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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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This is an exciting time to be a postgraduate student at theUniversity of Kent. Our prospectus will give you an insightinto the many opportunities we offer within our taught andresearch programmes. We also have a range of superblocations. Whether you choose to study at Canterbury,Medway, Brussels, Paris, Athens or Rome, you will benefitfrom a supportive environment working alongside world-class researchers.

Building on Kent’s strong tradition of postgraduateeducation, the Graduate School works in partnership withour academic schools to enhance the quality of your studyexperience. Whatever your choice of location or programme,the Graduate 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 134Hispanic Studies 137History 140History of Art 144Italian 148Journalism 150Law 153Mathematics 162Medicine, Dental and Health Sciences 165Medieval and Early Modern Studies 167Music 170Pharmacy 174Philosophy 179Physical Sciences 182Politics and International Relations 187Professional Practice 195Psychology 199Religious Studies 205Science, Communication and Society 207Social and Community Care 210Social and Public Policy 213Sociology 220Sport and Exercise Sciences 224Statistics 227

Postgraduate study at Kent 231Fees and funding 232International students 234Canterbury 238Medway 241European centres 244How to apply 250

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Visiting the University 261

Why come to Kent?50th Anniversary 4World-leading research 6Strong academic community 8A global outlook 10Kent: the UK’s European university 12Superb locations 14Research excellence 16The Graduate School 20Choosing your programme 22Careers and employability 25

Your study experience 28Postgraduate programmes 29Actuarial Science 30American Studies 33Anthropology 36Architecture 42Biosciences 46Business 52Child Protection 58Classical & Archaeological Studies 60Comparative Literature 65Computing 69Conservation 76Criminology 81Drama and Theatre 84Economics 88Education 93Engineering and Digital Arts 96English 102English Language and Linguistics 111Environmental Social Science 114Event and Experience Design 116Film 118Finance 121Fine Art 126French 130

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50TH ANNIVERSARYThe University of Kent is one of the UK’s leadingacademic institutions, with a commitment to excellencein teaching and research that has spanned five decades.

Established in 1965, we are now a top 20 university and known as the UK’sEuropean university. We have grown from 500 to 20,000 students, representing 149nationalities, from one college to six, and from a single location to established sitesthroughout Europe. We foster a community in which we value global citizenship,ethical thinking, and the development and application of new knowledge.

Our 50th anniversary year celebrated our heritage and our achievements, and laidthe foundations for a lasting legacy. Innovative student-led projects, initiatives inour curriculum, research of global significance and exciting campus developmentscontinue to shape the future of the University – an inspiration to our communityof students, staff and alumni for years to come.

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PRIDE IN OUR PAST /INSPIRING YOUR

FUTURE

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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 collaborations with outside organisations create knowledge thathas demonstrable impact across a range of disciplines.

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STRONG ACADEMICCOMMUNITYA 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.

Academic schools hold regular events to provide a forum for students and staff todiscuss their ongoing research activities, and schools also invite leaders in their field togive guest lectures. Postgraduate students are encouraged to take an active role in theacademic community and develop their skills by presenting work at research seminars,participating in conferences and publishing papers. The Graduate School co-ordinatesa range of activities to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and the development of researchand transferable skills.


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A GLOBALOUTLOOKKent 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 overseas, providingstudents with the opportunity for research and study abroad. Our global outlookis strengthened by our long-standing links with continental Europe. Known as ‘theUK’s European university’, we have specialist postgraduate centres in Brussels,Paris, Athens and Rome (see p244-249).

The global range of the University’s activities helps to attract students fromoverseas. Last year, over half of our postgraduate students came from countriesoutside the UK. This contributes to the cosmopolitan atmosphere at Kent andprovides the ideal environment for analysis of global issues.


KENT: THE UK’S EUROPEANUNIVERSITY

The University pridesitself on the leading roleit plays in the creationand dissemination ofknowledge.

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 for ourinternational approach to researchand teaching.

Known as the ‘UK’s Europeanuniversity’, Kent has centres infive major European cities, andhas over 100 European partners,including the highest rankinginstitutions of several countries.Our collaborations can boast links

with the École NormaleSupérieure, Paris, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg,Universiteit Gent, UppsalaUniversity, and the Universitiesof Amsterdam, Bologna,Copenhagen, Helsinki andVienna. Our strong connectionswithin Europe enhance ourinternational approach to allour academic activities.

With 149 nationalities representedin our student body and 38% 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 access toParis, Brussels and Lille, and fromthere onwards to all majorEuropean cities.

Centres in Brussels,Paris, Athens and Rome

These 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 classical

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Erasmus Mundus JointDoctoral programmes

Kent also co-ordinates two highlyprestigious Erasmus Mundus JointDoctoral programmes: Text andEvent in Early Modern Europe(TEEME) and the Doctorate inCultural and Global Criminology(DCGC). Each programmecombines the expertise andstrengths of four Europeanuniversities with establishedreputations in their respectivefields.

European research andprojects

Many of our academics areinvolved in research projectsin collaboration with otherEuropean universities, and a highpercentage of Kent’s research isfunded by the European Union.

Kent leads or is involved in alarge number of projects fundedthrough the EU Interreg initiativewithin the European RegionalDevelopment Fund, as well asresearch and developmentprojects within the EU’sFramework Programme.

European exchanges andcredit systems

Kent 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.

antiquity. 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 roughly 27% of our overallstudent population with 17% ofthese coming from within Europe,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).

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SUPERB LOCATIONS

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The University of Kent has two UK campuses in south-east England,Canterbury and Medway, a study centre in Tonbridge and postgraduatecentres in Athens, Brussels, Paris and Rome. All the facilities in all of ourlocations are available to all of our students.

CANTERBURYSet in 300 acres of parkland and overlooking the World Heritage Site ofCanterbury Cathedral, our Canterbury campus is a friendly and vibrantenvironment with an excellent location that is less than an hour’s trainjourney from London. It is also close to continental Europe. Withinwalking distance of the city, the campus offers green and tranquil openspaces, first-class resources, lively cafés and bars, and a cosmopolitanatmosphere (see p238).

MEDWAYOn the outskirts of London, our multimillion-pound Medway campushas high-tech facilities and innovative buildings, with part of the campusbased at The Historic Dockyard, Chatham. First-class sports and socialamenities and a cosmopolitan atmosphere all combine to create a greatsense of community, with central London less than 20 minutes away byhigh-speed train (see p241).

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. Our students have access toall the resources on Kent’s campuses at Canterbury and Medway.

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PARISOur location in Paris allows students on a range of Master’s programmesin the humanities to capitalise on the history and heritage of the culturalcentre of Europe. It provides modern study and support facilities within18th-century buildings in a historic corner of Montparnasse, with easyaccess to all the cultural resources on offer (see p247).

ROMECanterbury and Rome have been linked since the Middle Ages by thepilgrimage route Via Francigena. Both the School of Arts and the Schoolof European Culture and Languages (SECL) offer programmes with anopportunity to spend a term studying in Rome; the centre of classicalantiquity and inspiration for some of the world’s greatest artists.Students have access to key sites, museums and artefacts withinthis historical city (see p248).

ATHENSKent offers its MA in Heritage Management in Athens. The programme istaught in the area of Eleusina, one of the most important archaeologicalsites in the world. The Master’s degree is a collaboration between theUniversity of Kent and Athens University of Economics and Business(see p244).

BRUSSELSKent is the only UK university to have a centre in the political capital ofEurope. The Brussels School of International Studies offers a close-knitstudent community with excellent opportunities for networking,internships and professional advancement (see p245).

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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 renownedstaff

Kent 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.

Research standing

Our REF results have led toexcellent rankings for Kent inthe Times Higher Education

tables – we were rated 17th in theUK, outperforming 11 of the 24Russell 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 10 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 European

university, 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 andinternational 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.


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lives of those affected, include:• revelations of the complexity

of the interior of an asteroid,helping to explain whathappens when collisionsoccur and how planetsform in the solar system

• investigation of a new techniquefor children with autism tocommunicate, socialiseand play imaginatively usingperformance and puppetry

• establishing that a beliefin anti-vaccine conspiracytheories may have significantand detrimental consequencesfor children’s health

• revelations from a major Kent-led project prompting PoliceScotland to investigate the useof the country’s airports forrendition flights to moveprisoners internationally

• investigation into religiousdiversity of the United Nations,identifying the need forincreased non-Christianrepresentation in world-peace-making

• identification of a new way ofcontrolling a fungal disease thatcan have a devastating impacton the UK’s valuable cherryand plum crops

• revealing that half of all adultswith learning disabilities andautism said they had sufferedsome form of disability hate-related incident when theywere out in the community

• investigation into the crucialrole backpacker tourism canplay within countries in thedeveloping world.

In addition, Kent has beenawarded a Queen’s AnniversaryPrize for Higher and FurtherEducation twice in the last sevenyears. The prizes are awarded forexceptional contributions byinstitutions in the higher andfurther education sectors.

Strong researchpublishing record

Our 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 fundingsupport

Research 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 Universitiesof Reading, Royal Holloway andSurrey. These partner institutions

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. Good research delivers ahighly skilled workforce, improvesbusiness performance, createsopportunities 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 achievements

Kent has an outstanding recordof research success. Recentresearch achievements, whichhave impacted on the economy,government policy and the daily

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Universities of East Anglia, Essexand Sussex, and was awardeda £17m award from the Arts &Humanities 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 doctoralresearch 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 (EnvEast

DTP), 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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make major contributions tosocial science research regionally,nationally and internationally,and this collaboration places oursocial scientists at the centre ofinter-institutional research andtraining activities. The DTC fundsdoctoral research in economics,the environment and energy,business and management,political science and internationalstudies, psychology, socialanthropology, criminology, socialpolicy, social work, sociology andlaw.

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 the

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THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

aspects of the study experienceare listened to and acted uponwithin the institution.

Researcher DevelopmentProgramme

The 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, personaleffectiveness, communicationskills, networking andteamworking, and careermanagement skills. ResearchCouncils UK have identified thedevelopment of these skills asessential for all postgraduateresearchers.

• 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 yourinterests

At Kent, there is a strongpostgraduate courserepresentation system workingat school, faculty and institutionallevels. The Dean chairs theGraduate School Board whichis responsible for all aspectsof postgraduate education.It includes student membersas representatives of thepostgraduate community toensure that your views on all

Regardless of where youstudy, whether at one ofour campuses in the UKor one of our Europeancentres, the GraduateSchool supports ourthriving postgraduatecommunity and helpsto create a stimulatingintellectual and socialenvironment.

The Graduate School worksin partnership with academicschools to enhance the qualityof the postgraduate studentexperience across all campuses,and create a vibrant postgraduatecommunity. The School is ledby its Dean, Professor DianeHouston, who is responsible forthe development of provision forpostgraduate study 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 academicexcellence with an exceptionalstudent experience andappropriate learning resourcesthrough the provision of:• high-quality postgraduate

facilities• a supportive environment

for the intellectual interestsof our postgraduates

• an excellent ResearcherDevelopment Programme


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Global Skills AwardProgramme

The 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 College

Located 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 Collegeworks closely with the Deanof the Graduate School andGraduate 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 ofthe 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 opportunities

The Graduate School providesopportunities for postgraduatestudents to meet and socialiseand supports student-ledinitiatives such as social events,conferences, workshops andmonthly research cafés. Studentsare able to participate in theannual Postgraduate Research

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Festival and can apply to thePostgraduate Experience Awardsfor funding to deliver projects orevents to enhance their skills base.Students can join The GradPost

editorial 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 information

The 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/LLM – onecalendar year full-time/twoyears 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 programmes

As 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

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Pre-Master’s graduatediplomasPre-Master’s graduate diplomas(GDips) are ‘conversion’programmes, designed to prepareyou for, and provide access to,specific Master’s degrees at Kent.They allow you to develop yourknowledge of your subject,improve your academic skills andyour English language proficiency.The GDip programmes take oneacademic year (from Septemberto June). Successful completion ata sufficient level guarantees entryon to specific postgraduateMaster’s degrees at Kent.

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 available asshort courses, Certificates,Diplomas or full postgraduatedegrees (MA, MSc).

Research programmes

Many 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 years part-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(p30-230).

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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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.

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 degree

student 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 body of

research• is timely and current as

determined 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 university inanother country, resulting in a dualaward: a PhD from Kent and adoctorate from the partneruniversity. For more informationplease see, www.kent.ac.uk/pg

For information on theErasmus Mundus Joint Doctoralprogrammes at Kent, see p13.

Doctor of MedicineThis degree provides experiencedpractitioners with the opportunityto obtain an MD (broadlyequivalent to a PhD) after a periodof research. The programmeusually lasts between two andfive years with the research takingplace alongside normal clinicalemployment in an appropriatemedical position. You canundertake research either atthe University or in a recognisedmedical institution in the region.

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.


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“As you progress in yourresearch, you reach a levelwhere you feel confidenthaving discussions with theacademics and become reallyinvolved in the intellectualdebates.”

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CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY

Kent has anexcellent postgraduateemployment record: over96% of our postgraduatestudents who graduatedin 2014 found a jobor further studyopportunity withinsix months.

To be in a position to face thedemands of a tough economicenvironment, you need toacquire a high level ofacademic knowledge anddevelop transferable skills thatcan be applied to all aspects ofemployment. At Kent, we providea comprehensive package ofskills development trainingprogrammes, careers advice,and volunteering and paid workopportunities to enhance yourcareer prospects in a globalworkplace.

Careers andEmployability Service

Your 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 a section dedicatedto postgraduate students andan online database of graduatevacancies.

The Service has also produceda booklet which covers careeroptions for postgraduates, thetransferable skills gained throughyour studies, finding jobopportunities and makingsuccessful applications.

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

Benefits of apostgraduate education

Whether 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 multi-cultural environmentwhich will provide you with aninspiring perspective on issuesof global significance. In addition,postgraduate study at Kent willenable you to:• engage with complex issues

and questions • think critically and

independently 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.

Graduate destinations

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

Pathway to an academiccareer

While 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 job market,a postgraduate qualification canenhance your career and earningprospects, and set you apart. Apostgraduate degree often leadsemployers to entrust you withgreater responsibilities at an earlystage in recognition of the widerportfolio of skills you have to offer.In turn, this is likely to lead togreater financial remunerationand accelerated careerprogression.

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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 yourawareness of current globalissues and improve youremployment prospects.

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

Language Expresscourses

The 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 members ofthe University. Classes are usually

scheduled for early eveningso they fit alongside your mainstudy commitments. Seewww.kent.ac.uk/cewl for details.

Kent Extra

Kent Extra is a non-credit bearingscheme that offers courses andworkshops designed to build keytransferable and employmentskills, and enhance your CV. Fordetails, see www.kent.ac.uk/extra

Postgraduateplacements

Kent’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 professional

Skills development

Employers 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, covering abroad selection of topics,including research management,teamworking, problem-solving,communication and leadershipskills.


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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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International graduatework in the UK

If 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 area 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/international-students/the-next-stage/working-after-your-studies

Further information

Careers and employabilitywww.kent.ac.uk/ceswww.kent.ac.uk/employabilitywww.kent.ac.uk/employabilitypoints

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

endorsed 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

Jobshop

The 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(including Graduate TeachingAssistantships, see p232) toclerical and administrative jobsin academic schools and throughour professional service offices.

development. Please contactyour academic school or seewww.kent.ac.uk/goabroad formore information.

Student enterprise

Building 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 PointsScheme

The Employability Points Schemeawards points for engaging inextracurricular 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 skillsthrough the activities, but therewards themselves improveand increase their long termemployability opportunities.

Volunteering

Kent Union runs the KentStudent Certificate for Volunteering(KSCV), a formal recognitionscheme for volunteers which is

YOUR STUDYEXPERIENCE


POSTGRADUATEPROGRAMMESInformation on Kent’s wide range ofpostgraduate study programmes, anddetails of the teaching and researchactivities within our academic schoolsand centres.See p30-230

POSTGRADUATE STUDYAT KENTInformation on fees and funding, ourlocations, how to apply and specificinformation for international students. See p231-250

VISITING THE UNIVERSITYOpen Days, postgraduate eventsand making an informal visit.See p261-263

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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 holds

Qualifying as an actuary is a passport to a varietyof careers in insurance companies, investments,pensions, health care and banking – not just in theUK, but throughout the world. Kent is one of a veryfew universities 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 Centre forActuarial 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 ScienceMScLocation: Canterbury

The MSc offers exemptions fromthe following subjects in the CoreApplications Stage and SpecialistTechnical Stage. You must take180 credits to pass the MSc.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 – Reserving

and Capital Modelling (ST7)• General Insurance – Pricing

(ST8)• Enterprise Risk Management

(ST9)

International Master’s inApplied Actuarial ScienceLocation: Canterbury

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.

its meetings at the Canterburycampus and is organised byUniversity of Kent studentsand academic staff.

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

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

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

Actuarial Science PDipLocation: Canterbury

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 Financial

Reporting (CT2)• Probability and Mathematical

Statistics (CT3)• Models (CT4)• Contingencies (CT5)• Statistical Methods (CT6)• Business Economics (CT7)• Financial Economics (CT8)

Admissions T: +44 (0)1227 827272 www.kent.ac.uk/pg

STAFF PROFILE

Paul Sweeting Professor of Actuarial Science

Professor Sweeting has over20 years of experience in thefinancial services industry;he developed the longevityreinsurance strategy at MunichReinsurance before joiningKent in 2009. He is EuropeanHead of the Strategy Group atJP Morgan Asset Managementalongside his work at Kent.

He is Fellow of manyinstitutions, including theInstitute and Faculty ofActuaries, the Royal StatisticalSociety, and the CharteredInstitute for Securities andInvestment. He is also a CFACharterholder and a CharteredEnterprise Risk Actuary.

His book, Financial EnterpriseRisk Management is used byactuarial associations aroundthe world.

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Economic capital andfinancial risk managementIt is fundamentally importantthat financial services firms holdan appropriate amount of capital,calculated on a robust scientificbasis, to back the risks they arerunning. Economic capital canprovide answers by specifyinga unifying approach to calculatingrisk-based capital for any firm inthe financial services sector.

Academic staffFor details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/casri/our-people

Dr Daniel Alai: Lecturer inActuarial Science

Dr Antonis Alexandridis: Lecturerin Finance

Dr Jaideep Oberoi: Lecturer inFinance

Professor Paul Sweeting:Professor of Actuarial Science

Dr Pradip Tapadar: SeniorLecturer in Actuarial Science

Dr Huamao Wang: Lecturer inFinance

LocationCanterbury

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

English languagerequirementsSee p237

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 p250 or contact theSchool for further details.

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

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

Actuarial Science PhDLocation: Canterbury

Current research areas includeeconomic capital and financialrisk management; insurance riskclassification and loss coverage;and all areas of mortality andlongevity research. Otherresearch topics in includeinsurance economics, andpensions and corporate reporting.

Research groupsInsurance risk classificationand loss coverageIt is important for the insuranceindustry to analyse theimplications of regulatoryrestrictions on insuranceunderwriting. Is there any strongevidence of adverse selectionif insurers are not allowed tocharge different premium rates todifferent risk groups? The conceptof loss coverage provides a moreobjective measure to quantify theimpact of pooling different riskgroups together.

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AMERICAN STUDIES

Postgraduate resourcesAmerican Studies benefitsfrom excellent library resources.Specialist collections includeslavery and anti-slavery, alarge 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

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


American Studies MALocation: Canterbury

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.

American Studies at Kent dates back to 1973 and,over the last few decades, has developed a strongresearch culture; this matches the commitmentof the University to interdisciplinary study as wellas the mandate of American Studies to explore theAmerican experience in groundbreaking ways.Our scholars maintain close links with a number ofNorth and South American research institutions andarchives, and the University’s Templeman Libraryhouses impressive collections on slavery, NativeAmerican culture, as well as photography andvisual materials.

We treat the American experience in a critical and reflective manner,and offer an extremely good base for postgraduate study. While ableto supervise a wide range of American topics, the Centre currentlyoperates three specialist research clusters of particular interest tocandidates: The American West; US Environmental Issues; Race,Ethnicity and Borders. Research across our subject areas was highlyrated in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 (see p35 fordetails).


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American Studies MA,MPhil, PhDLocation: Canterbury

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

Research areasThe American WestKent is the only UK institution tooperate a research cluster on theAmerican West, with five membersof the Centre specialising in trans-Mississippi studies. The researchcluster engages in pioneeringwork on Native Americanliterature, Western films and videogames and several other elementsof the Western experience.

US Environmental IssuesUS environmental history is arelatively new field of study, but ofincreasing importance. Our threeenvironmental specialists workon wildlife management, animalstudies, nuclear protest andconcepts of ecological doomsday.

Race, Ethnicity and BordersThe Centre has a long historyof studying race and ethnicity.Currently, six members of theteam cover a range of topics thatinclude African-American political,cultural and social history,Native American literature,Latin American relations andimmigration writing and politics.

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 American

Studies: Methods andApproaches

• Optional modules include:American Foreign Policy;American Modernism;Boundary Busting and BorderCrossing; From Wounded Kneeto the Little Bighorn Casino;Geiger Counter at GroundZero; The Limits of Fiction;The Vietnam War in AmericanHistory

• Dissertation

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PoliticsFor details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/politics/about-us/staff

Professor Ruth Blakeley:Professor of InternationalRelations

Dr Andrew Wroe: Lecturer inAmerican Politics

FilmFor details of individual staffresearch interests see:www.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff

Dr Tamar Jeffers McDonald:Reader

Professor Peter Stanfield:Professor of Film; Head of Schoolof Arts

Latin American StudiesFor details of staff researchinterests, see: www.kent.ac.uk/secl/hispanicstudies/staff/

Dr William Rowlandson: SeniorLecturer in Hispanic Studies

Dr Natalia Sobrevilla Perea:Reader in Hispanic Studies

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 p250 or contact theCentre for further details.

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

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

Dr Stella Bolaki: Senior Lecturerin American Literature

Dr Michael Collins: Lecturer inAmerican Literature

Dr Will Norman: Senior Lecturerin American Literature

Dr David Stirrup: Senior Lecturerin English and American Literature

HistoryFor details of individual staffresearch interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/history/staff

Dr George Conyne: Lecturer inAmerican History

Dr Ben Marsh: Lecturer inAmerican History

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

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“The School of 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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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 with thePowell-Cotton Museum, which hasone of the largest ethnographiccollections in the British Isles.It also houses an extensivecomparative collection ofprimate 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 bythe 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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other 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.

Compulsory modules• Anthropological Research

Methods 1• Anthropological Research

Methods 2• Environmental Anthropology• Ethnobiological Knowledge

Systems• Dissertation in Environmental

Anthropology

Ethnobotany MScLocation: 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 contentCompulsory modules• Anthropological Research

Methods 1• Botanical Foundations

of Ethnobotany• Contemporary Issues in

Ethnobotany and EnvironmentalAnthropology

• Environmental Anthropology• Ethnobiological Knowledge

Systems

• Holism, Health and Healing• Plant Resources and their

Conservation• Dissertation in Ethnobotany

Evolution and HumanBehaviour MSc*

Taught jointly with: the 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 contentCompulsory modules• Advanced Statistics and

Methodology• Advanced Topics in

Evolutionary Anthropology• Advanced Topics in Human

Behaviour• Advanced Topics in Primate

Behaviour• Advanced Topics in Group

Processes• Research Project (Evolution

and Human Behaviour)

Social Anthropology MA*

Location: Canterbury

This programme is for studentswho have already studiedanthropology, either as a degreecourse or as part of a degreecourse at undergraduate level.It provides in-depth generalisttraining in anthropology and isexcellent preparation for researchdegrees in anthropology.

Course content• Anthropological Research

Methods 1• Anthropological Research

Methods 2• Theory and Ethnography in

Social Anthropology 1

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 p76).


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, MScLocation: Canterbury

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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violence between and withinhuman communities. It isparticularly appropriate forstudents who want to makethe world a better place byunderstanding and addressingthe roots of human suffering.

This programme offers apreliminary step towards aresearch degree and can alsoserve as an introduction toanthropology to those whohave studied other subjects.

Course content• Advanced Topics in

Contemporary Violenceand Conflict

• Anthropological ResearchMethods 1 and 2

• Anthropology of Violenceand Conflict

• Theory and Ethnography inSocial Anthropology 1 and 2

• You also take two additionalmodules in social anthropology

• Dissertation of 12,000-15,000words

Social Anthropology ofEurope, MA, PDipLocation: Canterbury

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.

The programme offers apreliminary step towards aresearch degree and can alsoserve as an introduction toanthropology for those whohave studied other subjects.

Course content• Anthropological Research

Methods 1 and 2• Anthropology of Europe

• Special Topics in theAnthropology of Europe

• Theory and Ethnography inSocial Anthropology 1 and 2

• Two additional modules insocial anthropology

• Dissertation of 12,000-15,000words

Social Anthropology andVisual Ethnography, MA,PDip Location: Canterbury

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 multi-sensoryanalysis. You have access toprofessional video equipment andvideo-editing software, and havethe opportunity to submit a mixedAV dissertation.

The programme offers apreliminary step towards aresearch degree and can alsoserve as an introduction toanthropology for those whohave studied other subjects.

Course contentCompulsory modules• Anthropological Research

Methods 1 and 2• Theory and Ethnography in

Social Anthropology 1 and 2• Visual Anthropology Theory• Visual Anthropology Video

Project• Two additional modules in

social anthropology• Dissertation of 12,000-15,000

words or dissertation of 7,500words plus a multimediacomponent

• Theory and Ethnography inSocial Anthropology 2

• Four from a range of modulesoffered within Anthropology MAprogrammes

• 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 Implementation

of Computer Applications inAnthropology

• Introduction and AdvancedObject-oriented Programming(Java)

• Two modules from SocialAnthropology, usually includingResearch Methods

• Two modules from the Schoolof Computing

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

Social Anthropology andConflict, MA, PDip Location: Canterbury

This programme is grounded inthe study of social anthropology,but offers you an in-depthexploration of conflict and

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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 have threededicated research laboratories,as well as a commercial osteologyunit.

Our research takes us to manyregions of the world (Asia, Africa,Europe, South America andUnited 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 methodologiesand 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, histological studiesof teeth and bone, isotopicanalyses and dietaryreconstruction, virtual 3Danalyses of the skeleton,and forensic identification

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

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 attend modulesfrom the taught Master’s (eg, intheory and field methods) andfrom the undergraduateprogramme. Kent’s GraduateSchool runs a ResearcherDevelopment Programmefor all postgraduate students.

Anthropology MA, MSc, PhD

Ethnobiology MSc, PhDLocation: Canterbury

We welcome students with theappropriate background forresearch. The first year mayinclude coursework, especiallymethods modules for studentswho need additional training. Ingeneral, you work closely withone supervisor, although you havea committee of three (includingyour primary supervisor)overseeing your progress. If yourresearch is in the area of appliedcomputing in social anthropology,you also have a supervisor fromthe School of Computing.

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, a 1,000-wordresearch proposal and a list ofpotential funding sources.

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


STAFF PROFILE

Glenn BowmanProfessor of Socio-historicalAnthropology

‘There are situations that maymake it difficult for peoples tolive together, but it is vital foran anthropologist to show howintercommunal relations canwork and that “tearing downwalls” may be viablealternatives to separation,caging and enclavement.’

That’s the view of socialanthropologist Glenn Bowman,who specialises in ethnic,political and religious identityand the interrelations betweencommunities with differentidentities. His work on ‘walling’,or the separation ofpopulations, has taken him toPalestine, the former Yugoslaviaand Cyprus. He is alsoinvestigating shrine-sharing –how Muslims, Christians andJews have shared the sameholy spaces.

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modelling, dual/blendedrealities, data mining and smartenvironments. Current workalso addresses quantitativeapproaches for assessingqualitative materials; mobilecomputing; sensing andcommunications 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, including withthe Royal Botanic Gardens (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,the 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).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 economy andsociety in Europe and CentralAsia.

that together ultimately aimto 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-agent

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“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

Dr Sarah Johns: Senior Lecturerin Evolutionary Anthropology

Dr Tracy Kivell: Reader inBiological 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: Lecturer inSocial Anthropology

Dr Rajindra Puri: Senior Lecturerin Environmental Anthropology

Dr Andrew Sanchez: Lecturer inSocial Anthropology

Dr Matthew Skinner: SeniorLecturer in BiologicalAnthropology

Dr Dimitrios Theodossopoulos:Reader in Social Anthropology

Dr Anna Waldstein: Lecturer inMedical Anthropology andEthnobotany

Dr Brandon Wheeler: Lecturer inBiological Anthropology

LocationCanterbury





National ratingsREF 2014, anthropology: • 94% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 10th for research power• top 20 for research impactand research intensity

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We have a strong interest in visualanthropology. Our work on identityand locality links with growingstrengths 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

Professor Glenn Bowman:Professor of Socio-historicalAnthropology

Dr Geraldine Fahy: Lecturer inBiological Anthropology

Professor Michael Fischer:Professor of AnthropologicalSciences

Dr David Henig: Lecturer in SocialAnthropology

Dr Matthew Hodges: SeniorLecturer in Social Anthropology


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ARCHITECTURE

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, Bauhaus-Dessau, Beijing and in the USA.Academic study is complementedby a mentoring scheme incollaboration with RIBA, andby involving students in eventswith local practices.

www.kent.ac.uk/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 Architecture andUrban Design, Architectural Visualisation, Architecture and SustainableEnvironment, and Architectural Conservation. These programmesbenefit from expertise in urban studies, animation and art withinother 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.

“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 Pedagogy

or Artefact

* These modules can besubstituted with the StudyAbroad module.

Architectural ConservationMScLocation: Canterbury

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 Policy: The

Legislative and AdministrativeFramework

• History of Architecture andConservation Philosophy

• Intervention to Historic Sites• Structural Appraisal of Historic

Buildings• Dissertation of 15,000 words




Master of Architecture(MArch with ARB/RIBAPart 2 exemption)Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: You need tohave completed an office-basedinternship for a minimum of sixmonths, following successfulcompletion of a good first degreein architecture.

International applicants withoutARB Part 1 will qualify for thesame award.

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’.


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. His main researchinterest combines historic andtechnical methodologies togain critical understanding ofthe environmental principlesand technologies of historicbuildings.

His research projects includea study of the design andperformance of the Houses ofParliament’s ventilation systemand an industry-fundedresearch project lookingat the technical, economicand cultural challenges ofdelivering the passivhausstandard in the UK.

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boundaries between architectureand the sciences, research andpractice.

Course content• Principles of Environmental

Design• Rediscovery – Understanding

Historic Buildings and PastEnvironmental Technologies

• Monitoring and Modelling ofEnvironmental Performance

• Sustainable Design Project• Dissertation of 15,000 words

Architecture and UrbanDesign MALocations: Canterbury;Canterbury and Paris

It is possible to study thisprogramme entirely in Canterburyor split your studies between ourCanterbury campus and our Pariscentre.

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, theinternationally 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 centre

for the spring term, studying in theheart of historic Montparnasse.The Paris programme offers aparticular perspective of the city,combining architectural historyand theory with the study of thecontemporary city and the visualarts, drama, film and other mediathat influence the urbanlandscape.

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

For further information about theUniversity of Kent, Paris, pleasesee p247.

Course contentAll students take: • Architecture and Cities of

the 19th and 20th Centuries,1840s-1960s

• From the Idea of a City toPhilosophies of Urban Design

• Research Methods andAnalysis

• Urban Landscape DesignProject



Architecture PhDLocation: CanterburyEntry requirements: A 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.

Architectural VisualisationMATaught jointly with: the Schoolof Engineering and Digital ArtsLocation: Canterbury

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.

The programme is taught jointlywith the School of Engineeringand Digital Arts, where youwork alongside students on thecomputer animation and visualeffects programmes. You gainan insight into the industries offilm, animation, digital effectsand architectural visualisation.This programme is open tostudents with an arts, architecturalor digital media background.

Course content• Architectural Photography• Digital Architecture Set-up• Film and Architecture• High-Definition Compositing• High-Definition Video• Virtual Cities• Major Independent Research

Project

Architecture and SustainableEnvironment MScLocation: Canterbury

This programme is designed forprofessionals and academics withan interest in sustainability in thebuilt environment, includingarchitects, engineers, surveyors,geographers and urbandesigners. It bridges the

www.kent.ac.uk/architecture

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

Professor Gerald Adler: Professorof Cultural Context and Design;Deputy Head of School

Dr Timothy Brittain-Catlin:Reader in Architecture; Directorof Graduate Studies

Dr Luciano Cardellicchio:Lecturer in Design andTechnology & Environment

Professor Gordana Fontana-Giusti: Programme Director,Architecture and Urban DesignMA

Howard Griffin: Lecturer;Programme Director, ArchitecturalVisualisation

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: Professor ofSustainable Architecture;Programme Director, Architectureand Sustainable EnvironmentsMSc

Dr Giridharan Renganathan:Lecturer in SustainableArchitecture

Michael Richards: SeniorLecturer; Programme DirectorMArch

Dr Richard Watkins: Lecturerin Sustainable Architecture

LocationsCanterbury and Paris





National ratingsREF 2014, architecture: • 88% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 8th for research intensityand research output

Applications



Further informationT: +44 (0)1227 824689 E: [email protected]

Research centresThe Centre for Research inEuropean Architecture (CREAte)focuses on research inarchitectural humanities anddesign, and the Centre forArchitecture and SustainableEnvironment (CASE) promotesresearch in the field of sustainablearchitecture.

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.

www.kent.ac.uk/bio

The University of Kent’s School of Biosciencesranks among the most active in biological sciencesin the UK. Our expertise in disciplines such asbiochemistry, 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 MScLocation: 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 Molecular

Processing for Biotechnologistsand Bioengineers

• Biotechnology and PublicAffairs

• Practical and Applied ResearchSkills for Advanced Biologists

• Science @ Work• Optional modules include:

Advanced Analytical andEmerging Technologiesin Biotechnology andBioengineering; AdvancedControl Systems; AdvancedInstrumentation Systems;Biological InformationProcessing; Cancer Researchin Focus; Cancer Therapeutics:From the Laboratory to theClinic; Molecular and QuantumComputing; New EnterpriseStart-up

• Research Project

Cancer Biology MScLocation: Canterbury

The MSc in Cancer Biology isfor students who wish to gain anadvanced education and training

in the biological sciences, withinthe context of a disease thataffects a large proportion of theglobal population. It trains you inmodern biological research skills,which can be harnessed to furtherour understanding of cancer andimprove treatment.

Course content• Cancer Research in Focus• Cancer Therapeutics: From

the Laboratory to the Clinic• Genomic Stability and Cancer• The Molecular and Cellular

Basis of Cancer• Practical and Applied Research

Skills for Advanced Biologists• Science @ Work

Drug Design MScLocation: Canterbury

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/lectures from invited industrialexperts.

Course content• Advanced Drug Design • Practical and Applied Research

Skills for Advanced Biologists• Research project focused on

drug design• Science @ Work• Optional modules include:

Advanced Analytical andEmerging Technologies 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 UniversityMelbourne; 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 EC; Engineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council(EPSRC); Kent Cancer Trust;The Leverhulme Trust; NationalInstitutes of Health (USA);Nuffield Foundation; RoyalSociety; Wellcome Trust.




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STAFF PROFILE

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.

Biotechnology andBioengineering; AdvancedMolecular Processingfor Biotechnologists andBioengineers; Cancer Researchin Focus; Cancer Therapeutics:From the Laboratory to theClinic

Infectious Diseases MScLocation: Canterbury

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: Emerging

and Neglected Threats• Fungi as Human Pathogens • Practical and Applied Research

Skills for Advanced Biologists• Science @ Work• Viral Pathogens• Project/Dissertation

Reproductive Medicine:Science and Ethics MScLocation: Canterbury

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 leading

industry practitioners fromThe Bridge Centre, London.

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 Research

Skills for Advanced Biologists• Project/Dissertation• Reproduction and the

Beginnings of Life • Science @ Work• The Science of Reproduction

Related taught programme

Science, Communication andSociety MScSee p207.


Biochemistry MSc, MPhil,PhD

Cell Biology MSc, MPhil, PhD

Genetics MSc, MPhil, PhD

Microbiology MSc, MPhil, PhDYou can select topics for the MSc,MPhil or PhD from any of ourresearch areas (see right).

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 aPostgraduate SupervisoryCommittee to MSc students, tooffer advice and keep a regularcheck on progress.

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

The Centre forInterdisciplinary Studiesof Reproduction (CISoR)The Centre comprises several like-minded academics dedicated tothe study of reproduction in all itsforms. 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.

Centre for MolecularProcessingThe School houses one of theUniversity’s flagship researchcentres – the Centre for MolecularProcessing (CMP). Here, stafffrom biosciences, mathematics,chemistry, physics, computing


at 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, cancertargets and therapies andcytogenomics andbioinformatics.

Each area is led by a seniorprofessor and underpinnedby excellent research facilities.The School-led developmentof the Centre for MolecularProcessing (CMP), with staff fromfour other schools in the Facultyof Sciences, facilitates andencourages interdisciplinaryprojects. The School has a strongcommitment to translationalresearch, impact and industrial

Doctor of Medicine MDEntry requirements: Youmust have held a qualificationrecognised by the GeneralMedical Council for at leastthree years and have carried outappropriate clinical or scientificwork for at least three years.

This degree provides experiencedpractitioners with the opportunityto obtain an MD (broadlyequivalent to a PhD) aftera period of research.

The degree lasts between twoand five years and you usuallyconduct your research alongsideyour normal clinical employmentin an appropriate medical role.You can do your researcheither at the University or in arecognised medical institutionin the region. You can obtainthe degree either by pursuinga programme of research afterregistration, or by submitting aportfolio of publications, togetherwith a summary description anddocumentation.

Research areasResearch in the School ofBiosciences is focused primarilyon essential biological processes

“My course has turned out to bemuch more exciting and engagingthan I thought it would be – thatisn’t to say that I didn’t expect itto be good, but rather that it hasexceeded my expectations. I feelI am gaining the exact knowledgeand experience that I signed up tothe course for and, as a result, goingin my desired direction career-wise.”

Marco RicciMSc Cancer Biology


Dr Neil Kad: Senior Lecturer inMolecular Biophysics

Dr Peter Klappa: Reader inBiochemistry

Dr Dan Lloyd: Reader inPharmacology

Professor Martin Michaelis:Professor of Cell Biology

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 Microbial Technology

Dr Jeremy Rossman: Lecturer inVirology

Dr Mark Shepherd: Lecturer inMicrobial Biochemistry

Professor Mark Smales:Professor of IndustrialBiotechnology

Dr Christopher Toseland:Leverhulme Research Fellow

Dr Anastasios Tsaousis: Lecturerin Molecular and EvolutionaryParasitology

Professor Mick Tuite: Professorof Molecular Biology

Dr Jennifer Tullet: Lecturer

Dr Tobias von der Haar: SeniorLecturer in Systems Biology

Dr Alice Ward Racca: Marie CurieResearch Fellow

Professor Martin Warren:Professor of Biochemistry;Head of School

Dr Mark Wass: Senior Lecturer inComputational Biology

Dr Richard Williamson: SeniorLecturer in Protein Biochemistry

Dr Wei-Feng Xue: Senior Lecturerin Chemical Biology

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

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and engineering combinetheir expertise into a pioneeringinterdisciplinary biosciencesprogramme at Kent, in order tounlock the secrets of some ofthe essential life processes.These approaches are leading toa more integrated understandingof biology in health and disease.

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

Dr Anthony Baines: Reader inMolecular Cell Biology

Dr Ian Blomfield: Senior Lecturerin Molecular Microbiology

Professor David Brown: Professorof Structural Biology

Dr Alessia Buscaino: Lecturer inFungal Epigenetics

Dr Martin Carden: Lecturer in Celland Molecular Biology

Dr Peter Ellis: Lecturer inMolecular Biology andReproduction

Dr Stefanie Frank: LeverhulmeEarly Career Research Fellow

Professor Michelle Garrett:Professor of Cancer Therapeutics

Professor Michael Geeves:Professor of Physical Biochemistry

Dr Ben Goult: Lecturer inBiochemistry

Dr Campbell Gourlay: SeniorLecturer in Cell Biology

Professor Darren Griffin:Professor of Genetics

Professor Bill Gullick: Professorof Cancer Biology

Dr Emma Hargreaves:Leverhulme Early CareerResearch Fellow

Dr Mark Howard: Reader inBiological NMR Spectroscopy

Dr Chieh Hsu: Eastern ARCResearch Fellow


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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); dunnhumby, whopartners the Consumer InsightService in the Centre for ValueChain Research; Hong KongBaptist University, with whom weoffer a joint Master’s programmein Operational Research andFinance Business Statistics;University of Castellanza(Italy); Audencia Nantes BusinessSchool (France); Aarhus School ofBusiness 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.

www.kent.ac.uk/kbs

Kent Business School (KBS) is a world-class businessschool combining rigorous teaching with real-world relevance and strong links to the businesscommunity. Our flagship programme, the KentMBA, has AMBA accreditation and, together withour Master’s in Management, Marketing, BusinessAnalytics, Human Resource Management, Logisticsand Supply Chain Management, ManagementScience and programmes in finance and accounting,we attract applicants with a wide range ofbackgrounds 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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Contemporary Issues inStrategic Management; TheFundamentals of CorporateFinance and Investment;International Business;Introduction to Strategy (tbc);Leadership and Change;Managing Processes;Marketing Analysis andPlanning

• Two from: Corporate Finance;Entrepreneurship; InnovationManagement and New ProductDevelopment; InternationalMarketing; Strategic PeopleManagement; A SystemsApproach to ManagingComplexity

Stage 2Following Stage 1 you undertakea three-month internship plus:• Business report• Management Skills and Career

Development report.

Business Analytics MScLocation: Canterbury

The programme focuses on theapplication of state-of-the-artquantitative and qualitativeanalytical systems to interpretdata. You will 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: Applied

Business Modelling; BusinessStatistics and DatabaseManagement; Consultancy andResearch Skills; Data Miningand Forecasting; Managementof Operations; ManagementScience Modelling

• Three from: Applied MarketingResearch; Financial andManagement Accounting;Heuristics and Optimisation;Introduction to Logistics andSupply Chain Management;Performance Management;Simulation and OptimisationSoftware; Warehousing andTransport Management

• Dissertation

Business and ManagementMRes (subject to approval)Location: Canterbury

The programme develops a rangeof conceptual, analytical andresearch skills and competenciesacross the spectrum of researchmethods, balancing theacquisition of specialistknowledge. You are providedwith qualitative and quantitativeanalysis skills to enhance yourresearch capability and toundertake and evaluate credible,independent and contributoryresearch.


Business Modelling; GeneratingTheory and PresentingResearch; Philosophical Issuesand Paradigms in ManagementResearch; Qualitative ResearchMethods

• Two from: Business in anInternational Perspective;Business Statistics andDatabase Management; BuyerDecision Making; Data Miningand Forecasting; Domesticand International Banking;Econometric Methods;Financial Data Modelling;Financial Regulation andFinancial Crises; Fixed IncomeMarkets; Management ScienceModelling; Managing theMultinational Enterprise

• Dissertation



The Kent MBALocation: CanterburyEntry requirements: A gooddegree from a UK or otherapproved university and/oran equivalent professionalqualification; a minimum ofthree years’ relevant managerialwork experience. An individualinterview will form part ofthe selection process.

Our MBA will transform you intoa responsible business leader,using sustainable managementpractices for the advancementof local and global communities.We ensure you develop the skillsto enhance the scope andpotential of your career ina 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 – working witha 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.

Course contentStage 1• Compulsory modules:

Accounting and FinancialManagement; AppliedBusiness Modelling;


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of 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 programmeyou 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 MScLocation: Canterbury

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 company withcompetitive advantage, ifapproached correctly.

Course content• Compulsory modules:

Contemporary Topics inLogistics and Supply ChainManagement; Data Miningand Forecasting; Introductionto Logistics and Supply ChainManagement; Management ofOperations; Spreadsheets and

Decision Support Systems;Warehousing and TransportManagement

• Two from: Business Statisticsand Database Management;Digital Marketing; Financialand Management Accounting;Heuristics and Optimisation;Management ScienceModelling; Managing theMultinational Enterprise;Marketing; OrganisationalBehaviour and HumanResource Management;Performance Management;Simulation and OptimisationSoftware; Strategic Sourcing;Structure and Organisation ofthe e-Commerce Enterprise;Value Chain Management

• Dissertation

Management (General) MSc

Management (InternationalBusiness) MScLocation: Canterbury

The Management (General)MSc provides you with a broadunderstanding of all areas ofgeneral management within aninternational business context.You study key aspects ofbusiness and management, alldesigned to build on your existingknowledge and experiences. Thisdevelops managerial expertiseand capabilities necessary fora career in whichever area youchoose, including running yourown business.

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.

Human ResourceManagement MSc* Location: Canterbury

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


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;Managing Diversity and EqualOpportunities; The Psychologyof Selection and Assessment;Reward and PerformanceManagement

• HRM Business report

International Managementwith Management EnglishGDip*Location: Canterbury

This programme develops yourknowledge and understanding

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control, queuing theory, statisticalanalysis, decision supportsystems and problem structuringmethods. Our Student ImplantScheme ensures you apply thistheory in a live business context.


Business Statistics andDatabase Management;Consultancy and ResearchSkills; Heuristics andOptimisation; ManagementScience Modelling; Simulationand Optimisation Software;Spreadsheets and DecisionSupport Systems

• Three from: Data Mining andForecasting; Financial andManagement Accounting;Introduction to Logistics andSupply Chain Management;Management of Operations;Managing Complexity: TheSystems Approach;Performance Management

• Dissertation

Marketing MSc*Location: Canterbury

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 contentManagement (General) • Compulsory modules: Business

in an International Perspective;Financial and ManagementAccounting; Managementof Operations; Marketing;Organisational Behaviourand Human ResourceManagement; Strategy

• Three from: Applied BusinessModelling; Auditing; CorporateResponsibility andGlobalisation; Digital Marketing;e-Commerce and Infrastructure;Integrated MarketingCommunications; InternationalMarketing Strategy; ManagingDiversity and EqualOpportunities; Managingthe Multinational Enterprise;Structure and Organisationof the e-Commerce Enterprise;Tourism Development in Asia-Pacific

• Personal Skills Developmentreport

• Business report

Management (InternationalBusiness)• Compulsory modules: As for

Management (General) plusManaging the MultinationalEnterprise

• Two from: as for Management(General)

• Personal Skills Developmentreport

• Business report

Management Science MScLocation: Canterbury

The MSc in Management Scienceequips you with advancedquantitative and analysis skills tosupport decision-making, identifythe best course of action incomplex business situations andoptimise processes, proceduresand performance. You learnfundamental techniques inoptimisation, simulation, inventory


STAFF PROFILE

Alex MohrProfessor of Strategy andInternational Business

Alex Mohr’s researchfocuses on various aspects ofinternational business strategyand international humanresource management. Hisresearch has been published injournals such as the Journal ofInternational Business Studies,Management InternationalReview and Journal of WorldBusiness. Much of his researchhas resulted from consultancyprojects (eg, UNCTAD,Mercedes-Benz) or has beencarried out in co-operationwith multinational corporations,such as Mercedes-Benz,Siemens and Accenture.

Alex is a member of theAcademy of Management,the Academy of InternationalBusiness, the British Academyof Management, and the Euro-Asian Management StudiesAssociation.

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and/or equivalent. You mustsubmit a research proposal ofapproximately 1,500 words onyour 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 areasor 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.

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 effects ofskills, technology and culture onthe 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


Marketing Research; BuyerDecision-Making; Financialand Management Accounting;Integrated MarketingCommunications; InternationalMarketing Strategy; Marketing;Organisational Behaviour andHuman Resource Management

• Two from: Applied BusinessModelling; CorporateResponsibility andGlobalisation; Digital Marketing;New Product Development andInnovation Management

• Marketing Report

Related taught programmes

Finance MScSee p122.

Finance and Management MScSee p122.

International Accounting andFinance MScSee p123.

International Banking andFinance MScSee p124.

International Business andEconomic Development MScSee p90.


Accounting MSc, PhD

Finance MSc, PhD

Industrial Relations MSc, PhD

Management MA, PhD

Management Science MSc,PhD

Marketing MSc, PhD

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

www.kent.ac.uk/kbs

Professor Alex Mohr: Professorof Strategy and InternationalBusiness

Dr Gábor Nagy: Senior Lecturer inManagement 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: Reader inManagement Science

Professor Veronica Wong:Professor of Marketing

Dr Shaomin Wu: Reader inBusiness-Applied Statistics

Dr Pam Yeow: Senior Lecturer inManagement

LocationCanterbury





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: Lecturer inMarketing

Dr Fragkiskos Filippaios: Readerin International Business

Professor Warwick Funnell:Professor of Accounting andFinance

Dr Marian Garcia-Martinez:Reader in Marketing

Professor Yannis Georgellis:Professor of Management

Dr Mark Hampton: Reader inTourism Management

Professor Angelos Kanas:Professor of Finance

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 Lecturer ine-Commerce

Dr Patricia Lewis: Reader inManagement

Professor Steve Wenbin Liu:Professor of ManagementScience and ComputationalMathematics

Dr Ben Lowe: Reader inMarketing

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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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.

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

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


www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/ccp

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.

Stand-alone MA modulesWe also offer two modules bydistance learning over a 20-weekperiod: • Direct Work with Children• New Perspectives on

Assessment.

The 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 assignment, the moduleis equivalent to 20 credits atMaster’s level. For furtherinformation, see our website:www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/ccp

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

Dr Jane Reeves: Co-director,Centre for Child Protection;Director of Studies, AdvancedChild Protection 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 ProtectionMALocation: 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 Protection

Practice and Policies• Definitions, Prevalence, Causes

and 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 agreed

aspect 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.

www.kent.ac.uk/secl/classics

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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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 p248.

Course contentAll students take:• Research Skills in Ancient

History• Dissertation.

Canterbury students take twofrom: • Ancient Greek Sciences;

Latin or Ancient Greek at anappropriate level (Beginners,Intermediate or Advanced); ThePolitical, Social and EconomicHistory of the Hellenistic World;Sexuality, Secrecy and Sin.

Canterbury and Rome studentstake: • Rome: The Imperial City• One from: Age, Gender and

Ethnicity in the Roman World;Ancient Greek Sciences;Latin or Ancient Greek at anappropriate level (Beginners,Intermediate or Advanced); ThePolitical, Social and EconomicHistory of the Hellenistic World;Sexuality, Secrecy and Sin

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

Archaeology MALocation: Canterbury

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 skills inareas such as field survey

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.




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


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techniques, 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• Contemporary Archaeology• Three from: Ancient Greek

Sciences; Early MedievalArchaeology; Late AntiqueArchaeology; Reading theEarly Modern Town; RomanArchaeology; TransmancheArchaeologies

• Dissertation of 12-15,000words

Heritage Management MALocation: 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 p244.

International Heritage andLaw MA (subject to approval)


Heritage is a major geopoliticalissue, with law and developmentarguably the two most centralissues in the field. This MAengages you with both intellectualand practical approaches to thekey issues in heritage and has aparticular focus on the protectionof international heritage anddevelopment.

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 specialise incultural heritage issues or heritagespecialists who want to acquirea better understanding of legalissues.

Course contentThis MA programme is currently indevelopment. Proposed modulesinclude: International Heritage,Archaeology and Development;Contemporary Archaeology:Theories, Methods andSubstantive Issues; Artefactsin Archaeology; Research Skillsin Ancient History: Understandingthe City in Antiquity; TransmancheArchaeologies; Cultural Heritage


STAFF PROFILE

Ray LaurenceProfessor of Roman History andArchaeology

Professor Laurencepredominantly researches in theareas of Roman history, Romanarchaeology, classics, classicaltradition and cultural heritage.He was awarded theLeverhulme Trust Major Grant(£129,000) 2009-2012 for Ageand Imperialism: Acculturationand Communications in theWestern Mediterranean, whichfunded the construction of adatabase of all Latin inscriptionsthat mention age at death.

Ray has supervised PhDstudents to completion ona variety of topics in Romanhistory, Roman archaeologyand the reception of antiquity.

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in the Roman World; AncientGreek Sciences; Artefacts inArchaeology; Late AntiqueArchaeology; The Political,Social and Economic Historyof the Hellenistic World; RomanArchaeology; Sexuality,Secrecy and Sin.

Canterbury and Rome studentsalso take: • Rome: The Imperial City• Optional modules from those

listed in Ancient History (seep61).

Rome – Ancient and ModernMA (subject to approval)Taught jointly with: the School ofArtsLocations: 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 remains fromantiquity. There is no otherprogramme that offers thiscombination and the opportunityto study on-site in Rome whereyou can study the monuments andartefacts of the city at first hand.

For further information about theUniversity of Kent, Rome centre,please see p248.

Course content• Discovering Rome in Rome• Key Concepts and Classic

Texts in History & Philosophyof Art

• Research Methods in AncientHistory

• Rome: The Imperial City• Dissertation


Classical & ArchaeologicalStudies PhDLocation: Canterbury

You can undertake supervisedresearch within the SECL,specialising in one of the topicslisted under research areas.

Each research student isassigned two internal supervisorswho agree the programme ofstudy and research to suitindividual student interests. Staffhave received research financefrom sources including the BritishAcademy, the Arts & HumanitiesResearch Council (AHRC), theEuropean Science Foundation(ERC), The Leverhulme Trust,English Heritage, 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 lifecourse; 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; Roman

Law; International Protection ofHuman Rights; Legal Aspectsof Contemporary InternationalProblems; Law and Development.

Roman History andArchaeology MALocations: 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.Studying in Rome, you havethe opportunity to study themonuments and artefacts at firsthand, as well as visit relevant sitesand museums.


Course contentAll students take: • Contemporary Archaeology;

Research Skills in AncientHistory; Dissertation.

Canterbury students take twooptional modules from: • Age, Gender and Ethnicity


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Dr Sophia Labadi: Senior Lecturerin Heritage and Archaeology

Dr Csaba La’da: Reader inAncient History

Professor Ray Laurence:Professor of Roman History andArchaeology

Dr Luke Lavan: Lecturerin Archaeology

David Nightingale: SeniorLecturer in Ancient History

Professor Karla Pollmann:Professor of Classics; Head ofDepartment

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

Applications



Further information

Archaeology Dr Patty BakerT: +44 (0)1227 827349E: [email protected]

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

artefacts 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; Augustine ofHippo; Greek and Roman epic;early Christian hagiography;gender studies; reception studies.

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

Dr Efrosyni Boutsikas: Lecturerin Archaeology

Dr Evangelos Kyriakidis: SeniorLecturer in Archaeology andHeritage


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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 will improveyour effectiveness as aresearcher. Research studentsgain further academic experienceby giving research talks in theCentre for Modern EuropeanLiterature seminar series, andattending national andinternational conferences.

Language speakingEvery year, a considerablenumber of native speakers offoreign languages follow ourcourses, and several Europeanexchange students stay on to dograduate work. There are alsoforeign language lectors who areeither combining teaching with a

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 eight other disciplines: classical& archaeological studies, English language and linguistics, French,German, Hispanic studies, Italian, philosophy and religious studies.This means that our students can draw on the excellent resources of adiverse team of teachers with expertise in many key areas of Europeanculture.


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Kent 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 MALocations: Canterbury;Canterbury and Paris; Paris

It is possible to study thisprogramme entirely in Canterburyor Paris, or to split your studiesbetween Canterbury and Paris.

The programme comprises threemain interweaving strands:• themes and major figures in

European literature• interactions between European

national 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.

If you are on the split-siteCanterbury and Paris programme,you spend your first term inCanterbury, relocating to Paris

for the spring term where youstudy at Kent’s centre in theheart of historic Montparnasse.Modules are Paris-focused andyou are encouraged to make fulluse of the city’s culturalresources.

If you spend your entire year inParis, you are able to hone yourcomparative literary analyticalskills and gain direct andprolonged experience of Frenchculture. You can enhance yourlanguage skills while living in acity that has inspired some of theworld’s finest writers.


Course contentCanterbury students take: • Comparative Literature in

Theory and Practice; EuropeanModernism; Literature andMedicine; Writing the Self.

Canterbury and Paris studentstake two from the above list plus:• Two from: Diaspora and Exile;

Entente Cordiale – Myth orReality; Film and Modernity;Paris and Modernism; Paris:Reality and Representation;Paris and the EuropeanEnlightenment.

Year-long Paris students take twofrom: • The Verbal and the Visual:

Dialogues between Literature,Film, Art and Philosophy;Writing the Self: Autobiographyin the Modern Period;Modernism and Paris.

Plus up to two from: • Centres and Edges: Modernist

and Postcolonial QuestLiterature; Cosmopolitan Wilde:Writings From Dublin, Londonand Paris; Paris and theEuropean Enlightenment;Paris: Reality andRepresentation; Religion

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STAFF PROFILE

Shane WellerProfessor of ComparativeLiterature; Head of SECL

An alumni of Oxford and Yale,Shane taught at Oxford beforecoming to Kent. His teachingand research interests lie inthe fields of modern Europeanliterature and literary theory,tragedy and film adaptation,and literature and madness.

He has written books on SamuelBeckett, literature and ethics,literature and nihilism, andessays on a range of writersand literary theorists.

He is on the editorial boardof the Samuel Beckett DigitalManuscript Project and sits onthe executive committee of theBritish Comparative LiteratureAssociation.

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broader context of modernEuropean literature. You canalso read literary works in theirlanguage of original composition.

Course content• Compulsory module: Literature

and Theory• Three from: European

Modernism; GermanModernism; Literature andMedicine; Post-war Literatureand Memory; PostmodernFrench Detective Fiction; RealFictions; Spanish Cinema;Theories of Art in ModernFrench Thought; Writing the Self



Comparative Literature PhDLocation: Canterbury

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.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 p113.

Centre for Modern EuropeanLiteratureCo-directed by members ofComparative Literature, Frenchand German, the Centre forModern European Literature

and European Thought; Miseen scène: Aesthetics andDramaturgies of EuropeanTheatre.

They may take one module froma list of recommended modules,which currently includes: • Mise en Scène: Aesthetics

and Dramaturgies of EuropeanTheatre; Identity, Trauma andSexuality in Modern FrenchLiterature; Best of Enemies:Images of Britain and Francein the 19th and 20th Centuries.

• Dissertation of 12,000 words.

Modern European LiteratureMALocation: 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.

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“This is a rather uniqueprogramme, for even thoughthere are many literaturedepartments all over theworld, Kent seems to bethe only university settingsuch a strong focus onthe comparative aspect,by actually having adepartment for it. It wasthis aspect that I foundappealing and that mademe decide to study here.”

Ann-Christine KinzerMA Comparative Literature

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

Dr Katja Haustein: Lecturer inComparative Literature

Professor Ben Hutchinson:Professor of European Literature

Dr Patricia Novillo-Corvalán:Senior Lecturer in ComparativeLiterature

Dr Anna Katharina Schaffner:Senior Lecturer; Head ofDepartment

Dr Axel Stähler: Reader inComparative Literature; Director,Postcolonial Studies MA

Professor Shane Weller:Professor of ComparativeLiterature; Head of SECL

LocationsCanterbury and Paris





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]

promotes 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 therelations 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.

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COMPUTING

Postgraduate resourcesThe School of Computing hasa large range of equipmentproviding both UNIX (TM) andPC-based systems and a clusterfacility consisting of 30 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, Agilent Technologies,Erlang Solutions, Hewlett-PackardLaboratories, Ericsson and Nexor.

Our world-leading researchers, in key areas suchas 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 teaching andan 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.


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Taught Conversion Master’sprogramme

Computer Science MScLocation: Canterbury

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• Introduction to Object-Oriented

Programming (Java)• Advanced Object-Oriented

Programming (Java)• Logic and Logic Programming• Software Engineering• Systems Architecture• Web-based Information

Systems Development• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• One from: Computer Graphics

and Animation; Computing Lawand Professional Responsibility;Data Mining and KnowledgeDiscovery; Internet of Thingsand Mobile Devices;Introduction to IntelligentSystems

Taught Advanced Master’sprogrammes

Advanced Computer ScienceMScLocation: Canterbury

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.

Course content• Either Advanced Java for

Programmers or Introduction toObject-Oriented Programming,plus Advanced Object-Oriented Programming

• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• Five or six modules from

a 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(Computational Intelligence)MScLocation: Canterbury

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: Cognitive

Neural Networks; Data Miningand Knowledge Discovery;Logic and Logic Programming;Natural Computation

• Either Advanced Java forProgrammers or Introduction toObject-Oriented Programming,plus Advanced Object-Oriented Programming

• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• Up to four optional modules

from the MSc in AdvancedComputer Science

The Kent IT ConsultancyThe Kent IT Consultancy (KITC)offers School of Computingstudents with consultancyexperience while studying.KITC provides a project-basedconsulting service to smallbusinesses in Kent. Our servicesfocus on helping companiesunderstand the latest trends intechnology and how solutionscan be applied to their specificbusiness.



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

• Intensive – 12 months full-time • Part-time – 36 months• Intensive with an industrial

placement – 14-24 monthsfull-time

• International Master’s –24 months full-time

• International Master’s with anindustrial placement – 26-36months full-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.

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

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• Either Advanced Java forProgrammers or Introduction toObject-Oriented Programmingplus Advanced Object-Oriented Programming

• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• Up to two optional modules

from our other AdvancedMaster’s programmes and theMSc in Information Security andBiometrics (see p98)

Networks and Security MScLocation: Canterbury

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 Mobile

Devices• Either Advanced Java for

Programmers or Introduction

to Object-OrientedProgramming, plus AdvancedObject-Oriented Programming

• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• Up to two optional modules

from our other AdvancedMaster’s programmes and theMSc in Information Security andBiometrics (see p98)

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

Computing andEntrepreneurship MScLocation: Canterbury

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 management

Advanced SoftwareDevelopment MScLocation: Canterbury

Employers often complain thatcomputing graduates lack real-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 for

Programmers• Cloud Computing• Concurrency and Parallelism• Development Frameworks• Internet of Things and Mobile

Devices• Project Research• Project and Dissertation• Two optional modules from

the MSc in AdvancedComputer Science

Computer Security MScLocation: Canterbury

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 Privacy

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and 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 and

Professional Responsibilities• New Enterprise Development

(project)• Either Introduction to Object-

Oriented Programming orAdvanced Java forProgrammers

• 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; SoftwareEngineering; StrategicManagement; Structureand Organisation of thee-Enterprise; Web-basedInformation SystemsDevelopment

IT Consultancy MScLocation: Canterbury

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 Introduction to Object-

Oriented Programming orAdvanced Java forProgrammers

• Management of Operations• New Enterprise Development

(project)• Extended IT Consultancy

Project (practical workexperience in a realconsultancy business)

• Three from: Advanced Object-Oriented Programming; CloudComputing; Computer Security;Computing Law, Contracts andProfessional Responsibilities;Digital Marketing; Financial andManagement Accounting;Internet of Things and MobileDevices; Networks and NetworkSecurity; Software Engineering;Strategic Management;Structure and Organisation ofthe e-Enterprise; Web-basedInformation SystemsDevelopment

Taught Pre-Master’sprogrammes

Computer Science GDipLocation: Canterbury

The GDip in Computer Scienceis suitable for graduates with anordinary Batchelor’s degree (orequivalent) in computer scienceor related subjects, seeking toprogress to one of our Advancedor IT and Business Master’sprogrammes. Also see ourtwo-year International Master’sprogrammes, p73.

Course content• Advanced English for

Academic Study (for non-native speakers, if needed)

• Fundamentals of Programmingand Logic (if not coveredpreviously)

• Research and Study Skills• Individual or group project

You also choose up to five optionalmodules from our honours degreeprogrammes. Topics typicallyinclude: computer networks;security; web technology;mobile computing; graphics

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STAFF PROFILE

Colin JohnsonReader

Colin Johnson’s currentresearch activities fall into twobroad areas: computing, andmathematics in medicine andbiology – Colin is consideringsimulations as computerprograms, using moderntheories of program analysis toprovide formal tools by which wecan deduce properties of suchprograms and investigatingwhether these techniques couldgenerate information which isrelevant to biological research.

Natural science as metaphor incomputational intelligence – thisis the application of computersto use ‘intelligent’ strategiesto find (often to approximate)solutions to hard problems.Examples of such techniquesare evolutionary algorithms,neural networks, swarmintelligence methods andartificial immune systems.

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Information Security andBiometrics MScSee p98.


Computer Science MSc, PhDYour 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 computing

including 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.

Computing Education GroupAreas of interest include:• building an evidence base of

research 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 and

finance• multi-agent systems and

distributed artificial intelligence• evolutionary computation and

optimisation• web-based information retrieval.

Programming Languagesand Systems GroupResearch areas include:• theoretical and architectural

questions 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

and animation; intelligent systems;data mining; neural networks;human-computer interaction;advanced programmingtechniques; computing law. Theavailable options may vary fromyear to year and are subject totimetabling and prerequisiteconstraints.

Computing GDipLocation: Canterbury

The GDip in Computing is suitablefor graduates with an ordinaryBatchelor’s degree (or equivalent)in any discipline seeking toprogress to one of our Conversionor IT and Business Master’sprogrammes.

Course content• Advanced English for

Academic Study (for non-native speakers, if needed)

• Introduction to Object-OrientedProgramming

• Advanced Object-OrientedProgramming

• Foundations of Computing(mathematics, if needed)

• Research and Study Skills• Individual project

Plus up to three optionalmodules from our honoursdegree programmes in topicssuch as information systems,database systems and computinglaw. The available options mayvary from year to year and aresubject to timetablingand prerequisite constraints.

Taught International Master’sprogrammesLocation: CanterburyEntry requirements: A goodordinary Bachelor’s degree (orequivalent) in a relevant subject.

Course contentPlease see www.cs.kent.ac.uk/international.html


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“With postgraduate study, you’re incontrol. I have to decide what I workon each day and make sure thingsget done. It involves long hours, butis very rewarding. There is no ‘rightor wrong’ answer anymore. Thismeans that I have to defend myposition, based upon my researchand literature in the field.”

Daniel KnoxPhD Computer Science

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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 McLaughlin: Headof School (Medway)

Dr Matteo Migliavacca: Lecturer

Dr Fernando Otero: Lecturer

Dr Scott Owens: Senior Lecturer

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





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




• refactoring of functional andconcurrent languages

• 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 privilege

management infrastructures• trust management and metrics

and reputation systems• intrusion detection• tools for vulnerability analysis• formal methods for

cryptography• 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: Lecturer

Dr Laura Bocchi: Lecturer

Dr Eerke Boiten: Senior Lecturer

Professor Howard Bowman:Professor of Cognition and Logic

Professor David Chadwick:Professor of Information SystemsSecurity

Dr Olaf Chitil: Lecturer

Dr Dominique Chu: SeniorLecturer


“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 withIndustrial 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.

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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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Conservation 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 MScLocation: Canterbury

This pathway is designed forpeople from areas such asgovernment, management andscientific authorities, NGOs,international agencies anddonors who are working to

improve sustainability of wildlifetrade. It examines a number ofmechanisms for deliveringsustainable wildlife trade,especially the Convention onInternational Trade in EndangeredSpecies of Wild Fauna and Flora(CITES).

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

Conservation and PlantScience MScLocation: Canterbury

We offer both biological andsocial science-based trainingin conservation. You developa biological understanding ofrarity in plants, as well as anappreciation of the anthropogenichuman pressures on plantpopulation and community-driven conservation practices.

Course contentYou take the compulsory modulesand a selection of the optionalmodules, listed above, plus:• The Ecology of Plant

Conservation.


The seven MSc pathways offeredby DICE follow a common pattern,comprising six months ofcoursework and five months ofresearch. Within each pathway,there are optional modules thatallow you to devise a pathway thatsuits your specific interests, withan appropriate balance betweennatural and social sciences.Please visit our website for detailsof programmes that may be underdevelopment: 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 contentNot all modules listed herenecessarily run every year. Pleasecontact the School for informationon availability.

Common compulsory modulesfor all MSc courses• Multidisciplinary Perspectives

on Conservation• Research Methods for Social

Sciences• Research Skills for Natural

Sciences• Dissertation Project

(Conservation)

Optional modules • These include: Business

Principles for BiodiversityConservation; Conservationand Community Development;Current Issues in PrimateConservation; The Ecology ofPlant Conservation; Economicsof Biodiversity Conservation;Ecotourism and RuralDevelopment Field Course;Facilitation Skills forConservation Managers;Integrated Species


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Conservation and PrimateBehaviour MScLocation: Canterbury

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, fromthe neotropics to Africa andSoutheast Asia, as well aszoological institutions acrossEurope (eg, Howletts and PortLympne Wild Animal Parks, Kent)and African primate sanctuaries.

Course contentYou take the compulsory modulesand a selection of the optionalmodules, listed on p77, plus:• Current Issues in Primate

Conservation.

Conservation and RuralDevelopment MScLocation: Canterbury

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 a selection of the optionalmodules, listed on p77, plus:• Conservation and Community

Development.

Conservation and TourismMScLocation: Canterbury

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 a selection of the optionalmodules, listed on p77, plus:• Principles and Practice of

Ecotourism.

Conservation Biology MScLocation: Canterbury

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 a selection of the optionalmodules, listed on p77, plus:• Population and Evolutionary

Biology.

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STAFF PROFILE

David Roberts Senior Lecturer in BiodiversityConservation

Dr Roberts came to Kent fromthe Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,where he worked in the orchidherbarium which he describesas a ‘giant flower press’.

Within the Durrell Institute ofConservation and Ecology(DICE), he is continuing hisresearch into orchid ecology,species detectability andextinction – during hisextensive travel overseas,he has discovered a numberof new species and even agenus, the first being the orchidAeranthes virginalis named forits cross-legged appearance.

Dr Roberts is also interestedin climate change modelling,using herbarium or museumspecimens.

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Biodiversity ManagementMSc, PhDLocation: Canterbury

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 trainingprogramme 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 p24 for further information.

Current research Recent or current projects covertopics such as:• understanding adaptation

to 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

Conservation ProjectManagement MScLocation: 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 compulsory modulesand a selection of the optionalmodules, listed on p77, plus:• Leadership Skills for

Conservation Managers.


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Dr Jim Groombridge: Readerin Biodiversity Conservation

Dr Tatyana Humle: SeniorLecturer in Primate Conservation

Professor Douglas MacMillan:Professor of Conservation andApplied Resource Economics

Dr Helen Newing: Lecturer inConservation Social Science

Dr David Roberts: Senior Lecturerin Biodiversity Conservation

Dr Bob Smith: Reader inConservation Science

Dr Freya St John: ResearchAssociate

Dr Matthew Struebig: Lecturer inBiological Conservation

Dr Joseph Tzanopoulos: SeniorLecturer in BiodiversityConservation

LocationCanterbury





National ratingsREF 2014, anthropology anddevelopment studies: • 94% of our researchjudged to be ofinternational quality

• 10th for research power• top 20 for research impactand research intensity

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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 Richard Bodmer: Readerin Conservation Ecology

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

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CRIMINOLOGY

Postgraduate resourcesOur postgraduate students haveaccess to dedicated office spacewithin the School and are able totake advantage of excellentlibrary and 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,which include Erasmus University,Rotterdam; the Universities ofGhent, Hamburg, Middlesex,Porto and Utrecht; ELTE,Budapest; the DemocritusUniversity of Thrace; theUniversity of the Peloponnese,Corinth; and the CUNY GraduateCenter, New York.

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

Criminology has a long and distinguished traditionat Kent with its research base in the Crime, Cultureand Control cluster (see p83). Our MA programmewas founded by the world-famous criminologist, thelate Professor Jock Young. You are tutored by a teamof scholars and researchers who are internationallyrenowned for their world-class teaching 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. In 2011, we were awarded the first National Award forExcellence in Teaching Criminology by the British Criminology Society.

The atmosphere in the School is informal and friendly, and there is a livelyand diverse postgraduate community enriched by the contribution ofvisiting 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 sociability and for intellectual stimulation. 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 MALocation: Canterbury

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

Course content• Compulsory modules: Theories

of Crime; Research Methods inCriminology

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

The course content is the sameas for the Criminology MA.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

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


International two-year MAprogrammesCriminologyCriminology with a SemesterAbroadSee p216.


Criminology MA, MPhil, PhDLocation: Canterbury

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):An Erasmus Mundus JointDoctorateLocation: Canterbury and apartner institution of your choice(see below).

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

The DCGC is an international,collaborative, three-yearpostgraduate researchprogramme led by the University

www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/studying/postgraduate

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 studiesprogramme, the opportunityto spend a term abroad andfield trips.’

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

Dr Thomas Akoensi: Lecturer inCriminal Justice and Criminology

Dr Phil Carney: Lecturer inCriminology; Erasmus andInternational Co-ordinator; KentCo-ordinator, Common StudyProgramme in Critical Criminology

Dr Caroline Chatwin: SeniorLecturer in Criminology; Directorof Studies for UndergraduateCriminology

Dr Simon Cottee: Senior Lecturerin Criminology

Dr Eleni Dimou: Lecturer inCriminal Justice and Criminology

Dr Marian Duggen: Lecturer inCriminology

Professor Chris Hale: Professorof Criminology

Dr Tina Haux: Lecturer inQuantitative Criminology andSociology

Professor Keith Hayward:Professor of Criminology

Dr Jonathan Ilan: Senior Lecturerin Criminology

Professor Roger Matthews:Professor of Criminology; Directorof Studies for PostgraduateCriminology

Professor Larry Ray: Professorof Sociology

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

Professor Alex Stevens:Professor of Criminal Justice;Deputy Head of School (Medway)

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 or anMA in a relevant subject ora related social sciencediscipline. For specific detailssee www.kent.ac.uk/pg




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 andresearch quality

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of Kent, with partners ELTEBudapest, University of Hamburgand Utrecht University, leading tothe submission of a doctoralthesis.

The programme is divided intothree main strands: research,subject-specific training andtransferable 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.Through the integration ofover 30 associated partners,it responds to both the impactand the employability agendain Erasmus Mundus objectives.

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; youthcrime and youth justice.

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


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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.




Contemporary PerformancePractice MA Location: Canterbury

This MA gives you the opportunityto work as a theatre company, withtraining in company management

www.kent.ac.uk/arts/drama

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.

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European Theatre MALocations: Canterbury;Canterbury and Paris

It is possible to study thisprogramme entirely in Canterburyor split between our Canterburycampus and our Paris centre.

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

If you are studying on the split-siteprogramme, you spend your firstterm in Canterbury beforerelocating to our Paris centrefor the spring term, studying in theheart of historic Montparnasse.All teaching is provided in English,by University of Kent academics.


Course contentAll students take:• European Theatre: Landscapes

and Dramaturgies• Dissertation.

Canterbury students also take:• Theatre Practices: Professional

Study Casebook.

and creative processes. Theprogramme is committed toproducing work that is innovativeby working with new technologiesand hybrid artforms in interactiveperformance environments.

Course content• Contemporary Performance 1• Contemporary Performance 2• Professional Study• Research Portfolios• Dissertation

Creative Producing MA(subject to approval)


This programme offers you theopportunity to understand theatreat 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, analysis of existingtechniques and by initiallydeveloping given projects throughto creating your own imaginativeideas to give you the skills andconfidence to be able to producelive and performance theatre. Thisculminates in an individual MAdissertation or extended practicalproject.

Course content• Compulsory modules: Creative

Producing: The Business;Creative Producing: IndustryAwareness; CreativeProducing: Proposal andPlacement

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


STAFF PROFILE

Helen BrooksLecturer in Drama

Helen’s research focuseson long 18th-century theatreperformance, and she also hasresearch interests in applieddrama. She is currently workingon a project exploring applieddrama in the workplace,drawing on previous experienceworking in applied dramacontexts and in private sectorbusiness. Her research isintegral to her teaching and thesynergies between these twoareas are a central feature ofher work.

She has published work inEighteenth-Century Life andin Studies in Theatre andPerformance, and is currentlyworking on her monograph,Playing Women.

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spring term, staying with andlearning at the world-renownedMoscow Art Theatre School(MXAT).

This is the only Europe-basedpermanent link with MXAT andbuilds on a well establishedstudent exchange betweenKent and the school.

Course contentAll students take:• Ensemble Devising and

Performance; Physical andVocal Training for Actors;Solo Acting: Compositionand Performance;Dissertation/Practice.

Canterbury and Moscowstudents also take TheatreResearch.

Shakespeare MALocation: Canterbury

This programme offers you theopportunity to combine scholarlyand practical approaches to theadvanced study of Shakespeare.You develop knowledge andunderstanding of Shakespeare,both historically and within thecontemporary theatrical scene,within and beyond, the horizonof British theatre practice.


Approaches to Shakespeare;Shakespeare at the Globe

• Two from: Before Shakespeare;Production Project;Shakespeare and MaterialCulture; Shakespeare onStage and Screen; TeachingShakespeare

• Dissertation

Stand-up Comedy MALocation: Canterbury

This MA offers a uniqueopportunity to study the theoryand practice of stand-up comedy.You learn how to write and

perform 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.

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

Comedy• Stand-up Comedy: Open Mike

Project • Dissertation

Theatre Direction MA (subjectto approval)


This programme offers youthe opportunity to combine theacademic study and practicalexploration of theatre direction.You encounter and explore arange of approaches to direction,with a strong emphasis onmethods and aesthetics ofEuropean theatre, continentalmise en scène and directors’theatre. You develop yourknowledge and understandingof historical and practical contextsof theatre direction.

In the past, directors such as IanRickson, Carrie Cracknell, IrinaBrown, Thomas Ostermeier, MikeAlfreds, Russel Bolam, MariaAberg, Ellen McDougall andOliver Lamford have givenworkshops for students onthe programme, which are animportant part of the curriculum.

Course content• Directing Histories and

Practices• Rehearsal Processes• Production Project• Theatre Direction Casebook• Dissertation

Canterbury and Paris studentsalso take:• Mise en Scène: Aesthetics and

Dramaturgies of EuropeanTheatre.

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.

Physical Acting MALocations: Canterbury;Canterbury and Moscow

It is possible to study thisprogramme entirely in Canterburyor split between our Canterburycampus and the Moscow ArtTheatre School.

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.

The programme explores:• physical and vocal training

processes for actors• acting processes for

performers• autonomous and collaborative

practice• interdisciplinary approaches.

If you are studying on the split-siteprogramme, you spend your firstterm in Canterbury beforerelocating to Moscow for the

www.kent.ac.uk/arts/drama

of cognitive neuroscience,interactive performance, digitalmedia, disability studies, andapplied performance. For furtherinformation, pleasesee www.kent.ac.uk/ckp

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

Professor Paul Allain: Professorof Theatre and Performance

Professor Peter Boenisch:Professor of European Theatre

Dr Helen Brooks: Lecturer

Dr Oliver Double: Reader

Dr Rosemary Klich: SeniorLecturer

Dr Margherita Laera: Lecturer

Dr Shaun May: 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

LocationsCanterbury, Paris andMoscow

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





Arts Criticism MASee p119.


Drama: Practice as ResearchMAThe programme is for practitionerswho want time to develop andreflect on their work in asupportive and challengingenvironment. It is also for recentgraduates who want either todevelop a body of practice or toconduct practice-based researchat a higher level.

Drama MA, PhD by thesisand practiceIndividual staff research interestscover a wide range of bothhistorical and contemporaryaspects of the theory and practiceof theatre, and supervision isavailable in all of these areas.

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 fields


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ECONOMICS

Postgraduate resourcesAll MSc students are assigned anacademic adviser to be their pointof reference for advice, supportand guidance during their studies. They are also allocated a supervisor for the MScdissertation, who can adviseon data and provide commentson methodologies and writtenmaterial.

The School provides a roomspecifically 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,combining internal workshops withevents to which we invite outsidespeakers. There is also a studentEconomics Society, which invitesits own speakers for discussionof topics in economics, and KentInvest Society, which managesa virtual portfolio.



Our teaching is informed bythe research and scholarshipof teaching staff, and is aimedat motivating you to achieve yourfull potential. All MSc students

www.kent.ac.uk/economics

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. All academic staff are active in research,and teaching and learning are informed by theSchool’s thriving research culture and cosmopolitanacademic 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 as aneconomist 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 Organisationfor Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), HM Treasury,the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, the Department forEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), and the Food StandardsAgency.

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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.


Econometrics for Businessand Economic Development;Economic Principles; Growthand Development Theory;Political Economy of PublicPolicy; Quantitative Methodsfor Economists

• Research Methods• Two optional modules• Dissertation of 12,000 words

on an approved topic

Economics MScLocation: Canterbury

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.


Advanced Macroeconomics;Advanced Microeconomicsof Consumers, Markets andWelfare; Econometric Methods

• Research Methods• Either Time Series

Econometrics orApplied Microeconomics

• Three optional modules• Dissertation of 12,000 words


Economics Conversion MSc

Diploma in EconomicAnalysis PDipLocation: Canterbury

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• Macroeconomics• Microeconomics• Quantitative Economics• Either Policy Analysis or

Environmental Economics,Institutions and Policy

• Either The Public Sector orThe Economics of Moneyand Banking

• Chosen MSc pathway(in Year 2)

Economics andEconometrics MScLocation: Canterbury

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.


Advanced Macroeconomics;Advanced Microeconomicsof Consumers, Markets andWelfare; Applied

take a module in ResearchMethods, 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 MScLocation: Canterbury

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.


Advanced Microeconomicsof Consumers, Markets andWelfare; Econometric Methods;Environmental and ResourceEconomics and Policy;Environmental Valuation;Political Economy of PublicPolicy; Rural and PeasantEconomies

• Research Methods• One optional module• Dissertation of 12,000 words


Applied Economics andInternational DevelopmentMScLocation: Canterbury

This MSc provides training inthe application of economicprinciples to the problems of


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Capital Market Instruments;Time Series Econometrics

• Research Methods• One from: Advanced

Microeconomics ofConsumers, Markets andWelfare; International Finance.

• Dissertation of 12,000 wordson an approved topic

International Business andEconomic Development MScTaught jointly with: Kent BusinessSchoolLocation: Canterbury

This multidisciplinary degreebrings together the areas ofinternational business andeconomic development. It isparticularly suited to businessstudents who require economicsunderstanding in order to pursue acareer in multinational enterprises,international organisations andconsultancy companies.

Course content• Compulsory modules: Business

in an International Perspective;Econometrics for Businessand Economic Development;Economic Principles; Managingthe Multinational Enterprise;Quantitative Methods forEconomists; Strategy

• Research Methods• One from: Corporate

Responsibility andGlobalisation; EconomicDevelopment.

• Dissertation of 12,000 wordson an approved topic

International Finance andEconomic Development MScLocation: Canterbury

This MSc prepares you for workas a professional economist inthe various public and privateinstitutions concerned withinternational finance anddevelopment throughout theworld, or for a career in research

or 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

• Research Methods• One optional module• Dissertation of 12,000 words



International Development MASee p189.


Economics PhD

Agri-EnvironmentalEconomics PhDLocation: Canterbury

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 PhDspecific advanced trainingcourses agreed upon withyour supervisory team. Availablecourses include: macroeconomictheory, microeconomic theory,computational methods,macroeconometrics,microeconometrics, experimentaleconomics, and topics inapplied macroeconomics.

Microeconometrics;Econometric Methods;Time Series Econometrics



Economics and Finance MScLocation: Canterbury

This programme prepares you forwork as a professional economistin the financial and bankingsectors, public sector andinternational organisationsby providing an education inadvanced economic and financetheory and econometric methods.


Advanced Macroeconomics;Econometric Methods;Financial Economics and AssetPricing; Financial Economics:Capital Market Instruments;Time Series Econometrics



Finance and EconometricsMScLocation: Canterbury

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.


Advanced Macroeconomics;Applied Microeconometrics;Econometric Methods;Financial Economics and AssetPricing; Financial Economics:


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Microeconomic theory,games and behaviour Research interests cover: publiceconomics, especially tax policy;gambling and uncertainty;international trade andgovernment procurement; healtheconomics; industrial organisation;game theory and experimentaleconomics; economic history.

Development economics Research interests include:growth; trade; the balance ofpayments; different aspects ofmigration and remittances ongrowth; applied studies focusingon particular developingcountries.

Agri-environmentaleconomics Research interests include:non-market valuation; food safety,information economics appliedto environmental problems;design and evaluation ofagri-environmental policies;biodiversity; agriculturalproductivity and Europeanagricultural policy.

The School’s Centre for EuropeanAgri-Environmental Economics(CEAS), founded in 1974, has a

long history of participating inpolicy debate and enhancingagri-environmental research inthe UK and Europe.

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

Dr Alastair Bailey: Readerin Agricultural Economics

Dr Sylvain Barde: Lecturerin Economics

Professor Alan Carruth: Professorof Economics

Dr Edward Cartwright: Reader inEconomics

Professor Jagjit Chadha:Professor of Economics

Dr William Collier: Senior Lecturerin Economics

Professor Sophia Davidova:Professor of European AgriculturalPolicy

Professor Iain Fraser: Professorof Agri-Environmental Economics

Professor Robert Fraser:Professor of AgriculturalEconomics

Dr Maria Garcia-Alonso: SeniorLecturer in Economics

Further research training insubsequent years includesadvanced reading groups,research workshops and specificcourses related to your research.

Research areasLabour and educationeconomics Staff research includes work inthe areas of wage distributions,skills and job quality, education,migration and trade.

Macroeconomics, moneyand financeStaff research includes: monetarypolicy; macroeconometric theory;dynamic stochastic generalequilibrium (DSGE) models;financial markets andmacroeconomic performancegrowth theory and internationalmacroeconomics; theoreticalmodels of business cycles, labourmarket search and financialsources of economic fluctuations;growth theory and empirics.

The School’s Centre forMacroeconomics, Growth andHistory (MaGHiC) acts as thefocal point for macroeconomicresearch, training and impactat the University of Kent.


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“The teaching at Kent isfantastic. All the academicstaff in the School ofEconomics are researchactive so they include this intheir teaching, which offersdifferent perspectives ontraditional models ortheories.”

Alex WatersAwarded a PhD in Economics, 2013

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Dr Matloob Piracha: SeniorLecturer in Economics

Dr Mathan Satchi: Lecturerin Economics

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 1721F: +32 (0)2 641 1720www.kent.ac.uk/brussels

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 Fernanda Leite Lopez deLeon: Lecturer in Economics

Professor Miguel León-Ledesma:Professor of Economics

Dr Keisuke Otsu: Lecturerin Macroeconomics and Growth

Dr John Peirson: Readerin Economics


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EDUCATION

Postgraduate resourcesThe Centre has staff based in allfaculties in the University, as wellas a core team of Educationspecialists. Higher Education isa broad interdisciplinary field, andmembers of the Centre researchand publish on a wide range ofsubjects. The Centre draws onexpertise 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. The emphasisis on developing an understanding of the current Higher Educationcontext, the diversity of provision and the implications for academicwork.

Students on our taught programmes come from a wide range of subjectbackgrounds and bring a rich variety of experiences to their work,resulting in a lively interdisciplinary dimension to the taught modulesand 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 the field.


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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, MALocation: CanterburyEntry requirements: A PGCHEor equivalent professionalqualification, or negotiatedalternative, plus a minimum oftwo 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

PDip (teaching pathway)• Four optional modules from the

PGCHE optional modules listedleft

MA• Compulsory and optional

modules as for PDip• Dissertation


Higher Education PhDLocation: 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.

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 suits yourinterests and ambitions. You willfind details on the researchactivities of our staff on theCentre’s website.

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 participate




Higher Education PCert(PGCHE)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 you tobring these considerations tobear on your own work andexperience 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 the Higher Education AcademyFellowship.

www.kent.ac.uk/cshe

Dr Jennifer Leigh: Lecturer inHigher Education and AcademicPractice

Dr Janice Malcolm: Reader inHigher Education

Dr Tom Parkinson: Lecturer inAcademic Practice

Dr Edd Pitt: Lecturer in HigherEducation and AcademicPractice; PGCHE ProgrammeDirector

Dr Joanna Williams: SeniorLecturer in Higher Educationand Academic Practice; Director,Centre for the Study of HigherEducation

LocationCanterbury




National ratingsREF 2014: • 97% of the University’sresearch is of internationalquality

• 73% of the University’sresearch is internationallyexcellent

Applications


Research programmes See p250 or contact theCentre for further details.


in the seminars, workshops,newer researcher networks andmasterclasses 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


“The programme is excellent;I have been taught by veryhelpful and supportivelecturers. They understandthat we all come fromdifferent backgrounds andencourage us to relate whatwe are being taught to ourown discipline.”

Ashley CassonMA Higher Education

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ENGINEERING ANDDIGITAL ARTS

Postgraduate resources

The 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 alsohas a 3D body scanner – one ofonly two in the UK.

www.eda.kent.ac.uk

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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wireless communication systems,antenna technology, componentsand systems, and fibre optic andconverged access networks.

Course content• Broadband Networks• Communication Networks• Wireless/Mobile

Communications• Signal and Communication

Theory• Research Methods and Project

Design• Two from: Digital Signal

Processing; RF Systems andCircuit Design; Satellite andOptical CommunicationSystems

• MSc Project

Computer Animation MSc*


Our programme is orientedtowards current industrial needs,technology and practice; it aimsto be a direct route into this high-profile modern, creative industry,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• Animation Principles• Advanced 3D Modelling• Previsualisation• Professional Group Work• Visual Training• Computer Animation Project

Digital Visual Effects MSc*


This programme develops skillsand knowledge within the fieldof high definition digital effects,equipping you to become a highlyskilled technical director (TD) inthe 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 MSc


This programme enables youto develop advanced skills inthe major aspects of modernembedded systems design athardware, 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 FinanceMSc


This MSc teaches concepts offinance at the level suitable toengineers on one hand, while

Taught programmes

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

For those programmes markedwith an asterisk*, applicants mustpresent a portfolio of work.


Assessment

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

Advanced ElectronicSystems Engineering MSc


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• Research Methods and Project

Design• Two from: Advanced Pattern

Recognition Techniques;Advanced Sensors andInstrumentation Systems;Embedded Real-time OperatingSystems; Fundamentals ofImage Analysis

• MSc Project

Broadband and MobileCommunication NetworksMSc


This programme targets theneeds of the rapidly evolvingtelecommunications sector,providing an industriallyrelevant education in thelatest techniques andtechnologies in next-generation


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providing 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

Information Security andBiometrics MSc

Taught jointly with: the 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 Sensors

and Instrumentation Systems;Advanced Java forProgramming; AdvancedPattern RecognitionTechniques; Computing Law,Contracts and ProfessionalResponsibility; IndustrialContext of Biometrics:Standards, Object-orientatedProgramming, Testing andEvaluation of BiometricSystems; System Security;

Trust, Security and PrivacyManagement

• MSc Project

Mobile Application DesignMSc


This programme combinestechnology, interface designand application development formobile platforms, with a particularemphasis on developing iPhoneand iPad apps and creating appswith high usability and reliability.It enables you to gain skills in thelatest technologies in this rapidlyexpanding and developing field.

Course content• HCI for Mobiles• iPhone Application Design• Mobile Application Design

Project• Mobile Web Development• Research Methods and Project

Design for Mobile Applications• Two from: Economics of

the Electronic Marketplace;Embedded Real-TimeOperating Systems; Object-Oriented Programming

• MSc Project

Wireless Communicationsand Signal Processing MSc


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• Digital Signal Processing• Signals and Communication

Theory• Computer and Reconfigurable

Architectures

www.eda.kent.ac.uk

STAFF PROFILE

Michael Fairhurst

Professor of Computer Vision

Michael Fairhurst’s researchinterests focus on computationalarchitectures for image analysisand classification, andapplications includinghandwritten text reading anddocument processing, medicalimage analysis and, especially,security and biometrics.

He is further developing workhe pioneered at Kent, whichestablished novel techniques forthe assessment and monitoringof neurological conditions(following a stroke, for example)through the analysis of patients’writing and drawing abilities.

Professor Fairhurst is a Fellow ofthe International Association forPattern Recognition. He haspublished around 350 scientificpapers and is on the editorialboards of several internationaljournals.

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Digital Arts MSc, MPhil, PhD


The School of Engineering andDigital Arts successfully combinesmodern engineering andtechnology with the exciting newfield of digital media. The DigitalMedia Group has interests inmany areas of interactivemultimedia and digital filmand animation (see below).

Electronic Engineering MSc,MPhil, PhD, EngD


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 groups

Image and InformationEngineering

Current research themes include:• biometrics and security• document processing• handwriting analysis• high-performance image

analysis• medical image analysis• neural systems engineering

and biologically inspiredprocessing

• robotic systems• visual communication.

Instrumentation, Control andEmbedded Systems

The 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.

Broadband and WirelessCommunications

Current main research themesinclude:• antenna systems• electromagnetic bandgaps

and metamaterials• frequency selective surfaces• microwave and millimetre-wave

systems• networks/wireless systems• photonic components• radio-over-fibre systems.

Digital Media

Current research themes include:• interface/interaction design and

human-computer interaction• cyber behaviour/influence• social computing and

sociability design

• Communication Networks• Wireless/Mobile

Communications• Embedded Real-time

Operating Systems• Research Methods and Project

Design• MSc Project


Architectural Visualisation MASee p44.

Research programmes


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.


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“My study at Kent will definitelyenhance my employment opportunities.I have published a number of researchpapers in scientific journals andconference proceedings since the startof my PhD. I have also learnt skills,such as research methodology, projectmanagement, presentation andscientific writing, which are veryhelpful in finding a job in academiaor industry.”

Sally GaoPhD Electronic Engineering

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Dr Gianluca Marcelli: Lecturerin Engineering

Dr Richard Misek: Lecturerin Digital Media

Robert Oven: Lecturer inElectronic Engineering

Professor Ted Parker:Professor Emeritus ofRadio Communications

Dr Matthew Pepper: SeniorLecturer in Electronic Engineering

Dr Konstantinos Sirlantzis:Lecturer in Image Processing andVision

Professor Mohammed Sobhy:Professor Emeritus of Electronics

Professor Sarah Spurgeon:Professor of Control Engineering;Head of School of Engineeringand Digital Arts

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 Qian Zhang: Lecturer inControl Engineering

Dr Huiling Zhu: Lecturerin Communications

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements

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

English language

requirements

See p237

Fees

See www.kent.ac.uk/pg

Funding

www.kent.ac.uk/pgfunding

National ratings

REF 2014, generalengineering:• 98% of our research

judged to be ofinternational quality


Applications



Further information

T: +44 (0)1227 827535 F: +44 (0)1227 456084 E: [email protected]

• natural user interfaces• virtual worlds• online communities

and computer-mediatedcommunication

• mobile applications• digital film-making and

post-production.

Academic staff

For details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.eda.kent.ac.uk/school/staff_directory.aspx

Dr Qasim Ahmed: Lecturer inCommunications

Dr Temitope Alade: Lecturer inMobile Communications

Dr Jim Ang: Lecturer inMultimedia/Digital Systems

Dr John Batchelor: Readerin Antenna Technology

Ania Bobrowicz: Senior Lecturerin Digital Arts

David Byers Brown: SeniorLecturer

Dr Farzin Deravi: Readerin Information Engineering

Dr Christos Efstratiou: Lecturer

Professor Michael Fairhurst:Professor of Computer Vision

Professor Steven Gao: Professorof RF/Microwave Engineering

Dr Nathan Gomes: Reader inBroadband Communications

Dr Richard Guest: Senior Lecturer

Dr Sanaul Hoque: Lecturer inSecure Systems Engineering

Dr Gareth Howells: SeniorLecturer in Electronic Engineering

Dr Benito Sanz Izquierdo:Lecturer in Electronic Systems

Stephen Kelly: Senior Lecturerin Electronic Engineering

Dr Peter Lee: Senior Lecturerin Electronic Engineering

Dr Gang Lu: Senior Lecturerin Electronic Instrumentation


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ENGLISH


The 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 andseminars

Our research centres organisemany international conferences,symposia and workshops. TheSchool also plays a pivotal rolein the Kent Institute for AdvancedStudies in the Humanities, ofwhich all graduates are associatemembers. The Institute hostsinterdisciplinary conferences,colloquia and other events, andestablishes international links forall Kent graduates through itsnetworks.

School of English postgraduatestudents are encouraged toorganise and participate in aconference which takes placein the summer term.

www.kent.ac.uk/english

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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interdisciplinary thinking makes itpossible 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 also take part in acollaborative module taught partlyat 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 centre inthe heart of historic Montparnasse.While in Paris, you take modulesinspired by Paris and its uniquecultural history.


Course content• Compulsory modules: Reading

the Contemporary; Dissertation

Canterbury and London studentstake three from: • Advanced Critical Reading;

Body and Place in thePostcolonial Text; Cinema

and Technology; CollaborativeProject; Colonial andPostcolonial Discourses;Conceptualising Film;Contemporary PostcolonialWriting; European Theatre;Film and Modernity; The Limitsof Fiction; Literary Theory;Post-Conceptual Art and VisualArts Criticism; Provocations andInvitations; Revisioning 21st-Century Translation;Transnational Cinema.

Canterbury, London and Parisstudents take the compulsorymodules, plus: • one from the above list and two

from the modules available inParis.

Creative Writing MA

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.

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,

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.

Taught programmes



Assessment


The Contemporary MA

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 theUniversity’s Paris centre.

This interdisciplinary programmein contemporary culture is aunique collaboration betweenthe University of Kent and the ICA.It offers a study residency at theICA.

You gain a deep understandingof the relationship betweendisciplines in the arts and anappreciation of the way in which


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Amy Sackville, Simon Smith andScarlett 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 Paris 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 in

Canterbury, 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: TheResidency in the second. In thefirst term, you choose from therange of modules on offer inParis.

Critical Theory MA

Taught jointly with: the 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.


and Theory• Example optional modules

include: Advanced CriticalReading; Colonial andPostcolonial Discourses;Comparative Literature inTheory and Practice; EuropeanModernism; Literary Theory;(additional wild modules mayalso be available)

• Dissertation

Dickens and VictorianCulture MA


As the only named Master’sprogramme within the UKdevoted to Charles Dickens,this programme studies the authorin a place that perhaps offersmore Dickensian associations


STAFF PROFILE

Caroline RooneyProfessor of African and MiddleEastern Studies

Caroline Rooney was born inZimbabwe. She works andpublishes mainly in the area ofpostcolonial studies and Arabcultural studies, focusing onliberation struggles and theiraftermaths in both sub-SaharanAfrica and North Africa.

She held a Global UncertaintiesLeadership Fellowship from2012 to 2015 with a programmeImagining the Common Ground:Utopian Thinking and theOvercoming of Resentment andDistrust. It combines creativeand cultural activities,knowledge exchange andinternational networking toexplore the role of the arts intrust-building and establishingsocial resilience.

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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:Literature and Empire in the18th Century; From Caxton toKindle (additional wild modulesmay also be available)

• Dissertation

English and AmericanLiterature MA


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 our

MA 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 toour established areas of researchstrength, such as postcolonialstudies, 18th-century studies,modern poetry and fiction, orVictorian studies. The modulesdraw on different criticalapproaches and focus on a rangeof historical periods, ideas andplaces from modern India to post-war New York to literary London inthe 18th century.

If you are on the split-siteCanterbury and Paris programme,you spend your first term inCanterbury, moving to Paris 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.


than 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 of theVictorian Novel; Dickens, theVictorians and the Body

• Other modules may include:Extremes of Feeling; VictorianSustainability (additional wildmodules may also be available)

• Dissertation

Eighteenth-CenturyStudies MA

Taught jointly with: the School ofEuropean Culture and LanguagesLocations: Canterbury;Canterbury and Paris

It is possible to study thisprogramme either entirely inCanterbury or split betweenCanterbury and the University’sParis centre.

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.


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“A further degree gives you theability to become an expert in yourfield. It shows you have the staminaand determination to complete along and detailed project, aswell as the analytical andcreative skills required.”

Victoria BennettPhD English

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relevant to cultures, such as thoseof Ireland and Australia.

Kent was one of the firstuniversities to establishpostcolonial literary studiesin Britain and has continuedto 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• plus one other module from

those available in Paris.

Research programmes


As a research student, you meetregularly with your supervisor, andcan take part in informal readinggroups and research seminarsto which students, staff and

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 MRes,PhDThis 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 knowledge ofsome sort, and to explore original,contemporary research questions,you are expected to achievealmost all of this in the novel itself.There is no long critical pieceattached to this PhD programme.Instead, you produce a 3-5,000-word essay that works as apreface to your project, linkingyour 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 you toturn it into contemporary fiction.You have a supervisory team toread your work and helpyou with thinking, research,plotting, editing, characterisation,pace, dialogue and so on.

Course contentCanterbury students choose frommodules which may include:• American Modernism; Centres

and Edges; Colonial andPostcolonial Discourses;Extremes of Feeling; FromCaxton to Kindle; Illness andDisability; Imagining India;Jane Austen and MaterialCulture; The Limits of Fiction;Modernism and the Avant-Garde; Provocations andInvitations; (additional wildmodules may also beavailable).

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

• plus three modules from thoseavailable in Paris

• Dissertation.

Postcolonial Studies MA

Locations: Canterbury;Canterbury and Paris

It is possible to study this MAeither entirely in Canterbury orsplit between Canterbury andParis.

The MA in Postcolonial Studiesdevelops your understandingof the politics of culture in relationto both the imperialist world’sinterpretation of the colonial,and postcolonial assertions ofautonomy. In this context, while‘postcolonial’ refers primarily tosocieties of the so-called ‘ThirdWorld’, it also includes questions


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postcolonial literature, modernpoetry, animal humanities, andgender and sexuality.

Postcolonial Studies MRes,PhD

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 literature andmediterranean literature,postcolonial women writers,theory, and travel writing.

Medieval and Early ModernStudies MRes, PhD

The opportunities for researchare many and varied: CanterburyCathedral Archives and Libraryhave an international reputation,but are relatively under-exploitedas scholarly resources; social andreligious aspects of the medievaland the Tudor city of Canterburyprovide fascinating topics forinvestigation; the dramatic andliterary associations of the cityare exceptionally rich. Currentresearch topics include literacyand readership, piety, theReformation, visual andmanuscript culture, community,and drama.

Text and Event in EarlyModern Europe (TEEME):An Erasmus Mundus JointDoctorate

Location: Canterbury in semester1; then a choice of two out of fourlocations: Canterbury, Berlin,Porto or Prague.Attendance: Three years full-timeEntry requirements: A first or 2.1honours degree (or equivalent inother national systems) in anyarea of literature, history or

cultural studies. Applicants fromother humanities or social sciencesubjects will also be considered.

TEEME (an international doctoralprogramme in early modernstudies) is structured arounda unique collaboration betweenuniversity-based researchers inthe humanities and the culturaland creative sector in four EUcountries (United Kingdom,Germany, Portugal, CzechRepublic).

We are looking for candidateswith research projects that arecomparative and interdisciplinaryin conception, that bear a clearrelation to present needs anddebates, and that span at leasttwo different linguistic, religiousand/or ethnic cultures withinEurope, or that relate oneEuropean with one non-Europeanculture, in the period 1400to 1700, or in later political orcultural uses and representationsof early modern literature andhistory. For more information,see www.teemeurope.eu

Research centres

Research 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 century

The particular interests of theCentre for Studies in the LongEighteenth Century convergearound gender, class, nation,travel and empire, and therelationship between print andmaterial culture. Staff in theCentre pursue cutting-edgeapproaches to the field and sharea commitment to interdisciplinarymethodologies.

Poetry: Text, Practice asResearch PhDThis programme allows promisingpoets to develop the potential ofpoetry as a tool of inquiry withinthe humanities. You produce avolume of poetry as well as apiece of scholarly research of30-40,000 words. Given itsemphasis on poetic practiceas research into the possibilitiesand potential for contemporarypoetry, the programme integrateswith the aims and objectives ofthe Centre for Modern Poetryallowing for joint supervisionbetween the two centres. Cross-faculty work on modern poetrywith 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 ResearchPhDThis 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 handed inan album alongside a piece ofscholarly research.

English MRes, PhD

Staff supervise research in mostareas of English and associatedstudies, and have expertise inthe 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,


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investigating the relationshipsbetween literary and non-literarymodes of writing in its weeklyresearch seminar.

Modern poetry

The Centre for Modern Poetryis a leading centre for researchand publication in its field, andparticipates in both critical andcreative research.

Postcolonial

The Centre for Colonial andPostcolonial Research 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

Dr Jennie Batchelor: Reader in18th-Century Studies

Dr Stella Bolaki: Senior Lecturerin American Literature

Professor Peter Brown: Professorof Medieval English Literature

Dr Michael Collins: Lecturer inAmerican Literature

Dr Rosanna Cox: Lecturer in EarlyModern Studies

Dr Vybarr Cregan-Reid: SeniorLecturer in English and AmericanLiterature

Patricia Debney: Reader inCreative Writing

Dr Sarah Dustagheer: Lecturer inEarly Modern Literature

David Flusfeder: Senior Lecturerin Creative Writing

Dr Nancy Gaffield: SeniorLecturer in Creative Writing

Professor Abdulrazak Gurnah:Professor of English andPostcolonial Literatures

Professor David Herd: Professorof Modern Literature

Dr Ben Hickman: Lecturer inModern Poetry

Dr Sarah James: Senior Lecturerin Medieval Literature

Nineteenth century

The 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.

American literature

Research 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.

Creative writing

The Centre for Creative Writing isthe focus for most practice-basedresearch in the School.

Medieval and early modern

The Faculty-based Centre forMedieval and Early ModernStudies has a distinctive brand ofinterdisciplinarity, strong links withlocal archives and archaeologicaltrusts, and provides a forum for


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“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.”

Claire HurleyPhD English

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Dr Robbie Richardson: Lecturerin 18th-Century Literature

Professor Caroline Rooney:Professor of African and MiddleEastern Studies

Dr Derek Ryan: Lecturer inModernist Literature

Amy Sackville: Lecturer inCreative Writing

Dr Simon Smith: Senior Lecturerin Creative Writing

Dr David Stirrup: Senior Lecturerin English and American Literature

Scarlett Thomas: Reader inCreative Writing

Dragan Todorovic: Lecturer inCreative Writing

Dr Juha Virtanen: Lecturer inContemporary Literature

Professor Catherine Waters:Professor of Victorian Literatureand Print Culture

Dr Sarah Wood: Senior Lecturerin English and American Literature

Dr Clare Wright: Lecturer inMedieval Literature

Locations

Canterbury and Paris

Entry requirements

Minimum 2.1 (or equivalent)in a relevant subject forstandard MA pathways.For specific details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg

English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014, English:• 95% of our research


• 10th for research intensity• 15th for research power

Applications



Further information

T: +44 (0)1227 823054 E: [email protected]

Dr Declan Kavanagh: Lecturer in18th-Century Literature

Professor Bernhard Klein:Professor of English Literature

Professor Donna Landry:Professor of English andAmerican Literature

Dr Sara Lyons: Lecturer inVictorian Literature

Dr Ariane Mildenberg: Lecturer inModernism

Professor Michael Neill: Professorof Early Modern Literature

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: Lecturer inMedieval Literature

Dr Alex Preston: Lecturer inCreative Writing

Dr Catherine Richardson: Readerin Renaissance Studies


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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ANDLINGUISTICS


ELL 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).

The Department organises‘LingLunch’, a regular series ofseminars with local and invitedspeakers. CLL also organisesevents, from talks to symposia.In addition, postgraduates canattend any one of three readinggroups: the Experimental 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, acquisition, languageprocessing, language teachingand 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 and

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, Romani, Korean, Spanishand Russian.

ELL is part of the School of European Culture and Languages (SECL),a School which houses eight 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 links withresearch 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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with Cambridge, Essex, Oxford,Queen Mary University of London,SOAS and UCL. ACTL classes areoffered in the autumnand summer.

Taught programmes



Assessment


Applied Linguistics forTeaching English toSpeakers of OtherLanguages (TESOL)


In addition to general entryrequirements, you need oneyear (or equivalent) of relevantteaching experience.

Applied Linguistics is for teacherswho are at the beginning of theircareers and those who have more

experience, but would liketo develop and enhance theirknowledge, skills and 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• Course and Syllabus Design for

TESOL• Language Awareness and

Analysis for TESOL• Materials Evaluation and

Development for TESOL• Meaning• The Practice of TESOL• Second Language Acquisition• Sounds• Structure• Research Dissertation

Linguistics MA


The MA in Linguistics is forgraduates with a backgroundin language and related areaslooking 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).

psycholinguistics and a streamedfilm library, as well as access tosatellite TV channels.

Training

In 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 LingLunch and our annualResearch Day

• participation in trainingseminars covering statistics,the peer-review system andexperimental techniquesin linguistics.

For those who wish to gain in-depth understanding of syntax,semantics and phonology,additional training is providedthrough the Advanced CoreTraining in Linguistics (ACTL) ofwhich Kent is a member along

www.kent.ac.uk/secl/ell

Academic staff

For 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 Marina Kolokonte: Lecturer

Dr Tamara Rathcke: Lecturer

Dr Jeremy Scott: Senior Lecturer

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014, modernlanguages and linguistics:• 100% of our research




Applications



Further information

Professor Amalia Arvaniti T: +44 (0)1227 827734E: [email protected]


“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

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: Sounds;

Structure; Meaning; ResearchSkills; Research Dissertation

• Optional modules include:English Phonetics; LanguageProcessing; Literary Stylistics;Quantitive Research Methods;Sociolinguistic Theory; Topicsin Syntax

Research programme


Linguistics PhD


We welcome applications fromstudents interested in PhDresearch. Please seewww.kent.ac.uk/secl/ell/staff fordetails of staff research interests.

Research centre

Centre for Language andLinguistics (CLL)

English Language and Linguisticsis the main contributor to theCentre for Language andLinguistics. Founded in 2007, theCentre promotes interdisciplinarycollaboration in linguistic researchand teaching. Membershipembraces not just the membersof ELL but also other SECLmembers interested in thestudy 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.

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ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIALSCIENCE


Our postgraduate students haveaccess to dedicated office spacewithin the School and are ableto take advantage of excellentlibrary and computing facilities.Where appropriate, researchstudents are encouragedto expand their experience byteaching part-time in the School.

Taught programme



Assessment


Environmental SocialScience MSc


This interdisciplinary programmeintroduces you to social scienceperspectives on environmentalissues. It draws on sociology,politics, social policy,anthropology and law. Thedissertation is a chance for youto make a specialised study ofa topic that interests you, andwe encourage first-hand research.The programme is suitable forgraduates with a wide range offirst degrees and encourages youto develop a range of transferableskills and competencies.


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 right for details).

Academic staff

For details of individual staffresearch interests, visit therelevant website listed below.

Dr Adam Burgess: Chair in SocialRisk 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 Helen Newing: Lecturer inConservation Social Science www.kent.ac.uk/sac/staff-profiles

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

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014 Social work and social policy:• 2nd for research power• 3rd for research intensity• 5th for research impact and

research quality

Law:• 7th for research power • 8th for research intensity• top 20 for research output,

research quality andresearch impact

Anthropology:• 10th for research power• top 20 for research impact

and research intensity

Applications



Further information

T: +44 (0)1227 823684F: +44 (0)1227 827005E: [email protected]

Course content• Compulsory modules: Design

Philosophy and Ethics of SocialInquiry; Social SciencePerspectives on EnvironmentalIssues

• Four modules drawn froma wide range, including:Environmental Anthropology;Environmental Politics;Ethnobiological KnowledgeSystems; Governing Science,Technology and Society in the21st Century; Risk and Society;various options in environmentallaw and environmental socialsciences

• Dissertation

Research programme


Environmental SocialScience MSc, MPhil, PhD


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.


“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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EVENT AND EXPERIENCEDESIGN


The University of Kent hasinvested over £5 million in theSchool of Music and Fine Art.We occupy a number ofrenovated historic buildings toprovide a range of professional-standard facilities. Our technicalteam offer specialist advice andsupport for all of these.

There is access to a wide rangeof specialist and professionalaudio visual equipment andresources including: high-endHD video, camcorders and digitalSLR cameras; HD hands-freevideo cameras; Final Cut Proand Avid editing suites, audiorecording devices and videomapping software and hardware.

The Engineering Workshop has aphotography and video productionsuite, with analogue and digitalprocessing facilities, a darkroomwith 35mm and medium formatenlargers. The studio has lightingand backdrops for photographyand video production. It ispossible to produce very large-scale digital prints on to a rangeof materials using a large formatindustrial printer.

The Boiler House Workshopprovides facilities for wood, metal,casting, plaster work, fibreglass,textiles and silk-screen printing.There is an outdoor space forprop and set building.

www.kent.ac.uk/smfa

Our teaching is informed by world-leading andinternationally recognised research that providesinnovative and immersive learning while offeringyou important links into professional practice. Partof the School of Music and Fine Art, our submissionfor music, drama and performing arts was ranked1st for research power in the Research ExcellenceFramework (REF) 2014.

We are situated on the Medway campus at the University of Kent,located within The Historic Dockyard, Chatham. This is an internationallyrenowned riverside visitor attraction with ships, historic buildings housingmuseums, galleries and visitor experiences. It is also used as a filmlocation (Sherlock Holmes, 2009; Les Misèrables, 2012; television series,Call the Midwife) and for large-scale public performances and events.This is an ideal location to study and interrogate events and experiences.

The School is home to the Sound-Image-Space Research Centre,which promotes practice-led research within the broad domain of image,sound and the spatial arts. Our teaching is informed by our researchand students explore the creative, conceptual and technical aspectsof the design and production of events and experiences. Following theinterdisciplinary ethos of the School, our students work collaborativelywith practitioners from other subject areas such as music.

Course contentYou take two skill-based modules:• Creative Studio where you work

on ‘live briefs’ from creative/design agencies and creativeproducers

• Immersive Digital Technology,which looks at the developmentand application of new media.

You also take an independentpractice as research module, theEvent and Experience Project anda dissertation module.

There is also an option of takingthe Collaborative Project module,which is designed to promoteinterdisciplinary collaboration.

Academic staff

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

Paul Gambrill: Associate Lecturerin Event and Experience Design

Peter Hatton: Lecturer in Eventand Experience Design

Janet Hodgson: AssociateLecturer in Event and ExperienceDesign

Dr Blanca Regina: AssociateLecturer in Event and ExperienceDesign

Location

Medway

Entry requirements

Usually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in a relevantsubject or comparableprofessional experience.For specific details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg

English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014, music, drama andperforming arts:• 98% of our research



Applications


Further information


The Galvanising Shop is aproduction and performancestudio with a full lighting rigand staging.

The Foundry and Fire Stationhouse recording studios, aFoley recording studio andpost-production rooms.

Our environment is designed toprovide excellent conditions fordynamic postgraduate work thatcontributes to the exciting creativeand research community at theUniversity.

Taught programme



Assessment


Event and ExperienceDesign MA

Location: Medway

This MA covers contemporaryculture that is being deliveredthrough live and mediated events.

On this practice-basedprogramme you benefit fromengagement with regional,national and international eventproduction. It equips you for acareer in both the public andcorporate sectors of theexpanding events industryin the UK and overseas.


“The new MA programmein Event and ExperienceDesign is ideal for art,design, digital arts andperformance and dramagraduates, or professionalswho want to continue theirprofessional development.”

Peter HattonDirector of Studies, Event and Experience Design

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FILM


Film 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, inaddition to first-rate viewingfacilities within our new LupinoCinema.

The purpose-built, and RIBAaward-winning, Jarman Buildingis home to a range of professionalstandard editing and studiofacilities, plus a dedicatedpostgraduate centre andteaching and social spaces.

The Centre for the InterdisciplinaryStudy of Film and the MovingImage promotes our excellencein research and hosts a rangeof research events includingsymposia, visiting speakersand workshops.

Filmmaking

The Department includesinternationally renowned andaward-winning filmmakersamong its members of staff.These include Clio Barnard,Virginia Pitts and LawrenceJackson.

www.kent.ac.uk/arts/film

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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Course contentCanterbury or Canterbury andParis students take:• Advanced Film Theory; Film

and Modernity; Film History• Dissertation.

Canterbury students also takeCinema and Technology.

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 MA

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: See p120.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 taught byaward-winning filmmakers,internationally recognised

Taught programmes



Assessment


Arts Criticism MA


In this programme, you develophigh-level skills and competenciesas a preparation for professionalpractice and further developmentin the field of arts criticism.

Core teaching covers theprofessional practice of historyand theory of arts criticism. Youselect modules to expand yourengagement with your areasof specialisation and, withsubject-specific supervision,produce a substantial portfolio ofreviews in their chosen areas ofarts criticism. Please refer to theSchool of Arts website for themost up-to-date informationon this programme.

Film MA


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.


STAFF PROFILE

Peter StanfieldProfessor of Film

Professor Stanfield’s primaryarea of interest is in Americanfilm cultures. His researchfocuses on film genres andcycles, which includes twomonographs on the Western.He has also publishedextensively on gangster moviesand has co-edited a book onthe blacklist era in Americancinema. Allied to this work isa substantial body of researchon popular music and Americanfilm.

Professor Stanfield teachespulp cinema and Americancinema in all its many guises.He is a co-director of theCentre for the InterdisciplinaryStudy of Film and the MovingImage, and helps lead theresearch group investigatingthe notion and actuality ofrepetition in the arts.

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Research groups

Centre for theInterdisciplinary Studyof Film and the MovingImage

The 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 staff

For details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff

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 Virginia Pitts: Lecturer

Dr Cecilia Sayad: Senior Lecturer

Professor Murray Smith:Professor of Film

Professor Peter Stanfield:Professor of Film; Head of Schoolof Arts

Dr Aylish Wood: Reader

Locations


Entry requirements

Usually, 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

English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings




Applications



Further information

T: +44 (0)1227 827567 F: +44 (0)1227 827846E: [email protected]

film 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: Cinema andTechnology; ConceptualisingFilm; Film and Modernity;Film Criticism

• Dissertation

Research programmes


Film PhD

Film: Practice by ResearchMA, PhD


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 areas

Research 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

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FINANCE

Programmes

• Actuarial Science PDip (p31)• Applied Actuarial Science MSc

(p31)• Economics and Finance MSc

(p90)• Engineering with Finance MSc

(p97)• Finance MSc• Finance, Investment and Risk

MSc• Finance and Econometrics

MSc (p90)• Finance and Management MSc• Financial Engineering and Risk

Management MSc (subject toapproval)

• International Accounting andFinance MSc

• International Banking andFinance MSc

• International Finance andEconomic Development MSc(p90)

• International Master’s in AppliedActuarial Science (p31)

• International Master’s inFinance, Investment and Risk(subject to approval)

• International Master’s inStatistics with Finance (p227)

• Statistics with Finance MSc(p229)

Taught programmes


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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Regulation and FinancialCrises; Fixed Income Markets

• Dissertation

Finance, Investment andRisk MSc

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: See p125.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 thatunderpin 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 from

the 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;Quantitative Methods forFinance

• Four from: Applied FinancialEconometrics; BusinessEconomics; Case Studiesin Finance; Communicationsin Finance and InvestmentWriting; Financial Modellingand Analysis; Fixed IncomeAnalysis; Fund Management;Mathematics of FinancialDerivatives; Portfolio Theoryand Asset Pricing Models

Finance and ManagementMSc


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 the 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 in

Assessment


Finance MSc


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 the 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.

We are seeking recognition forthe MSc Finance programmefrom the Global Association ofRisk Professionals (GARP) andthe Professional Risk Managers’International Association (PRMIA)as a PRMIA academic partner atprogramme level. GARP andPRMIA recognition has alreadybeen obtained for the MScFinancial Markets programme, thepredecessor of the MSc Finance.


Derivatives; Essentials ofFinancial Risk Management;Foundations of Finance;Investments and PortfolioManagement; QuantitativeMethods; Research Methodsand Skills (Finance)

• Two from: Corporate Finance;Finance with Excel; FinancialData Modelling; FinancialEngineering; Financial

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The syllabus is in line withthe professional qualification,Financial Risk Manager (FRM)and is in the process of gainingaccreditation from the GlobalAssociation of Risk Professionals(GARP) for the FRM qualification.

Course contentAll students take the followingcompulsory modules:• Financial Derivatives; Fixed

Income Analysis; PortfolioTheory and InvestmentAnalysis; Project in Finance.

Financial Engineering studentsalso take:• Compulsory modules: Financial

Engineering; Mathematics ofFinancial Derivatives; PortfolioTheory and Asset PricingModels

• 30 credits from: Advanced RiskManagement; BusinessEconomics; Finance andFinancial Reporting; FinancialMathematics; FinancialModelling and Analysis;Financial Risk Management.

Risk Management students alsotake:• Compulsory modules:

Advanced Risk Management;Financial Risk Management

• 60 credits from: BusinessEconomics; Finance andFinancial Reporting; FinancialModelling and Analysis;Mathematics of Finance;Mathematics of FinancialDerivatives; Portfolio Theoryand Asset Pricing Models.

International Accounting andFinance MSc

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: See p125.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 careers

an International Perspective;Corporate Responsibility andGlobalisation; Foundations ofFinance; International FinancialMarkets and Instruments;Organisational Behaviour andHuman Resource Management;Research Methods and Skills(Finance)

• Two from: Corporate Finance;Credit Risk; Financial DataModelling; Financial Regulationand Financial Crises;Investments and PortfolioManagement; Managingthe Multinational Enterprise;Strategy

• Business Report in Finance

Financial Engineering andRisk Management MSc(subject to approval)


The MSc offers two streams:a Financial Engineering streamand a Risk Management stream.The programme has practicalorientation and you benefit fromapplication of quantitative andrisk techniques in the financelab using specialist software.


“The MSc in Finance,Investment and Riskprogramme was verychallenging but well worth itbecause, ordinarily, it wouldhave taken two separateMaster’s to gain the amountof knowledge that I gainedin the one year on thisprogramme. I highlyrecommend this courseto anyone considering acareer in investment orrisk management.”

Lilian UweraMSc Finance, Investment and Risk,now Portfolio Manager in AfricanAlliance Asset Management, Kenya

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of the financial markets in thedomestic and global economies,as well as an appropriate rangeof research skills and relevantpersonal and interpersonal skillsto enable you to interact in the realworld of business and finance.

Elements of practical work on theMSc is carried out in the 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.

We are seeking recognition forthe MSc International Bankingand Finance programme fromthe Professional Risk Managers’International Association (PRMIA)as a PRMIA academic partnerat programme level. PRMIArecognition has already beenobtained for the MSc FinancialServices in Banking programme,the predecessor of the MScInternational Banking and Finance.


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; FinancialEngineering; FinancialStatement Analysis; FixedIncome Markets; InternationalMoney and Finance;Investments and PortfolioManagement

• Dissertation

International Master’s inFinance, Investment andRisk (subject to approval)

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: A goodordinary Bachelor’s degree (orequivalent) in a relevant subject.

The programme providesexcellent training in essentialsof modern finance and is suitablepreparation for entry to the MScin Finance, Investment and Risk,or for embarking on a career infinance. It provides training forthe Investment ManagementCertificate (IMC), the first-levelprofessional qualification offeredby the CFA Institute, UK. Theprogramme is in the processof gaining accreditation for theIMC qualification.

The programme has two pathways,both of which provide a soundgrounding in the principlesof finance theory and practicethrough the compulsory subjects.

in 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: Auditing; FinancialRegulation and FinancialCrises; Financial StatementAnalysis; International Moneyand Finance

• Business Report in Accounting

International Banking andFinance MSc


The programme developscognitive skills that enable youto fully understand the complexity

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Professor Warwick Funnell:Professor of Accounting andFinance

Dr Abdullah Iqbal: Senior Lecturerin Accounting and Finance

Professor Robert Jupe: Professorof Accounting and PublicManagement

Professor Angelos Kanas:Professor of Finance

Professor Miguel León-Ledesma:Professor of Economics

Dr Gianluca Marcelli: Lecturer inEngineering

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

Dr Katsuyuki Shibayama:Lecturer in Economics

Dr Konstantinos Sirlantzis:Lecturer in Image Processingand Vision

Professor Sarah Spurgeon:Professor of Control Engineering

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

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements

Usually, 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

English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014Business and management: • 98% of our research


• 25th (out of 101 institutions)for research intensity

Economics andeconometrics: • 84% of our research



Mathematical sciences: • 100% of our research

judged to be of internationalquality


Applications

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

Further information


In addition, the Standard Pathwayprovides an opportunity for you tolearn about specific areas offinance and gain specific skillswhereas the Language Pathwayenables you to strengthen yourlanguage skills.

Course contentAll students take the followingcompulsory modules: • Business Economics;

Excel Modelling for Finance;Introduction to Securities andInvestments; Mathematics andStatistics for Finance.

Standard Pathway studentschoose from the following optionalmodules:• Finance and Financial

Reporting; Financial andManagement Accounting;Financial Modelling andAnalysis.

Language Pathway studentschoose from the following optionalmodules:• Advanced English for

Academic Study (Science);English for ManagementStudies.

Academic staff

For details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/finance-centre/members/Staff%20profiles.html


Professor Jagjit Chadha:Professor of Economics

Dr Li-Cheng Chang: SeniorLecturer in ManagementAccounting

Dr Farzin Deravi: Readerin Information Engineering


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FINE ART


The University of Kent hasinvested over £5 million in theSchool of Music and Fine Art toprovide a range of professional-standard facilities. You have yourown studio space and access toworkshops that include wood,metal, plaster, digital media, audio-visual media and photography aswell as on-site technical support.

You have access to a broad-basedlibrary stock that encompasses avast spectrum of art practices anda large collection of works onphotography, contemporary visualcommunications, aesthetic theory,cultural studies and philosophy.Our programmes include trips tocities such as Madrid, Berlin andNew York and visits to Londongalleries. There will be additionalcosts associated with these trips;for details please contact theSchool.

www.kent.ac.uk/smfa

Postgraduate study at Kent offers an energetic,challenging and open framework in which to exploreyour artistic practice. We welcome independentthinkers, who seek to develop their practice in anenvironment that encourages diversity in makingand producing artwork in contemporary culture.

In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, arts at Kent wasranked 1st for research power.

The School of Music and Fine Art has cutting-edge facilities at ourmultimillion-pound development at The Historic Dockyard, Chatham.This includes the Sound-Image-Space Research Centre, whichpromotes practice-led research within the broad domain of image,sound and the spatial arts. The focus is on collaborative relationshipsthat generate the production of new creative work, performance,publication, exhibition and curation.

Our programmes prepare you for a professional career in the arts. Weoffer taught theory modules and studio spaces with excellent technicalsupport to realise your practice-based projects, enabling you to developyour work in a challenging research environment.

“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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practice. You have your ownstudio space in which to exploreand test your studio work.

We welcome students who wishto pursue any form of artisticpractice in an interdisciplinarystudio-based researchenvironment. We also offeropportunities for working withmuseums and galleries outsideof the University, developingyour specialism towards theachievement of professionalexcellence within your field.

Course content• Collaborative Project• Development of Practice• Resolution• Dissertation

The programme also includesvisits to galleries, professionalpractice sessions, workshoptraining, lectures, studio andreading seminars and tutorials.

Sound and Image MA

Location: Medway

You develop your creative, criticaland independent practice skillswithin a range of interdisciplinary

sound and image work. Thisprogramme encompassesartist’s film, audio-visual works,installations, interactive andmultimedia works.

The School of Music and FineArt’s cutting-edge facilities includeaudio-visual edit suites, a spatialaudio studio, a Foley studio,rehearsal spaces, a flagshiprecording studio, large-scaledigital printing and the renovatedBoiler House Workshop.

In addition, the Music and AudioArts Sound Theatre (MAAST),a collection of high-qualityloudspeakers, controllers andinterfaces for the diffusionof sound, is one of the bestin the UK.

Course content• Advanced Audio Skills

or Collaborative Project• Resolution: Audio-Visual Project• Sound, Image, Space: Practice

and Process• Dissertation

Dynamic exhibitingculture

Staff exhibit at major institutions inthe UK and beyond. This includesSarah Turner’s Perestroika,(2009); Shona Illingworth’s The

Watch Man – Balnakiel (2011);Dr Steve Klee’s work has beenexhibited at venues includingthe Lena and Roselli Gallery,Budapest; Adam Chodzko hasshown work in Tate Britain, VeniceBiennial and Istanbul Biennial.

Taught programmes



Assessment


Fine Art MA

Location: Medway

This programme develops yourskills toward establishing acreative, critical and independent


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“The tutors are brilliant, perfectlybalancing empathy with pressure;something that I have gained a lotfrom this year. Their backgroundin the specific subject area is whatmakes the course, by providinginvaluable advice.”

Rosie JamesMA Fine Art

Academic staff

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

Adam Chodzko: Senior Lecturerin Fine Art

Dr Andrew Conio: SeniorLecturer in Fine Art; Director ofProgrammes: Fine Art and Eventand Experience Design

Shona Illingworth: Lecturer inFine Art; Director of GraduateStudies

Dr Steve Klee: Senior Lecturer inFine Art

Sarah Turner: Reader; Director ofResearch

Visiting artists and lecturers

Our visiting lecturers all operateas practising artists and writers,and bring an exciting extradimension to our staff portfolio.

Our renowned Visiting Artiststalks programme includesspeakers who have national andinternational profiles, many aremulti-award winners and therange of their practices includesinstallation, moving image, sound,photography, performance,socially engaged practice,painting, sculpture, publishingand curating. In 2014/15our programme includedpresentations by Ruth Ewan,Sally Tallant, Sonia Boyce, JeremyMillar, Lindsay Seers, HayleyNewman, Trish Scott, and AmiClarke.

Location

Medway

Entry requirements

A 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 should beuploaded with yourapplication.

English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings




Applications



Further information


Research programme


Fine Art (Practice asResearch) PhD

Location: Medway

The programme is designed forstudents who wish to pursue anyform of artistic practice in aninterdisciplinary studio-basedresearch environment. Researchstudents are supported throughtheir studies by a supervisoryteam and regular supervisorymeetings. You have your ownstudio space in which to exploreand test your work.

Research students are enrolledon the Researcher DevelopmentProgramme provided by theUniversity’s Graduate School,and can attend regular researchcentre and research group-ledevents. You have access toa national and internationalcross-disciplinary visiting lectureseries involving specialists in yourterritory and beyond.

Research areas

We 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.


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FRENCH


The 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

Every year, a considerable numberof French nationals and nativespeakers of other foreignlanguages follow our postgraduatecourses, while Europeanexchange students who come toKent as undergraduates often stay

www.kent.ac.uk/secl/french

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.

“Since the beginning of myPhD, the Department hasnot only encouraged meto strive for academicexcellence, but has offeredan extensive network ofsupport and an intellectuallystimulating environment.The vibrant research cultureand the friendly atmospherehave allowed me to developboth my academic andpersonal skills.”

Adina StroiaPhD French

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Taught programmes



Assessment


French and ComparativeLiterature MA


It is possible to study thisprogramme based entirely inCanterbury or split between ourCanterbury campus and our Pariscentre.

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-siteprogramme, you spend your firstterm in Canterbury beforerelocating to our Paris centre forthe spring term. In Paris, you arebased in the heart of historic

on to do graduate work. We areinvolved 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.

Training

Kent’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 research

In 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.


STAFF PROFILE

Peter Read Professor of Modern FrenchLiterature and Visual Arts

Professor Peter Readis a specialist on 19th and20th-century French literature,surrealism, literary translationand relationships betweenword, image and culturalcontext. He has publishednumerous books and articleson the work of GuillaumeApollinaire and his circle, andalso on visual artists workingin France, including Picasso,Giacometti and Dufy.

He has contributed essays tocatalogues for exhibitions atthe Tate in London, the NationalGallery of Art in WashingtonDC, the Musée national d’artmodern (Centre Pompidou),Museu Picasso in Barcelona,Van Gogh Museum inAmsterdam and theCentre Pompidou in Metz.

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and Representation; Paris:The Residency; Paris andModernism; Paris and theEuropean Enlightenment

• Dissertation of 12,000 words,written in either English orFrench.

Modern French Studies MA



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.

If you are studying on the split-siteprogramme, you spend your firstterm in Canterbury beforerelocating to Paris for the spring

term. 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.

For further information on theUniversity of Kent, Paris, pleasesee p247.

Course contentCanterbury students take: • Four from: Literature and

Theory; Postmodern DetectiveFiction; Theories of Art inModern French Thought;Real Fictions.

Canterbury and Paris studentstake two modules from thoselisted above and select their Paris-based modules from those listedin French and ComparativeLiterature, see p131.

• Dissertation of 12,000 words,written in either English orFrench

Montparnasse and take modulesdesigned to be relevant to theexperience of living and studyingin Paris. You are encouraged tomake full use of the city’s culturalresources and to integrate theseinto your studies.


Course contentCanterbury students take: • Two from: Literature and

Theory; Postmodern DetectiveFiction; Real Fictions; Theoriesof Art in Modern FrenchThought

• Two from: ComparativeLiterature in Theory andPractice; European Modernism;Literature and Medicine; Writingthe Self.

Canterbury and Paris studentstake one module from each ofthe above lists, plus two from:• Cities in the 19th and 20th

Centuries; Diaspora and Exile;England and France; Entente Cordiale – Myth or Reality; Filmand Modernity; Paris: Reality

www.kent.ac.uk/secl/french

Research centres


See p113.

Centre for Modern EuropeanLiterature

See p67.

Academic staff

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

Dr Tom Baldwin: Readerin French; Head of ModernLanguages

Dr Larry Duffy: Senior Lecturer inFrench

Dr James Fowler: Senior Lecturerin French

Dr David Hornsby: SeniorLecturer in French

Dr Lucy O’Meara: Lecturer inFrench

Professor Peter Read: Professorof Modern French Literature andVisual Arts

Locations


Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings





Applications



Further information

Dr Thomas BaldwinT: +44 (0)1227 824718 E: [email protected]

Research programme


French PhD


We offer PhD programmes, basedin Canterbury with an optionalyear in Paris at the École NormaleSupérieure.

Research areas

Staff 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.


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GERMAN


The 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 as wellas satellite TV channels offeringself-instruction facilities.

Language speaking

Every 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.

Training

Kent’s Graduate School offersall postgraduate students aprogramme of training intransferable skills. The Schoolprovides training workshopsfor postgraduate students withteaching responsibilities, bringingtogether postgraduates from

www.kent.ac.uk/secl/german

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.

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Comparative Literature inTheory and Practice; GermanModernism; Post-War Literatureand Memory

• Optional modules include:European Modernism; Writingthe Self


Modern European LiteratureMA

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.


and Theory• Three from: European

Modernism; GermanModernism; Literature andMedicine; Post-war Literatureand Memory; PostmodernFrench Detective Fiction;Real Fictions; Spanish Cinema;Theories of Art in ModernFrench Thought; Writing the Self


all our subject areas. Researchstudents gain further academicexperience by giving researchtalks in the Centre for ModernEuropean Literature series,and attending national andinternational conferences.

Conferences

We encourage all of ourpostgraduate students to getinvolved in conferences. Recentconferences organised bystaff include Suhrkamp andEuropean Literature (DeutschesLiteraturarchiv Marbach, March2014).

Taught programmes



Assessment


Modern German andComparative Literature MA


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.


STAFF PROFILE

Ian Cooper Lecturer; Director, ModernGerman and ComparativeLiterature MA

Ian Cooper joined Kent in 2012,following a period as Fellow ofthe Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung in Göttingen and, priorto that, a Junior ResearchFellowship at Cambridge. Hiswork ranges across modernGerman literature and thought,with a special interest in therelationship between lyricand philosophical traditions.

Dr Cooper sat on theSteering Committee of a majorLeverhulme Trust InternationalNetwork on The Impact ofIdealism: The Legacy of Post-Kantian German Thought,contributions to which havebeen published by CambridgeUniversity Press.

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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.

Research centres


See p113.


See p67.

Academic staff

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

Dr Ian Cooper: Lecturer inGerman

Dr Deborah Holmes: SeniorLecturer in German

Professor Ben Hutchinson:Professor of European Literature;Co-director, Centre for ModernEuropean Literature

Dr Heide Kunzelmann: Lecturer

For details of staff with researchinterests in comparative literature,see p68.

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings





Applications



Further information

Professor Ben HutchinsonT: +44 (0)1227 823077E: [email protected]

Research programmes


German and ComparativeLiterature PhD

German PhD


Research areas

Staff research interests inGerman include: Austrianstudies; 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 researchseminars help to bringpostgraduates together asa community, as well as tointroduce them to visitingspeakers.

www.kent.ac.uk/secl/german

“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

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HISPANIC STUDIES


The 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 as wellas satellite TV channels offeringself-instruction facilities.

Language speaking

Every year, a considerablenumber of native speakers offoreign languages follow ourcourses and several Europeanexchange students stay on to dograduate 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.

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 MA inHispanic and Comparative Literature helps youacquire 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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Training

Kent’s Graduate School offersall postgraduate students aResearcher DevelopmentProgramme. The Schoolprovides training workshopsfor postgraduate students withteaching responsibilities, whichbring together students from all itssubject areas. Research studentsgain further academic experienceby giving research talks in theCentre for Modern EuropeanLiterature or the Centre for theInterdisciplinary Study of Film andthe Moving Image and attendingconferences.

Conferences

We 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).

Taught programmes



Assessment


Hispanic and ComparativeLiterature MA


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 to

choose options according to yourinterests, while reinforcing yourskills in a widely used worldlanguage.


Comparative Literature inTheory and Practice; Historyand Memory; Spanish Cinema

• One optional module offeredby Comparative Literature,see p66


Modern Hispanic StudiesMA

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; Modern SpanishArt, Music and Popular Culture;Myth, Image, Fashion andPropaganda in the CubanRevolutionary Era; SpanishCinema


Research programme


Hispanic Studies PhD


Research students need todemonstrate competence inSpanish (and Catalan if relevant).

www.kent.ac.uk/secl/hispanicstudies

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. Hercurrent project is a monographentitled Spanish Film Cultures.

She is a co-editor of the seriesSpanish and Latin AmericanFilmmakers for ManchesterUniversity Press.

Her most recent work hasappeared in Screen, Studies

in Hispanic Cinemas and theJournal of Spanish Cultural

Studies.

European Theatre ResearchNetwork

See p87.

Centre for theInterdisciplinary Study ofFilm and the Moving Image

See p120.

Academic staff

For details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/secl/hispanicstudies/staff

Dr Antonio Lázaro-Reboll:Senior Lecturer in HispanicStudies; Director of GraduateStudies (Research)

Dr Montserrat Roser-i-Puig:Senior Lecturer

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

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings





Applications



Further information

Dr Antonio Lázaro-RebollT: +44 (0)1227 823205E: [email protected]

Research areas

Hispanic Studies can be broadlycharacterised as concerned withmodern Hispanic studies, withthree peninsular specialists(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 centres

Centre for American Studies

See p33.


See p67.


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HISTORY


The 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.

Taught programmes



www.kent.ac.uk/history

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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Zero; History of Science andCommunication; Medicine,Environment and Society inthe Modern World; Religionand Society in 17th-centuryEngland; Science, Ethics andControversy; Testimonies ofWar; 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 TechnologyMA


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; GeigerCounter at Ground Zero;History of Modern Medicine,War and the Media; Medicine,Environment and Society in theModern World; Science, Ethicsand Controversy; Science inTranslation; Western Sciencein the Non-Western World

First World War Studies MA


This new MA programme exploresthe military, cultural, political andsocial history of the First World

War, 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;Cinema and Technology; HomeFront Britain; Film History;Ireland and the Great War;Writing the City

Imperial History MA


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 in Imperial and

International History• Optional modules include:

An Intimate History of theBritish Empire; Britain andthe Modern World; Colonialand Postcolonial Discourses;Europe in Crisis, 1900-1925;Extremes of Feeling: Literatureand Empire in the EighteenthCentury; Liberation Strugglesin Southern Africa (tbc); NoEnd of a Lesson: Britain andthe Boer War; War and Nation:The Challenges of StateFormation in Postcolonial LatinAmerica; Writing of Empire andSettlement

Common compulsory modulesfor all programmes• Methods and Interpretation of

Historical Research• Dissertation of 15-18,000 words

Assessment


Modern History MA


It is possible to study thisprogramme entirely in Canterburyor split between our Canterburycampus and our Paris centre.

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 centre 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; Cities at War; Deformed,Deranged and Deviant; Europein Crisis, 1900-1925; From Hitlerto Adenauer, 1933-1963;Geiger Counter at Ground


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War, Media and Society MA


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; Citiesat War; From Wounded Kneeto the Little Bighorn Casino;Geiger Counter at Ground Zero;Scum of the Earth to VirtuousWarriors; Transforming theImage of the Soldier 1800-2000;The Vietnam War in AmericanHistory, Media and Memory


Science, Communication andSociety MScSee p209.

American Studies MASee p33.

Medieval and Early ModernStudies MASee p168.

Research programmes


History MA, PhD


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, PhD


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.

www.kent.ac.uk/history

STAFF PROFILE

Mark Connelly

Professor 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.

Dr Andy Cohen: Lecturer inImperial History

Professor Mark Connelly:Professor of Modern British MilitaryHistory

Dr George Conyne: Lecturer inAmerican History

Dr Peter Donaldson: Lecturer inHistory

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: Lecturer inMedieval History

Dr Danielle van den Heuvel:Lecturer in History

Dr Rebekah Higgitt: Lecturerin History of Science

Professor Gaynor Johnson:Professor of History

Dr Karen Jones: Senior Lecturerin American History

Dr Mark Lawrence: Lecturer inMilitary History

Dr Jan Loop: Senior Lecturer inHistory

Dr Giacomo Macola: SeniorLecturer in African History

Dr Emily Manktelow: Lecturer inBritish Imperial History

Dr Ben Marsh: Lecturer in History

Dr Omar Nasim: Lecturer inHistory 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 Leonie Wells-Furby: Lecturerin Early Modern History

Dr John Wills: Senior Lecturerin American History

Locations


Entry requirements

Usually, 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

English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014, history:• 99% of our research



Applications



Further information


Research areas

Medieval and early modernhistory

Covering c400-c1500,incorporating such themes asAnglo-Saxon England, early-modern France, palaeography,British and European politicsand society, religion and papacy.

Modern history

Covering c1500-present,incorporating such themes asmodern British, European andAmerican history, British militaryhistory, and 20th-century conflictand propaganda.

History of science,technology and medicine

Incorporating such themes ascolonial science and medicine,Nazi medicine, eugenics, scienceand technology in 19th-centuryBritain.

American history

Incorporating themes such asthe American West, the AmericanRevolution, Atlantic history 1500-1800, 20th-century US history andAmerican constitutional, politicaland diplomatic history.

Academic staff

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

Dr Julie Anderson: Reader in theHistory of Modern Medicine

Dr Amy Blakeway: Lecturer inEarly Modern History

Dr Barbara Bombi: Readerin Medieval History

Dr Philip Boobbyer: Reader inModern European History

Dr Timothy Bowman: SeniorLecturer in British Military History

Dr Ambrogio Caiani: Lecturerin Modern European History


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HISTORY OF ART


There 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.

Taught programmes



Assessment


Curating MA


This programme, delivered bySchool of Arts and specialistvisiting lecturers, develops yourskills and provides experiencerelevant to a career in curating.

www.kent.ac.uk/arts/hpa

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.

We were ranked 1st for research power in the Research ExcellenceFramework (REF) 2014 as part of the music, drama and performingarts submission. We currently offer expertise in contemporary artand aesthetics, modernism, theories of art, the historiography ofart and the Cold War; biographical monographs, the photograph(in its historical, contemporary and critical contexts), and the historicalinterplay of image, theory and institutions from the Renaissanceto 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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Aesthetics pathway, which drawson the expertise of our AestheticsResearch Centre.


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 Art ofPortraiture: Historical andPhilosophical Approaches;Conceptualising Film; A Matterof Taste: The Art and Aestheticsof Food; History and Theory ofCurating; Philosophical Issuesin Art History and VisualCulture; Post-Conceptual Artand Visual Arts Criticism;Sculpture in Paris 1840-1940;Theories of Art in ModernFrench Thought; ThinkingTheatre: Theories andAesthetics of Performance.

Canterbury and Paris studentsalso take:• Modern Art in Paris• One from a range of optional

modules including: The Art of

Portraiture; 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 Texts inHistory and Philosophy of Art;Modern Art in Paris; Theory:Where Art, Film and LiteratureMeet (title tbc)

• One module from thoseavailable in Paris

• Dissertation of 12-15,000 words

History of Art MA

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 inthis MA with a particular focuson medieval, Renaissance andbaroque art in Italy. The firstterm is taught in Canterbury.

During the term in Rome, this MAfocuses on the art of Rome witha compulsory module that spansalmost two millennia andexamines the changing faceof the eternal city. This modulespends 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.

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 relating tocurating 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; ExhibitionDevelopment and Design;Post-Conceptual Art and VisualArts Criticism; Reading theContemporary; Theories ofArt in Modern French Thought

History & Philosophy of ArtMA


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 and


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“The teaching at Kent is excellent,I thoroughly enjoy my seminarsbecause our tutors encourage us tobe inquisitive. Also, the tutors are sopersonable and easy to contact; wehave developed a good relationship,so I feel I can ask for their helpwhenever I need it.”

Sophia OlverMA History & Philosophy of Art

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Research programme


History & Philosophy of ArtPhD

As a group, we have acollective interest in developinginterdisciplinary projects,including projects informed byart history and philosophy of artor aesthetics. Shared areas ofresearch interest include:photography, art theory from theRenaissance to recent times, andcontemporary art. We can offersupervision in any of these areas.

Academic staff

For details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff

Dr Jonathan Friday: SeniorLecturer

Professor Martin Hammer:Professor of History & Philosophyof Art

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

Locations

Canterbury, Paris and Rome

Entry requirements

Usually, 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

English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings




Applications



Further information



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 Visual ArtsCriticism; 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 which may include:Raphael and the HighRenaissance in Florence andRome; Michelangelo in Rome;further optional modules to beconfirmed


Arts Criticism MASee p119.


“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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ITALIAN


The 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 as well assatellite TV channels.

Postgraduate community

A 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.

www.kent.ac.uk/secl/italian

Without doubt, Italy is a cornerstone of Europeanculture, art and history, as well as providing acontroversial and stimulating area of studies inthe modern 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 studies interdisciplinaryresearch seminar series and the activities of the newly establishedCentre for Critical Thought, both co-ordinated by the Department,which includes lectures by prestigious guest speakers. The Departmentis also running a PhD cotutelle programme with the Istituto Italiano diScienze Umane (SUM), one of the leading research institutions in Italy.

We can assist with language training needs for overseas postgraduatestudents, particularly where English is concerned, and are alsoinvolved in the Erasmus and Tempus networks.

Research within CCT focuseson the nature and scope of criticalthought from an interdisciplinaryperspective. For further details,see p193.


See p67.

Academic staff

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

Dr Francesco Capello: Lecturer inItalian

Dr Alex Marlow-Mann: Lecturer inItalian

Dr Alvise Sforza Tarabochia:Lecturer in Italian

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings





Applications


Further information

Dr Francesco CapelloT: +44 (0)1227 824049E: [email protected]

Research programme


Italian PhD


We can offer supervision oncontemporary Italian criticalthought as well as contemporaryItalian literature and culturalstudies. We welcomepostgraduate studentswho obtained their firstdegree in Italy.

Research centres

Research at Kent is consciouslyconceived as interdisciplinary.

Centre for Critical Thought

The Department of Italian is oneof the founding departments atthe Centre for Critical Thought(CCT). The Centre consolidates,sustains and develops cutting-edge research on criticallyoriented theory within thehumanities and social sciences.


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JOURNALISM


The 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 scheme tovisit and borrow from other UKlibraries.

www.kent.ac.uk/journalism

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 News

and 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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Multimedia Journalism MA

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, Media Law andEthics, and Principles andPractices of ConvergentJournalism introduce you to theprofessional challenges of modernreporting and prepare you to passthe National Council for theTraining of Journalists’ Diploma inJournalism (this involves passingpapers in shorthand, publicaffairs, law and reporting).You choose academic modulesfrom a range including: Historyof Journalism; The Reporter inFiction; and Communication andHumanitarianism. Students maychoose to complete a dissertation.

Research programme


Journalism MA, MPhil, PhD

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). Allfirst-year research students attenda Methodologies and ResearchSkills seminar. Through the Facultyof Social Sciences, the Centreprovides training in methods ofusing sources and can assist infunding applications.

We welcome researchapplications across the range ofexpertise in the Centre and fromall over the world.

Taught programmes



Assessment


International MultimediaJournalism MA

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; TheReporter in Fiction; ReportingConflict; and Communicationand Humanitarianism. You alsocomplete a dissertation.


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Academic staff

For details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/journalism/staff.html

Professor Tim Luckhurst:Professor of Journalism; Head ofthe Centre for Journalism

Ian Reeves: Director of Learningand Teaching

Richard Pendry: Lecturer inBroadcast and Online Journalism

Lee Kenny: Lecturer in Reporting

Lesley Phippen: Lecturer in Lawand the Media

Rob Bailey: Lecturer in Reportingand Writing

www.kent.ac.uk/journalism

Location

Medway

Entry requirements

Minimum 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.

English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

Kent is ranked 6th in the UKfor journalism in The Guardian

University Guide 2016.

Applications


Research programmes See p250 or contact the Centrefor further details.

Further information


“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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LAW


Kent 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 LLM blog,Mastering Law(http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/klsllm/).

World-leading research

Students 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.

Taught programmes



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 you tospecialise in one or many areas of law. Our LLM programmes at theUniversity’s Brussels School for International Studies also allowsyou 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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The postgraduate programmesoffered within the Law School areusually taught in seminar format.Students on the Diploma and LLMprogrammes study three modulesin each of the autumn and springterms, and a required module inlegal skills. LLM studentscomplete a dissertation of15-20,000 words in the summerterm. It is also possible to obtain aPostgraduate Certificate in Law bytaking three modules in one termfrom the full range available.

Assessment


Canterbury programmes

Choosing your specialisation

The 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.

Specialisations

Criminal Justice

This specialisation is designedfor people who already work, orintend to work, within the criminaljustice system, whether for thepolice, probation service, prison

service 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.

Modules include:• European Union Criminal Law

and Procedure; InternationalCriminal Law; Introduction tothe Criminal Justice System;Policing; Reading MurderCases 1860-1960; TransnationalCriminal Law

• You may also choose frommodules offered on theCriminology MA (see p82)

Environmental Law andPolicy

You study environmental law, indepth, exploring law at national,EU and global levels andcomparing legal regimes.You gain broad expertisewhich 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.

Modules include:• Climate Change and

Renewable Energy Law;Environmental Quality Law;European Union EnvironmentalLaw and Policy; InternationalEnvironmental Law – LegalFoundations; InternationalEnvironmental Law –Substantive Legal Aspects;

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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 US andEurope. He is an electedmember of the AmericanLaw Institute.

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Modules include:• Cultural Heritage Law;

European Union Criminal Lawand Procedure; InternationalCriminal Law; InternationalMigration Law; InternationalProtection of Human Rights;Policing

International Commercial Law

This specialisation equips youwith the intellectual tools topractise international commerciallaw, or work for relevantgovernment departments,regulators and internationalorganisations in a policymaking oradvisory capacity. It also providesan excellent foundation for furtherresearch.

You gain a thorough groundingin the technical legal instrumentsof international commerciallaw, and training ininterdisciplinary frameworksfor analysis of global businessregulation. Emphasis is alsoplaced upon the interaction of lawwith other disciplines, particularlyeconomics and politics.

Modules include:• Corporate Governance;

Economic Sociology of Law;Intellectual Property Law;International BusinessTransactions; InternationalCommercial Arbitration;Contemporary Topics inIntellectual Property;International Financial ServicesRegulation; International Lawon Foreign Investment; Lawand Development; Laws of theMaritime, Air and Outer Spaces;World Trade Organisation Lawand Practice

International Criminal Justice

You develop a criticalunderstanding of the operationof international and transnationalcriminal justice, particularly in

contexts 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).

Modules include:• European Union Criminal Law

and Procedure; InternationalCriminal Law; InternationalProtection of Human Rights;Transnational Criminal Law

• You may also choose onemodule from those offered onthe Criminology MA (see p82).

InternationalEnvironmental Law

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. Youstudy the theoretical, social,political and scientificperspectives that underlie thesubstantive areas of law, as wellas the practical situations in whichinternational environmental lawoperates.

Modules include:• Climate Change and

Renewable Energy Law;European Union EnvironmentalLaw and Policy; InternationalEnvironmental Law – LegalFoundations; InternationalEnvironmental Law –Substantive Legal Aspects

• You may also choose frommodules offered on theEnvironmental Social ScienceMSc (see p115)

European Law

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.

Modules include:• European Comparative Law;

European Union Constitutionaland Institutional Law; EuropeanUnion Criminal Law andProcedure; European UnionEnvironmental Law and Policy;European Union InternationalRelations Law; Foundationsof European Union CommonMarket and Economic Law

Human Rights Law

You examine human rightsprotection at national, regionaland international levels. Thisspecialisation is particularly suitedto those who work in, or hope towork in international organisations,non-governmental organisations,international law firms and foreignaffairs departments. It is alsosuited to those who want todevelop a human rights practicein a domestic law context. Youare encouraged to participatein the activities of our Centre forCritical International Law (CeCIL).


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Modules include:• Those listed in International Law

(see left)• You also take two modules

drawn from the School ofPolitics and InternationalRelations.

Law and the Humanities

Locations: Canterbury and Paris(two week-long intensive modulesavailable at our Paris centre)

Law and the Humanities isa field of interdisciplinary study ofgrowing significance. As the onlyprogramme of its kind in the UK,this LLM specialisation offers aunique perspective on the studyand practice of law. It drawsupon the theoretical andmethodological richness of thehumanities, to equip you with thetools and skills for a thoroughunderstanding of the law. Youdevelop your analytical, critical,and imaginative capabilities, whichwill be of great value to anyonewishing to engage more creativelywith law, whether in an academicor professional capacity.

This specialisation offers theopportunity to study one or twomodules at the University’s Pariscentre, taught in intensive one-week periods in the winter andspring vacations.

Course contentModules include:• Paris: Law and the Humanities

1: Ethos and Scholarship; Lawand the Humanities 2: CurrentIssues

• Canterbury: Cultural HeritageLaw; International HumanRights Law; and ContemporaryTopics in Intellectual Property;as well as modules from thePolitical Theory and Practicesof Resistance MA offered bythe School of Politics andInternational Relations.

Medical Law and Ethics

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.

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

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 BrusselsCentre (returning to your primarylocation to complete yourdissertation).

Course content• Six modules from those offered

on the LLM specialisations inKent Law School, see p154-156


Law (Erasmus-Europe) LLM

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 complete

International Law

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. Students studyingon this specialisation areencouraged to participate in theactivities of our Centre for CriticalInternational Law (CeCIL).

Modules include:• Cultural Heritage Law;

International Criminal Law;International EnvironmentalLaw – Legal Foundations;International EnvironmentalLaw – Substantive LegalAspects; InternationalProtection of Human Rights;Legal Aspects of ContemporaryInternational Problems; PublicInternational Law; TransnationalCriminal Law

International Law withInternational Relations

You cover the methods, scopeand theories of international law,international humanitarian lawand international relations. Thisspecialisation provides a detailedunderstanding of the role ofpublic international law ininternational 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).

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an extended version, which is120 ECTS and consists of anextra three taught modules. Youalso have the opportunity to take asecondary minor specialisation inanother available area of law orpolitics and international relations.This is done through the optionalmodules chosen.

Human Rights Law LLM

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 work in,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 thoseoffered 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 Migration Law;International Relations Theoryfor Lawyers; Law andDevelopment; Law of ArmedConflict; Transitional Justiceand Rule of Law Programming.

• Two optional modules from thefull list of modules offered atBrussels


International Law LLM


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 of

a comparative research paper,supervised by Kent staff, on anarea of law that you have studiedat Kent and your partneruniversity.

Course content• Three compulsory modules

from the range of taught LLMmodules at Kent, see p154-156

• An approved programme ofstudy at a European partneruniversity

• A comparative researchpaper of 7-8,000 words and adissertation of 15-20,000 words

Brussels programmes

Brussels 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 as


“The programme hasgiven me a greater in-depthknowledge of internationallaw. I feel that I will bequalified to get involved ininternational development,or to work with aninternational NGO orin the field of diplomacyupon graduation.”

Vebi KosumiKent LLM

“The standard of lectures is whatone would expect from an institutionwith such a good academic pedigree.My lecturers have immenseknowledge in their fields; this isreally important for me because itsparked a new passion for research.”

Granaibolou TebepahLLM International Commercial Law

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accompany your applicationwith a 1,500-2,000 word researchproposal, detailing your intendedresearch project, andmethodology.

Research areas

For the most up-to-date informationsee: www.kent.ac.uk/pg

Criminal justice

Much 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 aswell as teaching and educationinitiatives, especially inco-operation with localcriminal justice agencies.

Critical commercial lawand business

Staff and graduate studentresearch features theoretical,empirical, comparative anddoctrinal studies and spans awide range of critical socio-legalapproaches to commercial,business and financial institutions.

Critical obligations

Our expertise in the area ofobligations shares a commitmentto challenging the apparentlycoherent and common senserules of contract and tort. We dothis by identifying the conflicts inthe 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 law

The Law School is a recognisedcentre of excellence in researchand graduate teaching inenvironmental law, spanninginternational, EC and nationallaw and policy. Research interests

include climate change, theaquatic environment, biodiversityconservation, regulation andenforcement, and trade.

European andcomparative law

European 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.

Gender and sexuality

Kent 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 regulation

This research cluster focusesspecifically on the character ofregulation and governance inorder to critically understand thedifferent 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 on awide range of different currents,including socio-legal studies;Foucauldian perspectives onpower and governmentality; ActorNetwork Theory; feminist political

governmental, 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 such asglobal counter-terrorism, globalvalue chains, and foreigninvestment arbitration.

Course content• Legal Aspects of Contemporary

International Problems• Fundamentals, Dissertation

and Research• Three modules from those

offered by Kent Law Schoolin Brussels, including: EUConstitutional and InstitutionalLaw; EU Migration Law;International Criminal Law;International Diplomatic Law;International Economic Law;International Law of the Sea; International Migration Law;Law of Armed Conflict;Transitional Justice andRule of Law Programming

• Two optional modules from thefull list of modules offered atBrussels


Research programmes


Law LLM, MPhil, PhD(Brussels PhD only)

Socio-legal Studies LLM,MPhil, PhD

Locations: Canterbury andBrussels

We welcome applications forresearch degrees in a wide rangeof areas. We recommend youcontact the School informallybefore applying, and you should


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relations 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 development

Law 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 philosophy

Several academics work incultural theory and political theory(including on normative concepts,religion and the state). Whilefeminist and critical legal theoriesare focal points at Kent Law

School, the departmentalexpertise also covers moreessential aspects such asclassical jurisprudence and theapplication of philosophy to law.

Property law

Kent Law School’s propertylawyers have a range ofoverlapping interests in global andlocal property issues. Their workcovers indigenous people’srights, the environment, housing,community land, social enterprise,cultural heritage law and urbandesign, as well as the questionof intellectual property. They havelinks with anthropologists at theUniversity. Research draws ontheoretical perspectives includingpostcolonialism, feminism, andFoucault.

Additional areas of researchinterest

Other research areas within KLSinclude: human rights; labour law;law and culture; law, science andtechnology; legal methods andepistemology; public law; andrace, religion and the law.

theory and political economy;postcolonial studies; continentalpolitical philosophy; culturalstudies; and utopian studies.

Healthcare law and ethics

Within this group, there is aparticular focus on issues relatingto human reproduction. Much ofthe research carried out in thisarea is critical and theoretical and has an interdisciplinaryflavour. Staff have developedcollaborations with ethicistsand medical professionals.

International law

The 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, international

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Professor William Howarth:Professor

Dr Suhraiya Jivraj: SeniorLecturer

Dr Hyo Yoon Kang: Lecturer

Dr Sara Kendall: Lecturer

Per Laleng: Senior Lecturer

Professor Robin Mackenzie:Professor

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

Dr Nikolas M Rajkovic: SeniorLecturer

Professor Iain Ramsay: Professor

Dr Sinéad Ring: Lecturer

Professor Geoffrey Samuel:Professor

Professor Harm Schepel:Professor

Professor Sally Sheldon:Professor

Dr Sophie Vigneron: SeniorLecturer

Professor Dermot Walsh:Professor

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

Locations

Canterbury, Brussels andParis

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237.

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014, law: • 99% of our research


• 7th for research power • 8th for research intensity• top 20 for research output,

research quality andresearch impact

Applications



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

Academic staff

For 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

Dr Emilie Cloatre: Senior Lecturer

Professor Davina Cooper:Professor

Dr Eleanor Curran: SeniorLecturer

Dr Karen Devine: Senior Lecturer

Lisa Dickson: Senior Lecturer

Dr Darren Dinsmore: Lecturer

Professor Maria Drakopoulou:Professor

Máiréad Enright: Lecturer

Dr Luis Eslava: 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


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MATHEMATICS


The 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.

Taught programmes



Assessment


Mathematics and itsApplications MSc


This programme allows you tofurther enhance your knowledge,creativity and computational skillsin core mathematical subjects and


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.

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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.

Research programme


Mathematics MSc, MPhil,PhD

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.

Research areas

Nonlinear differentialequations

The 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 equations

Current 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 biology

Artificial 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 systems

Current research on quantumintegrable systems focuses onpowerful exact analytical andnumerical techniques, withapplications in particle physics,quantum information theory andmathematical physics.

Topological solitons

Topological solitons are stable,finite energy, particle-like solutionsof nonlinear wave equations thatarise due to the generaltopological properties of thenonlinear system concerned. Thisresearch focuses on classical andquantum behaviour of solitons withapplications in various areas ofphysics.

Algebra and representationtheory

A 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 of

their 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;Asymptotics and PerturbationMethods; Functional Analysis;Geometric Integration;Introduction to Lie Groups andAlgebras; Mathematics andMusic; Nonlinear Analysis andOptimisation; Nonlinear Wavesand Solitons; Poisson Algebrasand Combinatorics; Symmetries,Groups and Invariants

• Dissertation (compulsory).

International Master’s inMathematics and itsApplications

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.


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Academic staff

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


Professor Peter Clarkson:Professor of Mathematics

Dr Alfredo Deano: Lecturer inMathematics

Dr Clare Dunning: Reader inApplied Mathematics

Professor Peter Fleischmann:Professor of Pure Mathematics

Dr Steffen Krusch: Lecturer inApplied Mathematics

Dr Stéphane Launois: Reader inPure Mathematics

Dr Bas Lemmens: Senior Lecturerin Mathematics

Dr Ana Loureiro: Lecturer inMathematics

Professor Elizabeth Mansfield:Professor of Mathematics

Dr Jaideep S Oberoi: Lecturer inFinance

Dr Rowena E Paget: SeniorLecturer in Pure Mathematics

Dr John Pearson: Lecturer inMathematics

Dr Clélia Pech: Lecturer inMathematics

Dr Constanze Roitzheim:Lecturer in Mathematics

Dr Markus Rosenkranz: SeniorLecturer in Mathematics

Dr James Shank: Reader inMathematics

Dr Huamao Wang: Lecturer inFinance

Dr Jing Ping Wang: Reader inApplied Mathematics

Dr Nils Waterstraat: Lecturer inMathematics

Dr Ian Wood: Lecturer inMathematics

Dr Chris Woodcock: SeniorLecturer in Pure Mathematics

Dr Pavlos Xenitidis: Lecturer inMathematics

Dr Kuan Xu: Lecturer inMathematics

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014, mathematicalsciences: • 100% of our research



Applications



Further information


both groups and algebras areimportant in diverse areas ofmathematics, such as statisticalmechanics, knot theory andcombinatorics.

Algebraic topology

In 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 theory

The 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.

Financial mathematics

Research includes work onfinancial risk management,asset pricing and optimal assetallocation, along with modelsto improve corporate financialmanagement.

Linear and nonlinearfunctional analysis

Research in this branch ofmathematical analysis isconcerned with linear andnonlinear 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.


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MEDICINE, DENTALAND HEALTH SCIENCES

Programmes

Taught

• Advanced and SpecialistHealthcare MSc (see p196)

• Advanced Child ProtectionMSc (p58)

• Analysis and Intervention ofIntellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities PDip, MSc (p211)

• Applied Behaviour AnalysisPCert, PDip MSc (p211)

• Applied Drug Discovery MSc(p175)

• Applied Health Research MSc(p214)

• Autism Studies PCert, PDip, MA(p211)

• Biotechnology andBioengineering MSc (p47)

• Cancer Biology MSc (p47)• Cognitive Psychology/

Neuropsychology MSc (p200)• Developmental Psychology

MSc (p200)• Drug Design MSc (p47)• Forensic Psychology MSc

(p201)• General Pharmacy Practice

PCert, PDip, MSc (p175)• History of Science, Medicine,

Environment and TechnologyMA (p141)

• Independent/SupplementaryPrescribing PCert (p176)

• Infectious Diseases MSc (p48)• Intellectual and Developmental

Disabilities PCert, PDip, MA(p211)

• Law (specialism Medical Lawand Ethics) PDip, LLM (p156)

• Medical Humanities MA (p180)• Medicines Management PCert,

PDip, MSc (p177)

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 p217), the Centre for Professional Practice(see p195), the Tizard Centre (see p210), Kent Law School (see p153),Medway School of Pharmacy (see p174), the School of Biosciences(see p46), the School of Psychology (see p199), the School of History(see p140) and the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences (see p224).


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Flexible programmes

Our 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 bothmedical and non-medical students

on 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.

• Primary Dental Care forFoundation Dentists PCert(p196)

• Primary Dental Care PDip, MSc(p196)

• Professional Practice PCert,MA, MSc (p197)

• Reproductive Medicine:Science and Ethics MSc (p48)

• Sports Science for OptimalPerformance MSc (p225)

Clinical and research

• Applied Psychology MPhil, PhD(p212)

• Biochemistry MSc, MPhil, PhD(p48)

• Cell Biology MSc, MPhil, PhD(p48)

• Community Care MPhil, PhD(p212)

• Cognitive Psychology/Neuropsychology PhD (p202)

• Doctor of Medicine MD (p48)• Forensic Psychology PhD,

NRPhd (p202)• Genetics MSc, MPhil, PhD

(p48)• Intellectual and Developmental

Disabilities MPhil, PhD (p212)• Medicine and Health Sciences

MPhil, PhD (p221)• Mental Health MA, MPhil, PhD

(p212)• Microbiology MSc, MPhil, PhD

(p48)• Pharmacy MPhil, PhD (p177)• Sport, Exercise and Health

Science Professional Doctorate(p225)

• Sport and Exercise SciencePhD (p225)

• Sports Therapy andRehabilitation PhD (p225)

Professional links

Many of the staff within theacademic divisions have aclinical commitment to the NHSor industry. Likewise, our honorarystaff have a commitment to NHSposts, but additionally provide avaluable contribution to theUniversity’s programmes.

www.kent.ac.uk/pg

Locations

Canterbury and Medway

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014Biological sciences:• 100% of our research judged

to be of international quality;88% of this being world-leading or internationallyexcellent


History:• 99% of our research judged

to be of international quality• 8th for research intensity • top 20 for research power

Law:• 99% of our research judged

to 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 judged

to be of international quality;81% of this being world-leading or internationallyexcellent


Psychology:• 97% of our research judged

to be of international quality• 11th for research intensity

Social work and social policy:• 99% of our research judged

to be of international quality• 2nd for research power• 3rd for research intensity• 5th for research impact and

research quality

Sport and exercise sciences:• 94% of our research judged

to be of international quality• 18th for research intensity

Applications


Research programmes See p250 or contact the relevantschool for further details.

Further information

T: +44 (0)1227 827272

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MEDIEVAL AND EARLYMODERN STUDIES


Canterbury 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 programme ofconferences and colloquia.

The Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies(MEMS) is an interdisciplinary centre for the study of Medieval and Early Modern periods. Ourteaching staff are drawn from English, History,Architecture, Classical & Archaeological Studies,History of Art, and the Canterbury ArchaeologicalTrust. Research across our subject areas was highlyrated in the Research Excellence Framework (REF)2014.

MEMS offers a successful, interdisciplinary MA programme, whichattracts students from across the world. Our thriving communityof graduate students benefit from the Centre’s involvement in theprestigious EU-funded Erasmus Mundus doctoral programme,Text and Event in Early Modern Europe (TEEME).

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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“The Centre for Medievaland Early Modern Studies’vibrant community ofenthusiastic postgraduatestudents and talentedacademic staff make itan excellent place to createand undertake excitingresearch projects. Thetraining and guidanceI’ve received have provedinvaluable in furtheringmy research.”

Tom LawrencePhD Medieval and Early ModernStudies

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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; Grand Designs andIntimate Liaisons; Parents andChildren: The Iterations of KingLear; Reading the MedievalTown; Spend, Spend, Spend:Shopping and Selling in Pre-Industrial Europe; Trade, Traveland Government in EarlyModern England

• Dissertation

Research programmes

Medieval and Early ModernStudies MA, MPhil, PhD


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.

Text and Event in EarlyModern Europe (TEEME):An Erasmus Mundus JointDoctorate

Locations: Canterbury thenBerlin, Porto or Prague

TEEME is an international doctoralprogramme in early modernstudies funded by the EuropeanUnion under the Erasmus Mundusscheme. It is structured arounda unique collaboration betweenuniversity-based researchers inthe humanities and the culturaland creative sector in four EUcountries: the Czech Republic,Germany, Portugal and the UK.Applicants from other humanitiesor social science subjects will beconsidered.

We are looking for candidateswith research projects that arecomparative and interdisciplinaryin conception. They must beara clear relation to present debatesand span at least two different

Taught programme

For the most up-to-date informationplease see www.kent.ac.uk/pg

Modules listed are subject tochange. Please contact theCentre for more informationon availability.

Assessment


Medieval and Early ModernStudies MA


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.

www.kent.ac.uk/mems

Dr Sarah James: Senior Lecturerin Medieval Literature

Professor Bernhard Klein:Professor of English Literature

Dr Ryan Perry: Lecturer inMedieval Literature

Dr Catherine Richardson: Readerin Renaissance Studies

Dr Clare Wright: Lecturer inMedieval Literature

History

For details of individual staffresearch interests see:www.kent.ac.uk/history/staff

Dr Amy Blakeway: Lecturer inEarly Modern History

Dr Barbara Bombi: Reader inMedieval History

Professor Kenneth Fincham:Professor of Early Modern History

Dr Helen Gittos: Senior Lecturerin Medieval History

Dr Emily Guerry: Lecturer inMedieval History

Dr Jan Loop: Senior Lecturer inHistory

Dr David Potter: Reader in FrenchHistory

Dr Phil Slavin: Lecturer inMedieval History of Science

Dr Danielle van den Heuvel:Lecturer in Early Modern History

History of Art

For details of individual staffresearch interests see:www.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff

Professor Tom Henry: Professorof History of Art

Dr Ben Thomas: Senior Lecturerin History of Art; Curator, Studio 3Gallery

Locations

Canterbury, Berlin, Porto orPrague

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014Architecture: • 8th for research intensity

and 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



Further information


linguistic, religious and/orethnic cultures within Europe.Alternatively, they can relate oneEuropean with one non-Europeanculture, in the period 1400 to1700, or in later political or culturaluses and representations of earlymodern literature and history.

For more information, please goto www.teemeurope.eu

Research areas

The 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 staff

Architecture

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

Dr Nikolaos Karydis: Lecturer inArchitecture

Classical & ArchaeologicalStudies

For details of individualstaff research interests see:www.kent.ac.uk/secl/classics/staff

Dr Luke Lavan: Lecturer inArchaeology

Professor Karla Pollmann:Professor of Classics

English

For 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: Lecturer inEarly Modern Literature


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MUSIC


The University of Kent hasinvested over £5 million in theSchool of Music and Fine Art.A number of buildings in TheHistoric Dockyard, Chatham,have been renovated to providea range of professional-standardfacilities. These include a largerecording studio, a Foleyrecording space, surround-soundstudio and post-production rooms.All have been designed to thehighest standard to provide anexcellent environment forpostgraduate work.

We have an array of loudspeakersfor electroacoustic performance,live sound and collaborativearts projects. Students areencouraged to participate inconcerts and interdisciplinaryevents, becoming part of theexciting artistic environmenthere at the University.

The Drill Hall Library is wellresourced in our subject areaand houses special collectionsof CDs, DVDs and musicalscores. Students also haveaccess to specialist online andprinted journals as well as otherelectronic resources.

www.kent.ac.uk/smfa/musicandaudio

Our taught and research programmes are excitingand innovative, offering you the opportunity tomix with composers, sound designers, film-makers,technologists, ethnomusicologists, theorists, visualartists and curators. Our submission for music,drama and performing arts was ranked 1st forresearch power in the Research ExcellenceFramework (REF) 2014.

We are situated on the Medway campus at the University of Kent andour facilities include purpose-built recording studios, post-productionrooms, rehearsal spaces, workstations and seminar rooms. We havea 5.1 recording and compositional space, a spatial audio studio anda multi-loudspeaker sound diffusion system for the performance ofsonic art and live electronics.

The School is also home to the Sound-Image-Space Research Centre,which promotes practice-led research underpinned by theory andscholarship within the broad domain of image, sound and the spatialarts. Our students explore both the creative and technical aspects ofmusic and its related technologies and have the opportunity to workcollaboratively with practitioners from other arts subjects.

“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

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Music MA

Location: Medway

This programme offers threepathways: research; composition;and performance.

Students studying the researchpathway focus on the history andtheory of music, developing anunderstanding of a range ofcritical perspectives. Compositionstudents focus on the creationand analysis of music, takinginto account major musicdevelopments in recent decades.Performance students can chooseto concentrate upon musicologicalor audio technology skillsalongside a focus on instrumentalperformance.

• Compulsory modules:Advanced Audio Skillsor Critical and HistoricalPerspectives on Music(dependent on pathwaychosen); Specialist Project

• Optional modules include:Composition Techniques;Ensemble Performance;Interdisciplinary Project

• Dissertation

Music Technology MA

Location: Medway

This programme focuses onthe use, development andimplementation of technologywithin the wider musicalcontext, exploring issues such asinteractivity, audio programming,sound spatialisation andmultimedia. You also gainadvanced training in popularmusic production and haveopportunities to developexpertise in a range ofsoftware environments.

• Compulsory modules:Advanced Audio Skills;Music Technology Project

• Optional modules include:Cinema for the Ears:Composing with Soundand Space; CompositionTechniques; Technologyin Performance

• Dissertation

Popular Music MA

This programme offers threepathways: research; production;and performance.

Students studying the researchpathway focus on the historyand theory of popular musicconsidering key issues andmethods in the study of mass-mediated music. Productionstudents focus on popular musicrecording and post-productionprocesses with particularreference to industry standardsand modes of creativity.Performance students can chooseto focus on musicological or audiotechnology skills alongsidepopular music performance.

• Compulsory modules:Advanced Audio Skillsor Critical and HistoricalPerspectives on Music(dependent on pathwaychosen); Specialist Project

• Optional modules include:Advanced Acoustics andPsychoacoustics; EnsemblePerformance; Popular andWorld Music

• Dissertation

Sound and Image MA

Location: Medway

This programme focuses uponthe creation and critical analysisof audio-visual works. Technicalexperimentation is informed by thepractices and critical insights ofkey artists working in areas suchas film, interactivity, installation artand multimedia. Throughout theprogramme, you are encouraged

Music and Audio Arts SoundTheatre (MAAST)

This is a portable, flexible sounddiffusion system designed for theperformance of electroacousticmusic and research in spatialsound. The system comprisesa custom-made 32-channelGluion console and an array ofGenelec loudspeakers, whichinclude 16 bi-amplified 8020s,20 8040s, four tri-amplified1038s, and 7060B and 7070Asubwoofers. The console controlsthe sound diffusion through OSC and Max/MSP. The set-upallows for diffusion of stereo and multichannel works in two overlapping circles ofloudspeakers that surroundthe audience and an on-stagearrangement for an extendedpanoramic sound image.

Research-led musicalculture

Kent was ranked 1st for researchpower for our music, drama andperforming arts submission in theREF 2014. Staff within the Musicand Audio Arts Departmentincludes academics, performersand composers who all publish,perform or have their compositionsperformed on a regular basis.

Taught programmes


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

Assessment



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“My passion is my music and I feelprivileged that I am able to composeevery day, in inspiring surroundingswith modern facilities. I find thelandscape of the Dockyard quitecharming and introspective.Another aspect I like about thecampus is that Fine Art and Musicshare a working space, whichenriches the experience.”

Rodrigo TasconPhD Music Composition

Research groups

Music and Audio ArtsResearch Group (MAARG)

This research group sitsalongside, and intersects with,the School’s Sound-Image-SpaceResearch Centre and aimsto develop a research umbrellawhere composers, performersand musicologists can workindividually or as a team onidentifiable themes. Theseinclude: music cultures,acousmatic music, visualmusic/electroacousticmovies, acoustic composition,interactive forms of electronic,electroacoustic music, popularmusic; sound diffusion, spatialaudio/ambisonics and sound art.

Academic staff

Full details of individual staffresearch interests can be foundat: www.kent.ac.uk/smfa/staff

Dr Ben Curry: Lecturer in Music

Professor Kevin Dawe: Professorof Ethnomusicology; Head ofSchool

Dr Paul Fretwell: Senior Lecturerin Music

Professor Tim Howle: Professorof Contemporary Music

Duncan MacLeod: Lecturer inMusic

Dr Aki Pasoulas: Lecturer inMusic

Location

Medway

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings


judged to be ofinternational quality.

• 1st for research power• top 20 for research quality

Applications



Further information


to examine recent artistic andcultural developments as a meansof enriching your own creativepractice.

Course content• Advanced Audio Skills or

Collaborative Project • Resolution: Audio-Visual Project• Sound, Image, Space: Practice

and Process• Dissertation

Research programme

For the most up-to-dateinformation see www.kent.ac.uk/pg

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,Composition or Performance)PhD (subject to approval)

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.

An application for study at PhDlevel is typically by the submissionof a research proposal, followedby an interview.


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PHARMACY


Postgraduate 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 programmes

Programmes are in units offive, ten, 15 and 30 credits. Thisvariable credit structure enablesyou to individualise your studyprogramme to suit your needs.

Taught programmes


The modules listed are subjectto change. Please contact theSchool for more information onavailability.

Assessment


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 Programme

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 MSc

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, PDip

Location: MedwayEntry requirements: Registrationwith the General PharmaceuticalCouncil (GPhC).

This programme provides general-level hospital pharmacists –registered with the GPhC andworking – with the core skillsrequired to provide holisticpharmaceutical 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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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

governance• statistics for research• sampling and recruiting

applicants• designing and using data

collection instruments• analysing quantitative and

qualitative data.

Independent/SupplementaryPrescribing PCert

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 two

years’ 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-medicalprescriber. 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.

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 content• Establishing Your Clinical and

Professional Practice• Medicines Management in

Practice• Practitioner Development

General Pharmacy PracticeMSc

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.


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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• 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

Research programme


Pharmacy MPhil, PhD

Entry requirements: Minimum 2.1honours degree in an appropriatesubject, or taught Master’s.Potential applicants with non-standard qualifications butsignificant 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.

Course content• Consultation and Decision-

making• Non-Medical Prescribing in

Context• Putting Prescribing into

Practice• Safe and Effective Prescribing

Medicines ManagementPCert, PDip, MSc

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-effectiveprescribing 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.


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Biological sciences

This 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 practice

This 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.

Location

Medway

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

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 ratings

REF 2014, pharmacy:• 93% of our research

judged 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 information

T: +44 (0)1634 202935E: [email protected]

The programme givespostgraduate students theintegrated, broad-based researchtraining needed to exploit currentadvances in pharmaceutical andbiological sciences andpharmacy practice.

Research areas

Chemistry and drug delivery

This 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


SECL 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 School alsoprovides 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.

Training

Research 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.

Taught programmes



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 eight other disciplines: classical &archaeological studies; comparative literature; English language andlinguistics; French; German; Hispanic studies; Italian; and religiousstudies. This means that students can draw on the excellent resourcesof a diverse team of teachers with expertise in many key areas ofEuropean culture.


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Assessment


Medical Humanities MA


You are introduced to manyquestions asked about medicinefrom within the humanities. Forexample, you can examine thehistory of Western medicine andconsider how 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, and thenthree optional modules, withinstreamed 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 MA


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 previousphilosophical training whowould like to gain more training

in philosophical methodology,and/or narrow down their interestsof specialisation in preparationfor an MPhil/PhD.

Course contentThere are weekly dedicated MAseminars in theoretical philosophyand practical philosophy/history.In addition, you may choosefrom a number of mixedundergraduate/postgraduatemodules, which typically include:Aesthetics; Contemporary Theoryof Knowledge; Descartes-Kant;Logic; Metaethics; NormativeEthics; Paradoxes; PhilosophicalLogic; Philosophy of CognitiveScience and Artificial Intelligence;Philosophy of Language;Philosophy of Mind; Philosophyof Religion; Philosophy ofScience; Political Philosophy;Wittgenstein.

Special topics are also availablefrom other approved MA coursesin SECL, the School of Arts andKent Law School.

Reasoning MA


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.

www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy

STAFF PROFILE

Kristoffer Ahlstrom-VijSenior Lecturer in Philosophy

Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij’s researchinterest is in the epistemic good:what it is, and what empiricalpsychology can tell us abouthow we can attain it. He hasconducted research on whetherour dual tendency for bias andoverconfidence suggests thatwe should practice epistemicpaternalism. He has also workedon the epistemic value of liberaldemocracy and on epistemicjustice.

He was part of aninterdisciplinary project titled‘Knowledge in a Digital World’ –a collaboration between Kent’sCentre for Reasoning and LundUniversity, Sweden. The projectfocused on the extent to whichit is appropriate to trust onlinesources, and on whether it isever appropriate to restrict freespeech on the web.

Research areas

The main research interests ofthe staff 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.

Academic staff

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

Dr Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij: SeniorLecturer in Philosophy

Dr Laura Biron: Lecturerin Philosophy

Dr David Corfield: SeniorLecturer in Philosophy; Headof Department

Dr Graeme A Forbes: Lecturerin Philosophy

Professor Peter Hacker: Professorof Philosophy

Dr Edward Kanterian: SeniorLecturer in Philosophy

Dr Simon Kirchin: Readerin Philosophy

Dr Lubomira Radoilska: Lecturerin Philosophy

Dr Julia Tanney: Reader inPhilosophy of Mind

Professor Jon Williamson:Professor of Reasoning, Inferenceand Scientific Method

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014, philosophy: • 97% of our research


• 12th for research impact • top 20 for research power

and 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]

Course contentYou may, in consultation withthe Programme Director, choosefrom a number of modules,which typically include: AdvancedTopics in Mind and Language;Advanced Topics in Reasoning;Logic; Philosophy of CognitiveScience and Artificial Intelligence;Philosophy of Language;Philosophy of Logic; Philosophyof Mind; Philosophy of Science.

You may also choose from awide range of reasoning-relatedmodules in psychology, law,computing, statistics, social policyand the history of science. Otherwild modules are possible inphilosophy and other areas.

Research programme


Philosophy PhD


The list right 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 us todiscuss your plans at an earlystage of your application.


“I really enjoy beingintegrated in theDepartment’s dynamics.The support is very good,everybody is available tohelp you and they arehappy to do it.”

Juliette FerryMA Philosophy

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PHYSICAL SCIENCES


The 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 links

The 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 ground-breakingscience 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, anda 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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Forensic Science MSc


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 Laboratory

Techniques• Contemporary and Advanced

Issues in Forensic Science• Fires and Explosions• Forensic DNA Analysis and

Interpretation• 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

Physics (EuroMasters) MSc

Two-year programme, 120 ECTScredit equivalentLocation: Canterbury

The School offers a two-yearMaster’s degree in Physics inpartnership with the South EastPhysics Network (SEPnet) whichcomprises the universities ofHertfordshire, Kent, the Open

University, Portsmouth, QueenMary University of London, RoyalHolloway University of London,Southampton, Surrey and Sussex.The programme involves both ataught and research component.

In the first year, you follow ataught Master’s programme,which includes specialisedresearch, and in the secondyear you undertake an advancedresearch project. There is also theoption to change locations 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,and is suitable for students whowish to pursue a PhD or a careerin physics upon completion. It isopen to all European entrants.

Research programmes


Chemistry MSc, MPhil, PhD

Physics MSc, MPhil, PhD


We make every attempt to allocateyou a supervisor directly in yourfield of interest, consistent withavailable funding and staffloading. When you apply, pleasegive specific indications of yourresearch interest including, whereappropriate, the member(s) ofstaff you wish to work with andwhether you are applying fora studentship or propose tobe self-funded.

Taught programmes


Modules listed are subject tochange. Please contact theSchool for more informationon availability.

Assessment


Forensic Science GDip


The programme provides a broadfoundation of the science and lawthat underpins forensic practiceand methodology in modernsociety. This includes detailedknowledge of the physicaltechniques and methods of assay,analysis and examination used byforensic scientists, together withthe chemical and biologicalknowledge required forunderstanding forensicevidence and its presentation.

Admission may be possible withexemptions for advanced standingand credit accumulations.

Course content• Advanced Forensic Project

Laboratory• Criminal Law for Forensic

Scientists• Firearms and Ballistics• Forensic Expert Witness Skills• Forensic Physical Methods • Law of Evidence for Forensic

Science• One from: Fires and

Explosions; Forensic DNAAnalysis; Image Processing

On completion of the programme,you are able to proceed to furtherstudy in the forensic area orin aspects of chemistry, physicsor bioscience that are relevant toforensic and related practices.


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Research groups

Applied Optics Group (AOG)

The Group’s research focuseson optical sources, opticalconfigurations and signalprocessing methods for opticalmeasurements and imaging.

Optical sensorsThis activity largely coversresearch into the fundamentalproperties of guided waveinterferometers, and theirapplication in fields rangingfrom monitoring bridge structuresto diagnostic procedures inmedicine.

Biomedical imaging/Opticalcoherence tomography (OCT)OCT is a relatively new techniquethat can provide high-resolutionimages of tissue, which has amajor application in imaging thehuman eye. We are investigatingdifferent technologies.

The Group is developing systemsin collaboration with national andinternational institutions to extendthe OCT capabilities from systemsdedicated to eye imaging,endoscopy, imaging skin andtooth caries to non-destructivetesting outside the medical arena.

Adaptive optics andmicroscopyThe Group also conductsresearch on coherence gatedwavefront sensors, imaging withreduced aberrations and assistingeye imaging with adaptive opticsfor enhanced transversalresolution. Also, novel microscopyincluding two photon absorption.

LasersResearch is being conducted onsupercontinuum sources as wellas fast tunable lasers, to servehigh-performance OCT.

Signal processingProcessing the interferometricsignals with correlation methodsfor master slave interferometryinvented by the AOG, as well asusing Fast Fourier transformationson graphic cards.

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)

Our research is concerned withthe synthesis and characterisationof functional materials, asexemplified by materials withuseful optical, catalytic, or


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Michael Went

Professor of Chemistry andForensic Science

Professor Went’s researchinterests focus on syntheticand analytical chemistry.The synthetic chemistryexpertise has been appliedto co-ordination chemistry oftechnetium, rhenium and copperwith applications in nuclearmedicine. Currently, he isinvolved with the synthesisof new radiopharmaceuticalscontaining isotopes of copperand zirconium for the imagingof hypoxia and as use asradiotracers.

His recent publications inforensic analysis report thedevelopment of methods fordetecting drugs of abuseembedded in fingerprints byRaman spectroscopy as well asthe detection of the ‘date rape’drug GHB by microcrystal testsand X-ray diffraction.

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Soft functional materialOne of the most exciting areasof research is the design of ‘soft’functional materials organisedat the nanoscale, using organic,organometallic, polymer andinorganic chemistry to investigatethe synthesis of such materials.The materials are beingdeveloped as smart adhesivematerials for biomaterialapplications, self-assemblingbioactive, electroactive anddrug delivery vehicles andconducting/photoconductingliquid crystalline materials.

The Group’s researchincorporates a range of syntheticskills (peptide, ligand, polymer,heterocyclic, organometallicand inorganic synthesis), usingsynthetic laboratories with theassociated characterisationtechniques (FT-IR, UV-Vis, 1H,13C and 29Si NMR spectroscopy,polarimetry). The Group usesvarious means to examine theorganisation of self-assemblingmaterials including DSC, DMTA,polarising optical microscopy,X-ray diffraction, dynamic NMRspectroscopy and electronmicroscopy.

Theory and modelling ofmaterialsThe Group’s interest focuses onfirst principles modelling of rareearth materials, carbon nanotubesand oxides, and classicalmodelling of ionic solids andglasses. We primarily use firstprinciples simulations to solveproblems in condensed matterphysics and materials chemistry.In the case of ionic solids, we alsouse classical modelling to studyproperties that require computercalculations.

One strand of our researchcovers nanostructured materials,surfaces, oxides, carbon andwater/ice in situations rangingfrom vacuum surface science tocomplex nanostructured batteryelectrodes. Another strand ofresearch covers first principlessimulations involving relativisticquantum mechanics, to accuratelymodel the properties of rareearth materials and relativisticeffects in materials, includingsuperconductivity. We alsoundertake classical modelling tostudy time-consuming properties,such as diffusion in ionic crystalsand medium-range structure ofglasses.

Centre for Astrophysics andPlanetary Science (CAPS)

Research focuses onobservational, experimental andmodelling programmes in starformation, planetary science andearly solar system bodies, galacticastronomy and astrobiology.We gain data from the largesttelescopes in the world and inspace, such as ESO’s Very LargeTelescope, the New TechnologyTelescope, the Spitzer SpaceTelescope and the HerschelSpace Observatory. We alsouse our in-house facilities whichinclude a two-stage light gasgun for impact studies.

electronic properties, and with anemerging theme in biomaterials.The Group uses computermodelling studies to augmentexperimental work. The researchcovers the following main areas:

Amorphous andnanostructured solidsOur interest is in inorganic solids(primarily ceramics and glasses)which possess useful functionalproperties (for example, electrical,optical, catalytic) stemmingfrom their composition and/ornanostructures. Our researchincludes the synthesis of novelmaterials, the experimentalcharacterisation of their atomicand nano-scale structure andthe computer modelling ofthese structures and associatedproperties. Our work relieson access to world-classinternational facilities such as theISIS pulsed neutron source at theRutherford Appleton Laboratory,and the ILL neutron and ESRFsynchrotron X-ray sources inGrenoble (France). Increasingly,advanced computer modellingand simulation methods are beingintegrated with the experimentalwork.


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Dr George Dobre: Senior Lecturerin Applied Optics

Dr Dirk Froebrich: Senior Lecturerin Astronomy and Astrophysics

Dr Stuart Gibson: Lecturer inForensic Science

Professor Mark Green: Professorof Materials Chemistry; Head ofSchool

Dr Simon Holder: Reader inOrganic Chemistry

Dr Stephen Lowry: SeniorLecturer in Astronomy andAstrophysics

Dr Emma McCabe: Lecturer inChemistry

Dr Jingqi Miao: Senior Lecturer inTheoretical Astrophysics

Dr Gavin Mountjoy: Reader inCondensed Matter Physics

Professor Adrian Podoleanu:Professor of Biomedical Optics

Dr Mark Price: Senior Lecturer inSpace Science

Dr Emma Pugh: Lecturer inPhysics

Dr Jorge Quintanilla-Tizon:Lecturer/SEPnet Fellow inCondensed Matter Theory

Dr Silvia Ramos-Perez: Lecturerin Materials Physics

Dr Dean Sayle: Reader inChemistry

Dr Christopher Shepherd:Lecturer in Forensic Science

Professor Michael Smith:Professor of Astronomy

Dr Christopher Solomon: Readerin Physics

Professor Paul Strange: Professorof Physics

Professor Michael Went:Professor of Chemistry andForensic Science

Dr Penny Wozniakiewicz:Lecturer in Space Science

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements

Usually, a minimum 2.1(or equivalent) in a relevantsubject. For specific detailssee www.kent.ac.uk/pg

English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014 Physics: • 100% of our research


• 7th for research impact

Chemistry: • 98% of our research


Applications



Further information


Staff are involved in a wide rangeof international collaborativeresearch projects. Areas ofparticular interest include: starformation, extragalactic astronomyand solar system science.

Academic staff

For details of individualstaff research interestssee: 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

Dr Stefano Biagini: SeniorLecturer in Organic Chemistry

Dr Barry Blight: Lecturer inOrganic Chemistry

Professor Mark Burchell:Professor of Space Science

Dr Sam Carr: Lecturer in Physics

Dr Ewan Clark: Lecturer inChemistry

Dr Anna Corrias: Reader inChemistry


“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


Students 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 programmes

We offer a variety of options forall of our taught programmesto ensure that your specificrequirements are met. All of ourone year MA programmes atCanterbury 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 whichcomprise nine taught modulesand a dissertation. For certainprogrammes you can spend aterm abroad or split your timebetween Canterbury and Brussels.

Brussels School ofInternational Studies

Brussels School ofInternational Studies (BSIS) isa multidisciplinary postgraduateschool of the University ofKent. Since 1998, the BSIShas been offering studentsa multidisciplinary educationdelivered by leading academics

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 eight 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 France, Germany, Poland and Russia enable us to offerDouble Award versions of the MAs in European and Global Governance,and International Relations, and a joint MA programme in Peace andConflict Studies.


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and 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.

Taught programmes



Assessment


EU External Relations MA


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.

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;Foreign Policy Analysis; GlobalGovernance and InternationalOrganisation; InternationalEconomic Regulation;Migration: Conflict, the Stateand Human Rights; Partiesand Elections; PoliticalCommunication; PoliticalStrategy; Public Policy AnalysisEU Politics and Governance;Europe and Global Change;Foreign Policy Analysis;International Relations Theory.

• Three optional modules fromthe full list of modules offeredat the School

• Dissertation

European and GlobalGovernance MA


The European Union (EU)profoundly shapes the way politicsand democracy work in Europeand its impact is felt in our liveson a daily basis. In recent yearsthe EU has experienced deepeconomic crisis and increasedquestioning of the purpose andtrajectory of European integration,as well as the interrogation of itsglobal role in the face of increasedsecurity concerns such as on itseastern borders.

As the flagship Master’sprogramme of Kent’s GlobalEurope Centre, our European andGlobal Governance programmeaddresses these challengingissues and provides an advancedunderstanding of the EU tothose wishing to deepen theirknowledge and to prepare for

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Ruth Blakeley Professor of InternationalRelations

Ruth Blakeley has developedan international reputation forresearch on state violence.She secured an Economic andSocial Research Council (ESRC)Small Grant for research on theGlobalisation of Rendition andSecret Detention. One of theoutcomes of this 18-monthstudy, begun in January 2011,is the Rendition Project Website:www.therenditionproject.org.uk

This is a continuing project thatanalyses the global system ofrendition, secret detention andtorture initiated by the GeorgeW Bush administration after9/11. Blakeley said, ‘TheRendition Project aims touncover the extent of the globalrendition system, by bringing allthe data together in one place.’

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International ConflictAnalysis MA

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

of Politics and InternationalRelations

• Theories of Conflict andViolence

• Three other modules taughtwithin the School

• Dissertation

The two-year, 120 ECTS creditformat, comprises nine taughtmodules and a dissertation. Youcan choose to study in Canterburyfor the first year and in Brusselsfor the second.

International Conflict andSecurity MA


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 recommendations

for 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

• Fundamentals, Dissertationand Research

• Dissertation

International DevelopmentMA


This interdisciplinary programmetaught by academics, practitionersand policymakers gives you anunderstanding of the multifacetedpolitical, economic and legalprocesses that shapedevelopment. It is suitablefor 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 choose

a wide range of careers inEuropean affairs. Drawing ona range of modules includingcomparative political science,international relations, andEuropean Union law, theprogramme blends academicanalysis and practical application,making the study of the EUrelevant to the challenges andopportunities the enlarged EUfaces in the 21st century.

Course content• The European Union in the

World• The Governance of the

European Union• Philosophy and Methodology



• Dissertation

If you are studying on the 120ECTS version of this programme,you can spend the first term of thesecond year studying abroad atone of our partner institutions.

European and GlobalGovernance MA(International Double Award)

Locations: Canterbury and eitherGrenoble or Krakow

This version of the EuropeanGovernance programme offersthe opportunity to study at twoinstitutions in two differentcountries and obtain two Master’sdegrees. You spend the first yearat Kent and the second year atone of our partner institutions inGrenoble or Krakow. Successfulcompletion of the programmeleads to the award of the MA inEuropean and Global Governance(IDA) and either the MasterEtudes Internationales etEuropéenes from the Institutd’Etudes Politiques de Grenobleor the Master in European Studiesfrom the Jagiellonian UniversityKrakow.


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International PoliticalEconomy MA


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



• Dissertation

International Relations MA

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

International Relations MA(International Double Award)

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.

International Relations withInternational Law MA


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• Public International Law• Philosophy and Methodology


between an economic stream anda politico-legal stream, supportedby modules from variousdepartments.

Course content• Politics of International

Development• Development: Theory and

Practice• One from: Developmental

Economics; Gender andConflicts; Law andDevelopment; State,Market and Society



• Dissertation

International Migration MA


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).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


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Political Strategy andCommunication MA


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• One from: Foreign Policy

Analysis; InternationalDiplomatic Law; Negotiationand Mediation


• Dissertation

Terrorism and Society MA

Taught jointly with: the School ofSocial Policy, Sociology and SocialResearchLocation: Canterbury

This unique multidisciplinaryprogramme examines questionsof terrorism from internationalrelations, sociology andcriminology perspectives and istaught by a world-leading teamled by Professor Keith Hayward,founding figure of CulturalCriminology, and Dr Ruth Blakeley,who leads a team spearheadingcutting-edge research on renditionused by top human rights lawyersand NGOs worldwide.

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 betterunderstand 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 the School ofPolitics and International Relationsand the School of Social Policy,Sociology and Social Research.

Course content• Philosophy and Methodology


• Terrorism and Modern Society• Terrorism and Crimes of the

State

• Three other modules chosenfrom the School of Politics andInternational Relations and theKent Law School, making a totalof four Politics and InternationalRelations modules and two Lawmodules

• Dissertation

Peace and Conflict StudiesMA

Location: Canterbury andMarburg

You spend your first year inCanterbury and the second yearin Marburg where courses aretaught in English. The programmefeatures a mandatory internshipthat is linked to the dissertation.

Course contentCanterbury• Conflict Resolution in World

Politics• Philosophy and Methodology


• Theories of Conflict andViolence


• Dissertation


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“Kent positions itself as the ‘UK’sEuropean university’ and it lives upto that name. I’ve got to know peoplefrom all parts of Europe and metofficials from various Europeanorganisations. Kent was one of thefew universities that had a courseI could fine tune to my interests.”

Darius MikulenasMA European and Global Governance

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brings together academicsworking on different aspects ofconflict and security as well asPhD and Master’s students.Current research includes aninvestigation into how migrantcommunities can support peacebuilding in their home society. TheCentre is also at the forefront oftrying to resolve actual conflicts –for example, it played a role inthe Moldova-Transnistria peaceprocess and has supportedreconciliation efforts in Africa.

Global Europe Centre (GEC)

The GEC focuses on the study ofEurope and its relations with theoutside world. Its research focusis on contemporary policychallenges to Europe and itsnation states and engagementwith policymakers and policy-shapers is at the core of itsactivities. The GEC disseminatespolicy-relevant research viapublications, research-ledknowledge transfer workshops,conferences and public lectures.The Centre is committed to thecreation of the next generationof ideas innovators andpolicymakers, demonstrated by itslearning, teaching and knowledgeexchange activities and via theGlobal Europe Student Forum.The GEC is interdisciplinaryand aims to develop synergiesacross Politics and InternationalRelations, Economics, Law,Business, History, and EuropeanLanguages and Culture.

Centre for Critical Thought(CCT)

The CCT is a multidisciplinaryinitiative across the SocialSciences and Humanitiesfaculties, co-ordinated by staffin Politics and InternationalRelations, Law and the School ofEuropean Culture and Languages’Italian Department. Staff andstudents interested in cutting-

edge critical thought meet todiscuss their work and to explorethe insights of interdisciplinarycollaboration. In addition, it servesas a forum for lectures, includingthe Annual Kent Lecture in Politicaland Social Thought, seminars andan annual workshop.

Centre for Federal Studies(CFS)

The CFS is the only one of its kindin the United Kingdom. The focusof its activities is not only theestablished federations, but alsothe European Union (EU) as anemergent federal union togetherwith those parts of the worldwhere federal arrangements havethe practical possibility to promotepeace and stability.

Academic staff

For details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/politics/about-us/staff

Dr Albena Azmanova: Readerin Social and Political Thought(Brussels)

Dr Tugba Basaran: Lecturer inInternational Relations (Brussels)

Dr Ruth Blakeley: Professor ofInternational Relations

Dr Ingvild Bode: Lecturer inInternational Relations

Professor Michael Burgess:Professor of Federal Studies

Dr Tom Casier: Senior Lecturerin 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

• Three other modules chosenfrom the School of Politicsand International Relationsand the School of Social Policy,Sociology and Social Research

• Dissertation

Research programmes


Comparative Politics MRes,PhD

International ConflictAnalysis MRes, PhD

International Relations MRes,PhD

Political and Social ThoughtMRes, PhD

Location: Canterbury (MRes,PhD) or Brussels (PhD)Start: September or January

Research areas

Our research interests are wide-ranging, with particular strengthsin conflict analysis and resolution,political theory and Europeanpolitics. The School has threecore research groups: Conflict,Security and Human Rights;Comparative Politics; and Politicaland Social Thought, as well as thefour research centres listed below.

We are part of the South EastESRC Doctoral Training Centre,making us one of the key trainingoutlets 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/postgraduates/research-programmes/pgrhandbook.pdf

Conflict Analysis ResearchCentre (CARC)

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Dr Neophytos Loizides: SeniorLecturer in International ConflictAnalysis

Dr Iain MacKenzie: SeniorLecturer in Politics; Directorof Graduate Studies (Research)

Dr Luca Mavelli: Senior Lecturerin Politics and InternationalRelations

Dr Seán Molloy: Reader inInternational Relations

Dr Edward Morgan-Jones: SeniorLecturer in Comparative Politics

Dr Jane O’Mahony: SeniorLecturer in European Politics

Dr Adrian Pabst: Senior Lecturerin 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: Lecturer in Britishand Comparative Politics

Dr Laura Sudulich: SeniorLecturer in Politics/PoliticalScience

Dr Harmonie Toros: SeniorLecturer in International ConflictAnalysis

Professor Richard G Whitman:Professor of Politics; Director ofthe Global Europe Centre; Headof School

Dr Andrew Wroe: Lecturer inAmerican Politics

Locations

Canterbury and Brussels

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014, politics andinternational studies: • 96% of our research


• 15th for research power • top 20 for research impact

Applications



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 Paolo Dardanelli: SeniorLecturer in European andComparative 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

Dr Frank Grundig: Lecturerin International Relations

Dr Yvan Guichaoua: Lecturer inConflict Analysis (Brussels)

Dr Toni Haastrup: Lecturerin International Security

Dr Sarah Hyde: Senior Lecturer inPolitics and International Relationsof East Asia

Dr Amanda Klekowski vonKoppenfels: Lecturer in Migrationand Politics (Brussels)

Professor Elena Korosteleva:Professor of International Politics,Director of the Global EuropeCentre (Professional Studies);Director of Graduate Studies(Taught)

Dr Ersun Kurtulus: Lecturerin Middle Eastern Politics

Dr Pak Kuen Lee: SeniorLecturer in Chinese Politicsand International Relations


“I feel I have gained muchmore knowledge than in myundergraduate degree andI am more experienced inthe field of research. BecauseI am able to focus on myspecial interests, I feel moredriven and enthusiasticabout my studies.”

Hatice OzyurtMA Peace and Conflict Studies

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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Flexible programmes

The 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 a trans-disciplinary academic department focused onflexible 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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Advanced and SpecialistHealthcare MSc

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).

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 contentAll students take the followingcompulsory modules:• Evidence-Based Practice• Inter-professional Working• Research Skills• Dissertation.

You then take modules specific toyour chosen pathway.

Primary Dental Care forFoundation Dentists PCert

Location: NHS Health EducationKent, Surrey and Sussex(Postgraduate Dental Deanery)Entry requirements: Nominationfor Dental Foundation Training inPrimary Dental Care Practicedelivered by NHS HealthEducation KSS; registrationwith the General Dental Council.

The programme is work-basedand structured specifically forprimary dental care practitionersentering the Foundation DentistYear 1 training. It has a flexible,modular format and adopts ablended learning approach,designed to combine academicstudy, professional practiceand online techniques, andis delivered by experiencedspecialist staff at NHS HealthEducation KSS.

The content promotes subject-specific knowledge andcompetencies in preparation forentry into the recognised primarydental care career pathway. Italso provides transferable creditstowards a Fellowship of theFaculty of General DentalPractice UK (FFGDP).

The initial award is for aPostgraduate Certificate butfurther study can lead to aPostgraduate Diploma andonwards to a Master’s degree.

Course contentAll students take the followingcompulsory modules:• Dental Clinical Practice• Dental Key Skills• Professionalism in Dentistry.

Primary Dental Care PDip,MSc

Location: NHS Health EducationKent, Surrey and Sussex(Postgraduate Dental Deanery)Entry requirements: Currentregistration with the GeneralDental Council; involvement inprimary dental care practice;working in an environment thatenables the study and successfulcompletion of the programme.

The programme is designed forprimary care dentists wishing todevelop their personal and

Professional links

Our staff have a wealth ofexperience and knowledgeworking 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 Trust and the New HorizonsTeaching School Alliance, withwhich the University of Kenthas close working relationships.

Continuing professionaldevelopment (CPD)courses

We offer a number of CPDcourses in evidence-basedpractice, research skills,collaborative and interprofessionalworking. You can obtain furtherinformation about theseprogrammes from the Centre.

Taught programmes



Assessment


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NHS Health Education KSSCareer Pathway, the careerdevelopment framework thatleads to the Fellowship of theFaculty of General DentalPractice, the FFGDP(UK).

Course content• Compulsory module: Research

Skills• Optional modules include:

Appraisal of Dental Practices;Clinical Education; ClinicalEndodontics; Clinical Minor OralSurgery; Clinical Periodontics;Law and Ethics in Practice;Leadership and Managementin Primary Care.

• Dissertation

Professional Practice MA,MSc

Professional Practice(Teaching and Learning) MSc

Location: MedwayEntry requirements: Aprofessional qualificationor appropriate degree-levelqualification and/or equivalentwork experience at theappropriate level. Studentsentering the programmeare expected to demonstrate

professional 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.

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 contentYou take the following compulsorymodules:• 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; ora choice of modules from acrossthe University; or a combination ofboth (subject to availability):• Power Dynamics within

Professional Practice

professional skills in order toengage more effectively inmeeting the changing needsof a modern dental care service.

The programme provides youwith the opportunity to assessand raise the standards of patientcare through workplace-basedlearning; to critically reviewoutcomes of care deliveredthrough informed research andaudit; to enhance skills in clinicaland non-clinical disciplines. It alsoprovides a quality standard toassist Primary Care Trusts wishingto contract with dentists forspecial interest services.

With guidance and supportfrom the NHS Health EducationKSS teaching staff, studentsconsider the nature of their rolein the practice, and are assessedon the underpinning theory behindtheir clinical and non-clinical work.By analysing your skills andknowledge in this way, you areable to increase your professionalcontribution to the practice andultimately, to your patients.

The programme providestransferable credits to the


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Research areas

Current research areas include:• communities of practice• experiential learning• power dynamics• professionalisation• reflective practice.

Academic staff

For details of individualstaff research interests,see www.kent.ac.uk/cpp/about/staff.html

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 Suzanne Martin: Lecturer inPsychotherapy

Dr Mike Nicholls: Honorary SeniorLecturer

Dr David Oliver: Honorary Readerin Supportive and Palliative Care

Dr Claire Parkin: Lecturer inProfessional Practice (Health)

Maureen Shaw: Senior Lecturer inPsychotherapy

Dr Terence Nice: Lecturer inPsychotherapy

Dr Nick Riding: Lecturer inPsychotherapy

Dr Trevor Welland: Lecturer inProfessional Practice

Locations

Medway and Tonbridge

English language

requirements

See p237.

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014Kent was ranked 17th in theUK for research intensity and97% of our research wasdeemed to be of internationalquality.

Applications


Further information


• Qualitative Research MethodsApplied to Professional Practice

• Quantitative Research MethodsApplied to Professional Practice

• Special area of study.

Teaching and learningpathway

This 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.

Professional Practice PCert

Location: TonbridgeEntry requirements: As forProfessional Practice, see p197.

Please note: this programmeis subject to availability in thislocation.

The Postgraduate Certificate inProfessional Practice is deliveredby expert academics andpractitioners from the Centrethrough a series of four taughtweekends, which consistof tutorials and seminars held atthe University of Kent’s TonbridgeCentre, plus study at home.

Over the course of the sessions,you explore your existing workpractice, with modules designedto help you review and analysethe current debates relevant to theprofessional context in which youwork.

Course content• Learning and Development in

Organisations• Evidence-Based Practice• Interprofessional Working• Research Skills

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PSYCHOLOGY


The 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, allcontaining networkedcomputers

• 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 labs:including one for simultaneousTranscranial MagneticStimulation (TMS) & EEG,and one portable EEG system

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 Master’s (MSc) programmes have been recognised bythe UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as meeting thenationally recognised criteria for preparation training for PhD research.The MSc in Forensic Psychology at Kent is also accredited by theBritish Psychological Society as providing the first (academic) yearof professional training for those who pass the course and wish toqualify as Chartered Forensic Psychologists. The School has a strongtrack record of attracting ESRC research studentship funding, whichinvolves partnerships with external organisations such as Age UKand the Equality and Human Rights Commission and collaborativestudentships with partners such as People United.


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• two trans-cranial direct currentelectrical stimulators (GVS,Magstim)

• Neuroconn tDCS/tACSelectrical stimulator withfacilities for simultaneous EEG

• TMS PowerMAG Research 100high 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 labs torun behavioural experiments

• Mirror Stereoscopes fordichoptic presentationand stereo vision research

• immersive virtual reality lab(including integrated eye-tracker).

Taught programmes



Assessment


Cognitive Psychology/Neuropsychology MSc


Cognitive psychology andneuropsychology bring togethera range of different theoreticalframeworks. Cognitivepsychological, neurobiological,neuropsychological and computerscience approaches combine in

order to understand how thehuman 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; Cognitive NeuralNetworks; The Psychology ofEyewitness Testimony

• A supervised empirical ortheoretical dissertation of8-10,000 words

Developmental PsychologyMSc


The MSc focuses on questionssuch as: What psychologicalchanges occur during infancy,childhood and adolescence?What psychological processesdrive the development ofchildren? What are thepsychological, neurobiological,and genetic/environmental causesof developmental disorders, suchas language impairment, autismspectrum disorder, attentiondeficit hyperactivity disorderand dyslexia?

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

Theresa GannonProfessor of ForensicPsychology

Exploring the mindset offiresetters and sex offendersfascinates forensic psychologistTheresa Gannon. Shespecialises in researching theseoffenders as well as treatingthem in a unit run by KentForensic Psychiatry Services.

Professor Gannon becameinterested in sex offendersfollowing a lecture on theircognition during her BScin Psychology. Her currentresearch includes evaluatingcommunity supervisionstrategies for sex offenders.She’s also looking atstandardised treatment forfiresetters and identifyingmodels to explain femalesex offenders.

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Group Processes andIntergroup Relations MSc


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.Suitable students are encouragedto go on to register for PhDdegrees.

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


This MSc brings together aspectsof psychological research intoapplied, social, and organisationalpsychology modules from KentsSchool 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: EmployeeResourcing; EmploymentRelations; Extended LiteratureReview: Applying Psychologyto an Organisational Issue;Leadership and Management;Groups and Teams inOrganisations; Learningand Development; ManagingDiversity and EqualOpportunities.

• Research ApprenticeshipDissertation

Research Methods inPsychology MSc


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) Methods inPractice; 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; Current

Course content• Advanced Topics in Cognitive

Development• Advanced Topics

in DevelopmentalPsychopathology

• Statistics and Methodology• Two from: Advanced Cognitive

(Neuroscience) Methods inPractice; 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 MSc

Location: CanterburyEntry requirements: See p204.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

Research Project


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Psychology MSc, PhD,NRPhD

Social Psychology MSc, PhD,NRPhD

The breadth of our researchinterests allows us to offersupervision of researchdegrees in a number of areasof psychology, including: socialpsychology; developmentalpsychology; forensic psychology;cognitive psychology; existentialpsychology; personality andmotivation. You should include anoutline of your proposed researchin your online application form.

The New Route PhD (NRPhD) isa special option for students whowish to commit to a programmecombining taught and researchelements. New Route PhD is afour-year degree that spreads thecoursework of one of our taughtMSc programmes throughout thefirst two years of registration, butotherwise proceeds as a normaldoctorate.

Under the PhD and NRPhDprogrammes, you may alsobe supervised in the area ofDevelopmental Psychology.

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 themes

The 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 psychology

Research 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 businessorganisations. 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. Forexample, research focuses onco-operation in small groups,group decision-making,perception and influence ofleaders, social communication

Issues in Social and AppliedPsychology 2: Applications;Developmental Psychologyin Professional Practice; ThePsychology of EyewitnessTestimony


Social and AppliedPsychology MSc


The programme is taught by ouroutstanding research group insocial 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; Advanced Topicsin Cognitive Development;Advanced Topics in GroupProcesses; Advanced Topicsin Intergroup Relations;Developmental Psychologyin Professional Practice; ThePsychology of EyewitnessTestimony


Research programmes


Cognitive Psychology/Neuropsychology PhD

Forensic Psychology PhD,NRPhD


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attentional processes andperspective taking, and anomalydetection. Work on developmentalpopulations examines issues suchas how children learn tounderstand and producesentences in their own language,and how they learn conversationalconventions and self-repair.Research also examinesdevelopmental disorders ofcommunication, including autismspectrum disorders and dyslexia.

Forensic psychology

Forensic 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, jury decision-making,child sexual offending, rape, rapeproclivity, female sexual offending,theories of offender rehabilitation,firesetting, sexual harassment,violence, aggression and alcohol,and the infrahumanisation ofoffenders.

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 and

prejudice against elderly people);cognitive development (theory ofmind, 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.

Research centres

The School of Psychologycurrently includes three formallyconstituted research centres,representing areas ofconcentration and excellencein research.

Centre for the Study ofGroup Processes

The 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 also editsan international journal, Group

Processes & Intergroup Relations.

Centre for CognitiveNeuroscience andCognitive Systems

The Centre harnesses thepotential for cross-disciplinaryresearch 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.

and language, the dynamicsof 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 neuroscience

Research 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 processesand neurological mechanismsunderlying various visual tasks.Studies involving neurologicallyhealthy volunteers examine issuessuch 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 influences


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Dr Aleksandra Cichocka: Lecturerin Social Psychology

Dr Kristof Dhont: Lecturer inPsychology

Professor Karen Douglas:Professor of Social Psychology

Dr Heather Ferguson: Reader inPsychology

Dr Michael Forrester: Reader inPsychology

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

Professor Robert Johnston:Professor of Cognitive Psychology

Dr David Kelly: Lecturer inPsychology

Dr Ana Leite: Lecturer in SocialPsychology

Dr Erika Nurmsoo: Lecturer inPsychology

Dr Caoilte Ó Ciardha: Lecturer inForensic Psychology

Dr Afroditi Pina: Senior Lecturer inPsychology

Dr Marta Ponari: Lecturer inCognitive Psychology

Dr Georgina Randsley de Moura:Senior Lecturer in SocialPsychology

Dr Dinkar Sharma: Reader inPsychology

Professor Joachim Stoeber:Professor of Psychology

Professor Robbie Sutton:Professor of Social Psychology

Professor Ayse Uskul: Professorof Social Psychology

Dr Eduardo Vasquez: Lecturer inForensic Psychology

Dr Mario Weick: Senior Lecturerin Psychology

Dr David Wilkinson: Reader inPsychology

Dr David Williams: Reader inDevelopmental Psychology

Dr Arnaud Wisman: Lecturer inPsychology

Dr Jane Wood: Reader inForensic Psychology

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


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Further information


Centre of Research andEducation in ForensicPsychology

Forensic 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 moregenerally (ie, jury decision-makingand the courts), and attitudes tooffenders and offenderreintegration in society.

Academic staff

For details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people

Dr Kirsten Abbot-Smith: Lecturerin Psychology

Professor Dominic Abrams:Professor of Social Psychology

Dr Emma Alleyne: Lecturer inForensic Psychology

Dr Zara Bergström: Lecturer inCognitive Psychology

Dr Markus Bindemann: SeniorLecturer in Psychology

Dr Joseph Brooks: Lecturer inPsychology

Dr Anna Brown: Senior Lecturerin Psychological Methods andStatistics

Dr Rachel Calogero: Reader inPsychology

Dr Lindsey Cameron: SeniorLecturer in Psychology


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RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Training

Postgraduate 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.

Taught programmes



Assessment


Religion PCert, MA



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 & 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) and across the University as a whole.


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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

Research programmes


Theology and ReligiousStudies MA, PhD

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 staff

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

Dr Ward Blanton: Reader inBiblical Cultures and EuropeanThought

Dr Abby Day: Senior ResearchFellow

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

Professor Gordon Lynch:Michael Ramsey Chair ofModern Theology

Professor Yvonne Sherwood:Professor of Biblical Cultures andPolitics

Dr Anna Strhan: Leverhulme EarlyCareer Fellow

Locations


Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014, theology andreligious studies: • 98% of our research


• 3rd for research impact• 7th for research quality• top 20 for research intensity

and research output

Applications



Further information

Professor Richard KingT: +44 (0)1227 824853 E: [email protected]

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 University of Kent, Paris isbased in the heart of historicMontparnasse and you takemodules with a Paris focus.


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

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Both 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.

Taught programme



Assessment


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(medical writing, journalism, industry, policy) bring real-life casestudies that 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 area of science.


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“The teaching has been of a veryhigh quality. The tutors facilitateinteresting discussions, while givingus the theoretical backgroundneeded to understand the topics.Assessment feedback is alwaysvery helpful, with a good balanceof positive comment and areas forimprovement.”

Jessica MillerMSc Science, Communication and Society

Course contentCompulsory modules

• Science @ Work• Science and Medicine in

Context• Research Project

Optional modules include:

• Deformed, Deranged andDeviant; 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 groups

Research 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 Dan Lloyd: Reader inPharmacology; NationalTeaching Fellow

Dr Charlotte Sleigh: Reader inthe History of Science

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014 Biological sciences:• 100% of our research

judged to be of internationalquality; 88% of this beingworld-leading orinternationally excellent


History:• 99% of our research



Applications


Further information

T: +44 (0)1227 827357 E: [email protected]/bio/study/postgraduate/master/sc

Science, Communicationand Society MSc

Location: CanterburyTaught jointly by: the School ofBiosiences and the School ofHistory

The MSc was developed by theSchool of Biosciences, a leadingschool in teaching, research andscience communication, and theSchool of History, which hasa dedicated research centre inthe History of the Sciences. Itintegrates current theory andpractice in communicatingscience with insights fromhistorical and ethicalperspectives.

Two compulsory modulestake a case-study approach toscience communication, learningfrom key scientific moments inhistory and from sciencecommunicators who work ina variety of professions (media,politics, education, journalism).

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


All 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.

www.kent.ac.uk/tizard

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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Disabilities 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• Social Psychology of

Intellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities/Social Psychologyof Autism

• Project/dissertation/case study

Applied Behaviour AnalysisPCert, PDip, MSc

The programme develops yourcritical understanding of conceptsand principles of appliedbehaviour analysis. You

gain 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.

• Five modules inintellectual/developmentaldisabilities including: BehaviourAnalysis and Intervention;Extended Essay; ResearchMethods; Service Issues;Social Psychologyof Intellectual andDevelopmental Disabilities.

• Option of completing adissertation or a project linkedto work-based learning

Taught programmes


Modules listed are subject tochange. Please contact theCentre for more informationon availability.

Assessment


Analysis and Interventionin Intellectual andDevelopmental DisabilitiesPDip, MSc

Autism Studies PCert, PDip,MA

Autism Studies PCert, PDip,MA (Distance Learning)

Intellectual andDevelopmental DisabilitiesPCert, PDip, MA

Intellectual andDevelopmental DisabilitiesPCert, PDip, MA (DistanceLearning)


These degrees are advancedprofessional developmentprogrammes involving someor all of the following: distancelearning; study workshops;service placement visits; anda clinical placement (whichcan be in your home area). Theprogrammes in Intellectual andDevelopmental Disabilities andAutism Studies 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 Developmental


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Academic staff

For details of individualstaff research interests see:www.kent.ac.uk/tizard/staff

Dr Peter Baker: Senior Lecturer inLearning Disability

Dr Julie Beadle-Brown: Reader inLearning Disability

Dr Jill Bradshaw: Lecturer inLearning Disability

Dr Mecca Chiesa: Lecturer inLearning Disability

Dr Rachel Forrester-Jones:Reader in Health, Community andSocial Care

Dr Nick Gore: Lecturer inLearning Disability

Dr Peter Langdon: SeniorLecturer in Clinical Psychologyand Disability

Dr Michelle McCarthy: Reader inLearning Disability

Professor Peter McGill:Co-Director; Professor of ClinicalPsychology of Learning Disability

Professor Glynis Murphy:Co-Director; Professor of ClinicalPsychology of Learning Disability

Tony Osgood: Lecturer inLearning Disability

Dr Ciara Padden: Lecturer inLearning Disability

Dr Paraskevi Triantafyllopoulou:Lecturer in Learning Disability

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements

Usually a minimum 2.1honours degree (orequivalent) in a socialscience discipline; voluntary,professional or familyexperience of childrenor adults with a learningdisability and/or autism.

English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014, social work andsocial policy:• 99% of our research


• 2nd for research power• 3rd for research intensity• 5th for research impact and

research quality

Applications



Further information

T: +44 (0)1227 827373 E: tizard-recruitment @kent.ac.uk

Research programmes


Applied Psychology MPhil,PhD

Community Care MPhil, PhD

Intellectual andDevelopmental DisabilitiesMPhil, PhD

Mental Health MPhil, PhD


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.

Research groups andcentres

Current research areas include:social inequalities and communitycare; intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities.

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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Taught programmes



Assessment


Advanced Social Work –Practice and Research MSc(subject to approval)

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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Research in Health Services;Introduction to HealthEconomics; Statistics inApplied Health Research

• Dissertation

Civil Society, NGO andNon-Profit Studies PDip, MA


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 alsoanalyses 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;Human Rights in a World ofStates

• Dissertation

International Social PolicyPDip, MA


The programme provides you withan advanced understanding ofcurrent debates, theories andconcepts relevant to internationalsocial policy. You learn about thecommon features of social policy

arrangements 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.

Course content• Compulsory modules: Critical

Social Research; Design ofSocial Research; Key Issuesin Comparative Social Policy

• Optional modules include:Governing Science, Technologyand Society in the 21st Century;Human Rights in a World ofStates; Organised Civil Societyand the Third Sector; Politicsand Sociology of theEnvironment; QualitativeResearch; Race, Differenceand Belonging; Social andPolitical Movements; Terrorismand Modern Society

• Dissertation

Methods of Social ResearchPCert, PDip, MA


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.

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 p215).

Applied Health ResearchMSc

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

• Optional modules include:Epidemiology and PublicHealth; Evaluation and


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seeking 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.

The opportunity to gain aqualification accredited by theInstitute of Fundraising is partof the Fundraising module.


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 MA

Location: Medway

To apply for this programme youshould have relevant experiencein social care or social work, aswell as meeting our standardentry requirements (see p219).

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.


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 MA(subject to approval)

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 donors


“The people on myprogramme came frommany different countries.This helped to make thediscussions much moreexciting as people could sharetheir experiences of systemsin their own countries. It isalways helpful to have peopleshare their stories to drivehome how different socialpolicy is around the world.”

Vid CalovskiMA International Social Policy

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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; Social Workwith Adults with Mental HealthIssues; Social Work withChildren and Families

• Dissertation.

International two-year MAprogrammes

Criminology Criminology with a SemesterAbroadInternational Social Policy Methods of Social Research SociologyLocation: Canterbury

Designed for internationalstudents, these programmesprovide an introduction to high-level academic study leading toa 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 findings

as well as transferable skills suchas time management, IT andproblem solving.

Course contentStage 1 All students take the followingcompulsory modules:• 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; Education,

Training and Social Policy;Globalisation andDevelopment; Race andRacism; Religion and SocialTheory; Social ResearchMethods; Sociology of Crimeand Deviance; Terrorism andModern Society.

Stage 2 Following successful completionof the first year, you take optionalmodules in your chosen pathwayfrom a wide selection availableacross the School.

Research programmes


Health Services StudiesMPhil, PhD

Migration Studies MPhil, PhD

Personal Social ServicesMPhil, PhD

Social Policy MA, MPhil, PhD

Social Work MPhil, PhD

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 in


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 people

give.

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Migration and Ethnicity

Though 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 Uncertainty

The 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 Welfare

The 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 Sensory

See p222.

Work and Economic Life

Interest 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 centres

The 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 Protection

See p58.

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

See p222.

Centre for Philanthropy

Dedicated 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

health services and personalsocial services, we will alsoconsider candidates withprofessional qualifications aloneand/or relevant experience in thehealth service.

Research areas

Academic 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.

Civil Society

Staff in this research cluster seekto: understand the social forcesand cultural interests that movepeople to take moral responsibilityfor responding to/caring for theneeds of others; document and explain the institutionalorganisation of charitablebehaviour and its social impacts;the socio-cultural dynamics ofphilanthropic behaviour and itseffect on society.

Crime, Culture and Control

See p83.

Gender, Sexuality and Culture

See p221.

Health and Social Care

Present 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.


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University 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 Centre

See p222.

Tizard Centre

See p210.

Academic staff

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

Dr Thomas Akoensi: Lecturer inCriminal Justice and Criminology

Professor John Baldock:Professor of Social Policy

Dr Ben Baumberg: SeniorLecturer in Sociology and SocialPolicy; Co-director, Q-Step Centre

Jenny Billings: Chair in AppliedHealth Research

Dr Godfred Boahen: Lecturer inSocial Work

Dr Kate Bradley: Senior Lecturerin Social History and Social Policy

Dr Beth Breeze: Lecturer;Director, Centre for Philanthropy

Dr Adam Burgess: Chair in SocialRisk Research

Professor Michael Calnan:Professor of Medical Sociology

Dr Phil Carney: Lecturer inCriminology

Dr Caroline Chatwin: SeniorLecturer in Criminology

Dr Simon Cottee: Senior Lecturerin Criminology

Professor Simon Coulton:Professor of Health ServicesResearch

Dr Heejung Chung: SeniorLecturer in Sociology and SocialPolicy

Dr Robert de Vries: Lecturer inQuantitative Sociology

Dr Eleni Dimou: Lecturer inCriminal Justice and Criminology

Dr Marian Duggan: Lecturer inCriminology

Emeritus Professor Frank Furedi:Professor of Sociology

Dr David Garbin: Lecturer inSociology

Professor Chris Hale: Professorof Criminology

Dr Kate Hamilton-West: SeniorResearch Fellow


Professor Keith Hayward:Professor of Criminology

Dr Eddy Hogg: Lecturer, Centrefor Philanthropy

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 Movements

The 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 Risk

See p222.

Personal Social ServicesResearch Unit (PSSRU)

The PSSRU is the largest socialservices research unit in the UK,and operates at three sites: the


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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;Deputy Head of School (Medway)

Professor Tim Strangleman:Professor of Sociology

Dr Trude Sundberg: Lecturer inSocial Policy; Co-director, Q-StepCentre

Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby:Professor of Social Policy

Dr Mike Thomas: Lecturer inSocial Work

Professor Julia Twigg: Professorof Social Policy and Sociology

Professor Sarah Vickerstaff:Professor of Work andEmployment; Head of School

Dr Joanne Warner: SeniorLecturer in Social Work

Dr Iain Wilkinson: Reader inSociology

Dr Joy Zhang: Senior Lecturer inSociology

Locations

Canterbury and Medway

Entry requirements

Usually, 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 p236.For specific details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/pg

English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings




research quality

Applications



Further information


Professor Phil Hubbard:Professor of Urban Studies;Director of Research (Medway)

Dr Jonathan Ilan: Senior Lecturerin Criminology

Dr Jeremy Kendall: SeniorLecturer in Social Policy

Dr Anne Kelly: Senior Lecturer inSocial Work

Dr Derek Kirton: Reader in SocialPolicy and Social Work

Dr Ellie Lee: Reader in SocialPolicy

Dr Anne Logan: Senior Lecturerin Social History

Dr Dawn Lyon: Senior Lecturerin Sociology

Professor Roger Matthews:Professor of Criminology

Dr Vince Miller: Senior Lecturer 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

Professor Larry Ray: Professor ofSociology

Dr David Redmon: Lecturer inCriminology

Dr Jane Reeves: Co-Director,Centre for Child Protection

Professor Christopher Rootes:Professor of Environmental Politicsand Political Sociology

Dr Balihar Sanghera: SeniorLecturer in Sociology; Directorof Graduate Studies (Taught)


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Taught programmes



Assessment


Methods of Social ResearchMA


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, theoretical andethical 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. Members attractlarge research grants from bodies such as the ESRC, the BritishAcademy, Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC), EuropeanCommission, Anglo-German Foundation, NATO, Equal OpportunitiesCommission, National Probation Service and the Joseph RowntreeFoundation (JRF). We take part in international symposia and researchprojects, and act as consultants and advisers to a wide variety ofgovernment departments, professional organisations, researchfunding bodies and learned journals.

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You learn about current theoreticaltools and develop skills inresearch 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; Introduction toCriminology; Design of SocialResearch; Fundraising andPhilanthropy; Gender, Crimeand Criminal Justice;Governing Science, Technologyand Society in the 21st Century;Organised Civil Society andthe Third Sector; Race,Difference and Belonging;Religion and Social Theory;Risk and Society; Social andPolitical Movements; Sociologyof Violence; Terrorism andModern Society

• Dissertation


International two-year MAprogramme in SociologySee p216.

Research programmes


Medicine and HealthSciences MPhil, PhD

Sociology MA, MPhil, PhD

Urban Studies MA, MPhil,PhD

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 areas

Academic 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.

Civil Society

See p217.

Crime, Culture and Control

See p83.

Gender, Sexuality andCulture

Research 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 Care

See p217.

Migration and Ethnicity

See p217.

Risk and Uncertainty

See p217.

Social Policy and Welfare

See p217.


Social Research; Design ofSocial Research; QualitativeResearch; Quantitative DataAnalysis

• Two optional modules on socialpolicy or sociological topics,from those available withinthe School

• Dissertation

Political Sociology MA


The programme combines theperspectives of sociology andpolitical science to address keyissues of social and politicalchange in modern societies. Itexamines the interaction between,and interdependence among,social and political institutions,processes and action, especiallycollective action. The MA isdistinctive in its focus on socialand political movements, protest,and the less conventional and lessinstitutionalised forms of politicalaction and participation.


Politics and Sociology ofthe Environment; Social andPolitical Movements; SocialChange and Political Order

• One from: Critical SocialResearch; Design of SocialResearch

• Two or more optional modulesfrom a wide range offered bythe School

• Dissertation

Sociology MA


The MA in Sociology invitesyou to think systematically aboutthe social world and how it ischanging. The programmeprovides a comprehensiveoverview of foundational concernsand current debates in sociology.


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Visual and Sensory

Research 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 Life

See p217.

Research centres

The 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 Protection

See p58.

Centre for Health ServicesStudies (CHSS)

See p217.

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 Philanthropy

See p217.

Centre for the Study ofSocial and PoliticalMovements

See p218.

Centre for Social Scienceand Risk

The 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

See p218.

Q-Step Centre

The 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 Centre

See p210.

Academic staff

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

Professor John Baldock:Professor of Social Policy

Dr Ben Baumberg: SeniorLecturer in Sociology and SocialPolicy; Co-director, Q-Step Centre


STAFF PROFILE

Chris ShillingProfessor of Sociology andDirector of Graduate Studies(Research)

Professor Chris Shilling haswritten widely on sociologicaland social theory, and isparticularly interested in howthe various traditions of classicaland contemporary sociologyconstitute competing visions ofthe elementary forms of socialand moral life dominant withinmodernity.

He is co-author of The

Sociological Ambition (2001,with P A Mellor) and his recentbooks include The Body and

Social Theory (3rd ed, 2012)and Sociology of the Sacred

(2014, with P A Mellor).

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Professor Chris Shilling:Professor of Sociology; Director ofGraduate Studies (Research)

Professor Miri Song: Professor ofSociology

Professor Tim Strangleman:Professor of Sociology

Dr Trude Sundberg: Lecturer inSocial Policy; Co-director, Q-StepCentre

Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby:Professor of Social Policy

Professor Julia Twigg: Professorof Social Policy and Sociology

Professor Sarah Vickerstaff:Professor of Work andEmployment; Head of School

Dr Iain Wilkinson: Reader inSociology; Director, Sociology MA

Dr Joy Zhang: Senior Lecturer inSociology

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings




research quality

Applications



Further information


Dr Kate Bradley: Senior Lecturerin Social History and Social Policy

Dr Adam Burgess: Chair in SocialRisk Research

Professor Michael Calnan:Professor of Medical Sociology

Dr Caroline Chatwin: SeniorLecturer in Criminology

Dr Heejung Chung: SeniorLecturer in Sociology andSocial Policy

Dr Robert de Vries: Lecturer inQuantitative Sociology

Emeritus Professor Frank Furedi:Professor of Sociology

Dr David Garbin: Lecturer inSociology

Professor Chris Hale: Professorof Criminology; Director, Methodsof Social Research MA


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 Lecturer inSocial History

Dr Dawn Lyon: Senior Lecturer inSociology

Dr Vince Miller: Senior Lecturer inSociology and Cultural Studies

Dr Lavinia Mitton: Senior Lecturerin Social Policy

Dr David Nettleingham: Lecturerin Cultural Sociology

Professor Larry Ray: Professor ofSociology

Professor Christopher Rootes:Professor of Environmental Politicsand Political Sociology; Director,Political Sociology MA

Dr Balihar Sanghera: SeniorLecturer in Sociology; Directorof Graduate Studies (Taught)


“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 TedderMA Methods of Social Research

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SPORT AND EXERCISESCIENCES


The 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 £700,000of 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.

www.kent.ac.uk/sportsciences

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 venue forthe London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Medway Park hashosted 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.

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Optional (subject to suitablestudent numbers)• Applied Athlete Support• Injury Prevention• Psychology for Injury and

Rehabilitation• Return to Sport• Specialised Issues in Sport• Sport and Exercise Nutrition for

the High-Performance Athlete

Research programmes

Sport and Exercise ScienceMPhil, PhD

Sports Therapy andRehabilitation MPhil, PhD

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 postgraduate

experience of statistical analysis,you can take our MSc module inResearch Methods.

Sport, Exercise and HealthScience ProfessionalDoctorate

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 is forexperienced sport, exercise andhealth practitioners who wouldlike to undertake research thatis applied to their area ofprofessional practice. It developsyour academic and professionalknowledge, and you acquireadvanced research skills. Theprogramme culminates with thesubmission of a doctoral thesis orportfolio on a topic that advancesyour area of professionalknowledge or practice.

Taught programme



Assessment


Sports Science for OptimalPerformance PDip, MSc

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 for Optimal

Performance• Contemporary Perspectives

in Sport Research• Research Methods• Dissertation


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“The Master’s programme isa research-led course, so theteaching is informed by thelatest research which you arethen able to put into practice.This means you are not onlylearning from textbooks, youare also studying the mostmodern techniques.”

Hugh Thomson MSc Sports Therapy andRehabilitation

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Research staff

For 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

Dr Kristina Charlotte Dietz:Research Assistant

Dr Andy Galbraith: Lecturer inPrinciples of Training

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: Lecturer

Laura McPherson: Lecturer

Dr Steve Meadows: Lecturer

Dr Carla Meijen: Lecturer

Karthikeyan Muthumayandi:Lecturer

Dr Sakis Pappous: Reader inPhysical Activity and Health

Professor Louis Passfield:Director of School

Dr Samantha Winter: Lecturer

Location

Medway

Entry requirements

Usually, 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

English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014, sport and exercisesciences: • 94% of our research



Applications



Further information


Research

The 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 thehighly 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 involved ingroundbreaking studies withinthis field. For further details, see:www.kent.ac.uk/sportsciences/research/HRG.html

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STATISTICS

Taught programmes



Assessment


International Master’s inStatistics

International Master’s inStatistics with Finance


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• Three from: Advanced English

for Academic Study (Science);Analysis of Variance; PracticalMultivariate Analysis; StochasticProcesses; Time SeriesModelling and Simulation

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 and 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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“The course has been demandingand challenging but ultimatelyrewarding. I have improvedmy abilities as a statisticiandramatically and my theoreticalknowledge is a lot more sound.”

Nick JohnsonMSc Statistics

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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 Methods• Modelling of Time-dependent

Data and FinancialEconometrics

• Practical Statistics andComputing

• Probability and ClassicalInference

• Stochastic Processes andInsurance Risk

• Three from: Analysis of LargeDatasets; Financial Derivatives;Financial Risk Management(only available to studentstaking Financial Derivatives);Mathematics of FinancialDerivatives; Portfolio Theoryand Asset Pricing Models;Stochastic Processes

• Project of 12,000 words

Research programme


Statistics MSc, MPhil, PhD

Staff research interests arediverse, and include: Bayesianstatistics; bioinformatics; biometry;ecological statistics; epidemicmodelling; medical statistics;nonparametric statistics andsemi-parametric modelling;neuro imaging; 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.

In the second year, you followthe standard appropriate MScprogramme.

Statistics MSc


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.

Course content• Advanced Regression

Modelling• Bayesian Methods• 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)

Statistics with Finance MSc


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.


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 iscurrently part of the £1.4million EPSRC-fundedproject, Advanced BayesianComputation for Cross-Disciplinary Research, lookingat fast methods for fitting modelsin astronomy, economics,machine learning and systemsbiology.

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and Bayesian methodologies.Often new computational methodsare the key to analysing complexbig data problems.

Nonparametric statistics

In 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 finance

At 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.

Academic staff

For details of individualstaff research interests, seewww.kent.ac.uk/smsas/our-people

Dr Diana Cole: Senior Lecturerin Statistics

Professor Jim Griffin: Professorof Statistics

Dr Efang Kong: Lecturerin 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

Location

Canterbury

Entry requirements


English language

requirements

See p237

Fees


Funding


National ratings

REF 2014, mathematicalsciences: • 100% of our research



Applications



Further information


The research interests ofthe group are in line with themainstream of statistics, withemphasis on both theoreticaland applied subjects.

Research areas

Ecology

There 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 statistics

Bayesian 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 applications

Research 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 andregression

This theme encompasses boththeory and applications. Theory isinvolved with new models and theiranalysis by classical, likelihood


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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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FEES AND FUNDING

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 andso we have devised a range ofpackages from alumni discountsto scholarships and workappointments to ensure you havethe necessary financial support.We have funds in excess of £9mto support to our postgraduatecommunity, from UK ResearchCouncils awards to philanthropicgifts.

We have full awards to supportdoctoral research candidates,tuition fee awards for thosepursuing taught master’s awards,loyalty discounts for our alumni,location specific awards,scholarships for overseas studentsas 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 for funds suitable foryou and your circumstances.Below we provide a brief synopsisof our most prestigious and mostcommon awards.

Research Councilfunding

Kent has a strong record ofattracting funding from the

seven UK Research Councils:• Arts & Humanities Research

Council (AHRC)• Economic and Social Research

Council (ESRC)• Biotechnology and Biological

Sciences Research Council(BBSRC)

• Engineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council(EPSRC)

• 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 Council UK rate. Allpostgraduate research applicants

are eligible to apply for GTAs,subject to visa and residencerequirements.

Postgraduate ResearchScholarships

Kent has established 100 doctoralscholarships awarded annually.These scholarships will be offeredunder the GTAs scheme (seeabove). Successful candidateswill need to demonstrateacademic excellence, outstandingresearch potential and the abilityto teach effectively.

School scholarships

Many 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. Allpostgraduate research applicantsare eligible to apply forpostgraduate researchscholarships.

Additional scholarships

Kent 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 £250 and £5,000 ayear


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three special schemes to assistwith the cost of postgraduatestudy:• The Graduate School

Scholarship provides ascholarship of £1,000towards the first year’s feesfor those moving directly fromundergraduate to postgraduatestudy

• 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 the

Research Councils UK. It isoffered for one year in thefirst instance, renewable fora maximum of three years.

Further informationPlease visit www.kent.ac.uk/pgfunding or see the Funding

for Graduate Study brochure.

Living costs

Each 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

• Christine and Ian BoltScholarship to undertakea period of sustained researchin the USA – up to £10,000.

In addition to these we havenumerous other awards tosupport specific programmesand objectives, provided viagenerous philanthropic gifts.These are too numerousto list but are updated regularlyat: www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/postgraduate

Loyalty awards

The University of Kent values itsalumni and their dependents andis pleased to offer a choice of

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TUITION FEESUK-based programmesThe basic rate of tuition feefor 2015 for home fee-payingstudents on postgraduatetaught programmes is £5,250.Research degrees are chargedat the fee set by the ResearchCouncils, which is £4,052.International student feesare £15,380 for laboratoryprogrammes and £12,890 fornon-laboratory programmes.Fees are correct for 2015/16.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), they

will be increased by an amountup to the permitted increase.

Programmes based outsidethe 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 purposes

for three years prior to the startof their course. The UK/EUcategory also includes EUstudents with indefinite leaveto remain in the UK.

Payment of tuition feesThere are two main ways ofpaying:• In full – this qualifies for a 2%

discount if cleared funds arereceived in full by 31 August2016. The discount can bededucted from the payment

• In two instalments – 50% onor before registration and50% by 1 December 2016.The instalment plan needsto be set up online athttps://epay.kent.ac.uk/epay

Further informationwww.kent.ac.uk/finance-student/fees/tuition

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

SUPPORT FORINTERNATIONALSTUDENTS

The University of Kent is oneof the most cosmopolitanuniversities in the UK, with astrong international community.There are 149 differentnationalities represented at theUniversity, with over half of allnewly recruited postgraduatestudents and 38% of academicand research staff coming fromoutside the UK.

We value our internationalstudents and provide dedicatedsupport, from application throughto graduation and beyond.

Our International DevelopmentTeam 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

Internationalqualifications

We 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 representatives

The 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 abroad

Our 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 theUniversity

If 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. Youmay also be able to meet up withan academic in a particularsubject area. Bookings need tobe made in advance. To book yourtour, go to www.kent.ac.uk/informal

Special welcome

To help you feel at home, weorganise a special WelcomeWeek in September for our newinternational students beforeclasses start, including a welcomedinner and visits to local touristattractions. Representatives of


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the University meet studentsand organise transport to our UKcampuses from London Heathrowand London Gatwick airportswhen they first arrive in the UKduring Arrivals Weekend.

International events

We 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 Kent

The student unions at Kent haveStudent Advice Centres whichprovide free, confidential andimpartial advice on arange of topics includingacademic, finance, immigrationand housing. They offer fullappointments, drop-in sessions,email and telephone advice.Whatever advice you need, theadvisers will be able to eitherhelp you or direct you to someonewho can.

In addition to the supportprovided to interest-basedsocieties such as film-making,parkour etc, there is also supportfor 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. This

helps our international students tomeet like-minded people whileallowing them to share andcelebrate their cultural heritage.Kent Union also runs a buddyscheme, where new internationalstudents are matched to anexisting student volunteer to helpthem 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 andscholarships

The University offers a variety offinancial support and scholarshipsfor international students, includingInternational Scholarships for

Taught Master’s Students (seep232). 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 languagesupport

English 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 p237. Certain subjects such

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from 5 to 37 weeks, depending onyour current level of English andthe level you need to reach inorder to study on your pathwayor degree course.

Course structureTeaching includes lectures onsubjects of academic interestand life in the UK, given by UKacademics and other specialists,along with seminars, workshops,independent research tasksand group and pair work. Theworkload is intensive, with regularhomework averaging two hoursafter class each day.

In-sessional English SkillsEven if you have satisfied theEnglish language requirementsfor admission, you may still requiresupport during your studies. TheIn-sessional English Skills helpsyou 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 will receive guidanceon which of the componentswill be most useful to meet yourparticular needs. Students withhigh attendance rates will beawarded a letter of attendance.In addition, CEWL works closelywith a number of academicschools across the Universityin order to deliver credit-bearingand non-credit-bearing modulesin English for specific academicpurposes, such as English for Law.Consult your academic school forfurther details of specific provisionand eligibility for enrolment.

Further informationFor details of the otherprogrammes above, see:www.kent.ac.uk/cewl/courses

Pre-Master’s GraduateDiplomas programmes Kent also offers a range ofPre-Master’s Graduate Diplomasprogrammes for students who donot have the required qualificationsfor direct entry on to a Master’sdegree programme. These helpto develop your English languageand subject-specific skills beforeprogressing on to postgraduatestudy.

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 wide range of optionalmodules within your chosenacademic specialism.

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]

as 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 Englishtest certificate. Please contactInternational Development orAdmissions for clarification(see p263).

The 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 byKent International Pathways –a 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)The University offers Pre-sessionalEnglish courses for students whoneed to improve their Englishand study skills before joining apostgraduate programme. Thereare a number of courses ranging


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English language requirements

Programmes IELTS Pearson Test of EnglishAcademic (PTE Academic)

General postgraduate programmes 6.5 incl 6.0 in reading and writing, 5.5 in listening and speaking

62 incl60 in all four subtests

School of Engineering and Digital ArtsprogrammesPDip Actuarial Science

6.0 incl 5.5 in each component


Kent Business School Managementprogrammes, Marketing, HRM, MBA

7.0 incl 6.5 in reading and writing, 6.0 in listening and speaking


Kent Business School Finance programmes,Management Science, Business Analytics,Logistics and Supply Chain Management



School of English programmes MA/MRes/PhD Linguistics



MSc IT Consultancy 7.0 incl 6.0 in reading,writing and listening7.0 in speaking


Centre for Journalism programmes 7.5 incl 7.0 in eachcomponent

Centre for Higher Education programmesKent Law School programmesMA Applied Linguistics



School of Social Policy, Sociology andSocial Research All programmes excluding two-year MAprogrammes



Pre-sessional English Kent International Pathways offer a range of Pre-sessionalEnglish for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses catering to arange of English language levels and abilities. For full detailsof the courses on offer, please check the Kent InternationalPathways website: www.kent.ac.uk/international-pathways

The IELTS test can be accepted for theMultimedia Journalism MA. For otherprogrammes, in addition to this test, Englishlanguage ability is tested by interview and aspecific admissions test, prior to any offerbeing made. Please contact the Centre forJournalism for further details, see p150.

Please note: The University accepts IELTS taken at any IELTS test centre. The University also accepts Cambridge English: Advanced and Cambridge English: Proficiency.See www.kent.ac.uk/ems/eng-lang-reqs for full details

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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 life

Founded 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,the Graduate School, theTempleman Library, theSports Centre and Pavilion,the Gulbenkian arts centre(including a cinema and atheatre), the Colyer-FergussonBuilding for music performance,the Medical Centre, theComputing Service, the campusshop and bookshop, a pharmacy,two banks, an off-licence, bistros,bars, the Students’ Union(including The Venue nightcluband Student Media Centre), free-

access computer areas, bus stopsand launderettes. Canterbury citycentre is only 25 minutes’ walkfrom the campus and there isa frequent and direct bus service.

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 youcan be in Paris or Brussels inapproximately two hours, andLille in just over an hour.

Accommodation

The majority of new postgraduatestudents are offered 51 weeksaccommodation on campus inthe purpose-built Woolf College.All the rooms have en-suitefacilities are networked to theUniversity and have free Wi-Fiinternet access. There are six toeight bedrooms per flat with largeshared kitchens. Woolf also hasits own reception area and anon-site launderette.

Rooms at Woolf are offered for 51weeks only. Postgraduate studentswho are registered on shorteracademic programmes will beoffered alternative postgraduateaccommodation. For moredetails, see www.kent.ac.uk/accommodation

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advanced vocal or instrumentallevel can apply for musicscholarships. For furtherinformation, seewww.kent.ac.uk/music

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 p27).

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.

Clubs and barsThe Venue is a student nightclubrun by Kent Union. It plays hostto a range of acts and offers avariety of music genres, clubnights and live entertainment,including local, student andmainstream bands. Somecolleges have their own bar:Mungo’s, Origins and the K-Bar.Woodys is a more traditional

sports pub in the heart of ParkWood, while the Gulbenkian hasa relaxed café-bar in the theatre-cinema complex, with outdoortables in the summer.

Student activitiesThe Student Activities Centreprovides opportunities for you toparticipate in a diverse range ofactivities and groups, led bystudents and supported by theStudent Leadership Team andfull-time staff members. Theseinclude societies, sports clubs,student media and volunteering.A dedicated student mediacentre, located above TheVenue nightclub, houses our radiostation, student newspaper andKTV – Kent’s own TV station.For more information, seewww.kentunion.co.uk

Kent SportSince a £4.8 million refurbishmentin 2013, Kent Sport membersenjoy cutting-edge facilitiesincluding a first-rate fitness suitewith the Kent Sport PhysiotherapyClinic, fitness-class studios, indoorand outdoor tennis and netballcourts, along with badminton,basketball and squash courts,all-weather football pitches andcricket 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. Forfurther information, seewww.kent.ac.uk/sports

Social life

Gulbenkian 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. TheUniversity shuttle bus links thetwo campuses and allows youto easily access activities onboth sites.

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 an


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MEDWAY

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 life

Medway 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 theNo 1 Bistro, plus large rooms forseminars and executive meetings.We have also invested in amultimillion-pound refurbishmentof key academic facilities at TheHistoric Dockyard, Chatham,as part of the expansion ofthe School of Arts.

Work is currently being carriedout on the Sail and Colour Loftin preparation for Kent BusinessSchool to move there inSeptember 2015. The RoyalDockyard Church is beingrefurbished as a lecture theatreand the Galvanising Shop willbecome the University’s mainreception point at The Historic

Dockyard, Chatham, andwill include a café/bar anda performance 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 purpose-built student centre,with entertainment and socialspace, and a café/bar will alsoinclude offices for GK Unions,the students’ union partnershipbetween Kent and the Universityof Greenwich.

First-class professionalfacilitiesAll our professionally focusedprogrammes are supported bystate-of-the-art facilities. Forexample, Music and Audiostudents have access to rehearsalrooms, tracking, overdubbing andpost-production studios equipped

with 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 ExerciseSciences students use theextensive sports facilities atMedway Park (see p243).

Location

The 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 the

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Historic 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 fromChatham take 45 minutes. If youwant to explore Paris or Brussels,the Eurostar train from EbbsfleetInternational can take you there inabout two hours. The town centresof Chatham and Rochester are ashort bus ride away.

Accommodation

We can offer all eligiblepostgraduate students theopportunity to live as part of the student community in modern self-catered, en-suiteaccommodation at Liberty Quays.Located right by the RiverMedway, each flat has single en-suite rooms for five to eight students who share afully equipped kitchen andour brand new bar and bistro,Cargo, is right next door. Theaccommodation has its ownsocial facilities and launderette,and each room has internetaccess. For more details, seewww.kent.ac.uk/accommodation/medway/apply

Social life

There is a great sense ofcommunity on campus and plentyof opportunities to make friends.For socialising, there’s a lively barthat holds regular theme nights.

Most social activities are run bythe Medway students’ union, Kentand Greenwich Students’ UnionsTogether. The range of societiesand clubs on offer include aninternational society, debatingsociety, Medway law societyand many cultural and religioussocieties. Annual eventsinclude the Coopersfest SummerBall, which features celebrity DJs.See www.gkunions.co.uk formore details.

There are several cafés andrestaurants on campus, as well asCoopers, a lively and vibrant barthat serves food and shows livesport. At Liberty Quays, just aten-minute walk from the campus,there is our new, award-winningbar and bistro, Cargo. It is astunning nautical-style venueand the perfect place to relaxand enjoy our mouth-watering,but wallet-friendly, fresh and tastyfood. Nearby is a multi-screencinema showing the most popularfilms. The local town of Chathamprovides entertainment such aslive music and a comedy club.

MusicStudents on both the Canterburyand Medway campuses can takepart in a wide range of extra-curricular music making. TheUniversity shuttle bus links the twocampuses and allows you to easilyaccess activities on both sites.

The Medway campus includes anumber of venues for live musicperformance including Coopers,The Galvanising Workshop on TheHistoric Dockyard, Chatham, and

Cargo, adjacent to Liberty Quays.For many types of music-making,including choirs, Big Band andSamba Band. You also have theopportunity to get involved inmusical events and activitiesorganised by the variousstudent music societies on bothcampuses. For further details,see www.gkunions.co.uk

Students at an advanced vocalor instrumental level can applyfor music scholarships. For more 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 suite andan 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, you canenjoy an ice rink, dry ski slope,kart circuit, golf course withdriving range, athletics trackand indoor bowls.

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EUROPEAN CENTRES

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 the studyof ancient and art history.

ATHENSKent offers its MA in HeritageManagement in Athens, one ofthe oldest cities in the world andhome to many world-famoushistorical sites and ancientartefacts.

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.

Location

The 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 an incrediblearray of restaurants, museumsand culture, and exciting nightlife.

Campus life

Classes 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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with local societies for sailing,mountaineering and basketball.There is an annual arts festival,where you can experience Greekmusic and theatre.

Further informationwww.kent.ac.uk/athenswww.heritage.aueb.gr

BRUSSELSWith its interdisciplinary focus andthe combination of academicsand practitioners,Brussels Schoolof International Studies offers youa unique and unparalleledopportunity for education andprofessional advancement. Itsprogrammes and courses coverthe spectrum of internationalstudies and you are therefore ableto design a course to suit yourindividual strengths and needs.

Campus life

The 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

Accommodation

A list of suitable accommodationin Eleusina or central Athens isprovided to all students. We alsooffer advice on arranging yourown rented accommodationand liaise with landlords on yourbehalf. Please contact the localadministrator for more information,email: [email protected]

Social life

In 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,

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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

Location

The Brussels centre is a 15-minutedrive from the city centre andthere are also metro, bus and tramlinks. 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.

Accommodation

There 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 life

Brussels 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, Kent has held atradition of hosting an annualformal High Table Dinner to markthe end of the teaching year towhich a guest (usually a politician,diplomat or senior member ofan international organisation) isinvited. This tradition has beencontinued in Brussels, where acommittee of students choosesthe venue and plans the event,which is often based around aparticular international 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 the VUBsports complex, which offersa huge range of aerobic andresistance training equipment.

Further informationwww.kent.ac.uk/brussels

General Sir Mike Jackson (formerNATO commander in Kosovo andhead 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 of

International 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 life

The University of Kent’s Pariscentre is based at the ColumbiaGlobal Center, known as Reid Hall.It is in the historic heart ofMontparnasse, where Picasso andModigliani had their studios, andnear cafés that were frequentedby Gertrude Stein and ErnestHemingway.

Reid Hall is a beautiful andconvivial space where youwill have many opportunities tomeet students and staff not onlyfrom Kent but also from otheruniversities established there,including Columbia University,Barnard College and DartmouthCollege.

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.

PARISThe Kent in Paris programmesand associated activities 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 beessential for your future careerand personal plans. Free Frenchlanguage classes are availablethroughout the autumn and springterms.

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and is 15 minutes away from theGare du Nord train station. Parisis ideally located to reach othermajor mainland European citiesas well as the UK. Brussels andLondon are only about two hoursaway by train and the city isserved by two main airports,offering international anddomestic connections.

Accommodation

We offer advice to help youfind suitable accommodation.Options may include staying ina hall of residence or with a hostfamily but most of our studentsopt to rent flats or rooms in sharedflats. There are also organisationsin Paris to help students findshort-term accommodation, aswell as private accommodationagencies. For more information,please visit our website. You mayalso contact the University of Kentat Paris by email: [email protected]

Social life

Students 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 ancient Romeat first hand, visiting relevant sitesand museums, and discover thehistory of the city.

Location

Rome 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 and

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 a number of OpenLectures given by cutting-edgeresearchers; Professor MichaelSheringham from All SoulsCollege, Oxford, and ProfessorJames Williams from the Universityof London were two recentspeakers. The University ofKent, in collaboration with theBritish University, also organisesan annual lecture hosted by theBritish Ambassador. We also havevisiting authors who come to beinterviewed, hold master classesand meet with students throughoutthe term. You also have theopportunity to be involved in ourliterary magazine, The Menteur

(http://thementeur.com).

Each year the Faculty ofHumanities offers one of theKent at Paris graduates theopportunity to have a paidinternship in Canterbury for threemonths working alongside theAdministrator supporting the Parisprogrammes and working with thenew students. This is an excellentopportunity to gain valuable skillsand work experience in aninternational context.

Location

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Situated in the picturesque districtof Trastevere, with a wide range ofshops and amenities close by, thecampus is within walking distanceof Rome’s historic centre and thecity’s extensive array of Romansites, monuments and museums.

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.

Accommodation

Accommodation can be arrangedwith the AUR and consists offurnished apartments with sharedbedrooms in traditional, well-established neighbourhoods.Alternatively, you can arrangeyour own accommodation.

Student life

Students 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 detailswww.kent.ac.uk/rome

the 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 fromFascism, and of the more recentpast. Importantly, it is an excitingand cosmopolitan city today.

Campus life

In 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.

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HOW TO APPLY

General entryrequirements

Students 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 Master’s degreesand other taughtprogrammes

Although there is no fixed closingdeadline for applications to mostpostgraduate taught degrees,we strongly recommend that youapply as soon as possible; no laterthan three months before yourintended start date. Most taughtdegrees begin in Septemberalthough some may offer theopportunity to start in January.

Research degreeprogrammes

It 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 asit 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 January soyou are able to take advantage ofour induction programme.

English language

The 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 p237.Certain subjects such as English,

Business, Law and Journalismrequire a higher level ofproficiency in English.

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 Developmentor Admissions for clarification (seep263).

If you do not reach the requiredstandard, you can apply for oneof our pre-sessional Englishcourses (see p236).

Applications

Applications are madeelectronically via our websiteat www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/applyIf you do not have access tothe web, please contact theRecruitment and AdmissionsOffice for advice (see below).

Applying foraccommodation

If you wish to apply for campusaccommodation, you need tohave received an offer for a placeof study and make an onlineapplication for accommodationby 31 July 2016.

Further informationRecruitment and AdmissionsOfficeT: +44 (0)1227 827272F: +44 (0)1227 827077


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INDEX“The research environment is good and thereare very supportive research facilities. I thinkpostgraduate students will find an inspiringenvironment if they come to Kent.”

Dr Farzin DeraviSchool of Engineering and Digital Arts

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INDEX

A

Academic career 25community 8credit 13opportunities 21

AccommodationAthens 245Brussels 246Canterbury 239Medway 243Paris 248Rome 249

Accounting 56and Finance, International 123

Acting, Physical 86Actuarial Science 30, 31, 32

Applied 31International Master’s in 31

Addresses 263Advanced

and Specialist Healthcare 196Child Protection 59Computer Science 70

(Computational Intelligence) 70

Electronic Systems Engineering 97

Social Work, Practice andResearch 213

Software Development 71Agri-Environmental Economics 90

and Policy 89American

Literature, English and 105Studies 33, 34

Analysis and Intervention inIntellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities 211

Ancient and Modern, Rome 63History 61

Animation, Computer 97Anthropology 36, 39

and Computing, Social 38Environmental 37

Social 37and Computing 38and Conflict 38and Visual Ethnography 38of Europe 38

Application Design, Mobile 98Applications 250Applied

Actuarial Science 31International Master’s in 31

Behaviour Analysis 211Drug Discovery 175Economics and International

Development 89Health Research 214Linguistics 112Psychology 212

Social and 202Archaeological Studies,

Classical & 60, 63Archaeology 61

Roman History and 63Architectural

Conservation 43Visualisation 44

Architecture 42, 44and Sustainable Environment 44and Urban Design 44Master of 43

ArtFine 126, 127

Practice as Research 129History & Philosophy of 145, 147History of 144, 145

Arts Centre, Gulbenkian 240Criticism 119Digital 99

Engineering and 96Associate Postgraduate

Student Programme 175Athens 12, 15, 244

accommodation 245campus life 244location 244social life 245transport links 262

Autism Studies 211

B

Banking and Finance, International 124

Behaviour Analysis, Applied 211Conservation and Primate 78Evolution and Human 37

Biochemistry 48Biodiversity Management 79Bioengineering,

Biotechnology and 47Biology

Cancer 47Cell 48Conservation 78

Biometrics, Information Security and 98

Biosciences 46Biotechnology and

Bioengineering 47Broadband and Mobile

Communication Networks 97Brussels 12, 15, 245

accommodation 246campus life 245location 246social life 246sport 246transport links 262

Business 52Analytics 53and Management 53and Economic Development,

International 90

C

Cancer Biology 47Canterbury 14, 238


Careeracademic 25development 25


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Careers and Employability 25Service 25

Cartoons and Caricature 142Cell Biology 48Centre for English and World

Languages (CEWL) 236Chemistry 183Child Protection 58

Advanced 59Choosing your programme 22Civil Society, NGO and

Non-Profit Studies 214Classical & Archaeological

Studies 60, 63Cognitive Psychology/

Neuropsychology 200, 202Comedy, Stand-up 86Commercial Law, International 155Communication

and Society, Science 207, 209Networks, Broadband and

Mobile 97Political Strategy and 191

Communications and SignalProcessing, Wireless 98

Community Care 212 Social and 210

Comparative Literature 65, 66, 67French and 131German and 136Hispanic and 138Modern German and 135

Comparative Politics 193Composition, Music 173Computer

Animation 97Science 70, 72, 73

Advanced 70Computational Intelligence 70

Security 71Computing 69, 73

and Entrepreneurship 71Social Anthropology and 38

ConflictAnalysis, International 189, 193and Security, International 189Social Anthropology and 38Studies, Peace and 191

Conservation 76and International Wildlife

Trade 77and Plant Science 77and Primate Behaviour 78and Rural Development 78and Tourism 78Architectural 43Biology 78Project Management 79

Consultancy, IT 72Contact details 263Contemporary

Performance Practice 84Novel: Practice as Research 107The 103

Conversion, Economics 89Costs, living 233Courses

In-sessional English 236pre-sessional English 236

Creative Producing 85Writing 103, 107

Creditacademic 13systems, European 13

Criminal Justice 154International 155

Criminology 81, 82Cultural and Global 82International two-year MA 216with a Semester Abroad 82

International two-year MA 216Criticism, Arts 119Cultural and Global Criminology 82Culture, Dickens and Victorian 104

D

Degreesexternal research 24Master’s 22, 250research 23, 250taught 22, 250

Dental Care, Primary 196

for Foundation Dentists, 196

Medicine and Health Sciences 165

DevelopmentAdvanced Software 71Applied Economics and

International 89Conservation and Rural 78International 189

Finance and Economic 90skills 26

Developmental Disabilities

Analysis and Intervention in Intellectual and 211Intellectual and 211, 212

Psychology 200Dickens and Victorian Culture 104Digital

Arts 99Engineering and 96

Visual Effects 97Diploma in Economic Analysis 89Diplomas

graduate, Pre-Master’s 23, 236postgraduate 22

Direction, Theatre 86Disabilities, Intellectual and

Developmental 211, 212Analysis and

Intervention in 211Diseases, Infectious 48Distance learning programmes 23

Advanced and Specialist Healthcare 196Child Protection 59

Applied Drug Discovery 175Autism Studies 211

General Pharmacy Practice 175Independent/Supplementary

Prescribing 176Intellectual and Developmental

Disabilities 211Medicines Management 177Primary Dental Care 196

for Foundation Dentists 196Professional Practice 197

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and Digital Arts 96and Risk Management,

Financial 123Electronic 99with Finance 97

English 102and American Literature 105and World Languages,

Centre for 236in-sessional courses 236Language

and Linguistics 111learning 235proficiency 235requirements 237, 250support 235

pre-sessional courses 236Enterprise, student 27Entrepreneurship,

Computing and 71Entry requirements 250Environment

and Technology, History of Science, Medicine, 141

Architecture and Sustainable 44Environmental

Anthropology 37Law and Policy 154Law, International 155Social Science 114, 115

Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoralprogrammes 13, 82, 108, 168

ESRC South-East Doctoral TrainingCentre 17

Ethics Reproductive Medicine:

Science and 48Medical Law and 156

Ethnobiology 39Ethnobotany 37Ethnography, Social

Anthropology and Visual 38EU External Relations 188EuroMasters, Physics 183Europe

Social Anthropology of 38Text and Event in Early

Modern 108, 168

Europeanand Global Governance 188

Double Award 189centres 12, 244credit systems 13exchanges 13Law 155Literature, Modern 67, 135partnerships 12programmes 13research and projects 13students 13Theatre 85university, Kent: the UK’s 12

EU students, funding 233Event and Experience

Design 116, 117Events, international 235Evolution and Human Behaviour 37Exchanges, European 13Exercise

and Health Science, Sport 225Science, Sport and 225Sciences, Sport and 224

External Relations, EU 188research degrees 24

F

50th Anniversary 4Fees, tuition 232, 233Film 118, 119, 120

Practice by Research 120with Practice 119

Finance 56, 121, 122and Econometrics 90and Economic Development,

International 90and Management 122Economics and 90Engineering with 97International

Accounting and 123Banking and 124

Investment and Risk 122International Master’s in 124

Statistics with 229International Master’s in 227

Doctor of Medicine 24, 49Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) 17Drama 87

and Theatre 84Drug

Design 47Discovery, Applied 175

Dual Research Awards 23

E

Early Modern Europe, Text and

Event in 108, 168Studies, Medieval

and 108, 167, 168Eastern Academic Research

Consortium 17Econometrics

Economics and 89Finance and 90

Economic Analysis, Diploma in 89Development

International Business and 90International Finance and 90

Economics 88, 89, 90Agri-Environmental 90

and Policy 89and Econometrics 89 and Finance 90and International

Development, Applied 89Conversion 89

Economy, International Political 190Education 93

Higher 94Eighteenth-Century Studies 105Electronic

Engineering 99Systems Engineering,

Advanced 97Embedded Systems and

Instrumentation 97Employability 25

Service, Careers and 25Points Scheme 27

EngineeringAdvanced Electronic Systems 97


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H

Health Mental 212Research, Applied 214Science, Sport,

Exercise and 225Sciences, Medicine and 221

Dental and 165Services Studies 216

Healthcare, Advanced and Specialist 196

Heritage International, and Law 62Management 62

Hispanic and Comparative Literature 138Studies 137, 138Studies, Modern 138

History 140, 142Ancient 61& Philosophy of Art 145, 147of Art 144, 145of Science, Medicine,

Environment and Technology 141

Imperial 141Modern 141Roman, and Archaeology 63

How to apply 250Human

Behaviour, Evolution and 37Resource Management 54Rights Law 155, 157

HumanitiesLaw and the 156Medical 180

I

Image, Sound and 127, 171Imperial History 141In-sessional courses in English 236Independent/Supplementary

Prescribing 176Industrial Relations 56Infectious Diseases 48Information Security and

Biometrics 98

Instrumentation, Embedded Systems and 97

Intellectual and DevelopmentalDisabilities 211, 212

Analysis and Intervention in 211

Intergroup Relations, GroupProcesses and 201

InternationalAccounting and Finance 123Banking and Finance 124Business

and Economic Development 90

Management 54Commercial Law 155Conflict Analysis 189, 193Conflict and Security 189Criminal Justice 155Development 189

Applied Economics and 89Team, International 234

Environmental Law 155events 235Finance and Economic

Development 90funding 235graduate work in the UK 27Heritage and Law 62Law 156, 157

with International Relations 156, 190

Management with Management English 54

Migration 190Multimedia Journalism 151 Political Economy 190qualifications 234Relations 190, 193

Double Award 190Politics and 187with International

Law 190Social Policy 214

International two-year MA 216students 234Wildlife Trade,

Conservation and 77

Financial Engineering and Risk

Management 123support 232

Fine Art 126, 127(Practice as Research) 129

First World War Studies 141Flexible learning

(see distance learning)Forensic

Psychology 201, 202Science 183

French 130, 133and Comparative Literature 131Studies, Modern 132

Funding 232, 235research 17, 232

G

General Pharmacy Practice 175, 176

Genetics 48German 134, 136

and Comparative Literature 136Modern 135

Global Criminology, Cultural and 82Governance,

European and 188, 189outlook, A 10Skills Award Programme 21, 26

Governance, European and Global 188, 189

Graduate destinations 25School, The 20Student Association 21Teaching Assistantships 232

Graduate diplomas 23, 236Computer Science 72Computing 73Forensic Science 183International Management with

Management English 54Group Processes and Intergroup

Relations 201Gulbenkian Arts Centre 240

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Journalism 150, 151International Multimedia 151Multimedia 151

Justice, Criminal 154International 155

K

KentAcademic Repository 17Extra 26Graduate Student Association 21International Pathways 236MBA, The 53representatives 234Sport 240student unions 235, 240, 243the UK’s European university 12

L

LanguageEnglish

and Linguistics 111learning 235proficiency 235requirements 237support 235

Express courses 26Law 153, 159

and Ethics, Medical 156and Policy, Environmental 154and the Humanities 156(Erasmus-Europe) 156European 155Human Rights 155, 157International 156, 157

Commercial 155Environmental 155Heritage and 62

International Master’s 23Applied Actuarial Science 31Finance, Investment and Risk124Mathematics and its

Applications 163Statistics 227

with Finance 227International two-year MA

programmes 216Investment and Risk, Finance, 122IT Consultancy 72Italian 148, 149

J

Jobshop 27Joint

Doctoral programmes, Erasmus Mundus 13, 82, 108, 168

PhD supervision 23


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with International Relations 156, 190

Linguistics 112, 113Applied 112English Language and 111

LiteratureComparative 65, 66, 67English and American 105French and Comparative 131German and Comparative 136Hispanic and Comparative 138Modern European 67, 135Modern German and

Comparative 135 Living costs 233Locations 14

Athens 15, 244Brussels 15, 245Canterbury 14, 238Medway 14, 241Paris 15, 247Rome 15, 248Tonbridge 14

Logistics and Supply ChainManagement 54

Loyalty awards 233

M

Management 54, 56Biodiversity 79Business and 53Conservation Project 79English, International

Management with 54Finance and 122Financial Engineering

and Risk 123Heritage 62Human Resource 54International Business 54Logistics and Supply Chain 54Medicines 177Science 55, 56

Map 263Marketing 55, 56Master of Architecture 43

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History 141Studies, Medieval and Early 108, 167, 168

Rome, Ancient and 63Multimedia Journalism 151

International 151Music 170, 171

Canterbury 240Medway 243Popular 171Research, Composition

or Performance 173Technology 171

N

Networking opportunities 21Networks

and Security 71Broadband and Mobile

Communication 97Neuropsychology, Cognitive

Psychology/ 200, 202New Route PhD 24Novel, The Contemporary:

Practice as Research 107

O

Open Days 261Operational Research 56Opportunities 21

teaching 222Organisational Psychology 201

P

Paid work at university 27Paris 12, 15, 247


Partnerships, European 12Peace and Conflict Studies 191Performance

Music 173Practice, Contemporary 84Sports Science for Optimal 225

Master’s degrees 22, 250International 23

Mathematics 162, 163and its Applications 162

International Master’s in 163MBA, The Kent 53Media and Society, War 142Medical

Humanities 180Law and Ethics 156

Medicineand Health Sciences 221Dental and Health Sciences 165Doctor of 24, 49Environment and Technology,

History of Science, 141Reproductive, Science

and Ethics 48Medicines Management 177Medieval and Early Modern

Studies 108, 167, 168Medway 14, 241


Mental Health 212Methods of Social

Research 214, 220two-year MA 216

Microbiology 48Migration

International 190Studies 216

Mobile Application Design 98Communication Networks,

Broadband and 97Modern

Europe, Text and Event in Early 108, 168

European Literature 67, 135French Studies 132German and Comparative

Literature 135Hispanic Studies 138

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Prescribing, Independent/Supplementary 176

Primary Dental Care 196for Foundation Dentists 196

Primate Behaviour, Conservation and 78

Producing, Creative 85Professional Practice 195, 197, 198

Teaching and Learning 197Programme

choosing 22Global Skills Award 21, 26Researcher Development 20, 26structure 22

ProgrammesErasmus Mundus Joint

Doctoral 13, 82, 108, 168European 13postgraduate 29research 23, 250

scholarships 232taught 22, 250

Project Management, Conservation 79

Psychology 199, 202Applied 212Cognitive/

Neuropsychology 200, 202Developmental 200Forensic 201, 202Organisational 201Research Methods in 201Social 202

and Applied 202Public Policy, Social and 213Published works PhD 24

Q

Qualifications, international 234

R

Reasoning 180Religion 205Religious

Studies 205Theology and 206

Representatives, Kent 234

Reproductive Medicine: Science and Ethics 48

RequirementsEnglish language 237, 250entry 250

Researchacademic credit 13achievements 17Applied Health 214Councils UK 232degrees 250dual awards 23excellence 16external degrees 24European 13funding 17Methods

in Psychology 201of Social 214, 220

two-year MA 216Music 173New Route PhD 24Operational 56programmes 23, 250publishing record 17Scholarships, Postgraduate 232skills 20standing 16teaching opportunities 232training 20world-leading 6

Research Excellence Framework (REF) 16

Researcher Development Programme 20, 26

RiskFinance, Investment and 122

International Master’s in 124Management, Financial

Engineering and 123Roman History and Archaeology 63Rome 12, 15, 248

accommodation 249Ancient and Modern 63campus life 249location 248student life 249transport links 262

Personal Social Services 216Pharmacy 174, 177

Associate PostgraduateStudent Programme 175

Practice, General 175, 176PhD 23

jointly supervised 23New Route 24published works 24

Philanthropic Studies 215Philosophy 179, 180, 181

of Art, History & 145, 147Physical

Acting 86Sciences 182

Physics 183(EuroMasters) 183

Plant Science, Conservation and 77Poetry: Text, Practice as

Research 107Policy

Environmental Law and 154International Social 214

International two-year MA 216Social 216Social and Public 213

Politicaland Social Thought 193Economy, International 190 Sociology 221Strategy and Communication 191

Politicsand International Relations 187Comparative 193

Popular Music 171Postcolonial Studies 107, 108Postgraduate

careers and employability 25diplomas 22placements 26programmes 29research degrees, 23

external 24students, support for 20study at Kent 231taught programmes 22

Pre-sessional courses in Englishfor Academic Purposes 236


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and Public Policy 213Anthropology 37

and Computing 38and Conflict 38and Visual Ethnography 38of Europe 38

opportunities 21Policy 216

International 214two-year MA 216

Psychology 202Research,

Methods of 214, 220two-year MA 216

Services, Personal 216Thought, Political and 193Work 215, 216

Advanced 213Social Science,

Environmental 114, 115Society

Civil, NGO and Non-Profit Studies 214

Science, Communication and 207, 209

Terrorism and 191War, Media and 142

Socio-legal Studies 159Sociology 220, 221

Political 221two-year MA 216

Software Development, Advanced 71

Sound and Image 127, 171South-East Doctoral Training

Centre 17Sport

and Exercise Science 225and Exercise Sciences 224Brussels 246Canterbury 240Exercise and Health Science,

Professional Doctorate 225Medway 243

Sports Science for Optimal

Performance 225Therapy and Rehabilitation 225

Stand-up Comedy 86Staff

internationally renowned 16visits 234

Statistics 227, 229International Master’s in 227with Finance 229

International Master’s in 227Strategy and Communication,

Political 191Student

Activities Centre (Canterbury) 240

Association, Kent Graduate 21enterprise 27life

Athens 244Brussels 245Canterbury 240Medway 241Paris 247Rome 249

unions 235, 240, 243Students

European 12international 234

Study, postgraduate 231Studying

for a Master’s 22for a PhD 23

Supply Chain Management, Logistics and 54

SupportEnglish language 235financial 232for international students 234for postgraduate students 20

Sustainable Environment, Architecture and 44

Systems and Instrumentation,

Embedded 97Engineering, Advanced

Electronic 97

Rural Development, Conservation and 78

S

Scholarships 232, 235School, The Graduate 20Science

and Ethics, Reproductive Medicine: 48

Communication and Society 207, 209

Computer 70, 72, 73Advanced 70

(Computational Intelligence) 70

Conservation and Plant 77Environmental Social 114, 115for Optimal Performance,

Sports 225Forensic 183Management 55, 56Medicine, Environment and

Technology, History of 141Sport

and Exercise 225Exercise and Health,

Professional Doctorate 225Sciences

Medicine, Dental and Health 165

Physical 182Sport and Exercise 224

Security and Biometrics, Information 98Computer 71International Conflict and 189Networks and 71

Shakespeare 86Signal Processing, Wireless

Communications and 98Skills

Award Programme, Global 21development 26

Socialand Applied Psychology 202and Community Care 210and networking opportunities,

academic 21

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U

UK and EU students, funding 233UK Research Councils 232UK’s European university 12Union

Kent 240and Greenwich 243

students’ 235, 240, 243 University

contact details 263European 12tours 234, 261visiting the 261

Urban Design, Architecture and 44Studies 221

V

Victorian Culture, Dickens and 104Visiting the University 261Visits abroad, staff 234Visual

Effects, Digital 97Ethnography, Social

Anthropology and 38Visualisation, Architectural 44Volunteering 27

W

WarMedia and Society 142Studies, First World 141

Welcome programme 234Wildlife Trade, Conservation

and International 77Wireless Communications

and Signal Processing 98Woolf College 21Work, paid at university 27World Languages,

Centre for English and 236World-leading research 6World War Studies, First 141Writing

Creative 103, 107

T

Taught programmes 22, 250Teaching opportunities 232Technology

History of Science, Medicine, Environment and 141

Music 171Terrorism and Society 191Text

and Event in Early Modern Europe 108, 168

Practice and Research 108Poetry 107

Theatre, Direction 86Drama and 84European 85

Theology and Religious Studies 206Therapy and Rehabilitation,

Sports 225Tonbridge 14 Tourism, Conservation and 78Tours of the University 234, 261Training

doctoral 17research 20skills 20

Transport linksAthens 262Brussels 262Canterbury 261Medway 261Paris 262Rome 262

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This prospectus was produced in July 2015. The information contained within thisprospectus was correct at the time of going to press. For the most up-to-dateinformation, please see www.kent.ac.uk/pg

Terms and conditions: the University reserves the right to make variations tothe content and delivery of courses and other services, or to discontinue coursesand other services, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary. If aprogramme is discontinued, the University will make every effort to provide a suitablealternative. For full terms and conditions, please seewww.kent.ac.uk/termsandconditions

To register for a programme of study, all students must agree to abide by the Universityrules and regulations (available online at: www.kent.ac.uk/regulations).

Data protection and consent to process: for the University to operate efficiently, itneeds to process information about you for administrative, academic and health andsafety reasons. Any offer this institution makes to you is subject to your consent toprocess such information and is therefore a requirement before we can register youas a student.

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VISITING THE UNIVERSITY

We welcome andencourage you tovisit our campuses andspecialist postgraduatecentres.

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.

Postgraduate eventsCanterbury

Sat 28 November 2015Tue 1 March 2016

Brussels

Wed 25 November 2015

Paris


Open DaysCanterbury

Sat 3 October 2015Sat 2 July 2016Sat 8 October 2016

Medway

Sat 10 October 2015Sat 18 June 2016Sat 15 October 2016

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 an Open Day. It may also bepossible to arrange meetings with academic staff, althoughwe cannot guarantee this.Alternatively, we can provideyou with a self-guided tour leaflet,which includes the main pointsof 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 seewww.kent.ac.uk/informal for moredetails about informal and self-guided tours.

Canterbury

By 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, approx onemile (1.6km) up the A290,University entrance on right(signposted) near top of hill.

Campus mapwww.kent.ac.uk/maps/canterbury

Medway

By 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.

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Paris

By 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.

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 30 minutes to get to ReidHall with no changes.

Campus mapwww.kent.ac.uk/maps/paris

Athens

By 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 up


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bus 863 outside the ProastiakosMagoula station and get off at the Heroon Polytechniou.

By metro and busFrom the airport, you take AthensMetro line 3 to Egaleo. You thentake bus A16 to its terminal stopat Eleusina. There, you get on bus863 to Heroon Polytechniou.

Campus mapwww.heritage.aueb.gr/260.htm

Rome

By 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 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 LinkRoad, follow signs for the MedwayTunnel.

Campus mapwww.kent.ac.uk/maps/medway

Brussels

By airThe nearest major airports to theBrussels School of InternationalStudies are Brussels Airport(BRU) and Charleroi BrusselsSouth (CRL), both with excellenttransport links to Brussels.

By railThe Etterbeek train station is 100metres from the Brussels campusand provides regular connectionswith Schuman, Brussels Northand Brussels Midi stations.

By tramTake the 7 or 25 and alight at theEtterbeek stop, from which Kent’sBrussels campus is a five-minutewalk.

By metroKent’s Brussels campus is a shortwalk across the VUB Etterbeekcampus from the Pétillon Metrostation.

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