{"id":329,"date":"2017-01-17T16:12:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T16:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/?p=329"},"modified":"2017-01-19T16:13:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T16:13:10","slug":"welcoming-our-new-short-term-students-for-the-spring-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/internationalpartnerships-news\/2017\/01\/17\/welcoming-our-new-short-term-students-for-the-spring-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming our new short term students for the Spring Term"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week our new short term students arrived in Kent for the Spring Term and enjoyed an array of activities organised by International Partnerships. Students were met by staff at Heathrow airport\u00a0and taken to our Canterbury and Medway campuses. A five day programme packed with events then followed, which included welcome talks, a Campus Trail, Welcome Buffet, Walking Tour of Canterbury, trip to Asda Supermarket, an Afternoon Tea and a trip to Dover Castle. The events allowed students from universities across the world\u00a0a chance to get to know one another\u00a0as they begin their shared journey together at Kent. We were pleased to see a number of our current exchange students who arrived in September volunteer to\u00a0meet with students\u00a0from their home universities and show our new students the ropes. The arrival of snow also made it a very memorable first week for our students, some of whom had never experienced it before!<\/p>\n

\u201cI am having great time living and studying here! We all appreciate it that you spared no effort in giving us international students a warm welcome and excellent experience.\u201d \u2013 Xin Guan, China Foreign Affairs University<\/span><\/p>\n

Special congratulations go\u00a0to Team ‘The Plus One’ who won the Campus Trail and to the students who won the Bingo. Photos below.<\/p>\n

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