Master’s student Hannah Ellerby has been awarded an Engineering, Maths and Computing Postgraduate Scholarship, worth £500, from FindAMasters.com and FindAPhD.com.

Hannah, who is studying MSc Computer Science at Kent, received the scholarship after submitting an innovative website design.

Hannah said: ‘I designed the website to look like a desk. The computer monitor on the desk was interactive and contained the answers to why I wanted to win the scholarship.’

She added: ‘I have done some web coding, but I wanted to learn to programme so I am working part-time while studying part-time for the Master’s degree. I’m really pleased to have won and will put the money towards next year’s tuition fees.’

There were over 2,800 global entrants for the Postgraduate Scholarship initiative competing for 16 Scholarship awards worth a total £9,000.

For further information, contact Orla Garratt in the School of Computing.

Drop in and discover a world of wonder and delight – our sessions will introduce you to the richness and variety of Special Collections and Archives at Kent.

Special Collections and Archives hold archival, manuscript, photographic and rare books collections containing a wide variety of unique and rare archival materials. Showcase archives include:

• The British Cartoon Archive, which houses a national collection of social-political cartoons from British sources, including artwork and book collections.
• The University of Kent Archive contains materials relating to the foundation and development of the University, especially reflecting the student and staff experience of the last 50 years.
• Largely based around Victorian and Edwardian popular theatre, the Theatre & Performance Archives include scripts, designs and administrative and publicity materials.

Drop in between: 3-4.30pm, Friday 14 November – Room TR201, Templeman Library.

Sessions will last approx 30 minutes.

You’ll be amazed at what you might uncover. Explore your archive.

Find out more at exploreyourarchive.org or www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections.

CantiaQuorum, the Music department’s new ensemble-in-residence, launches on Friday 14 November with Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale and Walton’s Facade – and some very special guests.

The evening concert brings devilish entertainment as the ensemble will unfold Stravinsky’s pin-sharp morality tale; and there’s a special element to the Walton, as the narrators for Facade are drawn from the local and the University community, including the Director of Music at Canterbury Cathedral, David Flood, the Chief Executive of Canterbury City Council, Colin Carmichael, fourth-year Drama student and Music Scholar, Emma Murton, Professor Keith Mander, and our own Music Administrator, Sophie Meikle, whose dulcet Glaswegian tones will lend extra relish to Sitwell’s verse!

Tickets and further details about the concert are available on the Gulbenkian webpages and you can read an interview with Alex Caldon about the formation of CantiaQuorum on this music blog.

Renowned artist and director Dave McKean brings new film Luna to the Gulbenkian on Thursday 13 November at 6.30pm. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dave McKean.

Writer, director and illustrator Dave McKean is known for his work on Mirrormask (2005), The Gospel of Us (2012), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and Luna (2014).

From the creative mind of artist Dave McKean comes his second feature film, Luna, a fantasy story about reality.

Tickets: Full £8 / Concessions £7/ GulbCard Members £6 / Students £5 / GulbCard Students £4

To book:

• Call 01227 769075
• Website

Complete Library and IT services student satisfaction survey and be entered into prize draw to win an iPad mini.

This is your opportunity to help us improve and develop Library and IT services based on your needs.

• Complete survey for students based in Canterbury, Athens, Brussels, Paris, Rome and Partnership Colleges.
• Complete survey for students based in Medway and Tonbridge.

If you have any queries or would prefer to complete the survey over the phone, please contact us:

• telephone 01227 824999
• email helpdesk@kent.ac.uk

Vice-Chancellor’s Question Time is your chance to put your questions to the Vice-Chancellor on the issues that affect you.

Date: Thursday 20 November
Time: 13.05-14.00
Location: Colyer-Fergusson Hall, Canterbury campus

This live event will be led by Kent Union President, Tammy Naidoo, who will be asking the questions on behalf students directly to the Vice-Chancellor.

The questions Tammy will be asking will come directly from students themselves by tweeting @KentUnion using #askjulia.

Students are free to ask questions on any topic that’s important to them and ask any question they feel needs answering.

All are welcome to take part, come along and see the key questions being answered at Colyer-Fergusson Hall. There is no need to RSVP for this event – just turn up!

To have your questions answered tweet @KentUnion using #askjulia. Get questions in early to make sure they get answered! Alternatively if Twitter isn’t your thing questions can be emailed to askjulia@kent.ac.uk.