A group of MA students based at Kent’s Paris Centre recently visited Berlin with their module tutor, Dr Vybarr Cregan-Reid, from Kent’s School of English. Having put the precepts of the module to the test in Paris, by means of regular study trips, the visitors were able to extend their research in Berlin. Their trip was part-funded by Kent’s Schools of Arts and English and by the Faculty of Humanity’s International Mobility Fund.

Activities in Berlin included visits to Berlin’s small galleries such as C/O Galerie for an exhibition by Stephen Shore and the VeneKlasen Werner gallery exhibiting work by the Japanese artist Koji Enokura. As an example of experimental story)telling in film, students viewed ‘The Dreamed Ones’, directed by Ruth Bekerman, which featured in the Berlinale film festival. On the street they put into practice the psychogeography tactics of the Situationist International, taking a photo every 30 seconds or determining the next direction but the flip of a coin.

One of the participants, Rebekah Mays, commented: ‘It was such an enriching experience to travel with a tutor and our classmates to Berlin. We went to contemporary art galleries and experimental films I probably wouldn’t have gone to on my own, and we explored the city not as tourists but as thinkers, helping us delve further into concepts introduced on our modules. Thanks to the International Mobility Fund, our study group was able to expand our academic enquiry beyond the classroom, and even beyond Paris.’

Left to right students Rebekah Mays, Ryan Brown and Sarah Bolwell with (second from left) tutor Vybarr Cregan-Reid.

Sarah Bolwell, a Kent, Paris MA student in History and Philosophy of Art , has been chosen by the British Council in Paris to moderate a discussion of Shakespeare by academic specialists. The event, ‘Brave New World? Shakespeare 400 Years On’ marks the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death. The participants in the conference, on Monday 21 March at the British Council premises in rue Constantine, are Dr Deana Rankin (Royal Holloway), Dr Preti Taneja (Queen Mary) and Professor Wes Williams (University of Oxford).

Sarah Bolwell is editor of The Menteur, a literary magazine edited and produced in Paris by the University of Kent’s Humanities MA students.

The University of Kent, Paris, in partnership with Columbia Global Centers (Columbia University) is marking the Shakespeare quatercentenary with two open lectures at its Paris campus. On Tuesday 3 June at 6.30pm David Ellis (Professor Emeritus, University of Kent), will speak on Shakespeare’s biography. On Wednesday 11 June at 6.30pm Professor Karen Newman (Brown University) will speak on ‘Shakespeare Celebrated: Souvenirs du Théâtre Anglais à Paris’. Both events are at Reid Hall, 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris 75006.

Please see the conference poster for further information.

Key facts

• Eligible students can borrow up to £10,000
• The loans will be available for both taught and research Master’s programmes, including LLM, MBA, MFA, MRes (but not for PhDs)
• All disciplines and subject areas are eligible
• Loans will be available for full-time, part-time and distance-learning Master’s programmes (with certain exceptions)
• The loans cover split-site Master’s at Kent’s specialist centres in Brussels, Paris and Rome provided you spend at least 50% of your study time at Kent’s UK campuses
• The loans are not means tested and are paid directly into your UK bank account

Am I eligible?

• UK nationals who have been most recently resident in England
• EU students
• You need to be under 60 at the time you register for your Master’s
• Your previous highest level qualification must be below Master’s
• You are keeping to the repayment terms of your undergraduate student loan

What’s not included

• Part-time programmes taught over more than two years (currently under review by BIS)
• Programmes where you are resident outside England for more than 50% of your degree
• Postgraduate certificates, diplomas and other non-Master’s degree options
• Undergraduate/integrated Master’s eg MEng, MArch
• Distance-learners not resident in England

How do I repay the loan?

• Repayments will not start before April 2019
• Repayments will be income-contingent and made concurrently with undergraduate loans
• Rates will be set at 6% of annual income over £21,000 at an interest rate of 3% plus RPI

We endeavour to provide accurate information regarding the Postgraduate Loan (PGL) scheme but full details of the scheme, including eligibility of students and programmes, are still being finalised by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills and the Student Loans Company (SLC). For further information consult the SLC website.

The University of Kent, Paris is pleased to announce the final approval of the School of Arts’ MA in Film, taught exclusively in Paris. Please click here for further information.

The University of Kent, Paris is pleased to announce a scholarship fund worth £25,000 for taught Master’s students studying during the academic year 2016–17. Please find below the conditions and criteria of the scholarship fund and how to apply.

Conditions and Criteria
•  The scholarship fund is open to applicants who have been offered a place on any of the Kent, Paris MA programmes for the academic year starting in September 2016, whether split-site (Canterbury and Paris) or Paris only.
• It is open only to applicants intending to study full-time.
• UK, EU and overseas fee paying students are all eligible.
• Candidates will be assessed on academic excellence, and will usually hold by July 2016 a first-class Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject, or hold by July 2016 an equivalent non-UK qualification or a Master’s degree at merit or distinction in a relevant subject or equivalent.
• Paris Scholarships to the value of £5,000 will be awarded to outstanding applicants able to demonstrate a high level of academic achievement, clear intellectual ambition and the potential to make a strong contribution to their chosen MA programme.

How to apply
• Candidates must have received a conditional or unconditional offer of a place on one of the Kent, Paris programmes.
• Candidates must send a letter of motivation, not exceeding 500 words, stating why they wish to join their chosen Kent, Paris MA programme and how this fits into their longer term plans.
• The letter of motivation should be saved with the following file name: “FirstnameSURNAME_application number_letter of motivation”, for example:
CatherineWOOD_123456789_letter of motivation.doc
• The letter should be addressed to the Academic Director of Paris programmes and sent by email to paris@kent.ac.uk with the subject line: “Scholarship application Firstname SURNAME application number”, for example:
Scholarship application Catherine WOOD 123456789
• The opening date for accepting applications is Friday 1 April 2016. Please do not send scholarship applications before this date.

Deadline
The deadline for applications is midnight, Friday 27 May 2016.

Please address any enquires to paris@kent.ac.uk.

The School of European Language and Culture has recently announced a new PhD in Comparative Literature featuring study at both the University of Kent’s Canterbury Campus and our Paris Centre located in the city’s Montparnasse district.

Over the duration of the PhD, students produce an original piece of research of up to 100,000 words. Previous and ongoing doctoral projects in Comparative Literature with a French component include: ‘Representations of the Jew in the Nineteenth-Century Novel in France, Germany, and England’, ‘Sleep and States of Consciousness in Nineteenth-Century British and French Gothic Literature’, and ‘Comedy and the Spirit of Contingence: The Comic as Theorised in Modern Philosophy, and its Realisation in Post-War British and French Drama’.

The Department of Comparative Literature offers supervision from world-class academics with expertise in a wide range of disciplines, who are able to support and guide students through your research. Progress is carefully monitored to ensure that you are on track to produce a thesis to be valued by the academic community. Throughout the programme, PhD students are able to attend and contribute to research seminars, workshops, and research and transferable skills training courses.

More information about this specific PhD programme and how to apply can be found here.

Come and talk to specialist academics and admissions staff about postgraduate study at our campuses in the UK and specialist centres in Tonbridge and across Europe.

Canterbury campus:

• Tuesday 1 March 2016, 5-7pm. For information about all our postgraduate programmes in Canterbury, Medway, Tonbridge, Paris, Brussels, Athens and Rome. Book your place ^[5]

Kent’s open events give you the chance to:

• Find out more about Kent’s £9m postgraduate scholarship fund
• Get all the latest information about the new £10,000 loans for Master’s students
• Get answers to your questions about postgraduate taught and research opportunities at Kent
• Meet current postgraduate students
• Speak to staff for expert advice about the application process, funding, accommodation and future career options
• Talk to the Graduate School about how they support all Kent’s postgraduate students with additional training, study facilities and social events

Alternatively, our Canterbury and Medway campuses are open for informal and guided visits, we hold open events in Paris and Brussels, or you can make an appointment to visit an academic school or our European centres.

The University’s School of History is proud to announce that it will be organising a colloquium on European history in the post-Napoléon age in August 2016 at the University’s Paris Centre.

This conference will revolve around the provocative historiographical issue of whether the post-Napoleonic order represented an attempt to reconcile the heritage of the ancien régime with a deeply transformed world. A number of themes will be explored by panels of invited experts from across Europe.

Please visit the conference website for more details and contact information of the conference organisers.