Delighted that research from School of Economics has been cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the President Council of Economic Advisers.

Dr Christian Siegel’s work features in Chapter 7: ‘An Economic Framework for Understanding AI’.

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🍫Looking forward to an easter feast?

Ally Kirtley went to Ghana for her PhD research where she discovered that on average, cocoa farmers earn just 6% of the final value of a bar of chocolate🍩

So she's raising money for 'Little Libraries' there 📚

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Delighted that Dr Christian Siegel’s research has been cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the President Council of Economic Advisers.

His work with Zsófia Bárány is referenced in Chapter 7: ‘An Economic Framework for Understanding AI’.

Read in full here.

blogs.kent.ac.uk/economics/2024…

The Young Economist of the Year competition, sponsored by @KPMGUK is back! Click here 👉 buff.ly/3x1gvoJ for more info and to be in with a chance of being published in the Financial Times Fort Thomas Schools. Sign up to our newsletter now to be alerted when we open! Link in bio.

The standard of our professional apprentice economist's end of year dissertations is high and the intellectual content impressive. Read the best here 👇🏽

We're delighted that Dr Christian Siegel's work is cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the President. More here 👇🏽

Ally Kirtley has been conucting research for her Agricultural Economics PhD in rural cocoa producing communities in #Ghana .

Her JustGiving fundraiser aims to create Little Libraries to supplement the sustainability incentives there 🍫🌱 #SDGs #trade4sd

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Adam Smith supported macroprudential regulations to underpin monetary stability -Dr Alfred Duncan ponders what that would look like in today's money👇🏽

Mindfulness has been shown to
Reduce stress, anxiety and depression
Improve sleep quality
Improve job performance
Improve your emotional and social skills.

So come and join our on line mindfulness sessions:

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A brilliant feature of government economics is the variety of directions your career can take! Our economists work across more than 50 departments from HM Treasury 💷 to UK Space Agency 🛰️!  

Find out more about our graduate scheme: bit.ly/ges-graduate

Students and staff at University of Kent are doing some fantastic volunteer work for the community🌱

Through University of Kent & Produced in Kent Ltd's gleaning project, volunteers are tackling food waste by redistributing surplus food to those who need it🥕

The volunteer team📸

#StudentVolunteerWeek

'This has allowed me to kickstart my career as an economist.'

For #NAW2024 Victoria Haigney shares her experience on our Professional Economist Degree Apprentice Programme 🎓

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Three days left to apply for our Economics Degree Apprenticeship scheme!

If you want a:

⭐ fee-free economics degree
⭐ paid role in a government department

Then this could be just the opportunity for you!

Apply before 12 February! bit.ly/ges_dap

'I deliberately chose a topic that would have a benefit to the department I work for.'
The Kent Economics Degree Apprentice Research Journal, a repository of the best dissertations from finalists features Tobin Lochrie's research on absenteeism. #NAW2024
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Book a place for this fireside chat with Dragon Touker Suleyman in Sibson on Wednesday 14th🐲🔥

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It's National Apprentice Week! So we're launching the Kent Economics Degree Apprentice Research Journal, featuring 11 of the best dissertations.

Today we're showcasing Teale Cunningham's great work 👏

Find out about his journey here.

blogs.kent.ac.uk/economics/2024…

#NAW2024

It's National Apprenticeship Week!

#NAW2024 is a week-long celebration that brings together businesses and apprentices across the country to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy.

This week, we'll be…

Could you or your business benefit from an economics apprentice?

First School of Economics research seminar of the term today: paula gobbi presented research on how customary inheritance rules shape fertility choices in sub-Saharan Africa.

Working on firm dynamics, imperfect competition, and productivity?

We are hosting the third edition of our 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 workshop, this time joint with Bank of England, University of Bristol | School of Economics and School of Economics.

Please find the call for papers here: drive.google.com/file/d/1-7ET2c….