Guess Speaker Professor Mike Oliver

A wheelchair-user facing a post with the slogan "way in" before a flight of stairs

A special Lecture took place on 29 November 2017 on “Disability History, Bleeding Hearts and Parasite People”, by Professor Mike Oliver.

Bringing Prof Oliver to his Alma Mater as a distinguished Guess was an long goal we tried to achieve for the last two and a half years. It took the commitment of the students and staff behind the Disability History Month to make it possible this time.

Prof Oliver is an ex-student of Kent and internationally recognised for the creation of the Social Model of Disabilities. His PhD thesis is in our Templeman’s Library.

For a text copy of the lecture please click on https://www.kent.ac.uk/studentsupport/disabilities/documents/mikeoliver.docx

The Disability History Month (UKDHM) organises interesting events during the academic year and have also publishes its programme of events on www.kent.ac.uk/dhm.

For further information about the social Model of disabilities please click on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_model_of_disability.

New January

The photo shows part of the earth and the sun rising in the east in the December Solstice

Happy new year!

At this time of the year, we also welcome students from all around the world who come for the last two terms!

We hope you join us in the events and experiences we have been been working on.

This week we would like to introduce you to our Oasis Project. This initiative has the aim of provide a therapeutical place in an ecologically motivated environment. Many International and UK students and the local community participate. For more information please click on https://www.kent.ac.uk/studentservices/Oasis%20Garden/index.html

International Mental Health Adviser Stone Fitzgerald is organizing a workshop run by Owen Okie (from an enterprise in Scotland (Scoraig) called EarthMind Fellowship CIC. The workshop is this Friday 12 January between 1.30 pm and 4.30 pm. In the workshop Owen will explore the relationship to nature and the ecological responsibilities individuals and communities have. If you want to join a students’ group please send us an email at A.Velarde@Kent.ac.uk (There are limited available places)

On a complementary matter, the International Discussion Group run by International Mentor Coral Warner has moved from Wednesdays to Thursdays at 2 pm.
On the 25th of January the group will meet in the usual room in Eliot Becket Court (room 16). The following week the group will meet in Rutherford R.Cl.19(16)
If you want to join the group please let Coral know at C.A.Warner@Kent.ac.uk (There are limited available places)