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School of Social Sciences
News updates, events and support for current students at the School of Social Sciences.
Student news from the School of Social Sciences
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School of Social Sciences key contacts
Your Academic Adviser - for individual support around your progress.
Your student reps - use the CourseMate function on the KSU dashboard to submit feedback to your student reps about your teaching.
Course Leads - about your specific degree pathway.
Undergraduate
- Criminology and Criminal Justice Course Lead - Dr Jack Cunliffe
- Criminology and Sociology Course Lead - Dr Kate Bradley
- Criminology with Criminal Psychology Course Lead
- Dr Thomas Akoensi - Criminology with Cybercrime Course Lead - Dr Jack Cunliffe
- Digital Society and Sustainable Societies Courses Lead - TBC - Sociology
- Law and Criminology Course Lead - Dr Emma Cooke
- Sociology and Digital Society Course Lead - Dr Vince Miller
Postgraduate:
- MA Child Protection Course Lead - Vanisha Jassal
- MA Criminology course Lead - Marian Duggan
- MA International Public Policy Course Lead - Dr Trude Sundberg
- MA Methods of Social Research Course Lead - Dr Trude Sundberg
- MA Social Work Course Lead - Vanisha Jassal
Degree apprenticeship:
- Social Worker Degree Apprenticeship Course Lead - Dr Bridget Ng'andu
- Social Researcher Degree Apprenticeship Course Lead - Dr Lavinia Mitton
Director of Studies - about your overall degree.
- Director of Studies for all Sociology courses
- Dr Vince Miller - Director of Studies for all Criminology courses
- Dr Jack Cunliffe - Director of Studies for all Social Work courses - Dr Eleni Skoura-Kirk
Director of Education - about wider education factors - Dr Jack Cunliffe
Student Experience Lead - to feedback on issues that affect your wider student experience - Dr Triona Fitton
Getting support
Support teams
We have a range of support available to help you get the most of your time at Kent. Our School support teams include:
- Programmes Admin
- Research Programmes Admin
- Engagement Support
- Student Experience
Have your say
Want to make a change to the Social Sciences student experience? Consider giving feedback about your course via Coursemates on the KSU website.
Find out more ways to give feedback and how we're acting on this on our Your Uni Your Say webpage.
School of Social Sciences events
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Our School
In the School of Social Sciences, we are dedicated to understanding how society works, but also to making it better. Our mission is to explore and tackle critical social challenges, and to contribute to a more just and sustainable world.
Our Subjects
- Criminology
- Sociology
- Social Work
- Social Policy
- Child Protection
- Health and Care
- Methods of Social Research
- Health and Social Care
World-leading research
Our world-leading research addresses society’s most pressing issues, from health to crime prevention to poverty and inequality. Through our strong relationships with policymakers and third-sector organisations, we turn our research into action, forging meaningful change both locally and nationally.