{"id":1453,"date":"2012-09-11T16:15:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T15:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2012-09-11T16:07:46","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T15:07:46","slug":"welcome-week-the-wait-is-over-your-experience-starts-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2012\/09\/welcome-week-the-wait-is-over-your-experience-starts-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Week &#8211; The wait is over, your experience starts now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Kent Business School at the University of Kent. You are joining a business school with global research excellence underpinning a leading international business education at the UK&#8217;s European University.<\/p>\n<p>The time you spend here will provide you with a world-class education, while based on a green campus close to a welcoming, vibrant and cosmopolitan city. It is sure to be amongst the most memorable experiences of your life.<\/p>\n<p>The Welcome Week is your opportunity to orientate yourself, become more familiar with the University, meet new friends and settle in to your new life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Induction Timetables<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Undergraduates:<\/strong> Accounting and Finance Stage 1; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/kbs\/documents\/induction\/2012\/ACCF_Induction_Timetable_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">click here for the induction timetable<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Undergraduates:<\/strong> Business Administration and International Business Stage 1;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/kbs\/documents\/induction\/2012\/BBA-IB_Induction_Timetable_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> click here for the induction timetable<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Postgraduate (Taught) programmes:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/kbs\/documents\/induction\/2012\/PGT_induction_schedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">click here for the induction timetable<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kent MBA:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/kbs\/documents\/induction\/2012\/MBA_Induction_Week_2012-13.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">click here for the induction timetable<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Medway students:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/kbs\/documents\/induction\/2012\/KBS_Medway_Induction_Week_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">click here for the induction timetable<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Helpful Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.kent.ac.uk\/moodle\/course\/view.php?id=2759\" target=\"_blank\">The Kent Business School Transition Module<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.kent.ac.uk\/moodle\/course\/view.php?id=2759\">https:\/\/moodle.kent.ac.uk\/moodle\/course\/view.php?id=2759<\/a>) provides some helpful information for new students on the Business School and serves as a useful introduction to the University\u2019s Virtual Learning environment Moodle.<\/p>\n<p>You will need to have activated your Kent IT account to access this module on Moodle.\u00a0 If you have yet to do this please go to <a href=\"www.kent.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\" target=\"_blank\">Getting Started<\/a> (at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\" target=\"_blank\">www.kent.ac.uk\/gettingstarted<\/a>), where you will also\u00a0 find detailed guidance on enrolling, paying fees &amp; selecting modules (please note that MA &amp; MSc students don&#8217;t make module selections until the first week of term).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/canterbury\" target=\"_blank\">www.kent.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/canterbury<\/a> &#8211; information including Fresher&#8217;s Fayre, registering at the Doctors, your student ID card and student support services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/internationalstudent\/now_here\" target=\"_blank\">www.kent.ac.uk\/internationalstudent\/now_here<\/a>\u00a0 &#8211; website aimed at International Students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.kent.ac.uk\/uPortal\/render.userLayoutRootNode.uP\" target=\"_blank\">Student portal<\/a> &#8211; once you have your login you can access your timetable and Kent emails.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kentunion.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kent Union<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Kent Business School at the University of Kent. You are joining a business school with global research excellence underpinning a leading international business &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2012\/09\/welcome-week-the-wait-is-over-your-experience-starts-now\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2299,"featured_media":1456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124,9886,9884,19112,9883],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1460,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions\/1460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}