It is with our deepest sorrow that we inform you of the passing of our dear colleague, Dr Alex Magaisa. We feel his loss immediately and join with Alex's friends and admirers around the world in recognising his powerful legacy and impact at Kent.
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- “…warm, gentle, kind and charming – a true gentleman – yet passionate and sharp minded, a considerable intellect…” Poignant words from our Head of School in our announcement today of Dr Alex Magaisa’s untimely passing: ow.ly/sizN50JqqTP
- Three amazing final-year Law LLB students @unikent, three amazing @middletemple scholarships! Congratulations to aspiring barristers Queenet Awesu, Beronique Addington & Beatrice Fatungase! Read their stories on our news blog & prepare to be inspired! kent.ac.uk/law/news
- We are delighted to announce a brilliant #REF2021 result for the @UniKent Kent Law School – 2nd in the UK for overall research quality @timeshighered #ResearchAtKent 1/4
- My Africa is Political: Navigating Democracy in #Zimbabwe @Wamagaisa @unikent & Film Director Camilla Nielsson invited to deliver a Poynter Fellowship in Journalism lecture @yale at 1.30pm on Saturday 10 November communications.yale.edu/poynter/dr-ale…
- Dr @wamagaisa @unikent (former adviser to former #Zimbabwe PM & to constitution-writing team) is quoted in Bloomberg @bpolitics article addressing questions over the legitimacy of Zimbabwe’s first election since Mugabe quit:
- Congratulations to @suhraiyajivraj on winning the @UniKentSocSci Faculty Teaching Award 2019 for her leadership of @DecoloniseUKC, a project which aims to support BAME students @unikent in becoming change actors and co-producers of knowledge kent.ac.uk/law/news/4340/…
- Watch @Wamagaisa's interview on yesterday's @BBCWorld about the situation in #Zimbabwe He begins by addressing a question about whether the MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) has incited some of the violence (2m 55 into clip)
- Congratulations to Professor Emily Grabham @RegulatingTime @unikent on the award of a £100k Philip Leverhulme Prize in Law @LeverhulmeTrust! Professor Grabham champions an influential new field of scholarship on the relationship between law and time. kent.ac.uk/law/news/5862/…
- Enormously proud that Professors Toni Williams & @d_ashiagbor @unikent are among 40 'Phenomenal Women' whose portraits by @williamjlknight are to feature in an exhibition celebrating Britain's Black Female Professors at London's City Hall from 18 March kent.ac.uk/law/news/4919/…
- A personal tribute to Zimbabwean politician Morgan Tsvangirai, the country’s Prime Minister in 2012 when @UniKent Lecturer @Wamagaisa began working with him - Alex was helping to write a new constitution for Zimbabwe when he got a call to meet Tsvangirai bigsr.co.uk/single-post/20…
- Expert comment from @Wamagaisa (former adviser to former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai) on current situation in #Zimbabwe Dr Magaisa is also a member of the team that drafted the Constitution of Zimbabwe goo.gl/bzdtk9
- Kent Law School supports the rights of students to engage in peaceful protest on campus and is gravely concerned about security staff ‘over-policing’ protest by students, in particular that by black and minority ethnic students.









