Monthly Archives: November 2014

Wish Canterbury happy Christmas in your native language

Tweet or Instagram a picture of you with your Christmas wishes in your native language and you could be featured in picture gallery on The Canterbury Times’ website.

All you’ve got to do is tweet a picture of yourself with a sign saying ‘Happy Christmas, Canterbury’ in your native language and include ‘#ChristmasLingo’ before 20 December. You can also post your picture to Instagram with the same hashtag ‘#ChristmasLingo’. Please include your first name, country of origin and age.

You can also email your photos to yafit.lazar@krnmedia.co.uk.

Win a meal for two at Nando’s in Canterbury

All entries will be added into a prize draw to win a meal for two at Nando’s in Canterbury.

Lunchtime Concert: the Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments

Wednesday 3 December, Colyer-Fergusson Hall, 1.10pm

The final Lunchtime Concert of the term welcomes the Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments, in which Clare Salaman and Benedicte Maurseth explore Renaissance, Baroque and traditional Norwegian music.

Admission free, suggested donation £3.

Event details: http://www.kent.ac.uk/music/whatson.html?tab=December

Email: d.harding@kent.ac.uk

 

 

‘Kent at Christmas’ photo competition

Send us your photos of Kent at Christmas!

We want to see images that capture the festive spirit of the season on Canterbury and Medway campuses or in the Kent region.

Post your photos to our Staying in Kent Over Christmas facebook page or tweet photos to @UniKentIntLive with the hashtag #kentatchristmas.

The winning entrant will receive a £30 Amazon voucher.

Closing date 16 January 2015.

Staying in Kent over the winter break?

Each year many students choose to spend the holidays here, and this proves a great chance to explore the local area and take part in the many activities that Kent has to offer. Visit our winter break webpages for information about:

  • the services available on the Canterbury and Medway campuses
  • a guide to events taking place on campus and in the region
  • useful contacts for help and support over the period
  • subscribing to our vacation mailing list
  • top tips from past students

You can also stay in touch by liking our ‘Staying in Kent over Christmas’ Facebook page and following us on Twitter @UniKentIntLive.

Staying in Kent over the winter break?

Each year many students choose to spend the holidays here, and this proves a great chance to explore the local area and take part in the many activities that Kent has to offer. Visit our winter break webpages for information about:

  • the services available on the Canterbury and Medway campuses
  • a guide to events taking place on campus and in the region
  • useful contacts for help and support over the period
  • subscribing to our vacation mailing list
  • top tips from past students

You can also stay in touch by liking our ‘Staying in Kent over Christmas’ Facebook page and following us on Twitter @UniKentIntLive.

HONG KONGS LOCKHART ROAD

Tackling human trafficking in China: Lessons from a year abroad

Gail Commanduer is presenting a talk on Wednesday 3 December at 18.00 in KLT5 about her experiences volunteering in the Red Light District in Hong Kong during her year abroad.

This talk is a great opportunity for any student who is interested in volunteering work abroad and those who would like to learn more about human trafficking.

Join the event on Facebook.

Image credits

Author: roberthuffstutter
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Link: https://flic.kr/p/ccfkBS
Source: Flickr

Student in cafe

What advice would you give to future students?

Lucy Tobin, author of bestselling freshers’ book A Guide to Uni Life, wants to know what you wish you’d known when you started university.

This could be:

  • using social media to help studies, social life, etc…
  • solving personal/financial problems
  • using technology to boost grades, social life, etc…
  • getting the most from the careers service
  • dealing with large tuition fees
  • the emotional side of relationships
  • looking after your mental health
  • eating well
  • juggling finances
  • righting wrongs – eg wrong course/wrong halls of residence – how they fixed the problem
  • any other unusual/funny/interesting tips for new students – undergraduate and postgraduate.

Email your tips to lucytobin@gmail.com with your name and age (can be anonymous).

The deadline is mid-January.

Christmas celebrations at Medway

Next week the Medway campus comes alive with good tidings for all!

  • Christmas Fayre,  Tuesday 2 December, 10.00 -14.00
    Start your Christmas shopping early and support local charities at GK Unions’ second Christmas Fayre in Pilkington Atrium.
  • Christmas Carol Service and Winter Celebration, Thursday 4 December, 17.00
    Come and enjoy the singing your favourite carols, hearing afresh the wonderful story of a baby born amongst us and discovering the fabulous musical talents of our students. The service will take place in St George’s Centre. There will be free refreshments. Family and friends welcome. Please RSVP to sally-medwaychaplain@gre.ac.uk for catering purposes.
Kent llm info session

Explore studying a taught Master’s degree in law

Social sciences graduates interested in exploring the option of studying a taught Master’s degree in law at Kent are invited to attend an information session on Wednesday 3 December.

The session offers an opportunity to be introduced to the Kent LLM, an innovative one-year Master’s programme that enables students to develop specialisms in a host of subject areas that include International Commercial Law, Environmental Law, European Law, International Law, Criminal Justice, Human Rights, and Medical Law and Ethics.

Co-Director of Graduate Studies at Kent Law School, Dr Vicky Conway, will talk about how the programme is structured, how you can apply and what scholarships are available to help you fund your studies.

There will also be an opportunity to hear current Kent LLM students, from both law and non-law backgrounds, sharing their experiences of the programme and of the transition from undergraduate to postgraduate study.

In advance of the session you can learn more about what it’s like to be a Kent LLM student by visiting the Mastering Law blog where students write about their studies, their research and their extra-curricular activities.

The Kent LLM information session will be held in Eliot Lecture Theatre 2 from 5pm 6pm with a chance to chat informally with staff and LLM students over refreshments once the talks are finished.

Please complete the doodle poll to indicate your intention to attend.

Lecture theatre

Quentin Peel PolIR Lecture – 26 November

Quentin Peel will speak as part of the School of Politics and International Relations’ continuing Public Speaker Programme this Wednesday 26 November.

Quentin Peel’s talk on ‘A Tale of Two Germanies (and what that means for the rest of Europe)’ takes place in Grimond Lecture 3 at 5pm, followed by a Drinks Reception in the Aphra Foyer.

Quentin Peel is currently Mercator Senior Fellow at Chatham House, the Royal Institute for International Affairs. He is also a regular commentator for the Financial Times, where he previously held several roles including Associate Editor, and International Affairs Editor. His final posting at the FT was as chief correspondent in Germany, and bureau chief in Berlin. This talk will reflect both this posting and his wider expertise, and promises to make for a fascinating event.

For further information, contact Paul Ashby.