The Medway Community scholarship is a new opportunity available to all students registered or due to register at the Medway campus. A number of awards of up to £1,000 are made on the basis of project proposals put forward by each applicant.Projects are pitched, delivered and evaluated by the student and must benefit the Medway local and/or student communities.

Additional financial and staff provision is available in order to help support the scholar to achieve the objectives of their project. The experience represents an excellent opportunity to showcase and deliver the skills employers want to see and could be based in art, music, sport, environment or any discipline in which the applicant is interested.

Projects are only restricted by the imagination of the applicant and what is realistically achievable within the academic year with available funding.

Projects must be new voluntary activity for which the applicant is not receiving financial payment or academic credit.

Previous projects have included; the creation of a Record label, album and live performances, a creative community day for local families, curation of an international film festival and sensory experience for children, hands-on training in music creation and production for local young people and sports training for pupils in a local junior school.

For more information or advice on how to apply online please go tohttp://www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/postgraduate/departmental/medway.html or email to communityscholarships@kent.ac.uk.

This year’s Canterbury Global Skills Award Ceremony took place on Friday 6th June and was attended by around 85 students. Professor Diane Houston hosted the event, which included reflections on the GSA by two participants: Coskun Serefoglu and Maria Mandourari.

Maria, who bravely kick-started proceedings, said: “The
GSA programme was a great opportunity to learn and develop my skills far beyond my Master degree. I am confident that in an increasingly
competitive job market, the GSA will help me to stand out from the crowd,
providing well-prepared evidence of my skills to future employers.” Coskun reflected in his presentation that ” attending the GSA programme was a priceless experience”.

This year 201 students successfully completed the Award, including 19 from Brussels.

For more images please see: http://www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/skills/programmes/gsacere.html

Three minutes. Eleven of Canada’s best minds. The power of the spoken word.

Graduate students from every corner of Canada are doing research that makes a difference in our lives, our communities, our economy and our world. The 3MT competition offers them a chance to explain their work and why it matters.

A national winner will be chosen by our judges panel: Nobel laureate Dr. John Polanyi, journalist Kady O’Malley and former CAGS President (2010) and Dean of Arts / Professor of History at University of Waterloo, Doug Peers .

You can choose a People’s Choice winner. Vote for the presentation that combines the best clarity and relevance.

Voting closes June 2. Winners will be announced June 12, 2014.

Visit www.cags.ca/3mt/3mt_videos.php for more information

The annual Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) and the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) will be launched on 22nd April 2014. The surveys provide an opportunity for you to share your unique experience of postgraduate study at Kent and the feedback is key to supporting the University’s aim of providing an excellent student experience for all postgraduates.

All postgraduates will receive an email invitation to participate in the surveys which will be clearly titled using either PTES or PRES.

Complete the survey and claim a £10 Amazon voucher!

The 4th annual Postgraduate Research Festival will be held in Woolf College on Monday 23rd June 2014.

The festival is an opportunity for  all Postgraduate students at Kent, both Taught & Research, to showcase  their research work to fellow students and academics.

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On Monday 17th March postgraduate students gave a short presentation about their culture as part of the Global Skills Award programme. Thank you to the following students who presented and made the evening a great success:

Danielle Johnson: Jamaica

Ismael Diarrassouba: Ivory Coast

Georgios Kyriakakis: Greece

Simon Obute: Nigeria

Mohammad Zolkeple and Mun Ching Lee: Malaysia

Uche Nwosu: South Africa

Marie Abanga: Cameroon

Congratulations to the following for winning £1,000 for their business pitch:

Angela McArthur: ‘Arterial’, Social Enterprise

Krysta Dennis: ‘Through the Grapevine: A Performed Wine Tasting’, Commerical

Thank you to all those who applied and those who gave a business pitch, I hope you found the experience a great development opportunity.

Banish those winter  blues by joining in the Worldfest fun, from  17-23 March 2014.

The  festival, organised by staff and students, celebrates diversity and  multiculturalism at the University.

Try food and drink from across the world at the food market,  learn some new moves in one of the dance workshops and enjoy live music,  including a performance from Canterbury band – Coco and the Butterfields.

Applications are invited for the Postgraduate Experience Awards 2013-14 The deadline for the second round is Friday 21st March.