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University of Kent
University of Kent
Where desire meets determination.
We stand for ambition, with our diverse community of staff and students committed to making a difference at regional, national and global level. It’s something we’re very proud of.
Education and student experience
Our students are diverse, passionate and independent, and our award-winning support and inspirational teachers make sure they are at the heart of everything we do.
Our Kent 2025 strategy highlights our ongoing aim to offer one of the best education and student experiences in the UK. We've since published our mid-term review which looks at where we are and what the next steps will be.
Research and Innovation
By 2025, we will ensure that we are known globally for our research excellence in the following areas:
- Creativity, Culture and Heritage
- Cyber Security, Digital Technology and Communication
- Health, Social Care and Wellbeing
- Social Justice, Inequalities and Conflict
- Sustainability, Environment and Natural Resources
We will achieve this through research and innovation that is:
- Collaborative
- Global
- Impactful
- Innovative
- Interdisciplinary
Engagement, impact and civic mission
Engagement, impact and civic missionCanterbury, our historic base, has been a seat of learning for centuries, while we are at the heart of Medway's bid for City of Culture 2025. We have a distinct European identity through centres in Paris and Brussels, and are proudly global in outlook.
We are determined to build on this to meet local, national and international need. Our Kent 2025 strategy highlights our initial aims to ensure that we are a civic university. We've since published our mid-term review which looks at where we are and what the next steps will be.
Qualifications & CPD
The Centre for the Study of Higher Education at Kent (CSHE), based inUELT, provides a base for taught postgraduate provision with a distinctive focus on the field of Higher Education. The Centre is also a focal point for research in this field, supported by seminars and events to which all postgraduate students are warmly welcome.
We offer a range of postgraduate programmes:
Associate Fellowship Scheme (AFS)is intended for Graduate Teaching Assistants or members of staff contractually required to take the AFS.
The Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE)is intended for lecturers, normally in their first fulltime post who are contractually required to take the PGCHE.
Other postgraduate programmes offered by the Centre provide opportunities for further academic study of all aspects of Higher Education (PGDip and MA) and research opportunities (PhD in Higher Education).