Welcome to all new PG students joining the University in January 2014! The Graduate School will be organising an informal induction event for all new students starting this term. The date and time will be confirmed in due course and all new students will receive a personal invitation from the Dean of the Graduate School.

The new winter edition of the GradPost is now available. Download your copy from our website http://www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/news/gradpost.html. Hardcopies are also available to read in the communal areas of Schools and in the PG Common Room.

If you are a postgraduate student and have an idea for a commercial business or social enterprise, you could have the change to win £1,000. Here’s how…

The Graduate School, in partnership with Kent Innovation and Enterprise, are holding a competition for all postgraduate students and are asking students to submit a business plan by 17th February 2013.

We are offering the following voluntary opportunities for students, which may help improve their plan:

•  Recieve feedback on a pre-application proforma. Download proforma and submit to skills@kent.ac.uk by 5pm on 20th December. Feedback will be returned by 17th January 2014.
• Book a place on any (or all!) of workshops on offer (first come first serve basis)

For more information please visit: http://www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/news/ideascompetition.html

4th November, 6pm, Woolf Lecture Theatre

The Globals Skills Award programme’s introductory lecture is compulsory for all participants and will take place at 6pm on Monday 4th November for Canterbury and Medway students. The lecture will be viewed on Tuesday 5th November for Brussels students.

The lecture will finish with a drinks reception, in Woolf Lower Foyer, at approximately 7:30pm. This ia a great opportunity to meet other postgraduate students from different backgrounds.

Please remember to bring your Kent One card to record your attendance.

If you have any queries please contact: skills@kent.ac.uk

If you are a postgraduate taught student and want to be part of the Global Skills Award Programme make sure you apply before 28th October 2013!

Find out more about the Global Skills Award Programme

 To register and apply please visit: https://bloom.kent.ac.uk

If you have any queries please email skills@kent.ac.uk

The Autumn 2013 GradPost is now available electronically here! Hardcopies will be available soon.

Would you like to be involved in the GradPost? We are looking for students to join our GradPost editorial team from September
2013. If you are interested in joining the team or contributing to the new edition please contact Katie Watson in the
Graduate School (gradpost@kent.ac.uk)

If you are arriving at Kent in September 2013, find out about Getting Started here.

Postgraduate Inductions

Find out about our Postgraduate Inductions Events for September 2013

The third annual Postgraduate Research Festival took place on 18th June 2013 and was a great opportunity for all Postgraduate students at Kent, both Taught & Research, to showcase their research work to fellow students and academics and to listen to some interesting and stimulating talks.

Many thanks to all those who displayed and presented their posters – the posters were all of a very high standard and the Q&A sessions provoked some stimulating discussions.

Poster Award Winners:

• Paula Lock from SECL for her poster ” Roman Taverns and Inns”
• Manual Jorge Marques for his poster “Non-invasive imaging of human tissue with Optical Coherence Tomagraphy”
• Sarah Tetley from KBS for her poster “Gurnard and Chips Anyone … Anyone?!”