Monthly Archives: April 2018

News

Farewell to Sian, we wish her luck as great things lie ahead!

Today is a bitter sweet day in the Graduate School as we say goodbye to a dear friend and team member, Sian Epps, Graduate School Assistant and PA to the Dean of the Graduate School. The Graduate School team would like to thank Sian for her work supporting the Graduate School and its endeavors for the last two and a half years.

Sian joined the Graduate School in September 2015 after finishing her BSc in Sociology and Social Science, and she has worked in several different capacities within the team in that time – most recently as PA to the Dean of the Graduate School. Sian has been an important and valuable member of our small team, and she will be dearly missed.

Sian began a part-time MA in Sociology at the University of Kent in 2017, and she has recently been hired by Migrant Help, a charity that works to provide advice and support to vulnerable migrants in Dover. The Graduate School would like to congratulate Sian on her new post and wish her well in all of her future endeavors!

Awards, News

University of Kent wins 3rd place for Postgraduate Whatuni Award

The results are in for the Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCAs) 2018, and we are delighted that the University of Kent has been awarded 3rd place for the Postgraduate Award out of thirty-seven universities across the UK. The University of Kent climbed nine places in the postgraduate category, going from 12th place in 2017 to 3rd place in 2018. In addition to ranking in the top three in the postgraduate category, the University of Kent ranked 5th for the International Award (climbing from 8th place in 2017).

The WUSCAs celebrate the best in higher education, and universities are selected based on 36,000+ reviews submitted via Whatuni.com by university students across the UK. The 2018 awards ceremony took place at The Brewery in London on 19 April, and the event was hosted by comedian, Katherine Ryan. The Graduate School team was delighted to be in attendance to represent the University of Kent for the Postgraduate Award nomination, and members of the International and Enrolment teams attended to represent the University for the International Award nomination.

Congratulations to the University of Kent for ranking so high in two categories of the 2018 Whatuni Awards. The Graduate School would like to particularly thank all of the members of academic and administrative staff who work to support our postgraduate and international students at Kent.

See the top three in each of the fifteen WhatUni Awards 2018 categories here, view all of the rankings and categories here and read the official Whatuni press release here.

Events

Registration now open for South East Hub 2018

Join us at the University of Kent for the 2018 South East Hub, a postgraduate and early career researcher conference with the theme: ‘Victims, Perpetrators, Bystanders and Collaborators as historical concepts: Redundant labels, useful categorisations or somewhere in between?’

The South East Hub 2018 will be held in the Grimond building (University of Kent, Canterbury campus) on 19th June and is co-funded by CHASE and the University of Kent School of History. The conference is an opportunity for research postgraduates and early career researchers to discuss their topics in a friendly and supportive environment. This year, papers will address the conceptual utility of the terms victims, perpetrators, bystanders and collaborators in a variety of historical contexts.

The panels are: ‘Accusation, Collaboration and Resistance’, ‘The Victim Voice’, ‘Simultaneous Categories’, and ‘Regimes and the Right’. The keynote talk will be delivered by Professor Tim Cole and is entitled, ‘Perpetrators, victims and bystanders: Writing integrated histories and geographies’.

The conference is free to attend. Lunch, tea and coffee will also be provided, and a wine reception will follow the event. Please note that there are limited spaces, so places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration closes on May 18th, so register as soon as possible to secure your attendance at the conference.

Register here: https://goo.gl/forms/FKUZT8PgaxqV4eMu1​ 

If you have any questions about the event or require any further information, please get in touch with Kate Docking and Ellis Spicer at southeasthub2018@outlook.com.

The conference webpage can be viewed here: www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/southeasthub2018.html

Events

Frames of Representation 2018 – a global documentary cinema festival

CHASE is delighted to be academic partner with The ICA for Frames of Representation 2018, a global documentary cinema festival. As part of their sponsorship, CHASE has organised two seminars featuring CHASE academics in conversation with film-makers whose work is showing during the festival.

The seminars will take place at The ICA in the afternoons of 23 and 25 April, and all Arts and Humanities Postgraduates registered at CHASE institutions are eligible to attend.

Further details and registration can be viewed here: http://www.chase.ac.uk/frames-of-representation

News

Postgraduate Heritage Walks Series – registration is now open!

The Graduate School is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Postgraduate Heritage Walks Series, a student-run event funded by the Postgraduate Experience Awards:

Wandering and Well-being: revitalise mind and body and increase productivity through heritage walks in the Kentish Countryside

This exciting programme of walks will be led by postgraduate students throughout May and June 2018 and will focus on the connection between engagement with heritage and wellbeing. The walks will include visits to some of Kent’s remarkable historic villages and monuments, archaeological sites and places of natural beauty.

Postgraduate students are invited to sign up for a bursary to cover the cost of transportation and admission fees. For more information and to see the full programme, visit the webpage here: http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/heritagewalks/

 

Do you have a great idea for a postgraduate event? Applications for the second round of Postgraduate Experience awards are being accepted until Friday, 27 April! Apply today: https://www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/news/pgexperience.html

News

Graduate School Prizes – nominations now open!

The Graduate School is delighted to be introducing a series of prizes to recognise the excellence of its postgraduate researchers and the outstanding work carried out by our academic and administrative staff members in support of postgraduate research and education.

The Graduate School Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
• Research Degree Supervisor (one per Faculty)
• School Director of Graduate Studies
• Administrator working in support of postgraduate education and/or research
• Postgraduate Research Prize (one per Faculty)

Each prize will be in the sum of £500 and will take the form of a transfer to the winner’s school, centre or departmental budget for the 2018/19 financial year. The funds can be used for:
• Travel and subsistence in relation to research including conference fees, books, consumables, survey costs or any other cost that can be shown to relate to their research
• Staff development courses and related travel and subsistence costs

The prizes will be announced and presented at the Postgraduate Research Festival Launch Event on 18 June 2018 followed by a celebratory dinner, and the deadline for applications is 30 April 2018.

Please visit the webpage for full criteria and application information, and do not hesitate to contact the Graduate School with any queries: graduateschool@kent.ac.uk.