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Thursday 9 Nov, 12pm-2pm Cornwallis LT3 (COLT3), Canterbury campus Our last ERC masterclass The ERC​ or European Research Council is the gold standard of European research funding. There are no research boundaries or priorities, all topics are supported from arts to medicine, from social science to engineering. Each year hundreds of the very best researchers are supported by the ERC to

Life on Quality St: the three speakers in action The ‘Essential Elements of a Successful Application’ workshop is like the purple one in Quality Street: it’s a perennial favourite. We’ve been running variations on it since we began the Grants Factory in 2009, and there is always a good turnout and a stimulating discussion. I’ve written up some notes from previous sessions here, here, here

Wanted: McCarthyites for fun times.  Dear Daily Mail I am writing this by candle light inside a small cupboard in the so called 'Registry'. The Anti-Brexit Stormtroopers are everywhere. They march down the corridor at all hours, banging on our doors, demanding that we remove all signs of Britishness including our Great British Bake Off calendar and our National Trust poster, checking to see

In what was described by Research Professional as a surprise move, the Government has appointed Nana Mouskouri as head of the ESRC. 'It was expected that the position would be filled by a senior researcher from the University of Oxford,' said RP. Instead, Theresa May plumped for seventies crooner Nana Mouskouri.  'There is no truth whatsoever in the scurrilous rumour that the PM only chose her

The Gulb: arthouse cinema, theatre, concert hall. And oh: cafe. We’re currently recruiting for an RDO to work with the Faculty of Humanities here at Kent. The role is very flexible, independent and proactive, working closely with the Associate Dean, directors of research and others to strategically target and develop the research and funding culture within the Faculty. This will

Each term I feature a different Kent award winner in the Research Services newsletter, looking at their research and discussing their career path and funding track record. Earlier in the year I featured Prof John Batchelor. Dr This time the spotlight falls on Prof Paul Allain in the School of Arts.   Few can say that they cut their research teeth by slipping under the Berlin Wall in the 1980s

Big news in the short-staffed Department for Exiting the European Union. They've managed to get Bob Mortimer, partner of Vic Reeves, to step up to the plate as its Chief Scientist. This is excellent news. In these troubled times it's important to have clowns and comedians at the helm. I mean, it worked for David Davis, didn't it? Any relation to Chris Jones, the Department's Director for

Last week I emailed all staff about a change to the names of the teams in Research Services. The Funding Team was being rebadged the Research Development Team. Their role didn’t change, but it better reflected what they did, and fitted with what most other universities called those who worked at a very early stage with academics in developing proposals. To be honest I felt a little guilty