{"id":6031,"date":"2014-09-24T15:58:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T14:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=6031"},"modified":"2014-10-02T16:19:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T15:19:37","slug":"reach-new-heights-with-the-university-of-kent-the-kenteye-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2014\/09\/24\/reach-new-heights-with-the-university-of-kent-the-kenteye-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Reach new heights with the University of Kent: the Kent Wheel opens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, ok, it’s not directly about music on this, the music blog, but it’s pretty exciting, so I’m going to write about it anyway!<\/p>\n

The Kent Wheel<\/strong>\u00a0opened this afternoon on the University campus, a talisman to draw the gaze from afar as it will stand tall on the greensward between Eliot and Rutherford Colleges over the next three weeks. The ferris-wheel is here as part of the beginning of a year-long celebration of the University’s fiftieth year, which will celebrate\u00a0the University’s\u00a0history, its ever-growing alumni community, the achievements of its staff and students, as well as its place\u00a0as\u00a0a part of\u00a0the local community.<\/p>\n

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Keith Mander gave a short speech reflecting on the many changes in the political and cultural landscape over the past fifty years, before wielding the scissors to cut the ribbon and declare the Kent Wheel\u00a0open.<\/p>\n