Learning and Development are running am or pm Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) training courses on Wednesday 1 April 2015 at the Medway campus.

Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice is an evidence-based intervention directed at people drinking at increasing and higher risk levels who are not typically seeking help for an alcohol problem. It is an opportunistic and cost-effective intervention that can be delivered in a wide range of settings.

The training is being delivered by Turning Point who are a national health and social care provider. The half-day course will equip participants with knowledge about alcohol and useful techniques to help individuals to reduce their drinking. During the training, you will develop confidence to raise and respond to alcohol issues in your everyday working practices. You will:

• Learn about the effects and health impacts of alcohol
• Develop skills is using simple screening tools
• Develop skills and techniques to deliver simple advice

This course is aimed for front-line staff and if you think that this is relevant to your role and would like to attend a session, please book via the Learning and Development website at:
http://www.kent.ac.uk/hr-learninganddevelopment/events2014-15.html.

Lucy Fuller & Naomi Dumbrell – Learning and Development Co-ordinators
Kitty Parsonson, Learning and Development Assistant

Since 2009 the University of Kent and Ghent University have enjoyed a strategic international relationship.

In order to stimulate further Kent-Ghent cooperation, in continuation of the call in 2013 and 2014, a third joint call for proposals is launched for 2015.

This call aims to support joint Kent-Ghent projects by funding mobility between colleagues at the two institutions (for example short-term staff/student exchange, seminars, workshops, preparatory meetings to establish longer-term collaboration such as double degrees, joint research projects).

More information about the application requirements can be found on the International Development website. The deadline to apply is 2 March 2015.

The Careers & Employability Service (CES) has been awarded funding by the Development Office’s Student Project Grant Scheme to help increase the number of student work-study employment opportunities across campus.

This funding will allow CES to match-fund Academic Schools and Professional Services Departments who advertise eligible paid roles for students this academic year.

Since October 2014, the Work-Study Scheme has helped 31 students obtain campus-based roles, ranging from Student Research Assistant in the School of History to Lab Assistant in the School of Biosciences and Student Experience Assistant (Research) in the Careers and Employability Service.

These roles have allowed students to experience realistic, meaningful paid work, whilst undertaking employability skills training sessions and being mentored and supported throughout the application and interview process.

Prior to undertaking the employment, the students are trained in work etiquette and a variety of other topics.

There will be five portions of funding available, to be distributed between:

• Humanities faculty
• Social Sciences faculty
• Sciences faculty
• Medway campus
• Professional Services

Are you considering recruiting soon? Do you have a role that would suit a student or could be amended to employ a student? If you are interested in employing a Work-Study Scheme student, please contact Hannah Greer h.r.s.greer@kent.ac.uk or 01227 824038.