Kent Hospitality is looking for staff who would like to do some mystery dining.
In return for free food, we will ask you to provide feedback on your visit to each of seven different catering outlets. All visits will need to be completed by 31 October.
If you’d like to take part (and haven’t done this before), please email Liz Culmer by 5pm on Wednesday 1 October to say why you would make a good mystery diner.
Book your tickets now for the new University of Kent Players’ production – Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced at the Gulbenkian from Wednesday 8 to Saturday 11 October.
A proportion of ticket sales, together with proceeds from programme sales, will be donated to Age UK in Canterbury and Ashford. The Gulbenkian will also make a donation based on sales of a special ‘Delicious Death’ chocolate cake. At each performance, volunteers from Age UK will be on hand to talk about their work locally.
Zarina Hawkins, Head of the Publishing Office who is directing and starring in the play, explained why the Players have chosen to support Age UK: ‘The play features Christie’s well-loved female sleuth, Miss Marple – an older person who is lucky enough to be very capable both mentally and physically, and is very much part of her society. We realised that not everyone was that lucky but, thanks to the work of Age UK, many older people have somewhere to turn for help and social interaction.’
A Murder is Announced takes place in the village of Chipping Cleghorn, when an unusual announcement in the newspaper leads the curious villagers to Miss Blacklock’s home, where they become witnesses to a murder. In true Agatha Christie style, there are mixed motives, concealed identities, a determined inspector following the twists and turns, and Miss Marple on hand to provide the final solution – at some risk to herself!
Tickets are on sale now, priced £12 full and £8 concessions, in person at the Gulbenkian Box Office or online.
The next LGBT Staff Network Meeting is taking place on Wednesday 15 October from 12-2pm.
If you are interested in attending, please contact equalityanddiversity@kent.ac.uk – all members of staff very welcome!
New Royal Literary Fund (RLF) Writing Fellows for Kent students at Canterbury and Medway.
The Student Learning Advisory Service (SLAS) in UELT is very pleased to announce the arrival of two Royal Literary Fellows: Tim Walker and Roopa Farooki at both the Canterbury and Medway campuses.
Both Royal Literary Fellows bring a diverse background in writing to their work supporting and developing students’ academic writing at university.
Insights gained through narrative, travel writing, children’s literature and journalism are applied to some of the underlying issues of academic writing such as getting started on a text, clarity, structure and developing a distinctive ‘voice’.
Allia Wilson, Manager of the Student Learning Advisory Service, commented that the provision of two RLF Writing Fellows at Kent was ‘a unique opportunity for students at both Canterbury and Medway to benefit from the rich and dynamic experience of professional writers. Both Tim and Roopa have a wealth of expertise, and a passionate commitment to promoting good writing, that will really help our students’.
You can read more about Tim Walker and Roopa Farooki on the SLAS webpages.
Canterbury contact details
Tim Walker will be based in the Student Learning Advisory Service in UELT, Canterbury where he will be happy to see students on a one to one basis to help them with their academic writing.
Email: learning@kent.ac.uk
Phone: 01227 824016
Medway contact details
Roopa Farooki will be based in the Drill Hall Library where she will be happy to see students on a one to one basis to help them with their academic writing.
Email: learningmedway@kent.ac.uk
Phone: 01634 888884
For those of you wishing to learn more about the Royal Literary Fund, please visit the Royal Literary Fund website.
You may be interested to read more about other SLAS’ new initiatives for enhancing students’ writing at Kent by visiting VALUE Grad.
Language Express offers 20 week evening classes in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. We also offer German at Medway.
You can meet the tutors on Monday 29 September to find out more and discuss the appropriate level for you.
For information on classes, times and fees and to sign up for a course, go to the Language Express webpages.
If you are a Kent student – at any level from Foundation to Postgrad – and English is not your first language, In-sessional English Skills (IES) is for you.
IES offers free English language support to non-native speakers of English via a 10 week cycle of taught modules and individual writing tutorials.
IES can help you to improve your English grammar, develop your listening comprehension, seminar discussion skills and your writing style.
You can sign up for a course via workshops in SDS.
For more information on IES and guidance on how to sign up, please visit the Centre for English and World Languages webpages.
Now’s your last chance to win two free tickets for a special showing of The Italian Job in the Gulbenkian at 7pm on Thursday (2 October).
As part of a fundraising campaign for Variety, the children’s charity, Publishing Officer Pat King has devised a Wordsearch competition based on the film starring Michael Caine.
All you have to do is email P.L.King@kent.ac.uk to request a PDF of the Wordsearch. Print it out and complete the form by finding the words hidden in the grid.
Completed forms should be returned to Pat King, EMS, The Registry by midday on Tuesday 30 September along with your £1 entry fee.
Correct entries will be entered into a draw and the winner will be notified by the end of the working day. If the winner has already bought tickets to the film, an alternative prize will be offered.
You are invited to the 50th anniversary opening ceremony on Thursday 2 October at 5pm outside No1, the Bistro on the ground floor of the Rochester building, Medway campus. The event is free and open to all.
There will be a performance by the Kent Salsa Society and live music from Ben Russell and the Charmers, and Rock Avenue. The History Project students will take you for a walk down memory lane and you can smile for the camera on the red carpet for a free photo-shoot!
At approximately 8pm, a fireworks display will light up the sky over the campus bringing the evening to a close.
During the event we will be holding a big ‘We are Kent’ selfie competition with 50th anniversary merchandise up for grabs.
You are also welcome to attend the opening ceremony at Canterbury on Wednesday 1 October. Book the Campus Shuttle to Canterbury.
The opening ceremony will mark the beginning of a year-long programme of special projects and events taking place across the institution, including the University’s postgraduate centres in Brussels, Paris, Athens and Rome. Take a look at what else is happening by visiting the 50th anniversary webpages.
You are invited to the 50th anniversary opening ceremony on Wednesday 1 October at 5pm, on the slopes between Rutherford and Eliot. The event is free and open to all.
At the opening ceremony you will have the chance to ride the Kent Wheel for stunning views of the University and Canterbury as the sun sets.
At 20.14, a fireworks display will light up the sky over our campus, bringing the opening ceremony to a close.
There will also be a performance by the Kent Salsa Society and live music from Ben Russell and the Charmers and Stranded at the Jivin’ (Keynestock 2013 winners), compered by stand-up comic and Kent alumna Cerrie Hodgson. The History Project students will take you for a walk down memory lane and you can smile for the camera on the red carpet for a free photo-shoot.
During the event we will be holding a big ‘We are Kent’ selfie competition with 50th anniversary merchandise up for grabs.
The opening ceremony will mark the beginning of a year-long programme of special projects and events taking place across the institution, including the University’s postgraduate centres in Brussels, Paris, Athens and Rome. Take a look at what else is happening by visiting the 50th anniversary webpages.
Julia Sandbrand from the Centre for Journalism is delivering a research seminar titled ‘Media Coverage of Climate Change: A Global Issue in National Media’ on Wednesday 8 October at 1pm in G1-04, Gillingham Building, Medway campus.
Climate change is one of the world’s most urgent problems, but has fallen behind in the priorities of governments and media since the disappointing 2009 conference in Copenhagen.
This presentation provides preliminary results for a study on media coverage on climate change and in particular a comparison between media and government frames.
About Julia Sandbrand
Julia holds a BA in Communication from the University of Munich and a MA in Political Strategy and Communication from the University of Kent’s Brussels School of International Studies. She has been a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Journalism since January 2012. From October 2014 she will be working as a trainee for the European Commission for five months.
All welcome!