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Tania Rhodes-TaylorExecutive Director, Communications and External Affairs
Tania Rhodes-Taylor is Executive Director of Communications and External Affairs at King’s College London. She has worked in Higher Education since 2007, previously holding senior positions at the University of Sydney, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the Institute of Education, UCL. This followed a successful career in the corporate and charity sectors which included the National Literacy Trust and Unisys. Having worked in Australia, Hong Kong and the USA, she always brings an international perspective to her work. Tania is also a qualified and accredited Executive Coach.
King’s College London is one of the top 25 universities in the world (2016/17 QS World University Rankings) and among the oldest in England. King’s has more than 29,600 students (of whom 11,750 are postgraduate students) from 150 countries worldwide and nearly 8,000 staff members. The university is in the second phase of a £1 billion redevelopment programme which is transforming its estate.
The Latest from King's College London
Making #AI sustainable, is vital to unlocking its potential🤖
Join @RajendranBipin and Professor Osvaldo Simone at @royalsociety for a 2-day international workshop on how next-gen computing might make AI greener with a star-studded panel of scientists🌱
Celebrating International Women's Day with an invite from Number 10!
Kathy Fan, Professor in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Kings College London, was invited to No. 10 Downing Street for the International Women's Day celebration.
Find out more: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/celebrating-international-womens-day-with-an-invite-from-number-10
The King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence is returning to @KingsCollegeLon from Tuesday 20 May to Saturday 24 May. Find out more about what we've got planned and check out the full programme of free, public events. Registration is open now! ⬇️
Five researchers from King’s College London have been awarded a new Wellcome Accelerator Award from @wellcometrust to help further their work in the areas of life, health and wellbeing.
@kingsmedicine @KingsIoPPN @GHSMatKCL @Kings_SGA
Five King's researchers receive prestigious new Wellcome Accelerator Award
The new scheme will support UK-based researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage to reach the next stage of their career
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In the past decade, 38,750 companies have launched across the UK with support of universities, driving economic growth and creating job opportunities.
Find out how we’re supporting entrepreneurs at @KingsCollegeLon ➡️
@UniversitiesUK #UnisStartUpTheUK
AI could help sonographers identify abnormalities almost twice as quickly at the 20-week pregnancy scan.
By saving time, sonographers can focus on communicating with parents or looking at any areas of concern.
@GSTTnhs @NIHRresearch @kingsmedicine
AI could help sonographers identify abnormalities in unborn babies more quickly
Artificial intelligence (AI) could help sonographers identify any abnormalities at the 20-week pregnancy screening scan ...
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People from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to experience COVID-19 symptoms for longer.
The research by @kingsmedicine adds to growing evidence that health outcomes are shaped by social factors.
People from disadvantaged backgrounds have COVID-19 symptoms for longer
People from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to experience COVID-19 symptoms for longer, new research suggests.
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A statement from our Vice-Chancellor following the tragic death of one of our students.
As the two NASA astronauts make their return to Earth we revisit Dr Ross Pollock's (@KCLBMBioscience) #KingsQs on the health risks related to being stranded in space. ⬇️
With two NASA astronauts stranded in space for 8 months, Dr Ross Pollock from @KCLBMBioscience explains what the health risks might be, and how they will be staying well #KingsQs
A nobel distinction
The highest distinction for academics of most disciplines is the award of a Nobel Prize, 12 people who have worked or studied at King’s and its constituent institutions have achieved this distinction. This includes; 2013 Nobel Prize for Chemistry jointly awarded to Professor Michael Levitt FRS, for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems. Michael Levitt studied physics at King’s and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1967 and the 2010.
Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa who was Spanish American Literature in the Department of Spanish & Spanish-American Studies at King’s in 1969-70, and became a Fellow of King’s in 2005.
Mission and vision
- To educate
- To challenge
- To change
- Our vision is to educate responsible leaders who create positive, sustainable change in business and wider society
Ranked in the top 10 of UK universities
31,000
King's Students
£778m
Annual income
King’s has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings.
King’s has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.
King’s is a world-leading institution with a truly global perspective. It has:
- Over 200 partnerships and innovative collaborations with leading universities and institutions across the globe, including key relationships with the University of California, San Francisco; the University of Hong Kong and the National University of Singapore.
- Joint PhD programmes, involving more than 20 academic departments across King’s, with institution including the University of Hong Kong and the National University of Singapore.
- Offices in Brazil, China, India, and the USA: part of a global network that will develop deeper relationships with local research, commercial, student and alumni communities in these key countries and regions.
- A School of Global Affairs comprising a network of Global Institutes to promote understanding of fast-changing parts of the world and encourage engagement with 21st-century powers. These include King’s Brazil Institute; the Lau China Institute; King’s India Institute; the Institute of North American Studies; King’s Russia Institute; King’s African Leadership Centre, and King’s International Development Institute.
Cultural competency & a global problem-solving mindset.
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