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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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New study proves pets increase human life satisfaction and wellbeing

Having a cat or a dog as a companion can increase human life satisfaction and wellbeing as much as family and friends do, according to new Kent-led research. Analysis from economics researchers ...
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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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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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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 ...
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University of Kent’s free learning resources adopted for prison education

The University of Kent’s language learning resources developed by ‘The English Hub for Refugees’ have been adopted by teaching staff of HMP Oakwood (Wolverhampton) under lockdown. Amid the COVID-19 ...
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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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How negative stereotyping affects older people

Analysis of research on the effect of negative stereotypes on older people’s abilities has concluded these stereotypes are a major problem for the demographic. A research team at the University’s ...
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New guide for care homes to support inclusive care practice for older LGBTQ+ people

Researchers from Kent, in collaboration with the University of Surrey and the University of Hertfordshire, have developed a free guide to support care homes to provide care that is inclusive for older ...
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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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Research shows the human imagination becomes more active with age

Research from Kent, commissioned by English Heritage, has shown that, contrary to popular opinion, the adult imagination is not only as vivid as that of a child but even becomes more active with age.