’.

Architectural VisualisationMAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/245


Architectural visualisationfocuses on the communicationof architectural space and formthrough digital media. Youdevelop advanced skillsin modelling, rendering,compositing, and animationand film/video, building a portfolioready for your industry placement.Our students have worked at thecutting edge of the architecturalvisualisation profession, leadingto work in the film and digitaleffects industry.

Course content• Architectural Photography• Digital Architecture• Film and Architecture• Film and Video Production• High-Definition Compositing• Professional Group Work• Virtual Cities• Visual Effects Project orIndependent Research Project

Architecture and theSustainable EnvironmentMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/182


This programme is designed forprofessionals and academicswith an interest in sustainabilityin the built environment, includingarchitects, engineers, surveyors,geographers and urbandesigners. It bridges theboundaries between architectureand the sciences, research andpractice.

Course content• Monitoring and Modelling ofEnvironmental Performance

• Principles of EnvironmentalDesign

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contemporary city and thevisual arts, drama, film and othermedia that influence the urbanlandscape.

All teaching is provided in English,by University of Kent academics.

For further information about theParis School of Arts and Culture,please see p257.

Course contentAll students take: • Research Methods andAnalysis

• Theory and History of UrbanDesign

• Urban Design Project• Urban Landscape• Dissertation of 15,000 words


Architecture PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/184

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: Minimum2.1 honours degree, plus aMaster’s degree or MArch inarchitecture or an appropriatesubject, or professionalexperience in architecture.

We offer a full-time and part-timeresearch programme, leadingto a PhD research degree. TheSchool promotes innovative andinterdisciplinary research study inarchitecture, urbanism and relatedfields, and welcomes applicantswho wish to pursue a programmeof research through design.

Research centresThe Centre for Researchin European Architecture(CREAte) focuses on researchin architectural humanitiesand design, and the Centrefor Architecture and SustainableEnvironment (CASE) promotesresearch in the field of sustainablearchitecture.

• Rediscovery – UnderstandingHistoric Buildings and PastEnvironmental Technologies

• Sustainable Design Project• Dissertation of 15,000 words

Architecture and UrbanDesign MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/180www.kent.ac.uk/pg/181

Locations: Canterbury;Canterbury and Paris

It is possible to study thisprogramme entirely in Canterburyor split your studies betweenour Canterbury campus andour Paris School of Arts andCulture.

The programme gives you across-cultural, interdisciplinaryperspective on contemporaryarchitecture and urban design.This is a versatile Master’squalification for architects, urbandesigners, surveyors, historians,landscape architects, theorists,engineers and other relatedprofessionals involved withplanning and the designof contemporary cities, andgraduates wishing to pursuean academic career.

Kent School of Architecture(KSA) has developed a uniquepartnership with Farrells,the internationally renownedarchitects and urban planners.John Letherland, the Headof Master Planning, leads adesign module for all studentson this programme.

If you are studying on the split-siteprogramme, you spend your firstterm in Canterbury beforerelocating to our Paris School ofArts and Culture for the springterm, studying in the heart ofhistoric Montparnasse. The Parisprogramme offers a particularperspective of the city, combiningarchitectural history and theorywith the study of the


STAFF PROFILE

Henrik SchoenefeldtLecturer in SustainableArchitecture

Having trained as an architectin England and Austria, Henrikchose to specialise in thestudy of the environmentaltechnologies and principles ofhistoric building during his MPhiland PhD at the University ofCambridge. He has been theco-ordinator of the technologycurriculum within the MArchprogramme since 2013,introducing a strong researchculture within the design-centrededucation of architects.

He is currently principalinvestigator of a large Artsand Humanities ResearchCouncil-funded researchproject ‘Between Heritageand Sustainability’ involvingpartnership with the Palaceof Westminster, that looks intothe re-utilisation of the historicprinciples underlying the originalVictorian ventilation system ofthe Houses of Parliament.

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www.kent.ac.uk/architecture

LocationsCanterbury and Paris





National ratingsREF 2014, architecture: • 88% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality• 8th for research intensityand research output

Applications




Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/architecture/staff

Professor Gerald Adler: DeputyHead of School

Dr Timothy Brittain-Catlin:Reader in Architecture

Dr Luciano Cardellicchio:Lecturer in Design andTechnology

Professor Gordana Fontana-Giusti: Professor of Architectureand Urban Regeneration

Howard Griffin: Lecturer;Programme Director, ArchitecturalVisualisation MA

Dr Manolo Guerci: SeniorLecturer in Cultural Contextand Design

Dr David Haney: Senior Lecturerin Cultural Context and Design

Dr Nikolaos Karydis: Lecturer;Programme Director, ArchitecturalConservation MSc

Professor MarialenaNikolopoulou: Professorof Sustainable Architecture;Programme Director, Architectureand the Sustainable EnvironmentMSc

Dr Giridharan Renganathan:Lecturer in SustainableArchitecture

Michael Richards: SeniorLecturer; Programme Director,MArch

Dr Richard Watkins: Lecturerin Sustainable Architecture

CREAteThe research focus is onarchitecture in the Europeancontext, in particular the roleand contribution of humanities toarchitecture and urban design inthe context of urban and regionalregeneration. The Centre providesa platform for evening lecturesby contemporary architects andscholars, and hosts debates andevents that are at the heart of thearchitectural agenda of today.

CASEThe Centre promotes researchin the sustainable environment,from the individual building to theurban block. It pursues researchinto the historical and culturaldimension of environmentaldesign to foster links betweenthe sciences, arts and humanities.The Centre has secured fundingfrom various sources, includingthree Engineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council(EPSRC) projects on climatechange, including weather datafor a sustainable built environmentand sustainability of airportterminal buildings.

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BIOSCIENCES

Postgraduate resourcesThe School is well equipped,with excellent general researchlaboratories, together with a rangeof specialised research resourcesincluding facilities for growingmicroorganisms of all kinds,extensive laboratories for animalcell culture and monoclonalantibody production and animaging suite providing high-resolution laser confocal andelectron microscopy.

Additionally, the macromolecularanalysis facility provides resourcesfor protein and mass spectrometry,CD and fluorescencespectroscopy, surface plasmonresonance, and HPLC and FPLCsystems for all aspects ofbiochemical and microbiologicalresearch. Notably, the Schoolhas a new state-of-the-art BrukerAvance III four-channel 600 MHzNMR spectrometer equippedwith a QCI cryoprobe. Our NMRspectrometer was upgraded tothis status via an equipmentresearch award from theWellcome Trust.

The School runs FIREBio (Forumfor Innovation, Research andEnterprise in Biosciences), whichis a weekly informal meeting forstaff, postdocs and postgraduatesinvolving short presentations anddiscussions. Postgraduates canuse the opportunity to presentunpublished research findingsand discuss them in a supportiveenvironment.

The University of Kent’s School of Biosciencesranks among the most active in biological sciencesin the UK. Our expertise in disciplines suchas biochemistry, microbiology and biomedicalscience allows us to exploit technology and developground-breaking ideas in the fields of genetics,molecular biology, protein science and biophysics.

In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, an impressive 100%of our research was deemed to be of international quality and we wereranked 7th in the UK for research intensity.

Our research revolves around understanding systems and processesin the living cell. It has a strong molecular focus with leading-edgeactivities that are synergistic with one another and complementary tothe teaching provision. Fields of enquiry also encompass a range ofmolecular processes from cell division, transcription and translationthrough to molecular motors, molecular diagnostics and the productionof biotherapeutics and bioenergy.


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Biotechnology andBioengineering MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/213

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: Minimum2.2 (or equivalent) in a relevantsubject.

This interdisciplinary MSc focuseson providing advanced academictraining in the cellular andmolecular processes that relateto the production of biomedicinesfor use in healthcare. This iscoupled with rigorous practicaltraining in the design, productionand characterisation ofbiomolecules using state-of-the-art biotechnological andbioengineering analytical andmolecular technologies.

Course content• Advanced MolecularProcessing for Biotechnologistsand Bioengineers

• Practical and Applied ResearchSkills for Advanced Biologists

• Science @ Work• Optional modules include:Advanced Analytical andEmerging Technologiesin Biotechnology andBioengineering; CancerResearch in Focus; CancerTherapeutics: From theLaboratory to the Clinic;New Enterprise Start-up

• Research Project

Cancer Biology MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/226


The MSc in Cancer Biology isfor students who wish to gain anadvanced education and trainingin the biological sciences, withinthe context of a disease thataffects a large proportion of theglobal population. It trains you in

Worldwide partnershipsStaff in the School of Biosciencesnot only collaborate extensivelywith other universities in the UK(Cambridge, Cardiff, King’sCollege London, UniversityCollege London, Newcastle,Oxford, Sussex, York, Manchester,Durham and Sheffield), but alsohave a wide-ranging networkacross the world with institutesincluding: the Boston BiomedicalResearch Institute; Universityof Hanover; Monash University,Melbourne; Harvard; Universityof California, Davis; UniversitéClaude Bernard – Lyon 1; Goethe-Universität Frankfurt; Universityof Queensland, Australia;University of Utah; Texas A&MUniversity; and BraunschweigUniversity of Technology.

We also collaborate withorganisations such as the MarieCurie Research Institute, CancerResearch UK, National Institutefor Medical Research, MedicalResearch Council (MRC) London,GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) and theEuropean Union Framework 5.

The School currently receivesfunding from: Biotechnology andBiological Sciences ResearchCouncil (BBSRC); BiochemicalSociety; British Heart Foundation;E B Hutchinson Charitable Trust;the European Commission (EC);Engineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council(EPSRC); Kent Cancer Trust;The Leverhulme Trust; NationalInstitutes of Health (USA);Nuffield Foundation; RoyalSociety; Wellcome Trust.



modern biological research skills,which can be harnessed to furtherour understanding of cancer andimprove treatment.

Course content• Cancer Research in Focus• Cancer Therapeutics: Fromthe Laboratory to the Clinic

• Genomic Stability and Cancer• The Molecular and CellularBasis of Cancer

• Practical and Applied ResearchSkills for Advanced Biologists

• Science @ Work

Drug Design MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/227


The programme gives a groundingin the early stage drug discoveryprocess for those interested incareers in biotechnology or thepharmaceutical industry. It coversapplication of technologies toearly stage drug discoveryfocusing on target identification,target validation, and leaddiscovery and design follow-upthrough understanding proteinligand interactions and biophysicsat a molecular level in order toproduce good drug candidatemolecules via rational drugdesign.

The programme also includes sitevisits to biotechnology companiesand industry, plus workshops andlectures from invited industrialexperts.

Course content• Advanced Drug Design • Practical and Applied ResearchSkills for Advanced Biologists

• Research project focused ondrug design

• Science @ Work• Optional modules include:Advanced Analytical andEmerging Technologiesin Biotechnology andBioengineering; AdvancedMolecular Processing

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This programme provides youwith a deep and broad overviewof the modern practice ofreproductive medicine.

This programme is of interest toprospective researchers, clinicalembryologists, clinical scientistsor individuals simply interestedin reproductive medicine.

Course content• The IVF World• Practical and Applied ResearchSkills for Advanced Biologists

• Reproduction and theBeginnings of Life

• Science @ Work• The Science of ReproductiveMedicine

• Project/Dissertation

Related taught programme

Science, Communication andSociety MScSee p214.


Biochemistry MSc, MPhil,PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/229

Cell Biology MSc, MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/285

Computational Biology MSc,MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1202

Genetics MSc, MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/286

Microbiology MSc, MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/287

You can select topics for the MSc,MPhil or PhD from any of ourresearch areas (see p54).

We also offer a conventionalMSc programme by researchand dissertation, in which youundertake a single, focused,research project from dayone, and attend only certaincomponents of our transferableskills modules. We assign a

for Biotechnologists andBioengineers; Cancer Researchin Focus; Cancer Therapeutics:From the Laboratory to the Clinic

Infectious Diseases MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/361


This MSc programme is forstudents who wish to gain anadvanced education and trainingin the biological sciences withinthe context of a range of humandiseases that affect a significantproportion of the globalpopulation.

The programme provides trainingin the practical, academic andresearch skills that are usedin academia and industry. Itculminates with a research projectunder the supervision of expertstaff who are currently conductingresearch on disease-causingmicroorganisms.

Course content• Advances in Parasitology• Bacterial Pathogens• Fungi as Human Pathogens • Practical and Applied ResearchSkills for Advanced Biologists

• Science @ Work• Viral Pathogens• Project/Dissertation

Reproductive Medicine:Science and Ethics MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/228


This programme is for thosewho wish to gain an advancededucation and training within thecontext of a medical issue thataffects one in six couples wishingto start a family.

The MSc is taught by world-leading academics at theUniversity of Kent and leadingindustry practitioners fromThe Bridge Centre, London.


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Michelle GarrettProfessor of CancerTherapeutics

Michelle Garrett was appointedChair of Cancer Therapeutics inSeptember 2014.

She studied at Leeds and TheInstitute of Cancer Research(ICR), London before movingto the US to undertake post-doctoral studies at Yale.

Michelle worked for OnyxPharmaceuticals in California,involved in the development ofcancer drugs targeting the celldivision cycle. Returning to theICR in 1999, she became teamleader in the Cancer ResearchUK Cancer Therapeutics Unit,with her research specialising inthe discovery and developmentof novel small moleculetherapeutics for the treatment ofcancer. She became a Reader inCancer Therapeutics and Headof Biology for the Unit. Michellecurrently has two cancer drugsin the clinic.

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Each area is led by a seniorprofessor and underpinnedby excellent research facilities.The School-led developmentof the Centre for MolecularProcessing (CMP), with stafffrom four other schools in theFaculty of Sciences, facilitatesand encourages interdisciplinaryprojects. The School has a strongcommitment to translationalresearch, impact and industrialapplication with a substantialportfolio of enterprise activityand expertise.

Associated centresKent Fungal Group (KFG)KFG brings together a numberof research groups in the Schoolof Biosciences that primarily useyeasts or other fungi as ‘modelsystems’ for their research.One strength of the KFG isthe range of model fungi beingexploited for both fundamentaland medical/translationalresearch.

In addition to studying key cellularprocesses in the fungal cell suchas protein synthesis, amyloids andcell division, members of the KFG

Postgraduate SupervisoryCommittee to MSc students,to offer advice and keep aregular check on progress.

Research areasResearch in the School ofBiosciences is focused primarilyon essential biological processesat the molecular and cellular level,encompassing the disciplinesof biochemistry, genetics,biotechnology and biomedicalresearch.

The School’s research has threemain themes:• Protein Science –encompasses industrialbiotechnology and syntheticbiology, and protein form andfunction

• Molecular Microbiology –covering yeast molecularbiology (incorporating the KentFungal Group) and microbialpathogenesis

• Biomolecular Medicine –involved in cell biology,cancer targets and therapiesand cytogenomics andbioinformatics.

are also using yeast to explorethe molecular basis of humandiseases such as Alzheimer’s,Creutzfeldt-Jakob, Huntington’sand Parkinson’s diseases aswell as ageing.

Centre for InterdisciplinaryStudies of Reproduction(CISoR)The Centre comprises severallike-minded academics dedicatedto the study of reproduction in allits forms. Drawing on a range ofacademic disciplines, CISoR’score philosophy is that the studyof this fascinating field willadvance further through amultidisciplinary approach.Impactful, excellent researchforms the basis of CISoR’sactivities including scientificadvance, new products andprocesses, contribution to publicpolicy, and public engagement.

Industrial BiotechnologyCentreWithin one of the University’sflagship research centres, stafffrom biosciences, mathematics,chemistry, physics, computingand engineering combine

LocationCanterbury





National ratingsREF 2014, biologicalsciences:• 100% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality; 88%of this being world-leadingor internationally excellent• 7th for research intensity• top 20 for research output

Applications




Dr Peter Klappa: Readerin Biochemistry

Dr Dan Lloyd: Readerin Pharmacology

Professor Martin Michaelis:Professor of Molecular Medicine

Dr Dan Mulvihill: Reader in Celland Molecular Biology

Dr Peter Nicholls: Senior Lecturerin Molecular and Cellular Biology

Dr Pauline Phelan: SeniorLecturer in Cell Biology

Professor Colin Robinson:Professor in Biotechnology

Dr Gary Robinson: SeniorLecturer in MicrobialBiotechnology

Dr Jeremy Rossman: SeniorLecturer in Virology

Dr Mark Shepherd: Lecturerin Microbial Biochemistry

Professor Mark Smales:Professor of IndustrialBiotechnology

Dr Christopher Toseland: MRCResearch Fellow

Dr Anastasios Tsaousis: Lecturerin Molecular and EvolutionaryParasitology

Professor Mick Tuite: Professorof Molecular Biology

Dr Jennifer Tullet: Lecturerin Biosciences

Dr Tobias von der Haar: Reader

Dr Alice Ward Racca: Marie CurieResearch Fellow

Professor Martin Warren:Professor of Biochemistry

Dr Mark Wass: Senior Lecturerin Computational Biology

Dr Richard Williamson: SeniorLecturer in Protein Biochemistry

Dr Wei-Feng Xue: Senior Lecturerin Chemical Biology

their expertise into pioneeringinterdisciplinary biosciencesresearch, in order to unlock thesecrets of some of the essentiallife processes. These approachesare leading to a more integratedunderstanding of biology in healthand disease.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/bio/profiles/staff

Dr Anthony Baines: Readerin Molecular Cell Biology

Dr Ian Blomfield: Senior Lecturerin Molecular Microbiology

Professor David Brown: Professorof Structural Biology

Dr Alessia Buscaino: Lecturerin Fungal Epigenetics

Dr Martin Carden: Lecturer in Celland Molecular Biology

Dr Peter Ellis: Lecturerin Molecular Biology andReproduction

Dr Natali Fili: Newton InternationalResearch Fellow

Dr Stefanie Frank: LeverhulmeEarly Career Research Fellow

Professor Michelle Garrett:Professor of Cancer Therapeutics

Professor Michael Geeves:Professor of Physical Biochemistry

Dr Ben Goult: Lecturerin Biochemistry

Dr Campbell Gourlay: SeniorLecturer in Cell Biology

Professor Darren Griffin:Professor of Genetics

Dr Emma Hargreaves:Leverhulme Early CareerResearch Fellow

Dr Chieh Hsu: Eastern ARCResearch Fellow

Dr Neil Kad: Senior Lecturerin Molecular Biophysics


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BUSINESS

An international focusKBS has more than 60internationally recognisedacademics from 22 differentcountries. Most of our teachingfaculty are involved withresearching the latest issuesin business and management,working with organisations toprovide new insight for businessleaders and policymakers. Theirknowledge and findings feed intothe programmes to ensure theyare both leading-edge andglobally relevant.

Worldwide partnershipsKent Business School has closelinks with: ifs (Institute of FinancialServices); Hong Kong BaptistUniversity, with whom we offera joint Master’s programmein Operational Research andFinance; University of Castellanza(Italy); Neoma Business School(France); Université Jean MoulinLyon III (France); Aarhus Schoolof Business and Social Sciences(Denmark); Universiti TeknologiMalaysia; University of Ingolstadt,Bayern (Germany); City Universityof Hong Kong; Renmin Universityof China, School of Business.


For those programmes markedwith an asterisk*, we will considerapplicants with extensive relevantprofessional experience.

Kent Business School (KBS) is a world-class businessschool combining rigorous teaching with real-worldrelevance and strong links to the business community.

Our flagship programme, the Kent MBA, has AMBA accreditation andawards students the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 7Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership (QCF). The CMIis committed to excellence in management and leadership and thisqualification is highly sought after by employers.

KBS also offers programmes in Management, Marketing, BusinessAnalytics, Human Resource Management, Logistics and Supply ChainManagement, Finance and Accounting, attracting applicants with awide range of backgrounds from 102 countries.

In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, we were placed 25th(out of 101 institutions) in the UK for research intensity in business andmanagement studies and 98% of our research was judged to be ofinternational quality.

We have strong links to local and national organisations providingopportunities for projects, internships and graduate placements. TheSchool attracts high-profile speakers from industry including visits andlectures from staff of the Bank of England, BAE Systems, Barclays,Lloyds Insurance, Cummins, Delphi and Kent County Council.

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Course contentStage 1• Compulsory modules:Accounting and FinancialManagement; ContemporaryIssues in StrategicManagement; CorporateSocial Responsibility andSustainability Management;The Fundamentals ofCorporate Finance andInvestment; InternationalBusiness; Introduction toStrategic Management;Leadership and Change;Marketing Analysis andPlanning; Models forDecision Making; OperationsManagement; StrategicPeople Management

• One from: Delivering Innovation(tbc); Entrepreneurship;International Marketing;A Systems Approach toManaging Complexity

Stage 2• Business Report

Business Analytics MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/292


The programme focuses on theapplication of state-of-the-artquantitative and qualitativeanalytical systems to interpretdata. You undertake predictiveand strategic business modellingby data mining, forecasting,spreadsheet and mathematicaltechniques. You have theopportunity to work for realorganisations, improve yourconsultancy skills and enhanceyour employability throughthe Student Implant Scheme,which bridges the gap betweenclassroom learning and businessapplication.

Course content• Compulsory modules:Advanced Spreadsheets andDecision Support Systems;Business Statistics and



The Kent MBAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/291

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: A gooddegree from a UK or otherapproved university and/oran equivalent professionalqualification; a minimum ofthree years’ relevant managerialwork experience. An individualinterview forms part of theselection process.

Our AMBA-accredited MBAtransforms you into a responsiblebusiness leader, using sustainablemanagement practices for theadvancement of local and globalcommunities. We ensure youdevelop the skills to enhancethe scope and potential of yourcareer in a senior leadership role.

The Kent MBA combines arigorous grounding in businesstheory with opportunities to put itinto practice with global live casestudies, a European study tour,Consultancy Week – workingwith a range of businesses on liveissues – and internships with high-profile, multinational corporations.

Throughout the duration of theKent MBA you engage with arange of organisations, small,medium and large, regional tomultinational, allowing you theexperience to test theoriesimmediately in real-worldsituations. You also have theopportunity to gain the CMILevel 7 Diploma in StrategicManagement and Leadership(QCF) on completion of yourstudies – a qualification highlysought after by employers.


STAFF PROFILE

Marian GarciaProfessor of Marketing andInnovation

Marian Garcia’s researchfocuses on marketing-ledinnovation, with a particularfocus on new productdevelopment and valueco-creation strategies.

She has published in leadinginternational journals, includingResearch Policy, Technovation,California Management Reviewand MIT Sloan ManagementReview. Her book, OpenInnovation in the Food andBeverage Industry, hasbecome a key reference sourcefor innovation scholars andpractitioners in the food industry.

Marian established the KBSOpen Innovation Network in2013, a user-led regionalnetwork bringing togetherbusinesses, academicsand practitioners to facilitateconnections and knowledgetransfer.

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The programme has a GraduateGateway accreditation from theChartered Institute of Marketing(CIM).

Course contentStage 1• Digital and Social MediaDesign; The Digital Consumer;Digital Marketing: Current andEmerging IT Technologies;Digital Marketing: DataAnalytics; Digital Marketing:Research; Digital Marketing:Strategy and Planning;Principles of Digital Marketingand Social Media Marketing;Social Media Analytics; WebMarketing and Analytics

Stage 2• Applied Consultancy/In-company Project

Human ResourceManagement MSc* www.kent.ac.uk/pg/293


Accredited by the CharteredInstitute of Personnel andDevelopment (CIPD), this MScoffers you an insight into theprincipal areas of managing

human resources (HR) byproviding critical assessment ofthe human resource management(HRM) and employment relations(ER) approach. As a CIPDApproved Centre, we arerecognised as a deliverer of HRMeducation so you acquire the levelof knowledge and understandingto apply for full professionalmembership of the CIPD.

Our teaching staff are membersof the University’s Centre forEmployment, Competitivenessand Growth, which developsworld-class research andknowledge transfer activities viaa multidisciplinary approach tohuman resource managementand operations management.

Course content• Compulsory modules:Developing Business Skills forHRM; HRM in Context; HRMand Development in Practice;Leadership and Management;Research Methods

• Four from: EmployeeResourcing; EmploymentRelations; HR Strategy;Learning and Development;

Database Management;Consultancy and ResearchSkills; Data Mining andForecasting; DecisionModelling; PerformanceManagement and Soft SystemsMethodology; Simulationand Heuristic Optimisation

• Two optional modules fromother KBS MSc programmes,subject to the ProgrammeDirector’s approval

• Dissertation

Digital Marketing andAnalytics MSc* (subjectto approval)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1232

Location: Medway

This MSc is for students who havepreviously studied marketing atundergraduate level and wish todevelop a deeper understandingof the tools and techniquesavailable to marketers today. Youlearn how digital marketing andanalytics are changing the faceof marketing and develop keypractical skills for running digitalcampaigns, including socialmedia and analytical skills.Through consultancy projects,you gain further practicalexperience within these areas.

“The teaching has been ofa fantastic standard. It isclear that the lecturers areexceptionally knowledgeablein their field of expertise andwork very hard to makethe content current andrelatable. They challengeyour opinions, forcing youto develop an analytic mindand be open to discussion;a great introduction to theatmosphere of a workplaceenvironment.”

Georgie KemsleyMSc Management (InternationalBusiness)

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International Managementwith Management EnglishPre-Master’s GDip*www.kent.ac.uk/ug/1394


This programme develops yourknowledge and understandingof organisations, the externalframework in which they operateand how they are managed. Itenables you to identify processes,procedures and practices foreffective management and tounderstand international businessenvironments and globalperspectives on businessand management issues.

As part of your programme,you have the opportunity toimprove your English languagecompetence on modules offeredby Kent International Pathways.

On successful completion of theDiploma (and through meeting theUniversity’s rules of progressionand English languagerequirements), you can choosefrom a number of postgraduatedegree programmes offeredwithin Kent Business School.

Logistics and Supply ChainManagement MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/294


Accredited by the CharteredInstitute of Logistics and Transport(CILT), this MSc enables you todevelop enhanced quantitativeand qualitative skills to supportdecision making in any logisticarea within an organisation.Logistics and supply chainmanagement problems mayinclude inventory, transportation,warehousing, location, reverseand green logistics, and customerand supplier relationships. Theseaspects provide a companywith competitive advantage,if approached correctly.

Course content• Compulsory modules:Contemporary Topics inLogistics and Global SupplyChain Management; DataMining and Forecasting;Introduction to Logistics andSupply Chain Management;Logistics Modelling andApplications; ManagingOperations and Services;Warehousing and GlobalTransportation Management

• Two from: Business Statisticsand Database Management;Decision Modelling; DigitalMarketing; Financialand Management Accounting;Managing the MultinationalEnterprise; Marketing;Organisational Behaviourand Human ResourceManagement; PerformanceManagement and Soft SystemsMethodology; SimulationHeuristic and Optimisation;Structure and Organisation ofthe e-Commerce Enterprise

• Dissertation

Management MSc*(subject to approval)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/296

Location: Medway

Our MSc in Management providesyou with a broad understanding ofall areas of general management,together with the specialistpathways of innovationmanagement, entrepreneurshipand responsible managementthat reflect the distinct strengthsof Kent Business School. Theemphasis is on developingemployability and careerdevelopment skills with a14-week work placement.

You study key aspects ofbusiness and management, alldesigned to build on your existingknowledge and experiences. Thisdevelops managerial expertiseand capabilities necessary for

The Psychology of Selectionand Assessment; Reward andPerformance Management

• HRM Business report

International HumanResource ManagementMSc* (subject to approval)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1233


This MSc addresses a growingdemand for the knowledge andskills associated with managingpeople across internationalborders. This programme givesyou a strong foundation in the fieldof international HRM in terms ofthe knowledge and skills requiredto pursue an internationalmanagement career workingtrans-nationally.

The programme is deliveredby a multi-disciplinary groupof academics from KBS withresearch expertise, alongsideguest speakers from industry.

Course content• Compulsory modules include:Business in an InternationalPerspective; DevelopingSkills for HRM; HRM andDevelopment in Practice;HRM in an InternationalContext; Leadership andManagement; ManagingAcross Cultures; ResearchMethods

• Two from: CorporateResponsibility andGlobalisation; EmploymentRelations; EmployeeResourcing; HR Strategy;Learning and Development;Managing the MultinationalEnterprise; The Psychologyof Selection and Assessment;Reward and PerformanceManagement

• International HRM BusinessReport


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and Services; Marketing;Organisational Behaviourand Human ResourceManagement; Strategy

• Two from: CorporateResponsibility andGlobalisation; DigitalMarketing; IntegratedMarketing Communications;International MarketingStrategy; Models for DecisionMaking; Structure andOrganisation of thee-Commerce Enterprise

• Personal Skills DevelopmentReport

• Business Report

Marketing MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/303


This programme covers allaspects of marketing, equippingthe modern marketing managerwith the necessary tools for asuccessful career. It places greatemphasis on socially responsiblemarketing and the role ofmarketing within society andyou learn from an internationallyrecognised team of marketingand business experts.

Kent Business School haspartnered with the CharteredInstitute of Marketing (CIM), theleading professional body formarketers worldwide, to giveyou a unique opportunity togain highly sought after CIMqualifications alongside theMSc in Marketing throughtheir Graduate Gateway.

Course content• Compulsory modules: AppliedMarketing Research; BuyerDecision Making; Financialand Management Accounting;Integrated MarketingCommunications; InternationalMarketing Strategy; Marketing;Organisational Behaviour andHuman Resource Management

• Two from: CorporateResponsibility andGlobalisation; Digital Marketing;Models for Decision Making;New Product Developmentand Innovation Management

• Marketing Report

Related taught programmes

Finance MScSee p126.

Finance, Investment and RiskMScSee p126.

Finance and Management MScSee p127.

International Accounting andFinance MScSee p127.

International Banking andFinance MScSee p127.

International Business andEconomic Development MScSee p95.


Accounting MSc, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/309

Finance MSc, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/312

Industrial Relations MSc, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/313

Management MA, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/314

Management Science MSc,PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/316

Marketing MSc, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/317

Operational Research MSc,PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/319

Entry requirements: A 2.1 atundergraduate level and, for PhDapplicants, a Merit at Master’slevel in a relevant discipline froma UK or other approved university

a career in whichever area youchoose, including running yourown business.

Course contentModules include:• Accounting and FinancialManagement; BusinessAnalytics; Consultancyand Research Skills; DigitalInnovation and New MediaManagement; Entrepreneurshipand New Venture Creation;Innovation and Creativity inBusiness; Leadership, Peopleand Organisations; Principlesof Responsible Management;Managing Complex Projectsand Change; ManagingComplexity; MarketingManagement andCommunications; StrategicManagement and CorporatePerformance; StrategicOperations and SupplyChain Excellence; Sustainableand Responsible Innovation;Sustainable Operations andPerformance

• Research Project (Dissertation)

Management (InternationalBusiness) MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/299


The Management (InternationalBusiness) programme providesan insight into a number of areasof general management, withparticular emphasis on keyaspects of international business.It gives you the tools, techniquesand concepts to understandhow international business isconducted and how firms andcountries can thrive in today’sglobal marketplace.

Course content• Compulsory modules: Businessin an International Perspective;Financial and ManagementAccounting; Managing theMultinational Enterprise;Managing Operations

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Management ScienceThis group covers a wide rangeof research areas in operationalresearch and systems thinking.These include research in thearea of logistics, including greenlogistics and network securitywith a special emphasis on theinnovative design and analysis ofheuristic and exact optimisation,DEA, operation management,multi-variate analysis, biometrics,multi-methodology and softOR/systems.

People, Management andOrganisationResearch examines themes inthe areas of employment relations,human resource management,organisational behaviour andleadership. The group covers awide range of research, includingemployment relationships, the roleof social partners, the effectsof skills, technology and cultureon the world of work, employeeengagement, and the role ofleadership.

Strategy and InternationalBusinessResearch focuses on strategicalliances, non-market strategies,performance management,business in emerging economies,international strategy, managementof multinational enterprises andcorporate social responsibility.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/kbs/our-staff/academic.html

Dr Xuemei Bian: Senior Lecturerin Marketing

Dr Vinh Sum Chau: SeniorLecturer in Strategy

Dr Li-cheng Chang: SeniorLecturer in ManagementAccounting


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STAFF PROFILE

John Mingers Professor of OperationalResearch and Systems

John Mingers is Professorof Operational Research andSystems, and past Directorof the School. His researchinterests include: the useof systems and cyberneticmethodologies in problemsituations – particularly themixing of different methodswithin an intervention; the natureof information, meaning andknowledge; research metricsand research performance,and critical managementstudies.

He is an academician ofthe Academy of the SocialSciences and has been on theeditorial board of MIS Quarterly,Systems Research andBehavioural Science and theJournal of Mixed MethodsResearch. He has beenpublished widely in journalsand has published severalbooks.

and/or equivalent. You mustsubmit a research proposalof approximately 1,500 wordson your intended topic.

We have international expertisein the following areas: accounting;finance, operational research,international business strategy,organisational behaviour, humanresource management, marketingand supply chain management.

Master’s and PhD degrees areavailable in most of these areas,or in the general subject area ofmanagement.

Research groupsAccounting Our Accounting Group has aninternational reputation for itsresearch on public sector criticalaccounting and accountinghistory. Recent topics includeprivatisation, health and newpublic management.

FinanceThe Finance Group addressesacademically interesting andpractical contemporary issuesin finance and banking. Staffpursue research in several areas,including: derivatives pricingand risk management; financialeconometrics; internationalbanking; financial regulation;corporate finance; asset pricingand real estate modelling.

MarketingResearch in this group cutsacross four main domainsincluding, marketing strategyand performance; productdevelopment and innovation;buyer behaviour; and themanagement of supply (value)chains and market deliverysystems. Strong links with industryand an international network ofresearch partners support thegroup’s empirical research.

www.kent.ac.uk/kbs

LocationCanterbury and Medway

Entry requirementsUsually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in a relevantsubject. Applicants may alsobe considered on the basisof professional qualifications,work experience and therelevance of the programmeto their current professionalrole. For specific details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg




National ratingsREF 2014, business andmanagement:• 98% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality• 25th (out of 101 institutions)for research intensity

AMBA-accredited MBA

Member of the EuropeanFoundation for ManagementDevelopment (EFMD), CIPD,CILT and CIM

Applications



Further informationT: +44 (0)1227 827726F: +44 (0)1227 761187E: [email protected]: [email protected]

Visit Kent Business School onFacebook and Twitter.

Dr Rachel Duffy: Lecturerin Marketing

Dr Fragkiskos Filippaios: Readerin International Business

Professor Warwick Funnell:Professor of Accounting andFinance

Professor Marian Garcia-Martinez: Professor in Marketingand Innovation

Professor Yannis Georgellis:Professor of Management

Dr Mark Hampton: Readerin Tourism Management

Professor Soo Hee Lee:Professor in Organisation Studies

Dr Abdullah Iqbal: Senior Lecturerin Accounting and Finance

Professor Robert Jupe:Professor of Accountingand Public Management

Dr Des Laffey: Senior Lecturerin e-Commerce

Dr Patricia Lewis: Readerin Management

Professor Steve Wenbin Liu:Professor of ManagementScience and ComputationalMathematics

Professor Ben Lowe: Professorof Marketing

Professor Martin Meyer:Professor of Business andInnovation; Director of KBS

Professor Roman Matousek:Professor of Banking and Finance

Professor John Mingers:Professor of OperationalResearch and Systems

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Dr Gábor Nagy: Senior Lecturerin Management Science

Dr Jesse O’Hanley: SeniorLecturer in Environmental SystemsManagement

Dr Ekaterini Panopoulou: Readerin Finance

Dr Dan Petrovici: Senior Lecturerin Marketing

Professor Paul Phillips: Professorof Strategic Management

Professor Said Salhi: Professorof Management Science andOperational Research

Dr Maria Paola Scaparra: Readerin Management Science

Dr May Seitanidi: Senior Lecturerin Strategy

Professor Radu Tunaru: Professorof Quantitative Finance

Dr Nikolaos Voukelatos: Lecturerin Finance

Dr Niaz Wassan: Readerin Management Science

Dr Shaomin Wu: Reader inBusiness-Applied Statistics

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CHILD PROTECTION

Serious training gamesThe team at the Centre for ChildProtection is leading the way indeveloping new ways to delivertraining and opportunities forsimulated role play for professionaldevelopment. The serious gameconcept offers a safe mediumto explore and reflect upon childprotection assessment. It offersprofessionals a unique way toevaluate real-life situations.

The Centre for Child Protection’saward-winning range of seriousgame simulations (Rosie, RosieGoes to Court, Looking out forLottie, Visiting Elliott, and Zac)provide research-based casestudies and opportunities toexplore the complex dynamicsinvolved in making professionalassessments and decisions in thecontext of child protection issues,including chronic neglect, internetgrooming and child sexualexploitation.



AssessmentFor details of assessment, pleasesee www.kent.ac.uk/pg/326

The Centre for Child Protection is part of the Schoolof Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research(SSPSSR) and is the first centre of its kind inEurope. Combining research with distance learningand innovative, serious training games, the Centre isleading the way in building knowledge and trainingopportunities for professionals working in this area.

We develop cutting-edge techniques for professional training andsupport, and apply the latest research and knowledge to inform bestpractice. We create diverse, flexible learning programmes, addressgaps in post-qualification training provision and facilitate safe, realisticenvironments in which child protection professionals can develop theirskills and professional practice.

In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, the School’ssubmission was ranked 2nd in the UK for research power.

The Centre for Child Protection is led and informed by experts in thefield, with many years of experience in research and practice, who arecommitted to improving the provision of professional development toenhance the skills of those involved in child protection.


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Stand-alone MA modulesWe also offer a range of modulesby distance learning.

These modules can be takenon their own or as a taster toMaster’s-level study. All the workis completed online where youparticipate in online forums andhave access to journal articlesand specialist materials.

After successful completionof the module assignment, themodule is equivalent to 20 creditsat Master’s level. For furtherinformation, see our website:www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/ccp

Modules available may include:• Direct Work with Children• New Perspectives onAssessment and Observation

• The Unconscious at Work:The Organisational Dimensionsof Risk Management

Academic staff For details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/staff

Dr Jane Reeves: Reader inChild Protection and SimulationDevelopment; Co-director, Centrefor Child Protection; Director ofStudies, Advanced ChildProtection MA

Professor David ShemmingsOBE: Professor of ChildProtection Research; Co-director,Centre for Child Protection

LocationCanterbury

Entry requirementsA minimum 2.1 honoursdegree. In certaincircumstances, the Centrewill consider candidateswho have not followed aconventional educationpath and these cases areassessed individually.




National ratingsREF 2014, social work andsocial policy: • 99% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality • 2nd for research power• 3rd for research intensity • 5th for research impact andquality

Applications



Advanced Child ProtectionPCert, PDip, MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/326

Location: Canterbury/distancelearning

Teaching is based on guidedstudy using an online learningenvironment (Moodle),strengthened by consistent andcontinuous tutor support. Theprogramme is delivered throughdistance learning using innovativeand progressive techniques andtechnology. These includeinterprofessional serious traininggames, expert video lectures,filmed role-plays and onlinediscussion forums. There arealso study days held over thetwo years to enhance studentlearning and interaction.

Course content• Contemporary Child ProtectionPractice and Policies

• Definitions, Prevalence, Causesand Consequences of ChildAbuse and Neglect

• New Perspectives onAssessment and Observation

• Support, Help and Intervention• The ‘Unconscious at Work’:The Organisational Dimensionsof Risk Management

• Understanding Social Research• Dissertation on an agreedaspect of multi-agency childprotection

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CLASSICAL &ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES

Postgraduate resourcesThe University has extensiveholdings in all of our areas ofresearch interest. These includespecialist collections such as:the library of A S L Farquharson,specialising in the age of MarcusAurelius, and generous donationsfrom the libraries of VictorEhrenberg in ancient socialhistory and Anthony Snodgrass,Richard Reece and Jill Braithwaitein archaeology. We have accessto Canterbury Cathedral Libraryand archives, other archaeologicallibraries and collections inKent, and first-rate connectionswith London and continentalEurope. Kent is the home ofthe Colin Renfrew Archive,a major resource for researchon the history of archaeology,archaeological theory, prehistoricOrkney and the Aegean BronzeAge.

The Department has its ownspecialist technician, LloydBosworth, who is widelyexperienced and skilledin landscape archaeology,geographic information systems(GIS), digital imaging andlaser scanning, as well asgeophysical surveying. Wealso have specialist equipment,including a Romer laser scanner,portable XRF machinery, resistivityand magnetometer surveymachines, GPS and aphotographic lab.

Classical & archaeological studies examines thetextual and material evidence for a wide cross-section of the ancient world and includes threeconvergent research and teaching pathways: ancienthistory, classical literature, and archaeology. Manycore areas in the investigation of the ancient worldcan be studied with us at postgraduate level.

The Department of Classical & Archaeological Studies is part of theSchool of European Culture and Languages (SECL), where there is ahigh level of interdisciplinary interaction among our modern languages,philosophy, theology and religious studies, and comparative literaturedepartments, in addition to the informal links with staff in the rest of theUniversity. We have good partnerships with high-profile universities andorganisations in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and Brazil.

We offer bursaries to enable students to participate in departmentalfieldwork projects that have included research and training excavationsin Britain, Italy and Greece, relating to sites of Bronze Age Greek(Minoan), Iron Age, Roman, and Late Antique and Anglo-Saxon date.


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The wide range of modules inGreek and Roman history meansyou can specialise in an area ofparticular interest to you.

If you are taking the split-siteprogramme, you spend yourfirst term in Canterbury beforerelocating to the University’s Romecentre, where you are based atthe American University of Rome.A key focus of your studies arethe cities of the Roman Empire,especially the capital, Rome.You study the monuments andartefacts of the ancient city at firsthand, visiting relevant sites andmuseums, with options to studysite conservation and museumpresentation as well as the historyof Rome.

For further information about theUniversity of Kent’s Rome centre,please see p258.

Course contentAll students take:• Research Skills in AncientHistory

• Dissertation.

Canterbury students take threefrom: • Ancient Greek Science;Latin or Ancient Greek at anappropriate level (Beginners,Intermediate or Advanced);The Political, Social andEconomic History ofthe Hellenistic World; Rome:The Myth of the Eternal City.

Canterbury and Rome studentstake: • Rome: The Imperial City• One from: Age, Gender andEthnicity in the Roman World;Ancient Greek Science;Latin or Ancient Greek at anappropriate level (Beginners,Intermediate or Advanced); ThePolitical, Social and EconomicHistory of the Hellenistic World;Rome: The Myth of the EternalCity

• One from: Bodies andBurial; Conserving Rome’sMonuments; Late Antiqueand Byzantine Art; TheMediterranean World; MuseumManagement; Roman ImperialArt and Architecture.

Archaeology MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/297


This MA provides you with arobust grounding in theories,methods and approaches withincontemporary archaeologythrough a compulsory taughtmodule. You can then specialisein selected periods and regionsthrough a range of optional taughtmodules.

The Dissertation module enablesyou to learn and enhance skillsin areas such as field surveytechniques, including geophysicalsurvey, excavation and artefactanalysis.

You engage first-hand witharchaeological evidence,exploring areas such as therelationship of sites to theirwider landscape and culturalsetting, processes of continuityand change within thearchaeological record, and theinterpretation of material culture.

This programme includes dayand longer visits to view sites andmaterial, to undertake practicalwork, and to attend seminarsand lectures at partner institutions.

Course content• Ancient Greek Science• Contemporary Archaeology• Reading the Medieval Town• Roman Archaeology• Dissertation of 12-15,000words

TrainingResearch centres within SECLcombine overlapping interestsfrom our various departmentsto foster interdisciplinary supportand dialogue, while Kent’sGraduate School offers aResearcher DevelopmentProgramme to improve youreffectiveness as a researcher.

We offer optional training inGreek and Latin languages at theappropriate level; and specialistskills training in epigraphy,papyrology, palaeographyand Egyptology, artefactstudies and fieldwork methods.



AssessmentFor details of assessment, pleasesee website details below.

Ancient History MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/289www.kent.ac.uk/pg/290

Locations: Canterbury;Canterbury and Rome

It is possible to study thisprogramme entirely in Canterburyor to split your studies betweenCanterbury and the University’scentre in Rome.

The MA in Ancient History hasa focus on research training thatplaces you in a strong positionfor further study for a PhD or forcareers outside academia thatrequire research skills. The MAprovides a full study of the use ofvarious types of evidence, whichis underpinned by a compulsorymodule on interpretation.

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The programme is offered bythe Department of Classical &Archaeological Studies and KentLaw School. It is of particularinterest to those who wish to studycultural heritage as an academicsubject, those who would like topursue a career in internationalheritage and development,lawyers who want to specialisein cultural heritage issues, orheritage specialists who want toacquire a better understandingof legal issues.

Course contentProposed modules include:Contemporary Archaeology:Theories, Methods andSubstantive Issues; CulturalHeritage Law; InternationalHeritage, Archaeology andDevelopment; InternationalProtection of Human Rights;Legal Aspects of ContemporaryInternational Problems; Law andDevelopment; Research Skillsin Ancient History: Understandingthe City in Antiquity.

Roman History andArchaeology MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/307www.kent.ac.uk/pg/308

Locations: Canterbury;Canterbury and Rome

It is possible to study thisprogramme entirely in Canterburyor to split your studies betweenCanterbury and the University’scentre in Rome.

This unique MA is for studentswho wish to adopt a twin-trackedapproach to the past by usingboth historical and archaeologicalevidence. A key focus of the MA ison the cities of the Roman Empire(including the capital, Rome) andengagement with the materialremains of the Empire. You canchoose to specialise in the studyof age, gender and ethnicity, aswell as taking modules in the widerhistory and archaeology of theRoman period.

If you are on the Canterbury andRome programme, you spendyour first term in Canterbury,relocating to Rome for the springterm where you are based at theAmerican University of Rome.

Heritage Management MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/301

Location: AthensAttendance: 16 months full-time(part-time enrolment possible)

This unique programme combinesthe worlds of archaeology andbusiness, and is taught nearAthens at Eleusis, an area ofworld-class archaeologicalsignificance. It focuses onteaching the skills required forthe management of heritage sitesacross the world and how to workeffectively with archaeologists,architects, conservators,marketing and educationspecialists, while also fundraisingand supervising specific projects.

The programme is a collaborativedual award from the University ofKent and the Athens University ofEconomics and Business (AUEB),a partnership which ensuresworld-class tuition and aninterdisciplinary learningenvironment. It is overseen by theInitiative for Heritage Conservancy,a dynamic new research andeducation project with internationalfunding, which is creating itsown opportunities in the field.

For further information about theUniversity of Kent, Athens centre,please see p254.

International Heritage andLaw MA (subject to approval)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/759


Heritage is a major geopoliticalissue, with law and developmentarguably the two most centralissues in the field. You engagewith both intellectual and practicalapproaches to the key issues inheritage and there is a particularfocus on the protection ofinternational heritage anddevelopment.


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Studying in Rome, you havethe opportunity to study themonuments and artefacts atfirst hand, as well as visit relevantsites and museums.

For further information about theUniversity of Kent, Rome centre,please see p258.

Course contentAll students take: • Contemporary Archaeology;Research Skills in AncientHistory; Dissertation.

Canterbury students take twooptional modules from: • Ancient Greek Science; ThePolitical, Social and EconomicHistory of the Hellenistic World;Roman Archaeology; Rome:The Myth of the Eternal City.

Canterbury and Rome studentsalso take: • Rome: The Imperial City• Optional modules from thoselisted in Ancient History (seep66).

Rome – Ancient andModern MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/364

Taught jointly with: School of ArtsLocations: Canterbury and Rome

On this programme, you engagewith the city of Rome as acontemporary city with majorarchaeological, artistic andhistoric significance.

In the first term, you develop yourresearch skills to enable you tostudy the cultural history of Romeon site in your second term. Youstudy the early modern art andarchitecture of the city, as wellas engage with the remainsfrom antiquity. There is noother programme that offers thiscombination and the opportunityto study on site in Rome where youcan study the monuments andartefacts of the city at first hand.


Course content• Discovering Rome in Rome• Key Concepts and ClassicTexts in History & Philosophyof Art

• Research Methods in AncientHistory

• Rome: The Imperial City• Dissertation


Classical & ArchaeologicalStudies PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/310


You can undertake supervisedresearch within SECL, specialisingin one of the topics listed underresearch areas.

Each research student isassigned two internal supervisorswho agree the programme ofstudy and research to suitindividual student interests.Staff have received researchfinance from sources includingthe British Academy, the Arts andHumanities Research Council(AHRC), the European ScienceFoundation (ERC), TheLeverhulme Trust, EnglishHeritage, the Institute forAegean Prehistory (INSTAP), theMediterranean ArchaeologicalTrust, the Roman Society, UCLAand the Cotsen Foundation forAcademic Research.

Research areasAncient HistoryArchaic, classical and HellenisticGreece; classical medicine; age,family and ethnicity; Roman andByzantine Egypt; the history ofthe Roman Republic; the life

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STAFF PROFILE

Ray LaurenceProfessor of Roman Historyand Archaeology

Ray Laurence joined Kentin 2010. He is a specialist inRoman history, having published16 books on the subject. He hasdevised new programmes thatutilise on-site study in Rome,and in recognition of this work,was awarded the 2015 Facultyof Humanities Teaching Prize.

His research ranges acrossa number of topics: Pompeii,Roman space and urbanism,Roman roads and geography,and conceptions of ageing andage-related behaviours. He hasa fieldwork project in Rome toidentify the geological sourcesof paving stones in Romanstreets and roads, notablyin Trajan’s Markets.

His animated films about theRoman past have more thanfive million views on YouTube.See his blog Lucius’ Romans:https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/lucius-romans for more details.


Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/secl/classics/staff

Dr Anne Alwis: Senior Lecturerin Classical Literature

Dr Patricia Baker: Senior Lecturerin Archaeology; Head ofDepartment

Dr Efrosyni Boutsikas: Lecturerin Archaeology

Dr Evangelos Kyriakidis: SeniorLecturer in Archaeology andHeritage

Dr Sophia Labadi: Senior Lecturerin Heritage and Archaeology

Dr Csaba La’da: Readerin Ancient History

Professor Ray Laurence:Professor of Roman Historyand Archaeology

Dr Luke Lavan: Lecturerin Archaeology

David Nightingale: SeniorLecturer in Ancient History

Dr Kelli Rudolph: Lecturerin Classics and Philosophy

Dr Ellen Swift: Senior Lecturerin Archaeology

Dr Steven Willis: Senior Lecturerin Archaeology

Dr Rosie Wyles: Lecturerin Classics

LocationsCanterbury, Athens andRome





National ratingsREF 2014, classics:• 97% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality• 2nd for research impact• top 20 for research intensity,research power, researchquality and research output

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Further information

Archaeology Dr Steven WillisT: +44 (0)1227 827966E: [email protected]

Classics and Ancient HistoryDr Dunstan LoweT: +44 (0)1227 827785E: [email protected]

course; roads and the landscapeof the Roman Empire; tourismand the classical tradition;Greek and Egyptian papyrology;epigraphy and palaeography.

ArchaeologyCurrently, particular areasof interest are: Roman ceramics;archaeology and gender; classicalmedicine; Aegean archaeologyincluding Minoan and Mycenaean;archaeoastronomy; catasterismmyths; later prehistory intemperate Europe, includingthe British Isles; Britain andthe Western Provinces; Romanartefacts and art; the late post-Roman transition in the West; thearchaeology of the Transmancheregion; Late Antique cities.

Classical studies, LateAntiquity and ByzantiumResearch areas are: ancientliterature; myth and philosophyin drama; Greek palaeography;ancient sciences; Greek andRoman epic; early Christianhagiography; gender studies;reception studies.

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Postgraduate resourcesThe Templeman Library hasexcellent holdings in all ourareas of research interest, withparticular strengths in modernEuropean literature. The Schoolprovides high-quality IT facilities,with state-of-the-art languagelaboratories, dedicated technicalstaff and designated areas forpostgraduate study. Language-learning and translation facilitiesinclude eight all-purpose teachingrooms, two networked multimedialaboratories and a streamed filmlibrary, as well as satellite TVchannels offering self-instructionfacilities.

TrainingResearch centres within SECLcombine overlapping interestsin various departments to fosterinterdisciplinary support anddialogue. Kent’s Graduate Schooloffers a Researcher DevelopmentProgramme, which improves youreffectiveness as a researcher.Research students gain furtheracademic experience by givingresearch talks in the Centre forModern European Literatureseminar series, and attendingnational and internationalconferences.

Language speaking skillsEvery year, a considerablenumber of native speakers offoreign languages follow ourcourses, and several Europeanexchange students stay on todo graduate work. There are alsoforeign language lectors who are

www.kent.ac.uk/secl/complit

Comparative Literature at Kent offers an excellentenvironment for the postgraduate study of literaturebeyond national and linguistic borders.

The research interests of our staff are comparativist in nature, andinclude the European avant-garde, modernism and postmodernism,postcolonial literature, literary theory, and the relationship betweenliterature and the visual arts. All postgraduates in Comparative Literaturebenefit from the activities organised by the Centre for Modern EuropeanLiterature, such as lectures by prestigious guest speakers, researchseminars, conferences and a reading group.

Comparative Literature is part of the School of European Culture andLanguages (SECL), which embraces five other disciplines: classicaland archaeological studies, English language and linguistics, modernlanguages, philosophy and religious studies. This means that ourstudents can draw on the excellent resources of a diverse teamof teachers with expertise in many key areas of global culture.

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If you are on the split-siteCanterbury and Paris programme,you spend your first term inCanterbury, relocating to Parisfor the spring term where youstudy at our centre in the heart ofhistoric Montparnasse. Modulesare Paris-focused but taught inEnglish, and you are encouragedto make full use of the city’scultural resources.

You are able to hone yourcomparative literary analyticalskills and gain direct experienceof French culture. You can alsoenhance your language skillswhile living in a city that hasinspired some of the world’sfinest writers.


Course contentCanterbury students take: • Comparative Literature inTheory and Practice; Literatureand Medicine; Tales of theFantastic; Writing the Self.

Canterbury and Paris studentstake two from the above list plus:• Two from: Diaspora and Exile;Film and Modernity; Modernismand Paris; Paris: Reality andRepresentation; Paris and theEuropean Enlightenment.

Modern European LiteratureMAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/31

Location: CanterburyLanguage requirements: Youare expected to be able to readliterary works in any two of thefollowing European languages(in addition to English): French,German, Italian, Spanish.

The programme is designedfor students who wish to rangebeyond any one national tradition

either combining teaching with aKent higher degree or completinga dissertation for their homeuniversities. We can assist withlanguage-training needs foroverseas postgraduates,particularly where English isconcerned, and are also involvedin the Erasmus and Tempusnetworks.




Comparative Literature MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/318www.kent.ac.uk/pg/320


It is possible to study thisprogramme entirely in Canterburyor to split your studies betweenCanterbury and our Paris Schoolof Arts and Culture.

The programme comprises threemain interweaving strands:• themes and major figuresin European literature

• interactions between Europeannational literatures, as reflectedin important genres such asautobiography and the fantastic

• comparative literature in theoryand practice, with an emphasison the history of the disciplineand ways of reading literaturecomparatively.

These complementary strandsencourage comparative analysisin a variety of contexts: nationalliteratures, genres, media andtheory.


STAFF PROFILE

Anna Katharina SchaffnerReader in ComparativeLiterature and MedicalHumanities; Head ofComparative Literature

Before taking up a post at Kentin 2007, Dr Schaffner studiedGeneral and ComparativeLiterature and English andAmerican Studies in Berlin, andcompleted an MSc and a PhDat the University of Edinburgh.

Anna’s research interestsinclude the medical humanities,cultural history, the history ofpsychiatry and psychoanalysisand mind–body theory. Shehas authored Modernism andPerversion: Sexual Deviance inSexology and Literature, 1850–1930 (2012) and Exhaustion:A History (2016). She hasrecently published her firstnovel, The Truth About Julia(2016) to critical acclaim.


Comparative Literature PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/324www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1208


It is possible to study thisprogramme entirely in Canterburyor to split your studies betweenCanterbury and Paris. For thesplit-site option, you spend thefirst year in Canterbury, relocateto our Paris School of Arts andCulture for the second year beforereturning to Canterbury tocomplete your studies.

Research students need todemonstrate competence inthe relevant languages.

We undertake supervisedresearch in any of the topicslisted below: the Europeanavant-garde, modernism andpostmodernism, postcolonialliterature, literary theory, literatureand medicine, literature and thevisual arts, literature and sexuality,and literature and philosophy.

and to study major writers,genres and movements withinthe broader context of modernEuropean literature. You canalso read literary works in theirlanguage of original composition.

Course content• Compulsory module: Literatureand Theory

• Three from: GermanModernism; History andMemory; Literature andMedicine; Post-war Literatureand Memory; PostmodernFrench Detective Fiction; RealFictions; Spanish Cinema;Theories of Art in ModernFrench Thought; Tales of theFantastic; Writing the Self



European Culture MA(subject to approval)See p133.

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“Kent really is a great placefor exploring ideas. I enjoyhaving three years to workon a project and to explorea topic I want to know moreabout from all angles, ratherthan just writing shortessays on different topics.This gives me time to reallygo into depth and to becomean expert in my chosenfield – and that’s whatwriting a PhD thesisreally is all about.”

Ann-Christine KinzerPhD German and ComparativeLiterature

Many of our staff are members ofthe Centre for Modern EuropeanLiterature. If you are consideringapplying for a research degree,we encourage you to contact usto discuss your plans at an earlystage of your application.


Research centresCentre for Language andLinguistics (CLL)See p118.

Centre for Modern EuropeanLiteratureCo-directed by members ofComparative Literature, Frenchand German, the Centre forModern European Literaturepromotes collaborativeinterdisciplinary research.Ranging across English, French,German, Italian and Spanishliterature, the Centre focuses inparticular on the European avant-garde, European modernism andpostmodernism, literary theory,the international reception ofEuropean writers, and the






National ratingsREF 2014, modernlanguages and linguistics:• 100% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality• 3rd for research qualityand research output• top 20 for research intensity,research impact andresearch power

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Further informationDr Anna Katharina SchaffnerT: +44 (0)1227 824065E: [email protected]


relations between modernEuropean literature and theother arts, including painting,photography, film, music andarchitecture. It also works withthe editors of the postgraduatejournal Skepsi, and runs the MAin Modern European Literature.

Academic staff For details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/secl/complit/staff

Dr Katja Haustein: Lecturerin Comparative Literature

Professor Ben Hutchinson:Professor of European Literature

Dr Amy Li: Lecturer inComparative Literature

Dr Patricia Novillo-Corvalán:Senior Lecturer in ComparativeLiterature

Dr Anna Katharina Schaffner:Reader in Comparative Literatureand Medical Humanities; Headof Department

Dr Axel Stähler: Readerin Comparative Literature

Professor Shane Weller:Professor of ComparativeLiterature; Head of SECL

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COMPUTING

Postgraduate resourcesThe School of Computing hasa large range of equipmentproviding both Linux andPC-based systems and acluster facility consisting of30 Linux-based PCs for parallelcomputation. New resourcesinclude a multicore enterpriseserver with 128 hardware threadsand a virtual machine server thatsupports computer securityexperiments.

The School has recently built amakerspace on the Canterburycampus, which offers excitingnew teaching and collaborationopportunities. Among otherequipment, it contains millingmachines, a 3D printer, laser cutterand extensive space for buildingand making digital artefacts.

Students whose programmeincludes an industrial placementare supported by a dedicatedteam, which helps them gain asuitable position and providessupport throughout theirplacement.

Our full-time research studentsare offered funds for academicconference travel, to assistin publishing papers and gettinginvolved in the internationalcommunity.

Links with industryStrong links with industryunderpin all our work, notablywith Cisco Systems Inc, Microsoft,Oracle, IBM, Nvidia, ErlangSolutions, Hewlett-PackardLaboratories, Ericsson and Nexor.

Our world-leading researchers, in key areassuch as systems security, programming languages,communications, computational intelligenceandmemory management, and in interdisciplinaryworkwith biosciences and psychology, earned us anoutstanding result in the recent Research ExcellenceFramework (REF) 2014. Our submission was ranked12th in the UK for research intensity, with animpressive 98% of our research judged to be ofinternational quality.

The School of Computing is a leader in computer science teachingand an internationally recognised Centre of Excellence for programmingeducation. Two of our staff have received the ACM SIGCSE Award forOutstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education and two havebeen honoured as Distinguished Scientists by the Association forComputing Machinery (ACM).

While studying with us, you can gain work experience through ourindustrial placement scheme or with the Kent IT Consultancy, whichprovides a project-based consultancy service to businesses in theregion. We also have strong links with major players in industry suchas Cisco Systems Inc, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle.

The Kent IT ConsultancyThe Kent IT Consultancy (KITC)offers School of Computingstudents consultancy experiencewhile studying. KITC provides aproject-based consulting serviceto small businesses in Kent.Our services focus on helpingcompanies understand the latesttrends in technology and howsolutions can be applied to theirspecific business.



Programme structureEach of our programmes isavailable in a number of formats:

• Intensive – 12 months full-time • Part-time – 36 months• Intensive with an industrialplacement – 14-24 monthsfull-time.

Industrial placementsAll programmes may optionallyinclude a paid industrialplacement of between eight and50 weeks. The timing and durationof the placement depends on theparticular employer. We have adedicated team to help youorganise your placement.

ProgrammingMost programmes include at leastone module on object-orientedprogramming in Java, dependingon the student’s level of priorexperience.


Course content• Either Advanced Java forProgrammers or Object-Oriented Programming, plusAdvanced Object-OrientedProgramming

• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• Five or six modules froma wide variety drawn fromthe Advanced Master’sprogrammes in ComputationalIntelligence, AdvancedSoftware Development,Networks and ComputerSecurity. Selected modulesfrom the IT and BusinessMaster’s programmes arealso available as options.

Advanced Computer Science(Cloud Computing and BigData) MSc (subject to approval)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1211


This programme is for computinggraduates interested in these newand emerging paradigms andapplications of computing,especially those with a view toworking in a research environmentor as preparation for PhD study.

Course content• Either Advanced Java forProgrammers or Object-Oriented Programming plusAdvanced Object-OrientedProgramming

• Cloud Computing• Data Mining and KnowledgeDiscovery

• Data Science• Object-Oriencted Programming• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• Optional modules include:Advanced Network Security;C++ Programming; CognitiveNeural Networks; ComputerSecurity; Computing Law,Contracts and ProfessionalResponsibility; Concurrency

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Taught Conversion Master’sprogramme

Computer Science MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/243


This conversion programmeprepares graduates fromany discipline for a career incomputing, or a career involvingthe application of computingwithin their original professionalfield. No prior knowledge ofcomputer science is required.

Course content• Object-Oriented Programming(Java)

• Advanced Object-OrientedProgramming (Java)

• Logic and Logic Programming• Software Engineering• Systems Architecture• Web-based InformationSystems Development

• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• One from: Computer Graphicsand Animation; Computing Law,Contracts and ProfessionalResponsibility; Data Mining andKnowledge Discovery; Internetof Things and Mobile Devices;Introduction to IntelligentSystems

Taught Advanced Master’sprogrammes

Advanced Computer ScienceMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/246


This flexible programme offersa largely free choice of modulesfrom our range of AdvancedMaster’s programmes. It is likelyto appeal to computing graduateswhose interests span more thanone specialism and/or thoseseeking the freedom to explorea variety of advanced topics.


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and Parallelism; DevelopmentFrameworks; Internet of Thingsand Mobile Devices; Logic andLogic Programming; NaturalComputation; Networks andNetwork Security; SystemSecurity; Trust, Security andPrivacy Management

Advanced Computer Science(Computational Intelligence)MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/249


This MSc combines a wide choiceof advanced topics in computerscience with specialist modulesrelating to computationalintelligence, including logic-based, connectionist andevolutionary artificial intelligence,inspirations from the natural world,practical applications and thephilosophy of machine reasoning.

Course content• At least two from: CognitiveNeural Networks; Data Miningand Knowledge Discovery;Logic and Logic Programming;Natural Computation

• Either Advanced Java forProgrammers or Object-Oriented Programming, plusAdvanced Object-OrientedProgramming

• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• Up to four optional modulesfrom the MSc in AdvancedComputer Science

Advanced SoftwareDevelopment MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/251


Employers often complainthat computing graduates lackreal-world practical skills. Thisprogramme addresses softwaredevelopment for new andemerging platforms such aswireless devices, multicoreprocessors and cloud computing.

Modern developmentenvironments, languagesand tools are also covered.

Course content• Advanced Java forProgrammers

• Cloud Computing• Concurrency and Parallelism• Development Frameworks• Internet of Things and MobileDevices

• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• Two optional modulesfrom the MSc in AdvancedComputer Science

Computer Security MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/254


The programme addressescomputer and information securityholistically because vulnerabilityin any one component cancompromise an entire system. Thisincludes computer architectures,operating systems, networktechnologies, data storage andsoftware development processes.A wide range of threats and othersecurity issues (for example,denial-of-service attacks, hacking,viruses and worms) are coveredalong with defences andcountermeasures.

Course content• Computer Security• Networks and Network Security• System Security• Trust, Security and PrivacyManagement

• Either Advanced Java forProgrammers or Object-Oriented Programming plusAdvanced Object-OrientedProgramming

• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• Up to two optional modulesfrom our other AdvancedMaster’s programmes andthe MSc in Information Securityand Biometrics (see p104)

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STAFF PROFILE

Mark BattyLecturer

Mark’s research is developingrigorous mathematicalspecifications, testing tools,and verification techniques forreal-world concurrent systems,focusing on establishedinterfaces (eg C, C++ and,OpenCL) and concrete testableartefacts. His interests alsoinclude empirical testing ofthe behaviour of hardware andcompilers and building formalmodels of parts of the system.

Prior to coming to Kent,Mark completed his PhD atCambridge and worked inNvidia Corporation. He is aLloyds Register Foundation andRoyal Society of EngineeringResearch Fellow, and he hasreceived awards from both theBritish Computing Society andthe Association of ComputingMachinery Special InterestGroup on ProgrammingLanguages.

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plus Object-OrientedProgramming

• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• Up to two optional modulesfrom our other AdvancedMaster’s programmes and theMSc in Information Security andBiometrics (see p104)

Taught IT and BusinessMaster’s programmesThese programmes are taughtjointly with Kent Business School.

Computing andEntrepreneurship MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/260


This programme offers a flexiblemix of technical, business andentrepreneurship modulesdelivered by the School ofComputing and Kent BusinessSchool.

Taking the programme helps youto fill the growing demand fromemployers for graduates whopossess both technical andbusiness skills. Such people playvital leadership roles and functionas a bridge between managementand technical development andsupport teams. In addition, manynew graduates are in a position,with guidance, to set up anenterprise of their own.

Course content• Computing Law, Contracts andProfessional Responsibilities

• New Enterprise Development(project)

• Either Object-OrientedProgramming or AdvancedJava for Programmers

• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• Three from: Advanced Object-Oriented Programming; CloudComputing; Computer Security;Digital Marketing; Financial andManagement Accounting;

Internet of Things and MobileDevices; IT ConsultancyPractice; Management ofOperations; Networks andNetwork Security; Structure andOrganisation of the e-Enterprise;Web-based InformationSystems Development

IT Consultancy MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/265


This unique programme preparesgraduates for a career in ITconsultancy, particularly in relationto small and medium enterprise(SME) clients. It includes practicalwork experience in a realconsultancy business, the KentIT Consultancy (KITC). It is forgraduates seeking a career inconsultancy, or to practisingconsultants wishing to roundout their skills and achieveformal academic recognition.

Course content• Either Object-OrientedProgramming or AdvancedJava for Programmers

• Management of Operations• New Enterprise Development(project)

• Extended IT ConsultancyProject (practical workexperience in a realconsultancy business)

• Three from: Advanced Object-Oriented Programming; CloudComputing; Computer Security;Computing Law, Contracts andProfessional Responsibilities;Digital Marketing; Financialand Management Accounting;Internet of Things and MobileDevices; Networks andNetwork Security; StrategicManagement; Structureand Organisation of thee-Enterprise; Web-basedInformation SystemsDevelopment

Cyber Security MSc(subject to approval)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1225


This GCHQ-certified MSc is forcomputing graduates seekingcareers as computer securityprofessionals or careers thatneed a systematic and deepunderstanding of the subject. Youlearn about the motivation, design,operation and management ofmodern systems for encryption,authentication and authorisation,including quality of service issues.

Course content• Advanced Network Security• Computer Security• Computing Law, Contracts andProfessional Responsibility

• Networks and Network Security• System Security• Trust, Security and PrivacyManagement

• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• Optional modules include:Biometric Technologues;Fundamentals of ImageAnalysis

Networks and Security MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/259


This programme provides a broadcoverage of computer networks,computer security and wirelessdevice technologies. It looks indepth at some of the securityissues that fixed and wirelessnetworks are subject to, and thecurrent solutions employed toaddress these problems.

Course content• Computer Security• Networks and Network Security• Advanced Network Security• Internet of Things and MobileDevices

• Either Advanced Java forProgrammers or Object-Oriented Programming,


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Information Security andBiometrics MScSee p104.


Computer Science MSc, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/283

Your research should producean original contribution in yourchosen field of study. Youwork closely with your supervisor,a member of academic staff,who is your principal source ofsupport. If you choose a researcharea that has interdisciplinaryaspects, you may have morethan one supervisor.

You also join one or more of ourwell-integrated, active researchgroups where you are able to testand discuss your ideas and placeyour research in a broader context.

Research groupsComputational IntelligenceGroupAreas of research activity withinthe Group include:• bio-inspired computingincluding neural networks,evolutionary computing andswarm intelligence

• application of computationalsimulations in biology andmedicine

• systems biology including geneexpression modelling

• theory and application ofdiagrammatic visualisationmethods

• data mining and knowledgediscovery

• construction of computationalmodels of the human cognitiveand neural system.

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Computing Education GroupAreas of interest include:• building an evidence base ofresearch on early programmingeducation

• tool support for learning andteaching of programming,including custom-madedevelopment tools, such aseducational programminglanguages, or developmentenvironments, which can adaptto changes in programmingparadigms and technologyand pedagogical advances

• analysis of data generated asa part of the learning process,which could be text-based,naturally occurring in theclassroom (eg, assessments),generated as a reflectiveprocess on learning (eg,diaries), or generated frominteraction with programmingenvironments.

Future Computing GroupResearch areas include:• grid/cloud computing• green computing

• biologically-inspired computing• computational economics andfinance

• multi-agent systems anddistributed artificial intelligence

• evolutionary computation andoptimisation

• web-based information retrieval.

Programming Languagesand Systems GroupResearch areas include:• theoretical and architecturalquestions concerning designsfor both hardware and software

• abstractions andimplementations ofconcurrency in programminglanguages

• formal specification of systemsand their architecture

• design patterns and tools forenabling the safe and scalableexploitation of concurrency

• compilers, memory managersand garbage collectors

• lightweight multithreadingkernels and highly concurrentoperating systems

• refactoring of functional andconcurrent languages

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• applications of formal methodsto provably correct, securesystems

• model checking and abstractinterpretation, includingapplications to discoveringsecurity vulnerabilities

• program verification andtheorem proving.

Security Research GroupResearch areas include:• public key and privilegemanagement infrastructures

• trust management and metricsand reputation systems

• intrusion detection• tools for vulnerability analysis• formal methods forcryptography

• policy-based security• security and risk management• privacy and security• autonomic security• user-friendly security• continuous auditing• cloud security.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.cs.kent.ac.uk/people

David Barnes: Senior Lecturer

Dr Fred Barnes: Senior Lecturer

Dr Mark Batty: Senior Lecturer

Dr Laura Bocchi: Lecturer

Dr Eerke Boiten: Reader

Professor Howard Bowman:Professor of Cognition and Logic

Professor David Chadwick:Professor of Information SystemsSecurity

Dr Olaf Chitil: Lecturer

Dr Dominique Chu: SeniorLecturer

Dr Carlos A Perez Delgado:Lecturer


Professor TheodosiosDimitrakos: Professor ofComputer Science

Dr Rogério de Lemos: SeniorLecturer

Professor Sally Fincher:Professor of ComputingEducation

Professor Alex Freitas: Professorof Computational Intelligence

Dr Marek Grzes: Lecturer

Dr Julio Hernandez-Castro:Senior Lecturer

Dr Colin Johnson: Reader

Professor Richard Jones:Professor of Computer Systems

Dr Anna Jordanous: Lecturer

Dr Stefan Kahrs: Lecturer

Dr Michael Kampouridis: Lecturer

Dr Peter Kenny: Senior Lecturer

Professor Andy King: Professorin Program Analysis

Professor Michael Kölling:Professor of Computer Science

Dr Caroline Ling Li: Lecturer

Professor Ian McLoughlin:Professor of Computing; Headof School (Medway)

Dr Matteo Migliavacca: SeniorLecturer

Dr Fernando Otero: Lecturer

Dr Scott Owens: Reader

Dr Palaniappan Ramaswamy:Reader

Dr Peter Rodgers: Reader

Professor Simon Thompson:Professor of Logic andComputation

Gerald Tripp: Lecturer

Ian Utting: Senior Lecturer

Professor Frank Wang: Professorof Future Computing; Head ofSchool

LocationCanterbury and Medway





National ratingsREF 2014, computer science:• 98% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality; 81%of this being world-leadingor internationally excellent• 12th for research intensity

Applications




“Without the degree and theplacement year, I would nothave the great job I havenow – simple as that! Thehelp from the placementteam is invaluable as theyteach you how to deal withfuture employers and get thebest deal for you.”

Christian BaverstockMSc Computer Science withan Industrial Placement

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CONSERVATION

Postgraduate resourcesDICE has various long-term studysites around the world, in additionto maintaining an ecology fieldtrials area and field laboratoryon the University campus.DICE is part of the School ofAnthropology and Conservation,which is well equipped withcomputing facilities and researchlaboratories for biologicalanthropology, ecology,ethnobotany and moleculargenetics.

The DICE postgraduate studentbody is global. Since 1991, therehave been over 500 taught MScgraduates from 75 countries,many of whom now havesuccessful full-time conservationcareers. The PhD researchdegree programme hasproduced over 90 graduatesfrom 27 different countries.Several graduates have goneon to win prestigious internationalprizes for their outstandingconservation achievements.

www.kent.ac.uk/dice

The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology(DICE), based in the School of Anthropology andConservation, is Britain’s leading research andpostgraduate training centre dedicated toconserving biodiversity, as well as the ecologicalprocesses that support ecosystems and people. Wefocus on combining natural and social sciences tounderstand complex conservation issues and designeffective interventions to conserve biodiversity.

Our staff have outstanding international research profiles, yetintegrate this with considerable on-the-ground experience, working incollaboration with conservation agencies around the world. This blend ofexpertise ensures that our programmes deliver the skills and knowledgethat are essential components of conservation implementation.

Our taught Master’s programmes cover topics in conservationmanagement, policy, ecotourism and sustainable natural resourceuse. The research degree programmes (MSc by Research and PhD)encourage you to undertake original, high-quality research, whichculminates in the submission of a thesis. Kent’s submission foranthropology and development studies was ranked 10th in the UKfor research power in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.

“DICE has a well-earnedreputation and there’s a lotof mutual support amongpostgraduates andresearchers. The Institutewasmy first choice andI wouldn’t have wantedto go anywhere else.”

Dr Julia BakerAwarded Biodiversity ManagementPhD

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Development FieldCourse; Facilitation Skillsfor Conservation Managers;Integrated SpeciesConservation andManagement; InternationalWildlife Trade; Leadership Skillsfor Conservation Managers;Managing Protected Areas;Population and EvolutionaryBiology; Principles and Practiceof Ecotourism; Principles ofGeographic InformationSystems (GIS) and RemoteSensing; Seed Conservationfor Restoration.

You may also take an appropriatemodule from outside DICE,subject to approval; moduleson offer depend on the pathwayof study.


Conservation andInternational WildlifeTrade MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/268


This pathway is designed forpeople from areas such asgovernment, managementand scientific authorities,NGOs, international agenciesand donors who are working toimprove sustainability of wildlifetrade. It examines a numberof mechanisms for deliveringsustainable wildlife trade,especially the Convention onInternational Trade in EndangeredSpecies of Wild Fauna and Flora(CITES).

Course contentYou take the compulsory modulesand International Wildlife Trade,plus a selection of the optionalmodules listed left.

Conservation and PrimateBehaviour MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/269


This MSc provides a forumfor understanding not only thebehaviour of non-human primates(NHPs), but also the currentissues and hot topics in NHPsconservation and management.

The pathway offers collaborationswith NGOs around the world,from the neotropics to Africaand Southeast Asia, as wellas zoological institutions acrossEurope (eg, Howletts and PortLympne Wild Animal Parks, Kent)and African primate sanctuaries.

Course contentYou take the compulsory modulesand Current Issues in PrimateConservation, plus a selectionof the optional modules listed left.

Conservation and RuralDevelopment MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/271


This pathway provides substantivenatural and social science trainingin both conservation and relevantaspects of rural development.

The pathway will be of particularinterest to applicants with a stronginterest in conservation andbusiness, with a view to workingfor a conservation-relatedbusiness or in a leadershiprole in a conservation NGO.

Course contentYou take the compulsory modulesand Conservation and CommunityDevelopment, plus a selection ofthe optional modules listed left.


The six MSc pathways offered byDICE follow a common pattern,comprising six months ofcoursework and five months ofresearch. Within each pathway,there are optional modules thatallow you to devise a programmethat suits your specific interests,with an appropriate balancebetween natural and socialsciences. Please visit our websitefor details of programmes thatmay be under development:www.kent.ac.uk/sac

In exceptional circumstances,DICE admits applicants withouta first degree if their professionalcareer and experience showsacademic achievement of ahigh enough standard.

Course contentThe modules listed are subjectto change. Please contactthe School for more detailedinformation on availability.

Common compulsory modulesfor all MSc courses• Multidisciplinary Perspectiveson Conservation

• Research Methods for SocialSciences

• Research Skills for NaturalSciences

• Dissertation Project(Conservation)

Optional modules • These include: BusinessPrinciples for BiodiversityConservation; Conservationand Community Development;Current Issues in PrimateConservation; The Ecology ofPlant Conservation; Economicsof Biodiversity Conservation;Ecotourism and Rural


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Conservation and TourismMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/272


On this pathway, you explorethe environmental, socialand economic impacts ofconservation and tourism,and consider the impact ofour interventions on differentcultures now and in the future.

This pathway is relevant to thework of NGOs, consultancy firmsand contractors, tour operators,conservation managers,international agencies anddonors.

Course contentYou take the compulsory modulesand Principles and Practice ofEcotourism, plus a selection of theoptional modules listed on p81.

Conservation Biology MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/273


This pathway takes aninterdisciplinary approachand is international in its outlook.It covers the biological, economic,legal, political and social aspectsof biodiversity conservation andhow these operate across spatialscales (from local to global levels).The pathway is for wildlife officersand administrators with practicalexperience in internationalconservation work, which theywant to reinforce with formalscientific training. It is alsofor students with academicqualifications in other subjects,who wish to retrain for a newcareer in conservation.

Course contentYou take the compulsory modulesand Population and EvolutionaryBiology, plus a selection of theoptional modules listed on p81.

Conservation ProjectManagement MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/274

Location: Canterbury and theInternational Training Centre atDurrell Wildlife Conservation Trust,Jersey

This MSc pathway draws uponthe extensive conservationproject management experienceof Durrell Wildlife ConservationTrust and equips you with the skillsand tools you need to manageconservation projects effectively.It is particularly suitable formanagers of conservationprojects who wish to build ontheir existing skills, or conservationpractitioners who wish to moveinto a project management role.

Course contentYou take the compulsorymodules and Leadership Skillsfor Conservation Managers,plus a selection of the optionalmodules listed on p81.

Research programmesFor the most up-to-date informationsee: www.kent.ac.uk/pg/276

Biodiversity ManagementMSc, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/276


DICE’s research degreeprogrammes all carry the generictitle of Biodiversity Management.We welcome students with theappropriate background forresearch. All research studentshave a supervisory committee,which is led by a main supervisorwho oversees the day-to-dayadministration and managementof the project. The committee alsoincludes a chair, and, if necessary,a supplementary member (oftenbased in the country wherethe research is conducted). Inconjunction with the supervisorycommittee, an individual training

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STAFF PROFILE

Matthew Struebig Lecturer in BiologicalConservation

Dr Struebig is a tropicalecologist interested in theimpacts of environmentalchange on biodiversity, andthe implications this has forlandscape management andconservation planning. Muchof his work is based in themodified habitats of SoutheastAsia, particularly oil palm, andis applied to the conservationof tropical mammals.

Within DICE, he studies theeffects of climate change,logging, fragmentation andrainforest loss, and works onways to integrate these findingsinto conservation planning. Matthas particular expertise on bats,but his research projects inBorneo and Sumatra incorporateother vertebrate taxa.

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• the economic valueof mammals in Britain

• estimating extinction dates ofplants, birds and mammals.

Examples of topics beingresearched by current PhDstudents can be found atwww.kent.ac.uk/sac/current-students/research-students

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/sac/staff-profiles

Dr Peter Bennett: Reader inBiodiversity and EvolutionaryEcology

Dr Ian Bride: Senior Lecturerin Biodiversity Management

Dr Zoe Davies: Reader inBiodiversity Conservation

Dr Robert Fish: Reader in HumanEcology

Professor Richard Griffiths:Professor of BiologicalConservation

Professor Jim Groombridge:Professor of BiodiversityConservation; Head of School ofAnthropology and Conservation

Dr Tatyana Humle: SeniorLecturer in Primate Conservation

Professor Douglas MacMillan:Professor of Conservation andApplied Resource Economics

Dr David Roberts: Reader

Dr Bob Smith: Reader inConservation Science

Dr Freya St John: Lecturer inConservation Social Science

Dr Matthew Struebig:Senior Lecturer in BiologicalConservation

Dr Joseph Tzanopoulos: Readerin Landscape and BiodiversityConservation

LocationCanterbury





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programme is devised for eachstudent that includes both thegeneric and specific skillsrequired to undertake theprogramme of research.

Overseas students who wish tospend most of their time in theirhome country while undertakingresearch may register as anexternal student or for a split PhD.See p28 for further information.

Current research Recent or current projects covertopics such as:• understanding adaptationto climate change; ringneckparakeets in the UK

• improved management ofsocio-ecological landscapesin Western Ghats

• cost, benefits and trade-offsin creating large conservationareas

• monitoring population trendsin tigers and their prey in KirinciSeblat National Park, Sumatra

• chameleon trade andconservation in Madagascar

• conservation genetics ofthe critically endangeredSeychelles paradise-flycatcher

• traditional knowledge,intellectual property rights andprotected area management


“I have thoroughly enjoyedall my studies here. I amfinding my PhD the best yet! I love my work, mysupervisor and facilities atKent. I love being on campusregularly and feeling like areal member of the School”

Hazel JacksonCompleted a BSc and MSc at DICEbefore embarking on a PhD

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CRIMINOLOGY

Postgraduate resourcesOur postgraduate students haveaccess to dedicated space withinthe School and are able to takeadvantage of excellent libraryand computing facilities.

The Common StudyProgramme in CriticalCriminologyAll Canterbury-based Kentpostgraduate students areoffered the opportunity to addan international dimension totheir criminological study byparticipating in the CommonStudy Programme in CriticalCriminology.

This student-led event providesthe opportunity to exchangeideas and deliver papers ontopics relating to critical, culturaland international criminologyat a biannual conference runin collaboration with Kent’sinternational criminology partners.

The Common Study Sessionsare hosted in turn by each ofthe participating institutions.

Partner universitiesErasmus University, Rotterdam;the Universities of Ghent,Hamburg, Middlesex, Portoand Utrecht; ELTE, Budapest;the Democritus University ofThrace; the University of thePeloponnese, Corinth; and theCUNY Graduate Center, NewYork.

Criminology has a long and distinguished traditionat Kent with its research base in the Crime, Cultureand Control cluster (see p86). You are tutored bya team of scholars and researchers who areinternationally renowned for their world-classteaching and research.

Criminology is an important part of the activities of the School ofSocial Policy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR), one of the topinstitutions of its kind in the UK. In the Research Excellence Framework(REF) 2014, the School’s submission was ranked 2nd in the UK forresearch power.

The atmosphere in the School is informal and friendly, and there is alively and diverse postgraduate community enriched by the contributionof visiting professors including Jeff Ferrell, Frank Furedi and DavidBrotherton. Regular seminars introduce you to the work of academicstaff and research students, as well as academic visitors, providingopportunities both for intellectual stimulation and sociability. The largenumber of academic staff and our favourable staff/student ratios meanthat academic staff are readily accessible. Where appropriate, researchstudents are encouraged to teach part-time in the School.

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Criminology MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/173


You study issues at the leading-edge of current criminologicaldebate with a strong emphasison the cultural context of crime.

Course content• Compulsory modules: Theoriesof Crime; Research Methodsin Criminology

• Four from: Critical andGlobal Criminology; CulturalCriminology; Gender andCrime in a Globalised World;Policing; Prisons and PenalPolicy; Social Suffering;Sociology of Violence;Terrorism and Modern Society;Young People, Crime and Place

• Dissertation

Criminology MA with aSemester Abroadwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/175

Location: Canterbury and asemester (spring or summer)at one of our European partneruniversities.

The course content is thesame as for the CriminologyMA. This programme also offersopportunities for you to developyour career in the area ofcriminal justice.

You have the chance to spend asemester at one of our Europeanpartner universities. Our partneruniversities include: Erasmus


STAFF PROFILE

Caroline ChatwinSenior Lecturer in Criminology

Caroline’s research indrug policy ranges fromconsiderations about aharmonised European drugpolicy to explorations ofUK cannabis markets, thesubcultural nature of psytranceevents and motivations ofprolific users of legal highs(psychonauts).

Caroline says: ‘SSPSSRpostgraduate learningexperiences are not confinedto the classroom, during termwe invite experts in the field topresent their latest research toinspire debate and discussion.Your learning is further enrichedby many extra-curricularactivities such as participationin the common studyprogramme, the opportunityto spend a term abroad andfield trips.’

University, Rotterdam; ELTEUniversity, Budapest; GhentUniversity; University of Hamburg;and Utrecht University.


International two-year MAprogramme in Criminology See p222.

International two-year MAprogramme in Criminologywith a Semester AbroadSee p222.


Criminology MA, MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/177


Across SSPSSR, there is a breadthand depth of research expertiseand we offer high-qualitysupervision in a wide range ofareas in criminology. You will finddetails on the research activitiesand publications of staff and theSchool’s research units on ourwebsite.

All research students take aresearch training programme withthe School or Graduate School.

Doctorate in Cultural andGlobal Criminology (DCGC)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/179

Location: Canterbury and apartner institution of your choice(see below).

The DCGC is an international,collaborative, three-yearpostgraduate researchprogramme led by the Universityof Kent, with partners ELTE,Budapest, University of Hamburgand Utrecht University, leading tothe submission of a doctoralthesis.

The programme is divided intothree main strands: research,subject-specific training and

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transferable skills training. Youdevelop a politically engaged,international understanding andapproach to crime, harm and itscontrol. The programme prepareshigh-level doctoral candidatesto work in a wide range of arenasconcerned with understanding,preventing and responding tocrime, taking into account theglobal and cultural context.

You must submit a high-qualityresearch proposal fitting theDCGC research themesand demonstrate eligibilityand academic achievement.Full details can be found atwww.dcgc.eu

Research groupCrime, Culture and ControlThe School has a long traditionof conducting criminologicalresearch. The Crime, Culture andControl cluster covers a diverserange of topics and employsboth qualitative and quantitativemethodologies. We have particularexpertise in the following: culturalcriminology; crime, punishmentand social change; drug use;gender, crime and criminal justice;penology and imprisonment(especially female offenders);policing; quasi-compulsorytreatment for drug-usingoffenders; race, crime andcriminal justice; restorative justiceand young offenders; terrorismand political crime; violence;youth crime and youth justice.

Present and current researchhas been funded by the Economicand Social Research Council(ESRC), the Home Office andthe Youth Justice Board.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/staff

Dr Thomas Akoensi: Lecturer inCriminal Justice and Criminology

Dr Phil Carney: Lecturerin Criminology

Dr Caroline Chatwin: SeniorLecturer in Criminology

Dr Simon Cottee: Senior Lecturerin Criminology

Dr Eleni Dimou: Lecturer inCriminal Justice and Criminology

Dr Marian Duggen: Lecturerin Criminology

Professor Chris Hale: Professorof Criminology

Dr Tina Haux: Lecturer inQuantitative Social Policy

Professor Phil Hubbard:Professor of Urban Studies;Head of School

Professor Roger Matthews:Professor of Criminology

Professor Larry Ray: Professorof Sociology

Dr David Redmon: Lecturerin Criminology

Dr Simon Shaw: Lecturer inCriminal Justice and Criminology;Director of Studies

Professor Alex Stevens:Professor of Criminal Justice

LocationCanterbury

Entry requirementsUsually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in a relevantsubject or substantialexperience in social orpolitical research or arelevant profession. For PhDprogrammes, you require agood honours degree andusually an MA in a relevantsubject or a related socialscience discipline. Forspecific details seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg




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DRAMA AND THEATRE

Postgraduate resourcesFacilities across the Canterburycampus include two theatres:the 113-seat Aphra Theatre(a courtyard-type gallery theatrespace); and the Lumley Theatre,which is a flexible and adaptablewhite room space. Dramastudents also benefit from threeadditional rehearsal studios, asimulation room, a theatre designsuite and an extensively equippedconstruction workshop.

Conferences andseminarsWe have strong links withorganisations such as theInternational Federation forTheatre Research (IFTR) andthe Theatre and PerformanceResearch Association (TaPRA),and encourage postgraduatesto present work within nationaland international conferences.




Creative Producing MA(subject to approval)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1212


This programme offers you theopportunity to understand theatre

Postgraduate Drama and Theatre studies at Kenthas a very strong reputation for research andsupervision in contemporary performance processes,applied performance and European theatre. Artsat Kent was ranked 1st for research power in theResearch Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.

The wide-ranging interests of our international team also includeresearch strengths in Shakespeare, 18th-century theatre, multimediaperformance and the history of comedy and popular performance.

Our distinctive focus at Kent is on theatre as practice, whatever thetopic, area, mode and methodology of research, and we encouragepostgraduate students to make use of our close links and contactswith local, national and international (especially European) theatrecompanies, venues, schools and artists, both for research and toencourage professional postgraduate development.

Our flagship area of Practice as Research has so far attracted arange of researchers and professionals, including the co-directorsof Ridiculusmus, performance artist Kazuko Hohki, and many othersworking in areas from physical theatre to visual performance andcross-disciplinary projects.


“The teaching I’ve experienced onthis course has been outstanding.The depth of knowledge of my tutorsis so impressive and all of themhave their own practice as well,often involved in national andinternational research projects.This kind of experience isinvaluable, and we’ve beenvery lucky to share in it.”

Hannah WatersMA Physical Acting

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theoretical paradigms ofEuropean theatre, fromdramaturgy to mise en scène,from postdramatic theatre toRegietheater and notions ofperformativity.

You spend your first term inCanterbury before relocatingto our Paris School of Arts andCulture for the spring term,studying in the heart of historicMontparnasse. All teaching isprovided in English by Universityof Kent academics.


Course content• European Theatre: Landscapesand Dramaturgies

• Theatre Practices: ProfessionalStudy Casebook

• Optional modules include:Creative Producing;Contemporary PerformancePractice; Theatre Criticism;Shakespeare Adaptations onStage and Screen; Theories ofArt in Modern French Thought;a language module, selectedoptions from the Faculties ofHumanities and SocialSciences; modules fromthose available in Paris

• Dissertation

Physical Acting MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/277


This programme exploresphysical training for actors andperformance practice. It is basedon an intensive, sustained andsophisticated engagement withthis specialist aspect of theatrepractice, giving you theopportunity to work as anindividual practitioner andwithin an ensemble. Youparticipate fully in the activitiesof the renowned EuropeanTheatre Research Network.

at its most dynamic, from itscreative concept through to itsrealisation. Working with industrynames, we pull together all thebusiness and commercial skillsneeded to make a creative ideaa reality. We work using real-lifecase studies, guest lecturersfrom industry, work placementresidencies and by analysis ofexisting techniques. Fromdeveloping given projects throughto creating your own imaginativeideas, you gain the skills andconfidence to be able to producelive and performance theatre. Thisculminates in an individual MAdissertation or extended practicalproject.

Course content• Compulsory modules: CreativeProducing: Audience andDevelopment; CreativeProducing: The Business;Creative Producing: TheCreative Idea; CreativeProducing: Proposal andProfessional Study.

• Either: Creative Producing:The Creative Idea or any othersuitable available module withagreement of the programmeconvenor

European Theatre MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/743

Location: Canterbury and Paris

This programme offers a uniqueopportunity to study the multi-faceted nature of contemporaryEuropean theatre in associationwith the Kent-based researchcentre, the European TheatreResearch Network (ETRN).

The programme draws on theETRN’s substantive network ofpartners and contacts acrossEurope. You study current creativepractices and processes, differenttheatre systems, performanceaesthetics and their histories fromacross the European continent.You explore conceptual and


STAFF PROFILE

Margherita LaeraLecturer in Drama and Theatre

Margherita’s research expertiseis in the field of theatre andideology in contemporaryBritain and continental Europe,with a focus on contemporaryexperimental performancefrom Western Europe. She isinterested in the way theatreand performance produce,disseminate or resist ideologicaldiscourses and beliefs aroundcommunity, identity andotherness. She also specialisesin theatre translation andadaptation.

Margherita is part of theScientific Committee of thetwo-year EU-funded projectPlaying Identities, PerformingHeritage in partnership with theUniversity of Siena, Italy, anddrama academies in Barcelona,Cluj-Napoca, and Vilnius.

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Course content• Stand-up Comedy Club• Stand-up: Reflect and Perfect• Stand-up ExperimentalComedy

• Stand-up Comedy: Open MikeProject

• Dissertation

Theatre Making MA(subject to approval)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1222


This programme offers you theopportunity to develop advancedknowledge of practices, traditionsand professional contexts oftheatre making through academicstudy, practice-based learningand industry placements. Youacquire skills in a range ofcontemporary approaches toperformance, such as directing,devising, ensemble work and liveart. Research-led teaching bypermanent members of staff iscomplemented by a sustainedengagement with professionaltheatre makers. An emphasison collaboration and creativeexperimentation leads you todevelop a portfolio of both criticaland artistic work, while gainingproduction, marketing andbudgeting expertise.

Course content• Contemporary PerformancePractice

• Independent PerformanceProject

• Theatre and Audiences• Theatre Practices: ProfessionalStudy Casebook


Drama: Practice asResearch MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/280

The programme is for practitionerswho want time to develop andreflect on their work in asupportive and challengingenvironment. It is also for recentgraduates who want to eitherdevelop a body of practice or toconduct practice-based researchat a higher level.

Drama MA, PhD by thesisand practicewww.kent.ac.uk/pg/351

Individual staff research interestscover a wide range of bothhistorical and contemporaryaspects of the theory and practiceof theatre, and supervision isavailable in all of these areas.

The programme explores:• physical and vocal trainingprocesses for actors

• acting processes forperformers

• autonomous and collaborativepractice

• interdisciplinary approaches.

Course content• Ensemble Devising andPerformance

• Physical and Vocal Trainingfor Actors

• Solo Acting: Compositionand Performance

• Dissertation/Practice

Stand-up Comedy MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/345


This MA offers a uniqueopportunity to study the theoryand practice of stand-up comedy.You learn how to write andperform your own material, reflecton your work, and engage withtheories of comedy. Stand-uprelies on a dynamic interactionbetween performer and audienceand, for this reason, liveperformance is a central part ofthe teaching strategy. You performregularly for audiences of up to200 people throughout the year.

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Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff-profiles

Professor Paul Allain: Professorof Theatre and Performance

Professor Peter Boenisch:Professor of European Theatre

Dr Helen Brooks: Lecturer

Dr Oliver Double: Reader

Dr Clare Finburgh: SeniorLecturer

Dr Rosemary Klich: SeniorLecturer

Dr Margherita Laera: Lecturer

Dr Shaun May: Lecturer

Dr Roanna Mitchell: Lecturer

Dermot O’Brien: Senior Lecturer

Professor Patrice Pavis:Professor of Drama

Dr Sophie Quirk: Lecturer

Dr Duška Radosavljevic: SeniorLecturer

Professor Nicola Shaughnessy:Professor of Drama and Theatre

Professor Robert Shaughnessy:Professor of Theatre

Sian Stevenson: Senior Lecturer

Jayne Thompson: Senior Lecturer

Dr Melissa Trimingham: SeniorLecturer

Dr Angeliki Varakis-Martin:Lecturer

Dr Freya Vass-Rhee: Lecturer

Will Wollen: Lecturer


Entry requirementsUsually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in a relevantsubject. In certaincircumstances, the Schoolwill consider candidateswho have not followed aconventional education pathor who may have relevantexperience in the industry.For specific details seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg




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Research groupsEuropean Theatre ResearchNetworkThe European Theatre ResearchNetwork facilitates and fosters theexchange of theatre traditions,contemporary practices andacademic discussion on the nearEuropean continent and also inthe new European states. Forfurther information, please seewww.europeantheatre.org.uk

Centre for Cognition,Kinesthetics andPerformanceThis Centre brings togetherDrama staff and staff inEngineering and Digital Arts;Psychology; Anthropology; andthe Tizard Centre to explore thepossibilities of interdisciplinarydialogue and collaborationbetween researchers andpractitioners in the fieldsof cognitive neuroscience,interactive performance, digitalmedia, disability studies, andapplied performance. Forfurther information, seewww.kent.ac.uk/ckp

Centre for Popular andComic PerformanceThis research centre bringstogether academics from a rangeof disciplines including, drama,film, social anthropology andphilosophy. Our researchinvestigates a real variety ofrelated areas including: stand-upcomedy; music hall and variety;18th-century popular theatre;melodrama; Greek Old andMiddle comedy; communityperformance work; puppetry;TV and film production; andpunk performance.


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ECONOMICS

Postgraduate resourcesAll MSc students are assigned anacademic adviser to be their pointof reference for advice, supportand guidance during theirstudies. They are also allocateda supervisor for the MScdissertation, who can adviseon data and provide commentson methodologies and writtenmaterial.

The School provides roomsspecifically for use by MScstudents, with computer facilitiesand open space for discussionand group work.

There is an active and inclusiveresearch culture in the School,involving all postgraduatestudents, with a regular seminarprogramme during the year, towhich we invite outside speakers.There is also a student EconomicsSociety, which invites its ownspeakers for discussion of topicsin economics, and Kent InvestSociety, which manages a virtualportfolio.



Our teaching is informed bythe research and scholarshipof teaching staff, and is aimedat motivating you to achieve yourfull potential. All MSc studentstake a module in Research

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Kent’s School of Economics offers taught andresearch postgraduate degrees. We are dedicatedto excellence in both teaching and research and inthe Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, oursubmission was ranked 21st in the UK for researchintensity. Teaching and learning are informed bythe School’s thriving research culture andcosmopolitan academic community.

We offer excellent training in economics and the opportunity tospecialise in areas such as finance, econometrics, development,agriculture and the environment, as well as the skills to work asan economist at a senior level.

Our staff have an international reputation in their field and serve asacademic advisers and experts to UK and international agencies,including the World Bank, the European Commission, the EuropeanParliament, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation andDevelopment (OECD), HM Treasury, the Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), and the Food Standards Agency.

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international development. It isdesigned for students with a goodfirst degree in a sciences or socialsciences subject, plus evidenceof a quantitative background, whowould like to pursue a career ineconomics and internationaldevelopment.

Course content• Compulsory modules: AppliedEconometrics for Businessand Economic Development;Economic Principles; Growthand Development Theory;Political Economy of PublicPolicy; Quantitative Methodsfor Economists; Rural andPeasant Economies

• Research Methods• One optional module• Dissertation of 12,000 wordson an approved topic

Economics MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/194


The programme provides trainingin advanced economic theory andeconometric methods, and allowsyou to specialise or take optionsin subjects reflecting the School’smain areas of research expertise.The programme prepares you forwork as a professional economistin the private and public sector, orfor a career in research.

Course content• Compulsory modules:Advanced Macroeconomics;Advanced Microeconomicsof Consumers, Markets andWelfare; Econometric Methods

• Research Methods• Either Time SeriesEconometrics orApplied Microeconometrics

• Three optional modules• Dissertation of 12,000 wordson an approved topic

Economics Conversion MSc

Diploma in EconomicAnalysis PDipwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/196


Students who do not holdan undergraduate degree inEconomics may enrol for a two-year Conversion MSc. During thefirst year, you take the Diploma inEconomic Analysis (DEA). Thisbrings you up to the standardrequired to continue with MScstudy. Students who pass theDiploma with 60% and abovethen proceed to one of our MScprogrammes. Students who passbut do not achieve 60% areawarded the Diploma.

Course content• Compulsory modules:Introduction to Econometrics;Introduction to Time-SeriesEconometrics;Macroeconomics;Microeconomics

• Either Policy Analysis orEnvironmental Economics,Institutions and Policy

• Either Economic Controversiesor The Economics of Moneyand Banking

• Chosen MSc pathway(in Year 2)

Economics andEconometrics MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/198


This degree programme offersa thorough training in advancedeconomics and econometrics.Economists with quantitativeskills and experience in empiricalresearch are in high demand inboth the private and public sector.It is one of the few programmes inthe UK to offer specialist trainingin advanced econometricmethods and their application.

Methods, which provides practicalskills and knowledge for MSc-levelresearch. Students have widelydiffering backgrounds inmathematics, so the first weekof all our Master’s programmes isgiven over to compulsory intensiveteaching in mathematics.


Agri-EnvironmentalEconomics and Policy MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/191


This programme is designed toprovide an education in economicanalysis, policy and quantitativemethods, as applied to problemsof food, agriculture and theenvironment. The programmedevelops your ability tounderstand and apply economicprinciples, and to analyseeconomic problems, decisionmaking and policies in the areaof environment.

Course content• Compulsory modules:Advanced Microeconomicsof Consumers, Markets andWelfare; Econometric Methods;Environmental and ResourceEconomics and Policy;Environmental Valuation;Political Economy of PublicPolicy; Rural and PeasantEconomies


Applied Economics andInternational DevelopmentMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/192


This MSc provides training inthe application of economicprinciples to the problems of


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Hendrik HellhammerMSc Economics

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Course content• Compulsory modules:Advanced Macroeconomics;Applied Microeconometrics;Econometric Methods;Financial Economics and AssetPricing; Financial Economics:Capital Market Instruments;Time Series Econometrics


International Business andEconomic Development MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/773

Taught jointly with: Kent BusinessSchoolLocation: Canterbury

This multidisciplinary degreebrings together the areas ofinternational business andeconomic development. It isparticularly suited to businessgraduates who require andunderstanding of economicsin order to pursue a careerin multinational enterprises,international organisationsand consultancy companies.

Course content• Compulsory modules: AppliedEconometrics for Businessand Economic Development;Business in an InternationalPerspective; EconomicPrinciples; Managing theMultinational Enterprise;Quantitative Methods forEconomists; Strategy


International Finance andEconomic Development MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/206


This MSc prepares you for workas a professional economist inthe various public and private

institutions concerned withinternational finance anddevelopment throughout theworld, or for a career in researchor teaching in the field ofinternational finance. Youdevelop a deeper understandingof international finance,development, economic theory,econometric and researchmethods, and policy applications.

Course content• Advanced Macroeconomics;Advanced Microeconomicsof Consumers, Markets andWelfare; Econometric Methods;Growth and DevelopmentTheory; International Finance;Trade and Development



International Development MASee p194.


Economics PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/208

Agri-EnvironmentalEconomics PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/207


Our PhD programmes are opento students who have successfullycompleted a taught Master’sprogramme in economics. Weprovide an environment in whichyou can both develop as aneconomist and complete a high-quality thesis with the appropriateresources to achieve this.

In the first year of study, youare required to take PhD-specific advanced trainingcourses agreed upon withyour supervisory team. Availablecourses include: macroeconomic

Course content• Compulsory modules:Advanced Macroeconomics;Advanced Microeconomicsof Consumers, Markets and Welfare; AppliedMicroeconometrics;Econometric Methods;Time Series Econometrics

• Research Methods• Two optional modules• Dissertation of 12,000 wordson an approved topic

Economics and Finance MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/200


This programme preparesyou for work as a professionaleconomist in the financial andbanking sectors, public sectorand international organisationsby providing an education inadvanced economic and financetheory and econometric methods.

Course content• Compulsory modules:Advanced Macroeconomics;Econometric Methods;Financial Economics and AssetPricing; Financial Economics:Capital Market Instruments;Time Series Econometrics

• Research Methods• Two optional modules• Dissertation of 12,000 wordson an approved topic

Finance and EconometricsMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/203


This programme provides aneducation in advanced financetheory and econometric methods.The compulsory modules buildon your existing knowledge andskills, so that you develop adeeper understanding ofeconometric and financialtheories, quantitative and researchmethods, and policy applications.


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theory, microeconomic theory,computational methods,macroeconometrics,microeconometrics, experimentaleconomics, and topics inapplied macroeconomics.Further research training insubsequent years includesadvanced reading groups,research workshops and specificcourses related to your research.

Research areasThe School of Economics hasa strong research culture and aninternational reputation in severalfields, particularly appliedmicroeconomics (labour andagri-environmental), quantitativemacroeconomic theory, macroand microeconometrics, andeconomic development.

Centre for EuropeanAgri-EnvironmentalStudies (CEAS)CEAS has a long history ofparticipating in agri-environmentalresearch and policy debate.Founded in 1974 to conductresearch into the implicationsof the UK’s entry to the EuropeanEconomic Community, CEAShas developed into a centre ofresearch excellence, focusingon food and agri-environmentalpolicy in the UK and Europe.

Macroeconomics, Growthand History Centre (MaGHiC)MaGHiC brings together a largenumber of researchers at theSchool of Economics whose maininterests lie in the wide area ofmacroeconomics. MaGHiC is thefocal point for macroeconomicresearch, impact and trainingat the University of Kent.

The Centre’s main focus is onthe analysis of macroeconomicissues, including productivity andgrowth, labour markets, incomedistribution, business cycles and

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STAFF PROFILE

Miguel León-LedesmaProfessor of Economics

Professor León-Ledesmacame to Kent in 1999 fromthe University of La Lagunain Spain. He is Director of theMacroeconomics, Growth andHistory Centre and his researchcovers the areas of economicgrowth, business cycles,international macroeconomicsand econometrics. His workhas been published in leadingjournals such as the AmericanEconomic Review and theJournal of the EuropeanEconomic Association.

Miguel is a regular consultant forthe European Central Bank andthe Asian Development Bank,and has been a visitingprofessor at the universitiesof Frankfurt, TechnologySydney, Cagliari, São Pauloand Aix-Marseille Schoolof Economics.

macroeconomic phenomena froma historical perspective. Thegroup also has technical strengthin computational economics,macroeconometric modellingand forecasting, and expertise inbuilding long-run macroeconomictime series and reconstructinghistorical national accounts.

Microeconomics ResearchGroupIn addition to the two researchcentres, the School has an activemicroeconomics research group,whose members’ researchspans applied and theoreticalmicroeconomics, andmicroeconometrics. The group’sresearch covers a wide range ofareas with the main focus beingon development economics,labour and education economics,microeconometrics, games andbehavioural economics, theeconomics of food, economicgeography, industrial organisationand the economics of tax.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/economics/staff

Dr Amrit Amirapu: Lecturerin Economics

Dr Alastair Bailey: Readerin Agricultural Economics

Dr Sylvain Barde: Lecturerin Economics

Professor Alan Carruth: Professorof Economics

Dr Edward Cartwright: Readerin Economics

Professor Jagjit Chadha:Professor of Economics

Dr William Collier: Senior Lecturerin Economics

Professor Sophia Davidova:Professor of European AgriculturalPolicy

Dr Alfred Duncan: Lecturerin Financial Macroeconomics

Professor Iain Fraser: Professorof Agri-Environmental Economics

Dr Maria Garcia-Alonso: SeniorLecturer in Economics

Dr Amanda Gosling: SeniorLecturer in Economics

Dr Stefano Grassi: Lecturerin Economics

Dr Adelina Gschwandtner:Lecturer in Economics

Professor Christopher Heady:Professor of Economics

Dr Wei Jiang: Lecturerin Economics

Dr Alex Klein: Senior Lecturerin Economics

Professor Hans-Martin Krolzig:Professor of Economics

Dr Andrey Launov: SeniorLecturer in Labour Economics

Professor Miguel León-Ledesma:Professor of Economics

Dr Fernanda Leite Lopez deLeon: Lecturer in Economics

Dr Olena Nizalova: SeniorLecturer in Economics

Dr Keisuke Otsu: Lecturerin Macroeconomics and Growth

Dr John Peirson: Readerin Economics

Dr Matloob Piracha: SeniorLecturer in Economics

Dr Mathan Satchi: Lecturerin Economics

Dr Anthony Savagar: Lecturerin Macroeconomics

Dr Katsuyuki Shibayama:Lecturer in Economics

Dr Anna Stepanova: Lecturerin Economics

Dr Guy Tchuente: Lecturerin Economics

Professor Tony Thirlwall:Professor of Applied Economics

Professor Roger Vickerman:Professor of European Economics

Dr Zaki Wahhaj: Senior Lecturerin Economics

LocationsCanterbury and Brussels

Entry requirementsUsually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in economics,or a relevant subject, plusevidence of a quantitativebackground. For PhDprogrammes, you requirea Master’s degreein Economics or relevantdiscipline at merit levelor above, or equivalent.For specific details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg




National ratingsREF 2014, economics andeconometrics:• 84% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality• 21st for research intensity

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Further information

CanterburyT: +44 (0)1227 827440E: [email protected]

BrusselsT: +32 (0)2 641 1721www.kent.ac.uk/brussels


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EDUCATION

Postgraduate resourcesThe Centre has staff basedin all faculties in the University,as well as a core team ofHigher Education specialists.Higher Education is a broadinterdisciplinary field, andmembers of the Centre researchand publish on a wide rangeof subjects. The Centre drawson expertise from a range ofdisciplines; we offer jointsupervision with other academicschools and can accommodatea wide range of research topics.

The University library houses agrowing collection of books andjournals on Higher Education,many of which can be accessedonline. You also have access tothe extensive training and otherresources provided by theGraduate School.

The Centre holds regular researchseminars where academic staffand postgraduate studentsdiscuss their research and workin progress. Every term, we alsoinvite a number of externalspeakers to give lectures andseminars. Our students haveaccess to lively national andinternational research networksand conferences through theCentre’s active involvement in theSociety for Research into HigherEducation (SRHE), the BritishEducational Research Association(BERA) and other scholarlybodies.

The Centre for the Study of Higher Educationprovides a base for taught postgraduate provisionwith a distinctive focus on the field of HigherEducation. The Centre is a focal point for researchin this area, supported by seminars and eventsto which all postgraduate students are warmlywelcomed.

We offer four postgraduate programmes, tailored according to differentlevels of experience and designed for you to select subject matteraccording to your own professional interests and role within HigherEducation. The emphasis is on developing an understanding of thecurrent Higher Education context, the diversity of provision and theimplications for academic work.

Students on our taught programmes come from a wide range ofsubject backgrounds and bring a rich variety of experiences to theirwork, resulting in a lively interdisciplinary dimension to the taughtmodules and opportunities for debate.

The Centre offers a PhD programme in Higher Education, which canbe taken on a full or part-time basis. It is for those with a professionalor scholarly interest in any aspect of Higher Education who wish todevelop as independent researchers in this field.

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Course content• Compulsory modules:Introduction to Learning,Teaching and the AcademicEnvironment; CriticalPerspectives on AcademicPractice

• Two from: Assessment andFeedback in Higher Education;Developing as a ResearchDegree Supervisor; Developingas a Researcher in HigherEducation; The InclusiveUniversity; IndividualInvestigation in HigherEducation; Internationalisationand Higher Education;Learning and TeachingInnovation; Technology inthe Academic Environment

Higher Education PDip, MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/241

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: A PGCHEor equivalent professionalqualification, or negotiatedalternative, plus a minimumof two years’ recent experienceas an HE professional.

This programme offers anopportunity for HE professionalsto deepen their understandingof principles, theoretical conceptsand the policy context of HE.Practice-based specialistmodules are combinedwith modules supporting thedevelopment of research skills,culminating in a dissertation forthe MA. The emphasis throughoutis on a critical understanding ofthe HE context and its implicationsfor academic work.

Course contentPDip (research pathway)• Compulsory modules:Educational ResearchMethodology; InterrogatingHigher Education Research

• One module from the PGCHEoptional modules listed above




Higher Education PCert(PGCHE)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/239

Location: Canterbury, with somecompulsory modules at MedwayEntry requirements: You shouldbe teaching at Higher Education(HE) level for at least two hoursper week throughout one term,so that there are opportunities forsustained teaching observation.

This programme offers theoreticaland practical support for thoseembarking on a career in HE. Itconsiders different approaches toteaching and learning, groundedin educational research, andrelated aspects, such ascurriculum design and delivery,and the principles and purposesof assessment. It enables youto bring these considerationsto bear on your own workand experience as a teacher,researcher or practitioner.

The emphasis throughout ison developing an understandingof the HE context, recognisingthe diversity of provision –universities, Further Educationinstitutions, specialist institutions,professional providers – andpractices, for example, in differentdisciplinary fields.

Completion can enable eligibilityfor Higher Education Academy(HEA) Fellowship.


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STAFF PROFILE

Edd PittLecturer in Higher Educationand Academic Practice

Dr Pitt joined the AcademicPractice Team in September2013, as Programme Directorfor the PGCHE and Lecturer inHigher Education and AcademicPractice.

Edd has worked in academia for12 years in various teaching andresearch roles. His principalresearch field is Assessmentand Feedback, with a particularfocus upon students’ emotionalprocessing during feedbacksituations.

His current research utilisesvisual methods of drawingand Lego Serious Play to fosterdeeper participant engagementwithin the research interview.

www.kent.ac.uk/cshe

In addition to regular meetingswith supervisors, all researchstudents take part in a tailoredresearch training programme,which can include researchmethods modules offered bythe Centre or by other schools,as appropriate. You are alsoencouraged to participatein the seminars, workshops,newer researcher networksand masterclasses offered by thescholarly bodies in the discipline,including the Society for Researchinto Higher Education (SRHE) andthe British Educational ResearchAssociation (BERA).

Academic staff For details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/cshe/about.html

The Centre also includesacademics from other schoolsacross the University with interestsin Higher Education research.

Fran Beaton: Senior Lecturer inHigher Education and AcademicPractice; Director of TaughtProgrammes in Higher Education

Dr Julia Hope: Lecturer in HigherEducation and AcademicPractice

Dr Jennifer Leigh: Lecturer inHigher Education and AcademicPractice

Dr Janice Malcolm: Reader inHigher Education and AcademicPractice

Dr Tom Parkinson: Lecturer inHigher Education and AcademicPractice; Programme Director,Higher Education MA

Dr Edd Pitt: Lecturer in HigherEducation and AcademicPractice; PGCHE ProgrammeDirector

LocationCanterbury




National ratingsREF 2014: • 97% of the University’sresearch is of internationalquality• 73% of the University’sresearch is internationallyexcellent

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PDip (teaching pathway)• Four optional modules from thePGCHE optional modules listedon p99

MA• Compulsory and optionalmodules as for PDip

• Dissertation


Higher Education PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/242

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: A goodhonours degree or Master’s in asubject relevant to your proposedresearch topic. You shouldcontact the Centre to discussyour plans before making aformal application.

Please note: applicants must havecurrent working knowledge of HEand we cannot offer supervisionon topics related to schoolteaching or TESOL.

Research on HE at Kent includeswork on education policy, themanagement and politics ofHE, disciplinary teaching andlearning, learning technology,academic practice andsociological perspectiveson academic work.

The Centre draws on expertisefrom across the University, sowe can offer high-quality PhDsupervision; we work verycarefully to match you with asupervisory panel that suitsyour interests and ambitions.You will find details on theresearch activities of ourstaff on the Centre’s website.

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ENGINEERING ANDDIGITAL ARTS

Postgraduate resourcesThe School has a variety ofhardware and software for imageacquisition and processing, aswell as extensive multimediacomputing resources. It hasfacilities for designing embeddedsystems using programmablelogic and ASIC technology,supported by CAD tools anddevelopment software frominternational companies, includingCadence™, Xilinx™, Synopsys™,Altera™, National Instruments®and Mentor Graphics™. TheSMT laboratory can be used forprototyping and small-volume PCBmanufacture. A well-equippedinstrumentation researchlaboratory is also available.

There are software tools fordesigning microwave, RF,optoelectronics and antennasystems (such as ADS™, CST™,HFSS™) and subsequent testingwith network and spectrumanalysers up to 110 GHz, anon-wafer prober, and high-qualityanechoic chambers.

The School is equipped withleading-edge PC workstationsrunning Alias™ Maya and FoundryNuke. There is also a photographicstudio and a production studiowith green screen and motioncapture facilities.

The School of Engineering and Digital Artssuccessfully combines modern engineering andtechnology with the exciting new field of digitalmedia. The School was established over 40 yearsago and has developed a top-quality teaching andresearch base, receiving excellent ratings in bothresearch and teaching assessments.

The School undertakes high-quality research that has had significantnational and international impact, and our spread of expertise allowsus to respond rapidly to new developments. In the Research ExcellenceFramework (REF) 2014, 98% of our research was judged to be ofinternational quality.

We have research funding from the Research Councils UK, Europeanresearch programmes, a number of industrial and commercialcompanies and government agencies. Our Electronic SystemsDesign Centre and Digital Media Hub provide training and consultancyfor a wide range of companies. Many of our research projects arecollaborative and we have well-developed links with institutionsworldwide.


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Course content• Broadband Networks• Communication Networks• Computer and Microcontroller

Architectures• Digital Signal Processing• Embedded Real-time

Operating Systems• Reconfigurable Architectures• Research Methods and Project

Design• Signal and Communications

Theory 2• Wireless/Mobile

Communications• MSc project (MSc only)

Integrated Circuit DesignEngineering PDip, MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1224


The programmes give youan extensive and thoroughunderstanding of the use ofintegrated circuit technology indigital, mixed-signal and analoguedesign, together with knowledgeand experience of computermodels, simulation tools anddesign software for analogueand digital integrated circuits.This hands-on proficiency withindustry-standard tools is inhigh demand.

Course content• Analogue Integrated Circuit

Design• Computer and Microcontroller

Architectures• Digital Integrated Circuit

Design• Digital Signal Processing• Electronic Design Automation

for IC Design• Reconfigurable Architectures• Research Methods and Project

Design• Signal and Communications

Theory 2• MSc project (MSc only)

Taught Master’s programmes

Advanced ElectronicSystems Engineering MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/244


This is a broad programme inadvanced electronics, reflectingthe latest developments intelecommunications, embeddedsystems, instrumentation andcontrol.

Course content• Advanced Control Systems• Communication Networks• Computer and Reconfigurable

Architectures


For those programmes markedwith an asterisk*, applicants mustpresent a portfolio of work.



Taught ConversionprogrammesThe University of Kent is one ofa select group of UK universitiesto now offer Master’s conversioncourses in engineering, andour programmes in EmbeddedCommunications Engineeringand Integrated Circuit DesignEngineering target the keyshortage areas identifiedamong engineering roles. Theprogrammes can be taken flexibly,over one, two or three years.

For both of these programmes,we will consider graduates fromother scientific/cognatedisciplines, but you will needto verify mathematics ability.

Embedded CommunicationsEngineering PDip, MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1223


The programmes give youan extensive and thoroughunderstanding of digitalelectronics and hardwareprogramming for thecommunications sector, togetherwith design skills highly relevantto industry. You gain important,fundamental knowledge, hands-ondesign proficiency and exposureto industry contacts and theirexperience.

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and has been developed jointlyby the School and Framestore,our industrial partner.

Course content• Digital Visual Art Set-up

(intensive four-weekintroductory course)

• Acting in Animation• Action in Animation• Advanced 3D Modelling• Animation Principles• Previsualisation• Professional Group Work• Visual Training• Computer Animation Project

Digital Visual Effects MSc*www.kent.ac.uk/pg/250


This programme develops skillsand knowledge within the fieldof high-definition digital effects,equipping you to become a highlyskilled technical director (TD)in the visual effects industry.It covers 3D model building,texturing, lighting, rendering,procedural animation, advancedcompositing and high-definitiondigital effects.

Course content• Digital Visual Art Set-up

(intensive four-weekintroductory course)

• Advanced 3D Modelling• Effects Animation• Film and Video Production• High-Definition Compositing• Previsualisation• Professional Group Work• Technical Direction• Master’s Project

Embedded Systems andInstrumentation MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/252


This programme enables youto develop advanced skills inthe major aspects of modernembedded systems design at

• Research Methods and ProjectDesign

• Two from: Advanced PatternRecognition Techniques;Advanced Sensors andInstrumentation Systems;Embedded Real-time OperatingSystems; Fundamentals ofImage Analysis

• MSc Project

Broadband and MobileCommunication NetworksMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/247


This programme targets theneeds of the rapidly evolvingtelecommunications sector,providing an industriallyrelevant education in thelatest techniques andtechnologies in next-generationwireless communication systems,antenna technology, componentsand systems, and fibre optic andconverged access networks.

Course content• Broadband Networks• Communication Networks• Research Methods and Project

Design• Signal and Communication

Theory• Wireless/Mobile

Communications• Two from: Digital Signal

Processing; Satellite andOptical CommunicationSystems; Systems andCircuit Design

• MSc Project

Computer Animation MSc*www.kent.ac.uk/pg/248


Our programme is orientedtowards current industrial needs,technology and practice; it aimsto be a direct route into this high-profile modern, creative industry,


STAFF PROFILE

Marc CavazzaProfessor of IntelligentInteractions

Marc Cavazza has beenresearching intelligent interfaces,a topic at the intersection ofartificial intelligence (AI) andhuman-computer interaction, forover 20 years. This has led himto investigate virtual characters,multimodal interfaces, affectiveand physiological computing,and, more recently, brain-computer interfaces. The targetapplications for his researchhave ranged from computergames and digital arts tohealthcare systems.

Throughout his career, he hasled research teams in industryand academia, has beeninvolved in large EU-fundedresearch projects, andsupervised the development of20 fully implemented prototypes,two of which have won bestdemonstration awards at first-tier conferences.

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Information Security andBiometrics MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/256

Taught jointly with: Schoolof ComputingLocation: Canterbury

This MSc is designed forpractitioners, professionalsand graduates with an interestin information security, accesscontrol technologies, andapplication domains usingbiometric identification andverification systems.

Course content• Biometrics Technologies• Computer Security• Fundamentals of Image

Analysis• Research Methods and Project

Design• Two from: Advanced Java

for Programmers; AdvancedPattern RecognitionTechniques; Advanced Sensorsand Instrumentation Systems;Computing Law, Contracts andProfessional Responsibility;Industrial Context of Biometrics:Standards, Object-orientatedProgramming, Testing andEvaluation of BiometricSystems; System Security;Trust, Security and PrivacyManagement

• MSc Project

Mobile Application DesignMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/257


This programme combinestechnology, interface designand application development formobile platforms, with a particularemphasis on developing iPhoneand iPad apps and creating apps

hardware, software and firmwarelevels, using practical examplesin instrumentation, monitoring,control, computing andcommunication to illustratethe technology.

Course content• Advanced Control Systems• Advanced Sensors and

Instrumentation Systems• Communication Networks• Computer and Reconfigurable

Architectures• Digital Signal Processing• Embedded Real-Time

Operating Systems• Research Methods and Project

Design• MSc Project

Engineering with FinanceMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/253


This MSc teaches concepts offinance at the level suitable toengineers on one hand, whileproviding strong knowledge ofquantitative and computationalmethods to analyse real data,on the other.

Course content• Advanced Control Systems• Advanced Pattern Recognition

Techniques• Digital Signal Processing• Financial Engineering• Portfolio Theory and Asset

Pricing Models for Engineers• Probability and Statistics for

Finance• Project Design• Strategic Analysis of Financial

Systems• MSc Project

with high usability and reliability.It enables you to gain skills in thelatest technologies in this rapidlyexpanding and developing field.

Course content• Android Application Design• HCI for Mobiles• iPhone Application Design• Mobile Application Design

Project• Mobile Web Development• Research Methods and Project

Design for Mobile Applications• Two from: Embedded Real-

Time Operating Systems;Object-Oriented Programming

• MSc Project

Wireless Communicationsand Signal Processing MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/261


The programme aims to producehigh-calibre engineers thatare able to specialise in, andunderstand, the complex systemdesigns used in the wirelesscommunications field. It hasmodules from experts onembedded hardware designand signal processing, as well ascovering key modules on wirelesscommunications and networking.

Course content• Communication Networks• Computer and Reconfigurable

Architectures• Digital Signal Processing• Embedded Real-time

Operating Systems• Research Methods and Project

Design• Signals and Communication

Theory• Wireless/Mobile

Communications• MSc Project

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• microwave and millimetre-wavesystems

• networks/wireless systems• photonic components• radio-over-fibre systems.

Instrumentation, Control andEmbedded SystemsThe Group is currently workingin the following areas:• control of autonomous vehicles• control of time-delay systems• flow measurement of

particulate solids• high-speed architectures for

real-time image processing• medical instrumentation• monitoring and characterisation

of combustion flames• novel signal processing

architectures based onlogarithmic arithmetic.

Intelligent InteractionsCurrent research themes include:• advanced pattern recognition

(medical imaging, documentand handwriting recognition,animal biometrics)

• assistive robotics and human-robot interaction

• behaviour models for security• biometric and forensic

technologies


The School conducts high-quality significant nationaland international research andoffers excellent opportunitiesfor graduate studies. We haveconsistently attracted substantialresearch funding from the UKResearch Councils, Europeanresearch programmes, industrialand commercial companies,government agencies and others,and our spread of expertiseallows us to respond rapidlyto new developments.

We offer higher degree researchprogrammes in the four areaslisted below on a full-time orpart-time basis.

Digital Arts MSc, MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/264


The School of Engineeringand Digital Arts successfullycombines modern engineeringand technology with the excitingnew field of digital media. TheDigital Media Group has interests


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“The School provides a greatstudy environment, has astrong commitment toresearch and innovation,and friendly and dedicatedstaff. In addition, amazingfriends and colleagues,from diverse cultures andbackgrounds, have helpedme to learn new things everyday and opened my mind tonew possibilities.”

Shabnam NoorPhD Electronic Engineering

in many areas of interactivemultimedia and digital filmand animation (see below).

Electronic Engineering MSc,MPhil, PhD, EngDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/262


The School offers research-leddegrees in a wide range ofresearch disciplines, related toelectronic, control and informationengineering, in a highly stimulatingacademic environment. In additionto traditional PhD researchprogrammes, we also offer anengineering doctorate (EngD)for students who want a career inindustry. The four-year programmecombines PhD-level researchprojects with taught courses andyou spend about 75% of your timeworking directly with a company.

Research groupsCommunicationsCurrent main research themesinclude:• antenna systems• electromagnetic bandgaps

and metamaterials• frequency selective surfaces

LocationCanterbury





National ratingsREF 2014, generalengineering:• 98% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 21st for research intensity

Applications



Further informationT: +44 (0)1227 827535 F: +44 (0)1227 456084 E: [email protected]

Dr Benito Sanz Izquierdo:Lecturer in Electronic Systems

Dr Rocio von Jungenfeld:Lecturer in Digital Media

Dr Layla Larsen: Lecturerin Bioengineering

Dr Peter Lee: Senior Lecturerin Electronic Engineering

Dr Gang Lu: Senior Lecturerin Electronic Instrumentation

Dr Gianluca Marcelli: Lecturerin Engineering

Dr Richard Misek: Senior Lecturerin Digital Media

Robert Oven: Lecturerin Electronic Engineering

Dr Konstantinos Sirlantzis:Lecturer in Image Processingand Vision

Dr Les Walczowski: SeniorLecturer in Electronic Engineering;Director of Learning and Teaching

Winston Waller: Senior Lecturerin Electronic Engineering; Directorof Enterprise

Dr Chao Wang: Lecturerin Electronic Systems

Professor Jiangzhou Wang:Professor of Telecommunications;Director of Graduate Studies

Dr Xinggang Yan: Lecturerin Control Engineering

Professor Yong Yan: Professorof Electronic Instrumentation;Director of Research

Dr Paul Young: Lecturerin Electronic Engineering

Dr Huiling Zhu: Readerin Communications

• brain-computer interfaces• computer animation, game

design and game technologies• digital arts, virtual narratives• distributed systems security

(cloud computing, internetof things)

• mobile, ubiquitous andpervasive computing

• sensor networks and dataanalytics

• social and affective computing• virtual and augmented reality.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.eda.kent.ac.uk/school/staff_directory.aspx

Dr Jim Ang: Senior Lecturerin Multimedia/Digital Systems

Professor John Batchelor:Professor of Antenna Technology

Ania Bobrowicz: Senior Lecturerin Digital Arts

David Byers Brown: SeniorLecturer

Professor Marc Cavazza:Professor of IntelligentInteractions

Dr Farzin Deravi: Readerin Information Engineering

Dr Christos Efstratiou: Lecturerin Ubiquitous Computing

Professor Steven Gao: Professorof RF/Microwave Engineering

Professor Nathan Gomes:Professor of Optical FibreCommunications

Dr Richard Guest: Senior Lecturer

Dr Sanaul Hoque: Lecturer inSecure Systems Engineering

Dr Gareth Howells: Readerin Secure Electronic Systems

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ENGLISH

Postgraduate resourcesThe Templeman Library is wellstocked with excellent researchresources. There are a number ofspecial collections: the John CrowCollection of Elizabethan andother early printed texts; theReading/Raynor Collection oftheatre history (over 7,000 texts ormanuscripts); ECCO (Eighteenth-Century Collections Online); theMelville manuscripts relating topopular culture in the 19th andearly 20th centuries; the PettingellCollection of 19th-century drama(over 7,500 items); the EliotCollection; children’s literature;and popular literature. A gift fromMrs Valerie Eliot has increasedthe Library’s already extensiveholdings in modern poetry. TheBritish Library in London is alsowithin easy reach.

Conferences andseminarsOur research centres organisemany international conferences,symposia and workshops. TheSchool’s research centres oftenhost conferences and symposiaduring the Easter and summervacations and postgraduatestudents are encouraged toparticipate and attend. Theseevents represent an excellentopportunity to meet fellowresearch students and staff,enrich your knowledge of yourdiscipline and expand yourresearch interests to other areas.

School of English postgraduatestudents can choose to participatein the annual postgraduate

The School of English at the University of Kenthas established a reputation as one of the leadingdepartments in the country. In the ResearchExcellence Framework (REF) 2014, our submissionwas ranked 10th for research intensity with animpressive 95% of our research judged to be ofinternational quality. With over 40 permanentmembers of academic staff, the School is a livelyand intellectually stimulating environment.

Expertise and specialisms range from the medieval to the contemporaryincluding: British, American and Irish literature, postcolonial writing,18th-century studies, Shakespeare, early modern literature and culture,Victorian studies, modern poetry, critical theory and cultural history. TheSchool also counts a number of highly acclaimed and award-winningcreative writers among its staff, many of whom are both critics andwidely published authors of novels, short stories or collections of poetry.We explore crossovers between creative and critical writing in all ourareas of teaching and research. The variety and flexibility of ourspecialist postgraduate programmes, coupled with our inclusiveinternational community, fosters an atmosphere of cultural andintellectual engagement and inquiry.


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The Contemporary MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/209www.kent.ac.uk/pg/766

Locations: Canterbury andLondon; Canterbury, Londonand Paris

It is possible to study thisprogramme either in Canterbury,with occasional visits to theInstitute of Contemporary Artsin London, or split betweenCanterbury, London and ourParis School of Arts and Culture.

This interdisciplinary programmein contemporary culture is aunique collaboration betweenthe University of Kent and theICA. It offers a study residencyat the ICA.

You gain a deep understandingof the relationship betweendisciplines in the arts and anappreciation of the way in whichinterdisciplinary thinking makesit possible to grasp and respondto issues in contemporary culture.You also develop the skills,knowledge and professionalexperience to progress into areassuch as artistic practice, relatedhigher postgraduate research,arts management and policy.

You are invited to attend aninduction at the ICA and areencouraged to make use ofthe ICA’s programme of seminarsand events. You take part in acollaborative module taughtpartly at the ICA.

There is also an option toundertake a study residencyat the ICA (for a maximum oftwo days a week over a month)between February and June.Each group of students works inthe ICA studio, supervised by theAssociate Curator of Education,and has access to the ICAprogramme and ICA archivewhere necessary. You gaininvaluable vocational experience,which, with the researchundertaken, feeds intoyour final project.

If you are studying on the split-siteCanterbury, London and Parisprogramme, you spend yourfirst term in Canterbury, beforerelocating to our Paris School ofArts and Culture in the heart ofhistoric Montparnasse. While inParis, you take modules inspiredby Paris and its unique culturalhistory.


Course content• Compulsory modules: Reading

the Contemporary; Dissertation

conference, either by givingpapers or by sitting on theorganising committee. In recentyears the conference been donein collaboration with our CHASEpartners (Consortium of theHumanities and the Arts South-east England) and has been heldat a variety of institutions acrossthe south-east. The School alsooffers students the opportunityto publish articles in the Schoolof English postgraduateinterdisciplinary journal LitteraeMentis, now in its third year.

Our weekly research seminars areorganised collaboratively by staffand graduates in the School.Speakers include our ownpostgraduate students as wellas distinguished lecturers who areat the forefront of contemporaryresearch. Our Centre for CreativeWriting hosts a very popular andsuccessful weekly reading series.

The University of Kent has apartnership with the Institute ofContemporary Arts (ICA). Benefitsinclude free membership forstudents; embedded seminaropportunities at the ICA anda small number of internships.

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You are taught by members of thepermanent creative writing team,all of whom are practising, award-winning writers: Patricia Debney,David Flusfeder, Nancy Gaffield,Dragan Todorovic, Alex Preston,Amy Sackville, Simon Smithand Scarlett Thomas. (Seewww.kent.ac.uk/english/stafffor further details.)

If you are on the split-siteCanterbury and Paris programme,you spend the autumn term inCanterbury, moving to our ParisSchool of Arts and Culture in thespring term where your studiesare based in the heart of historicMontparnasse. In Paris, you canchoose from a range of Paris-focused modules, taught inEnglish.

Those spending their entire yearin Paris are able to fully immersethemselves for a prolongedperiod in the culture of the citythat has inspired many of thegreatest authors of the lastseveral hundred years.


Course contentYou are encouraged to puttogether an MA programmethat suits you and your plans.All students undertake a CreativeWriting dissertation in their thirdterm (the second year for part-time students). The modules youtake vary depending on yourlocation.

Canterbury students take: • either Fiction 1 and Fiction 2,

or Poetry 1 and Poetry 2, alongwith one other creative writingmodule. You may choose totake only creative modules, orto augment your studies witha module from the literatureprogrammes or from otherhumanities programmes.

Canterbury and Paris studentstake: • either Fiction 1 or Poetry 1 in

the autumn term, and Paris:The Residency in the springterm. In the autumn inCanterbury, you may choosefrom any of the other creativewriting modules on offer and,in the spring term in Paris, youchoose from the Paris-focusedmodules on offer.

Year-long Paris students take: • Fiction 1 in the first term

and Fiction 2, and Paris:The Residency in the second.In the first term, you choosefrom the range of moduleson offer in Paris.

Critical Theory MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/216

Taught jointly with: School ofEuropean Culture and LanguagesLocation: Canterbury

You study a range of theoriesin depth, engaging with modernliterary theory, psychoanalyticaltheory, political theory andtheories of visual and aestheticexperience. You reflect on theseareas of thinking in themselvesand as they relate to literary texts,to post-enlightenment philosophyand to other relevant areas ofculture and experience.

Course content• Compulsory module: Literature

and Theory• Example optional modules

include: Advanced CriticalReading; Colonial andPostcolonial Discourses;Comparative Literature inTheory and Practice; LiteraryTheory. Additional wild modulesmay also be available.

• Dissertation

Canterbury and London studentstake three from: • Advanced Critical Reading;

Body and Place in thePostcolonial Text; CollaborativeProject; Colonial andPostcolonial Discourses;Conceptualising Film;Contemporary PostcolonialWriting; European Theatre;Film and Modernity; The Limitsof Fiction; Literary Theory;Post-Conceptual Art and VisualArts Criticism; Provocationsand Invitations; Revisioning21st-Century Translation.

Canterbury, London and Parisstudents take the compulsorymodules, plus: • one from the above list and

two from the modules availablein Paris.

Creative Writing MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/211www.kent.ac.uk/pg/214www.kent.ac.uk/pg/774

Locations: Canterbury;Canterbury and Paris; Paris

You are required to submit asample of your creative writing,and this will be the mostsignificant factor in admissiondecisions.

It is possible to study this MAeither entirely in Canterbury orParis, or split between Canterburyand Paris.

The MA in Creative Writing allowsyou to study fiction and poetry(exclusively or together) alongwith optional modules intranslation, as well as writingand the environment. Designedwith serious, ambitious writersin mind, our programme usesseminars, tutorials, workshops,and precise editing to enable youto take control of your own workand write exciting, contemporarymaterial.


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“I think my PhD will improve myemployment prospects considerably.I am developing a range of skills,not just in critical thinking andresearch, but also proficiencyin French and German andcomputer programming.”

Michael FalkPhD English

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This interdisciplinary MA offers anintellectually dynamic introductionto one of the most exciting eras inliterary history. Grounded in andadministered from the Centre forStudies in the Long EighteenthCentury, it builds upon theexpertise and common researchinterests of 18th-centuryresearchers and academicsacross the Faculty of Humanities.

If you are on the split-siteCanterbury and Paris programme,you spend your first term inCanterbury, relocating to Paris forthe spring term, studying in theheart of historic Montparnasse,where you take Paris-focusedmodules.


Course content• Compulsory modules: Hacks,

Dunces and Scribblers; JaneAusten and Material Culture

• Recommended modules mayinclude: Extremes of Feeling;From Caxton to Kindle.Additional wild modulesmay also be available.

• Dissertation

English and AmericanLiterature MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/222www.kent.ac.uk/pg/223www.kent.ac.uk/pg/775


It is possible to study this MAeither entirely in Canterbury orParis, or split between Canterburyand Paris.

This programme allows you tochoose from the full range of ourMA literature modules. The list ofwhat is on offer is regularly addedto by academics keen to explorenew areas of thinking withstudents and to draw you in

to our established areas ofresearch strength, such aspostcolonial studies, 18th-centurystudies, modern poetry andfiction, or Victorian studies. Themodules draw on different criticalapproaches and focus on a rangeof historical periods, ideas andplaces from modern India topost-war New York to literaryLondon in the 18th century.

If you are on the split-siteCanterbury and Paris programme,you spend your first term inCanterbury, moving to our ParisSchool of Arts and Culture forthe spring term. Our centre inParis is based in the heart ofhistoric Montparnasse, an areathat has inspired many of thegreatest authors.

Those on the year-long Parisprogramme take modules fromtheir own subject area alongsideoptional modules inspired by Parisand its unique cultural history.


Course contentCanterbury students choose frommodules which may include:• American Modernism; Centres

and Edges; Colonial andPostcolonial Discourses;Extremes of Feeling; From

Dickens and VictorianCulture MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/219


As the only named Master’sprogramme within the UKdevoted to Charles Dickens,this programme studies the authorin a place that perhaps offersmore Dickensian associationsthan anywhere else in the world.It combines a focus on boththe local and the global authorthrough compulsory modules,contextualising the variety of waysin which Dickens engaged withthe social, cultural and politicalissues of his age. Interdisciplinaryapproaches are employed, usingDickens as a focus, to considerthe relationships between19th-century fiction andjournalism, the Victorians’engagement with materialculture, and their fascinationwith the body and its metaphors.

Course content• Compulsory modules

(two from): Dickens and theCondition of England; Dickensand the Material Culture ofthe Victorian Novel; Dickens,the Victorians and the Body

• Other modules may include:Extremes of Feeling; VictorianSustainability. Additional wildmodules may also be available.

• Dissertation

Eighteenth-CenturyStudies MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/220www.kent.ac.uk/pg/221

Taught jointly with: School ofEuropean Culture and LanguagesLocations: Canterbury;Canterbury and Paris

It is possible to study thisprogramme either entirely inCanterbury or split betweenCanterbury and our ParisSchool of Arts and Culture.


“Having become familiarwith the excellent academicstaff and resources availableat Kent, I wanted to continuemy postgraduate studies inan environment that wasestablished in its academicaccomplishment, welcomedinnovative ideas and wasopen to new projects.”

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Caxton to Kindle; ImaginingIndia; Jane Austen and MaterialCulture; The Limits of Fiction;Modernism and the Avant-Garde; Provocations andInvitations. Additional wildmodules may also be available.

Canterbury and Paris studentstake:• Two modules from the list

above in the first term• Two modules from those

available in Paris in thesecond term

• Dissertation.

Year-long Paris students take:• A Paris module from their own

subject area (compulsory),such as The Verbal and TheVisual: Dialogues betweenLiterature, Film, Art andPhilosophy

• Three modules from thoseavailable in Paris

• Dissertation.

Postcolonial Studies MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/225www.kent.ac.uk/pg/230


It is possible to study this MAeither entirely in Canterbury orsplit between Canterbury and ourParis School of Arts and Culture.

The MA in Postcolonial Studiesdevelops your understandingof the politics of culture in relationto both the imperialist world’sinterpretation of the colonial,and the postcolonial assertionsof autonomy. In this context, while‘postcolonial’ refers primarily tosocieties of the so-called ‘ThirdWorld’, it also includes questionsrelevant to cultures, such as thoseof Ireland and Australia.

Kent was one of the firstuniversities to establishpostcolonial literary studiesin Britain and has continued

to play a significant part inthe development of the field.

If you study on the split-siteCanterbury and Paris programme,you spend your first term inCanterbury, relocating to Parisin the spring term where youstudy in the heart of historicMontparnasse, takinginterdisciplinary Paris-focused modules.


Course contentCanterbury or Canterbury andParis students take:• Colonial and Postcolonial

Discourses• Other Canterbury-based

postcolonial modules mayinclude: Body and Place inthe Postcolonial Text; Centresand Edges; ContemporaryPostcolonial Writing; Extremesof Feeling; Imagining India;Writing of Empire andSettlement. Additional wildmodules may also be available.

• Dissertation.

Canterbury and Paris studentsare encouraged to take:• Diaspora and Exile• One other module from those

available in Paris.


American Studies MASee p38.

Medieval and Early ModernStudies MASee p172.


As a research student, you meetregularly with your supervisor, andcan take part in informal readinggroups and research seminarsto which students, staff and

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Derek Ryan Lecturer in Modernist Literature

Dr Derek Ryan joined theUniversity of Kent in September2013, having completed his PhDat the University of Glasgow andlectured at the University ofExeter. His main researchareas are in modernist literature(particularly Virginia Woolf),animal studies and criticaltheory, and he has publishedwidely in these fields.

He is author of Virginia Woolfand the Materiality of Theory:Sex, Animal, Life (2013) andAnimal Theory: A CriticalIntroduction (2015) and iscurrently working on a newscholarly edition of Woolf’sFlush: A Biography forCambridge University Press.

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piece attached to this PhDprogramme. Instead, you producea 3-5,000-word essay that worksas a preface to your project,linking your concerns with others’,demonstrating your awarenessof theme and locating your workwithin/without one or moretraditions. You also need toproduce a full bibliography.

The programme encouragescritical thinking, reading andresearch, and then helps youto turn it into contemporary fiction.You have a supervisory teamto read your work and help youwith thinking, research, plotting,editing, characterisation, pace,dialogue and so on.

Poetry: Text, Practice asResearch MA, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/235This programme allows promisingpoets to develop the potential ofpoetry as a tool of inquiry withinthe humanities. You producea volume of poetry as well asa piece of scholarly researchof 30-40,000 words. Given itsemphasis on poetic practiceas research into the possibilitiesand potential for contemporary

poetry, the programme integrateswith the aims and objectives ofthe Centre for Modern Poetryallowing for joint supervisionbetween the two centres. Cross-faculty work on modern poetry,with colleagues in the School ofEuropean Culture and Languagesis encouraged. The programmeacknowledges the fact that poetryhas historically understood itselfas an art, consciously informedby research.

Text, Practice and ResearchPhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/240This programme addresses oneof our main aims at Kent, whichis to enable research studentsto take risks and use cross-disciplinary techniques to exploreresearch questions. This PhDcovers narrative non-fiction, aswell as other forms of creativewriting that are not poems ora novel. The first student on thisprogramme explored identitythrough hip-hop and handedin an album alongside a pieceof scholarly research.

English MA, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/231

Staff supervise research in mostareas of English and associatedstudies, and have expertisein the following areas: theory,modernism and postmodernism,18th and 19th-century studies,women’s writing, literature andvisual arts, Shakespeare andthe Renaissance, early modernliterature and culture, medievalstudies, American literature,postcolonial literature, modernpoetry, animal humanities, andgender and sexuality.

visiting speakers contributepapers. You attend a seriesof seminars in research skills,which give you a chance tobenefit from the expertise ofstaff and postdoctoral membersin the School. PhD students maybe given the opportunity to teachfrom their second year.

As a basis for advanced research,you must take the School andFaculty research methodsprogrammes.

Creative Writing PhDs

The Contemporary Novel:Practice as Research MA, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/232This is an innovative and excitingprogramme in which you focus onwriting a full-length, literary novelof between 40,000 (MRes) and100,000 (PhD) words. While theaims and objectives remain thesame as on any other PhDprogramme in the humanities(for example, you are expectedto contribute new knowledgeof some sort, and to exploreoriginal, contemporary researchquestions) you are expected toachieve almost all of this in thenovel itself. There is no long critical


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American literatureResearch in north Americanliterature is conducted partlythrough the Centre for AmericanStudies, which also facilitatesco-operation with modern UShistorians. Staff research interestsinclude 20th-century Americanliterature, especially poetry, NativeAmerican writing, modernism andcultural history (see p37).

Creative writingThe Centre for Creative Writing isthe focus for most practice-basedresearch in the School.

Medieval and early modernThe Faculty-based Centre forMedieval and Early ModernStudies has a distinctive brand ofinterdisciplinarity, strong links withlocal archives and archaeologicaltrusts, and provides a forum forinvestigating the relationshipsbetween literary and non-literarymodes of writing in its weeklyresearch seminar (see p171).

Modern poetryThe Centre for Modern Poetryis a leading centre for researchand publication in its field, andparticipates in both critical andcreative research.

PostcolonialThe Centre for Colonial andPostcolonial Studies hasan international reputation forexcellence and an outstandingtrack record in publication. Italso hosts a visiting writer fromIndia every year in associationwith the Charles Wallace Trust.

Academic staff For details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/english/staff

Dr Bashir Abu-Manneh: Lecturerin Postcolonial Literature

Professor David Ayers: Professorof Modernism and Critical Theory

Professor Jennie Batchelor:Professor of 18th-Century Studies

Dr Stella Bolaki: Senior Lecturerin American Literature

Professor Peter Brown: Professorof Medieval English Literature

Dr Michael Collins: Lecturerin American Literature

Dr Rosanna Cox: Lecturer in EarlyModern Studies

Dr Vybarr Cregan-Reid: SeniorLecturer in English and AmericanLiterature

Patricia Debney: Readerin Creative Writing

Dr Sarah Dustagheer: Lecturerin Early Modern Literature

David Flusfeder: Senior Lecturerin Creative Writing

Dr Nancy Gaffield: SeniorLecturer in Creative Writing

Dr Sean Grattan: Lecturerin American Literature

Professor Abdulrazak Gurnah:Professor of English andPostcolonial Literatures

Professor David Herd: Professorof Modern Literature

Dr Ben Hickman: Senior Lecturerin Modern Poetry

Dr Sarah James: Senior Lecturerin Medieval Literature

Dr Declan Kavanagh: Lecturerin 18th-Century Literature

Professor Bernhard Klein:Professor of English Literature

Postcolonial Studies MA,PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/236

Staff supervise research in thefollowing areas: African literaturein English and in translation,Caribbean literature, African-American and Native Americanliteratures, Australian literature,New Zealand and South Pacificliterature since 1800, Indianand Southeast Asian literaturein English and in translation,Middle-Eastern literatureand mediterranean literature,postcolonial women writers,theory, and travel writing.

Research centresResearch in the School of Englishcomes roughly under the followingareas. However, there is oftena degree of overlap betweengroups and individual staff haveinterests that range more widely.

Eighteenth centuryThe particular interests of theCentre for Studies in the LongEighteenth Century convergearound gender, class, nation,travel and empire, and therelationship between printand material culture. Staff inthe Centre pursue cutting-edgeapproaches to the field and sharea commitment to interdisciplinarymethodologies.

Nineteenth centuryThe Centre for Victorian Literatureand Culture provides a stimulatingresearch environment for staffand students. The Centre placesa particular emphasis on Victorianliterature and culture associatedwith Kent and the south-east.

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Entry requirementsMinimum 2.1 (or equivalent)in a relevant subject forstandard MA pathways.For specific details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg




National ratingsREF 2014, English:• 95% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 10th for research intensity• 15th for research power

Applications




Dr Derek Ryan: Lecturerin Modernist Literature

Amy Sackville: Lecturerin Creative Writing

Dr Kim Simpson: Lecturer in18th and 19th-Century Literature

Dr Simon Smith: Readerin Creative Writing

Dr David Stirrup: Reader inIndigenous and Settler Literaturesof the Americas

Professor Scarlett Thomas:Professor of Creative Writingand Contemporary Fiction

Dragan Todorovic: Lecturerin Creative Writing

Dr Juha Virtanen: Lecturerin Contemporary Literature

Professor Catherine Waters:Professor of Victorian Literatureand Print Culture

Dr Sarah Wood: Reader inEnglish Literature and LiteraryTheory

Dr Clare Wright: Lecturerin Medieval Literature

Professor Donna Landry:Professor of English andAmerican Literature

Dr Sara Lyons: Lecturerin Victorian Literature

Dr Una McIlvenna: Lecturerin Early Modern Literature

Dr Ariane Mildenberg: Lecturerin Modernism

Professor Michael Neill: Professorof Early Modern Studies

Dr Will Norman: Senior Lecturerin American Literature

Dr Alex Padamsee: Lecturer inEnglish and American Literature

Professor Wendy Parkins:Professor of Victorian Literature

Dr Ryan Perry: Lecturerin Medieval Literature

Dr Alex Preston: Lecturerin Creative Writing

Professor Catherine Richardson:Professor of Early Modern Studies

Dr Robbie Richardson: Lecturerin 18th-Century Literature

Professor Caroline Rooney:Professor of African and MiddleEastern Studies


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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ANDLINGUISTICS

Postgraduate resourcesELL students benefit fromexcellent library facilities and alinguistics laboratory equippedfor research in speech acoustics(recording equipment, studio,software for speech analysis),speech and language processingand acquisition (including eye-tracking, DMDX and E-prime), andgeneral data analysis (MS OfficeSuite, Statistica, R, and Matlabrunning on both PCs and Macs).

CLL organises events, fromtalks to symposia. In addition,postgraduates can attend anyone of three reading groups: theLanguage and Cognition ReadingGroup; the Stylistics ReadingGroup; and the Syntax ReadingGroup. These groups providea space where staff and studentscan exchange ideas and learnabout current research issues.

The University’s TemplemanLibrary is well stocked in allareas, including sociolinguistics,phonetics, syntax, pragmatics,acquisition, language processing,language teaching and stylistics.

The School also provides high-quality IT facilities, includingstate-of-the-art media laboratories,dedicated technical staffand designated areas forpostgraduate study. Otherfacilities include two networkedmultimedia laboratories equippedfor teaching in phonetics andpsycholinguistics and a streamedfilm library.

English Language and Linguistics (ELL) is adynamic and growing department with a vibrantresearch culture. We specialise in experimental andtheoretical linguistics. In particular, our interestsfocus on quantitative and experimental researchin speech and language processing, variation andacquisition, but also cover formal areas such assyntax and literary stylistics. In addition to Englishand its varieties, our staff work in French and itsdialects, German, Greek, Korean, Romani, Russianand Spanish.

ELL is part of the School of European Culture and Languages (SECL),a School which houses five other disciplines, giving you access to adiverse range of expertise and support in a stimulating, intellectuallychallenging environment. Staff and postgraduates are members of theCentre for Language and Linguistics (CLL), a research centre whichpromotes interdisciplinary linguistic research. We also have linkswith research networks outside Kent, and are involved with nationaland international academic associations, including the LinguisticsAssociation of Great Britain, the British Association of AcademicPhoneticians, the Linguistic Society of America, the Association forFrench Language Studies and the Poetics and Linguistics Association.

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Applied Linguistics forTeaching English toSpeakers of OtherLanguages (TESOL) MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/357


In addition to general entryrequirements, you need oneyear (or equivalent) of languageteaching experience.

This MA is for teachers who are atthe beginning of their careers andthose who have more experience,but would like to develop andenhance their knowledge, skillsand practice.

The programme covers theareas of linguistics that informclassroom practice (such assyntax, morphology, semantics,pragmatics and phonetics),raising awareness of these fieldsand applying them to TeachingEnglish to Speakers of OtherLanguages (TESOL).

Practical teaching opportunitiesare a feature of the programme,including teaching to your peergroup and international studentsfrom other programmes. You canalso visit a local language collegeand observe classes.

Course content• Compulsory modules: Course

and Syllabus Design for TESOL;Language Awareness andAnalysis for TESOL; Meaning;The Practice of TESOL; SecondLanguage Acquisition; Sounds;Structure

• Optional modules include:English Phonetics; LanguageProcessing; Literary Stylistics;Materials Evaluation andDevelopment for TESOL;Quantitative ResearchMethods; Topics in Syntax

• Research Dissertation orTeaching Portfolio

TrainingIn addition to one-to-one meetingswith their supervisor, our researchstudents benefit from manyadditional events that are eitherspecifically designed for them orprovide them with opportunitiesto liaise with all staff.

These events include:• an ELL-specific induction day • the chance to act as peer-

mentors for MA students• presentation of their research

at our annual Research Day • participation in training

seminars covering statistics,the peer-review system andexperimental techniquesin linguistics.

For those who wish to gain furtherin-depth understanding of syntax,semantics and phonology,additional training is providedthrough the Advanced CoreTraining in Linguistics (ACTL)of which Kent is a member alongwith Cambridge, Essex, Oxford,Queen Mary University of London,SOAS and UCL. ACTL classesare offered in the autumn andsummer terms.





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STAFF PROFILE

Jeremy ScottSenior Lecturer in EnglishLanguage and Linguistics

Dr Scott is an expert on theborder between languageand literary studies.

His research interests centreprimarily on fictional technique,literary representations ofdialect and the relation betweennarrative and identity, all areason which he has publishedextensively.

Jeremy publishes oncontemporary British andIrish fiction, literary stylistics inaddition to producing his owncreative work. He is Presidentof the International Associationof Literary Semantics.

LocationCanterbury





National ratingsREF 2014, modernlanguages and linguistics:• 100% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 3rd for research qualityand research output

• top 20 for research intensity,research impact andresearch power

Applications



Further informationProfessor Amalia Arvaniti T: +44 (0)1227 827734E: [email protected]

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the Centre promotesinterdisciplinary collaboration inlinguistic research and teaching.Membership embraces not justthe members of ELL but alsoother SECL members interestedin the study of language, as wellas researchers in philosophy,computing, psychology andanthropology. This reflects thevaried routes by which individualscome to a love of languageand an interest in the varioussubdisciplines of linguistics.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/secl/ell/staff

Professor Amalia Arvaniti: Headof Department

Dr Laura Bailey: Lecturer

Dr Gloria Chamorro: Lecturer

Dr David Hornsby: SeniorLecturer

Dr Michael Hughes: SeniorLecturer

Dr Vikki Janke: Lecturer

Dr Eleni Kapogianni: Lecturer

Dr Christina Kim: Lecturer

Dr Tamara Rathcke: Lecturer

Dr Jeremy Scott: Senior Lecturer

Linguistics MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/11


The MA in Linguistics is forgraduates with a backgroundin language and related areas,looking to explore in depththe theory and methodologyof linguistics, from the study ofsound (phonetics and phonology)to the study of words, sentencesand meaning (morphology,syntax, semantics andpragmatics).

You are able to develop your ownareas of interest and engage withaspects of your chosen discipline,which are informed by the latestresearch and scholarship. Thisprogramme offers a smoothtransition to doctoral work.

Course content• Compulsory modules: Meaning;

Sounds; Structure; ResearchSkills; Research Dissertation

• Optional modules include:English Phonetics; LanguageProcessing; Literary Stylistics;Quantitative ResearchMethods; Topics in Syntax


Linguistics PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/12


We welcome applicationsfrom students interested inPhD research. Please seewww.kent.ac.uk/secl/ell/staff fordetails of staff research interests.

Research centreCentre for Language andLinguistics (CLL)English Language and Linguisticsis the main contributor to theCentre for Language andLinguistics. Founded in 2007,

“The University of Kent hasafforded me the opportunityto make the most of my timeas a research postgraduate.I enjoy a very strong andproductive relationshipwith my supervisors andthere is an open and efficientenvironment where I amencouraged to share myresearch with other membersof the Department.”

Jonathan KasstanPhD Linguistics

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ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIALSCIENCE

Postgraduate resourcesOur postgraduate students haveaccess to dedicated space withinthe School and are able to takeadvantage of excellent libraryand computing facilities. Whereappropriate, research studentsare encouraged to expand theirexperience by teaching part-timein the School.


Environmental SocialScience MSc, MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/14


Research programmes involvewriting a thesis on a particulartopic with specialist supervision.You are given research training,which is tailored to the particularneeds of your research and takesinto account any training you havepreviously received. You also haveopportunities to take moduleson relevant subjects on anon-assessed basis to fillany gaps in your background.

We offer research supervisionacross a broad range of topics.We are especially interestedin applications that includeproposals to investigate the socialdimensions of environmentalissues in the countries in whichwe have area expertise, andtopics in environmental politicsand environmental movements.

Social science perspectives are crucial tounderstanding and solving environmental problems.Human behaviour produces many elements ofthe ‘natural’ environment, from landscapes tofloods and famines. Local and national policiesand international agreements regulate theenvironmental practices of corporations,governments and households. The social scienceshave a great deal to contribute to understandingwhat have become defined as environmental issues,and what measures can most effectively tackle them.

The interdisciplinary Environmental Social Science programmes drawon the contributions of anthropology, conservation and ecology, law,social policy and sociology. In each of these disciplines, Kent is veryactive in research, and so these programmes are informed by and buildupon this strong base. Our research activities across the various subjectareas were highly rated in the Research Excellence Framework (REF)2014 (see p120 for details).


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LocationCanterbury





National ratingsREF 2014 Social work and social policy:• 2nd for research power• 3rd for research intensity• 5th for research impactand research quality

Law:• 7th for research power • 8th for research intensity• top 20 for research output,research quality and researchimpact

Anthropology:• 10th for research power• top 20 for research impactand research intensity

Applications

Research programmes See p260 or contact the Schoolfor further details.

Further informationT: +44 (0)1227 823684F: +44 (0)1227 827005E: [email protected]

Academic staff For details of individual staffresearch interests, visit therelevant website listed below.

Professor Adam Burgess:Professor of Social Risk Researchwww.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/staff

Professor William Howarth:Professor of Environmental Lawwww.kent.ac.uk/law/people

Dr Jeremy Kendall: SeniorLecturer in Social Policywww.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/staff

Dr Rajindra K Puri: SeniorLecturer in EnvironmentalAnthropologywww.kent.ac.uk/sac/staff-profiles

Professor Christopher Rootes:Professor of Environmental Politicsand Political Sociologywww.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/staff

Dr Joy Zhang: Senior Lecturer inSociologywww.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/staff

“The Environmental SocialScience programme allowsyou to choose most of yourmodules and that makes ita hugely personalised degree.You are also able to sharedifferent perspectives,knowledge and experienceswith students from variousparts of the world.”

Mami ShijoMSc Environmental Social Science

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Postgraduate resourcesFilm at Kent has excellent viewingand library facilities, with a largenumber of films screened weeklyduring term-time on 35mm andBlu-Ray. The Templeman Libraryhas extensive book and specialistjournal holdings in film and relatedareas; there is also a largereference collection of film onDVD, with individual and groupviewing facilities. The Departmentalso benefits from the presenceof the Gulbenkian Cinema oncampus, which runs a programmeof new releases and classics,in addition to first-rate viewingfacilities within our new LupinoCinema.

The purpose-built, andRIBA award-winning, JarmanBuilding is home to a range ofprofessional-standard editing andstudio facilities, plus a dedicatedpostgraduate centre andteaching and social spaces.

The Centre for Film andMedia Research promotesour excellence in research andhosts a range of research events,including symposia, visitingspeakers and workshops.

FilmmakingThe Department includesinternationally renowned andaward-winning filmmakersamong its members of staff.These include Clio Barnard,Virginia Pitts and LawrenceJackson.

The Film Department at the University of Kent isknown for its excellence in research and teaching.One of the largest European centres for the studyof film, it has an established reputation going backover 30 years.

In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, arts at Kent(including film) was ranked 1st for research power. We currently offerexpertise in North American, European and Latin American cinemas.Our research and teaching engages you in a dialogue with aesthetic,conceptual and historical perspectives, as well as with digital mediaand practice by research.

Approaching film as a dynamic part of our cultural experience, weencourage thinking about film as it emerges at the intersections of art,document and entertainment. Through theory and practice, individualresearch, student-led seminars and visiting speakers, we promote anenvironment in which postgraduate students are able to engage withthe continuing vibrancy of cinema.


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“My studies at Kent have certainlyequipped me with the skills andknowledge I need to move forwardin a wide range of fields. Perhapsmost valuable are the strongcommunication skills, both writtenand oral, which are attractive tofuture employers everywhere.”

Jake Alden WhritnerMA Film

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Canterbury and Paris studentsalso take a further module fromthose available in Paris. Thedissertation can be supervisedin either Canterbury or Paris.

Year-long Paris students takemodules from their own subjectarea alongside optional modulesinspired by Paris and its uniquecultural history.

Film with Practice MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/343

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: See p124.Your application must includea link to an example of your filmpractice and a treatment (max1,000 words) for a 10-20 minuteshort fiction film.

The programme is suitable forgraduates in film, practitionerswho want to advance theirpractice in an intellectuallystimulating environment and non-film graduates with a passion forfilm practice demonstrated thoughamateur filmmaking.

The programme is taughtby award-winning filmmakersand internationally recognisedfilm scholars, and includesmasterclasses from filmindustry professionals.

Course content• Compulsory modules: Digital

Film Practice; IndependentProject Development

• At least one from: AdvancedFilm Theory; Film History

• One from: ConceptualisingFilm; Film and Modernity

• Dissertation




Film MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/17www.kent.ac.uk/pg/19www.kent.ac.uk/pg/763


It is possible to study this MAin three ways: either entirely inCanterbury, in both Canterburyand Paris, or entirely in Paris.

The programme offers a thoroughgrounding in postgraduate-levelfilm and is suitable both forgraduates in the subject andthose new to it. It is taught byexperts in film and seeks toengage you with the key elementsthat make up the diverse natureof film and moving images.

If you are studying on the split-site programme, you spend yourfirst term in Canterbury beforerelocating to our Paris Schoolof Arts and Culture for thespring term, studying in theheart of historic Montparnasse.All teaching is provided in Englishby University of Kent academics.


Course contentCanterbury or Canterbury andParis students take:• Advanced Film Theory; Film

and Modernity; Film History• Dissertation.


STAFF PROFILE

Margrethe Bruun-VaageLecturer in Film

Margrethe’s area ofspecialisation is cognitivefilm theory, at the intersectionbetween film theory, analyticalphilosophy, cognitivepsychology and narratology.Thematically, her work focuseson the study of the imagination,the emotions, morality, spectatorengagement and fiction in bothfilm and television.

In her monograph, The Antiheroin American Television, sheexplores why the antiheroprevails in recent US dramatelevision series; looking athow we engage with characterssuch as mobster kingpin, TonySoprano (The Sopranos),meth cook and gangster-in-the-making, Walter White (BreakingBad) and serial killer, DexterMorgan (Dexter).

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Research centreCentre for Film and MediaResearchThe Centre draws togetherscholars from across theUniversity who use film and themoving image as an integral partof their research. We are open toideas that extend the reach ofthe Centre and seek to supportprojects that promote collaborationbetween individuals and otherresearch centres.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff-profiles

Clio Barnard: Reader

Dr Margrethe Bruun Vaage:Lecturer

Dr Lavinia Brydon: Lecturer

Dr Maurizio Cinquegrani:Lecturer

Dr Mattias Frey: Reader

Dr Frances Guerin: SeniorLecturer

Lawrence Jackson: Lecturer

Dr Tamar Jeffers McDonald:Reader

Dr Richard Misek: Lecturer

Dr Cecilia Sayad: Senior Lecturer

Professor Murray Smith:Professor of Film Studies

Professor Peter Stanfield:Professor of Film

Professor Aylish Wood: Professorof Film


Entry requirementsUsually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in a relevantsubject. In certaincircumstances, the Schoolwill consider candidateswho have not followed aconventional education pathor who may have relevantexperience in the industry.For specific details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg




National ratingsREF 2014, music, drama andperforming arts:• 98% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 1st for research power • top 20 for research quality

Applications





Film PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/20

Film: Practice by ResearchMA, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/352


Research supervision drawson wide staff interests in NorthAmerican, European and LatinAmerican cinemas, offeringopportunities to study projectsbased in aesthetic, conceptualand historical perspectives onfilm and digital media, as wellas practice by research.

Research areasResearch in both theory andpractice is currently centredin five broad areas:• national cinemas – form

and history: North American,European, Latin American

• the moving image in a digitalcontext

• documentary film• film aesthetics• avant-garde and experimental

cinema.

www.kent.ac.uk/arts/film

“I feel very positive aboutmy experience at the Schoolof Arts. The quality of theSchool is high and artsand humanities researchis really valued at thisuniversity, which is whyit is a good idea to do aPhD in arts at Kent.”

Dieter DeclercqPhD Film

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FINANCE

Programmes• Actuarial Science PDip (p35)• Applied Actuarial Science MSc

(p35)• Applied Actuarial Science with

an Industrial Placement MSc(p35)

• Economics and Finance MSc(p95)

• Engineering with Finance MSc(p104)

• Finance MSc• Finance, Investment and Risk

MSc• Finance and Econometrics

MSc (p95)• Finance and Management MSc• International Accounting and

Finance MSc• International Banking and

Finance MSc• International Finance and

Economic Development MSc(p95)

• International Master’s in AppliedActuarial Science (p36)

• International Master’s inStatistics with Finance (p235)

• Statistics with Finance MSc(p236)

• Statistics with Finance withan Industrial Placement MSc(p236)


The modules listed are subjectto change. Please seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg for contactdetails of the school whichadministers the programmeyou wish to apply for.

In today’s competitive global environment,employers are increasingly selective in their searchfor competent business and financial professionalsto achieve a high level of excellence and success fortheir organisations. At Kent, we offer a wide range oftaught postgraduate programmes in finance that areboth academically rigorous and practically focused.

Our Centre for Finance draws on the expertise of leading academicsfrom four of our highly rated academic schools: Kent Business School,the School of Economics, the School of Engineering and Digital Artsand the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science. Eachof these schools has an outstanding reputation in terms of the quality oftheir teaching and research. This is further confirmed by their excellentratings in independent surveys such as the Research ExcellenceFramework (REF) 2014, the National Student Survey and the UKuniversity league tables.

Whether you are a graduate looking to enter the finance industry orsimply advance your academic studies, or a professional wishing toimprove your employment prospects, our programmes are designed toequip you with the right skills and knowledge to develop or consolidatea successful career in the financial world.


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Risk Managers’ InternationalAssociation (PRMIA) as a PRMIAacademic partner at programmelevel.

Course content• Compulsory modules:

Derivatives; Essentials ofFinancial Risk Management;Financial Data Modelling;Foundations of Finance;Investments and PortfolioManagement; QuantitativeMethods; Research Methodsand Skills (Finance)

• Two from: Corporate Finance;Finance with Excel; Financial Regulation and FinancialCrises; Fixed Income Markets

• Dissertation

Finance, Investment andRisk MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/21

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: See p128.Graduates with degrees withoutthe required mathematical contentmay need to attend a two-weekpreparatory course in statisticsand mathematics.

The programme provides a soundunderstanding of the theories that

underpin modern techniques ininvestment and risk management.The application of the theories isdemonstrated in our finance labwith the aid of Bloomberg, viacase studies and the use ofonline data bases. Regulartraining sessions led byexperienced Bloomberg trainershelp you gain valuable practice inaccessing and using market data.The Bloomberg platform alsoprovides an opportunity for virtualtrading practice and competitions.

The programme has gainedrecognition status from the CFAInstitute. Partnership with the CFAInstitute is a mark of quality andqualifies the programme for fiveannual CFA scholarships.

The syllabus of the programme isin line with the Chartered FinancialAnalyst® (CFA®) professionalqualifications. For those studentsplanning to take the CFAexaminations, revision sessions forLevel I and Level II examinationsare provided. These sessions aretaught by professional tutors withindustry experience and areprovided free of charge. Theprogramme is currently seekingaccreditation from relevantprofessional bodies, such as theChartered Institute for Securities &Investment (CISI). Exemption fromthe Institute and Faculty ofActuaries Core Technical subjectsCT2, CT7 and CT8 are in place.

Course content• Compulsory modules: Finance

and Financial Reporting;Financial Risk Management;Financial Statements Analysis;Investment Analysis andPortfolio Management;Mathematics of Finance;Quantitative Methods

• Four from: Applied FinancialEconometrics; BusinessEconomics; Case Studiesin Finance; Communicationsin Finance and Investment


Finance MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/22


The programme provides acomprehensive framework ofknowledge, insight and visionregarding the key issues infinance, the finance function oforganisations, and operations andfunctions of financial institutionsand markets.

Elements of practical work maybe carried out in Kent BusinessSchool’s dedicated BloombergLab. The virtual trading platformallows you to access and engagewith market data through practicalcase studies and the use of onlinedatabases. The programmes alsoprovide you with the necessarytraining required for theBloomberg Certificate.

The MSc Finance programme hasbeen recognised by the GlobalAssociation of Risk Professionals(GARP) and is currently seekingrecognition from the Professional

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International Accounting andFinance MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/24

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: See p128.Students must have studied atleast 60 credits in accountingwithin their first degree or holdequivalent work experience.

This programme is speciallydesigned to develop yourinternational accountingknowledge and skills to a highprofessional standard. It equipsyou with the professional andresearch skills to pursue careersin a wide range of institutionalsettings, such as academia,auditing, banking, financialinstitutions, managementconsultancy and organisationalmanagement.


Advanced FinancialAccounting; AdvancedManagement Accounting;Corporate Finance; Domesticand International Banking;Ethics of InternationalBusiness; Foundations ofFinance; International FinancialReporting; Research Methodsand Skills (Accounting)

• One from: Financial Regulationand Financial Crises; FinancialStatement Analysis; InternationalMoney and Finance

• Business Report in Accounting

International Banking andFinance MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/23


The programme developscognitive skills that enable youto fully understand the complexityof the financial markets in thedomestic and global economies,as well as an appropriate rangeof research skills and relevantpersonal and interpersonal skills

Writing; Contemporary FundManagement; Financial Modelling and Analysis;Fixed Income Analysis;Mathematics of FinancialDerivatives; Portfolio Theoryand Asset Pricing Models

Finance and ManagementMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/742


The programme enables youto develop the practical skillsrequired to produce relevantfinancial analysis of corporatecompanies, financial institutionsor other bodies where finance isan important activity in both thepublic and private sectors.

There are opportunities forpractical work on the MSc tobe carried out in Kent BusinessSchool’s dedicated BloombergLab. The virtual trading platformallows you to access and engagewith market data through practicalcase studies and the use of onlinedatabases. The programme alsoprovides you with the necessarytraining required for theBloomberg Certificate.


Bank Asset-Liability RiskManagement; Business inan International Perspective;Corporate Responsibility and Globalisation; Foundations ofFinance; International FinancialMarkets and Instruments;Organisational Behaviour andHuman Resource Management;Research Methods and Skills(Finance)

• Two from: Corporate Finance;Credit Risk; FinancialRegulation and FinancialCrises; Investments andPortfolio Management;Managing the MultinationalEnterprise; Strategy

• Business Report in Finance


STAFF PROFILE

Radu TunaruProfessor of QuantitativeFinance

Professor Tunaru’s researchfocuses on various aspects ofrisk management in financialmarkets. He has been publishedin many journals includingEuropean Journal of OperationalResearch, Journal of EconomicDynamics and Control, and theJournal of Banking and Finance.He has co-authored threepapers with Professor RobertShiller, the 2013 Nobel prizewinner for Economics and he isan associate editor to the Journalof Portfolio Management and theJournal of Banking and Finance.

He has worked for Bank ofMontreal and Merril Lynch instructured finance departmentsand his latest research stemsfrom problems encounteredwhile working in the financesector.

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Dr Farzin Deravi: Readerin Information Engineering

Professor Warwick Funnell:Professor of Accounting andFinance

Dr Mohammad Hasan: SeniorLecturer in Finance

Dr Abdullah Iqbal: Senior Lecturerin Accounting and Finance

Professor Robert Jupe: Professorof Accounting and PublicManagement

Dr Ortenca Kume: Lecturerin Finance

Professor Miguel León-Ledesma:Professor of Economics

Dr Gianluca Marcelli: Lecturerin Engineering

Professor Roman Matousek:Professor of Banking and Finance

Dr David Morelli: SeniorLecturer in Finance andFinancial Management

Dr Jaideep Oberoi: Lecturerin Finance

Dr Ekaterini Panopoulou: Readerin Finance

Angela Ransley: Senior Lecturerin Finance and FinancialManagement

Dr Katsuyuki Shibayama:Lecturer in Economics

Dr Konstantinos Sirlantzis:Lecturer in Image Processingand Vision

Professor Paul Sweeting:Professor of Actuarial Science

Dr Pradip Tapadar: SeniorLecturer in Actuarial Science

Professor Radu Tunaru: Professorof Quantitative Finance

Loba Van Der Bijl: Senior Lecturerin Finance

Dr Nikolaos Voukelatos: Lecturerin Finance

Dr Huamao Wang: Lecturerin Finance

LocationCanterbury

Entry requirementsUsually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in a relevantsubject. In many cases,applicants with a businessstudies background arewelcome to apply. Forspecific details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg




National ratingsREF 2014Business and management: • 98% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 25th (out of 101 institutions)for research intensity

Economics andeconometrics: • 84% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 21st for research intensity

Mathematical sciences: • 100% of our researchjudged to be of internationalquality

• 25th for research power

ApplicationsOnline at www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/apply

Further informationT: +44 (0)1227 827272

to enable you to interact in the realworld of business and finance.

Elements of practical work onthe MSc is carried out in KentBusiness School’s dedicatedBloomberg Lab. The virtual tradingplatform allows you to access andengage with market data throughpractical case studies and theuse of online databases. Theprogramme also provides you withthe necessary training required forthe Bloomberg Certificate.

We are seeking recognition forthe MSc International Bankingand Finance programme fromthe Professional Risk Managers’International Association (PRMIA)as a PRMIA academic partnerat programme level.


Corporate Finance; Derivatives;Domestic and InternationalBanking; Essentials of FinancialRisk Management; FinancialInstitutions Management;Financial Regulations andFinancial Crises; ResearchMethods and Skills (Finance)

• Two from: Bank-Asset: LiabilityRisk Management; Credit Risk;Finance with Excel; FinancialStatement Analysis; FixedIncome Markets; InternationalMoney and Finance;Investments and PortfolioManagement

• Business Report in Finance

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/finance-centre/members

Dr Antonis Alexandridis: Lecturerin Finance

Professor Jagjit Chadha:Professor of Economics

Dr Li-Cheng Chang: SeniorLecturer in ManagementAccounting


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FINE ART

Postgraduate resourcesOur specialist facilities include:dedicated fine art studios,woodworking and metalworkshops, a laser cutter, 3Dprinter, digital editing facilities,a photography studio and adarkroom. Additionally thereis a dedicated team of on-sitetechnical support staff, many ofwhom are also practising artists.

The Drill Hall Library has a broad-based stock that encompassesa vast spectrum of art practicesand a large collection of works onphotography, contemporary visualcommunications, aesthetic theory,cultural studies and philosophy.You also have access to specialistonline and printed journals as wellas other electronic resources.

Our postgraduate fine art programmes offer alearning experience where you can take advantageof working with artists, curators, filmmakers,writers and musicians in the same learningenvironment. This space offers you a widerange of opportunities to engage in new formsof collaboration, innovation and creativity acrossthe arts and an energetic, challenging and openframework in which to explore your artisticpractice.

Our programmes prepare you for a professional career in the arts andemphasise learning through practice. Opportunities to work togetheron ambitious group projects and projects in the public domain areencouraged and supported by a staff team made up of internationallyrecognised practising artists and specialist technicians.

In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, arts at Kent wasranked 1st for research power.

“This MA course gave mea definite motivation tobroaden my horizons asa professional artist. It’s avery intensive environmentallowing us to focuson our work. All staffenthusiastically support usas students to become seriousartists in the future.”

Sehee Kim MA Fine Art

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Fine Art MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/25

Location: Medway

This programme developsyour skills toward establishing acreative, critical and independentpractice.

You pursue your chosen formof artistic practice in aninterdisciplinary studio-basedenvironment that reflects the worldof professional artistic culture,within which artists, critics, writersand curators share and discusspractice as part of realising theirprojects. During the programme,you create a body of practicaland written work that experimentswith different approaches toartistic production and its context.Students are also encouraged towork together to produce projects,exhibitions and events in public,and to construct experimentalinterdisciplinary collaborations.

Course content• Collaborative Project• Development of Practice• Resolution: Fine Art• Dissertation


Fine Art (Practice asResearch) PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/27

Location: Medway

The programme is designedfor students who wish to pursueany form of artistic practice inan interdisciplinary studio-basedresearch environment. Researchstudents are supported throughtheir studies by a supervisoryteam and regular supervisorymeetings.

Research students are enrolledon the Researcher DevelopmentProgramme provided by the

Practice-led researchculture Our academic staff are alsopractising artists and regularlyexhibit their work at majorinstitutions in the UK and beyond.

• Adam Chodzko has shownwork in numerous venuesaround the world includingTate Britain

• Shona Illingworth’s The WatchMan – Balnakiel (2011), hasbeen exhibited widely atvenues including the Museumof Modern Art, Bologna andThe Wellcome Collection,London

• Steve Klee’s work has beenexhibited at venues includingthe Lena and Rosselli Gallery,Budapest

• Sarah Turner’s Perestroika,(2009) was theatricallyreleased at the Institute ofContemporary Arts (ICA), andhas been widely screened ininternational film festivals

The School of Music and Fine Artis also home to the Sound-Image-Space Research Centre, whichpromotes practice-led researchunderpinned by theory andscholarship within the broaddomain of image, sound andthe spatial arts. The focus is oncollaborative relationships thatgenerate the production of newcreative works, performances,publications and exhibitions.

Taught programmeFor the most up-to-date information,see website details below.



STAFF PROFILE

Adam Chodzko Senior Lecturer in Fine Art

Adam Chodzko is an artistwhose multidisciplinary practiceexplores the interactions andpossibilities of human behaviour,in the gap between how we areand how we could be.

Exhibiting work nationallyand internationally since 1991,working across media, fromvideo installation to subtleinterventions, and with apractice that is sited partlywithin the gallery space andpartly within the wider publicrealm, his work explores ourcollective imagination bywondering how, through thevisual, we might best engagewith the existence of others.


Professor Tim Howle: Professorof Contemporary Music

Shona Illingworth: Readerin Fine Art

Dr Steve Klee: Lecturer in Fine Art

Sarah Turner: Reader in Fine Art

Visiting artists and lecturersOur visiting, associate andassistant lecturers all operateas practising artists, writers andcurators and bring an excitingextra dimension to our staffportfolio.

Our renowned Visiting ArtistTalks programme includesspeakers who have nationaland international profiles, manyare multi-award winners and therange of their practices includesinstallation, moving image, sound,photography, performance,socially engaged practice,painting, sculpture, publishingand curating. In 2015/16our programme includedpresentations by Benedict Drew,Oreet Ashery, Tony Hill, JohnRussell, Martin Clark and JakiIrvine.

LocationMedway

Entry requirementsA minimum 2.1 in a relevanthumanities subject. In certaincircumstances, the Schoolwill consider candidateswho have not followed aconventional education pathor who may have relevantexperience in the industry.Cases are assessedindividually by the Director ofGraduate Studies. A portfolioof creative work is requiredfor admission and shouldbe uploaded with yourapplication.






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University’s Graduate School,and can attend regular researchcentre events. You have accessto a national and internationalcross-disciplinary visiting lectureseries involving specialists in yourfield and beyond.

Research areasWe offer a diverse range ofexpertise across ways of makingand approaches to thinking. Staffwork across different areas of artproduction as well as curatingexhibitions, writing on art andwriting as art. You have accessto the wide variety of researchevents that take place at theMedway and Canterburycampuses.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/smfa/staff

Adam Chodzko: Senior Lecturerin Fine Art

Dr Andrew Conio: Senior Lecturerin Fine Art

Peter Hatton: Lecturer in Eventand Experience Design

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Postgraduate resourcesThe Templeman Library hasexcellent holdings in all areasrelevant to our research, withparticular strengths in 18th,19th, 20th and 21st-centuryFrench literature. SECL provideshigh-quality IT facilities, includingstate-of-the-art media laboratories,dedicated technical staff anddesignated areas for postgraduatestudy. Other facilities include twonetworked multimedia laboratoriesand a streamed film library.

Language speaking skillsEvery year, a considerable numberof French nationals and nativespeakers of other foreignlanguages follow our postgraduatecourses, while Europeanexchange students who come toKent as undergraduates often stay

Kent offers an excellent environment forpostgraduate study in French literature, thought,culture, society and the visual arts from the 18thcentury to the present. Our main research interestsinclude word and image studies, narratology,literary theory, psychoanalysis, sociolinguistics,postcolonial studies, medical humanities, genderstudies and autobiography.

The quality of our research was acknowledged in the ResearchExcellence Framework (REF) 2014, where modern languages at Kentwere ranked 3rd in the UK for research quality and research output.The French Department is part of the School of European Culture andLanguages (SECL) and our staff and postgraduates take a leading rolein the School’s Centre for Modern European Literature as well as in theSchool of English’s Centre for Studies in the Long Eighteenth Century.

Our programmes benefit from Kent’s proximity to Paris in more waysthan one. Most colleagues within French have research links in Paris.We have a long-standing exchange with the prestigious École NormaleSupérieure. We offer a range of MA programmes based in Canterburyand Paris, as well as programmes based entirely in Paris. Roughly halfof our research students opt for a cotutelle leading to the award of aPhD from Kent and a doctorate from a French institution.

“I was first attracted to theMA programme when Ifound it listed online and itclicked with what I thoughtI would like to do. Readingthe details helped give me amuch clearer idea of whatI wanted to do, and where Iwanted to do it. When I sawthat the University offered aterm in Paris – that sold it!”

James PowellPhD French


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STAFF PROFILE

Larry Duffy Senior Lecturer in French

Dr Duffy came to Kent in2010 after teaching at severalinstitutions including, theUniversity of Manchester andthe University of Queensland.His main research interestslie in the interplay betweenliterary, scientific and medicaldiscourses in 19th-centuryFrance. Recent publicationsinclude peer-reviewed journalarticles on medical themes inthe works of Gustave Flaubertand Émile Zola, and on MichelHouellebecq’s 20th and 21st-century articulation of 19th-century preoccupations.

Larry is a member of theSociety of Dix-neuviémistesExecutive Committee. Hismonograph Flaubert, Zolaand the Incorporation ofDisciplinary Knowledgewas published by PalgraveMacmillan in 2014.




European Culture MA(subject to approval)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1209

Location: Paris

Kent’s new MA in EuropeanCulture makes it possible to studythe history, literature and politicalphilosophies of the continentwhile based in Paris, Europe’scultural capital.

Europe is at the heart of manycontemporary political debates,and is a geographically,linguistically and culturally diversecontinent with a rich history. Fromthe French Revolution to theEuropean Union, Europe haslong been a placeholder for anynumber of utopian, internationalistaspirations. To trace the historyof the cultural constructions ofEurope is to hold a mirror up toits changing intellectual faces.

This is an ideal programme foranyone with an interest in therapidly changing political historyof Europe, in its diverse literature,or in the experience andindependence gained from livingand studying overseas for anextended period of time.


on to do graduate work. Weare involved in the Erasmus andTempus networks, and we alsohave a team of French foreign-language lectors who combineundergraduate teaching withstudy for a Kent higher degreeor with writing a dissertation fortheir home universities.

TrainingKent’s Graduate School offersall postgraduate studentsa programme of training intransferable skills. The Schoolprovides training workshops forpostgraduate students withteaching responsibilities, bringingtogether postgraduates from allour subject areas. Postgraduatesin SECL also organise their ownannual international conference,and edit and contribute to Skepsi,the School’s postgraduate onlinejournal of European thought.

World-leading researchIn the 2014 REF, modernlanguages and linguistics wasranked 3rd for research qualityand research output, and oursubmission to this category wasthe highest ranked nationally toinclude modern languages. Allof our research was judged tobe of international quality, with85% classed as world leading orinternationally excellent. Backedby strong institutional support,our group continues to make anassertive and original contributionto French studies in the UK. Ourresearch activities are given amarkedly international dimensionby publications, conferencepapers and public lecturesin mainland Europe, the USA,Australia and elsewhere, aswell as a range of collaborativeventures.


Course contentYou take one compulsory module,The Idea of Europe, which equipsyou with the methodological andhistorical framework for the MA.You then take three further taughtmodules offered at our ParisSchool of Arts and Culture beforeundertaking a final dissertation.

French and ComparativeLiterature MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/28www.kent.ac.uk/pg/35


It is possible to study thisprogramme based entirely inCanterbury or split between ourCanterbury campus and our ParisSchool of Arts and Culture.

This programme introducesyou to a wide range of theoreticalpositions, enriching yourappreciation of the cultures,texts and critical practicesexamined in the various modules.The programme encouragescomparison in a variety ofcontexts: national literatures,genres, media and theory.

The MA is aimed at graduatesin modern languages wanting toconsolidate their knowledge in awider context; English graduateswishing to diversify their interests;and graduates in other humanitiessubjects (history, philosophy,theology) who would like to applytheir knowledge to literary andvisual material.

If you are studying on the split-site programme, you spend yourfirst term in Canterbury beforerelocating to our Paris School ofArts and Culture for the springterm. In Paris, you are based inthe heart of historic Montparnasseand take modules designed to berelevant to the experience of livingand studying in Paris. You are

If you are studying on the split-siteprogramme, you spend your firstterm in Canterbury beforerelocating to Paris for the springterm. In Paris, you are based inthe heart of historic Montparnasseand take modules designed to berelevant to the experience of livingand studying in Paris. You areencouraged to make full use ofthe city’s cultural resources andto integrate these into yourstudies.


Course contentCanterbury students take: • Four from: Literature and

Theory; Postmodern DetectiveFiction; Real Fictions; Theoriesof Art in Modern FrenchThought.

Canterbury and Paris studentstake two modules from thoselisted above and select their Paris-based modules from those listedin French and ComparativeLiterature, see left.

All students complete adissertation of 12,000 words,written in either English or French.

Research programmesFor the most up-to-date information,see www.kent.ac.uk/pg

French PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/41www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1210

Location: Canterbury; Canterburyand Paris

It is possible to study thisprogramme entirely in Canterburyor to split your studies betweenCanterbury and Paris. For the split-site option, you spend the first yearin Canterbury, relocate to our ParisSchool of Arts and Culture for thesecond year before returning toCanterbury to completeyour studies.

encouraged to make full use ofthe city’s cultural resources and tointegrate these into your studies.


Course contentCanterbury students take: • Literature and Theory• Three from: Literature

and Medicine; PostmodernDetective Fiction; Real Fictions;Tales of the Fantastic; Theoriesof Art in Modern FrenchThought; Writing the Self.

Canterbury and Paris studentstake two modules from the abovelist, plus two from:• Diaspora and Exile; Film and

Modernity; Modernism andParis; Paris and the EuropeanEnlightenment; Paris: Realityand Representation; Paris:The Residency

All students complete adissertation of 12,000 words,written in either English or French.

Modern French Studies MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/38www.kent.ac.uk/pg/39


It is possible to study thisprogramme based entirely inCanterbury or split between ourCanterbury campus and our ParisSchool of Arts and Culture

You study major writers and keythemes in French literature, visualculture and thought from the 18thcentury to the present day. Theprogramme is designed forstudents with a variety of interests,including literature, the visual arts,philosophy and aesthetics. It alsoreflects the research specialismsof the staff involved.










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Further informationDr Larry DuffyT: +44 (0)1227 824411 E: [email protected]


Centre for Modern EuropeanLiteratureSee p72.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/secl/modern-languages/staff

Dr Tom Baldwin: Readerin French; Head of ModernLanguages

Dr Larry Duffy: Senior Lecturerin French

Dr James Fowler: Senior Lecturerin French

Dr David Hornsby: SeniorLecturer in French

Dr Lucy O’Meara: Lecturerin French

Professor Peter Read: Professorof Modern French Literature andVisual Arts

We offer PhD programmes, basedin Canterbury with an optionalyear in Paris at the École NormaleSupérieure.


Research areasStaff interests broadly fitwithin the parameters of Frenchliterature and thought from the18th century to the present,with research clusters organisedaround the following areas: theEuropean Enlightenment andCounter-Enlightenment;Ekphrasis; Franco-Sino relations;life writing; medical humanities;philosophy and critical theory;French surrealism; Cubism;the avant-garde; the interfacebetween visual arts and text.

Recent publications have focusedon authors, artists and thinkers,including: Apollinaire; Artaud;Badiou; Barthes; Blanchot;Cocteau; Crébillon fils; Deleuze;Diderot; Djebar; Flaubert;Foucault; Houellebecq; Lacan;Maupassant; Mérimée; Nimier;Proust; Sade; Yourcenar; Zola.

“Doing a PhD helps you to developproject management skills, whichI believe to be very important formany high-ranking jobs. Gainingteaching experience also increasesemployability, as does organisingconferences, peer-reviewing andgetting an article published.”

Ann KinzerPhD German and Comparative Literature

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GERMAN

Postgraduate resourcesThe Templeman Library hasexcellent holdings in all our areasof research interest, with particularstrengths in modern Europeanliterature. SECL provides high-quality IT facilities, dedicatedtechnical staff and designatedareas for postgraduate study.Language-learning and translationfacilities include eight all-purposeteaching rooms, two networkedmultimedia laboratories, and astreamed film library.

Language speaking skillsEvery year, a considerablenumber of native speakers offoreign languages follow ourcourses and several Europeanexchange students stay on todo graduate work. There are alsoforeign-language lectors who areeither combining teaching with aKent higher degree or completingdissertations for their homeuniversities. We can assistwith language-training needsof overseas postgraduates,particularly where English isconcerned, and are also involvedin the Erasmus and Tempusnetworks.

TrainingKent’s Graduate School offersall postgraduate students aprogramme of training intransferable skills. The Schoolprovides training workshopsfor postgraduate students withteaching responsibilities, bringingtogether postgraduates fromall our subject areas. Research

German at Kent offers an ideal environment for thepostgraduate study of literature and culture within abroadly European context. The research interests ofour staff cover the entire modern period, both withinGerman-speaking countries and across Europe, andinclude poetry, the European avant-garde, women’swriting, modernism, postmodernism and literarytheory. Members of the Department are experiencedin running international projects and have attractedexternal funding from prestigious sources, such asThe Leverhulme Trust and the HumboldtFoundation.

The quality of our research was acknowledged in the ResearchExcellence Framework (REF) 2014, where modern languages at Kentwere ranked 3rd in the UK for research quality and research output.German is part of the School of European Culture and Languages(SECL) and our staff and postgraduates take a leading role in theSchool’s Centre for Modern European Literature.

The MA programme enjoys a broader perspective than many purelyGerman MA programmes, as the University of Kent is one of the few UKuniversities to have a dedicated Department of Comparative Literature.



students gain further academicexperience by giving researchtalks in the Centre for ModernEuropean Literature series,and attending national andinternational conferences.

ConferencesWe encourage all of ourpostgraduate students to getinvolved in conferences. Recentconferences organised bystaff include Suhrkamp andEuropean Literature (DeutschesLiteraturarchiv Marbach, March2014) and Celebrations, Festkultur,Austria (University of London,June 2016).




Modern German andComparative Literature MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/30


Kent has a thriving ComparativeLiterature Department, givingyou the opportunity to hone yourliterary and analytical skills notonly on German texts, but alsoon a broader range of modernliterature.

The programme is suitable bothfor those who would like to taketheir undergraduate studiesa stage further, and for thosewho wish to go on to a careerin literary studies or intend todo a PhD.


Comparative Literature inTheory and Practice; GermanModernism; Post-War Literatureand Memory

• Optional modules include:Literature and Medicine; Talesof the Fantastic


Modern European LiteratureMAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/31

Location: CanterburyLanguage requirements: Youare expected to be able to readliterary works in any two ofthe following European languages(in addition to English): French,German, Italian, Spanish.

The MA in Modern EuropeanLiterature is designed for studentswho wish to range beyond anyone national tradition and tostudy major writers, genres andmovements within the context ofmodern European literature. It alsogives you the opportunity to readliterary works in their originallanguage.

Course content• Compulsory module: Literature

and Theory• Three from: German

Modernism; History andMemory; Literature andMedicine; Postmodern FrenchDetective Fiction; Post-warLiterature and Memory;Real Fictions; Spanish Cinema;Tales of the Fantastic; Theoriesof Art in Modern FrenchThought; Writing the Self




STAFF PROFILE

Heide KunzelmannLecturer in German

Dr Kunzelmann studied at theUniversities of Vienna, Graz andGlasgow for her undergraduatedegree, and then obtained herMA in German Literature atBowling Green State University,Ohio while she was in the USAon a Fulbright TeachingAssistantship in 2001. In 2011,she completed her doctorateat Queen Mary, University ofLondon with a thesis on Hans-Carl Artmann and the apoliticalavant-garde.

Her research focuses on post-war Austrian literature andculture, especially the Austrianavant-garde and the WienerGruppe, and on theories ofauthorship and change.

Heide is Director of theIngeborg Bachmann Centre forAustrian Literature at the Instituteof Germanic Studies at theUniversity of London.

seminars help to bringpostgraduates together asa community, as well as tointroduce them to visitingspeakers.

We can supervise postgraduatestudents in any of the areas listedhere, as well as in other mainfields of German and Europeanliterature. We encourage you tocontact us to discuss your plansat an early stage of yourapplication.




Dr Ian Cooper: Lecturerin German

Dr Deborah Holmes: SeniorLecturer in German

Professor Ben Hutchinson:Professor of European Literature;Co-director, Centre for ModernEuropean Literature

Dr Heide Kunzelmann: Lecturerin German

For details of staff with researchinterests in comparative literature,see p73.

LocationCanterbury








Applications



Further informationProfessor Ben HutchinsonT: +44 (0)1227 823077E: [email protected]


German and ComparativeLiterature PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/33

German PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/34


Research areasStaff research interests inGerman include: Austrianstudies; Austrian intellectualstudies; post-idealist philosophyand the German lyric tradition;naturalism; modernism and20th-century literature, especiallyRilke, Kafka, Mann, W G Sebaldand Jean Améry. Other areasof specialism within theSchool include: Beckett;Proust; the European avant-garde;modernism and postmodernism;cross-cultural transmission;translation theory; literary theoryand aesthetics; Jewish writing;and literature and fundamentalism.

The research culture isinterdisciplinary, through closelinks with the Centre for ModernEuropean Literature (co-directedby German). Regular research


“This combined MA gaveme the ideal opportunity topursue my interest in modernGerman literature withoutlosing sight of its broaderEuropean context. I was ableto deepen my knowledge, notonly of modern literature, butalso of European literarytheory. It’s an exciting andchallenging degree.”

Angela GerhardtMA Modern German andComparative Literature


HISPANIC STUDIES

Postgraduate resourcesThe Templeman Library hasexcellent holdings in all ourareas of research interest, withparticular strengths in modernEuropean literature and Spanishfilm and cultural studies. TheSchool provides high-qualityfacilities in IT, dedicated technicalstaff and designated areas forpostgraduate study. Language-learning and translation facilitiesinclude state-of-the-art languagelaboratories, eight all-purposeteaching rooms, two networkedmultimedia laboratories and astreamed film library.

Language speaking skillsEvery year, a considerablenumber of native speakers offoreign languages follow ourcourses and several Europeanexchange students stay on todo graduate work. There are alsoforeign-language lectors eithercombining teaching with a Kenthigher degree or completinga dissertation for their homeuniversities. We can assist withthe language-training needsof overseas postgraduates,particularly where English isconcerned, and are also involvedin Erasmus and Tempus networks.

TrainingKent’s Graduate School offersall postgraduate studentsa Researcher DevelopmentProgramme. The Schoolprovides training workshopsfor postgraduate students withteaching responsibilities, whichbring together students from all

The taught MA programmes in Hispanic Studies atKent allow you focus solely on Hispanic Studies orto combine your interest in Hispanic Studies withthe study of other European literatures. The MA inModern Hispanic Studies leads you towards a betterunderstanding of modern Hispanic society and itsculture. It consists of two parts: a literary element,taught in conjunction with the MA in Hispanic andComparative Literature, and a cultural elementwhich is particular to this programme. The MAin Hispanic and Comparative Literature helpsyou acquire a deeper conceptual awareness of thefunction and role of literature in Spain, and assessand evaluate it within a wider European context.

The staff who teach the compulsory modules in Hispanic Studies andComparative Literature are all based in the School of European Cultureand Languages (SECL) and are actively engaged in research in thetopics covered. There are opportunities to continue researching inHispanic Studies when you have completed your MA and we wouldbe happy to discuss this possibility with you.

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its subject areas. Researchstudents gain further academicexperience by giving researchtalks in the Centre for ModernEuropean Literature or the Centrefor the Interdisciplinary Study ofFilm and the Moving Image andattending conferences.

ConferencesWe encourage all of ourpostgraduate students toget involved in conferences.Postgraduate students in HispanicStudies are actively involved in theconferences organised by thejournal Skepsi (founded and runby SECL postgraduate students).




Hispanic and ComparativeLiterature MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/64


This programme delves deeplyinto the function and role ofliterature in Spain, especiallywithin a wider European context.You can also take other modulesoffered within the Faculty ofHumanities, allowing you tochoose options according toyour interests, while reinforcingyour skills in a widely used worldlanguage.


Comparative Literature inTheory and Practice; Historyand Memory; Spanish Cinema


STAFF PROFILE

Núria Triana-ToribioProfessor of Hispanic Studies

Núria Triana-Toribio’s researchfocuses on aspects of Spanishcinema and Spanish filmcultures. She has publishedwidely on areas such as nationalcinemas, popular genres andauteurism and, more recently,the study of film festivals, filmlegislation and film criticism.Her latest monograph is entitledSpanish Film Cultures.

She is a co-editor of the series,Spanish and Latin AmericanFilmmakers, for ManchesterUniversity Press.

Her most recent work hasappeared in Screen, Studiesin Hispanic Cinemas and theJournal of Spanish CulturalStudies.

• One optional module offeredby Comparative Literature,see p70


Modern Hispanic StudiesMAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/68

Location: CanterburyAttendance: Two years part-time

You acquire a goodunderstanding of modernSpanish and Spanish-Americansociety. The programme consistsof two parts: a literary element,which is taught in conjunctionwith the MA in Hispanic andComparative Literature, anda cultural element, which isa distinctive part of this MA.We teach all subject options inSpanish, but accept written workin both English and Spanish.

Course content• Compulsory modules: History

and Memory; Spanish Cinema• Dissertation of 10-12,000

words




Hispanic Studies PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/72


Research students need todemonstrate competence inSpanish (and Catalan if relevant).

Research areasHispanic Studies can be broadlycharacterised as concerned withmodern Hispanic studies, withthree peninsular specialists


European Theatre ResearchNetworkSee p91.

Centre for Film and MediaResearchSee p124.


Dr Antonio Lázaro-Reboll:Senior Lecturer in HispanicStudies; Director of GraduateStudies (Research)

Dr Montserrat Roser-i-Puig:Senior Lecturer in HispanicStudies

Dr William Rowlandson: SeniorLecturer in Hispanic Studies

Dr Natalia Sobrevilla Perea:Reader in Hispanic Studies

Professor Núria Triana-Toribio:Professor of Hispanic Studies;Head of Department

LocationCanterbury








Applications



Further informationDr Antonio Lázaro-RebollT: +44 (0)1227 823205E: [email protected]

(Dr Montserrat Roser-i-Puig,Dr Antonio Lázaro-Reboll andProfessor Núria Triana-Toribio)and two Latin American specialists(Dr William Rowlandson and DrNatalia Sobrevilla Perea). TheDepartment’s range of interestscovers contemporary Spanishdrama, film and poetry; modernand avant-garde Spanish visualculture; Catalan studies;peninsular cultural studies;Latin American literature,including poetry, history, politics(in particular, the RepublicanAndes) and culture; and Cubanliterature, film and visual art.

Research centresCentre for American StudiesSee p36.


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HISTORY

Postgraduate resourcesThe Templeman Libraryhas a designated EuropeanDocumentation Centre, whichholds specialised collections onslavery and antislavery, and onmedical science. The Libraryhas a substantial collection ofsecondary materials to back-upan excellent collection of primarysources, including the BritishCartoon Archive, vintagenewspapers, a large audio-visuallibrary, and a complete set ofBritish Second World War Ministryof Information propagandapamphlets.

The School has a dedicatedCentre for the Study of War,Propaganda and Society, whichhas a distinctive archive of written,audio and visual propagandamaterials, particularly in film, videoand DVD. Locally, you have accessto: the Canterbury CathedralLibrary and Archive (a majorcollection for the study of medievaland early modern religious andsocial history); the Centre forKentish Studies at Maidstone; andthe National Maritime Collectionat Greenwich. Kent is also withineasy reach of the country’spremier research collections inLondon and the national librariesin Paris and Brussels.



The School of History has strong and thrivingpostgraduate communities in medieval and earlymodern culture and social history, early modernreligious history, history and cultural studies ofscience and medicine, history of propaganda,military history, war and the media, and thehistory of the county of Kent.

The School is ranked 8th nationally for research intensity and 99% ofits research was judged to be of international quality in the ResearchExcellence Framework (REF) 2014. It also consistently scores highlyin the National Student Survey. It has a vibrant intellectual community,in which postgraduate students play an active role.

The School provides a lively, research-led environment wherepostgraduate students are given the opportunity to work alongsideacademics recognised as experts in their respective fields.


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Deviant; Europe in Crisis, 1900-1925; From Hitler to Adenauer,1933-1963; Geiger Counterat Ground Zero; Home FrontBritain; Landscapes of theGreat War: Interpretations andRepresentations; Medicine,Environment and Society inthe Modern World; Museums,Material Culture and the Historyof Science; Religion andSociety in 17th-centuryEngland; Science, Ethicsand Controversy; Scienceand Medicine in Context;Spend, Spend, Spend!Shopping and Selling in Pre-Industrial Europe; Testimoniesof War; War, Propaganda andthe Media.

Paris students also take: • Literary Undergrounds and

Anarchists in the Basement• One module from the range

of modules available in Paris.

History of Science, Medicine,Environment and TechnologyMAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/83


This MA teaches the collectivehistory of science, medicine,environment and technology.It offers modules that combineimperial, ethical and militaryhistory with general areas ofhistory of science and medicine.You are taught how differentsocieties, cultures and races haveconceptualised disease, reactedto changes in environment andcreated different technologicalartefacts and scientific knowledge.

Course contentCompulsory modules plus:• Science and Medicine in

Context• At least one from: Deformed,

Deranged and Deviant;Geiger Counter at GroundZero; History of Modern

Medicine; Medicine,Environment and Society inthe Modern World; Museums,Material Culture and the Historyof Science; Science, Ethics andControversy; War, Propagandaand the Media

First World War Studies MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/765


This new MA programme exploresthe military, cultural, political andsocial history of the First WorldWar, introducing you to advancedconcepts of historiography andcultural theory. The programmeis interdisciplinary in nature, andreinforces the different intellectualapproaches to the war.

Course contentCompulsory modules plus:• Landscapes of the Great War:

Interpretations andRepresentations

• Landscapes of the Great War:Public Histories

• Optional modules include: TheBritish Army and the Great War;Home Front Britain; Ireland andthe Great War; Writing the City

Imperial History MA www.kent.ac.uk/pg/360


This programme examines keythemes and regions in the makingof world history, from the 18thcentury to the present day,working closely with the Centrefor the History of Colonialismsand the Centre for the PoliticalEconomies of InternationalCommerce.

Course contentCompulsory modules plus:• Themes and Controversies:

Modern Imperial History• Optional modules include:

An Intimate History of the British Empire; Britain and

Common compulsory modulesfor all programmes• Methods and Interpretation of

Historical Research• Dissertation of 15-18,000 words


Modern History MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/74www.kent.ac.uk/pg/82


It is possible to study thisprogramme entirely in Canterburyor split between our Canterburycampus and our Paris School ofArts and Culture.

The programme focuses on theperiod c1500-2000. You developyour capacity to think criticallyabout past events, approachprimary and secondary sourcesfrom a variety of perspectives andstrive to understand the complexissues surrounding contextand significance. In addition,you engage with the widerhistoriography and discourseassociated with your studies,understanding the structure andnature of cultural, political andsocial forces in the modern period.

If you are studying on the split-siteprogramme, you spend your firstterm in Canterbury beforerelocating to our Paris School forthe spring term, studying in theheart of historic Montparnasse.All teaching is provided in English,by University of Kent academics.


Course contentAll students take the compulsorymodules plus a selection from:• The British Army and the Great

War; Deformed, Deranged and

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History MA, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/89www.kent.ac.uk/pg/782

Locations: Canterbury; Paris (PhD only)

We welcome researchapplications across the range ofexpertise within the School. Werun regular seminars in medievaland Tudor studies, modern history,the history and cultural studies ofscience, and the study ofpropaganda.

All first-year research studentsattend a Methodologies andResearch Skills seminar. Thistraining improves your knowledgeof both historical theory andmethods of using primarymaterial, and can assist infunding applications.

Cartoons and Caricature MA,MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/91


The British Cartoon Archivewas established in 1973 at theUniversity of Kent, to collect andpreserve British cartoons of socialand political comment, and makethem freely available for study. Itis a library, archive, gallery andregistered museum, dedicatedto the history of British cartooningover the last 200 years.CartoonHub, an online cartoondatabase shared with a numberof other institutions, is also theworld’s largest electronic archiveof cartoons, with a catalogueddatabase of over 120,000 images,the majority of which are storedin original in the Centre. It istherefore an excellent resourcefor research students, capableof supporting a range of differentresearch interests andspecialities.

the Modern World; Colonialand Postcolonial Discourses;Europe in Crisis, 1900-1925;Extremes of Feeling: Literatureand Empire in the EighteenthCentury; Liberation Strugglesin Southern Africa; No End ofa Lesson: Britain and the BoerWar; Writing of Empire andSettlement

War, Media and Society MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/84


This MA explores how conflictoccurs across a variety ofcountries and landscapes in thelate-19th and 20th centuries, andhow such conflict is managedand presented through mediaand propaganda. It takes indifferent types of conflict, fromconventional trench warfare andgeopolitical stand-offs to guerrillatactics and civil defence initiatives.It also examines the application oftechnology in warfare, the impactof the media on public opinion,along with the increasingimportance of the homefront in 20th-century warfare.

Course contentCompulsory modules plus:• War, Propaganda and the

Media• At least one from: The British

Army and the Great War;Geiger Counter at Ground Zero


American Studies MASee p38.

Medieval and Early ModernStudies MASee p172.

Science, Communication andSociety MScSee p214.


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STAFF PROFILE

Mark ConnellyProfessor of Modern BritishMilitary History

Professor Mark Connelly is anexpert in modern British militaryhistory.

Fascinated by history from ayoung age (largely shaped byLadybird history books, visitsto castles and Airfix kits), hisprofession now involvescombining his love for militaryhistory with his interests inculture, films, television andvisual images.

His research interests primarilycentre on the British at war from1800, and the image of war inpopular culture.

As well as publishing extensively,he has made numerousappearances with the BBC andis considered an expert on thecultural history of Christmas.

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Professor Mark Connelly:Professor of Modern British MilitaryHistory

Dr George Conyne: Lecturerin American History

Dr Peter Donaldson: Lecturerin History

Professor Kenneth Fincham:Professor of Early Modern History

Dr Helen Gittos: Senior Lecturerin Medieval History

Dr Stefan Goebel: Senior Lecturerin Modern British History

Dr Emily Guerry: Lecturerin Medieval History

Dr Rebekah Higgitt: Lecturerin History of Science

Dr Leonie James: Lecturerin Early Modern History

Professor Gaynor Johnson:Professor of History

Dr Karen Jones: Senior Lecturerin American History

Dr Mark Lawrence: Lecturerin Military History

Dr Jan Loop: Senior Lecturerin History

Dr Giacomo Macola: SeniorLecturer in African History

Dr Emily Manktelow: Lecturerin British Imperial History

Dr Ben Marsh: Senior Lecturerin American History

Dr Omar Nasim: Lecturerin History of Science

Dr Juliette Pattinson: Readerin History

Dr William Pettigrew: Readerin American History

Professor Ulf Schmidt: Professorof Modern History

Dr Phil Slavin: Lecturer inMedieval History of Science

Dr Charlotte Sleigh: Readerin the History of Science

Dr John Wills: Senior Lecturerin American History


Entry requirementsUsually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in a relevantsubject. In certaincircumstances, the Schoolwill consider candidateswho have not followed aconventional educationpath. For specific details,see www.kent.ac.uk/pg




National ratingsREF 2014, history:• 99% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 8th for research intensity • top 20 for research power

Applications




Research areasMedieval and early modernhistoryCovering c400-c1500,incorporating such themes asAnglo-Saxon England, early-modern France, palaeography,British and European politicsand society, religion and papacy.

Modern historyCovering c1500-present,incorporating such themes asmodern British, European andAmerican history, British militaryhistory, and 20th-century conflictand propaganda.

History of science,technology and medicineIncorporating such themes ascolonial science and medicine,Nazi medicine, eugenics, scienceand technology in 19th-centuryBritain.

American historyIncorporating themes such asthe American West, the AmericanRevolution, Atlantic history 1500-1800, 20th-century US history andAmerican constitutional, politicaland diplomatic history.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/history/staff

Dr Julie Anderson: Reader inthe History of Modern Medicine

Dr Amy Blakeway: Lecturerin Early Modern History

Dr Barbara Bombi: Readerin Medieval History

Dr Philip Boobbyer: Readerin Modern European History

Dr Timothy Bowman: SeniorLecturer in British Military History

Dr Ambrogio Caiani: Lecturerin Modern European History

Dr Andy Cohen: Lecturerin Imperial History

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HISTORY OF ART

Postgraduate resourcesThere is a large and wide-ranginglibrary holding for History of Art,covering the fields of painting,sculpture, architecture,photography, aestheticsand contemporary visualcommunications. There is asubstantial stock of periodicals,online access to e-journals and aslide library with well over 100,000images, covering areas such ascontemporary art, visual cultures,garden history and the film still,as well as traditional media. Kentis ideally located for access togalleries in London and on thecontinent.

The purpose-built, and RIBAaward-winning, Jarman Buildingis home to the Studio 3 Galleryand there are a range of teachingand social spaces as well as adedicated postgraduate centre.




The History of Art Department within the Schoolof Arts provides opportunities for graduate studywith well-established researchers in the fields ofart history, philosophy of art and aesthetics.

Arts at Kent was ranked 1st for research power in the ResearchExcellence Framework (REF) 2014 as part of the music, drama andperforming arts submission. The Department currently offers expertisein contemporary art and aesthetics, modernism, theories of art, thehistoriography of art and the Cold War; biographical monographs,the photograph (in its historical, contemporary and critical contexts),and the historical interplay of image, theory and institutions from theRenaissance to the present (especially European and North American).

Developing areas of interest include the cultural and historicalsignificance of the print, and the role of performance and new mediain contemporary art practices, which draw upon our links with othersubjects within the School of Arts and the Faculty of Humanities. Inparticular, postgraduates have the opportunity to participate in theactivities of the multidisciplinary Aesthetics Research Centre and theArt History and Visual Cultures Research Centre. There is also a fullprogramme of visiting speakers from across the constituent subjectareas within the School of Arts, which include Film and Drama.


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Curating MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/96


This programme, delivered bySchool of Arts and specialistvisiting lecturers, develops yourskills and provides experiencerelevant to a career in curating.

Based at the School of Arts’Studio 3 Gallery, you are involvedin all aspects of the running of theGallery. You have the opportunityto work closely with partnerorganisations such as Canterburymuseums and galleries.

Compulsory modules providean overview of the history ofcollecting and exhibitions througha series of case studies, takingadvantage of our proximity tomajor London collections. We alsocover theoretical issues relatingto curating and museology.

Collaborating with other students,you can develop your own project,working within the Gallery’sexhibition programme.


Curatorial Internship; Historyand Theory of Curating

• Optional modules: The Artof Portraiture; Post-ConceptualArt and Visual Arts Criticism;Reading the Contemporary;Theories of Art in ModernFrench Thought

History & Philosophy of ArtMAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/97www.kent.ac.uk/pg/99www.kent.ac.uk/pg/762


It is possible to study this MAin three ways: either entirely inCanterbury, in both Canterburyand Paris, or entirely in Paris.

This MA provides a structuredintroduction to the postgraduatestudy of the history andphilosophy of art. Particularfocuses include contemporaryart, photography, Renaissanceart, medieval art, 18th-centuryBritish painting, 19th-centuryFrench painting, modernism,aesthetics and the philosophyof art and film. You may electto take a Philosophy of Art andAesthetics pathway, which drawson the expertise of our AestheticsResearch Centre.

If you are studying on the split-siteprogramme, you spend your firstterm in Canterbury beforerelocating to our Paris Schoolof Arts and Culture for thespring term, studying in theheart of historic Montparnasse.All teaching is provided in English,by University of Kent academics.

Those on the year-long Parisprogramme take modules fromtheir own subject area alongsideoptional modules inspired by Parisand its unique cultural history.


Course contentCanterbury or Canterbury andParis students take: • Key Concepts and Classic

Texts in History and Philosophyof Art

• Dissertation of 12-15000words.

Canterbury students also take:• Introduction to Research in

History and Philosophy of Art• Two from a range of optional

modules including: The Artof Portraiture: Historical andPhilosophical Approaches;Conceptualising Film; AMatter of Taste: The Art andAesthetics of Food; Historyand Theory of Curating;

STAFF PROFILE

Martin Hammer Professor of History of Art

The art of Francis Bacon hasbeen a major research focusfor Professor Martin Hammer inrecent years. His book FrancisBacon and Nazi Propagandapresents the artist as moreengaged with the wider worldthan is usually acknowledged.He sought in his work toarticulate what it felt like towitness the rise of Fascismin the 1930s, and then thehorrifying violence and theself-destruction that ensuedwhen the Nazi craving for powerturned into the pursuit of militaryconquest and the Final Solution.

Martin has served as a memberof the Tate Britain Council, gavethe Rothenstein lecture last yearon Bacon and Degas, workedclosely with Tate Research andArchive, and published hisBacon book with the museum.

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spends the most time on theperiod 1400-1700, which is alsothe period from which a secondmodule is chosen. You study theart of Rome first hand, visitingrelevant sites and museums, withoptions to study the history ofRome and specific artists. Kentstaff are present for part of thespring term in Rome to ensurecontinuity of academic guidanceand pastoral support.


Course contentCanterbury• Compulsory module: Key

Concepts and Classic Texts inHistory and Philosophy of Art

• One from a list of optionalmodules which may include:The Art of Portraiture: Historicaland Philosophical Approaches;History and Theory of Curating;A Matter of Taste: The Artand Aesthetics of Food; Post-Conceptual Art and VisualArts Criticism; Theories of Artin Modern French Thought

Rome• Compulsory module:

Discovering Rome in Rome:Arts in Rome from Antiquityto the Present Day

• One from a list of optionalmodules

Philosophical Issues inArt History and Visual Culture;Post-Conceptual Art and VisualArts Criticism; Theories of Artin Modern French Thought;Thinking Theatre: Theoriesand Aesthetics of Performance.

Canterbury and Paris studentsalso take:• Modern Art in Paris• One from a range of optional

modules including: The Art ofPortraiture; A Matter of Taste:The Art and Aesthetics of Food;History and Theory of Curating;Post-Conceptual Art and VisualArts Criticism; Theories of Artin Modern French Thought

• One module from thoseavailable in Paris.

Year-long Paris students take:• Compulsory modules: Key

Concepts and Classic Textsin History and Philosophyof Art; Modern Art in Paris

• One module from thoseavailable in Paris

• Dissertation of 12-15,000 words.

History of Art MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/344

Locations: Canterbury and Rome

This MA provides a structuredintroduction to postgraduate studyof the history of art and includesa term in Rome where we run ourMA with the American Universityof Rome (which providesaccommodation and facilities).

A range of themes andapproaches are considered witha particular focus on medieval,Renaissance and baroque art inItaly. The first term is taught inCanterbury.

During the term in Rome, youfocus on the art of Rome witha compulsory module thatspans almost two millenniaand examines the changing faceof the eternal city. This module


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“My supervisor beganhelping me with mydoctoral research even beforeI arrived at Kent which, asan international student,I found very impressive.This kind of attention,availability and academicsupport is a testament tothe staff.”

Jordan AmirkhaniPhD History & Philosophy of Art

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Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff-profiles

Dr Jonathan Friday: SeniorLecturer

Professor Martin Hammer:Professor of History & Philosophyof Art; Head of School of Arts

Professor Tom Henry: Professorof History of Art

Dr Hans Maes: Senior Lecturer

Dr Michael Newall: SeniorLecturer

Dr Grant Pooke: Senior Lecturer

Dr Ben Thomas: Senior Lecturer;Curator, Studio 3 Gallery

LocationsCanterbury, Paris and Rome

Entry requirementsUsually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in a relevantsubject. In certaincircumstances, the Schoolwill consider candidateswho have not followed aconventional education pathor who may have relevantexperience in the industry.For specific details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg






Applications





History & Philosophy of ArtPhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/100

As a group, we have acollective interest in developinginterdisciplinary projects,including projects informed byart history and philosophy ofart or aesthetics. Shared areasof research interest include:photography, art theory from theRenaissance to recent times, andcontemporary art. We can offersupervision in any of these areas.

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ITALIAN

Postgraduate resourcesThe Templeman Library hasexcellent holdings in our areasof research interest, withparticular strengths in modernItalian literature and culture.The School of European Cultureand Languages (SECL) provideshigh-quality facilities in IT,dedicated technical staffand designated areas forpostgraduate study. Language-learning and translation facilitiesinclude state-of-the-art languagelaboratories, eight all-purposeteaching rooms, two networkedmultimedia laboratories and astreamed film library.

Postgraduate communityA significant number of nativespeakers of European languagesfollow our programmes andseveral European exchangestudents stay on to do graduatework.

We provide training workshopsfor students with teachingresponsibilities, which bringtogether students from all oursubject areas. Research studentsgain further academic experienceby giving research talks in theCentre for Critical Thoughtseries and attending national andinternational conferences. Regularresearch seminars help to bringpostgraduates together as acommunity, as well as to introducethem to visiting speakers fromoutside the University. Ourstudents also produce Skepsi,an online peer-reviewed journal.

Without doubt, Italy is a cornerstone of Europeanculture, art and history, as well as providing acontroversial and stimulating area of studies inthemodern period.

Kent offers an ideal environment for the postgraduate study of modernItalian society, literature and thought, within a broadly European context.

With the research interests of staff covering the modern period,postgraduates can also benefit from the Italian interdisciplinaryresearch seminar series and the activities of the Centre for CriticalThought, which includes lectures by prestigious guest speakers.

We can assist with language training needs for overseas postgraduatestudents, particularly where English is concerned, and are alsoinvolved in the Erasmus and Tempus networks.


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develops cutting-edge researchon critically oriented theory withinthe humanities and socialsciences. Research withinCCT focuses on the nature andscope of critical thought froman interdisciplinary perspective.For further details, see p197.



Dr Francesco Capello: Lecturerin Italian

Dr Alex Marlow-Mann: Lecturerin Italian

Dr Alvise Sforza Tarabochia:Lecturer in Italian

LocationCanterbury








Applications


Further informationDr Alvise Sforza TarabochiaT: +44 (0)1227 827944E: [email protected]




Italian PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/104


We offer supervision oncontemporary Italian literature,visual culture, cinema, criticalthought and cultural studies.We welcome postgraduatestudents who obtained theirfirst degree in Italy.

Research centresResearch at Kent is consciouslyconceived as interdisciplinary.

Centre for Critical ThoughtItalian played a leading role in thefounding of the Centre for CriticalThought (CCT). The Centreconsolidates, sustains and

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JOURNALISM

Postgraduate resourcesThe Centre is based in state-of-the-art multimedia newsroomsequipped with the latest audioand video-editing technology,a radio studio and broadcast-quality television facilities,including a dedicatedpostgraduate newsroom.Newsroom computers offer arange of software for teachingand research support. Studentshave access to Press Associationnews wires, Sky News Radio andReuters World Television Newsfeeds, and our multimediawebsite: www.centreforjournalism.co.uk, which offers live publishingfacilities in text, audio and video.The site is a forum for debateabout issues in journalism and thenews industry involving studentsand practitioners in Britain andabroad.

The resources for journalismresearch at Kent are led by theDrill Hall Library at Medway. Thejournalism collection includes acomprehensive range of texts onthe history, principles and practiceof journalism. Specialist resourcesinclude a complete microfichearchive of popular newspapersof the Second World War.Students have access to onlinefull-text journals and extensiveonline newspaper resources. TheCentre subscribes to relevant UKjournals. Research students haveaccess to the SCONUL schemeto visit and borrow from other UKlibraries.

Postgraduate programmes in journalism at Kentoffer you an opportunity to research and learn inan environment that instils excellence in the practiceof convergent, multimedia journalism. The Centrefor Journalism is professionally accredited by theNational Council for the Training of Journalistsand has work placement and scholarship agreementswith partners including Sky News, AssociatedNewspapers and the Kent Messenger Group.

A lively and welcoming community spirit exists within the Centre. Wehold regular social events, seminars and masterclasses, and recentvisitors have included: Allan Little, BBC correspondent; Sarah Ivensfounding Editor-in-Chief of OK! Magazine USA; Gavin Esler, formerpresenter of Newsnight; Jon Snow, presenter of Channel 4 Newsand Mark Thompson, former Director General of the BBC.

The range of professional interests in the Centre mean we can offerwide scope for research supervision.


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International MultimediaJournalism MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/107

Location: Medway

The programme teachesmultimedia journalism tograduates of universities outsidethe UK who aspire to pursue acareer in the news industry. Youlearn to report for newspapers,websites, radio and televisionin a live newsroom environment.Using state-of-the-art technology,you work to real deadlines tomake news programmes andupload your work to the internet.Your tutors are award-winningjournalists with decades of front-line experience in national andinternational news.

Course contentCompulsory modules in Reportingand Writing, Journalism and FreeExpression, and PracticalMultimedia Journalism introduceyou to the intellectual andprofessional challenges ofreporting for newspapers,radio, television and the internet.You choose optional academicmodules from a range, including:History of Journalism; ReportingConflict; and Communicationand Humanitarianism. You alsocomplete a dissertation.

Multimedia Journalism MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/108

Location: Medway

This programme is designed forgraduates who are determinedto pursue a career in the newsindustry. You learn to report fornewspapers, websites, radioand television in a live newsroomenvironment, using state-of-the-arttechnology and work to realdeadlines as for the InternationalMultimedia Journalism MA.

Course contentCompulsory modules in Reportingand Writing; Journalism Law,Ethics and Regulation; andPrinciples and Practices ofConvergent Journalism introduceyou to the professional challengesof modern reporting and prepareyou to pass the National Councilfor the Training of Journalists’Diploma in Journalism (thisinvolves passing papers inshorthand, public affairs, lawand reporting). You chooseacademic modules from arange including: History ofJournalism; and Communicationand Humanitarianism. You maychoose to complete a dissertation.


Journalism MA, MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/111

Location: Medway

Research programmes are bestsuited to students who have aclear and original idea of a topicthat they would like to investigatein detail. The MA by Researchentails producing a 40,000-wordthesis. The MPhil and PhDprogrammes demand a high levelof research and analysis, resultingin dissertations of c50,000 words(MPhil) or 80,000 words (PhD).

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Ben Cocking Senior Lecturer in Journalism;Director of Research

Having completed hisundergraduate, Master’s andPhD at the University of Kent,Ben joined the Centre forJournalism in September 2015.Taking on the role of SeniorLecturer and Director ofResearch, he leads theCentre’s research strategyand is responsible for theteaching of politics and politicalcommunications to studentsat both undergraduate andpostgraduate level.

Ben’s research interestsinclude: travel journalism,news media and politicalcommunications, travel writing,cultural theory and postcolonialtheory.

All first-year research studentsattend a Methodologies andResearch Skills seminar. Throughthe Faculty of Social Sciences,the Centre provides training inmethods of using sources andcan assist in funding applications.

We welcome researchapplications across the range ofexpertise in the Centre and fromall over the world.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/journalism/staff.html

Professor Tim Luckhurst:Professor of Journalism; Headof the Centre for Journalism

Dr Ben Cocking: Senior Lecturerin Journalism; Director ofResearch

Ian Reeves: Senior Lecturerin Journalism

David Acheson: Lecturer in MediaLaw

Rob Bailey: Lecturer in Reportingand Writing; Director of Learningand Teaching

Lee Kenny: Lecturer in Reporting

Richard Pendry: Lecturer inBroadcast and Online Journalism;Director of Graduate Studies


LocationMedway

Entry requirementsMinimum 2.1 or equivalent ina relevant academic subject(politics, history, English,international relations) anddemonstrable interest in andaptitude for journalism. Suitablyqualified applicants will beinvited for interview and will berequired to sit an entrance test.In certain circumstances, theCentre will consider candidateswho have not followed aconventional education path.These cases are assessedindividually by the Head of theCentre and/or the Director ofLearning and Teaching andthe Director of Research.




National ratingsKent is ranked 6th in the UKfor journalism in The GuardianUniversity Guide 2016.

Applications


Research programmes See p260 or contact the Centrefor further details.


“This is a great course. Itputs you out into the fieldfrom the very beginningand helps you learn theskills you need to becomea professional, multimediajournalist. The lecturers arevery supportive and thefacilities are excellent.”

Simon JayawardenaMA Multimedia Journalism

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Postgraduate resourcesKent Law School has an activeand inclusive extra-curricularacademic and social scene,with weekly graduate seminars,a postgraduate student groupfor all students, an annual LLMconference enabling studentsto present their research and aregular guest lecture programmeorganised by our research centres(which include the Centre forCritical International Law, theKent Centre for Law, Gender andSexuality, and the Kent Centre forEuropean and Comparative Law).LLM students are encouraged towrite about their experiences atKent, and do so on our LLMblog, Mastering Law(http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/klsllm/).

World-leading researchStudents are immersed in aculture of critical research withinKLS, which is widely regardedas a centre of excellence inlegal research and teaching.The research undertaken iscollaborative, seeks to enhancepublic debate and aims to make adifference. Academic staff at Kentare widely published and cited,and many are members ofinfluential external policymakingand advisory groups.



Kent Law School (KLS) is a cosmopolitan centreof world-class critical legal research, offering asupportive and intellectually stimulating place tostudy. Rated 7th in the UK for research power inthe Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014,KLS gives you unparalleled opportunities to studywith leading academic experts in a variety ofspecialised fields of law.

The Kent LLM at the University’s Canterbury campus allows youto specialise in one of many areas of law. Our LLM programmes atthe University’s Brussels School of International Studies also allowyou to gain a secondary specialisation in politics and internationalrelations. With all of our programmes you gain expertise in a rangeof international and domestic subjects and develop advanced,transferable research and communication skills. Some programmesgive you the opportunity to study at both Canterbury and Brussels.

Our programmes attract excellent law graduates from around the worldand are also open to non-law graduates with an appropriate academicor professional background who wish to develop an advancedunderstanding of law in their field. You study within a supportive andintellectually stimulating environment, working closely with academicstaff whose critical teaching is informed by world-class research.

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police, probation service, prisonservice or other organisations,or those with an interest in suchmatters.

You cover criminal lawand procedure in the UK,internationally and comparatively.You also examine criminal justicesystems from a range of otherperspectives, including themanagement of organisations,human rights, the psychologicaland sociological causes ofcriminal behaviour, and socialand economic perspectives.

Course content• Modules include: European

Union Criminal Law andProcedure; InternationalCriminal Law; Policing;Transnational Criminal Law

• You may also choose frommodules offered on theCriminology MA (see p85)

Environmental Law andPolicywww.kent.ac.uk/pg/115

You study environmental law, indepth, exploring law at national,EU and global levels andcomparing legal regimes.You gain broad expertise,which will benefit you in careersin government departmentsand agencies, internationalorganisations, non-governmentalorganisations, private practice,policymaking or in an advisorycapacity. The degree alsoprovides an excellent foundationfor further research.

Course content• Modules include: Climate

Change and RenewableEnergy Law; EnvironmentalQuality Law; European UnionEnvironmental Law and Policy;International EnvironmentalLaw – Legal Foundations;International EnvironmentalLaw – Substantive LegalAspects

• You may also choose frommodules those offered bythe School of Social Policy,Sociology and Social Research

European Lawwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/116

In addition to focusing on the lawand policy of the EU, includingconstitutional law, the law relatingto the single market, competitionlaw, environmental law, andhuman rights law, thisspecialisation offers you theopportunity to study Europeanlegal integration from acomparative law perspective.

You consider a wide range of keylegal principles that underpin theevolving framework of Europeanlegal integration, and assess theimpact of European law in itsbroader social, political andeconomic context.


Union Constitutional andInstitutional Law; EuropeanUnion Criminal Law andProcedure; European UnionEnvironmental Law and Policy;European Union InternationalRelations Law

Human Rights Lawwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/117

You examine human rightsprotection at national, regionaland international levels. Thisspecialisation is particularlysuited to those who work in,or hope to work in, internationalorganisations, non-governmentalorganisations, international lawfirms and foreign affairsdepartments. It is also suitedto those who want to developa human rights practicein a domestic law context.

You are encouraged to participatein the activities of our Centre forCritical International Law (CeCIL).

The postgraduate programmesoffered within Kent Law Schoolare usually taught in seminarformat. Students on the Diplomaand LLM programmes study threemodules in each of the autumnand spring terms, and a requiredmodule in legal skills. LLMstudents complete a dissertationof 15-20,000 words in the summerterm. It is also possible to obtain aPostgraduate Certificate in Law bytaking three modules in one termfrom the full range available.


Canterbury programmesChoosing your specialisationThe Kent LLM (and associatedDiploma programme) allowsyou to specialise in one or moredifferent areas. You can tailor yourstudies to your particular intereststo obtain an LLM or Diplomain a single specialisation, in twospecialisations jointly, or choose abroad range of modules to obtaina general LLM or Diploma in Law.

To be awarded an LLM in a singlespecialisation, at least three ofyour six modules must be chosenfrom those associated withthat specialisation, with yourdissertation also focusing onthat area of law. To be awardeda major/minor specialisationyou need to choose threemodules associated with onespecialisation, and three fromanother specialisation, with thedissertation determining whichis your ‘major’ specialisation.

SpecialisationsCriminal Justicewww.kent.ac.uk/pg/114

This specialisation is designedfor people who already work, orintend to work, within the criminaljustice system, whether for the


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Course content• Modules include: Cultural

Heritage Law; European UnionCriminal Law and Procedure;International Criminal Law;Labour Rights in a GlobalEconomy; Policing

Intellectual Property Lawwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1217

You gain detailed insight intothe dynamic and growing areaof intellectual property law bytaking a distinctively contextualapproach: delineating its histories,materialisations and practices, aswell as analysing their conceptualfoundations and dilemmas. Youare introduced to critical, practicaland socio-historical approachesto the framing and studying ofintellectual property relatedproblems.

Course content• Modules include: Contemporary

Topics in Intellectual PropertyLaw; Cultural Heritage Law;Intellectual Property 1:Copyright and Breach ofConfidence; IntellectualProperty 2: Patents and TradeMarks; Intellectual Propertyand Industry Practices; Law,Science and Society; Law andEconomy; Privacy and DataProtection Law; World TradeOrganisation (WTO) Law andPractice 1

International Commercial Lawwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/127

This specialisation equips you withthe intellectual tools to practiseinternational commercial law, orwork for relevant governmentdepartments, regulators andinternational organisations in apolicymaking or advisory capacity.It also provides an excellentfoundation for further research.

You gain a thorough groundingin the technical legal instrumentsof international commercial law,

and training in interdisciplinaryframeworks for analysis of globalbusiness regulation. Emphasis isalso placed upon the interactionof law with other disciplines,particularly economics andpolitics.

Course content• Modules include: Commercial

Credit; Contemporary Topics inIntellectual Property; CorporateGovernance; IntellectualProperty Law; International andComparative Consumer Lawand Policy; International andComparative Bankruptcy andInsolvency Law and Policy;International BusinessTransactions; InternationalCommercial Arbitration;International Financial ServicesRegulation; International Lawon Foreign Investment; Lawand Economy; World TradeOrganisation (WTO) Law andPractice

International Criminal Justicewww.kent.ac.uk/pg/129

You develop a criticalunderstanding of the operationof international and transnationalcriminal justice, particularly incontexts that are perceived tobe controversial or in a state ofevolution. You learn about themain legal instruments andinstitutions that provide forinternational co-operation andprosecution of international,transnational and national crime,and the impact of human rights.

You are encouraged to participatein the activities of our Centre forCritical International Law (CeCIL).


Union Criminal Law andProcedure; InternationalCriminal Law; InternationalHuman Rights Law;Transnational Criminal Law

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STAFF PROFILE

Iain Ramsay Professor

Professor Ramsay is one of theforemost international authoritieson the regulation of consumermarkets, with a particularfocus on issues of creditand insolvency.

He has written extensively onconsumer credit and insolvencyin North America and Europeand conducted groundbreakingempirical research on consumerinsolvency. He has acted as anadviser to governments andNGOs in North and SouthAmerica, and Europe.

His current research,supported by a Fellowship fromThe Leverhulme Trust, focuseson explanations for the patternsof development of personalinsolvency in the USA andEurope. He is an electedmember of the AmericanLaw Institute.

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Course content• Modules include: Cultural

Heritage Law; InternationalCriminal Law; InternationalEnvironmental Law – LegalFoundations; InternationalEnvironmental Law –Substantive Legal Aspects;Human Rights Law; LabourRights in a Global Economy;Legal Aspects of ContemporaryInternational Problems; PublicInternational Law; TransnationalCriminal Law

International Law withInternational Relationswww.kent.ac.uk/pg/131

You cover the methods, scopeand theories of international law,international humanitarian lawand international relations. Thisspecialisation provides a detailedunderstanding of the roleof public international lawin international affairs. Itsinterdisciplinary approach issuited to those involved with, orhoping to work for, internationalorganisations, non-governmentalorganisations, foreign affairsdepartments and internationallaw firms. You are encouraged toparticipate in the activities of ourCentre for Critical InternationalLaw (CeCIL).

Course content• Modules include those listed

in International Law (see left)• You also take two modules

drawn from the School ofPolitics and InternationalRelations.

Law and the Humanitieswww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1205

Locations: Canterbury and Paris(two week-long intensive modulesavailable at our Paris School ofArts and Culture)

Law and the Humanities isa field of interdisciplinary study ofgrowing significance. As the only

programme of its kind in the UK,this LLM specialisation offers aunique perspective on the studyand practice of law. It drawsupon the theoretical andmethodological richnessof the humanities, to equip youwith the tools and skills for athorough understanding of thelaw. You develop your analytical,critical, and imaginativecapabilities, which will be ofgreat value to anyone wishingto engage more creatively withlaw, whether in an academicor professional capacity.

This specialisation offers theopportunity to study one or twomodules at our Paris Schoolof Arts and Culture, taught inintensive one-week periods inthe winter and spring vacations.

Course contentModules include• Paris: Law and the Humanities

1: Ethos and Scholarship; Lawand the Humanities 2: CurrentIssues

• Canterbury: Cultural HeritageLaw; Contemporary Topics inIntellectual Property;International Human RightsLaw; as well as selectedmodules offered by the Schoolof Politics and InternationalRelations.

Medical Law and Ethicswww.kent.ac.uk/pg/132

You are introduced to theinstitutions and organisationsassociated with medical law,and their interrelationships. Youexplore the context within whichmedical law operates and developan understanding of the ethicaland theoretical issues thatunderpin it. A foundation moduleintroduces those new to the studyof law to the key principles andinstitutions associated with thelegal system, core medico-legalconcepts and research methods.

• You may also choose onemodule from those offered onthe Criminology MA (see p85)

InternationalEnvironmental Lawwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/130

This specialisation stimulates acritical awareness of internationalenvironmental law and policy, andhas a particular focus on topicsthat are controversial or in a stateof evolution.

You develop an understandingof the institutional structures,key principles of law and policy,and the contexts within whichinternational law operates.You study the theoretical,social, political and scientificperspectives that underlie thesubstantive areas of law, as wellas the practical situations in whichinternational environmental lawoperates.

Course content• Modules include: Climate

Change and RenewableEnergy Law; European UnionEnvironmental Law and Policy;International EnvironmentalLaw – Legal Foundations;International Environmental Law– Substantive Legal Aspects

International Lawwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/133

This specialisation is taughtprimarily by examining currentinternational events and thetheoretical bases of internationallaw. It is particularly suitedto those involved with, or who arehoping to work for, internationalorganisations, non-governmentalorganisations, internationallaw firms and foreign affairsdepartments. You are encouragedto participate in the activities ofour Centre for Critical InternationalLaw (CeCIL).


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“My lecturers are keen to engagestudents in active discussion. Sincewe international students come froma wide range of countries, withvarying histories and jurisdictions,there is a lot to learn about differingexperiences of the same issue.”

Sanam AminLLM Law


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• An approved programme ofstudy at a European partneruniversity

• A comparative researchpaper of 7-8,000 words and adissertation of 15-20,000 words

Brussels programmesBrussels School ofInternational Studies (BSIS) isa multidisciplinary postgraduateschool of the University of Kent.Since 1998, the BSIS hasbeen offering students amultidisciplinary educationdelivered by leading academicsand skilled practitioners andbeing based in Brussels,provides students with internshipopportunities and exposure tomajor international organisations.In Brussels, you have the abilityto take your degree as a standard12-month, 90 ECTS version or asan extended version, which is120 ECTS and consists of anextra three taught modules. Youalso have the opportunity to takea secondary minor specialisationin another available area of law orpolitics and international relations.This is done through the optionalmodules chosen.

Human Rights Law LLMwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/772

Location: BrusselsStart: September or January

You examine the theory andpractice of human rights law,international criminal law,humanitarian law, transitionaljustice, migration law and otherfields in the context of differentpolicy areas and academicdisciplines.

It is particularly suited to thosewho work in, or hope to workin, international organisations,non-governmental organisations,international law firms and foreignaffairs departments.

Course content• International Human Rights Law • Fundamentals, Dissertation and

Research• Up to three modules from those

offered by Kent Law School inBrussels, including: EUConstitutional and InstitutionalLaw; EU Migration Law;International Criminal Law;International Diplomatic Law;International Economic Law;International Law of the Sea;International Relations Theory;Law and Development; Law ofArmed Conflict; TransitionalJustice and Rule of LawProgramming.

• Two optional modules fromthe full list of modules offeredat Brussels


International Law LLMwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/139


After decades of rule of lawpromotion, the need to ‘legally’harm, detain, profit or pollute hastransformed how policy moves arenow performed and contested onthe world stage. This has elevatedthe significance of internationallegal rules for a range ofgovernmental, corporateand societal actors, whoeach compete to devise legalnorms, characterisations andstrategies to address globalpolitical and economic problems.

This LLM responds to increasingcomplexity in the internationallegal order; where law evolvesthrough transformations suchas global counterterrorism,global value chains, andforeign investment arbitration.

Course content• Legal Aspects of Contemporary

International Problems

Modules include:• Consent to Treatment; Death

and Dying; Foundations of theEnglish Legal System; MedicalPractice and Malpractice;Privacy and Data ProtectionLaw; Reproduction and theBeginning of Life

Individualised programmeof legal studies www.kent.ac.uk/pg/327

You can design your ownprogramme of study by selectinglaw modules from those listed onthese pages. On completion of anindividualised programme of legalstudies you obtain an LLM in Law.

It may also be possible to spendone term at our Canterburycampus, and one at our centrein Brussels (returning to yourprimary location to complete yourdissertation). This is available forour International Law and HumanRights Law specialisations,as well as the generic LLMspecialisations. Please note,this ‘split-site’ option is chargedat a different rate.

Course content• Six modules from those offered

on the LLM specialisations inKent Law School, see p157-159


Law (Erasmus-Europe) LLMwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/136

You spend your first term at Kent,and your second term at one ofour partner universities in Europe,before returning to Kent tocomplete a dissertation. Duringyour second term, you completea comparative research paper,supervised by Kent staff, on anarea of law that you have studiedat Kent and your partner university.

Course content• Three compulsory modules

from the range of taught LLMmodules at Kent, see p157-159


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well as teaching and educationinitiatives, especially inco-operation with localcriminal justice agencies.

Critical commercial lawand business and regulationStaff and graduate studentresearch features theoretical,empirical, comparative anddoctrinal studies and spansa wide range of critical socio-legalapproaches to commercial,business and financial institutions.

Critical obligationsOur expertise in the area ofobligations shares a commitmentto challenging the apparentlycoherent and common senserules of contract and tort. Wedo this by identifying the conflictsin the world outside the textbook,that shape and destabilise theoperation of these rules, and byrevealing the ideological, political,and distributive biases that therules of contract and tort helpto perpetuate.

Environmental lawKent Law School is a recognisedcentre of excellence in researchand graduate teaching inenvironmental law, spanninginternational, EC and nationallaw and policy. Research interestsinclude climate change, theaquatic environment, biodiversityconservation, regulation andenforcement, and trade.

European andcomparative lawEuropean and comparative lawis conducted at an individual levelas well as at the Kent Centre forEuropean and Comparative Law.Research and teaching reachesfrom general areas of comparativeand European public and privatelaw to more specialised areas andspecific projects.

STAFF PROFILE

Emily Haslam Senior Lecturer

Emily Haslam is a Co-Directorof Kent’s Centre for CriticalInternational Law (CeCIL), aresearch group which aims tofoster critical approaches to thefield of international law andother areas of law that touchupon global legal problems(www.kent.ac.uk/law/cecil). Sheteaches International CriminalLaw and Transnational CriminalLaw.

Dr Haslam has published on thetreatment and construction ofvictims in international criminallaw and those who representthem; on the relationshipsbetween international criminallaw and civil society; and oninternational criminal legalhistory. Her current research,which draws on archivalresearch, examines 19th-century slave trade abolitionlitigation.

• Fundamentals, Dissertationand Research

• Three modules from thoseoffered by Kent Law Schoolin Brussels, including: EU Constitutional and InstitutionalLaw; EU Migration Law;International Criminal Law;International Diplomatic Law; International Economic Law;International Law of the Sea;Law of Armed Conflict;Transitional Justice andRule of Law Programming

• Two optional modules fromthe full list of modules offeredat Brussels



Law LLM, MPhil, PhD(Brussels PhD only)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/142www.kent.ac.uk/pg/340

Socio-legal Studies LLM,MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/144

Locations: Canterbury andBrussels

We welcome applications forresearch degrees in a wide rangeof areas. We recommend youcontact the School informallybefore applying, and you shouldaccompany your applicationwith a 1,500-2,000-word researchproposal, detailing your intendedresearch project, andmethodology.

Research areasCriminal justiceMuch of the School’s researchactivity in criminal justice takesplace in co-operation with theSchool of Social Policy, Sociologyand Social Research. We look todevelop research in the field as


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International lawThe starting point for ourresearch in international lawis that international law is notapolitical and that its politicalideology reflects the interestsof powerful states and economicactors. Staff situate internationallaw in the context of histories ofcolonialism to analyse criticallyits development, doctrines andramifications. Critical internationallaw at KLS engages with theoriesof political economy, internationalrelations and gender and sexualityto contribute to debates acrossthe spectrum of international law.A number of scholars attached tothe Centre for Critical InternationalLaw engage in the practicalapplication of internationallaw through litigation, training,research and consultancies forinternational organisations, NGOsand states.

Law and political economy,law and developmentLaw and its relation to politicaleconomy is addressed froma variety of angles, includingthe exploration of the microand macro level of economicregulations, as well as theoreticalaspects of law and politicaleconomy.

Legal theories and philosophySeveral academics work incultural theory and political theory(including on normative concepts,religion and the state). Whilefeminist and critical legal theoriesare focal points at KLS, thedepartmental expertise alsocovers more essential aspectssuch as classical jurisprudenceand the application of philosophyto law.

Property lawKent Law School’s propertylawyers have a range ofoverlapping interests inglobal and local property issues.Their work covers indigenouspeople’s rights, the environment,housing, community land, socialenterprise, cultural heritage lawand urban design, as well asthe question of intellectualproperty. They have links withanthropologists at the University.Research draws on theoreticalperspectives includingpostcolonialism, feminism,and Foucault.

Additional areas of researchinterestOther research areas within KLSinclude: human rights; labour law;law and culture; law, science andtechnology; legal methods andepistemology; public law; andrace, religion and the law.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/law/people

Professor Anneli Albi: Professor

Dr Donatella Alessandrini:Reader

Professor Yutaka Arai: Professor

Dr Nicola Barker: Senior Lecturer

Dr Kate Bedford: Reader

Dr José Bellido: Senior Lecturer

Dr Ruth Cain: Senior Lecturer

Professor Helen Carr: Professor

Donal Casey: Lecturer

Janie Clement-Walker: Lecturerin ADR

Dr Emilie Cloatre: Reader

Professor Davina Cooper:Professor

Dr Eleanor Curran: SeniorLecturer

Gender and sexualityKent Law School is home to theKent Centre for Law, Gender andSexuality. The Centre producesinterdisciplinary work, drawingon a broad range of disciplines,including political theory,philosophy, sociology, politicaleconomy, cultural studies,geography, history, and drama.Our work explores how sexualityis produced through politicalcategories of difference andhow it is governed. The Centre’sresearch demonstrates a sharedpreoccupation with inequality andsocial change.

Governance and regulationThis research cluster focusesspecifically on the character ofregulation and governance inorder to critically understandthe different modes through whichgoverning takes place. We look atthe conditions, relations of powerand effects of governance andregulation; the spaces wheregoverning happens within andbeyond the state; and addresshow governing might take place.Intellectually, the area draws ona wide range of different currents,including socio-legal studies;Foucauldian perspectives onpower and governmentality; ActorNetwork Theory; feminist politicaltheory and political economy;postcolonial studies; continentalpolitical philosophy; culturalstudies; and utopian studies.

Healthcare law and ethicsWithin this group, there is aparticular focus on issues relatingto human reproduction. Muchof the research carried out inthis area is critical and theoreticaland has an interdisciplinaryflavour. Staff have developedcollaborations with ethicistsand medical professionals.


Dr Alex Magaisa: Lecturer

Dr Gbenga Oduntan: SeniorLecturer

Connal Parsley: Lecturer

Sebastian Payne: Senior Lecturer

Professor Amanda Perry-Kessaris: Professor

Dr Stephen Pethick: SeniorLecturer

Nick Piska: Lecturer

David Radlett: Lecturer

Professor Iain Ramsay: Professor

Dr Sinéad Ring: Lecturer

Professor Geoffrey Samuel:Professor

Professor Harm Schepel:Professor

Professor Sally Sheldon:Professor

Gavin Sullivan: Lecturer

Dr Sophie Vigneron: SeniorLecturer

Professor Dermot Walsh:Professor

Dr William White: Lecturer

John Wightman: Senior Lecturer;Dean of the Faculty of SocialSciences

Professor Toni Williams:Professor; Head of School

Dr Simone Wong: Reader

Dr Thanos Zartaloudis: SeniorLecturer

LocationsCanterbury, Brussels andParis





National ratingsREF 2014, law: • 99% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 7th for research power • 8th for research intensity• top 20 for research output,research quality andresearch impact

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Further information

CanterburyT: +44 (0)1227 824595F: +44 (0)1227 827442E: [email protected]

BrusselsT: +32 (0)2 641 1721F: +32 (0)2 641 1720E: [email protected]/brussels

Dr Karen Devine: Senior Lecturer

Lisa Dickson: Senior Lecturer

Dr Darren Dinsmore: Lecturer

Professor Maria Drakopoulou:Professor

Máiréad Enright: Senior Lecturer

Dr Luis Eslava: Senior Lecturer

Professor John Fitzpatrick:Professor; Director of Kent LawClinic

Iain Frame: Lecturer

Professor Judy Fudge: Professor

Dr Simone Glanert: SeniorLecturer

Dr Emily Grabham: Reader

Professor Nick Grief: Professor;Dean for Medway

Dr Emily Haslam: Senior Lecturer

Martin Hedemann-Robinson:Senior Lecturer

Professor Didi Herman: Professor

Dr Kirsty Horsey: Senior Lecturer

Professor William Howarth:Professor

Dr Suhraiya Jivraj: SeniorLecturer

Dr Hyo Yoon Kang: Lecturer

Dr Sara Kendall: Lecturer

Dr Ed Kirton-Darling: Lecturer

Per Laleng: Senior Lecturer

Sian Lewis-Anthony: SeniorLecturer

Professor Robin Mackenzie:Professor


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MATHEMATICS

Postgraduate resourcesThe University’s TemplemanLibrary houses a comprehensivecollection of books and researchperiodicals. Online access to awide variety of journals isavailable through servicessuch as ScienceDirect andSpringerLink. The School haslicences for major numericaland computer algebra softwarepackages.

The School is a member of theEPSRC-funded London TaughtCourse Centre for PhD studentsin the mathematical sciences, andstudents can participate in thecourses and workshops offeredby the Centre. The School offersconference grants to enableresearch students to present theirwork at national and internationalconferences.




Studying Mathematics at postgraduate level givesyou a chance to begin your own research, developyour own creativity and be part of a long traditionof people investigating analytic, geometricand algebraic ideas. Under the guidance ofinternationally renowned researchers in the Schoolof Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science(SMSAS), postgraduate students develop analytical,communication and research skills. Developingcomputational skills and applying them tomathematical problems forms a significantpart of the postgraduate training in the School.

Mathematical sciences at Kent ranked highly in the Research ExcellenceFramework (REF) 2014, with 100% of our research judged to be ofinternational quality.

We also have an excellent track record of winning research grants fromthe Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), theRoyal Society, the EU, the London Mathematical Society and TheLeverhulme Trust.

www.kent.ac.uk/smsas166


Work placements usually last12 months and give you theopportunity to put theory intopractice, as well as make avaluable contribution to anorganisation.

International Master’sin Mathematics and itsApplicationswww.kent.ac.uk/pg/148

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: A goodordinary Bachelor’s degree (orequivalent) in a relevant subject.

If your mathematical backgroundis insufficient for direct entry tothe MSc in Mathematics and itsApplications, you may apply forthis programme. The first yeargives you a strong backgroundin mathematics, equivalent to theGraduate Diploma in Mathematics.This is followed by the MSc inMathematics and its Applications.

Course contentFirst-year modules offered inprevious years include, butare not limited to:• Analysis; Complex Analysis;

Discrete Mathematics; Groupsand Representations; LinearAlgebra; Nonlinear Systemsand Mathematical Biology;Numerical Solutions ofDifferential Equations;Polynomials in SeveralVariables; Topology.

Depending on your background,the Advanced English forAcademic Study (Science)module may be taken. In thesecond year, you follow thestandard MSc in Mathematicsand its Applications programme,described previously.


Mathematics MSc, MPhil,PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/149

The research interests of theMathematics Group cover a widerange of topics following ourstrategy of cohesion with diversity.The areas outlined provide focalpoints for these varied interests.

Mathematics and itsApplications MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/146

Mathematics and itsApplications with anIndustrial Placement MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1219

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: See p168.Students not meeting the entryrequirements may apply forthe International Master’s inMathematics and its Applications.

This programme allows you tofurther enhance your knowledge,creativity and computational skillsin core mathematical subjects andtheir applications, giving you acompetitive advantage in a widerange of mathematically basedcareers.

At least one modern applicationof mathematics is studiedin-depth by each student.Mathematical computing andopen-ended project work formsan integral part of the learningexperience. There areopportunities for outreach andengagement with the public onmathematics.

Course contentYou take a selection of M-levelmodules and no more than twoH-level modules. M-level modulesoffered in previous years include,but are not limited to:• Algebraic Curves in Nature;

Applied Algebraic Topology;Functional Analysis; GeometricIntegration; Introduction to LieGroups and Algebras;Mathematics and Music;Nonlinear Analysis andOptimisation; Nonlinear Wavesand Solitons; Poisson Algebrasand Combinatorics; Symmetries,Groups and Invariants

• Dissertation (compulsory).

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arise due to the generaltopological properties of thenonlinear system concerned. Thisresearch focuses on classical andquantum behaviour of solitons withapplications in various areas ofphysics.

Algebra and representationtheoryA representation of a group is theconcrete realisation of the groupas a group of transformations.Representation theory playedan important role in the proof ofthe classification of finite simplegroups, one of the outstandingachievements of 20th-centuryalgebra. Representations ofboth groups and algebras areimportant in diverse areas ofmathematics, such as statisticalmechanics, knot theory andcombinatorics.

Algebraic topologyIn topology, geometry is studiedwith algebraic tools. An exampleof an algebraic object assignedto a geometric phenomenon isthe winding number: this is aninteger assigned to a map ofthe n-dimensional sphere to itself.The methods used in algebraictopology link in with homotopytheory, homological algebra andmodern category theory.

Invariant theoryThe ring of invariants, the subringof fixed points, is the primaryobject of study. We usecomputational methods toconstruct generators for the ring ofinvariants, and theoretical methodsto understand the relationshipbetween the structure of the ringof invariants and the underlyingrepresentation.

Linear and nonlinearfunctional analysisResearch in this branch ofmathematical analysis isconcerned with linear and

Research areasNonlinear differentialequationsThe research on nonlineardifferential equations primarilystudies algorithms for theirclassification, normal forms,symmetry reductions andexact solutions. Boundaryvalue problems are studied froman analytical viewpoint, usingfunctional analysis and spectraltheory to investigate propertiesof solutions. We also studyapplications of symmetrymethods to numerical schemes,in particular the applications ofmoving frames.

Painlevé equationsCurrent research on the Painlevéequations and their discreteanalogues involves the structureof hierarchies of rational,algebraic and special functionfamilies of exact solutions,Bäcklund transformations andconnection formulae using theisomonodromic deformationmethod.

Mathematical biologyArtificial immune systems usenonlinear interactions betweencell populations in the immunesystem as the inspiration for newcomputer algorithms. We areusing techniques of nonlineardynamical systems to analysethe properties of these systems.

Quantum integrable systemsCurrent research on quantumintegrable systems focuses onpowerful exact analytical andnumerical techniques, withapplications in particle physics,quantum information theory andmathematical physics.

Topological solitonsTopological solitons are stable,finite energy, particle-like solutionsof nonlinear wave equations that


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Stéphane Launois Reader in Pure Mathematics;Head of Mathematics

Stéphane’s research is ata meeting place betweenalgebra, combinatorics andgeometry. In particular, hestudies the representationtheory of quantum algebrasusing combinatorial andgeometric techniques. Inrecent years, his researchbenefited from the support ofthe British Council, theEngineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council(EPSRC), the EuropeanCommunity and the LondonMathematical Society.

He obtained a PhD inMathematics from theUniversity of Reims (France) in2003 and held a Marie CurieFellowship at the University ofEdinburgh (2005-2007). Hejoined SMSAS in summer 2007and has been Head ofMathematics since January2015.

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Dr Bas Lemmens: Senior Lecturerin Mathematics

Dr Ana Loureiro: Lecturerin Mathematics

Professor Elizabeth Mansfield:Professor of Mathematics

Dr Rowena E Paget: SeniorLecturer in Pure Mathematics

Dr John Pearson: Lecturerin Mathematics

Dr Clélia Pech: Lecturerin Mathematics

Dr Constanze Roitzheim:Lecturer in Mathematics

Dr James Shank: Readerin Mathematics

Dr Jing Ping Wang: Readerin Applied Mathematics

Dr Nils Waterstraat: Lecturerin Mathematics

Dr Ian Wood: Lecturerin Mathematics

Dr Chris Woodcock: SeniorLecturer in Pure Mathematics

Dr Pavlos Xenitidis: Lecturerin Mathematics

Dr Kuan Xu: Lecturerin Mathematics

LocationCanterbury





National ratingsREF 2014, mathematicalsciences: • 100% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality


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nonlinear operators on infinitedimensional normed spaces andthe properties of such spaces.It has numerous applicationsin a variety of areas including,mathematical physics, dynamicalsystems theory, geometricanalysis and optimisation.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/smsas/staff

Professor Peter Clarkson:Professor of Mathematics

Dr Alfredo Deano: Lecturerin Mathematics

Dr Clare Dunning: Readerin Applied Mathematics

Professor Peter Fleischmann:Professor of Pure Mathematics

Professor Andy Hone: Professorof Mathematics

Professor Peter Hydon: Professorof Mathematics

Dr Steffen Krusch: Lecturerin Applied Mathematics

Dr Stéphane Launois: Readerin Pure Mathematics


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MEDICINE, DENTALAND HEALTH SCIENCES

ProgrammesTaught• Advanced and Specialist

Healthcare MSc (p200)• Advanced Child Protection

MSc (p64)• Analysis and Intervention of

Intellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities PDip, MSc (p216)

• Applied Behaviour AnalysisPCert, PDip MSc (p216)

• Applied Drug Discovery MSc(p179)

• Applied Health Research MSc(p220)

• Autism Studies PCert, PDip, MA(p216)

• Biotechnology andBioengineering MSc (p52)

• Cancer Biology MSc (p52)• Cognitive Psychology/

Neuropsychology MSc (p204)• Developmental Psychology

MSc (p204)• Drug Design MSc (p52)• Forensic Psychology MSc

(p205)• General Pharmacy Practice

PCert, PDip, MSc (p179)• History of Science, Medicine,

Environment and TechnologyMA (p144)

• Independent/SupplementaryPrescribing PCert (p180)

• Infectious Diseases MSc (p53)• Intellectual and Developmental

Disabilities PCert, PDip, MA(p216)

• Intellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities & Forensic IssuesPCert, PDip, MA (p217)

• International HealthcareLeadership and ManagementPCert, PDip, MSc (p220)

At Kent, we deliver research and teaching in a rangeof areas of medicine and health care. We favour amultidisciplinary approach and have strong linkswith social sciences and with basic sciences withinthe University.

Kent has established itself as a leading institution for education, training,research and development in the following areas: clinical education;drug discovery and design; general practice; reproductive biology;pharmacy; and dental education and oral health. Our health-relatedactivities are co-ordinated through KentHealth (www.kent.ac.uk/health)who are able to advise health practitioners on suitable courses orcontinuing professional development (CPD) and can assist in the designof tailored courses for health commissioners. We have collaborativetraining partnerships with a number of health service providers, suchas the NHS Health Education Kent, Surrey and Sussex and the KentCommunity Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Our programmes in these areas are offered by the Centre for HealthServices Studies (see p224), the Centre for Professional Practice(see p199), the Tizard Centre (see p215), Kent Law School (see p156),Medway School of Pharmacy (see p178), the School of Biosciences(see p51), the School of Psychology (see p203), the School of History(see p143) and the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences (see p231).


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Flexible programmesOur courses take account ofthe working circumstancesof healthcare staff, the diversecircumstances of patients and theobstacles professionals may facein taking up learning opportunities.We offer programmes by teachingor research pathways for both

medical and non-medical studentson a full or part-time basis.Our Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment (CPD) courses areflexible, with different stepping-onand stepping-off points, so thatyou can either take single modulesfor CPD or work towardsa postgraduate certificate,diploma or Master’s degree.

• Law (specialism Medical Lawand Ethics) PDip, LLM (p159)

• Medical Humanities MA (p184)• Medicines Management PCert,

PDip, MSc (p181)• Positive Behaviour Support

PDip, MSc (p217)• Professional Practice PCert,

PDip, MA, MSc (p201)• Reproductive Medicine:

Science and Ethics MSc (p53)• Sports Science for Optimal

Performance PDip, MSc (p223)

Clinical and research• Applied Psychology MPhil, PhD

(p217)• Biochemistry MSc, MPhil, PhD

(p53)• Cell Biology MSc, MPhil, PhD

(p53)• Community Care MPhil, PhD

(p217)• Cognitive Psychology/

Neuropsychology PhD (p207)• Forensic Psychology PhD

(p207)• Genetics MSc, MPhil, PhD

(p53)• Intellectual and Developmental

Disabilities MPhil, PhD (p217)• Medicine and Health Sciences

MPhil, PhD (p227)• Mental Health MA, MPhil, PhD

(p217)• Microbiology MSc, MPhil, PhD

(p53)• Pharmacy MPhil, PhD (p181)• Sport, Exercise and Health

Science Professional Doctorate(p234)

• Sport and Exercise Scienceand Sports Therapy MPhil, PhD(p223)

Professional linksMany of the staff within theacademic divisions have aclinical commitment to the NHSor industry. Likewise, our honorarystaff have a commitment to NHSposts, but additionally providea valuable contribution to theUniversity’s programmes.

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LocationsCanterbury and Medway





National ratingsREF 2014Biological sciences:• 100% of our research judgedto be of international quality;88% of this being world-leading or internationallyexcellent

• 7th for research intensity• top 20 for research output

History:• 99% of our research judgedto be of international quality


Law:• 99% of our research judgedto be of international quality

• 8th for research intensity• 7th for research power• top 20 for research output,research quality and researchimpact

Pharmacy:• 93% of our research judgedto be of international quality;81% of this being world-leading or internationallyexcellent

• 8th for research intensity

Psychology:• 97% of our research judgedto be of international quality


Social work and social policy:• 99% of our research judgedto be of international quality

• 2nd for research power• 3rd for research intensity• 5th for research impact andresearch quality

Sport and exercise sciences:• 94% of our research judgedto be of international quality


Applications


Research programmes See p260 or contact the relevantschool for further details.

Further informationT: +44 (0)1227 827272

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MEDIEVAL AND EARLYMODERN STUDIES

Postgraduate resourcesCanterbury Cathedral Archivesand Library have unparalleledholdings of manuscripts and earlyprinted books. Kent’s TemplemanLibrary has scholarly editions,monographs and journals, andKent is within easy reach of theBritish Library, The NationalArchives, and other Londonresearch libraries. There areonline computing facilities acrosscampus and our students havespecial access to computerterminals and the postgraduatestudent room provided by theSchool of History. The Centre runs a weekly research seminarand public lectures each term towhich we welcome distinguishedspeakers. These events are atthe heart of the Centre’s activities.We also run a full programmeof conferences and colloquia.

The Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies(MEMS) is an interdisciplinary centre for thestudy of Medieval and Early Modern periods.Our teaching staff are drawn from English, History,Architecture, Classical & Archaeological Studies,History of Art, and the Canterbury ArchaeologicalTrust. Research across our subject areas washighly rated in the Research Excellence Framework(REF) 2014.

MEMS offers a successful, interdisciplinary MA programme, whichattracts students from across the world. Our thriving community ofover 80 postgraduate students currently represents more than 25nationalities and we have an equally international team of academics.MEMS students benefit from a rich and stimulating research culturewhere postgraduates work alongside academic staff and are stronglyencouraged to get involved with the Centre’s numerous researchactivities.

We have close relationships with Canterbury Cathedral and theArchaeological Trust, which allow our students access to a widerange of unique historical, literary and material evidence.


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“MEMS is an engagingand exciting environmentin which to conductpostgraduate research.The wide variety ofinterdisciplinary talks,conferences and workshopsorganised, such as theweekly research seminarand the annual MEMSFestival, have been aparticular highlightduring my time here.”

Sophie KellyPhD candidate and AssistantLecturer

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Taught programmeFor the most up-to-date information,see website details below.

Modules listed are subject tochange. Please contact theCentre for more informationon availability.


Medieval and Early ModernStudies MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/151


This interdisciplinary programmeprovides the opportunity forintensive historical, literary andart-historical study. It providesa thorough grounding in the skillsrequired for advanced study inthe medieval and early modernperiods. As well as a compulsorymodule in disciplinary methodsand an exciting and varied rangeof optional modules, you producea final dissertation of 12-15,000words, for which you receiveone-to-one supervision.

Course content• Compulsory modules: Latin;

Palaeography and Manuscripts;Reading the Evidence

• Modules drawn from optionssuch as: Approaches to EarlyEnglish Performance; The BlackDeath and the Transformationof Europe, 1346-1400; Culturesof Piety; Encountering the Holy;The English Reformation andthe Invention of the MiddleAges; The First InformationRevolution: Manuscripts,Print and Rumour c1480-1700;Grand Designs and IntimateLiaisons; Parents and Children:The Iterations of King Lear;Reading the Medieval Town;Trade, Travel and Governmentin Early Modern England

• Dissertation

Research programmesFor the most up-to-date informationsee www.kent.ac.uk/pg/152

Medieval and Early ModernStudies MA, MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/152


We are interested in hearing fromstudents with research proposalscovering all aspects of medievaland early modern history, life andculture.

Medieval Latin, Palaeography andLanguage Express courses areoffered to postgraduate researchstudents throughout the academicyear.

Research areasThe research interests of our staffcover areas as broad as: religion,ideas, material culture, theatreand performance culture, gender,economy, food and drink, legalhistory, war, visual culture, politics,architecture, history of books andmanuscripts, environment andtravel, art history, and literature.

Academic staffArchitectureFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/architecture/staff

Dr Nikolaos Karydis: Lecturerin Architecture

Classical & ArchaeologicalStudiesFor details of individualstaff research interests, see:www.kent.ac.uk/secl/classics/staff

Dr Luke Lavan: Lecturerin Archaeology

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STAFF PROFILE

Jan LoopSenior Lecturer in History

Jan’s interests are in theintellectual, religious and culturalhistory of Europe and the NearEast, with a special focus onWestern knowledge of theIslamic world. Much of hiswork has been dedicated to thehistory of oriental scholarship,for example, to translations ofthe Qur’an and to the study ofArabic in early modern Europe.

He is currently writing a bookon travellers to the Near Eastat around 1800. Among otheraspects, he is interested in theways that European travellerstried to disguise themselvesin order to be able to penetratedeep into Islamic territories andto fully experience the daily lifeof the people living in this partof the world.

HistoryFor details of individual staffresearch interests, see:www.kent.ac.uk/history/staff

Dr Amy Blakeway: Lecturerin Early Modern History

Dr Barbara Bombi: Readerin Medieval History

Professor Kenneth Fincham:Professor of Early Modern History

Dr Helen Gittos: Senior Lecturerin Medieval History

Dr Emily Guerry: Lecturerin Medieval History

Dr Jan Loop: Senior Lecturerin History

Dr Phil Slavin: Lecturer inMedieval History of Science

History of ArtFor details of individual staffresearch interests, see:www.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff-profiles

Professor Tom Henry: Professorof History of Art

Dr Ben Thomas: Senior Lecturerin History of Art; Curator, Studio 3Gallery

LocationsCanterbury





National ratingsREF 2014Architecture: • 8th for research intensityand research output

Classics: • 2nd for research impact• top 20 for research intensity,research power, researchquality and research output

English:• 10th for research intensity• 15th for research power

History:• 8th for research intensity• top 20 for research power

Applications




EnglishFor details of individual staffresearch interests, see:www.kent.ac.uk/english/staff

Professor Peter Brown: Professorof Medieval English Literature

Dr Rosanna Cox: Lecturer in EarlyModern Studies

Dr Sarah Dustagheer: Lecturerin Early Modern Literature

Dr Sarah James: Senior Lecturerin Medieval Literature

Professor Bernhard Klein:Professor of English Literature

Dr Una McIvenna: Lecturerin Early Modern Literature

Dr Ryan Perry: Lecturerin Medieval Literature

Professor Catherine Richardson:Professor of Early Modern Studies

Dr Clare Wright: Lecturerin Medieval Literature


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MUSIC

Postgraduate resourcesOur specialist facilities includea large recording studio, a Foleyrecording space, surround-soundstudio and post-production rooms.All have been designed to thehighest standard in order toprovide an excellent environmentfor postgraduate work. We havea portable array of loudspeakers,including a custom 32-channelcontrol console for electroacousticperformance, live sound diffusionand collaborative arts projects.

The Drill Hall Library is wellresourced in our subject areasand houses special collectionsof CDs, DVDs and musical scores.You also have access to specialistonline and printed journals as wellas other electronic resources.

Research-led musicalcultureOur research environmentis fuelled by the work ofour celebrated composers,performers and scholars. • Dr Ben Curry: music semiotics,

popular music, 18th-centurymusic

• Professor Kevin Dawe:ethnomusicology, musicalinstrument research, popularmusic

• Dr Paul Fretwell: instrumentaland electronic music

• Professor Tim Howle:electroacoustic music,acoustic music and visualmusic

www.kent.ac.uk/smfa/music

Our taught and research courses are exciting andinnovative, offering you the opportunity to mix withresearchers in popular, world and classical music,composers, performers, sound designers, filmmakers,technologists, ethnomusicologists and visual artists.In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014,arts at Kent was ranked 1st for research power.

We are situated on the Medway campus of the University of Kent andhave a wide range of purpose-built facilities and studios. Our studentsexplore both the creative and technical aspects of music, and its relatedtechnologies, and have the opportunity to work collaboratively withpractitioners from other arts subjects. You are also encouraged toparticipate in the numerous ensembles, concerts and interdisciplinaryevents that occur, becoming part of the University’s exciting artisticenvironment.

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Music MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/354

Location: Medway

This programme offers threepathways: research; composition;and performance.

The MA in Music gives you theopportunity to develop an areaof specialism in your chosenpathway, alongside rigoroustraining in key professional andacademic skills. You undertaketwo large-scale projects andoptional modules support thedevelopment of your specialism.Studies in areas such ascomposition techniques,musicology, ensembleperformance, programming andproduction techniques provide animportant grounding in relevantfields of inquiry and creativepractice.


Advanced Audio Skillsor Critical and HistoricalPerspectives on Music(dependent on pathwaychosen); Specialist Project

• Optional modules include:Composition Techniques;Ensemble Performance;Interdisciplinary Project;Popular and World Music;Technology in Performance

• Dissertation

Music Technology MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/155

Location: Medway

This programme focuses onthe use, development andimplementation of technologywithin the wider musical context,exploring issues such asinteractivity, audio programming,sound spatialisation andmultimedia. Modules cover

• Richard Lightman: popularmusic production, film musicand cross-culturalcollaborations

• Duncan MacLeod: experimentalmusic, temperament andspatialisation

• Dr Aki Pasoulas: electroacousticmusic, spatial sound,soundscape and acousticecology

Our research culture is enhancedby the presence of a wide rangeof visiting colleagues (honoraryprofessors, associate andassistant lecturers), as wellas regular seminars andmasterclasses. Our GraduateTeaching Assistants and PhDstudents have undertakenscholarly pursuits in a widerange of areas. Recent topicshave included: progressive rock,the Memphis music scene,Cretan music, Czerny’s pianotranscriptions, computer-basedinteractive instruments andmicrotonality in musiccomposition.

The School of Music and Fine Artis also home to the Sound-Image-Space Research Centre, whichpromotes practice-led researchunderpinned by scholarship withinthe broad domain of image,sound and the spatial arts.


All of our taught MA programmesinclude a dissertation, anextended project and a selectionof other modules. Please contactthe school for more informationabout available modules.



STAFF PROFILE

Aki Pasoulas Lecturer in Music

Aki Pasoulas is anelectroacoustic composer,whose works are frequentlyperformed worldwide. Hisresearch focuses on acousmaticmusic, timescale perception,soundscape ecology, spatialsound, psychoacoustics andsound perception. He hascomposed music for the theatreand for short animation films. Hehas also written music for variouscombinations of instruments andsound, lyrics for many songs,and a number of poems.

Dr Pasoulas is a boardmember of the UK and IrelandSoundscape Community(UKISC) and was a Sound andMusic shortlisted composer for2008-11. His music is housedin the Institut International deMusique Electroacoustique deBourges (IMEB) in the NationalLibrary of France.

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areas such as programming andproduction techniques, advancedacoustics, multi-channelcomposition, and audioelectronics. There are significantopportunities for collaborativeand interdisciplinary work takinginto account the other artssubjects at Kent.


Advanced Audio Skills;Music Technology Project

• Optional modules include:Acoustics; Cinema for theEars; Composition Techniques;Popular and World Music;Technology in Performance

• Dissertation

Popular Music MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/355

Location: Medway

This programme offers threepathways: research; production;and performance.

The Popular Music MA gives youthe opportunity to develop an areaof specialism, in your chosenpathway, alongside rigoroustraining in key professional andacademic skills. You undertaketwo large-scale projects andoptional modules support thedevelopment of your specialism.Studies in areas such as audioengineering, music programming,critical musicology, popular musichistory and group performanceprovide an important groundingin relevant fields of inquiry andcreative practice.


Advanced Audio Skillsor Critical and HistoricalPerspectives on Music(dependent on pathwaychosen); Specialist Project

• Optional modules include:Acoustics and Psychoacoustics;Ensemble Performance;Popular and World Music

• Dissertation

“The studios are great andare constantly being updatedwith the latest equipment tokeep us up-to-date on whatwe’d be expected to use inindustry.”

Jack TomkinsMA Music Technology

Research students are enrolledon the Researcher DevelopmentProgramme provided by theUniversity’s Graduate School, andcan attend regular guest lecturesand research events.

Academic staff For details of individualstaff research interests, see:www.kent.ac.uk/smfa/staff

Dr Ben Curry: Lecturer in Music

Professor Kevin Dawe: Professorof Ethnomusicology

Dr Paul Fretwell: Senior Lecturerin Music

Professor Tim Howle: Professorof Contemporary Music

Richard Lightman: Lecturerin Popular Music

Duncan MacLeod: Lecturerin Music

Dr Aki Pasoulas: Lecturerin Music

LocationMedway






• 1st for research power• top 20 for research quality

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The areas of staff researchand interests on which we offerpostgraduate PhD supervisionare: composition; popular music;ethnomusicology; sonic art;electroacoustic music with video;aesthetics of music; intersectionsbetween music and visual artspractice; sound art; musicsemiotics; late 18th-centurymusic; soundscape; temporalperception and music.

Music(Research, Compositionor Performance) PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/741

Music and Technology PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/159

Location: Medway

You have regular meetings withyour supervisor as well as tuitionin research methodologies in theearly stages of your research.We regularly invite academic andprofessional specialists for guestlectures, workshops and specialevents that are relevant to ourstudents’ research.


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PHARMACY

Postgraduate resourcesPostgraduate students haveaccess to all the facilities at theMedway School of Pharmacy,including clinical skills labs anda ‘simulation man’. As the Schoolof Pharmacy is a joint venturebetween the two universities,students have access to facilitiesat Kent’s Medway and Canterburycampuses, and the University ofGreenwich.

Flexible programmesProgrammes are in units offive, ten, 15 and 30 credits. Thisvariable credit structure enablesyou to individualise your studyprogramme to suit your needs.


The modules listed are subjectto change. Please contact theSchool for more information onavailability.


www.kent.ac.uk/pharmacy

Medway School of Pharmacy is one of thefew regional schools of pharmacy in the UK,a collaboration between the University of Kentand the University of Greenwich. The impetus forthe formation of the Medway School of Pharmacycame from the local community, who recognisedthe shortage of qualified pharmacists in all branchesof the pharmacy profession in Kent.

Since opening in 2004, we are now recognised as an establishedschool with accreditation from the General Pharmaceutical Council(GPhC) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).Graduates are employed in health disciplines in Kent and thesouth-east and more broadly across the UK.

The School was ranked highly in the Research Excellence Framework(REF) 2014, with 93% of our research being classed as of internationalquality. We were also ranked 8th in the UK for research intensity.

“I’ve enjoyed the natureof the programme, theapproachable and friendlystaff, as well as the challengeof completing a Master’s-levelprescribing programme.”

Jerome Barton PCert Independent/SupplementaryPrescribing

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Course contentOptions include:• Applied Pharmacology; Critical

Thinking; Experimental Protocol;Extended ‘Real’ ResearchProject; Infectious Diseaseand Allergy Drug Discovery;Neuroscience and DrugDiscovery; Project Backgroundand Design; Renal andCardiovascular Drug Discovery;Translational Biology.

Associate PostgraduateStudent Programmewww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1204

Location: MedwayEntry requirements: Minimum2.1 honours degree in a relevantsubject or taught Master’s degree;relevant healthcare professionalqualification; registered to workin the UK as a pharmacist, nurse,physiotherapist, podiatrist orradiotherapist.

The Medway School of Pharmacyoffers a portfolio of short courseswhich are focused around theclinical and cost-effective useof medicines and prescribing. Astudent enrolling on the AssociatePostgraduate Programme can doas many or as few courses asthey like, taking one course ata time on a pay-as-you-go basis.You may build up enough creditsto transfer on to the MedicinesManagement programme andgain a qualification in MedicinesManagement.

Course contentOptions include:• Asthma; Bipolar Affective

Disorder; Chronic ObstructivePulmonary Disease;Consultation andCommunication; Dementia;Depression; Diabetes: type1 and 2; Engaging withPrimary Care; Heart Failure;Hypertension; IschaemicHeart Disease; Medicines Management in Practice;

Applied Drug Discovery MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/736

Location: Medway or distancelearning

This programme is taught aseither a classic one-year, full-timeprogramme with attendancerequired on Mondays andTuesdays for 48 weeks plus anadditional study day off-campus,or delivered through distancee-learning using an interactivevirtual learning environmenton a two-year, part-time basis.It builds on a very successfulin-house training programmeimplemented by a majorpharmaceutical company.

The programme was designedand conceived by pharmaceuticalindustry experts in drug discoveryand is delivered and assessed byexperts in this field at the Schoolof Pharmacy.

The MSc covers how fundamentalscience is applied to the discoveryand development of medicinesand the main aims are to:• provide you with the experience

of critically appraising theresearch questions andtechniques that are routine inthe pharmaceutical industryworkplace

• produce graduates trainedin the processes by whichfundamental science is linkedto the design and developmentof modern medicines

• provide expert preparation forstudents who wish to pursuea career in drug discovery, orwish to proceed to a PhD.

The programme comprises 60credits at certificate level, 60credits at diploma level and 60credits at Master’s level. You maychoose to end your study at anyone of these stages.


Medication Review in Practice;Minor Ailments: Infections andInfestations; Minor Ailments:Pain; Patient Monitoring inPractice; Advanced PatientMonitoring in Practice; Skills forMedicines Use Review (MURs);Using Evidence Effectively.

General Pharmacy PracticePCert, PDipwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/737

Location: MedwayEntry requirements: Registrationwith the General PharmaceuticalCouncil (GPhC).

This programme providesgeneral-level hospitalpharmacists – registered withthe GPhC and working – withthe core skills required to provideholistic pharmaceutical care in thepractice setting. The programmealigns with a nationally agreedpharmacy practitionerdevelopment strategy and is theresult of a unique collaborationof higher education institutionsacross London and the southand east of England.

The programme develops yourknowledge and skills in clinicalpharmacy practice and medicinesmanagement. It works ona philosophy of student-centredworkplace learning, supportedby workbooks and contact daysfacilitated by experiencedpharmacy practitioners. You areexpected to take responsibilityfor managing your learning andachieving the programmeobjectives. The ethos and cultureof the programme is to enhanceand develop self-reliance and anadult approach to learning insupport of continuing professionaldevelopment.

The programme is furthersupported by student-learningsets, downloadable interactivecomputer-assisted learning and

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• statistics for research• sampling and recruiting

applicants• designing and using data

collection instruments• analysing quantitative and

qualitative data.

Independent/SupplementaryPrescribing PCertwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/740

Location: MedwayEntry requirements: Registrationwith the appropriate professional/regulatory body (GPhC or PSNIfor pharmacists, HCPC for alliedhealth professionals). A firstdegree or evidence of havingstudied at level H (for thosewishing to undertake a Master’s-level qualification); at least twoyears’ post-registration clinicalexperience (pharmacists); atleast three years’ post-registrationclinical experience (allied healthprofessionals).

This programme, approved bythe appropriate professional/regulatory bodies, providesa distance learning option forqualification as a non-medical

prescriber. Eight contact dayscover communication anddiagnostic skills. Other topicson the syllabus include the legal,policy, professional and ethicalaspects of prescribing, pluspharmacology and patientassessment and monitoring.

You can take the programme as astand-alone PCert in Independent/Supplementary Prescribing, or asone pathway into the MedicinesManagement programme (seebelow), by studying prescribingas either the first or second year ofthe Medicines Management PDip.

On successful completion, theSchool will notify the appropriateprofessional/regulatory bodythat you have qualified as anindependent/supplementaryprescriber.

Course content• Consultation and Decision-

making• Non-Medical Prescribing in

Context• Putting Prescribing into

Practice• Safe and Effective Prescribing

a range of resources, includingthe library facilities at Medwayand your practice base, and theinternet.

Completing the practice elementsof the programme leads to bothan academic award and theaward of a Statement ofCompletion of General PharmacistTraining (SCGPT) from anaccredited training centre.

Course contentPCert• Practitioner Development and

Establishment of ProfessionalClinical Practice

PDip• Developing Self, Others and

Your Operational ManagementSkills

• Ensuring Patient Safety anda Quality Service

General Pharmacy PracticeMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/737

Location: MedwayEntry requirements: Successfulcompletion of the PCert and PDipGeneral Pharmacy Practice

This MSc develops your researchskills and helps you to make thetransition to a specialist role.It helps you to demonstratea number of competenciesfor research and evaluation withinthe Royal Pharmaceutical SocietyAdvanced Pharmacy Framework.

Course contentThere is only one compulsorymodule as the MSc is basedaround a research project.This project involves: • preparation and planning of

research• research design and design

selection• managing the research

process• ethics and research

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prescribing in the context ofholistic consideration of patientneeds, and one of its pathwaysoffers you the chance to qualifyas an independent/supplementaryprescriber.

You can register for the full MScprogramme or undertake stand-alone modules. Modules can beput together to form a shortcourse programme. Modulelength varies from five to 30credits.

For the PCert, you must complete60 credits, of which at least 20must be from compulsorymodules. Diploma students mustcomplete 120 credits, of whichat least 40 credits must be fromcompulsory modules. To gainthe MSc, you must complete a60-credit research project, writea dissertation and present theresults as a poster.

Course contentCertificate compulsory modules• Medication Review in Practice• Medicines Management in

Practice

Diploma compulsory modules• Consultation and

Communication in Practice:Patients as Partners

• Using Evidence Effectively

Options include:• Advanced Patient Monitoring

in Practice*; Asthma; BipolarAffective Disorder; COPD; Dementia; Depression;Heart Failure; Hypertension;Infections and Infestations; Ischaemic Heart Disease; Pain;Patient Monitoring in Practice*;Skills for MURs*; Type 1Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes

*pharmacists only


Pharmacy MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/171

Entry requirements: Minimum 2.1honours degree in an appropriatesubject, or taught Master’s.Potential applicants with non-standard qualifications but

Medicines ManagementPCert, PDip, MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/738

Location: MedwayEntry requirements: A first degreein a relevant subject from an EUuniversity; equivalent qualificationsfrom a non-EU university may beacceptable, but their comparabilitywill be assessed on an individualbasis; or at least five years ofworking experience in healthcare after obtaining a relevantprofessional qualification. Studentsmust also be registered with therelevant UK professional body andpractising in the UK, preferablywithin the National Health Service.

The Medway School ofPharmacy’s innovativepostgraduate distance-learningprogramme in MedicinesManagement equips healthcareprofessionals with the skillsand knowledge to contributeeffectively to medicinesmanagement services and toindividual drug therapy decisions.

The programme emphasisesclinical and cost-effective


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Biological sciencesThis group is housed in recentlyrefurbished laboratories withdedicated state-of-the-artmolecular biological,electrophysiological, tissue cultureand microscopy facilities. Theresearch is divided into four mainthemes: infectious diseases andallergy; neuroscience; renal andcardiovascular physiology; andpharmacology. Examples ofcurrent work include: investigationof the use of non-pathogenicvirus ‘pseudotypes’ to studypathogenic RNA; study of theproperties of neuronal potassiumchannels and their modulationand the development of newtherapies for patients who havedeveloped acute kidney injury,in collaboration with a majorpharmaceutical company.

Pharmacy practiceThis group conducts researchin two areas: public health andmedicines optimisation, with aparticular focus on cardiovasculardiseases and mental health. Workin public health includes studiesin physical exercise, alcohol,cardiovascular screeningand spirometry testing, pluspharmacovigilance. Studies inmedicines optimisation includework in dementia, bipolar affectivedisorder and stroke, with anemphasis on the patient’sperspective.

LocationMedway



Fees

Taught programmes www.msp.ac.uk/studying/fees-and-finance.html

Research programmes www.kent.ac.uk/pg

Funding

Taught programmes www.msp.ac.uk/studying/fees-and-finance.html

Research programmes www.kent.ac.uk/pgfunding

National ratingsREF 2014, pharmacy:• 93% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality; 81%of this being world-leadingor internationally excellent


Applications

Taught programmes Online at www.gre.ac.uk/study/apply/pg

Potential prescribing studentsmust complete a specificPrescribing Application form,which you can get from theSchool of Pharmacy.


Further informationT: +44 (0)1634 202935E: [email protected]

significant experience shouldcontact the School’s Directorof Graduate Studies.

The Medway School of Pharmacyhas strong and vibrant researchgroups that span a range ofpharmacy-related areas. Staffhave a wealth of researchexperience and links with industry,health providers and academicinstitutions.

The programme givespostgraduate students theintegrated, broad-based researchtraining needed to exploit currentadvances in pharmaceutical andbiological sciences andpharmacy practice.

Research areasChemistry and drug deliveryThis group has laboratories withdedicated state-of-the-art drugdelivery, nanotechnology,spectroscopy, chromatographyand organic synthesis facilities.It brings together researchersin medicinal chemistry and drugdesign, nanotechnology andmaterials science, drug deliveryand pharmaceutics, encouraginga multidisciplinary approach toresearch. Research coverssynthesis and biological evaluationof potential anti-cancer agents,structure-based drug design,QSAR predication of ADMETproperties, controlled release,particle engineering, powdertechnology, pharmaceuticaltechnology, and novel drugdelivery systems, with a focuson respiratory drug delivery.


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PHILOSOPHY

Postgraduate resourcesSECL has extensive facilitiesto support research, and theTempleman Library has excellentholdings in all of our areas ofresearch interest. The Universityof Kent’s location is the bestin Britain for students who needto visit not only the British Libraryin London, but also the majorlibraries and research centreson the continent. The Schoolalso provides excellent IT facilities.

Active collaboration betweendepartments within the Schoolensures that we have a vigorousand lively research culture,including conferences organisedaround the research interests ofour staff.

TrainingResearch centres within SECLcombine overlapping interestsfrom our various departmentsto foster interdisciplinary supportand dialogue. Kent’s GraduateSchool offers a ResearcherDevelopment Programme, whichwill improve your effectiveness asa researcher. Research studentsgain further academic experienceby giving research talks, andattending national andinternational conferences.



Philosophy at Kent prides itself on the flexibility ofits programmes. Students are able to negotiate theirown paths of study through a full range of mixed-level modules and specialist seminars that reflectthe research interests of members of staff.

Our Department is a place of academic brilliance, friendly exchange,intellectual excitement and diversity. In our weekly departmentalresearch seminar, colleagues and philosophers from other universitiespresent their current work, and in our thriving student-run graduateseminar, students discuss their ideas with peers and members of staff.We host a Centre for Reasoning and are connected to the AestheticsResearch Centre, both offering their own weekly research seminars.

Philosophy is part of the School of European Culture and Languages(SECL), which embraces five other disciplines: classical &archaeological studies; comparative literature; English language andlinguistics; modern languages; and religious studies. This means thatstudents can draw on the excellent resources of a diverse team ofteachers with expertise in many key areas of European culture.


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Medical Humanities MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/3


You are introduced to questionsasked about medicine from withinthe humanities. For example,you can examine the history ofWestern medicine and considerhow medical practiceis presented in, and shaped by,literature. You can reflect on whatis involved in classifying a diseaseor an abnormal mental state, orexplore various ethical and legalproblems that arise withinmedicine.

The programme is taught byscholars from different disciplinesand is aimed primarily at peoplewith a humanities background,although we also welcome peoplewith medical backgrounds andcurrent medical practitioners.

Course contentAll students take one compulsorymodule in the autumn, MedicalHumanities: An Introduction,and then three optional modules,within streamed options. Currentstreams include: history, lawand ethics, literature andphilosophy.

Once the four courseworkmodules are passed, you proceedto the dissertation. This can befocused within one subject streamor be interdisciplinary.

Philosophy MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/2


Our MA in Philosophy is designedfor those who wish to broadentheir study of philosophy andmake a gradual transition toresearch. It is ideally suitedto students with previous

philosophical training whowould like to gain more trainingin philosophical methodology,and/or narrow down their interestsof specialisation in preparationfor an MPhil/PhD.

Course contentYou engage with a widerange of topics taught on theundergraduate modules availablein Philosophy – from language,logic, reasoning, politics, ethicsand metaphysics – undertakingcoursework to a postgraduatelevel.

There are regular Philosophypostgraduate seminars,workshops and open lectureson wide range of topics. Pleasesee: www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/events for details.

Reasoning MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/193


This programme offers a selectionof topics related to reasoning andinference. It covers areas suchas cognitive science and artificialintelligence (AI); scientific,mathematical, logical, causal andinductive reasoning; philosophyof mind, logic and language.

The programme is suited tostudents with philosophicaltraining who would like to pursuetheir interests while developingskills that make them attractive toemployers, or who would like tostudy for a PhD in this area. Theprogramme is flexible, allowingyou to focus exclusively onphilosophical topics or to studyreasoning-related topics inpsychology, computing, statistics,law, social policy, biosciencesand history.

Course contentYou engage with a widerange of topics taught on theundergraduate modules available

www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy

STAFF PROFILE

Lubomira RadoilskaLecturer in Philosophy

Lubomira Radoilska’s researchis focused on developing anew Aristotelian theory ofresponsibility as distinctive kindof agential success. Her currentprojects are: Knowledge inAction (supported by the MindAssociation) and ReassessingResponsibility (supported bythe British Academy). Bringingtogether research in ethics,action theory, philosophyof mind and epistemology,Lubomira considers whetherknowledge and controlconditions on responsibility foraction can be reconciled withan acknowledgement of therole of habits and dispositionsin agency.

She has published two bookson autonomy and action in thecontext of mental disorderand addiction: Addiction andWeakness of Will (2013) andAutonomy and Mental Disorder(2012).

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/staff

Dr Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij: SeniorLecturer in Philosophy

Dr David Corfield: SeniorLecturer in Philosophy; Headof Department

Dr Graeme A Forbes: Lecturerin Philosophy

Dr Edward Kanterian: SeniorLecturer in Philosophy

Dr Simon Kirchin: Readerin Philosophy

Dr Jason Konek: Lecturerin Philosophy

Dr Camilla Kong: Lecturerin Philosophy

Dr Todd Mei: Lecturerin Philosophy

Dr Lubomira Radoilska: Lecturerin Philosophy

Professor Jon Williamson:Professor of Reasoning, Inferenceand Scientific Method

LocationCanterbury





National ratingsREF 2014, philosophy: • 97% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 12th for research impact • top 20 for research powerand research intensity

Applications



Further information

Taught programmes Lubomira RadoilskaT: +44 (0)1227 826541 E: [email protected]

Research programmes Jon WilliamsonT: +44 (0)1227 823123 E: [email protected]

in Philosophy – from language,logic, reasoning, politics, ethicsand metaphysics – undertakingcoursework to a postgraduatelevel. Modules with a particularfocus on reasoning include:Philosophy of Language; Topics inReasoning; Logic; and Philosophyof Mind and Action.

There are regular Philosophypostgraduate seminars,workshops and open lectureson wide range of topics. Pleasesee: www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/events for details.


Philosophy PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/195


The list below indicates the rangeof current research interestsof members of staff. We cansupervise PhD students in anyof these areas, as well as in othermain fields of philosophy. Weencourage you to contact usto discuss your plans at anearly stage of your application.

Research areasThe main research interests ofstaff are in moral and politicalphilosophy, philosophy oflanguage and logic, causalityand probability, the philosophyof mathematics, the philosophyof Wittgenstein, epistemology(including social and formalepistemology), ancientphilosophy, modern Europeanphilosophy and the philosophyof mind.


“I really enjoy beingintegrated in theDepartment’s dynamics.The support is very good,everybody is availableto help you and theyare happy to do it.”

Juliette FerryMA Philosophy

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PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Postgraduate resourcesThe University has good facilitiesfor modern research in physicalsciences. These include: NMRspectrometers; powder X-raydiffractometers; X-rayfluorescence; atomic absorptionin flame and graphite furnacemode; gel-permeation, gas,analytical and preparativehigh-performance liquidchromatography; massspectrometry; scanning electronmicroscopy and EDX. We alsohave various microscopes,differential scanning calorimetryand thermal gravimetric analysis,dionex analysis of anions andautomated CHN analysis. Forplanetary science impact studies,there is a two-stage light gas gun.

National andinternational linksThe School is a leading partnerin the South East Physics Network(SEPnet) and benefits from £2.5million funding from the HigherEducation Funding Council forEngland (HEFCE). The Schoolhas collaborations withuniversities around the world,particularly in Germany, France,Italy and the USA and, in theUK, King’s College Londonand St Bartholomew’s Hospital,London. Our industrial partnersinclude BAE Systems, New YorkEye and Ear Infirmary, andOphthalmic Technology Inc,Canada. We also havecollaborations with NASA,European Southern Observatory(ESO) and European SpaceAgency (ESA) scientists.

www.kent.ac.uk/physical-sciences

The School of Physical Sciences offers studentsthe opportunity to participate in groundbreakingscience in physics, chemistry, forensics andastronomy. Our staff have international reputationsand provide well-designed projects and researchtraining in a stimulating environment. Recentinvestment in up-to-date laboratory equipment andcomputational facilities accelerates our research.

We offer research programmes in chemistry and physics (withspecialisations in forensics, astronomy and space science), taughtprogrammes in forensic science, studied over one year full-time,and a two-year European-style Master’s in Physics.

Our principal research covers topics within physics, astronomyand chemistry from theoretical work on surfaces and interfaces tomainstream experimental condensed matter physics, astrobiology,space science and astrophysics, and applied areas such as biomedicaland forensic imaging. Physics at Kent is ranked 7th in the UK forresearch impact in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.

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Physics (EuroMasters) MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/16

Two-year programme, 120 ECTScredit equivalentLocation: Canterbury

The School offers a two-yearMaster’s degree in Physics inpartnership with the South EastPhysics Network (SEPnet) whichincludes Kent and nine otheruniversities in the south andeast of England. The programmeinvolves both a taughtand research component.

In the first year, you follow ataught Master’s programme,which includes specialisedresearch, and in the secondyear you undertake an advancedguided research project. Thereis also the option to move to aSEPnet partner university orresearch institution. This mayinclude CERN, Switzerland,the UK’s Rutherford AppletonLaboratory, Diamond LightSource or the National PhysicalLaboratory (NPL).

The MSc in Physics (EuroMasters)is compatible with the EuropeanCredit Transfer AccumulationSystem (ECTS) across theEuropean Union and othercollaborating European countries.It is suitable for students who wishto pursue a high-quality careerin physics or quantitive scientificresearch.


Chemistry MSc, MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/18

Physics MSc, MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/212


We make every attempt to allocateyou a supervisor directly in yourfield of interest, consistent with


Modules listed are subject tochange. Please contact theSchool for more informationon availability.


Forensic Science MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/5


This course is for graduates witha strong grounding in forensicscience who wish to advancetheir knowledge of the field.The programme prepares youfor a professional role in forensicscience within the criminal or civiljudicial system, police or forensicpractice, or research. Youdevelop command, control andmanagement skills in relationto incidents and develop anunderstanding of analyticallaboratory methods. Yourintegrated and criticalunderstanding of forensic scienceis also a good preparation for aPhD in any associated discipline.

Course content • Advanced Forensic Project

Laboratory• Contemporary and Advanced

Issues in Forensic Science• DNA Analysis and

Interpretation• Fires and Explosions• Major Incident Management• Physical Science Research

Planning• Substances of Abuse• MSc Research Project

EuroMasters programme(taught and research)For the most up-to-date informationsee www.kent.ac.uk/pg/16


STAFF PROFILE

Adrian Podoleanu Professor of Biomedical Optics;Head of the Applied OpticsGroup

Professor Podoleanu began hiscareer teaching at the TechnicalUniversity Bucharest, Romania,where he taught physics, opticsand optoelectronics, anddeveloped research on lasersand fast optoelectronics.

His research interests at Kentfocus on optical coherencetomography (OCT), imagingthe eye, distance measurementsusing low coherenceinterferometry, subnanoseconddwell time multichannel digitalcorrelation, and sensing andsecure optical communications.He contributed towardsdevelopment of the en-faceOCT imaging as a noveltechnology and is involved inteaching of non-invasive opticalimaging methods with emphasison OCT, electromagnetism andoptics and medical physics.

“I have gained skills which willhelp me in the future. Through myresearch, I have used different typesof laboratory equipment; beneficialwhen applying for jobs. Throughteaching, I have had experienceof presenting, which helped myconfidence in talking to groups.”

Lucy MorganPhD Chemistry

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LasersResearch is conducted onsupercontinuum sources as wellas fast tunable lasers, to servehigh-performance OCT.

Signal processingThe Group works on processinginterferometric signals withcorrelation methods for master-slave interferometry, invented bythe AOG, as well as using FastFourier transformations on graphiccards.

Forensic Imaging Group(FIG)The Group’s research hasan applied focus. We exploremathematical and computationaltechniques and employ a widevariety of image processing andanalysis methods for applicationsin many areas including forensicsand cyber security. The Groupholds major grant funding fromEPSRC. It has spawned a verysuccessful spin-out company,Visionmetric Ltd, and wascentral to the School’s excellentREF 2014 rating for impact;placing the School equal7th nationally in this category.

Current active research projectsinclude:• the development of high-

quality, fast facial compositesystems based on evolutionaryalgorithms and statisticalmodels of human facialappearance

• computational imaging• improving cybersecurity

using realistic syntheticface generation

• medical image analysis• photo forensics• signal processing for the

characterisation of Ramanspectra.

Functional Materials Group(FMG)Research in the multidisciplinaryFunctional Materials Group (FMG)encompasses the synthesis,characterisation, theory andcomputer modelling of cutting-edge materials.

FMG researchers are interestedin finding new optical, mechanical,electronic, magnetic or biologicalproperties that challenge presentunderstanding or can give riseto innovative technologies.The Group’s laboratories haveadvanced capabilities for the in-house growth and characterisationof new materials. In addition,extensive use is made of state-of-the-art national and internationalfacilities such as synchrotronsand neutron sources.

This dynamic research groupis unique nationwide in that itintegrates both physicists andchemists. Its research greatlybenefits from the complementarityof expertise and exchange ofideas between the two fields.

The FMG has a broad researchportfolio:

Energy materialsThe demand for new, moreefficient materials to store andproduce energy has turned thisarea into a priority worldwide. Ourgroup is contributing to this effortthrough synthesis, experimentaland computational studies on, forexample, new materials for Li-ionbatteries or novel catalysts forenergy applications.

Porous, nanostructured andamorphous materials One of the most challengingcontemporary problems formaterials characterisation isthe accurate and unambiguousdescription of the structure ofamorphous and nanostructuredmaterials. Research in this area is

available funding and staff. Whenyou apply, please give specificindications of your researchinterest including the member(s)of staff you wish to work with andwhether you are applying fora studentship or propose tobe self-funded.

Research groupsApplied Optics Group (AOG)The Group’s research focuseson optical sources, opticalconfigurations and signalprocessing methods for opticalmeasurements and imaging.

Optical sensorsThis covers research intothe fundamental properties ofguided wave interferometers, andtheir application in fields rangingfrom monitoring bridge structuresto diagnostic procedures inmedicine.

Biomedical imaging/Opticalcoherence tomography (OCT)The first en-face OCT image ofthe human eye was produced bythe AOG in 1996. Since then, theGroup has continued to developOCT, to enhance its highresolution and extend itscapabilities.

The Group works with nationaland international institutions toextend OCT capabilities, fromeye imaging and endoscopyto non-destructive testing forconservation of paintings.Translating the technology fromthe lab to the clinic and industryis an important part of their work.

Adaptive optics andmicroscopyThe Group conducts researchon coherence gated wavefrontsensors for imaging with reducedaberrations, assisting eye imagingwith adaptive optics for enhancedtransversal resolution and novelmicroscopy including two photonabsorption.


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inorganic chemistry techniques,and where the functionality comesfrom the self-assembly of theconstituent molecular ormacromolecular sub-units and/orthe incorporation of biologicallyderived motifs. Our group iscontributing to the investigationof smart adhesive materialsfor biological applications,self-assembling bioactive,electroactive and drug deliveryvehicles, and conducting liquidcrystalline materials.

In line with the multidisciplinarycharacter of the Group, manyresearchers contribute to morethan one area. Our postgraduatestudents benefit from the easyaccess to advice and trainingacross traditional research areasthat can be provided within theGroup.

Centre for Astrophysics andPlanetary Science (CAPS)The Group’s research spansobservation, experimentation,simulation and modelling. Themajor topics are star formation,planetary science and earlysolar system bodies, galacticastronomy and astrobiology.

The Group uses data fromthe largest telescopes in theworld and in space, such asESO’s Very Large Telescope,the New Technology Telescope,the Spitzer Space Telescope andthe Herschel Space Observatory.They also use our in-housefacilities, including a two-stagelight gas gun for impact studies.

Staff are involved in a wide rangeof international collaborativeresearch projects. Areas ofparticular interest include: starformation, extragalactic astronomyand solar system science.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/physical-sciences/staff

Dr Maria Alfredsson: SeniorLecturer in Theoretical Materials

Dr Donna Arnold: Senior Lecturerin Forensic Science

Dr Robert Benfield: SeniorLecturer in Inorganic Chemistry

Dr Aaron Berko: Lecturer inForensic Science/Chemistry

www.kent.ac.uk/physical-sciences

carried out by the successfulcombination of complementaryexperimental techniques andcomputing modelling.

Quantum materials andmagnetismNew materials with complexelectronic order have been adriving force of technologicaldevelopments for decades.Research in this area is fastmoving and exciting becauseof its impact in both fundamentalunderstanding and applications.Our experimental work involvesthe synthesis and characterisationof new materials such as exoticsuperconductors, unconventionalmagnets, ferroelectrics andmetal-organic frameworks. Ourtheoretical work applies quantummany-body methods to a rangeof problems including low-dimensional, strongly correlatedand quantum critical matter, whichneed to be addressed in order tounderstand such systems.

Soft functional materialsThis area encompasses materialssynthesised using organic,organometallic, polymer and

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Dr Gavin Mountjoy: Readerin Condensed Matter Physics

Professor Adrian Podoleanu:Professor of Biomedical Optics

Dr Mark Price: Senior Lecturerin Space Science

Dr Emma Pugh: Lecturerin Physics

Dr Jorge Quintanilla-Tizon:Senior Lecturer/SEPnet Fellowin Condensed Matter Theory

Dr Silvia Ramos-Perez: Lecturerin Materials Physics

Dr Paul Saines: Lecturerin Chemistry

Dr Dean Sayle: Readerin Chemistry

Dr Christopher Serpell: Lecturerin Chemistry

Dr Christopher Shepherd:Lecturer in Forensic Science

Dr Helena Shepherd: Lecturerin Chemistry

Professor Michael Smith:Professor of Astronomy

Dr Christopher Solomon: Readerin Physics

Professor Paul Strange: Professorof Physics

Dr James Urquhart: Lecturerin Space Science

Professor Michael Went:Professor of Chemistry andForensic Science

Dr Penny Wozniakiewicz:Lecturer in Space Science

LocationCanterbury

Entry requirementsUsually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in a relevantsubject. For specific detailssee www.kent.ac.uk/pg




National ratingsREF 2014 Physics: • 100% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 7th for research impact

Chemistry: • 98% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

Applications




Dr Stefano Biagini: SeniorLecturer in Organic Chemistry

Dr Barry Blight: Lecturerin Organic Chemistry

Professor Mark Burchell:Professor of Space Science

Dr Sam Carr: Lecturer in Physics

Dr Ewan Clark: Lecturerin Chemistry

Dr Anna Corrias: Readerin Chemistry

Dr George Dobre: Senior Lecturerin Applied Optics

Dr Dirk Froebrich: Senior Lecturerin Astronomy and Astrophysics

Dr Stuart Gibson: Senior Lecturerin Forensic Science

Professor Mark Green: Professorof Materials Chemistry; Head ofSchool

Dr Simon Holder: Readerin Organic Chemistry

Dr Stephen Lowry: Reader inAstronomy and Astrophysics

Dr Emma McCabe: Lecturerin Chemistry

Dr Jingqi Miao: Senior Lecturerin Theoretical Astrophysics


“Even though it soundslike a daunting task (andsometimes it actually feelsso), doing a PhD is anextremely liberating activity;especially if you’re comingstraight out of a taughtdegree. It puts the skillsyou’ve learnt so far intopractice, with an addedlayer of responsibility, sothat by the end of it you canmore or less fly on your own,research-wise.”

Manuel MarquesPhD Physics

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POLITICS AND INTERNATIONALRELATIONS

Postgraduate resourcesStudents have access to anexcellent library, including acollection of political cartoons,extensive computing facilities andonline resources including 50,000journals. The School’s EuropeanDocumentation Centre houses allofficial publications of the EU andthe School also has a specialisedcollection on international conflictand federal studies. Postgraduateresearch students have their owndesignated study area.

Flexible programmesWe offer a variety of options forall of our taught programmesto ensure that your specificrequirements are met. All ofour one-year MA programmesat Canterbury can be studied asa Postgraduate Diploma (PDip),which comprises six modulestaught over nine months. Inaddition, you can opt to study ourMA programmes part-time overtwo years. We also offer two-year120 ECTS versions of our MAs,which comprise nine taughtmodules and a dissertation.On selected programmes youcan spend a term abroad or splityour time between Canterburyand Brussels.

Brussels School ofInternational StudiesBrussels School ofInternational Studies (BSIS) isa multidisciplinary postgraduateschool of the University ofKent. Since 1998, the BSIShas been offering studentsa multidisciplinary education

The School of Politics and International Relationsis a dynamic place to study, combining high-qualityteaching with cutting-edge research in a supportiveenvironment. All postgraduate teaching is informedby the latest research and scholarship, and isdelivered by academic staff with internationallyrecognised expertise.

Our research was highly rated in the Research Excellence Framework(REF) 2014, where we were ranked 15th for research power and in thetop 20 for research impact. The School has over 30 academic staffbased at two locations, in Canterbury and Brussels. The School iscosmopolitan, with staff originating from many different countries, andwell over half of all postgraduate students coming from outside the UK.

We pride ourselves on our global outlook, which is reflected in ourwide range of international partnerships. We are the only politics andinternational relations school in the country with a postgraduate centrein Brussels, which allows students on some of our programmes to followpart, or all, of their programme in Brussels. Agreements with partnerinstitutions in Germany and Russia enable us to offer a Double Awardversion of the MA in International Relations and a joint MA programmein Peace and Conflict Studies.

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Course content• European Foreign and Security

Policy • EU International Relations Law • Fundamentals, Dissertation and

Research• Choose one module from:

Contemporary Energy Security;Development Economics;Diplomatic Law; Europe andGlobal Change; EuropeanForeign and Security Policy;European Union Migration Law;EU Politics and Governance;Foreign Policy Analysis; GlobalGovernance and InternationalOrganisation; InternationalEconomic Regulation;International Relations Theory;Migration: Conflict, the Stateand Human Rights; Partiesand Elections; PoliticalCommunication; PoliticalStrategy; Public Policy Analysis.

• Three optional modules fromthe full list of modules offeredat Brussels

• Dissertation

EU International Relationsand Diplomacy MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1227


As the flagship Master’sprogramme of Kent’s GlobalEurope Centre, this programmeprovides you with invaluableknowledge for understandingand analysing contemporarypolicy practices of the EU. Itincludes not only the theoreticalaccounts of the European Union’scontested roles in global politics,but also its practical implicationsin the ‘real world’. The programmerelies on modules that take ahands-on approach by engagingEuropean policy practitioners,which allows you to explorevarious elements of policyconstruction and its

challenges, especially as theymay inform new approaches togovernance.

Course content• Europe in Crisis? Challenges

to a Global Polity• The European Union in the

World• Negotiation and Mediation • Philosophy and Methodology

of Politics and InternationalRelations

• Two optional modules• Dissertation

International ConflictAnalysis MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/44www.kent.ac.uk/pg/338

Location: Canterbury orCanterbury and Brussels

You examine the major theoriesof conflict and conflict resolutionin international affairs,supplementing theory withdetailed case studies. Topicsinclude negotiation, mediation,conference diplomacy, third partyintervention, restorative justice,peacekeeping, peacemaking,and coercive diplomacy.

Course content• Conflict Resolution in World

Politics• Philosophy and Methodology


• Theories of Conflict andViolence

• Three other modules taughtwithin the School

• Dissertation

You can choose a two-year 120ECTS credit format and study inCanterbury for the first year andin Brussels for the second.

delivered by leading academicsand skilled practitionersand, being based in Brussels,provides students with internshipopportunities and exposure tomajor international organisations.In Brussels, you also have theopportunity to combine yourdegree subject with any of theother MA or LLM degrees offeredin Brussels. This is done throughthe optional modules chosen.


The modules listed are subjectto change. Please contact theSchool for more detailedinformation on availability.


EU External Relations MA www.kent.ac.uk/pg/767


The European Union (EU) isa key global actor and, as thelargest economy, is the firsttrading partner for manycountries. But, by developing itsown foreign and defence policy,it also seeks to become a keydiplomatic player.

On this programme, you studythe EU in its different dimensions,such as foreign policy, securityand external relations law, but alsofrom an outsider’s perspective ina context of global change andregional instability.

This programme is goodpreparation for careers indiplomacy, research andemployment in organisationsthat deal with the externaldimension of the EU.


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International Conflict andSecurity MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/54


This programme introduces you tothe concepts and theories neededto understand contemporaryinternational conflict and securityissues. Through practical andcase study-driven modules, youlearn about conflict preventionand early warning, as well asways of managing conflictsthrough negotiation and mediation.

Specific training for working in thefield of conflict analysis includespreparing reports on specificconflicts or security issues,drafting recommendationsfor policymakers, or mediatingbetween parties. The programmeis constantly updated to introducefresh insights and innovativepolicy strategies.

Course content• Conflict and Security• Theories of Conflict and

Violence• One from: Gender and

Conflicts; Law of ArmedConflicts; Negotiation andMediation; Security andLiberties

• Three optional modules fromthose offered at Brussels


• Dissertation

International DevelopmentMAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/55


This interdisciplinary programmetaught by academics, practitionersand policymakers gives you anunderstanding of the multifacetedpolitical, economic and legalprocesses that shapedevelopment. It is suitable

for students new to the field ofinternational development aswell as for practitioners whohave substantive experience.

Issues covered include economicdevelopment, poverty eradication,legal empowerment, public-private partnerships, socialentrepreneurship, trade andprivatisation, informal economiesand finance, and technologicalinitiatives. The programme isoffered jointly by the Schoolof Politics and InternationalRelations, Kent Law School andthe School of Economics. Thisallows you to specialise in areassuch as development economics,development and migration,development and conflict, orhuman rights. You may choosebetween an economic stream anda politico-legal stream, supportedby modules from the schools.

Course content• Development: Theory and

Practice• Politics of International

Development• One from: Developmental

Economics; Gender andConflicts; Law andDevelopment; State,Market and Society



• Dissertation

International Migration MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/56


The programme offers aninterdisciplinary perspective onmigration and is suitable for recentgraduates or those with relevantexperience. You gain an in-depthunderstanding of the broader fieldof migration while being able tospecialise in a particular migrationissue (eg, human trafficking).

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STAFF PROFILE

Richard G Whitman Professor of Politics andInternational Relations; Director,Global Europe Centre

Professor Whitman’s researchinterests include foreign andsecurity and defence policiesof the EU and the UK, and thegovernance and future prioritiesof the EU.

He is a Visiting Senior AssociateFellow at the Royal Institute ofInternational Affairs (ChathamHouse), an Academic Fellowof the European Policy Centre(EPC) and a regular internationalmedia commentator.

Recent coverage has includedBBC radio and television, CNN,Bloomberg, Reuters and theWall Street Journal. Recentbooks include The EuropeanUnion as a Global ConflictManager: Seeking securitythrough engagement, co-editedwith Stefan Wolff.

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• Dissertation

International Relations MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/45www.kent.ac.uk/pg/57

Location: Canterbury or Brussels(MA only)Start: September (Canterburyand Brussels) or January(Brussels only)

There is an increasing needfor more sophisticated waysof understanding the dramaticchanges taking place. Thisprogramme addresses that need.It is a flexible MA that allows youmaximum scope to construct adegree that suits your interests.

Course content• International Relations Theory• Philosophy and Methodology


• Fundamentals, Dissertation andResearch (if studying first yearin Brussels)

• Four other modules taughtwithin the School

• Dissertation

You can choose a two-year 120ECTS credit format and study inCanterbury for the first year andin Brussels for the second.

International Relations MA(International Double Award)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/46

Location: Canterbury andMoscow

Following your first year at Kent,you spend your second year atthe prestigious National ResearchUniversity Higher School ofEconomics in Moscow. Coursesin Moscow are taught in Englishwith the option to take Russianlanguage courses. There is amandatory research internshipthat is linked to the dissertation.

Course contentFor Stage 1, content is as forInternational Relations (see left).

International Relations withInternational Law MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/47


International law and internationalrelations need to be informed byeach other. This programmecovers the general methods,scope and theories of eachdiscipline. You develop a criticalconsideration of traditionalapproaches to the disciplineof international relations andconsider the role, potential andlimitations of public internationallaw in international affairs.

Course content• International Relations Theory• Philosophy and Methodology


• Public International Law• Three other modules chosen

from the School of Politics andInternational Relations and KentLaw School, making a total offour politics and internationalrelations modules and two lawmodules

• Dissertation

Peace and Conflict StudiesMAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/49

Location: Canterbury andMarburg

This is an international jointdegree. You spend your first yearin Canterbury and the secondyear in Marburg where coursesare taught in English. Theprogramme features a mandatoryinternship that is linked to thedissertation.

Course contentCanterbury• Conflict Resolution in World

Politics

You examine the links betweenmigration and other fields rangingfrom development economics andconflict analysis to human rightslaw or international migration law.

Course content• Migration: Conflict, the State

and Human Rights• Theories of Migration:

Integration and Citizenship• One from: Humanitarian Issues

in Forced Migration; Identity,State and Belonging;International MigrationLaw; Security and Liberties



• Dissertation

International PoliticalEconomy MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/58


This programme offers acombined competency ineconomics and politics, enrichedwith the study of law. It allows fora specialisation in a subfield suchas development, environmentalpolicy, migration, conflict andsecurity, political strategy orEuropean public policy. Theexposure you are given to policypractice at the internationalinstitutions based in Brussels,together with high-qualityeducation, prepares you fora career in international anddomestic public policy, diplomacy,non-governmental organisations,as well as in the private sector.

Course content• International Political Economy• State, Market and Society• One from: Corporate

Governance; InternationalEconomic Regulation;International Economics; Politicsof International Development


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• One from: Foreign PolicyAnalysis; InternationalDiplomatic Law; Negotiationand Mediation


• Dissertation

Politics, Art and ResistanceMAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1228


This MA explores the theme ofpolitical resistance. While ideasand practices of resistance arediscussed in general terms, theprogramme pays particularattention to artistic practicesof resistance. It examines howresistance has featured in thehistory of political ideas, fromPlato to Badiou, and investigatespast and present practices ofresistance as articulated in a widerange of activities including art,film, poetry and fiction.

The programme is affiliated withthe TATE Modern museum inLondon (via the TATE Exchangeinitiative), and normally includesa visit to the museum and anexploration of its collection.

By linking theory to practiceand focusing on a core thematic,this MA develops an innovativeapproach to political thoughtencompassing historical,conceptual and practicalknowledge. Students on theprogramme are able to submita ‘documented practice ofresistance’ for assessment.

The MA won the prestigiousTeaching Innovation Award (2015)from the UK’s Political StudiesAssociation (PSA).

Course content• Resistance in Practice• Resistance in Theory• Four optional modules • Dissertation

Terrorism and Society MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/52

Taught jointly with: School ofSocial Policy, Sociology andSocial ResearchLocation: Canterbury

This multidisciplinary programmeexamines questions of terrorismfrom international relations,sociology and criminologyperspectives and is taughtby a world-leading team led byProfessor Keith Hayward, foundingfigure of cultural criminology, andDr Ruth Blakeley, who leads ateam spearheading cutting-edgeresearch on rendition used by tophuman rights lawyers and NGOsworldwide.

The programme exploresphenomena of terrorism andpolitical violence as perpetratedby both state and non-stateactors, the implications of thesefor the security of individuals,societies, states and theinternational system, as wellas the measures taken by statesto deter terrorism and politicalviolence. You are introduced totheories from across the socialsciences that help us better

• Philosophy and Methodologyof Politics and InternationalRelations

• Theories of Conflict andViolence

• Three other modules taughtwithin the School

• Dissertation

Political Strategy andCommunication MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/59


This programme engages youin the practical issues of politicaldelivery. The areas of politicalcommunication, politicalleadership, strategy, crisismanagement, political branding,and public relations are theleading vocational aspectsof a developed academicunderstanding of politics andinternational relations. It is anarea of growing importance thatdistinguishes our graduates aspolicy-relevant, engaged thinkersin the political arena.

Course content• Political Communication• Political Strategy

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Research areasOur research interests are wide-ranging, with particular strengthsin conflict analysis and resolution,political theory and Europeanpolitics. Our three University-accredited research centresfunction as the key organisationalpillars for research activities withinthe school.

We are part of the South EastESRC Doctoral Training Centre,making us one of the key traininglocations in our subject in the UK.Further details can be found at:http://southeastdtc.surrey.ac.uk

We encourage potential researchstudents to refer to our researchhandbook (pdf) for detailedinformation, www.kent.ac.uk/politics/studying/postgraduate/documents/pgrhandbook.pdf

Conflict Analysis ResearchCentre (CARC)Kent has been at the forefront ofconflict negotiation and resolutionfor almost 50 years. The Centrebrings together academicsworking on different aspectsof conflict and security as wellas PhD and Master’s students.Current research includes aninvestigation into how migrantcommunities can support peacebuilding in their home society.The Centre is also at the forefrontof trying to resolve actualconflicts – for example, it playeda role in the Moldova-Transnistriapeace process and hassupported reconciliationefforts in Africa.

Global Europe Centre (GEC)This centre focuses on the studyof Europe and its relations withthe outside world. Its researchfocus is on contemporary policychallenges to Europe and itsnation states and engagementwith policymakers and policy-

shapers is at the core ofits activities. The Centredisseminates policy-relevantresearch via publications,research-led knowledge transferworkshops, conferences andpublic lectures. The Centre iscommitted to the creation ofthe next generation of ideasinnovators and policymakers,demonstrated by its learning,teaching and knowledgeexchange activities and via theGlobal Europe Student Forum.The Centre is interdisciplinaryand aims to develop synergiesacross the schools of Politicsand International Relations,Economics, History, EuropeanLanguages and Culture, andKent Business and Law schools.

Centre for Critical Thought(CCT)This centre is a multidisciplinaryinitiative across the SocialSciences and Humanitiesfaculties, co-ordinatedby staff in Politics andInternational Relations, Lawand the School of EuropeanCulture and Languages’ ItalianDepartment. Staff and studentsinterested in cutting-edge criticalthought meet to discuss their workand to explore the insights ofinterdisciplinary collaboration.In addition, it serves as a forumfor lectures, including the AnnualKent Lecture in Political and SocialThought, seminars and an annualworkshop.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/politics/staff

Dr Albena Azmanova: Readerin Social and Political Thought(Brussels)

Professor Ruth Blakeley:Professor of InternationalRelations

understand these phenomena.The teaching on the programmetakes a variety of forms, includinglectures, seminars, groupdiscussion and more innovativeformats including simulatedtribunals, special commissionsand parliamentary-style debates.You can select from a wide rangeof modules from both schools.

Course content• Philosophy and Methodology


• Terrorism and Crimes of theState

• Terrorism and Modern Society• Three other modules chosen

from the School of Politicsand International Relations,and the School of Social Policy,Sociology and Social Research

• Dissertation


Comparative Politics MA-R,PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/60www.kent.ac.uk/pg/336

International ConflictAnalysis MA-R, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/62www.kent.ac.uk/pg/338

International Relations MA-R,PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/63www.kent.ac.uk/pg/339

Political and Social ThoughtMA-R, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/61www.kent.ac.uk/pg/337

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Professor Neophytos Loizides:Professor of International ConflictAnalysis

Dr Iain MacKenzie: SeniorLecturer in Politics

Dr Luca Mavelli: Senior Lecturerin Politics and InternationalRelations

Dr Seán Molloy: Readerin International Relations

Dr Edward Morgan-Jones: SeniorLecturer in Comparative Politics

Dr Jane O’Mahony: SeniorLecturer in European Politics

Dr Adrian Pabst: Readerin Politics

Dr Stefan Rossbach: SeniorLecturer in Politics

Professor Richard Sakwa:Professor of Russian andEuropean Politics

Dr Bojan Savic: Lecturer inInternational Relations (Brussels)

Dr Ben Seyd: Senior Lecturer inBritish and Comparative Politics

Dr Laura Sudulich: SeniorLecturer in Politics

Dr Harmonie Toros: SeniorLecturer in International ConflictAnalysis

Professor Richard G Whitman:Professor of Politics; Director ofthe Global Europe Centre; Headof School

Dr Florian Weiler: Lecturerin Quantitative Politics

Dr Andrew Wroe: Lecturerin American Politics

LocationsCanterbury and Brussels





National ratingsREF 2014, politics andinternational studies: • 96% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 15th for research power • top 20 for research impact

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Further information

CanterburyT: +44 (0)1227 827307F: +44 (0)1227 827033E: [email protected]

BrusselsT: +32 (0)2 641 1721F: +32 (0)2 641 1720E: [email protected]/brussels

Dr Ingvild Bode: Lecturerin International Relations

Dr Tom Casier: Readerin International Relations andJean Monnet Chair (Brussels)

Dr Govinda Clayton: SeniorLecturer in International ConflictAnalysis

Professor Feargal Cochrane:Professor of International ConflictAnalysis

Dr Philip Cunliffe: Senior Lecturerin International Conflict

Dr Paolo Dardanelli: SeniorLecturer in Comparative Politics

Dr Andrea den Boer: SeniorLecturer in International Relations

Dr Charles Devellennes: Lecturerin Political and Social Thought

Professor Trine Flockhart:Professor of InternationalRelations

Professor Matthew Goodwin:Professor of Politics andInternational Relations

Dr Frank Grundig: Lecturerin International Relations

Dr Yvan Guichaoua: Lecturerin Conflict Analysis (Brussels)

Dr Toni Haastrup: Lecturerin International Security

Dr Sarah Hyde: Senior Lecturer inPolitics and International Relationsof Japan

Dr Amanda Klekowski vonKoppenfels: Lecturer in Migrationand Politics (Brussels)

Professor Elena Korosteleva:Professor of International Politics,Director of the Global EuropeCentre (Professional Studies)

Dr Pak Kuen Lee: SeniorLecturer in Chinese Politicsand International Relations

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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Flexible programmesThe Centre recognises andunderstands the individual needsof working professionals, whoparticipate as non-traditional part-time learners, and the balancerequired between study and thespecific areas within which theyoperate. Our flexible programmesof study provide inclusive andcoherent educational and work-related opportunities, allowing youto study either individual modulesor to work towards a postgraduatecertificate, diploma or Master’sdegree. Taught sessions aredelivered in a welcoming,supportive and flexible academicenvironment, by an academicteam with extensive professionalpractitioner experience.

The Centre for Professional Practice is atransdisciplinary academic department focusedon flexible work-related learning within highereducation. The Centre is founded on the belief thatemployers can benefit from the University of Kent’sacademic and research excellence, quality teaching,design and development activities to create positivechange and to forge new knowledge within theirorganisations.

We work with a wide range of external partners and employers tocreate distinct and original work-based and work-related developmentaland educational solutions, which respond to the unique workforcechallenges experienced by employees and organisations acrossthe region and beyond.

The Centre’s programmes are designed to enhance career progressionand foster intellectual and professional development and practice.


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“Without exception, theteaching has been excellent.All the tutors are verydifferent, yet they offersomething to every student.Nothing is ever too muchtrouble, and they often sharetheir own time to ensure thatyou don’t leave until you areclear about what is beingexpected of you with regardto the assignments.”

James Devinegraduated MSc ProfessionalPractice, now working within humanresources for the NHS

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Continuing professionaldevelopment (CPD)coursesWe offer a number of CPDcourses in evidence-basedpractice, research skills,collaborative and interprofessionalworking. You can obtain furtherinformation about theseprogrammes from the Centre.




Advanced and SpecialistHealthcare MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/215

Location: MedwayEntry requirements: Minimum2.1 degree and/or an equivalentprofessional qualification plus aminimum of two years’ practitionerexperience. Accreditation of PriorExperiential and CertificatedLearning (APECL) is encouragedand can be discussed with anadmissions officer in the Centre.

This is a flexible, multidisciplinary,postgraduate programmedesigned to meet the needs ofhealthcare professionals workingin clinical practice areas thatinclude applied dentalprofessional practice andsupportive and palliativecare (all subject to availability).

Professional linksOur staff have a wealth ofexperience and knowledgeof working in public, private,health and third sectors, providingvaluable contributions to thedesign, development and deliveryof current professional practiceprogrammes. With strong links tolocal and national employers, theCentre is able to ensure that itsprogrammes are contemporary.

The Centre is also responsiblefor developing and accreditingpostgraduate training coursesdelivered by NHS HealthEducation Kent, Surrey andSussex (Postgraduate DentalDeanery), Kent Community HealthNHS Foundation Trust and theNew Horizons Teaching SchoolAlliance, with which the Universityof Kent has close workingrelationships.

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This is an interdisciplinaryprogramme for professionalswho want to develop and enhancetheir practice at postgraduatelevel. It is a work-related learningprogramme designed forparticipants from a variety ofprofessional settings includingthe private, public and third sector.

The programme offers youthe opportunity to explore yourprofession further, consider thechallenges associated with yourprofessional practice and developyour generic knowledge and skillsin the workplace; while being ableto focus on a specific area ofpractice relevant to you andyour work.

This flexible programme allowsyou to follow one of our specificaccredited pathways or selectmodules of personal andprofessional interest fromacross the University.

Course contentCompulsory modules• Learning and Development

in Organisations• Evidence-Based Practice • Interprofessional Working • Research Skills• Dissertation.

You select from the followingoptional modules from within theCentre for Professional Practice;or a choice of modules fromacross the University; or acombination of both (subjectto availability):• Power Dynamics within

Professional Practice• Qualitative Research Methods

Applied to Professional Practice • Quantitative Research Methods

Applied to Professional Practice • Special area of study.

You have opportunities to analysethe current debates relating to keyissues relevant to the professionalcontext in which you are workingand develop academic andprofessional skills necessary tomeet the evolving needs of patientcare in contemporary practice.

Course contentCompulsory modules• Evidence-Based Practice• Interprofessional Working• Research Skills• Dissertation.

You then take modules specific toyour chosen pathway.

Professional Practice PCert,PDip, MA, MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/224

Professional Practice(Teaching and Learning) MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/335

Location: MedwayEntry requirements: Aprofessional qualificationor appropriate degree-levelqualification and/or equivalentwork experience at theappropriate level. Studentsentering the programmeare expected to demonstrateprofessional experience in arole that involves responsibility,which they have held for at leasttwo years. Applicants withouttraditional qualifications areconsidered on an individual basisand are required to demonstratepotential to study at postgraduatelevel.


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STAFF PROFILE

Claire ParkinLecturer in ProfessionalPractice (Health)

Dr Parkin began her careerworking in intensive care atSt George’s Hospital, London,where she specialised incardiothoracic, general andneuro intensive care. She thenembarked upon a career inresearch, taking up the roleof research fellow at RoyalBrompton and HarefieldNHS Trust, before leavingto complete her PhD atImperial College London.

Claire is Director of HealthProgrammes for the Centre ofProfessional Practice at Kent.She is also the chief editorof the Advanced Journal ofProfessional Practice.

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Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/cpp/staff

Debbie Reed: Head of Centre;Senior Lecturer

Professor Kenneth Eaton:Honorary Professor

Professor Tom Bates: HonoraryProfessor of Surgical Practice

Dr Michael Bewick: HonoraryProfessor in Health

Cathy Hull: Honorary SeniorLecturer

Tania Hopper: ProgrammeDirector, Professional Practice

Dr Mike Nicholls: Honorary SeniorLecturer

Dr Claire Parkin: Lecturer inProfessional Practice (Health)

Maureen Shaw: Senior Lecturerin Psychotherapy

Dr Terence Nice: Lecturerin Psychotherapy

Dr Nick Riding: Lecturerin Psychotherapy

LocationsMedway




National ratingsREF 2014Kent was ranked 17th in theUK for research intensityand 97% of our researchwas deemed to be ofinternational quality.

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Teaching and LearningpathwayThis is a work-related pathwaydesigned for qualified teachersin collaboration with RochesterGrammar School and BromptonAcademy and the New HorizonsTeaching School Alliance.

Compulsory modules include:• A Thinking School:

Transforming Learning• Addressing Barriers to

Learning

Research areasCurrent research areas include:• communities of practice• experiential learning• power dynamics• professionalisation• reflective practice.

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PSYCHOLOGY

Postgraduate resourcesThe School has excellent facilitiesfor both laboratory and fieldresearch, including advancedlaboratory and teaching facilities.Resources include:• the Kent Child Development

Unit (including a database ofchildren who participate indevelopmental research) andresearch team focusing on howchildren learn about their world

• a social cognition laboratory• three fully equipped colour

video laboratories for face-to-face group research, togetherwith ten satellite laboratoriesconnected via remote-controlCCTV and two-way audio links

• 58 research laboratories, allwith networked computers

• a further 80 PCs availableexclusively to Psychologystudents, including adesignated MSc computer-networked room providingfull email and internet access

• shared offices and a personal,networked computer forresearch students

• a full range of computer-basedexperiment generators andproductivity software installedon all the School’s systems

• an upgraded laboratory suitewith equipment for digitalsound and vision recording

• four Brain Vision EEG labsincluding one for simultaneousTranscranial MagneticStimulation (TMS) and EEG,and one portable EEG system

• two trans-cranial direct currentelectrical stimulators (GVS,Magstim)

Psychology at Kent offers a supportive, dynamicand diverse environment for creative researchand learning. We conduct both basic and appliedresearch in several areas, and we are highlyregarded as a leading European centre forpostgraduate research. We have a long-establishedinternational reputation in social psychology, andthis is complemented by our strengths in cognitive,developmental and forensic psychology. The Schoolattracts excellent visiting scholars and postgraduatestudents from both within the UK and overseas.

Our taught MSc programmes offer you the opportunity to enhanceyour understanding of specialist topics and techniques in preparationfor doctoral study and also employment in the fields of health andeducation. The MSc in Forensic Psychology at Kent is also accreditedby the British Psychological Society as providing the first (academic)year of professional training for those who pass the course and wish toqualify as Chartered Forensic Psychologists. The School has a strongtrack record of attracting Economic and Social Research Council(ESRC) research studentship funding, which involves partnerships withexternal organisations such as Age UK and The Anne Frank Trust andcollaborative studentships with partners such as People United.


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• Neuroconn tDCS/tACSelectrical stimulator withfacilities for simultaneous EEG

• TMS PowerMAG Research100 high frequency stimulator

• two Tobii eye-trackers (TobiiX120 & Tobii T60 XL portable)

• one Arrington eye-tracker• a suite equipped with BioPac

recorders to allow for a rangeof physiological measures tobe taken during stressful andother tasks

• specialist laboratoriesequipped for face processingand vision research

• CRS ColorCal IIColorimeter/Photometer

• CRS Audiofile for synchronisedaudio-visual presentation

• numerous PC and Mac labsto run behavioural experiments

• Mirror Stereoscopes fordichoptic presentationand stereo vision research

• immersive virtual reality lab(including integrated eye-tracker).




Cognitive Psychology/Neuropsychology MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/65


Cognitive psychology andneuropsychology bring togethera range of different theoreticalframeworks. Cognitivepsychological, neurobiological,neuropsychological and computerscience approaches combinein order to understand how the

human mind/brain solves a varietyof complex problems, such asrecognising objects, rememberingprevious experiences, reading,speaking and reasoning.

Course content• Current Issues in

Cognitive Psychologyand Neuropsychology

• Statistics and Methodology• Two optional modules,

eg, Advanced Cognitive(Neuroscience) Methods inPractice; Advanced Topicsin Cognition in Action;Advanced Topics in CognitiveDevelopment; AdvancedTopics in DevelopmentalPsychopathology; CognitiveNeural Networks; ThePsychology of EyewitnessTestimony


Developmental PsychologyMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/66


The MSc focuses on questionssuch as: What psychologicalchanges occur during infancy,childhood and adolescence?What psychological processesdrive the development ofchildren? What can psychologistsdo to promote healthydevelopment in neurotypicalindividuals and supportdevelopment among individualswith developmental disorders?

The programme draws on thestrengths of developmentalpsychologists working in the KentChild Development Unit (KCDU).Some of our research is carriedout in nurseries and schools.However, the KCDU has anextensive database of youngchildren who visit the Unit to takepart in research. You have accessto these facilities for the purposeof your dissertation project.

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STAFF PROFILE

David WilliamsReader in DevelopmentalPsychology

Dr Williams completed his PhDat the Institute of Psychiatry,King’s College London, wherehe investigated the developmentof self-awareness in neurotypicalchildren and children with autismspectrum disorder.

Since coming to Kent fromDurham University in 2013,his research has focusedon ‘metacognition’ (awarenessof one’s own thoughts),imagination, and languagedevelopment among adultsand children with autism.He is also interested in theunderstanding and productionof humour in people on theautism spectrum, and hecollaborates with membersof the School of Arts to explorethis from an interdisciplinaryperspective.

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Group Processes andIntergroup Relations MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/70


This programme focuses onsocial psychological theory andresearch in intergroup and groupbehaviour. Group processes andintergroup relations have becomean increasingly central part of thediscipline of social psychology,addressing issues of prejudice,discrimination, conflict reduction,persuasion and social influence,power, group decision makingand ethnic loyalty. The MScexplores major and currentresearch covering these issues.

Course content• Advanced Topics in Group

Processes• Advanced Topics in Intergroup

Relations• Current Issues in Social and

Applied Psychology 1: Theory• Statistics and Methodology• Optional module from a range

including: Current Issues inSocial and Applied Psychology2: Applications; AdvancedDevelopmental SocialPsychology; The Psychologyof Eyewitness Testimony


Organisational PsychologyMSc www.kent.ac.uk/pg/366


This MSc brings together aspectsof psychological research intoapplied, social, and organisationalpsychology modules from theSchool of Psychology togetherwith modules on organisationalbehaviour and peoplemanagement from KentBusiness School.

Course content• Current Issues in Social and

Applied Psychology 2:Applications

• Entrepreneurship, Innovation,and Creativity

• Organisational Psychology:Methods and Statistics

• Psychology of Selectionand Assessment

• Three from: ApplyingPsychology to an OrganisationalIssue: Extended LiteratureReview; Employee Resourcing;Employment Relations; Groupsand Teams in Organisations;Leadership and Management;Learning and Development

• Research ApprenticeshipDissertation

Political Psychology MSc www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1206

Taught jointly with: School ofPolitics and International RelationsLocation: Canterbury

This programme explores therelationships between politicaland psychological processes. Itoffers a unique interdisciplinaryfocus on key current issues inpolitical psychology.

Key topics include politicalideologies, governmentperceptions, justice and inequality,beliefs in political conspiracies,and political conflict and violence.You develop your knowledge oftheory and practice by studying arange of areas such as advancedintergroup relations, publicopinion, and statistics andmethods.

Course content• Advanced Topics in Intergroup

Relations• Political Psychology• Public Opinion: Nature and

Measurement• Statistics and Methodology

Course content• Advanced Topics in Cognitive

Development• Advanced Topics

in DevelopmentalPsychopathology

• Statistics and Methodology• Two from: Advanced Cognitive

(Neuroscience) Methodsin Practice; AdvancedDevelopmental SocialPsychology; Advanced Topicsin Intergroup Relations; CurrentIssues in Social and AppliedPsychology 1: Theory; CurrentIssues in Social and AppliedPsychology 2: Applications;Developmental Psychologyin Professional Practice; ThePsychology of EyewitnessTestimony


Forensic Psychology MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/69

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: See p210.You must also qualify for theGraduate Basis for CharteredMembership (GBC) with theBritish Psychological Society(BPS); Graduate Membershipof the BPS is insufficient.

The MSc in Forensic Psychologyis accredited by The BritishPsychological Society asproviding the first (academic) yearof professional training for thosewho wish to qualify as CharteredForensic Psychologists.

Course content• Assessment and Treatment of

Offenders in Forensic Settings• Forensic Cognition: Theory,

Research and Practice• Psychology of Criminal

Conduct• Psychology of Law and Justice• Statistics and Methodology• Forensic Psychology Empirical

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“Doing a further degree providesyou with increased knowledge of aspecific area within a subject. Myfirst degree, in psychology, gave me a broad overview of the subject.My Master’s degree in cognitivepsychology honed my knowledge of the specific area, which suited my research interests.”

Matt FyshPhD Cognitive Psychology/Neuropsychology

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social psychology. Teaching andresearch covers the psychologyof intergroup behaviour, groupdecision and performance,attitudes and persuasion,organisational psychology, socialcognition, children’s self-conceptand social attitudes, and cross-cultural questions, relating socialpsychological research in theseareas to social problems.

Course content• Current Issues in Social and

Applied Psychology 1: Theory• Current Issues in Social and

Applied Psychology 2:Applications

• Statistics and Methodology• Two options from a range

including: AdvancedDevelopmental SocialPsychology; AdvancedTopics in CognitiveDevelopment; AdvancedTopics in DevelopmentalPsychopathology; AdvancedTopics in Group Processes;Advanced Topics in IntergroupRelations; DevelopmentalPsychology in ProfessionalPractice; The Psychologyof Eyewitness Testimony



Cognitive Psychology/Neuropsychology PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/76

Forensic Psychology PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/77

Psychology MSc, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/78

Social Psychology MSc, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/79

The breadth of our researchinterests allows us to offersupervision of researchdegrees in a number of areasof psychology, including: socialpsychology; developmental

psychology; forensic psychology;cognitive psychology; existentialpsychology; personality andmotivation. You should include anoutline of your proposed researchin your online application form.

Under the PhD programme, youmay also be supervised in thearea of developmentalpsychology.

If you have not alreadysuccessfully completed anadvanced statistics and methodscourse, in your first year you willneed to take the AdvancedStatistics and Methodologymodule from the taught MSc.

We also offer MSc degrees byresearch (one year full-time, ortwo years part-time), involvinga research project and theadvanced statistics trainingrequired of doctoral students.

Research themesThe School of Psychology is highlyregarded as a leading Europeancentre for postgraduate research,with an international reputation forexcellence in social psychology(including group processes andintergroup relations); cognitionand neuroscience; developmentalpsychology; and forensicpsychology. We have staffwho can supervise researchdegrees in all of these areas.

Social psychologyResearch is funded by a varietyof British and internationalsources, currently and recentlyincluding ESRC, British Academy,The Leverhulme Trust, Age UKand European Commission.

The Social Psychology groupincludes the following themes:

Prejudice, intergroup contactand social categorisationThis research is carried out inour social psychology laboratories,at schools and in business

• One from: Advanced Topicsin Group Processes; CurrentIssues in Social and AppliedPsychology 2: Applications;Negotiation and Mediation;States, Nations and Democracy

• Advanced Research Project inPolitical Psychology

Research Methods inPsychology MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/73


This programme offers advancedand broad-based training in themajor methods and statisticaltechniques in use in psychology,together with a wide range ofoptional modules to allow you totailor your studies to suit your ownparticular interests.

Course content• Statistics and Methodology• Four options from a range

including: Advanced Cognitive(Neuroscience) Methodsin Practice; AdvancedDevelopmental SocialPsychology; AdvancedTopics in Cognition in Action;Advanced Topics in CognitiveDevelopment; Advanced Topicsin Group Processes; AdvancedTopics in Intergroup Relations;Current Issues in CognitivePsychology andNeuropsychology; CurrentIssues in Social and Applied Psychology 1: Theory; CurrentIssues in Social and AppliedPsychology 2: Applications;Developmental Psychologyin Professional Practice; ThePsychology of EyewitnessTestimony


Social and AppliedPsychology MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/75


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of prison gang activity, andthe impact of alcohol on groupprocesses.

Personality and socialmotivation Much of this research is carriedout in laboratories, throughsurveys and in clinical or otherapplied settings. For example,research has examinedaggression, the adaptivefunctions of perfectionism,and consequences of mortalitysalience.

Cognition and neuroscienceResearch under this theme has aninternational reputation in the topicareas of visual cognition, attentionand memory, and language andcommunication. Some of thisresearch activity occurs in theCentre for Cognitive Neuroscienceand Cognitive Systems, a strategicpartnership between the Schoolsof Psychology and Computing.

Visual cognition, attention andmemoryResearch focuses on the role ofvision and visual perception inhuman performance. The aim isto identify the cognitive processes

and neurological mechanismsunderlying various visual tasks.Studies involving neurologicallyhealthy volunteers examineissues such as face recognitionand identification, eyewitnesstestimony, person detection,emotion processing, episodicmemory and pattern and motionrecognition.

Language and communicationThis group examines variousaspects of semantic, pragmaticand syntactic understanding.Research questions on healthypopulations include the role ofexecutive functions in successfullanguage use and communication,how language influencesattentional processes andperspective taking, and anomalydetection in reading. Workon developmental populationsexamines issues such as howchildren learn to understand andproduce sentences in their ownlanguage, and how they learnconversational conventionsand self-repair. Researchalso examines developmentaldisorders of communication,including autism spectrumdisorders and dyslexia.

organisations. Research focuseson questions such as: how contactbetween members of differentsocial groups is representedpsychologically, how intergroupcontact affects prejudice, andwhen and why children showprejudice.

Social inequality and cohesionResearch on this topic combinestheory-driven research andengagement with policy. It isconducted in real-life settingssuch as the workplace, andinvolves national and internationalsurveys. Topics include thewell-being of older people inBritain, work participation andmotherhood, and discriminationagainst different groups in society.

Group dynamics and socialinfluenceLaboratory studies andcommunity-based researchare conducted on this topic.For example, research focuseson co-operation in small groups,group decision-making,perception and influence ofleaders, social communicationand language, the dynamics


“The course is wellstructured and taughtby some of the leadingacademics in the fieldof social psychology.The teaching style is downto earth and allows youto develop your knowledgeand skills in a very shortspace of time.”

Katherine WilsonMSc Group Processes andIntergroup Relations

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Research centresThe School of Psychologycurrently includes three formallyconstituted research centres,representing areas ofconcentration and excellencein research.

Centre for the Study ofGroup ProcessesThe Centre consolidates theSchool’s excellent internationalreputation for social psychologicalresearch into group processesand intergroup relations. TheCentre also attracts majorinternational group researchers,who visit regularly to work with ourstaff and are officially affiliated tothe Centre. The Centre edits aninternational journal, GroupProcesses & Intergroup Relations.

Centre for CognitiveNeuroscience andCognitive SystemsThe Centre harnesses thepotential for crossdisciplinaryresearch at the junction ofcognitive psychology and thecomputational sciences. It focuseson how behavioural and neuro-physiological experimentationneeds to inform, and be informedby, the construction ofcomputational models.

Centre of Research andEducation in ForensicPsychologyForensic psychology is anextremely popular and rapidlydeveloping branch of psychologythat seeks to understand thepsychological processesunderlying offending behaviour(including group processes),the reduction and supervisionof offending behaviour (ie,rehabilitation, treatment andmanagement of community risk),victim responses to offending,the mechanisms underlying thecriminal justice system more

generally (ie, jury decision-makingand the courts), and attitudesto offenders and offenderreintegration in society.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people

Dr Kirsten Abbot-Smith: SeniorLecturer in Psychology

Professor Dominic Abrams:Professor of Social Psychology

Dr Emma Alleyne: Senior Lecturerin Forensic Psychology

Dr Zara Bergström: Lecturerin Cognitive Psychology

Dr Markus Bindemann: SeniorLecturer in Psychology

Dr Joseph Brooks: Lecturerin Psychology

Dr Anna Brown: Senior Lecturerin Psychological Methods andStatistics

Dr Rachel Calogero: Readerin Psychology

Dr Lindsey Cameron: SeniorLecturer in Psychology

Dr Aleksandra Cichocka: Lecturerin Political Psychology

Dr Kristof Dhont: Lecturerin Psychology

Professor Karen Douglas:Professor of Social Psychology

Dr Heather Ferguson: Readerin Psychology

Dr Michael Forrester: Readerin Psychology

Professor Theresa Gannon:Professor of Forensic Psychology

Professor Roger Giner-Sorolla:Professor of Social Psychology

Dr Tim Hopthrow: Senior Lecturerin Psychology

Professor Diane Houston:Professor of Psychology

Forensic psychologyForensic psychology researchand all forensic-related teachingoperates through our Centre ofResearch and Education inForensic Psychology (CORE-FP).Current research is focused onbullying in prisons, prison gangbehaviour, group processes instreet gangs, jury decision-making, child sexual offending,rape, rape proclivity, femalesexual offending, theories ofoffender rehabilitation, firesetting,sexual harassment, violence,aggression and alcohol, and theinfrahumanisation of offenders.

Other areas of research includesocial cognition, social and moralemotion, and group processtheory, all of which are applied tothe study of offending behaviouror court process issues.

Developmental psychologyMuch of our research isconducted with neurotypicalinfants, children, and adolescents.However, we also take a lifespanapproach to the study ofdevelopment and conductresearch with older adults. Centralresearch topics include socialdevelopment (the expressionand control of ethnic and genderprejudice, social ostracism andinclusion, conversational normsand group identity in children,and self-stereotyping andprejudice against elderly people);cognitive development (theoryof mind, language development,information processing, andconversation and pragmaticskills); forensic research (gangactivity and antisocial behaviour inadolescence); and developmentalpsychopathology, where weconduct cutting-edge researchinto neuro-developmentaldisorders, such as autism andlanguage impairment, with a viewto understanding their nature andhow to treat them.


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Professor Robbie Sutton:Professor of Social Psychology

Dr Giovanni Travaglino: Lecturerin Social and OrganisationalPsychology

Professor Ayse Uskul: Professorof Social Psychology

Dr Eduardo Vasquez: Lecturerin Forensic Psychology

Dr Mario Weick: Senior Lecturerin Psychology

Dr David Wilkinson: Readerin Psychology

Dr David Williams: Readerin Developmental Psychology

Dr Arnaud Wisman: Lecturerin Psychology

Dr Jane Wood: Readerin Forensic Psychology

Dr Amir-Homayoun Javadi:Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience

Professor Robert Johnston:Professor of Cognitive Psychology

Dr Lydia Kearney: Lecturerin Cognitive Psychology

Dr David Kelly: Lecturer inDevelopmental Psychology

Dr Erika Nurmsoo: Lecturerin Psychology

Dr Caoilte Ó Ciardha: Lecturerin Forensic Psychology

Dr Afroditi Pina: Senior Lecturerin Psychology

Dr Marta Ponari: Lecturerin Cognitive Psychology

Dr Georgina Randsley de Moura:Senior Lecturer in SocialPsychology

Dr Dinkar Sharma: Readerin Psychology

Professor Joachim Stoeber:Professor of Psychology


LocationCanterbury

Entry requirementsUsually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in apsychology or a closelyrelated discipline. Forspecific details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg




National ratingsREF 2014, psychology: • 97% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality


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RELIGIOUS STUDIES

TrainingPostgraduate students inReligious Studies are expected toplay an active role in the trainingand research culture of theDepartment. This includes ourregular research seminars, theadvanced theory reading groupand other training workshops.You can take our week-longtraining course in methodologicalapproaches to the study ofreligion in the spring term, whichis also taken by doctoral studentsfrom around the UK. Researchstudents are supported withundertaking wider professionaldevelopment activities, includingteaching and writing forpublication, that prepare themfor future academic work. Broadersupport is also available throughthe University’s Graduate School.




Religion PCert, MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/349www.kent.ac.uk/pg/350

Locations: Canterbury;Canterbury and Paris (MA only)

It is possible to study thisprogramme based entirely inCanterbury or split between

The Department of Religious Studies at Kentprovides the highest standards of graduate trainingin the UK. It is the only department in its subjectarea to have received two national grants from theArts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) tosupport specialist training for doctoral students.

Collectively, the staff at Kent cover all the current methodologies andtheoretical approaches, from empirical research to psychology ofreligion to continental philosophy and history of ideas. As well asoffering expertise in all the major ‘world religions’, we are widelyrecognised for groundbreaking work at the edges of the category ofreligion as well as for work on the invention of the category of ‘religion’.Among the many combined subject areas we cover are religion andmedia, religion and politics, religion and comparative literatures, andreligion and society.

The Department strongly supports cross-disciplinary work and studentsare encouraged to take advantage of the wide range of postgraduateclasses and seminars available both within the School of EuropeanCulture and Languages (SECL), where Religious Studies is based,and across the University as a whole.


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Professor Gordon Lynch:Michael Ramsey Chair ofModern Theology

Professor Yvonne Sherwood:Professor of Biblical Culturesand Politics

Dr Anna Strhan: Lecturerin Religious Studies






National ratingsREF 2014, theology andreligious studies: • 98% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 3rd for research impact• 7th for research quality• top 20 for research intensityand research output

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Further informationProfessor Richard KingT: +44 (0)1227 824853 E: [email protected]

our Canterbury campus and ourParis School of Arts and Culture.

Our MA in Religion provides coretraining for students wanting topursue further postgraduateresearch or research in othercontexts.

You gain an overview of keytheoretical debates in the study ofreligion, as well as methodologicalissues and approaches forconducting fieldwork. You alsostudy two modules of your choice.If you are studying on theCanterbury and Paris option, youspend your first term studying atCanterbury before relocating toour Paris centre in the spring. The Paris School of Arts andCulture is based in the heart ofhistoric Montparnasse and youtake modules with a Paris focus.

For further information about ourParis School of Arts and Culture,please see p257.

You can refine ideas for aresearch project through yourtaught modules and dissertation,and you receive guidance onwriting research proposals andseeking funding.

The part-time PCert in Religionenables those working as clergy,social workers, teachers or similar,to study towards a higher levelqualification alongside their work.You study two modules of yourchoice from those offered. You canregister for the Certificate and thentransfer to the MA programme.

Course contentCanterbury students take: • Contemporary Critical

Approaches to the Study ofReligion; The Study of Religion

• Two optional modules from:Methodological Approaches tothe Study of Religion; Religion,Media and Culture; Spiritualityand Therapy

• Dissertation

www.kent.ac.uk/secl/thrs

Canterbury and Paris studentstake:• Religion and Modern European

Thought; The Study of Religion• One from the list of Canterbury

optional modules• A wild module from those

offered by the Faculty ofHumanities in Paris

• Dissertation


Theology and ReligiousStudies PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/90

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements:MA byresearch: a first or good secondclass degree; PhD: anundergraduate degree (firstor 2.1) and a Master’s degree(distinction). In exceptionalcircumstances, candidates withonly a first-class undergraduatedegree will be considered.

You are expected to provide astrong research proposal at thetime of application.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/secl/thrs/staff

Dr Ward Blanton: Reader inBiblical Cultures and EuropeanThought

Professor Jeremy Carrette:Professor of Religion and Culture

Dr Chris Deacy: Reader inApplied Theology

Dr Jessica Frazier: Lecturerin Religious Studies

Professor Richard King:Professor of Buddhist andAsian Studies; Head of ReligiousStudies

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SCIENCE, COMMUNICATIONAND SOCIETY

Postgraduate resourcesBoth schools have a research-intensive environment. The Schoolof Biosciences offers state-of-the-art research facilities, whichhave undergone a £1 millionrefurbishment. Our researchlaboratories house over 100academic, research, technicaland support staff devoted toresearch. Annual researchfunding is in excess of £5 million.The School of History has 25research-active members of staffand 30 postgraduate students,and an excellent library collectionrelating to science, past andpresent. There are opportunitiesfor community engagement andscience outreach, includingevents during National Scienceand Engineering Week, science-art gallery exhibitions and linkswith local museums.



AssessmentFor the most up-to-date information,see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/93

The MSc in Science, Communication and Society,taught by the School of History and the School ofBiosciences, gives critical, professional and practicalperspectives on science communication.

Using the latest scholarship, we enable you to get behind contemporaryand historic science to understand how knowledge is created andconsumed within society. Professionals from a range of sectors(eg, medical writing, industry, policy) bring real-life case studiesthat inform your critical perspectives on science communication.

The MSc in Science, Communication and Society is intended primarily,though not exclusively, for science graduates intending to pursue acareer within science but not in the laboratory, humanities graduateswith an interest in science and technology studies, practising scientistswanting a career change into media, education, policy or othercommunication-based areas of science.


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Course contentCompulsory modules• Science @ Work• Science and Medicine

in Context• Research Project

Optional modules include:• Deformed, Deranged and

Deviant; Places, Spaces andThings: Museums, MaterialCulture and the History ofScience; Visualising Science;Work experience module

With the agreement of theprogramme directors and moduleconvenors, you are able to selectoptional modules (to the value of60 credits) from a wide choice inthe University module catalogue.

Research groupsResearch in the School ofBiosciences revolves aroundunderstanding and exploiting theimpact of systems and processesin the living cell. Our expertise isin three overlapping disciplinesand research themes of proteinscience, molecular microbiologyand biomolecular medicine. Eachgroup contains researchers activein science communication andpublic engagement.

The School of History has adedicated Centre for the Historyof the Sciences with researchersworking on individual and groupprojects in areas as diverse ashuman experimentation at PortonDown, steamships, literature andscience, and public perceptionsof nuclear technology.

Academic staff Dr Rebekah Higgitt: Lecturerin the History of Science

Dr Dan Lloyd: Reader inPharmacology; NationalTeaching Fellow

Dr Charlotte Sleigh: Readerin the History of Science

LocationCanterbury





National ratingsREF 2014 Biological sciences:• 100% of our researchjudged to be of internationalquality; 88% of this beingworld-leading orinternationally excellent

• 7th for research intensity• top 20 for research output

History:• 99% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality


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Further informationT: +44 (0)1227 827357 E: [email protected]/bio

Science, Communicationand Society MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/93

Location: CanterburyTaught jointly by: the Schoolof Biosciences and the Schoolof History

The MSc was developed by theSchool of Biosciences, a leadingschool in teaching, research andscience communication, and theSchool of History, which hasa dedicated research centrein the history of the sciences.It integrates current theoryand practice in communicatingscience with insights fromhistorical and ethicalperspectives.

Two compulsory modulestake a case-study approach toscience communication, learningfrom key scientific momentsin history and from sciencecommunicators who work ina variety of professions (eg,media, politics, education andjournalism).

Two optional modules allowyou to specialise in a particulararea relevant to sciencecommunication, based onyour interests and experience.

An extended research projectallows you to take a practicalapproach to sciencecommunication, or to do in-depthresearch on an historical orcontemporary episode in science.In some cases, these projectsmay be undertaken in conjunctionwith external partners, such asresearch councils, charities andNGOs.

You can opt to take only thecompulsory modules, resultingin a postgraduate certificate, orto take the compulsory plus twooptional modules, leading to apostgraduate diploma.


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SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CARE

Postgraduate resourcesAll teaching takes place at theTizard Centre and postgraduateresearch students have a sharedoffice space with a computer andtelephone. The Tizard Centre runsan annual seminar series wherestaff or guest lecturers presentthe results of research or highlightrecent developments in the fieldof social care. The Jim MansellMemorial Lecture invites publicfigures or distinguishedacademics to discuss topics thatcould interest a wider audience.The Centre also publishes theTizard Learning Disability Reviewto provide a source of up-to-dateinformation for professionals andcarers.

The Tizard Centre, part of the School of SocialPolicy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR),has excellent links with health and social careorganisations. The Centre is at the forefront oflearning and research in autism, intellectualdisability and community care. In 2013 we receiveda Queen’s Anniversary Prize, in recognition of ouroutstanding work in these areas. In the ResearchExcellence Framework (REF) 2014, the School’ssubmission was ranked 2nd in the UK for researchpower.

Our primary aims are to find out more about how to effectivelysupport and work with people with learning disabilities, to help carers,managers and professionals develop the values, knowledge and skillsthat enable better services, to aid policymakers, planners, managersand practitioners to organise and provide enhanced services.

Recognised as leading the field in de-institutionalisation and communityliving, challenging behaviour, sexuality and autism, the Centre has hada significant impact on national policies in these areas. We are alsocommitted to addressing issues arising from social inequality.

“The MSc programme hasbeen a fantastic experience –the quality of teaching andsupervision is excellent,and the teaching staff are allclearly passionate about thesubject and are motivatingand encouraging. I havecome out of the year withmore knowledge and positiveexperiences than I couldhave imagined.”

Rhea YoungMSc Analysis and Intervention inIntellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities

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Modules listed are subject tochange. Please contact theCentre for more informationon availability.


Analysis and Interventionin Intellectual andDevelopmental DisabilitiesPDip, MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/94

Autism Studies PCert, PDip,MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/95

Autism Studies PCert, PDip,MA (Distance Learning)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/98

Intellectual andDevelopmental DisabilitiesPCert, PDip, MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/101

Intellectual andDevelopmental DisabilitiesPCert, PDip, MA (DistanceLearning)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/103


These degrees are advancedprofessional developmentprogrammes involving some or allof the following: distance learning;study workshops; serviceplacement visits; and a clinicalplacement (which can be in yourhome area). The programmes inIntellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities (IDD) and AutismStudies can be completedmainly by distance learning.

Accreditation of Prior Learningand Prior Experiential Learningmay be possible on allprogrammes. You can transferbetween programmes andbetween levels, subject tomeeting admission requirements.

Students taking the PDip or MScin Analysis and Intervention inIntellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities need some practicalexperience in services forpeople with intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities. Theywork in two different placementsduring the programme: a serviceplacement based at the TizardCentre and an individual clinicalplacement based in a communitylearning disability team or socialcare service. They base theirdissertation on empirical researchin services.

Course content• Behavioural Analysis and

Intervention• Research Methods• Service Issues in IDD• Social Psychology of

Intellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities/Social Psychologyof Autism

• Project/dissertation/case study

Applied Behaviour AnalysisPCert, PDip, MSc www.kent.ac.uk/pg/105


The programme develops yourcritical understanding of conceptsand principles of appliedbehaviour analysis. Yougain a detailed knowledgeof intellectual and developmentaldisabilities and experience ofpractice or conducting researchin this field. The programme isfor both recent graduates andexperienced practitioners.

Course content• Four modules in applied

behaviour analysis including:Concepts of Applied BehaviourAnalysis; Developing andImplementing Interventions;Observation and Analysis ofBehaviour; Values, Ethics andProfessional Practice.

STAFF PROFILE

Ciara PaddenLecturer in Learning Disabilities

Ciara Padden’s researchinterests centre around the useof evidence-based practicesand behaviour-analyticapproaches to teach skills andimprove quality of life for peoplewith developmental disabilities.She is also interested in staffand family training, and thehealth and wellbeing ofcaregivers of people withdevelopmental disabilities.

She is a Board CertifiedBehaviour Analyst (BCBA)who has worked in the field ofdevelopmental disabilities forseveral years. She continuesto provide staff training andconsultancy in the areas ofbehaviour analysis and positivebehaviour support. Her clinicalexpertise is integral to herteaching and research, withthese three areas centralfeatures of her work.

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individuals with intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities (IDD)and across organisations. Itshares a number of modules withthe Applied Behaviour Analysisprogrammes and it is intendedto seek Behavior AnalystCertification Board approval.

Course content• Advanced Issues in Values

Ethics and ProfessionalPractice

• Challenging Behaviour andPositive Behaviour Support:Working with Individuals orChallenging Behaviour andPositive Behaviour Support:Working with Individuals byDistance Learning

• Concepts of Applied BehaviourAnalysis

• Developing and ImplementingInterventions

• Observation and Analysis ofBehaviour

• Positive Behaviour Support:Working with Systems

• Research Methods for AppliedBehaviour Analysis or ResearchMethods for Applied BehaviourAnalysis by Distance Learning

• Values, Ethics and ProfessionalPractice

• Dissertation or work-basedlearning


Applied Psychology MPhil,PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/106

Community Care MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/109

Intellectual andDevelopmental DisabilitiesMPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/110

Mental Health MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/112


The Centre offers excellentopportunities for full or part-timeresearch in intellectual disabilityand community care. The TizardCentre has a strong track recordof attracting University researchstudentship funding. You shouldsend an outline of your researchproposal with your application.

• Five modules inintellectual/developmentaldisabilities including: BehaviourAnalysis and Intervention;Extended Essay; ResearchMethods; Service Issues inIDD; Social Psychologyof Intellectual andDevelopmental Disabilities.

• Option of completing adissertation or a project linkedto work-based learning

Intellectual andDevelopmental Disabilities &Forensic Issues PCert, PDip,MA, MSc (subject to approval)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1226


You develop a criticalunderstanding of forensic issuesas they affect individuals withintellectual and developmentaldisabilities (IDD). You sharemodules with others takingpostgraduate programmesin intellectual/ developmentaldisabilities while taking specialistmodules on forensic issues. Iftaking the practice option, youhave the opportunity to undertakesupervised placements.

Course content• Assessment and Treatment

of Offenders with IDD• IDD and Forensic Service

Issues • Research Methods• Social Psychology of IDD

and Forensic Issues• Extended Essay• Practical Placements

(MSc/PDip only)• Dissertation

Positive Behaviour SupportPDip, MSc (subject to approval)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1230


The programme enables you todevelop a critical understandingof positive behaviour support, toencourage its practice with


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Dr Nick Gore: Senior Lecturerin Learning Disability

Dr Peter Langdon: SeniorLecturer in Clinical Psychologyand Disability

Dr Michelle McCarthy: Readerin Learning Disability

Professor Peter McGill: Professorof Clinical Psychology of LearningDisability; Co-Director, TizardCentre

Professor Glynis Murphy:Professor of Clinical Psychologyand Disability; Co-Director, TizardCentre

Tony Osgood: Lecturerin Learning Disability

Dr Ciara Padden: Lecturerin Learning Disability

Dr Paraskevi Triantafyllopoulou:Lecturer in Learning Disability

LocationCanterbury

Entry requirementsUsually a minimum 2.1honours degree (orequivalent) in a socialscience discipline; voluntary,professional or familyexperience of childrenor adults with a learningdisability and/or autism.For specific details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg




National ratingsREF 2014, social work andsocial policy:• 99% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality


Applications



Further informationT: +44 (0)1227 827373 E: tizard-recruitment @kent.ac.uk

Research groups andcentresCurrent research areas include:social inequalities and communitycare; intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests see:www.kent.ac.uk/tizard/staff/staffsummary.html

Dr Peter Baker: Senior Lecturerin Learning Disability

Professor Julie Beadle-Brown:Professor of Learning Disability

Dr Jill Bradshaw: Lecturerin Learning Disability

Dr Mecca Chiesa: Lecturerin Learning Disability

Professor Rachel Forrester-Jones: Professor of Health,Community and Social Care

www.kent.ac.uk/tizard

“I wanted a programme withan international reputation,highly qualified and expertlecturers, and course contentthat was applicable to mydaily work with my clients –the Tizard Centre met allof these expectations. Thecontent offered a broadperspective on the lifejourney of an individualwith developmentaldisabilities and theaccompanying issuesof providing adequateservices across that lifespan.”

Crystal Lee ClarkMA Autism Studies (DistanceLearning) British Columbia, Canada

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SOCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY




Advanced Social Work –Practice and Research MSc(subject to approval)www.kent.ac.uk/pg/768

Location: Medway

This two-year programme offerssocial workers in practice, atyears 2 and 3 post the Assessedand Supported Year inEmployment (ASYE), and beyond,the opportunity to obtain aMaster’s degree focusing onadvanced social work practice.

You build upon, develop anddemonstrate skills in relationto being research-minded,evidence-based social scientistswhose critical thinking is informedby their own practice. Theprogramme focuses on thenine domains of the ProfessionalCapabilities Framework (PCF).

Course contentStage 1• Compulsory modules: Critical

Thinking; Decision Making andBest Interests; Research Skills;Risk Assessment andManagement

The School of Social Policy, Sociology and SocialResearch (SSPSSR) has a long and distinguishedhistory, and is one of the largest and most successfulsocial science research communities in Europe. Oursubmission to the Research Excellence Framework(REF) 2104 received excellent ratings, including 2ndfor research power and 3rd for research intensity.

Academic staff specialise in research of international, comparative andtheoretical significance, and we have collective strengths in the followingareas: civil society, NGOs, philanthropy and the third sector; cross-national and European social policy; health, social care and healthstudies; work, employment and economic life; risk, ‘risk society’ andrisk management; race, ethnicity and religion; social and public policy;sociology and the body; crime, culture and control; sociological theoryand the culture of modernity.


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• Optional modules include:Epidemiology and PublicHealth; Evaluation andResearch in Health Services;Introduction to HealthEconomics; Sociology ofHealth, Illness and Medicine;Statistics in Applied HealthResearch

• Dissertation

Civil Society, NGO andNon-Profit Studies PDip, MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/113


The programme provides you withan advanced understanding ofsocial science debates, theoriesand concepts relevant toorganised civil society, includingthe ‘third sector’ of NGOs, socialmovements and other formationsbetween market and state, andrefers to the institutions andpractices of philanthropy,altruism and reciprocity.

It imparts country-specific as wellas cross-national and transnationalempirical and theoreticalknowledge of the historical andcontemporary challenges facedby these organisations. It also

analyses how they relate toongoing social, political andeconomic transformations.

Course content• Compulsory modules: Design

of Social Research; The Ideaof Civil Society; Organised CivilSociety and the Third Sector

• Three from a selection,including: Comparative SocialPolicy; The Family, ParentingCulture and Parenting Policy;Fundraising and Philanthropy;Social Change and PoliticalOrder; Social Suffering

• Dissertation

International HealthcareLeadership and ManagementPCert, PDip, MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1213

Location: Distance learning withsome attendance at Canterbury

Entry requirements: Minimum 2.1in a relevant subject or a medicaldegree with demonstrableknowledge and interest in thearea. State registration in a healthprofession plus two years’ practicewill be considered, thoughevidence will be sought fromacademic referees to establishthe candidate’s ability toundertake a Master’s programme.

Stage 2• Compulsory modules:

Professional Leadershipand Social Work Management;Systematic Practice inAdvanced Social Work

• Dissertation including originalempirical research

You also take optional modulesfrom those offered on the SocialWork MA (see p222).

Applied Health ResearchMScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/754

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: Minimum2.1 honours degree in a socialscience or health-related subject,or a medical degree and ademonstrable knowledge andinterest in a relevant area. Thosewith a Health & Care ProfessionsCouncil (HCPC) registration plustwo years’ professional practicewill be considered, thoughevidence will be soughtfrom academic referees thatcandidates have the ability toundertake a Master’s programme.

This MSc equips you withthe skills necessary to design,implement and publish healthcareresearch. You gain an in-depthunderstanding of qualitative andquantitative research methods inthe healthcare context. You alsolearn the principles and practicesof evaluating health services andunderstand the theories andapplication of health economics.You acquire the skills necessary tocritically understand the concepts,theories and empirical applicationof epidemiology.


Introduction to Applied HealthResearch; Qualitative Methodsin Health Research; QuantitativeMethods in Health Research


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social policy. You learn about thecommon features of social policyarrangements internationally andthe diversity and differences thatcharacterise welfare in differentcountries.

The programme enables you toapply theories and methods ofsocial policy in exploring specificsocial policy fields such as health,migration, pensions, education,social care, poverty and socialexclusion, urban developmentand family policy.


Comparative Social Policy;Critical Social Research;Design of Social Research;Key Issues in ComparativeSocial Policy

• Optional modules include:Governing Science, Technologyand Society in the 21st Century;The Idea of Civil Society;Organised Civil Society andthe Third Sector; Politics andSociology of the Environment;Qualitative Research; Race,Difference and Belonging;Terrorism and Modern Society

• Dissertation

Methods of Social ResearchPCert, PDip, MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/119


This programme introduces avariety of different approachesto social science research,presented in a multidisciplinarycontext and at an advanced level.It focuses on developing practicalskills in analysis and presentationof social research, thephilosophical, theoreticaland ethical issues surroundingresearch, and the debates aboutthe relationship between theoryand research, and betweenresearch and policy/practice.

Those students who wish to followa sociology pathway should takeoptional modules that focuson sociology or social policy.

Course content• Compulsory modules: Critical

Social Research; Design ofSocial Research; QualitativeResearch; Quantitative DataAnalysis

• Two modules from thoseavailable within the School,covering a wide range of topicsfrom sociology, social policy,criminology and more


Philanthropic Studies PCert,PDip, MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/769

Location: Distance learningwith some attendance at eitherCanterbury or Medway

This two year part-timeprogramme provides acomprehensive overview ofphilanthropy in theory andpractice, covering historicaldevelopments, contemporaryissues, conceptual challengesand key debates. It is for thosepursuing a career in thephilanthropy sector andprofessionals seeking anopportunity to reflect on theirpractice, as well as donorsseeking a greater understandingof the meaning and purpose ofphilanthropy.

Modules are delivered byacademics trained in a wide rangeof relevant disciplines includingsocial policy, business, economics,history, sociology, geography,moral philosophy, anthropologyand law. You benefit from theinput of expertise from beyond theUniversity, including contributionsfrom leading philanthropyexperts, advisers, consultants,grant-makers, fundraisers andstrategic philanthropists.

This programmes equips youwith the necessary skills for amanagement career within thehealthcare sector.

All students take the samecompulsory modules, with thosetaking the PDip then going on totake four optional modules andthose on the MSc researchingand completing a dissertation.

PCert: You learn to analyse,interpret, objectively evaluate andprioritise information, recognisingits limitations and uses. You havethe opportunity to advance yourknowledge under the guidanceof experienced professionals, andgain the necessary reasoning andskills to ably present findings andarguments in a range of formats.The programme helps youdevelop key skills to work towardsbecoming a future healthcareleader.

PDip: In addition to the contentof the PCert, you also developthe skills essential to recognise,define and prioritise problemsalongside the ability to effectivelydelegate and manage resources.

MSc: In addition to the content ofthe PDip, you also learn advancedtechniques for the analysis andevaluation of complex informationand situations.

Course content• Leadership and Change• Managing Integrated

Healthcare Systems• Managing Processes• Sustainable Healthcare

International Social PolicyPDip, MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/118


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Fundamentals of Philanthropy;Global Philanthropy:Comparative Perspectives;Understanding Social Research

• Optional modules include: TheArt and Science of Fundraising;Advising Donors; Volunteeringand Society; Evidence-BasedPractice; Effective Philanthropy


Social Work MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/124

Location: Medway

To apply for this programme youshould have relevant experiencein social care or social work, aswell as meeting our standardentry requirements (see p225).

Social Work at the University ofKent is taught by world-leadingacademics and practitioners,and benefits from being part ofone of the most successful socialscience communities in Europe.

The MA offers you the opportunityto gain a professional qualificationin social work alongside a Master’sdegree. The programme offerssuccessful graduates eligibilityfor professional registration withthe Health & Care ProfessionsCouncil (HCPC), the regulatorybody for social work for England.The MA provides the nationalrequired standard in knowledgeand skills needed by professionalsocial workers. The programmealso provides extensive work inpractice learning settings thatmeet Government requirements.

Course contentStage 1 You undertake a practiceplacement and assignmentalongside modules, which include:• Communication and

Interpersonal Skills; TheIndividual, the Family and

Society; Law, Rights andJustice; Readiness for DirectPractice; Social Work Theories,Interventions and Skills; Values,Ethics and Diversity.

Stage 2 Practical application of theoryand knowledge continues withboth a practice placement andassignment alongside modules,which include:• Critical and Reflective Practice;

Research Methods; SocialWork: Mental Health and AdultService Users; Social Work withChildren and Families

• Dissertation.

International two-year MAprogrammes

Criminology www.kent.ac.uk/pg/331Criminology with a SemesterAbroadwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1229International Social Policy www.kent.ac.uk/pg/333Methods of Social Research www.kent.ac.uk/pg/332Sociologywww.kent.ac.uk/pg/329Location: Canterbury

Designed for internationalstudents, these programmesprovide an introduction to high-level academic study leadingto a recognised postgraduatequalification.

You gain a clear, confident andadvanced understanding of thesubject while receiving coachingin academic study and writing.Language and study support arealso given in the first year to helpyou achieve your full potential.

The skills you develop on thisprogramme include criticalthinking, data analysis andpresentation of key findingsas well as transferable skillssuch as time management,IT and problem solving.


STAFF PROFILE

Beth BreezeDirector, Centre for Philanthropy

Beth worked for a decade as afundraiser and charity manager;this experience, and her ongoingstrong links with the UK charitysector, make practitionerconcerns central to heracademic output.

Beth’s core research interestsare major donors and majordonor fundraisers; she is alsoinvolved in exploring how donorschoose charities; fundraisingfor unpopular causes; ‘newphilanthropy’; giving circles;and employee fundraising. Bethresearches and writes the UKcontribution to the annual globalMillion Dollar Donors Report andis co-author, with Theresa Lloyd,of Richer Lives: why rich peoplegive.

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consider candidates withprofessional qualifications aloneand/or relevant experience in thehealth service.

Research areasAcademic staff at Kent share anumber of interests, grouped herefor your guidance. However, thereis often a degree of overlapbetween groups and yourresearch project does not haveto fall neatly within any one ofthem.

Applied Research Ethics andIntegritySee p227.

The Civil SocietyStaff in this research cluster seekto: understand the social forcesand cultural interests that movepeople to take moral responsibilityfor responding to/caring for theneeds of others; documentand explain the institutionalorganisation of charitablebehaviour and its social impacts;the socio-cultural dynamics ofphilanthropic behaviour and itseffect on society.

Crime, Culture and ControlSee p86.

Gender, Sexuality and CultureSee p229.

Health and Social CarePresent studies cover a range ofissues within the fields of healthservices, social work and healthpolicy. Particular interests includehealth care organisation andpolicy; risk assessment andmanagement; primary care;public and user views ofhealthcare; health inequalities;occupational therapy; care workin health and social care;adoption; foster care; adultattachment theory; mental health;child protection; psychoanalysis;race, ethnicity and health.

Migration and EthnicityThough socially and discursivelyconstructed, ‘race’ continues tobe a key basis of social divisionand identification in British society,across Europe, and globally. Notonly do many disparate ethnicminority groups identify alongethnic, racial and religious lines,but ethnicity and race continue to shape a variety of outcomes,such as employment, educationalattainment and senses of‘belonging’. In this sense, ‘race’and the recognition of differencecontinues to matter and is a keyelement in the School’s researchinterests.

Risk and UncertaintyThe critical analysis of risk andperceptions of risk have becomecentral issues in the sociologyof the ‘risk society’ and this is animportant focus of activity in theSchool. Staff research includeswork on health risks and theirmanagement, the implicationsof attitudes and behaviourconcerning risk for the welfarestate, the development of aculture of risk and anxiety, moralpanics, risk and crime, risk andthe life course, suffering, andthe perceptions of newcommunications technology.

Social Policy and WelfareThe primary interest of thisgroup is the welfare stateand the surrounding issues ofsustainability, morality and politicalallegiance. Research topics haveincluded comparative socialpolicy, social attitudes, disability,old age, health and social careservices, labour market policies,immigration, poverty andinequality, research methods inthe welfare field, the politics ofwelfare and theoretical work.

Visual and SensorySee p229.

Course contentStage 1 All students take the followingcompulsory modules alongsidecompulsory modules for theirchosen pathway:• Advanced Academic Skills for

Humanities and Social Sciences• English for Academic Study

in Social Sciences andHumanities.

You also take four modules fromyour chosen pathway. Typicalpathway modules include: • Digital Culture; Race and

Racism; Social ResearchMethods; Sociology of Crimeand Deviance; Sociology ofHealth, Illness and Medicine;Terrorism and Modern Society;Young People, Crime andPlace.

Stage 2 Following successful completionof the first year, you take optionalmodules in your chosen pathwayfrom a wide selection availableacross the School.


Migration Studies MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/334

Personal Social ServicesMPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/125

Social Policy MA, MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/126

Social Work MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/128

Within the School, there is abreadth and depth of expertiseand we offer high-qualitysupervision across a wide rangeof social and public policy areas.You need to show an interest inthe chosen topic area and have aclear idea of your proposed thesistopic. In the case of research inhealth services and personalsocial services, we will also


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socially cultivated, corporatelystructured, politically mediatedand economically expressed. TheCentre is also linked to the ThirdSector Research Centre (TSRC),collaborating with the University of Birmingham on third sectortheory and policy analysis.

Centre for the Study of Socialand Political MovementsThe Centre is involved ininternational networks of socialmovement researchers throughits participation in the Erasmusnetwork on ‘Social movements,conflict and political action’ andthrough its members’ activity inthe relevant research committeesof the International SociologicalAssociation, the EuropeanSociological Association, and the European Consortium forPolitical Research.

Centre for Social Scienceand RiskSee p229.

Personal Social ServicesResearch Unit (PSSRU)The PSSRU is the largest socialservices research unit in the UK,and operates at three sites: theUniversity of Kent, the LondonSchool of Economics and theUniversity of Manchester.Research focuses on needs,resources and outcomes in healthand social care: major concernsare resourcing, equity andefficiency from the perspectiveof users, agencies and others.The Unit has developed adistinctive analytical frameworkcalled the ‘production of welfareapproach’ to illuminate thisresearch.

Q-Step CentreSee p229.

Tizard CentreSee p215.


Dr Thomas Akoensi: Lecturer inCriminal Justice and Criminology

Professor John Baldock:Professor of Social Policy

Dr Ben Baumberg Geiger: SeniorLecturer in Sociology and SocialPolicy

Professor Jenny Billings:Professor of Applied HealthResearch

Dr Kate Bradley: Senior Lecturerin Social History and Social Policy

Dr Beth Breeze: Senior Lecturerin Social Policy; Director, Centrefor Philanthropy

Professor Adam Burgess:Professor of Social Risk Research

Professor Michael Calnan:Professor of Medical Sociology

Dr Phil Carney: Lecturerin Criminology


Dr Heejung Chung: SeniorLecturer in Sociology and SocialPolicy

Dr Simon Cottee: Senior Lecturerin Criminology

Professor Simon Coulton:Professor of Health ServicesResearch

Dr Robert de Vries: Lecturerin Quantitative Sociology

Dr Eleni Dimou: Lecturer inCriminal Justice and Criminology

Dr Marian Duggan: Lecturerin Criminology

Emeritus Professor Frank Furedi:Professor of Sociology

Dr David Garbin: Senior Lecturerin Sociology


Work and Economic LifeInterest in the issues surroundingwork stretches across SSPSSRand current projects focus onwork identity and meaning;work/life balance; age,generation and employment;visual representation of work;deindustrialisation; organisationalsociology; gender, ethnicity andclass at work; historiography ofwork sociology; moral economy;workplace ethnography and oralhistories.

Research centresThe School also has severalresearch centres that bringtogether experts in the field,co-ordinate research, organisetalks and offer opportunities forpostgraduate students to getinvolved in discussions andresearch projects.

Centre for Child ProtectionSee p63.

Centre for Health ServicesStudies (CHSS)The Centre is a designatedNational Institute for HealthResearch (NIHR) ResearchDesign Support Service.Particular areas of expertiseinclude pragmatic trials, riskassessment and management,care of vulnerable adults includingolder people, and public health.

Centre for Parenting CultureStudies (CPCS)See p229.

Centre for PhilanthropyDedicated to an understanding ofthe social processes and culturalexperiences by which peopleacquire moral dispositions tocare for others, the Centre forPhilanthropy offers a focal pointfor much of this work. Research isconducted into the ways in whichour capacity for feelings are


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Professor Christopher Rootes:Professor of Environmental Politicsand Political Sociology

Dr Balihar Sanghera: SeniorLecturer in Sociology; Directorof Graduate Studies (Taught)

Dr Simon Shaw: Lecturer inCriminal Justice and Criminology


Professor Chris Shilling:Professor of Sociology

Professor Miri Song: Professorof Sociology

Professor Alex Stevens:Professor of Criminal Justice

Professor Tim Strangleman:Professor of Sociology

Dr Trude Sundberg: Lecturerin Social Policy

Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby:Professor of Social Policy

Dr Mike Thomas: Lecturerin Social Work

Professor Julia Twigg: Professorof Social Policy and Sociology

Professor Sarah Vickerstaff:Professor of Work andEmployment

Dr Joanne Warner: SeniorLecturer in Social Work

Dr Iain Wilkinson: Readerin Sociology

Dr Joy Zhang: Senior Lecturerin Sociology

LocationsCanterbury and Medway

Entry requirementsUsually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in a relevantsubject. For the Internationaltwo-year MA programmes,you need an honours degreein a relevant subject and anIELTS score of 6.0.Applicants not meeting thisrequirement will need toattend one of our pre-sessional Englishprogrammes, see p246.For specific details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg






Applications




Dr Kate Hamilton-West: SeniorResearch Fellow


Dr Eddy Hogg: Lecturer, Centrefor Philanthropy

Professor Phil Hubbard:Professor of Urban Studies; Headof School

Dr Jeremy Kendall: SeniorLecturer in Social Policy

Dr Anne Kelly: Lecturer in SocialWork

Dr Derek Kirton: Reader in SocialPolicy and Social Work

Dr Ellie Lee: Reader in SocialPolicy

Dr Anne Logan: Senior Lecturerin Social Science

Dr Dawn Lyon: Senior Lecturerin Sociology

Professor Roger Matthews:Professor of Criminology

Dr Vince Miller: Reader inSociology and Cultural Studies

Professor Alisoun Milne:Professor of Social Gerontologyand Social Work

Dr Lavinia Mitton: Senior Lecturerin Social Policy

Dr David Nettleingham: Lecturerin Cultural Sociology

Professor Stephen Peckham:Professor of Health Policy; Headof CHSS

Dr Carolyn Pedwell: SeniorLecturer in Cultural Studiesand Cultural Sociology


Dr David Redmon: Lecturerin Criminology

Dr Jane Reeves: Reader inChild Protection and SimulationDevelopment; Co-Director, Centrefor Child Protection


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SOCIOLOGY




Methods of Social ResearchMAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/119


For this programme, in certaincircumstances, we will considerstudents who have not followeda conventional education path.These cases are assessedindividually by the Directorof Graduate Studies andthe programme co-ordinator.

This programme providesessential training for those goingon to employment involving theuse of social research, or tofurther research in the socialsciences. The programmefocuses on developing practicalskills in analysis and presentationof social research, thephilosophical, theoreticaland ethical issues surroundingresearch, and to debates aboutthe relationship between theoryand research, and betweenresearch and policy/practice.

Those students who wish to followa sociology pathway should takeoptional modules that focuson sociology or social policy.


The School of Social Policy, Sociology and SocialResearch (SSPSSR) has a long and distinguishedhistory, and is one of the largest and most successfulsocial science research communities in Europe. Oursubmission to the Research Excellence Framework(REF) 2014 received excellent ratings, including 2ndfor research power and 3rd for research intensity.

Our faculty staff are world authorities in their fields. Our programmescombine the teaching of rigorous research methods and analyticaltheory in a supportive and inclusive environment. The School’smultidisciplinary nature is also an advantage, enabling you to exploredifferent areas of research and application of knowledge and theory.The School’s expertise in quantitative research methodologies are itsunique feature and provide an excellent setting for postgraduate studyand developing your research skills. We take part in internationalsymposia and research projects, and act as consultants and advisersto a wide variety of government departments, professional organisations,research funding bodies and learned journals.

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Medicine and HealthSciences MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/770

Sociology MA, MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/145

Urban Studies MA, MPhil,PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/771

Research in Sociology at Kentcovers a range of areas, includingsocial and critical theory, socialmovements, globalisation andeveryday life, cities and space,media and technology, class,‘race’ and ethnicity, gender,work, visual sociology, the welfarestate, risk and society, violence,NGOs and organisations, andsocial aspects of the body. Weoffer high-quality supervisionacross a wide range of areasand we work carefully to matchyou with a supervisor who suitsyour interests and ambitions.

Research areasAcademic staff at Kent sharea number of interests so thereis often a degree of overlapbetween groups and yourresearch project does not have tofall neatly within any one of them.

Applied Research Ethics andIntegrityBridging the gap betweenthe study of ethics as a purelyacademic enterprise andresearch practice.

The Civil SocietySee p223.

Crime, Culture and ControlSee p86.

Course content• Compulsory modules: Critical

Social Research; Design ofSocial Research; QualitativeResearch; Quantitative DataAnalysis

• Two optional modules on socialpolicy or sociological topics,from those available withinthe School

• Dissertation

Sociology MAwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/141


The MA in Sociology invitesyou to think systematically aboutthe social world and how it ischanging. The programmeprovides a comprehensiveoverview of foundationalconcerns and current debates insociology. You learn about currenttheoretical tools and develop skillsin research and data analysis,which can be used in a rangeof professional fields.


Contemporary Social Theory;Foundations of Sociology

• Four or more optional modulesoffered by the School or inrelated fields, such as,anthropology, or politics andinternational relations. Optionalmodules include: Critical SocialResearch; Design of SocialResearch; Fundraising andPhilanthropy; Gender andCrime in a Globalised World;Organised Civil Society andthe Third Sector; Race,Difference and Belonging;Sociology of Risk; Sociologyof Violence; Terrorism andModern Society

• Dissertation


International two-year MAprogramme in SociologySee p222.


STAFF PROFILE

David NettleinghamLecturer in Cultural Sociology

Dr Nettleingham joined theSchool as a lecturer in 2012after studying for his PhD atKent.

Drawing on interests innarrative and storytelling, oral history, generationalidentities, and the politics ofremembering and forgetting,his work has explored thecultural life of politicalmovements, culturalexpressions of dissent andpractices of industrial heritage.

Dr Nettleingham is also anaward-winning teacherinterested in a critical andreflexive engagement withpedagogic practices andperformance, and is involvedin the School’s postgraduateteacher training programme.

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“We have had a brand new schoolbuilding built in the last year, andit is fantastic. All of the staff offices,study spaces, student support officesand meeting rooms are located inone area, and this has created avery strong community.”

Emma CookePhD Sociology

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Centre for Child ProtectionSee p63.

Centre for Health ServicesStudies (CHSS)See p224.

Centre for Parenting CultureStudies (CPCS)This Centre is interdisciplinary,with associates in other schoolsat Kent, including Psychology andLaw, and at other universities inthe UK and internationally.

While CPCS associates havediverse research interests, thecommon view is that child-rearingas a social activity needs to bedistinguished from ‘parenting’ andthe culture that surrounds it. TheCentre seeks to show how the roleand meaning of parenthood haschanged in recent years.

Centre for PhilanthropySee p224.

Centre for the Studyof Social and PoliticalMovementsSee p224.

Centre for Social Scienceand RiskThe Centre conducts researchinto the concept of risk anduncertainty: how and why riskis manifested and how it isexperienced in today’s society.Research seeks to understandcausal issues from theperspectives of both individualsand organisations whileconsidering the widerpolitical and social context.

Personal Social ServicesResearch Unit (PSSRU)See p224.

Q-Step CentreThe University of Kent is one of15 universities in the UK to havea Q-Step Centre, significantlyfunded by the Higher EducationFunding Council for England(HEFCE), the Nuffield Foundationand the Economic and SocialResearch Council for England(ESRC), to provide students withadvanced training in quantitativemethods in social sciences.

The Centre is based in SSPSSRand incorporates teaching frompolitics and international relations,law, business and liberal arts.At its heart is the delivery ofquantitative skills training in asubject context with community-based projects and professionalplacements.

Tizard CentreSee p215.


Professor John Baldock:Professor of Social Policy

Dr Ben Baumberg Geiger: SeniorLecturer in Sociology and SocialPolicy

Dr Kate Bradley: Senior Lecturerin Social History and Social Policy

Professor Adam Burgess:Professor of Social Risk Research

Professor Michael Calnan:Professor of Medical Sociology


Dr Heejung Chung: SeniorLecturer in Sociology andSocial Policy

Dr Robert de Vries: Lecturerin Quantitative Sociology

Gender, Sexuality andCultureResearch addresses howgender is constructed and howit operates in a variety of socialrealms. Some recent projectshave focused on gender inprisons, on women working asdoor staff in nightclubs and onhow women are addressed inadvice on pregnancy. Researchon social policy also includes afocus on gender, examining howmen, women and families areaffected by legislation and service provision.

Health and Social CareSee p223.

Migration and EthnicitySee p223.

Risk and UncertaintySee p223.

Social Policy and WelfareSee p223.

Visual and SensoryResearch looks at the visualdimension of social life. How islife seen; how are images created,stored and used? It also exploresthe use of images in innovativeforms of research design andin sharing our findings.

Work and Economic LifeSee p224.

Research centresThe School also has severalresearch centres that bringtogether experts in the field,co-ordinate research, organisetalks and offer opportunities forpostgraduate students to getinvolved in discussions andresearch projects.


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Dr Jane Reeves: Reader inChild Protection and SimulationDevelopment; Co-Director, Centrefor Child Protection

Professor Christopher Rootes:Professor of Environmental Politicsand Political Sociology; Director,Political Sociology MA

Dr Balihar Sanghera: SeniorLecturer in Sociology; Directorof Graduate Studies (Taught)


Professor Chris Shilling:Professor of Sociology; Directorof Graduate Studies (Research)

Professor Miri Song: Professorof Sociology

Professor Tim Strangleman:Professor of Sociology

Dr Trude Sundberg: Lecturerin Social Policy

Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby:Professor of Social Policy

Professor Julia Twigg: Professorof Social Policy and Sociology

Professor Sarah Vickerstaff:Professor of Work andEmployment

Dr Iain Wilkinson: Readerin Sociology

Dr Joy Zhang: Senior Lecturerin Sociology

LocationCanterbury







Applications




Emeritus Professor Frank Furedi:Professor of Sociology

Dr David Garbin: Senior Lecturerin Sociology


Professor Phil Hubbard:Professor of Urban Studies;Head of School


Dr Jeremy Kendall: SeniorLecturer in Social Policy

Dr Derek Kirton: Reader in SocialPolicy and Social Work

Dr Ellie Lee: Reader in SocialPolicy

Dr Anne Logan: Senior Lecturerin Social Science

Dr Dawn Lyon: Senior Lecturerin Sociology

Dr Vince Miller: Reader inSociology and Cultural Studies

Dr Lavinia Mitton: Senior Lecturerin Social Policy

Dr David Nettleingham: Lecturerin Cultural Sociology


“I’ve learnt a lot from theway the staff discuss theirresearch in informal ways.Everyone is really open.They are always interestedin what I am researchingand suggest new ideasand avenues that I couldexplore.”

Victoria TedderMAMethods of Social Research


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SPORT AND EXERCISESCIENCES

Postgraduate resourcesThe School has world-classfacilities, including a teachingclinic and state-of-the-art sportsscience laboratories. A widerange of equipment includestreadmills, cycle ergometers,an isokinetic dynamometer,and apparatus for blood andgas analysis.

The School has its own leading-edge sports therapy clinic,rehabilitation gymnasium,sports science laboratories anda respiratory clinic at MedwayPark. There is also a hypoxicenvironmental chamber, andanalytical chemistry, respiratorytesting and psychobiologylaboratories, with over £850,000of new equipment, including ananti-gravity treadmill, a 3D videoanalysis system, 2D force pedals,ultra-sound imaging, near-infraredspectroscopy and a gait analysissystem.

A commercial sports injury andrehabilitation clinic, respiratoryclinic and sports performanceservices, run by the School fromMedway Park, supports eliteathletes, regional squads andlocal residents. This enables youto develop your professional skillsas you work with clients in theclinic and laboratory under staffsupervision.

The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences is one ofthe most exciting and innovative sports schools inthe UK. Based on the University’s award-winningMedway campus, it has well-equipped, state-of the-art sports science laboratories, plus a sports therapyclinic, sports rehabilitation gymnasium andrespiratory clinic. Our submission in the ResearchExcellence Framework (REF) 2014 was rankedhighly, with an impressive 94% of our researchjudged to be of international quality.

The University of Kent has benefited from the development of MedwayPark, an £11 million project to create a regional centre of sportingexcellence that was an approved pre-Olympic training camp venuefor the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Medway Parkhas hosted a number of major sporting events, such as the ModernPentathlon World Cup and European Championships.

The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences offers both taught andresearch postgraduate courses in Sport and Exercise Science andSports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

“As a result of my time at Kent, I havegreatly developed my ability to act asan independent scientific researcherand to collaborate with others in aresearch group. I was encouraged to complete applied work within my field and to develop my skillset for both current use and futureemployment.”

Ciaran O’GradyPhD Sport and Exercise Sciences

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Optional (subject to suitablestudent numbers)• Applied Athlete Support• Psychology for Injury and

Rehabilitation• Sport and Exercise Nutrition for

the High-Performance Athlete

Research programmesFor the most up-to-date informationsee website details below.

Sport and Exercise Scienceand Sports Therapy MPhil,PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/154

Location:MedwayEntry requirements: An MSc, or aminimum 2.1 honours degree in arelevant subject

The breadth of staff researchinterests enables us to superviseresearch degrees in the sport andexercise sciences and in sportstherapy, including: exercisephysiology, biomechanics,nutrition, injury, rehabilitation andpsychology. In particular: mentalfatigue; perceived effort andexercise capacity; training andsports performance; cyclingefficiency; mega sporting eventsand their legacy; rehabilitation;physical activity in variouspopulations; threat and challengein sports psychology; sportsnutrition; exercise immunology,pre-habilitation and rehabilitationfrom injury or surgery; and manualtherapy in sport and lower backpain.

Doctoral students have theopportunity to train for anadvanced teaching qualification(ATAP). Research groups holdweekly meetings to discussongoing work, and there arealso weekly seminars featuringexternal speakers. If you donot have any postgraduateexperience of statistical analysis,you can take our MSc module inResearch Methods.



AssessmentFor the most up-to-date information,see www.kent.ac.uk/pg/147

Sports Science for OptimalPerformance PDip, MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/147

Location:Medway

The programme enhancesyour specialist knowledge andunderstanding of the scientificprinciples underpinning optimalperformance in sport andexercise. It develops yourunderstanding of current theory,research and debates in sportsscience and gives you theopportunity to conduct anin-depth study in your chosenareas of interest.

It is designed to developprofessional and academicskills of graduate sport scientists.Health and sport professionalswho want to take modules on astand-alone basis for continuingprofessional development arewelcome to contact us.

We will consider applicants with arelevant professional qualificationand appropriate experience whohave not followed a conventionaleducation path.

Course contentTypical modules include:Compulsory• Assessment and Training for

Optimal Performance• Contemporary Perspectives

in Sport Research• Research Methods• Dissertation


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STAFF PROFILE

John DickinsonSenior Lecturer in Sport andExercise Sciences

Dr Dickinson came to Kentwith several years experienceof combining applied sportsscience support to eliteathletes and appliedresearch investigating breathingproblems related to exercise.

At Kent, he continues toresearch into breathingproblems related to exerciseand is also consulting withelite athletes, which involvessupporting athletes from TeamGB in their preparations for the2016 Olympic Games. Thissupport involves carrying outinvestigations and assessmentswith elite athletes in our sportsscience laboratories and in thefield. As part of this work, DrDickinson encourages studentsto gain experience by offeringopportunities to assist in thedelivery of these assessments.

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highly successful Beijing Olympicteam. We have a strong team ofprolific, leading researchers withinthis group, and many are involvedin a range of projects. For furtherdetails, see www.kent.ac.uk/sportsciences/research/ERG.html

Dr Karen Hambly has establisheda worldwide reputation for herwork in sports therapy and injuryrehabilitation, and other staffwithin the School are involvedin groundbreaking studies withinthis field. For further details, see:www.kent.ac.uk/sportsciences/research/HRG.html

Research staffFor details of individualstaff research interests see:www.kent.ac.uk/sportsciences/staff

Dr Mark Burnley: Senior Lecturer

Dr Glen Davison: Senior Lecturer

Kyra De Coninck Berthoud:Lecturer

Dr John Dickinson: SeniorLecturer

Lucy Hale: Lecturer

Dr Karen Hambly: Senior Lecturer

Dr James Hopker: Senior Lecturer

Sadie Jones: Lecturer

Professor Samuele Marcora:Director of Research

Dr Lex Mauger: Senior Lecturer

Dr Steve Meadows: Lecturer

Dr Carla Meijen: Lecturer

Karthikeyan Muthumayandi:Lecturer

Dr Sakis Pappous: Reader

Professor Louis Passfield:Director of School

Dr Samantha Winter: SeniorLecturer

LocationMedway

Entry requirementsUsually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in a relevantsubject. In some cases, arelevant professionalqualification will also beconsidered. For specificdetails see www.kent.ac.uk/pg




National ratingsREF 2014, sport and exercisesciences: • 94% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality


Applications




www.kent.ac.uk/sportsciences

Sport, Exercise and HealthScience ProfessionalDoctoratewww.kent.ac.uk/pg/158

Location:MedwayEntry requirements: Candidatesmust normally be experiencedsport, exercise or healthpractitioners. They will be requiredto write a brief proposal and willbe invited to attend an informalinterview with the programmedirector and potential supervisor.

This specialist programme isthose who would like to undertakeresearch that is applied to theirarea of professional practice.It develops your academicand professional knowledge,and you acquire advancedresearch skills. The programmeculminates with the submissionof a doctoral thesis or portfolioon a topic that advances yourarea of professional knowledgeor practice.

ResearchThe School’s research interestsfocus on two broad themes:endurance performance andexercise, sports therapy andinjury rehabilitation.

In endurance performance, theSchool has one of the largestgroups of research excellencewithin Europe. Professor SamueleMarcora is the School’s ResearchDirector and a prolific researcher,who has published many studieson a range of topics. ProfessorLouis Passfield has beenconducting sports scienceresearch for over 20 years andhas published many papers ontraining and cycling. He has alsoworked as a sports scientist withBritish Cycling, helping Britain’sleading riders prepare for fourOlympic Games, including the

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International Master’s inStatisticswww.kent.ac.uk/pg/163

International Master’s inStatistics with Financewww.kent.ac.uk/pg/164


Students whose mathematicaland statistical background isinsufficient for direct entry on tothe appropriate programme, mayapply for this course. The first yearof the programme gives you astrong background in statistics,including its mathematicalaspects, equivalent to theGraduate Diploma in Statistics.This is followed by the MSc inStatistics or MSc in Statisticswith Finance.

Course contentModules in the first year include:• Analysis• Linear Algebra• Probability and Inference• Project in Statistics or Probability• Regression Models• Three from: Advanced English

for Academic Study (Science);Analysis of Variance; Practical

Statistics at Kent gives you the opportunity todevelop practical, mathematical and computingskills in statistics, while working on challengingand important problems relevant to a broad rangeof potential employers. Teaching and supervisionis by staff who are research-active, with establishedreputations, who are accessible, supportive andgenuinely interested in your work.

Mathematical sciences at Kent ranked highly in the Research ExcellenceFramework (REF) 2014 with 100% of our research judged to be ofinternational quality.

The group regularly receives research grants. The Engineering andPhysical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded two majorgrants, which support the National Centre for Statistical Ecology(NCSE), a joint venture between several institutions. A Biotechnologyand Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) grant supportsstochastic modelling in bioscience.


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Course content• Advanced Regression

Modelling• Bayesian Statistics• Computational Statistics• Practical Statistics and

Computing• Principles of Data Collection• Probability and Classical

Inference• Two from: Analysis of Large

Data Sets; Stochastic Modelsin Ecology and Medicine;Stochastic Processes andTime Series

• Project of 12,000 words(60 credits)


Work placements give you theopportunity to put theory intopractice, as well as make avaluable contribution to anorganisation or industrialcompany.

Statistics with Finance MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/167

Statistics with Finance withan Industrial Placement MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1221


This programme trains studentsfor careers using statistics in thefinancial services industry. Youstudy the statistical modellingunderpinning much modernfinancial engineering combinedwith a deep understanding ofcore statistical concepts. Theprogramme includes modellingof financial time series, risk andmultivariate techniques.

You undertake a substantialproject in the area of financeor financial econometrics,supervised by an experiencedresearcher. Some projects arefocused on the analysis ofparticular complex data setswhile others are more concernedwith generic methodology.

Course content• Advanced Regression

Modelling• Bayesian Statistics

Multivariate Analysis; StochasticProcesses; Time SeriesModelling and Simulation

In the second year, you followthe standard appropriate MScprogramme.

Statistics MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/166

Statistics with an IndustrialPlacement MScwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/1220


This programme trainsprofessional statisticians for postsin industry, government, researchand teaching. It provides asuitable preparation for careersin other fields requiring a strongstatistical background.

You undertake a substantialproject in statistics, supervised byan experienced researcher. Someprojects are focused on theanalysis of particular complexdata sets while others are moreconcerned with genericmethodology.

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The research interests ofthe group are in line with themainstream of statistics, withemphasis on both theoreticaland applied subjects.

Research areasEcologyThere has been research in thearea of statistical ecology at Kentfor many years. We are part of theNational Centre for StatisticalEcology (NCSE), which wasestablished in 2005. For detailsof the work of the NCSE, seewww.ncse.org.uk/

Bayesian statisticsBayesian statistics is a subset ofthe field of statistics where someinitial belief is expressed in termsof a statistical distribution. Theresearch conducted in this areaat Kent is mainly on Bayesianvariable selection, Bayesian modelfitting, Bayesian nonparametricmethods, Monte Carlo Markovchain methods, and applicationsin areas including biology, finance,economics and engineering.

Biological applicationsResearch is focused on statisticalmodelling and inference in biologyand genetics with applications incomplex disease studies. Over thepast few decades, large amountsof complex data have beenproduced by high through-putbiotechnologies. The grandchallenges offered to statisticiansinclude developing scalablestatistical methods for extractinguseful information from the data,modelling biological systems withthe data, and fostering innovationin global health research.

Multivariate statistics andregressionThis theme encompasses boththeory and applications. Theory isinvolved with new models and their

• Modelling of Time-dependentData and FinancialEconometrics

• Practical Statistics andComputing

• Probability and ClassicalInference

• Three from: Analysis of LargeDatasets; Mathematics ofFinancial Derivatives; PortfolioTheory and Asset PricingModels; Stochastic Processes

• Project of 12,000 words


Work placements give you theopportunity to put theory intopractice, as well as make avaluable contribution to anorganisation or financial company.


Statistics MSc, MPhil, PhDwww.kent.ac.uk/pg/169

Staff research interests arediverse, and include: Bayesianstatistics; bioinformatics; biometry;ecological statistics; medicalstatistics; nonparametric statisticsand semi-parametric modelling;neuro imaging; time seriesmodelling; high-dimensionalregression; shape statistics.

Statistics has strong connectionswith a number of prestigiousresearch universities such asTexas A&M University, theUniversity of Texas, the Universityof Otago, the University of Sydneyand other research institutions athome and abroad.


STAFF PROFILE

Jim GriffinProfessor of Statistics

Professor Griffin’s researchinterests include nonparametricstatistics, regression modellingand time series. His work hasincluded the developmentof statistical models, which havebeen applied to diverse areassuch as forecasting inflation,analysing stock prices andidentifying cancer subtypes.

He has extensive experience of cross-disciplinary research inthe areas of finance, economicsand systems biology. He wasrecently part of the £1.4million EPSRC-fundedproject, Advanced BayesianComputation for Cross-Disciplinary Research,looking at fast methods forfitting models in astronomy,economics, machine learningand systems biology.

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Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/smsas/our-people

Dr Diana Cole: Senior Lecturerin Statistics

Professor David Fletcher:Professor of Statistics

Professor Jim Griffin: Professorof Statistics

Dr Alfred Kume: Senior Lecturerin Statistics

Dr Fabrizio Leisen: SeniorLecturer in Statistics

Dr Eleni Matechou: Lecturerin Statistics

Dr Rachel McCrea: Lecturerin Statistics

Professor Martin Ridout:Professor of Applied Statistics

Dr Christiano Villa: Lecturerin Statistics

Dr Xue Wang: Lecturerin Statistics

Professor Jian Zhang: Professorof Statistics

LocationCanterbury





National ratingsREF 2014, mathematicalsciences: • 100% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality


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analysis by classical, likelihoodand Bayesian methodologies.Often new computational methodsare the key to analysing complexbig data problems.

Nonparametric statisticsIn order to describe the data, itis common in statistics to assumea specific probability model.Unfortunately, in many practicalapplications (for instance ineconomics, population geneticsand social networks) it is notpossible to identify a specificstructure for the data.Nonparametric methods providestatistical tools for addressinginference in these situations.

Economics and financeAt Kent there is particular interestin the use of nonparametricmethods including quantileregression and Bayesiannonparametric approaches.Application areas includemodelling of business cycle andcapacity utilisation, calculatingsovereign credit ratings, modellingof stock return data, andpredicting inflation.


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POSTGRADUATESTUDY AT KENT“There’s a very good research community here atKent and people are given tremendous scope todevelop their own research interests and pursuetheir own paths.”

Dr William RowlandsonSchool of European Culture and Languages

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FEESANDFUNDING

Postgraduate study is asignificant investment inyour future, one that willreap a lifetime of benefitsboth personally andprofessionally.

At Kent, we are aware that thisinvestment can be costly so wehave a range of packages fromalumni discounts to scholarshipsand work appointments to ensureyou have the necessary financialsupport. We have funds inexcess of £9m to support ourpostgraduate community, fromUK research councils awardsto philanthropic gifts.

We have full awards to supportdoctoral research candidates,tuition fee awards for thosepursuing taught master’s awards,loyalty discounts for our alumni,scholarships for overseasstudents, location specific awards,as well as awards that recogniseexcellence in sport and music.

We provided awards to over 600students in the 2014/15 academicyear and expect to provideadditional awards for 2016. Youare encouraged to look throughour website (www.kent.ac.uk/pgfunding) for funds suitable foryour circumstances. Below, weprovide a synopsis of our mostprestigious and common awards.

Research CouncilfundingKent has a strong record ofattracting funding from UKResearch Councils:

• Arts and Humanities ResearchCouncil (AHRC)

• Economic and Social ResearchCouncil (ESRC)

• Biotechnology and BiologicalSciences Research Council(BBSRC)

• Medical Research Council(MRC)

• Natural Environment ResearchCouncil (NERC)

• Science and TechnologyFacilities Council (STFC).

In general, Research Councilawards provide full tuition feeswith a maintenance grant. Awardsfrom these councils are highlycompetitive. You must apply viathe University and we encourageearly application; the Universitynormally has internal deadlinesthat you must meet in order forapplications to be fully considered.

Graduate TeachingAssistantships The University, and many ofour academic schools, offerscholarships under the GraduateTeaching Assistantships (GTAs)scheme whereby postgraduateresearch students receive financialsupport in return for teaching. Theamount of the GTA award varies;however, many GTAs are ‘full’awards that cover tuition fees atthe home/EU rate plus a combinedsalary and maintenance stipend,which together equal theResearch Councils UK rate. Allpostgraduate research applicantsare eligible to apply for GTAs,subject to visa and residencyrequirements.

Postgraduate ResearchScholarshipsKent has established 100 doctoralscholarships awarded annually.These scholarships are offeredunder the GTAs scheme (see left).Successful candidates needto demonstrate academicexcellence, outstanding researchpotential and the ability to teacheffectively.

School scholarshipsMany schools at Kent alsooffer postgraduate researchscholarships, each available forthree years. These scholarshipsvary in amount; for example, theymay cover or contribute to tuitionfees and/or provide a stipend.All postgraduate researchapplicants are eligible toapply for postgraduateresearch scholarships.

Additional scholarshipsKent offers one of the bestscholarship programmes inthe country to support manyspecific activities. For example, ourscholarships programme includes:• International Scholarships for

Taught Master’s Students –£5,000 for one year of study

• University Music PerformanceScholarships – usually between£1,000 to £2,000 a year

• University sports scholarships– between £300 and £5,000 ayear

• Christine and Ian BoltScholarship to undertakea period of sustained researchin the USA – up to £10,000.


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• The Loyalty Discount offers a10% reduction on the cost ofthe first year’s fees to alumniand close family members

• The Alumni ResearchScholarship covers tuitionfees at the home/EU rateand provides a maintenancegrant at the same rate as theResearch Councils UK. It isoffered for one year in thefirst instance, renewable fora maximum of three years.

Further informationPlease visit www.kent.ac.uk/pgfunding

Postgraduate LoanScheme

Loans of up to £10,000 areavailable for students taking ataught Master’s programme. Seewww.gov.uk/postgraduate-loanfor further information.

Living costsEach student has differentcircumstances, so to help youestimate your living costs, weprovide an online calculator atthe website below.

Further informationwww.kent.ac.uk/finance-student/livingcosts.html

In addition to these, we havenumerous other awards tosupport specific programmesand objectives, provided viagenerous philanthropic gifts.For an up-to-date list seewww.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/postgraduate

Loyalty awardsThe University of Kent values itsalumni and their dependents andis pleased to offer a choice ofthree schemes to assist withthe cost of postgraduate study:• The Graduate School

Scholarship provides ascholarship of £1,000towards the first year’sfees for those movingdirectly from undergraduateto postgraduate study

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UK-based programmesUK/EU* students Taught £6,500Research† £4,121

International students Laboratory £16,720 programmes Non-laboratory £14,670 programmes

Fees will increase year on yearby no more than RPI+3% ineach academic year of study,except where regulated.Where fees are regulated(such as by the Department ofBusiness Innovation and Skillsor Research Councils UK), theywill be increased by an amountup to the permitted increase.

Programmes outside the UKFees for programmes deliveredoutside the UK can be found onour website, www.kent.ac.uk/finance-student/fees

Fee-paying categoriesUK or European Union feestatus depends on yournationality and residency. Ingeneral, students paying the UKor EU fee should have ‘settledstatus’ under UK immigrationregulations prior to the start oftheir course, or students holdingfull European Union nationalityshould have been resident inthe European Economic Areafor non-educational purposesfor three years prior to the startof their course. The UK/EUcategory also includes EU

students with indefinite leaveto remain in the UK. Studentswho do not satisfy these criteriawill pay the international studentfee.

Payment of tuition feesThere are two ways to pay:• In full – this qualifies for a 2%

discount if cleared funds arereceived in full by 31 August2017. The discount can bededucted from the payment

• In two instalments – 50% onor before registration and50% by 1 December 2017.The instalment plan needsto be set up online athttps://epay.kent.ac.uk/epay

Further informationwww.kent.ac.uk/finance-student/fees/tuition

*The University has agreed that for 2017, EU students who satisfy the criteria set out above will be classified as UK/EU(Home) fee paying.

†fee set by the Research Councils UK for 2016/17 entry

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

SUPPORT FORINTERNATIONALSTUDENTSThe University of Kent is oneof the most cosmopolitanuniversities in the UK, with astrong international community.There are 148 differentnationalities represented at theUniversity, with over half of allnewly recruited postgraduatestudents and 37% of academicand research staff coming fromoutside the UK.

We value our internationalstudents and provide dedicatedsupport, from application throughto graduation and beyond.

Our International Recruitmentteam provides help and supportfor all international students, bothin making their application to Kentand throughout their studies. Wehave links with the University’svarious cultural and internationalsocieties, and we meet many ofour current and former studentsduring visits abroad.

Further informationE: [email protected]/internationalstudent

InternationalqualificationsWe have an excellent knowledgeof international qualifications andcan provide specialist advice onapplications, equivalencies ofqualifications and entryrequirements to Kent.

Information relevant to yourcountry is also provided onour website.

Kent representativesThe University has many localrepresentatives around theworld who can advise on ourprogrammes. We also holdinterview and guidance sessionsat representatives’ offices if youwould like the chance to meet witha member of staff. If you wish tospeak to a representative in yourown country, please see ourwebsite for details on how toarrange this.

Staff visits abroadOur staff visit many countriesthroughout the world, often athigher education fairs, giving youthe opportunity to speak directlyto someone who can answeryour questions about all aspectsof life at Kent. We also hold

pre-departure events in-countryfor new students. Please see ourwebsite for details.

Personal tours of theUniversityIf you live outside of the UnitedKingdom, you may find it difficultto attend our Open Days. We arehappy to organise personal toursof our campuses for you and yourfamily at any time of the year.You may also be able to meet upwith an academic in a particularsubject area. Bookings need tobe made in advance. To book yourtour, go to www.kent.ac.uk/informal

Students with familiesIf you intend to bring your familywith you, we have links to usefulinformation including findingaccommodation, schools andchildcare. See www.kent.ac.uk/internationalstudent/students-with-families.html


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Special welcomeTo help you feel at home, weorganise a special WelcomeWeek in September for our newinternational students beforeclasses start, including visitsto local tourist attractions.Representatives of the Universitymeet students and organisetransport to our UK campusesfrom London Heathrow andLondon Gatwick airports whenthey first arrive in the UK duringArrivals Weekend.

International eventsWe hold international eventsthroughout the year, includingThanksgiving Dinner, ChineseNew Year, Diwali, Europe Dayand WorldFest, and have aMulticultural Events Fund toenable students to apply forfinancial support of up to £350to help run their own multiculturalevents.

Student unions at KentThe student unions at Kent haveStudent Advice Centres whichprovide free, confidential andimpartial advice on a rangeof topics including academic,finance, immigration and housing.They offer full appointments, drop-in sessions, email and telephoneadvice. Whatever advice youneed, the advisers will be ableto either help you or direct youto someone who can.

In addition to the supportprovided to interest-basedsocieties such as filmmakingor parkour, there is also support

for international-focused societiessuch as Afro-Caribbean, Chinese,German and Japanese. Thesesocieties draw on our internationalstudent body and provide anopportunity for all students to havecross-cultural experiences. Thishelps our international studentsto meet like-minded peoplewhile allowing them to share andcelebrate their cultural heritage.Kent Union also runs a buddyscheme, where new internationalstudents are matched to anexisting student volunteer tohelp them settle into life at Kent.

Kent Union works closely withstudents at our European centresto ensure representation andsupport across all courses and toensure students are engaged inthe Union’s democratic process.

Further informationwww.kentunion.co.ukwww.gkunions.co.uk

Funding andscholarshipsThe University offers a variety offinancial support and scholarshipsfor international students, includingInternational Scholarships forTaught Master’s Students (seep240). There is a wide range ofadditional funding opportunitiesavailable to postgraduates and,because of agreements within theEuropean Union, EU students canapply to the same funding sourcesas UK students. For furtherinformation, seewww.kent.ac.uk/pgfunding

English languagesupportEnglish language proficiencyfor postgraduate studyThe University requires all non-native speakers of English toreach a minimum standard ofproficiency in written and spokenEnglish before beginning apostgraduate degree.

The minimum English languagetest scores required by mostschools are listed in the tableon p244. Certain subjects suchas English, Business, Law andJournalism require a higher levelof proficiency in English.

Only English language tests takenup to a maximum of two yearsprior to the date of registrationwill be accepted for admissionto the University.

Please note that if your universitystudies have been completedentirely in English, you may beexempt from providing an English

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“I believe that mypostgraduate studies haveraised my employmentcompetences. They havehelped me handle difficultdeadlines, enhanced mycritical thinking and givenme the confidence to take theinitiative for projects andpresentations.”

Konstantinos GravanisMA History of Art

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• improve your grammar anddevelop your vocabulary

• expand your critical thinkingskills

• develop your ability to readacademic texts, listen tolectures, participate inseminars and makepresentations.

In-sessional English Skills (IES)Even if you have satisfiedthe English language entryrequirements, you may still requiresupport during your studies. IEShelps you improve your Englishlanguage skills and gives you thechance to discuss your specificlearning objectives.

You can attend a total of two hoursweekly in the autumn and springterms and receive guidance onwhich components are mostuseful to you. In addition, CEWLworks closely with a number ofacademic schools across theUniversity in order to deliver credit-bearing and non-credit-bearingmodules in English for specificacademic purposes, such asEnglish for Law. Consult youracademic school for further detailsof specific provision and eligibilityfor enrolment.

Further informationFor further details, see:www.kent.ac.uk/cewl/courses/in-sessional

Pre-Master’s GraduateDiploma programmeIf you wish to take a Master’sprogramme at Kent BusinessSchool but do not have therequired qualifications for directentry, Kent offers a Pre-Master’sGraduate Diploma. This helps todevelop your English languageand subject-specific skills beforeprogressing to a range of Master’sprogrammes at Kent BusinessSchool.

Course structure The Pre-Master’s GraduateDiploma is a modular programmetaught over three terms, startingin September. The structure isuniquely designed to offer youthe opportunity to develop yoursubject knowledge within yourchosen field while building yourlanguage and academic skills.In addition, you are able to selectfrom a range of optional modules.

Kent is a member of the UniversityPathway Alliance (UPA), apartnership of highly respectedpathways to UK degrees.

Further informationDetails of the Pre-Master’sGraduate Diplomas and EAPprogrammes can be found at:www.kent.ac.uk/international-pathways

Centre for English and WorldLanguagesT: +44 (0)1227 824401E: [email protected]

test certificate. Please contactInternational Development orAdmissions for clarification(see p273).

Centre for Englishand World Languages(CEWL)CEWL offers English languagesupport before and during yourstudies through a range ofmodules and programmes inEnglish for Academic Purposes.These are designed to give youthe best possible start to yourstudies. They are provided bya specialist team within theUniversity, allowing you to studywith our experienced EAP tutorswho fully understand the demandsof your postgraduate programme.

Pre-sessional coursesin English for AcademicPurposes (EAP)These courses are for studentswho need to improve their Englishand study skills before joininga postgraduate programme.They range from five to 37 weeks,depending on your current levelof English and the level you needto reach in order to study on yourPre-Master’s or degree course.

Course aimsOur pre-sessional coursesare accredited by the BritishAssociation of Lecturers inEnglish for Academic Purposes(BALEAP). These courses:• introduce you to the UK

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CANTERBURY

Canterbury is a beautifuland cosmopolitan citywith a rich heritage andvibrant culture. A WorldHeritage Site, it is hometo the world-famousCanterbury Cathedral,which attracts millionsof tourists every yearand is one of the venuesfor our graduationceremonies.

Campus lifeFounded in 1965, the Canterburycampus is Kent’s original site andis built on 300 acres of parklandoverlooking the city centre.Modern buildings are surroundedby open green spaces, gardens,courtyards and woodland, withstunning views of Canterburyand the Stour Valley.

The campus is self-contained,which means that you are withinwalking distance of all theexcellent facilities on offer:lecture theatres and seminarrooms, academic staff offices, theGraduate School, the TemplemanLibrary, the Sports Centre andPavilion, the Gulbenkian artscentre (including a cinema anda theatre), the Colyer-FergussonBuilding for music performance,the Medical Centre, theComputing Service, the campusshop and bookshop, a pharmacy,two banks, an off-licence, bistros,bars, coffee shops, the Students’Union (including The Venuenightclub and Student MediaCentre), free-access computer

areas, bus stops and launderettes.Canterbury city centre is only25 minutes’ walk from the campusand there is a frequent and directbus service.

The University’s shuttle bus linksthe Canterbury and Medwaycampuses which gives you easyaccess to activities on both sites.

Location Canterbury is the closest UK cityto continental Europe, and offerseasy access to three of the mostinfluential cities in Europe:London, Paris and Brussels.High-speed trains run regularlybetween Canterbury West andLondon St Pancras and takeapproximately 56 minutes. Weare in close proximity to airports,the Channel ports and theEurostar terminals at Ashfordand Ebbsfleet, from where you

can be in Paris or Brussels inapproximately two hours, andLille in just over an hour.

AccommodationThe majority of new postgraduatestudents are offered on-campusaccommodation in the purpose-built Woolf College. All the roomshave en-suite facilities arenetworked to the University andhave free Wi-Fi internet access.There are six to eight bedroomsper flat with large shared kitchens.Woolf also has its own receptionarea and an on-site launderette.

Rooms at Woolf are offered for 51weeks only. Postgraduate studentson shorter academic programmeswill be offered alternativepostgraduate accommodation.For more details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/accommodation

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Kent UnionKent Union, the students’ union atCanterbury, is run ‘by the students,for the students’. It providesa wide variety of facilities, servicesand activities, represents students’interests, and offers help, supportand advice when needed.Facilities include the StudentAdvice Centre, Jobshop, OaksNursery, Student Media Centre,Essentials (campus shop), TheVenue nightclub, Woodys bar andthe Library Café. The Union alsoruns a wide range of sports clubsand societies, and organises thevolunteering scheme (see p31).

Eating out The campus has many greatplaces to eat, including DolcheVita in Keynes College, theGulbenkian café, Origins in DarwinCollege, Mungo’s in Eliot College,Bag It in Rutherford Dining Hall,Woodys in Park Wood, the PavilionCafé Bar, as well as the newestoutlet, Hut 8 at Turing College. Weoffer a wide selection of catering,including vegetarian and halaloptions. For a full list of outlets,see www.kent.ac.uk/catering

Clubs and barsThe Venue is an on-campusstudent nightclub run by KentUnion. It plays host to a range ofacts and offers a variety of musicgenres, club nights and liveentertainment, including local,student and mainstream bands.Some colleges have their own bar:Mungo’s, Origins and the K-Bar.Woodys is a more traditionalsports pub in the heart of Park

Wood, while the Gulbenkian hasa relaxed café-bar in the theatre-cinema complex, with outdoortables in the summer.

Student activitiesThe Student Activities Centreprovides opportunities for youto participate in a diverse rangeof activities and groups, led bystudents and supported by yourstudents’ union and electedofficers. These include societies,sports clubs, student media andvolunteering. A state-of-the-artstudent media centre, locatedabove The Venue nightclub,houses our radio station, studentnewspaper and KTV – Kent’s ownTV station. For more information,see www.kentunion.co.uk

Kent SportKent Sport members enjoy cutting-edge facilities including a first-ratefitness suite with the Kent SportPhysiotherapy Clinic, fitness-classstudios, indoor and outdoor tennisand netball courts, along withbadminton, basketball and squashcourts, all-weather football pitchesand cricket pitches. We providesports courses, leagues andtournaments, fitness assessmentsand tailored exercise programmes.You can also join a range ofsports societies and teams.Kent offers sports scholarships tostudents who have demonstratedsignificant sporting potential.For further information, seewww.kent.ac.uk/sports

Social lifeGulbenkian arts centreThe Gulbenkian is the University’sarts centre, housing a theatre,cinema and café stage for livemusic. Our exciting and diverseprogramme showcases theatreand dance from leading UK andinternational companies, plusgreat stand-up, live music, spokenword and University of Kentstudent productions. Our cinemashows the best in film; British,foreign language, indie, cult,blockbusters, the big newreleases and favouriteclassics. For more details,see www.thegulbenkian.co.uk

Music Students on both the Canterburyand Medway campuses can takepart in a wide range of extra-curricular music making.

At Canterbury, the award-winningColyer-Fergusson Building is thevenue for concerts and rehearsalsand there are also opportunitieseach year to perform in thespectacular surroundings ofCanterbury Cathedral. If you singor play an instrument you can jointhe Chorus, Symphony Orchestra,Concert and Big Bands, ChamberChoir and the many other bandsand ensembles which are formedeach year. There are also musicalevents and activities organisedby the various student musicsocieties, and students at anadvanced vocal or instrumentallevel can apply for a musicscholarship. For details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/music

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Our Medway campus isin a great location, closeto the River Medwaywith part of the campusbased at The HistoricDockyard, Chatham, lessthan 20 minutes awayfrom London by high-speed train. It housesaward-winning buildingsand brand new facilities,and has an excitingsocial life with a strongsense of community.

Campus lifeMedway students enjoy a modernstudy environment with state-of-the-art facilities. The flagshipMedway Building has won severalawards for design excellence. TheGillingham Building houses fullyequipped teaching rooms andacademic schools, and theRochester Building includes theNo1 Bistro, plus large rooms forseminars and executive meetings.We have also invested in amultimillion-pound refurbishmentof key academic facilities atThe Historic Dockyard, Chatham,as part of the expansion of theSchool of Arts.

The Sail and Colour Loft reopenedin 2015 and now houses seminarrooms, a computer suite, studentsocial spaces and other facilitiesfor Kent Business School students.The Royal Dockyard Church hasbeen refurbished as a lecturetheatre and the Galvanising Shop

is the University’s main receptionpoint at The Historic Dockyard,Chatham with a café, bar andperformance space.

New Student Union HubA new Student Union Hub atMedway will open in September2016. This will bring to life a listedbuilding, formerly used as aswimming pool and bowling alley.The new Student Union hub willhave a modern bar, a flexibleentertainment and social spacewith a great range of foodavailable. The hub will also behome to an Advice Centre plusoffices for GK Unions andbookable activity space forstudents. This will transform thestudent experience at Medway,by providing much neededflexible social and activity space.

First-class professionalfacilitiesAll our professionally focusedprogrammes are supported bystate-of-the-art facilities. Forexample, Music students haveaccess to professional rehearsalrooms, tracking, overdubbing andpost-production studios equippedwith industry-standard software.Fine Art students have access toa gallery, a darkroom, a kiln room,plaster-casting, metalwork, woodand machine workshops, as wellas print and digital facilities.Journalism students benefitfrom a multimedia newsroomwith complete editorial resourcesincluding audio and video editing,cameras and autocues, andbroadcast studios fully equippedfor live and recorded programme-making, and Sport and Exercise

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Sciences students use theextensive sports facilities atMedway Park (see p253).

LocationThe Medway towns of Chatham,Gillingham, Rainham, Rochesterand Strood stand at the mouthof the River Medway where itflows into the Thames estuary.Kent’s Medway campus is partof Chatham Maritime, where theHistoric Dockyard has beenredeveloped and refurbished.Nearby is a multiplex cinema, theDockside retail outlet, wine bars,restaurants and the Strand LeisurePark.

The campus is close to centralLondon: trains from EbbsfleetInternational take approximately17 minutes and trains from

Chatham take 45 minutes. If youwant to explore Paris or Brussels,the Eurostar train from EbbsfleetInternational can take you there in about two hours. The town centresof Chatham and Rochester are ashort bus ride away.

The University’s shuttle bus linksthe Canterbury and Medwaycampuses which gives you easyaccess to activities on both sites.

AccommodationWe can offer all eligiblepostgraduate students theopportunity to live as part ofthe student community inmodern self-catered, en-suiteaccommodation at Liberty Quays.Located right by the RiverMedway, each flat has singleen-suite rooms for five to eight

students who share a fullyequipped kitchen and ourbar and bistro, Cargo, is rightnext door. The accommodationhas its own social facilities andlaunderette, and Wi-Fi internetaccess is available throughoutthe building. For more details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/accommodation/medway/apply

Social lifeThere is a great sense ofcommunity on campus and plentyof opportunities to make friends.For socialising, your student unionruns The Deep End (due to openin September 2016), a modernbar and flexible entertainment andsocial space with a great rangeof food available. Most socialactivities are run by the Medwaystudents’ union, Kent and

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Greenwich Students’ UnionsTogether. Medway students arealso members of Kent Union,based at the Canterbury campus.The range of societies and clubson offer include an internationalsociety, debating society, Medwaylaw society and many cultural andreligious societies. Annual eventsinclude the end of year summerball which features celebrity DJs.See www.gkunions.co.uk formore details.

There are several cafés andrestaurants on campus, includingThe Deep End in the student hub.At Liberty Quays, just a ten-minutewalk from the campus, there is ouraward-winning bar and bistro,Cargo. It is a stunning nautical-style venue and the perfect placeto relax and enjoy our mouth-watering, but wallet-friendly, fresh

and tasty food. Nearby is a multi-screen cinema showing the mostpopular films. The local town ofChatham provides entertainmentsuch as live music and a comedyclub.

MusicStudents on both the Canterburyand Medway campuses can takepart in a wide range of extra-curricular music making.

The Medway campus includes anumber of venues for live musicperformance including The DeepEnd, The Galvanising Workshopon The Historic Dockyard,Chatham, and Cargo, adjacentto Liberty Quays. You have theopportunity to get involved inmany types of music-making,including choirs, Big Band andSamba Band, as well as musical

events and activities organisedby the various student musicsocieties on both campuses.For further details,see www.gkunions.co.uk

Students at an advanced vocalor instrumental level can applyfor a music scholarship. Formore information, seewww.kent.ac.uk/music

Sport The University has a wide rangeof sports societies – everythingfrom table tennis to ladies’football. Being close to the rivermeans that many students alsotake part in activities such asrowing, canoeing and sailing.

The nearby multimillion-poundsports centre, Medway Park(partly funded by the University),offers special rates to ourstudents. Facilities include aswimming pool, fitness suiteand an athletics track, as well asseveral sports halls. All facilitiesare built to high standards and thePark was an approved pre-Gamestraining camp for 13 Olympic andeight Paralympic sports for theLondon 2012 Olympic andParalympic Games.

Also in the Medway area, youcan enjoy an ice rink, dry skislope, kart circuit, golf coursewith driving range, athleticstrack and indoor bowls.

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In addition to Kent’steaching and researchpartnerships withuniversities acrossEurope, we haveinvested in fourspecialist postgraduatecentres in some of themost exciting andhistoric cities inEurope, where studyand research areunderpinned by theunique facilities andresources of eachlocation.

In Athens, the cradle of Westerncivilisation, we offer heritagemanagement; in Brussels, thepolitical heart of Europe, we offerinternational studies; in Paris, the

cultural hub of the Western world,we provide a range of Master’sprogrammes in the arts,humanities and law; and our Romeprogrammes take advantage ofthe location to focus on Romanhistory, archaeology and thestudy of ancient and art history.

ATHENSKent offers its MA in HeritageManagement in Athens, one of theoldest cities in the world and hometo many world-famous historicalsites and ancient artefacts.

The Master’s degree is acollaboration between theUniversity of Kent and AthensUniversity of Economics andBusiness (AUEB) and teachesthe skills required for themanagement of heritage

sites across the world. Teaching isin English and there are a numberof scholarships available.

LocationThe programme is ideallylocated in the Athenian suburbof Eleusina, the birthplace ofAeschylus and one of the mostimportant archaeological religioussites in the world as the locationof the Eleusinian mysteries. Thecentre of Athens is only 30kmaway and, as such, you haveclose access to many othermajor historical sites includingthe Parthenon, Ancient Corinth,Nemea and Thebes.

Eleusis is a fairly large town withmany amenities such as a sportscentre, shops, restaurants, cafés,libraries, a museum and a summercinema, music schools and foreignlanguage schools. It has a goodbus connection to the bustlingcity of Athens with its incrediblearray of restaurants, museumsand culture, and exciting nightlife.

Campus lifeClasses take place in the well-equipped seminar rooms of themunicipality of Eleusina building,courtesy of the Initiative forHeritage Conservancy (IHC),or occasionally on-site at Elefsinaand other locations. The libraryholdings and computer facilitiesof the IHC are all at your disposal,and you also have access to thelibrary of the AUEB in centralAthens, as well as the electroniclibraries of AUEB and Kent. Youalso have the opportunity to


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Further informationwww.kent.ac.uk/athenswww.heritage.aueb.gr

BRUSSELSWith its interdisciplinary focus andthe combination of academicsand practitioners, the BrusselsSchool of International Studiesoffers you a unique andunparalleled opportunity foreducation and professionaladvancement. Its programmesand courses cover the spectrumof international studies and youare therefore able to design acourse to suit your individualstrengths and needs.

Campus lifeThe opportunities for networkingin Brussels are first class and youregularly attend and contribute to the policy discussions anddebates across the city. This iscomplemented by practitionerswho either teach on courses intheir field of expertise or who areinvited to deliver specific lectureson a weekly basis.

Recent speakers have includedLord Hannay of Chiswick (formerBritish Ambassador to the UN),His Excellency Mr HomayounTandar (Ambassador ofAfghanistan to the EU, Belgiumand Luxembourg), Gareth Evans(President Emeritus of theInternational Crisis Group) SirDavid Warren (former BritishAmbassador to Japan) and

contribute to our blog aboutour heritage work. Seehttps://inherity.wordpress.com

AccommodationA list of suitable accommodationin Eleusina or central Athens isprovided to all students. We alsooffer advice on arranging yourown rented accommodation andcan liaise with landlords on yourbehalf. Please contact the localadministrator for more information,email: [email protected]

Social lifeIn collaboration with the IHC, thereare a number of extracurricularactivities available in Eleusina at adiscounted fee, including coursesfor non-Greek speakers in music,painting and dance. Eleusina isalso excellent for outdoor pursuits,with local societies for sailing,

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will offer lessons in exchangefor the chance to improve theirEnglish. For more formal languageclasses, students can choose tostudy at our partner institution,the Vrije Universiteit Brussel(VUB), whose campus is next toour centre. For more information,visit www.vub.ac.be/khnb

LocationThe Brussels centre is a 15-minutedrive from the city centre andthere are also metro, bus andtram links. It is easy to reach otherEuropean cities: destinations suchas London, Paris, Amsterdam andCologne are all around two hoursaway by high-speed train andBrussels has a major internationalairport.

AccommodationThere are many private rentaloptions available and studentsusually find a place to live shortlyafter arrival. Studio apartmentswith all charges included (water,electricity, gas, tenant charges)cost around €550-750 per month.A one-bedroom apartment withall charges included is usually€650-850 per month. Studentswho arrange flat shares are oftenable to reduce costs even furtherand this would cost approximately€350-450 per month, includingutilities. Incoming students areplaced on our Listserve, throughwhich they are sent information onhousing, orientation, registrationand practical tips on preparingfor and arriving in Brussels. Fordetails, see www.kent.ac.uk/gettingstarted/brussels

Social lifeBrussels is a cultural city withmany music and film festivals andexhibitions, plus a great numberof cafés, bars and restaurants.You can sample the world-classchocolates and take advantageof the excellent shopping – fromlarge gallery shopping centresto colourful local markets.

For 20 years, the University hasheld a tradition of hosting anannual formal High Table Dinnerto mark the end of the teachingyear to which a guest (usuallya politician, diplomat or seniormember of an internationalorganisation) is invited. Thistradition has been continued inBrussels, where a committee ofstudents chooses the venue andplans the event, which is oftenbased around a particularinternational theme.

SportStudents have use of the VUBsporting facilities, which includefootball and rugby pitches, a 25-metre swimming pool, an athleticstrack, sports halls for squash,tennis, badminton, martial arts,basketball and indoor soccer.There is also a variety of exerciseclasses on offer and a sports bar.Kent students are able to joinHealth City, a state-of-the-artfitness facility located in theVUB sports complex, whichoffers a huge range of aerobicand resistance trainingequipment.

Further informationwww.kent.ac.uk/brussels

General Sir Mike Jackson (formerNATO commander in Kosovo andformer head of the British Army).

Our career developmentprogramme offers you theopportunity to take part inregular coaching sessions andworkshops to help you secureinternships and jobs.

The thriving Alumni Networkcommunicates on many levelsto keep alumni in touch witheach other, the University, currentstudents and developments in thefield of international affairs. Alumnihave also agreed to share theirexperiences in their respectivefields and to help where possiblewith internships and employment.

All students are encouraged toparticipate in a variety of studentfora. Current topics includeInternational Justice, MigrationStudies, Strategic Affairs and theEnvironmental Forum. You alsohave the opportunity to submitarticles to the Journal ofInternational Studies.

Each year, students takeleadership roles in organisingthe annual conference, whichregularly attracts participantsfrom various countries includingRussia, Austria, the UK, theNetherlands, Italy and Belgium.

Although all teaching is in English,you may wish to develop yourlanguage skills, which can beessential for building a careerin international affairs. Thereare many private agenciesand schools offering languagecourses, as well as students who


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Campus lifeParis School of Arts and Cultureis based at the Columbia GlobalCenter, known as Reid Hall.It is in the historic heart ofMontparnasse, where Picassoand Modigliani had their studios,and near to cafés that werefrequented by Gertrude Steinand Ernest Hemingway.

Reid Hall was once the home tothe American Girls’ Club of Paris,where young female artists tookup residence at the site, startingin the late 19th century. It hasbeen an important educationalinstitution since that time. Eminentscholars such as Roland Barthes,Jaques Derrida and Simone deBeauvoir have all lectured atReid Hall.

Reid Hall is a beautiful andconvivial space where youhave many opportunities tomeet students and staff notonly from Kent but also fromother universities establishedthere, including ColumbiaUniversity, Barnard Collegeand Dartmouth College.

Paris is internationally recognisedas a major centre of Europeanculture and the city’s historicstatus is evident in its exceptionalarchitecture, libraries, museumsand art galleries. There are weeklyexcursions and film screeningswhich complement and enhancethe theoretical aspects of yourprogramme.

Paris is also an internationalcentre of contemporary creativity,attracting musicians, writers,artists and film-makers fromall over the world. The resultingcontemporary arts scene isenergised by a vibrant mix ofintercultural styles and influences.

All students are encouragedto participate in a variety ofworkshops and conferences.Recent conferences have includedan examination of 18th-centuryattitudes to the notion of ‘virtue’,and a celebration of the prolificFrench writer Marie Nimier,attended by the author. Thereare also Open Lectures givenby cutting-edge researchers;Professor Michael Sheringhamfrom All Souls College, Oxford,and Professor James Williamsfrom the University of Londonwere two recent speakers.

PARISThe programmes and associatedactivities at the University’s ParisSchool of Arts and Culture aredesigned to increase culturalknowledge, to heighten socialand historical awareness andto broaden intellectual andimaginative horizons. All thecourses available in Paris aredesigned so as to best takeadvantage of the city and itsrich cultural infrastructure.

Although all teaching is in Englishyou may wish to develop yourlanguage skills, which can beimportant for your future careerand personal plans. Free Frenchlanguage classes are availablethroughout the autumn andspring terms.

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family but most of our studentsopt to rent flats, or rooms inshared flats. There are alsoorganisations in Paris to helpstudents find short-termaccommodation, as well asprivate accommodation agencies.For more information, please visitour website. You may also contactthe Paris School of Arts andCulture by email: [email protected]

Social lifeStudents are able to make full useof the city’s extraordinary socialand cultural resources, enjoyingall the opportunities that comewith living and working in Paris.

For students with a passion forliterature, art, history, film andmusic, Paris offers an unrivalledchoice of libraries, galleries,museums, cinemas, theatres,clubs and concert halls. Reid Hallis only a few minutes’ walk fromthe Luxembourg Gardens – anexpansive, classically designedpark, much frequented bystudents from the Sorbonne andother Latin-Quarter institutions.

Paris, its region and the whole ofFrance has an excellent transportsystem, offering the opportunityfor trips to Zola’s house in Médan,Rodin’s house and studios inMeudon, Monet’s house andgardens in Giverny or, furtherafield, to the châteaux of theLoire, to Lyons, Marseilles or thePicasso museum in Antibes onthe Côte d’Azur. Trips to Italy,Spain and other neighbouringcountries are easily organised.

Academic and administrative staffprovide advice and guidance onhow to get involved in the life ofthe city and how such activitiescan both complement yourstudies and make your stayin Paris a life-enhancingexperience.

Further informationwww.kent.ac.uk/paris

ROMEKnown as the Eternal City, Romeis Italy’s capital and largest city,combining a long history with arich cultural heritage.

The programmes offered in Romeenable you to examine the art andancient artefacts of Rome at firsthand, visiting relevant sites andmuseums, and discover thehistory of the city.

LocationRome is arguably the mostculturally and archaeologicallysignificant city in Europe, if notthe world. Not only is the cityrich in ancient sites, such as theColosseum, the Pantheon andthe Roman Forum, but it has alsohosted some of the finest paintersthe world has known, includingCaravaggio, Michelangelo andRaphael. There is the Rome ofmythology, the Rome of theRepublic, the Rome of theemperors, but also of later eras:of medieval pilgrimage, of theRenaissance, of the Risorgimento(unification of Italy), of Mussoliniand of Italy’s liberation from

Paris School of Arts and Culture,in collaboration with its partnerinstitutions, hosts an annualseminar series entitled Politicsof Translation – Translation ofCultures. Last year’s distinguishedspeakers included the novelistWill Self, Professors Nick Harrisonand Michael Moriarty, andperformance poet PatienceAgbabi. The School alsocollaborates closely with theBritish Embassy in France and theBritish Council in order to organisescholarly lectures, interculturalactivities and events. In addition,we have visiting authors whocome to be interviewed, holdmasterclasses and meet withthe students throughout the term.You also have the opportunityto be involved in the student-produced literary magazine, TheMenteur (www.thementeur.com).

LocationThe School is easily accessibleby metro, tram or bus as it is in thecentre of Paris and is 20 minutesaway from the Gare du Nord trainstation. Paris is ideally locatedto reach other major mainlandEuropean cities as well as theUK Brussels and London areonly about two hours away by trainand the city is served by two mainairports, offering international anddomestic connections.

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Study facilities at the AUR includecomputer workstations, free Wi-Fiand full audio-visual equipment inall classrooms. Lecture rooms arehoused in a former monasterywhile the gardens and terracesact as convivial social spaces.There is a library located in EvansHall, a stately two-story buildinghousing over 15,000 volumes, alarge collection of DVDs, as wellas access to important onlinedatabases and the vast networkof Rome’s other libraries.

AccommodationAccommodation can be arrangedwith the AUR and consists offurnished apartments with sharedbedrooms in traditional, well-established neighbourhoods.Alternatively, you can arrangeyour own accommodation.

Student lifeStudents have full access to allsupport facilities, including anEnglish-speaking GP on site, acounsellor, and support from staffin the Student Life Office. There isalso a range of student societies,cultural events and sports clubsavailable to suit almost everyinterest.

Further informationwww.kent.ac.uk/rome

fascism, and of the more recentpast. Importantly, it is an excitingand cosmopolitan city today.

Campus lifeIn Rome, Kent students are basedat the campus of the AmericanUniversity of Rome (AUR), whichhas a long tradition of pairingintellectual rigour with the uniqueopportunity to use its location inthe Eternal City as its classroom.

Situated above the picturesquedistrict of Trastevere, with a widerange of shops and amenitiesclose by, the campus is withinwalking distance of Rome’shistoric centre and the city’sextensive array of Roman sites,monuments and museums.

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HOW TO APPLY

General entryrequirementsStudents who wish to apply fora higher degree must normallyhave a British first or secondclass honours degree in a relevantor appropriate subject, or theequivalent from an internationallyrecognised institution (for moreinformation on requirementsfor international qualifications,see www.kent.ac.uk/internationalstudent).

All applicants are considered onan individual basis and additionalqualifications, and professionalqualifications and experience willalso be taken into account whenconsidering applications.

Taught programmesThere is no fixed deadline forapplications from home/EUstudents, though we stronglyrecommend you apply as soonas possible; no later than threemonths before your intendedstart date.

For international students, thedeadline for applications is31 July 2017.

Research degreeprogrammesIt is strongly recommendedthat you contact the Director ofGraduate Studies in the schoolwhere you wish to pursue yourstudies. If you already know themember of staff you wish tosupervise your project, youshould contact him or her directly.Academic staff welcome directcontact with potential students as

it allows them the opportunity todiscuss your research proposal.This is an important aspectof the application process asthe University must be assuredthat it can provide a suitableprogramme of training andresearch support, a supervisorwho has the requisite expertise,and suitable facilities andequipment where appropriate.The University must also besatisfied that you have thenecessary qualifications andexperience. This early discussionalso allows you and the Directorof Graduate Studies/your potentialsupervisor to explore fundingopportunities.

Although there is no fixed closingdeadline for applications toresearch degrees, we stronglyrecommend that you apply assoon as possible; no later thanthree months before your intendedstart date. Research degreeregistration normally takes placein either September or Januaryso you are able to take advantageof our induction programme.

English languageThe University requires all non-native speakers of English toreach a minimum standard ofproficiency in written and spokenEnglish before beginning apostgraduate degree.

The minimum English languagetest scores required by mostschools are listed on p244.Certain subjects such as English,Law and Journalism require ahigher level of English proficiency.

Only English language tests takenup to a maximum of two yearsprior to the date of registration willbe accepted for admission to theUniversity. Please note that if youruniversity studies have beencompleted entirely in English,you may be exempt from providingan English test certificate. Pleasecontact International Recruitmentor Admissions for clarification.

If you do not reach the requiredstandard, you can apply for oneof our pre-sessional Englishcourses (see p246).

ApplicationsApplications are madeelectronically via our websiteat www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/apply

If you do not have access tothe web, please contact theRecruitment and AdmissionsOffice for advice (see below).

Applying foraccommodationIf you wish to apply for campusaccommodation, you need tohave received an offer for a placeof study and make your onlineapplication for accommodationby 31 July 2017.

Further informationRecruitment and AdmissionsOfficeT: +44 (0)1227 827272F: +44 (0)1227 827077


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Academic career 29community 8credit 17opportunities 25

Accommodationapplying for 260Athens 255Brussels 256Canterbury 247Medway 252Paris 258Rome 259

Accounting 60and Finance, International 127

Achievements 4research 21

Acting, Physical 89Actuarial Science 34, 35, 36Applied 35with an Industrial Placement 35

International Master’s in 36Addresses 273Advanced and Specialist Healthcare 200Child Protection 64Computer Science 75Cloud Computing andBig Data 75

(Computational Intelligence) 76

Electronic Systems Engineering 102

Social Work, Practice andResearch 219

Software Development 76Agri-Environmental Economics 95and Policy 93

American Literature, English and 111Studies 37, 38

Analysis and Intervention inIntellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities 216

AnalyticsBusiness 57Digital Marketing and 58

Ancient and Modern, Rome 68History 66

Animation, Computer 103Anthropology 40, 43and Computing, Social 42Biological 43Environmental 41Social 42and Computing 42and Visual Ethnography 43of Europe 42

Application Design, Mobile 104Applications 260Applied Actuarial Science 35with an Industrial Placement 35

International Master’s in 36Behaviour Analysis 216Drug Discovery 179Economics and InternationalDevelopment 93

Health Research 220Linguistics 117Psychology 217Social and 207

Archaeological Studies, Classical & 65, 68

Archaeology 66Roman History and 67

Architectural Conservation 48Visualisation 48

Architecture 47, 49and Sustainable Environment 48and Urban Design 49Master of 48

Artand Resistance, Politics and 196Fine 129, 130Practice as Research 130

History & Philosophy of 148, 150History of 147, 149

Arts Centre, Gulbenkian 248Digital 105Engineering and 101

Associate Postgraduate Student Programme 179

Athens 16, 19, 254accommodation 255campus life 254location 254social life 255transport links 272

Autism Studies 216

B

Banking and Finance, International 127

Behaviour Analysis, Applied 216Conservation and Primate 81Evolution and Human 41Support, Positive 217

Biochemistry 53Biodiversity Management 82Bioengineering, Biotechnology and 52

Biological Anthropology 43Biology Cancer 52Cell 53Computational 53Conservation 82

Biometrics, Information Security and 104

Biosciences 51Biotechnology and Bioengineering 52

Broadband and MobileCommunication Networks 103

Brussels 16, 19, 255accommodation 256campus life 255location 256social life 256sport 256transport links 272


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Business 56Analytics 57and Economic Development,International 95

Management, International 60

C

Cancer Biology 52Canterbury 18, 247accommodation 247campus life 247location 247social life 248transport links 271

Careeracademic 29development 29

Careers and Employability 29Service 30

Cartoons and Caricature 145Cell Biology 53Centre for English and WorldLanguages (CEWL) 246

Centres, European 16, 254Chemistry 187Child Protection 63Advanced 64

Choosing your programme 26Civil Society, NGO and Non-Profit Studies 220

Circuit Design EngineeringIntegrated 102

Classical & Archaeological Studies 65, 68

Cloud Computing and Big Data 75Cognitive Psychology/Neuropsychology 204, 207

Comedy, Stand-up 90Commercial Law, International 158Communication and Society, Science 213, 214Networks, Broadband andMobile 103

Political Strategy and 196Communications and Signal Processing, Wireless 104

Engineering, Embedded 102

Community Care 217 Social and 215

Comparative Literature 70, 71, 72French and 134German and 139Hispanic and 141Modern German and 138

Comparative Politics 197Composition, Music 177Computational Biology 53Intelligence 76

Computer Animation 103Security 76

Computer Science 75, 78Advanced 75Cloud Computing and Big Data 75

Computational Intelligence 76

Computing 74and Entrepreneurship 77Cloud and Big Data 75Social Anthropology and 42

ConflictAnalysis, International 193, 197and Security, International 194Studies, Peace and 195

Conservation 80and International Wildlife Trade 81

and Primate Behaviour 81and Rural Development 81and Tourism 82Architectural 48Biology 82Project Management 82

Consortium for the Humanities andthe Arts South-East England 23

Consultancy, IT 77Contact details 273ContemporaryNovel: Practice as Research 113The 108

Conversion programmesComputer Science 75Economics 93

Embedded CommunicationsEngineering 102

Integrated Circuit Design 102Costs, living 241CoursesIn-sessional English 246pre-sessional English 246

Creative Producing 87Writing 109, 113

Creditacademic 17systems, European 17

Criminal Justice 157International 158

Criminology 84, 85Cultural and Global 85International two-year MA 222with a Semester Abroad 85 International two-year MA 222

Critical Theory 109Cultural and Global Criminology 85Culture, Dickens and Victorian 111European 133

Curating 148Cyber Security 77

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Degreesexternal research 28Master’s 26, 260research 27, 260taught 26, 260

DesignArchitecture and Urban 49Drug 52Engineering, IntegratedCircuit 102

Mobile Application 104Dental Medicine and Health

Sciences 169DevelopmentAdvanced Software 76Applied Economics and International 93

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Drug Design 52Discovery, Applied 179

Dual Research Awards 27

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Early Modern Studies, Medieval and 171, 172

Eastern Academic ResearchConsortium 20

Econometrics Economics and 93Finance and 95

Economic Analysis, Diploma in 93DevelopmentInternational Business and 95International Finance and 95

Economics 92, 93, 95Agri-Environmental 95and Policy 93

and Econometrics 93 and Finance 95and International Development, Applied 93

Conversion 93Development, InternationalBusiness and 95

Economy, International Political 195Education 98Higher 99, 100

Eighteenth-Century Studies 111Electronic Engineering 105Systems Engineering, Advanced 102

Embedded Communications Engineering 102

Systems and Instrumentation 103Employability 29Service, Careers and 30Points Scheme 31

EngineeringAdvanced Electronic Systems 102

and Digital Arts 101Electronic 105

Embedded Communications 102Intergrated Circuit Design 102with Finance 104

English 107, 113and American Literature 111and World Languages,Centre for 246

in-sessional courses 246Language and Linguistics 116learning 246proficiency 243requirements 244, 260support 243

pre-sessional courses 246Enterprise, student 31Entrepreneurship, Computing and 77

Entry requirements 260Environmentand Technology, History of Science, Medicine, 144

Architecture and the Sustainable 48

East Doctoral Training Partnership 23

Environmental Anthropology 41Law and Policy 157Law, International 159Social Science 119

Ethics Reproductive Medicine: Science and 53

Medical Law and 159Ethnobiology 43Ethnobotany 41Ethnography, SocialAnthropology and Visual 43

EU External Relations 193International Relations andDiplomacy 193

EuroMasters, Physics 187Europe Social Anthropology of 42

Europeancentres 16, 254

Conservation and Rural 81International 194Business and Economic 95Finance and Economic 95

Programme, Researcher 24skills 29

Developmental Disabilities Analysis and Intervention in Intellectual and 216Intellectual and 216, 217& Forensic Issues 217

Psychology 204Dickens and Victorian Culture 111Digital Arts 105Engineering and 101

Marketing and Analytics 58Visual Effects 103

Diploma in Economic Analysis 93Diplomacy, EU InternationalRelations and 193

Diplomasgraduate, Pre-Master’s 27, 246postgraduate 26

Disabilities, Intellectual andDevelopmental 216, 217Analysis and Intervention in 216

& Forensic Issues 217Diseases, Infectious 53Distance learning programmes 27Advanced and Specialist Healthcare 200Child Protection 64

Applied Drug Discovery 179Autism Studies 216

General Pharmacy Practice 179Independent/Supplementary Prescribing 180

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 216

Medicines Management 181Professional Practice 201

Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) 23Drama 90and Theatre 87


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Fine Art 129, 130(Practice as Research) 130

First World War Studies 144Flexible learning (see distance learning)

Forensic Issues, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 217

Osteology and Field Recovery Methods 41

Psychology 205, 207Science 187

French 132, 134and Comparative Literature 134Studies, Modern 134

Funding 240, 243research 23, 240

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General Pharmacy Practice 179, 180

Genetics 53German 137, 139and Comparative Literature 139Modern 138

Global Criminology, Cultural and 85outlook, A 10Skills Award Programme 25, 29

Graduate destinations 29School, The 24Student Association 25Teaching Assistantships 240work at university 31

Graduate diploma 27, 246International Management with Management English 59

Group Processes and IntergroupRelations 205

Gulbenkian Arts Centre 248

H

Health Mental 217Research, Applied 220

Science, Sport, Exercise and 234Sciences, Medicine and 227Dental and 169

HealthcareAdvanced and Specialist 200Leadership and Management, International 220

Heritage International, and Law 67Management 67

Hispanic and Comparative Literature 141Studies 140, 141Studies, Modern 141

History 143, 145Ancient 66& Philosophy of Art 148, 150of Art 147, 149of Science, Medicine, Environment and Technology 144

Imperial 144Modern 144Roman, and Archaeology 67

How to apply 260Human Behaviour, Evolution and 41Resource Management 58International 59

Rights Law 157, 161HumanitiesLaw and the 159Medical 184

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Imperial History 144In-sessional courses in English 246Independent/SupplementaryPrescribing 180

Industrial Relations 60Industrial PlacementApplied Actuarial Science 35Mathematics and its Applications 166

Statistics 236with Finance 236

Infectious Diseases 53

credit systems 17Culture 133exchanges 17Law 157Literature, Modern 71, 138partnerships 16programmes 17research and projects 17students 17Theatre 89university, Kent: the UK’s 16

EU students, funding 243Events, international 243Evolution and Human Behaviour 41Exchanges, European 17Exercise Science and Sports TherapySport and 233

Sciences, Sport and 231External Relations, EU 193research degrees 28

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Fees, tuition 240, 241Field Recovery MethodsForensic Osteology and 41

Film 121, 123, 124Practice by Research 124with Practice 123

Finance 60, 125, 126and Econometrics 95and Economic Development, International 95

and Management 127Economics and 95Engineering with 104International Accounting and 127Banking and 127

Investment and Risk 126Statistics with 236with an Industrial Placement 236

International Master’s in 235Financial support 240

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Recruitment 273Relations 195, 197and Diplomacy, EU 193Double Award 195Politics and 192with International Law 159, 195

Social Policy 221International two-year MA 222

students 242Wildlife Trade, Conservation and 81

International Master’s 27Applied Actuarial Science 36Mathematics and its Applications 166

Statistics 235with Finance 235

International two-year MAprogrammes 222

Investment and Risk, Finance, 126IT Consultancy 77Italian 151, 152

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Jobshop 31Joint PhD supervision 27

Journalism 153, 154International Multimedia 154Multimedia 154

Justice, Criminal 157International 158

K

KentAcademic Repository 23Extra 30Graduate Student Association 25MBA, The 57representatives 242Sport 248student unions 243, 248, 253the UK’s European university 16visiting the University 271

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LanguageEnglishand Linguistics 116learning 246proficiency 243requirements 244, 260support 243

Express courses 30Law 156, 162and Ethics, Medical 159and Policy, Environmental 157and the Humanities 159(Erasmus-Europe) 161European 157Human Rights 157, 161Intellectual Property 158International 159, 161Commercial 158Environmental 159Heritage and 67with International Relations 159, 195

Leadership and ManagementInternational Healthcare 220

Linguistics 118Applied 117English Language and 116

LiteratureComparative 70, 71, 72English and American 111French and Comparative 134German and Comparative 139Hispanic and Comparative 141Modern European 71, 138Modern German and Comparative 138

Living costs 241Loan Scheme, Postgraduate 241Locations 18Athens 19, 254Brussels 19, 256Canterbury 18, 247Medway 18, 252Paris 19, 258Rome 19, 258Tonbridge 18

Information Security and Biometrics 104

Instrumentation, Embedded Systems and 103

Integrated Circuit DesignEngineering 102

Intellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities 216, 217Analysis and Intervention in 216

& Forensic Issues 217Intellectual Property Law 158Intelligence, Computational 76Intergroup Relations, GroupProcesses and 205

InternationalAccounting and Finance 127Banking and Finance 127Business and Economic Development 95

Management 60Commercial Law 158Conflict Analysis 193, 197Conflict and Security 194Criminal Justice 158Development 194Applied Economics and 93

Environmental Law 159events 243Finance and Economic Development 95

funding 243graduate work in the UK 31Healthcare, Leadership andManagement 220

Heritage and Law 67Human Resource Management 59

Law 159, 161with International Relations 159, 195

Management with Management English 59

Migration 194Multimedia Journalism 154 Political Economy 195qualifications 242


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Logistics and Supply ChainManagement 59

Loyalty awards 241

M

Management 59, 60Biodiversity 82Conservation Project 82English, International Management with 59

Finance and 127Heritage 67Human Resource 58International 59

International Business 60Healthcare, Leadershipand 220

Logistics and Supply Chain 59Medicines 181Science 60

Map 273Marketing 60and Analytics, Digital 58

Master of Architecture 48Master’s degrees 26, 260International 27

Mathematics 165, 166and its Applications 166with and Industrial Placement 166

International Master’s in 166MBA, The Kent 57Media and Society, War 145MedicalHumanities 184Law and Ethics 159

Medicineand Health Sciences 227Dental and Health Sciences 169Environment and Technology, History of Science, 144

Reproductive, Science and Ethics 53

Medicines Management 181Medieval and Early Modern Studies 171, 172

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New Route PhD 28Novel, The Contemporary:

Practice as Research 113

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Open Days 271Operational Research 60Opportunities 25teaching 240

Organisational Psychology 205Osteology, Forensic andField Recovery Methods 41

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Paid work at university 31Paris 16, 19, 257accommodation 258campus life 257location 258social life 258transport links 272

Partnerships, European 16Peace and Conflict Studies 195Performance Music 177Sports Science for Optimal 233

Personal Social Services 223Pharmacy 178, 181Associate PostgraduateStudent Programme 179

Practice, General 179, 180PhD 27jointly supervised 27New Route 28published works 28

Philanthropic Studies 221Philosophy 183, 184, 185of Art, History & 148, 150

Physical Acting 89Sciences 186

Physics 187(EuroMasters) 187

Poetry: Text, Practice as Research 113

Medway 18, 250accommodation 252campus life 251location 252social life 252Student Union Hub 251transport links 271

Mental Health 217Methods of Social Research 221, 226two-year MA 222

Microbiology 53MigrationInternational 194Studies 223

Mobile Application Design 104Communication Networks, Broadband and 103

Modern European Literature 71, 138French Studies 134German and Comparative Literature 138

Hispanic Studies 141History 144Studies, Medieval and Early 171, 172

Rome, Ancient and 68Multimedia Journalism 154International 154

Music 174, 175Canterbury 248Medway 253Popular 176Research, Composition or Performance 177

Technology 175, 177

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Networking opportunities 25Networks and Security 77Broadband and MobileCommunication 103

Neuropsychology, CognitivePsychology/ 204, 207

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Professional Practice 199, 201Teaching and Learning 201

Programme choosing 26Global Skills Award 25, 29Researcher Development 24, 29structure 26

ProgrammesEuropean 17International Master’s 27postgraduate 33research 27, 260scholarships 240

taught 26, 260Project Management, Conservation 82

Property Law, International 158Psychology 203, 207Applied 217Cognitive/Neuropsychology 204, 207

Developmental 204Forensic 205, 207Organisational 205Political 205Research Methods in 207Social 207and Applied 207

Public Policy, Social and 219Published works PhD 28

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Qualifications, international 242

R

Reasoning 184Recruitment and AdmissionsOffice 273

Religion 211Religious Studies 211Theology and 212

Representatives, Kent 242Reproductive Medicine: Science and Ethics 53

RequirementsEnglish language 244, 260entry 260

Researchacademic credit 17achievements 21Applied Health 220Councils UK 240degrees 260dual awards 27excellence 20external degrees 28European 17funding 23, 240Methods in Psychology 207of Social 221, 226two-year MA 222

Music 177New Route PhD 28Operational 60programmes 27, 260publishing record 23Scholarships, Postgraduate 240skills 24standing 20teaching opportunities 240training 24world-leading 6

Research Excellence Framework (REF) 6, 20

Researcher Development Programme 24

Resistance, Politics, Art and 196Risk, Finance, Investment and 126Roman History and Archaeology 67Rome 16, 19, 258accommodation 259Ancient and Modern 68campus life 259location 258student life 259transport links 272

Rural Development, Conservation and 81

PolicyAgri-Environmental Economics and 95

Environmental Law and 157International Social 221International two-year MA 222

Social 223Social and Public 219

Politicaland Social Thought 197Economy, International 195Psychology 205 Strategy and Communication 196

Politicsand International Relations 192Art and Resistance 196Comparative 197

Popular Music 176Positive Behaviour Support 217Postcolonial Studies 112, 114Postgraduatecareers and employability 29college 25destinations 29diplomas 26education, benefits 29events 271Loan Scheme 241placements 31programmes 33research degrees, 27external 28

Research Scholarships 240students, support for 24study at Kent 239taught programmes 26

Pre-Master’s graduate diploma 27, 59, 246

Pre-sessional courses in Englishfor Academic Purposes 246

Prescribing, Independent/Supplementary 180

Primate Behaviour, Conservation and 81

Producing, Creative 87


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academic 24and Public Policy 219Anthropology 42and Computing 42and Visual Ethnography 43of Europe 42

opportunities 25Policy 223International 221two-year MA 222

Psychology 207Research, Methods of 221, 226two-year MA 222

Services, Personal 223Thought, Political and 197Work 222, 223Advanced 219

Social Science, Environmental 119

SocietyCivil, NGO and Non-Profit Studies 220

Science, Communication and 213, 214

Terrorism and 196War, Media and 145

Socio-legal Studies 162Sociology 226, 227two-year MA 222

Software Development, Advanced 76

South-East Doctoral Training Centre 23Network for Social Sciences 23

Sport and Exercise Scienceand Sports Therapy 233

and Exercise Sciences 231Brussels 256Canterbury 248Exercise and Health Science,Professional Doctorate 234

Medway 253Sports Science for Optimal Performance 233

Therapy, Sport and Exercise Science and 233

Stand-up Comedy 90Staff internationally renowned 20visits abroad 242

Statistics 235, 236, 237International Master’s in 235with an Industrial Placement 236with Finance 236International Master’s in 235with an Industrial Placement 236

Strategy and Communication,Political 196

StudentActivities Centre (Canterbury) 248

Association, Kent Graduate 25enterprise 31life Athens 255Brussels 256Canterbury 248Medway 252Paris 258Rome 259

Union Hub (Medway) 251unions 243, 248, 253

StudentsEuropean 17international 242with families 242

Study, postgraduate 239Studyingfor a Master’s 26for a PhD 27

Supply Chain Management, Logistics and 59

SupportEnglish language 243financial 240for international students 242for postgraduate students 24Positive Behaviour 217

Sustainable Environment, Architecture and the 48

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Scholarships 240, 243School, The Graduate 24Scienceand Ethics, Reproductive Medicine: 53

Communication and Society 213, 214

Computer 75, 78Advanced 75(Cloud Computingand Big Data) 75

(Computational Intelligence) 76

Environmental Social 119for Optimal Performance, Sports 233

Forensic 187Management 60Medicine, Environment and Technology, History of 144

Sport and Exercise and Sports Therapy 233

Exercise and Health, Professional Doctorate 234

SciencesMedicineand Health 227 Dental and Health 169

Physical 186Sport and Exercise 231

Security and Biometrics, Information 104Computer 76Cyber 77International Conflict and 194Networks and 77

Signal Processing, WirelessCommunications and 104

Skills Award Programme, Global 25development 29In-sessional English 246

Socialand Applied Psychology 207and Community Care 215and networking opportunities,

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UK and EU students, funding 241UK Research Councils 240UK’s European university 16UnionKent 248and Greenwich 253

students’ 243, 248, 253 Universitycontact details 273European 16tours 242, 271visiting the 271

Urban Design, Architecture and 49Studies 227

V

Victorian Culture, Dickens and 111Visiting the University 271Visits abroad, staff 242Visual Effects, Digital 103Ethnography, Social Anthropology and 43

Visualisation, Architectural 48Volunteering 31

W

WarMedia and Society 145Studies, First World 144

Welcome programme 243Wildlife Trade, Conservation and International 81

Wireless Communications and Signal Processing 104

Woolf College 25Work, paid at university 31World Languages, Centre for English and 246

World-leading research 6World War Studies, First 144WritingCreative 109, 113

Systems and Instrumentation, Embedded 103

Engineering, Advanced Electronic 102

T

Taught programmes 26, 260Teaching opportunities 240Technology History of Science, Medicine, Environment and 144

Music 175,177Terrorism and Society 196Text Practice and Research 113Poetry 113

Theatre, Drama and 87European 89Making 90

Theology and Religious Studies 212Theory, Critical 109Think Kent lectures 20Tonbridge 18 Tourism, Conservation and 82Tours of the University 242, 271Trainingdoctoral 23research 24skills 24

Transport linksAthens 272Brussels 272Canterbury 271Medway 271Paris 272Rome 272

Tuition fees 241


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VISITING THEUNIVERSITY

We welcome andencourage you tovisit our campuses andpostgraduate centres.

The University holds a number oforganised events, such as generalOpen Days at our Canterbury andMedway campuses. These eventsare open to everyone and aredesigned to give you a flavourof what it is like to be a studentat Kent. We also organise eventsspecifically for postgraduatestudents at Canterbury, Brusselsand Paris.

Please see www.kent.ac.uk/opendays or contact theRecruitment and AdmissionsOffice for further details. Inaddition, a number of schoolshold open events to which theyinvite potential students.

You are also welcome to make aninformal visit to our campuses atany time. The University runs toursof the Canterbury and Medwaycampuses throughout the year foranyone who is unable to attend anOpen Day. It may be possible toarrange meetings with academicstaff, although we cannotguarantee this. Alternatively, wecan provide you with a self-guidedtour leaflet, which includes themain points of interest.

If you live outside of the UK,you may find it difficult to attenda scheduled tour. We are happyto organise individual tours of ourcampuses for you and your familyat any time of year (advancenotice is required).

If you wish to study at one of ourBrussels, Paris, Athens or Romecentres, please contact staff atthe location to arrange a visit toview our premises and meetstaff and current students.See www.kent.ac.uk/contact

Please see www.kent.ac.uk/informal for more details aboutinformal and self-guided tours.

CanterburyBy airThe nearest major airports to theCanterbury campus are LondonHeathrow (LHR) and LondonGatwick (LGW), both with excellenttransport links to central Londonand onwards.

By railLondon St Pancras to CanterburyWest: journey time approx 56minutes.

By busLondon Victoria to Canterbury busstation: journey time approx 120minutes. Canterbury bus stationto the University, regular service:journey time approx 15 minutes.

By roadFrom London, the north and west:M25, (M20), M2, A2. Canterburycentral ring road, A290 WhitstableRoad, St Thomas Hill, approxone mile (1.6km) up the A290,University entrance on right(signposted) near top of hill.

Campus mapwww.kent.ac.uk/maps/canterbury

MedwayBy airThe nearest major airports to theMedway campus are LondonHeathrow (LHR) and LondonGatwick (LGW), both with excellenttransport links to central Londonand onwards.

By railLondon Victoria and CharingCross to Chatham: journey timeapprox 45 minutes. St Pancras toEbbsfleet International, approx 20minutes or Gillingham approx 50minutes.

By busFrom Chatham Station to ChathamMaritime: journey time approx 15minutes.

By roadFrom London, the north andwest: M25, M2. Follow signsfor Gillingham, then the HistoricDockyard and Chatham Maritimevia the A289 and the MedwayTunnel. From the east: A2, A289,the Gillingham Northern Link Road,follow signs for the Medway Tunnel.

Campus mapwww.kent.ac.uk/maps/medway

BrusselsBy airThe nearest major airports to theBrussels School of InternationalStudies are Brussels Airport(BRU) and Charleroi BrusselsSouth (CRL), both with excellenttransport links to Brussels.

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By metroReid Hall is close to the Vavinmetro station. If you are comingfrom the Gare du Nord, take theline 4 (purple) in direction ofMairie de Montrouge. It takesabout 20 minutes to get to ReidHall with no changes.

Campus mapwww.kent.ac.uk/maps/paris

AthensBy airThe nearest major airport toEleusina is Athens InternationalAirport, also known as EleftheriosVenizelos (ATH). To reachEleusina, you take a combinationof Rail or Metro with bus services.

By rail and busAt the airport, you take the lightrail (proastiakos) towards Corinth(Korinthos) or Kiato and get off atMagoula. From there, you pick upbus 863 (heading towardsEleusina) outside the ProastiakosMagoula station and get off at AgGeorgios.

By metro and busFrom the airport, you take AthensMetro line 3 to Agia Marina. Youthen take bus A16 to its terminalstop at Eleusina. There, you boardbus 863 to Ag Georgios.

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RomeBy airThe nearest major airport tothe campus of the AmericanUniversity of Rome (AUR) isFiumicino-Leonardo da VinciInternational Airport (FCO).

By rail The nearest train station to theAUR campus is Trastevere Stationon the Pisa-Livorno-Rome, Rome-Capranica-Viterbo and Rome-Fiumicino lines.

By bus and tramOn leaving Trastevere station, taketram 8 towards Largo Argentina.Get off at Via E Morosini andcatch bus 44 (in the directionof Montalcini) or bus 75 (in thedirection of Poerio/Marino).

The campus is located betweentwo stops: Via Dandolo/Calandrelliand Via Giacinto Carini; bothstops are less than 100 metresfrom the AUR campus.

Campus mapwww.kent.ac.uk/maps/rome

By railThe Etterbeek train station is 800metres from the BSIS campus andprovides regular connections withSchuman, Brussels North andBrussels Midi stations.

By busTake the 34 from Trone or Portedu Namur and alight at Arsenal.

By tramTake the 7 or 25 and alight at theArsenal stop, situated across theroad from the School.

By metroThe Brussels campus is a shortwalk from the Pétillon Metrostation.

Campus mapwww.kent.ac.uk/maps/brussels

ParisBy airThe nearest major airports to ourParis centre, Reid Hall, are Roissy-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) andOrly (ORY), both with excellenttransport links to central Paris.

By railThe largest railway station in Parisis Gare du Nord, where you mayaccess Reid Hall by metro (seebelow). The closest railway stationto Reid Hall is Port Royal, whichis on the RER B line and linksdirectly to Charles de Gaulleairport and Gare du Nord station.

NOW IT GETS INTERESTINGOur postgraduate programmes are informed by acommitment to research excellence. As a top-rankedUK university, Kent provides a dynamic and challengingacademic environment.

The University offers students a wide choice of well-structured and ambitiouspostgraduate programmes. At every stage, students are supported by inspirationalteaching and supervision, first-class library and IT facilities and a diverse schedule of seminars, workshops and events.

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