School of Computing News

London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) is an impartial, accredited not-for-profit social enterprise that provides students with a deeper insight into science and how science can be used to benefit humanity. LIYSF aims to bring together young people from different nations to learn about each other through a shared passion for science. Earlier this year, Dr Jason Nurse, Senior Lecturer and Public Engagement Lead for...

HR GO, one of the UK's leading recruitment companies, and the University of Kent have been successful in a joint application for a knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) from Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency.  The award for £93,177 will provide half the cost of a two-year research project exploring how technology can better match...

Matthew Boakes has been recognised at the 2022 Graduate and Researcher College Prize ceremony for his teaching contributions to Computing and Engineering. The Graduate and Researcher College (GRC) support and challenge all postgraduate students and academic and research staff at Kent to grow. The 2022 GRC prizes recognise the outstanding contribution by postgraduates throughout the year. Here’s what Matthew had to say: "I am incredibly humble...

The Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS) and SWGfL, supported by Bitdefender, have created the Cyber Security in UK Schools Report, which provides an up-to-date review around the current state of cyber security of schools in England and Wales. The report compiles a list of findings around behaviours, issues and risks within the field of cyber security of schools, derived from results of a survey that was run in late 2021. The respons...

There was a 420% increase in reports of Technology Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence (TFIPV) during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new Home Office report led by researchers at the University's Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS). Research carried out in partnership with The Cyber Helpline, the only UK not-for-profit helpline directly supporting victims of cyber-crime, found that methods of TFIPV d...

The Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS) and the School of Computing are celebrating a new industrial grant awarded to University of Kent Lecturer, Dr Carlos Perez-Delgado, for research into the intersection of cybersecurity, blockchain technologies and quantum information. The grant, provided by the Casper Association, started in June 2022 and is worth £155,000 for its initial period until September 2023, w...

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 ranks Computing research at Kent of high quality, with nearly all of our research considered to be world-leading and internationally excellent. The REF is an internationally recognised system for assessing the quality of research in UK Higher Education Institutions. For each submission, three distinct elements are assessed: the quality of outputs such as publications, their impac...

Computer Science undergraduate student Rachel Muir has won targetJobs UK's Undergraduate of the Year Award Celebrating Neurodiverse Talent. Rachel won the award for her work in assisting the building of hardware and software to support affordable and accessible treatment for mental health worldwide. Rolls-Royce and data innovation catalyst R2 Data Labs are partners of the Undergraduate of the Year Award Celebratin...