{"id":431,"date":"2014-02-21T11:52:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T11:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/?p=431"},"modified":"2014-03-05T13:51:48","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T13:51:48","slug":"back-for-the-3rd-year-the-award-winning-skills-enhancement-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2014\/02\/21\/back-for-the-3rd-year-the-award-winning-skills-enhancement-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Back for the 3rd year&#8230; the award-winning Skills Enhancement Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2014\/02\/skillsenhanceweek.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-434\" alt=\"skillsenhanceweek\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2014\/02\/skillsenhanceweek-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2014\/02\/skillsenhanceweek-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2014\/02\/skillsenhanceweek.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skills Enhancement Week Spring Term<\/strong><br \/>\nRunning in Week 18<br \/>\n<strong>24th-28th February 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2014\/02\/Skills-Enhancement-Week-2014.pdf\">Skills Enhancement Week 2014<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/p>\n<p>Back for the third year running, the <a title=\"2014 Skills Enhancement Week - School Music and Fine Art\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/currentstudents\/studentnews.html\" target=\"_blank\">Student Skills Enhancement Week <\/a>, which won a <a title=\"School Arts Barabar Morris Teaching Prize Award Skills Enhancement Week 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/news.html?view=123\" target=\"_blank\">Barabara Morris Teaching Prize<\/a> for Learning Support last year, is set to be another fun and packed week of employability-based events, training sessions, talks, lectures, workshops and to close the week with a bang, the University Concert and Big Bands: Bolero! concert at the Colyer-Fergusson Building in Canterbury.<\/p>\n<p>Replacing what used to be known as &#8216;Reading Week&#8217;, students can come along and earn &#8217;employability points&#8217; to help enhance skills that could lead to futher employability.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, we have been very fortunate in getting some exciting and industry recognised guest speakers to give talks along with our usual mix of study skills and employability- related workshops.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monday 24th February 2014 &#8211; Day 1<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>09:00-17:00<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Pro Tools 101 (day 1)<br \/>\n(Bridge Wardens\u2019 College &#8211; BWC204)<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>10:00-14:00 <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Programme\u00a0 &amp; Module Information Fair<br \/>\n(Engineering\u00a0 Workshop &#8211; Studio 1)<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n13.00-14:00<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><a title=\"51zero \u2013 Film, Video and Digital Arts Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2014\/02\/19\/51zero-film-video-and-digital-arts-festival\/\">Introduction\u00a0 to the 51Zero Film, Video and Digital Arts Festival<\/a><em><br \/>\n(Bridge\u00a0 Wardens\u2019 College &#8211; BWC203)\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n13:00-14:30 <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Paraphrasing\u00a0 Workshop<br \/>\n(Drill Hall\u00a0 Library &#8211; DAO15)<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tuesday 25th February 2014 &#8211; Day 2<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>09:00-17:00<\/strong> <em>Pro Tools\u00a0 101 (day 2)<br \/>\n<\/em><em>(Bridge\u00a0 Wardens\u2019 College &#8211; BWC204)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>12:00-13:30 <\/strong> <em>Mock\u00a0 Assessment Centre<br \/>\n(Pilkington\u00a0 Building &#8211; PK017)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>14:00-15:00 <\/strong> <em>The\u00a0 Challenge Network<br \/>\n(Keynes\u00a0 College &#8211; KLT5 &#8211; Canterbury)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wednesday\u00a026th\u00a0February 2014 &#8211; Day 3<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>09:00-17:00<\/strong> <em>Pro Tools\u00a0 110 (day 1)<br \/>\n(Bridge\u00a0 Wardens\u2019 College &#8211; BWC204)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>13:00-14:00 <\/strong> <em>Writing Well\u00a0 Workshop<br \/>\n(Drill Hall\u00a0 Library &#8211; DAO15)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>14:00-17:00<\/strong> <em>Local Arts\u00a0 Professional Development Workshop<br \/>\n(Engineering\u00a0 Workshop \u2013 Studio 1)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>18:30-21:00<\/strong> <em>The Annual\u00a0 Stirling Lecture<br \/>\n(Keynes\u00a0 College \u2013 KLT1 \u2013 Canterbury)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thursday 27th February 2014 &#8211; Day 4<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>09:00-17:00<\/strong> <em>Pro Tools\u00a0 110 (day 2)<br \/>\n(Bridge\u00a0 Wardens\u2019 College &#8211; BWC204)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>13:00-14:00 <\/strong> <em>Choosing a\u00a0 Career<br \/>\n(Keynes\u00a0 College &#8211; KLT5 &#8211; Canterbury)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>19:00-21:00 <\/strong> <em>The Annual\u00a0 Bob Friend Memorial Lecture<br \/>\n(Pilkington\u00a0 Building) <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Friday\u00a028th February 2014 &#8211; Day 5<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>09:00-17:00<\/strong><br \/>\nPro Tools\u00a0 110 (day 3)<br \/>\n(Bridge\u00a0 Wardens\u2019 College &#8211; BWC204)<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00-12:00 <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Programme\u00a0 &amp; Module Follow-up Surgery<br \/>\n(Bridge\u00a0 Wardens\u2019 College &#8211; Student Hub)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>13:30-15:00 <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Setting Up a\u00a0 Creative Business<br \/>\n(\u00a0Engineering Workshop &#8211; Studio 1)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>19:30-22:00<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>University\u00a0 Concert and Big Bands: Bolero!<br \/>\n(Colyer-Fergusson\u00a0 Building \u2013 Canterbury)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To book a slot email: <a href=\"mailto:MFAReception@kent.ac.uk\">MFAReception@kent.ac.uk<\/a> or call in at Reception, The Old Surgery<br \/>\nCall: 01634 888 980<\/p>\n<h2>Pro Tools Training Events<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Also running are <a title=\"Muisc and Fine Art Pro Tools Training Pro Tools 101 Pro Tools 110\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/musicandaudio\/training\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pro-Tools 101 and Pro-Tools 110 <\/a>Certified Training Courses.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>24th\u00a0&#8211; 25th February 2014<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em>09:00-17:00 <em>Pro Tools 101<br \/>\n(Bridge Wardens\u2019 College &#8211; BWC204)\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Pro Tools 101<\/strong> is a 2 day course delivering an introduction into Avid Pro Tools 10 Digital Audio Workstation software, with hands on projects and exercises to complete. Along with teaching you are also supplied with a certified textbook to keep. At the end of the 2 days there is an optional test to take, if passed, you will receive certification as proof for completing an industry recognised course.<br \/>\n<strong>There is a \u00a350 fee for this course payable via\u00a0 the online store (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.kent.ac.uk\">https:\/\/store.kent.ac.uk<\/a>) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>26th-28th February 2014<br \/>\n<\/strong>09:00-17:00 <em>Pro Tools\u00a0 110<br \/>\n(Bridge\u00a0 Wardens\u2019 College &#8211; BWC204)<\/em><br \/>\nPro Tools 110 is a 3 day course delivering a more detailed look at the production techniques used in Avid Pro Tools 10 Digital Audio Workstation software, with hands on projects and exercises to complete. Along with teaching you are also supplied with a certified textbook to keep. At the end of the 3 days there is an optional test to take, if passed, you will receive certification as proof for completing an industry recognised course.<strong><br \/>\nThere is a \u00a375 fee for this course\u00a0 payable via the online store (<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.kent.ac.uk\"><strong>https:\/\/store.kent.ac.uk<\/strong><\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All Music and Audio Arts Year Group students are welcome to attend<\/p>\n<p>Max of 16 people for the Pro-Tools 101 and 10-12 people for Pro -Tools 110 First come, first serve basis<\/p>\n<p>To book a slot email <a href=\"mailto:F.Walker@kent.ac.uk\">F.Walker@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skills Enhancement Week Spring Term Running in Week 18 24th-28th February 2014 Skills Enhancement Week 2014\u00a0(pdf) Back for the third year running, the Student Skills Enhancement Week , which won a Barabara Morris Teaching Prize for Learning Support last year, is set to be another fun and packed week of employability-based events, training sessions, talks, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2014\/02\/21\/back-for-the-3rd-year-the-award-winning-skills-enhancement-week\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Back for the 3rd year&#8230; the award-winning Skills Enhancement Week<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33718,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[81427,24626,1252,124],"tags":[87374,86632,133918,18593],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33718"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}