Come and celebrate the Festival of Lights with Kent’s Indian and Mauritian Societies!
Learn about the festival and enjoy free food and drink.
The event is FREE – no need to book, just turn up!
Saturday 25 October, 19.00
Celebration in Eliot Dining Hall
The Corporate Events Office is preparing for the November graduation ceremonies in Canterbury and Rochester Cathedrals.
We would welcome and appreciate offers of help for any or all of the ceremonies. Your support on these occasions is very much appreciated and contributes significantly to the success of the event. We would encourage departments and schools to volunteer as much as possible for their respective ceremonies (determined by faculty in November) as students genuinely appreciate seeing familiar faces on the day.
There are a number of roles to be filled throughout the Congregations period and we welcome any member of staff from any part of the University to join and assist us with all the volunteer roles listed below. Refreshments will be made available throughout the day and any car parking expenses incurred will be refunded (please keep hold of receipts).
Volunteering duties will consist of the following roles: graduate registration and ushering. Training will be provided in advance of the ceremonies.
If you are able to help, please complete the following Doodle poll, listing your full name and ticking which ceremonies you are available to work. Please also add a note on the system if there is a specific role you would like to perform on the day.
http://doodle.com/iz27hige9t9vede9
Exact timings for the day will be confirmed once duties are allocated. If you have any questions about the ceremonies, the roles or in general about the Congregations process, please email congregations@kent.ac.uk. When completing the Doodle poll, please use the following ceremony schedule for reference:
ROCHESTER
Ceremony M – Wednesday 19 November 14:30
UoK Undergraduate and Postgraduate students from Medway campus
MidKent College students
KSS Deanery students
CANTERBURY
Ceremony A – Friday 21 November 10:30
UoK Postgraduate students from the Faculty of Science
UoK Undergraduate students from all Faculties
Ceremony B – Friday 21 November 14:30
UoK Postgraduate students from the Faculty of Humanities (including Paris)
Partner College students
Validated Institution students
Ceremony C – Friday 22 November 19:30
UoK Postgraduate students from the Faculty of Social Sciences (including Brussels)
We look forward to seeing you at the ceremonies, and thank you again for your support. Without your help, the graduation ceremonies would not happen.
Kind regards,
Alison O’Dea, Corporate Events Assistant | Development Office
Kent Professor of Medical Law and Ethics, Sally Sheldon, discussed the future of Britain’s abortion law at a meeting at the House of Commons.
Professor Sheldon was invited as a panellist by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS). She was joined by Ann Furedi, Chief Executive of BPAS, and Assistant Professor Joanna Erdman who holds the MacBain Chair in Health Law and Policy in the Schulich School of Law, at Dalhousie University, Canada.
The discussion, sponsored by Kate Green MP and held in a Committee Room at Westminster on 16 October, explored the possibilities for decriminalising abortion and finding a better way to regulate it according to the needs of women in the 21st century.
Professor Sheldon, who teaches Health Care Law and Ethics to undergraduate and postgraduate students at Kent Law School, has published widely in the area of medical ethics and law. As well as her book ‘Beyond Control: Medical Power and Abortion Law’, she has co-edited a collection of essays on ‘Feminist Perspectives on Health Care Law’ and, together with Richard Collier of Newcastle Law School, has co-authored a socio-legal study of fatherhood called ‘Fragmenting Fatherhood’. Her current research centres on reproduction and the law.
Professor Sheldon said: ‘The current law regulating abortion is rooted in the ethical values and medical realities of Victorian Britain. Our criminal prohibitions on abortion date back to a time when extra-marital sex was taboo, motherhood was the primary role foreseen for women, and women had not yet achieved the right to vote.
‘Successive governments have failed to revisit the fundamental basis of the law of abortion, leaving us with archaic, fundamentally flawed legislation, containing some of the most onerous criminal sanctions in Europe. For that reason, it is wonderful that we’ve been able to have this discussion actually within the Houses of Parliament.’
Come and experience the inspirations and advice from an amazing array of professional artists and curators, as part of our Visiting Artists Talks Series, running until 11 December 2014.
Following the success of the first ever series of Fine Art talks during 2014/15, we are offering a real diversity from some very significant female artists for 2014/5. You can find out more at: http://www.kent.ac.uk/smfa/fineart/visitingartists201415.html
These talks are FREE to attend, and anyone is welcome to come along – just turn up to the School of Music and Fine Art at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham. The Clock Tower Building, Lecture Theatre. ME4 4TZ.
Please note the 2015 updated version of this page can be found here, apologies for the inconvenience.
The Social Sciences Faculty Research Committee invites applications from academic and research Staff for the allocation of financial support to promote and enhance activities that lead to high-quality research.
The deadline for applications this term will be by 5pm on Friday 28 November 2014. Completed application forms should be emailed to Maryse Duarte.
Details on how the fund operates and an application form are available on the web at:
https://www.kent.ac.uk/socsci/documents/researchfunding/index.html.
More bricks, with messages from staff, alumni and current students will be added to the new Crab and Winkle Path alongside the Templeman Library later this year.
You can inscribe a brick with two lines of text for just £50 or, for four lines, £90 (16 characters per line).
All money raised will go towards the Kent Opportunity Fund.
The Student Projects Grant Scheme has been given a boost this year and £65,000 will be awarded for projects that will enhance the student experience and employability of Kent students.
Individual grants can be up to a maximum of £5,000 and applications are welcome from student groups in Kent Union, departments, faculties and schools across all our campuses.
Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded from the Kent Opportunity Fund webpage.
The closing date for applications is 19 December 2014.
Email W.K.E.Chow@kent.ac.uk if you have any questions.
The 50th anniversary season of films starts on 22 October with The Beatles’ delirious homage to the Marx Brothers and the Goon Show and satire of Bond films. Book now.
Take part in the Kent Law Campaign Student Group’s charity fun run on Saturday 25 October.
Last year’s 5km fun run raised £4,574 for the Kent Law Campaign and we hope this year is as successful.
It is just £10 to register and you will receive a t-shirt, medal and goody bag. You can register in the campus branch of Santander or online. For more information please visit the fun run webpages.
There will be trophies and prizes for the fastest male, fastest female and best fancy dress, so don’t miss out!
Kent Extra courses are non-credit bearing courses which you can take alongside your studies.
This is your chance to learn something new, or find out more about a subject you’re interested in.
The first Kent Extra courses available for 2014/15 are now open for registration:
More courses will be available throughout the year, so keep an eye on the Kent Extra webpages.