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Applied Actuarial Science with Placement (Integrated Master's)

Actuaries evaluate and manage financial risk. You'll be able to make financial sense of the future by applying advanced mathematical and statistical techniques to solve complex financial problems.
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Quality Assurance and Enhancement Office

Working collaboratively with Academic Schools, other Professional Service Departments and Kent Union, our vision is to empower people to engage with and instil quality in their everyday working ...
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Number of parents using surrogates in England and Wales quadruples in 10 years

Research co-led by Dr Kirsty Horsey of Kent Law School has found that more parents in England and Wales are having babies through surrogacy. The number of parental orders, which transfer legal ...
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Kent and Greenwich announce ‘trailblazing’ collaboration

The partnership will lead to the creation of a new “super-university”, the London and South East University Group* – a new model bringing both institutions under one structure whilst enabling each ...
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Chickens ‘closer to dinosaurs’ than other birds

New research suggests that chickens have experienced fewer gross genomic changes than other birds as they evolved from their dinosaur ancestor. Professor Darren Griffin and a team at the University’s ...
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Postnatal depression has life-long impact on mother-child relations

Postnatal depression (PND) can impact the quality of relationships between mother and child into adult life, and have a negative influence on the quality of relationships between grandmothers and ...
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Meet Dr Phil Anthony: digitally enhancing education

There is no doubt that technology has transformed the way students learn – the question now is how universities can adapt education to their needs. Dr Phil Anthony, Head of Kent’s E-Learning team, is ...
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The world’s earliest stone technologies likely to be older than previously thought

A new study from Kent’s School of Anthropology and Conservation has found that Oldowan and Acheulean stone tool technologies are likely to be tens of thousands of years older than current evidence ...
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Researchers over the moon to find tea can grow in lunar soil

A team of researchers from Kent have demonstrated that it is possible to grow tea in lunar soil as part of a wider field of work to explore how future astronauts living and working on the moon can ...
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Worrying decline in adolescents’ mental and physical health

New research carried out by the University as part of the Health Behaviour of School Age Children Survey (HBSC) for England has found that young people are less healthy and satisfied with their lives ...
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Celebrating Achievement: Kent Law School Graduation Prize Winners

While these individuals have been singled out for special recognition, we celebrate the achievements of all our graduating students. Completing a law degree is a significant accomplishment, and we are ...
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Research finally reveals ancient universal equation for the shape of an egg

Researchers from Kent’s School of Biosciences, the Research Institute for Environment Treatment (Ukraine) and Vita-Market Ltd have discovered the universal mathematical formula that can describe any ...