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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
“AMR is not defined by borders. This is a global issue that needs global co-operation to tackle it.”
@alexquayle1 explains how King’s is helping steward Sierra Leone through modern healthcare’s greatest crisis.
#WorldAMRAwarenessWeek #ScienceatKings
A bastion against the storm: How King's is helping steward Sierra Leone through the greatest threat...
This week is World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (18 November – 24 November 2024), a World Health Organi...
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In case you missed it!
Around a third of children in the UK have tooth decay.
Dr Claire McCarthy (@kingsdentistry) explains how we can stop teeth decaying in the first place on @BBCRadio4’s Inside Health with @JamesTGallagher. 🔽
Inside Health - Can supervised toothbrushing fix the children's dental crisis? - BBC Sounds
Around a third of British children have tooth decay. Is supervised toothbrushing the fix?
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People with liver disease have altered mouth and gut bacteria (known as the #microbiome) - which increases their #antimicrobialresistance.
#ScienceAtKings
@kingsmedicine @kingsdentistry @KingsCollegeNHS @supportkings @DrVishalCPatel @Inst_of_Liver
Microbiome changes in chronic liver disease highlight the need for personalised treatment
People with chronic liver disease have dramatic changes to the types and functions of bacteria in the gut and mouth, a new study has revealed.
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“AI is a spectrum—and so are its risks” Dr. Ellie Asgari.
Last week, King’s hosted the ‘Roadmap for an Ethical AI in Healthcare’ conference, sparking expert discussions on AI’s ethical challenges in clinical care. ⬇️
@NIHRMaudsleyBRC | @KingsIoPPN
King's hosts experts to discuss how to ethically implement AI in healthcare
The ‘A Roadmap for an Ethical AI in Healthcare’ conference at Science Gallery London on 14 November featured w...
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Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away?
Fruit is particularly good for maintaining a healthy gut, says @DrEmilyLeeming from @kingsmedicine.
Find out how quickly tweaks to diet could impact the microbiome ⬇️
Is it true that … an apple a day keeps the doctor away?
It’s a tale as old as time. But does the fruit really live up to its healthy hype? We ask an expert
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What does it mean for the NHS and other healthcare systems?
“AMR poses a significant financial burden on healthcare systems. It leads to longer hospital stays, more complex and prolonged admissions, increased risks in routine surgeries, and ultimately, higher mortality rates.”
Antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) threatens to make routine infections increasingly deadly. Marking the start of #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek, @DrMerianneM from @KCLImmunoMicro @kingsmedicine has answered some questions on the topic.🧵⬇️
#ScienceAtKings #KingsQs @Inst_of_Liver
@WHO What is being done to tackle AMR today?
“To tackle AMR, governments, health organisations and researchers are implementing strategies like promoting responsible antibiotic use, investing in new drug development, improving diagnostics, and enhancing infection control.”
@WHO What more needs to be done?
“We need increased funding for AMR research, more rapid diagnostic tools, global coordination on stewardship policies, and better education on responsible antibiotic use. Collaboration across sectors is essential to curb the growing threat of AMR.”
How many can we expect to see an hour?
“It’s hard to predict, but I would expect to see about 15 per hour under good conditions. The variance is quite high on this number though, it could be much higher or lower.”
One of the most prolific meteor showers, the #Leonids, peaks this week! Known for its fast and colourful meteors, Shyam Balaji (@shyamza), researcher in astroparticle physics and cosmology at @KCL_Physics @Kingsnmes, explains more. 🧵⬇️
#KingsQs #ScienceatKings
When is the best time to see the Leonids?
“The Leonids will peak on the night of November 17 into the early hours of November 18. The best viewing time is from midnight to dawn, from Sunday into Monday.”
Read more about the Leonids from Shyam in @TIME ⬇️💫
https://time.com/7176484/leonid-meteor-shower-2024-when-to-see-it/
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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