Natalie Salunke, Chair of the Young Alumni Group, will be abseiling down the iconic ArcelorMittal Orbit on Friday 17th April 2015 to raise money for the Kent Law Campaign.

The ArcelorMittal Orbit is the UK’s tallest structure and has up to 20 miles of breath-taking views across London. Made of over 2000 tonnes of steal the ArcelorMittal Orbit was created by sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor and designer Cecil Balmond and constructed to commemorate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Please show your support by sponsoring Natalie online. All money raised will go towards the Kent Law Campaign and will be matched pound for pound by the University of Kent.

We would like to thank Natalie for her continued support of the Kent Law Campaign through her participation in various sponsored events including a skydive, Superhero Run, Thames Path Challenge and a Santa Run. To date, she has raised in excess of £5,500 towards our goal.

For more information about the ArcelorMittal Orbit Abseil please visit their website or contact Felicity Clifford to find out how you can take part in aid of the Kent Law Campaign.

We are pleased to announce that your Exam Timetable is now available to view on the Student Data System.

Your exam timetable can be found by clicking on Details and Study from the menu on the left hand side, and then select ‘My Exams’.

This is your exam timetable based on your module registration. If you have any doubts about the modules on your timetable then please contact the Humanities and Social Sciences Undergraduate Office or your School (for Sciences students) as soon as possible.

For more information about examinations please visit the exams webpages.

Students with Adapted Exam Arrangements: The venue that you have been allocated will be displayed on your exam timetable – specific room allocations will be advised when you arrive at the venue for your examination.

Canterbury based students living at Liberty Quays (Medway): Arrangements are being made to provide a guaranteed booking on the Campus Shuttle in accordance with the date and time of your exam. You will be contacted separately about this.

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT MOBILE PHONES ARE NOT PERMITTED IN EXAMINATION VENUES AND ANY BREACH OF THIS RULE WILL BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY.

TEDx is coming to the University. But what is TEDx?

TED is a globally recognised non-profit organisation that hosts short, powerful talks and performances devoted to spreading ideas. Modelled after the TED format, TEDx events are independently organised to spark conversation and bring together communities around the world. The talks cover any and every topic, from science to business to global issues.

To celebrate the University of Kent’s 50th Anniversary, the theme of our event is ‘Milestones’. This theme is entirely open to interpretation. We are looking for enthusiastic speakers and performers that can address this theme in a variety of creative, exciting ways!

The event will take place on Saturday 30th May. The full-day event will comprise a series of fascinating and stimulating talks and performances broken up by a refreshment interval and a drinks reception at the end of the day.

If you are interested in applying to speak if perform please visit our website for more details, the deadline for this is the 21st March. Tickets will be released at the end of March.

If you would like any help with an application or have any questions e-mail the team.

This week’s Lunchtime Concert sees trombonist Geoff Mason, a leading exponent of ‘Blue Note Era’ jazz, bringing his quintet to Colyer-Fergusson on Wednesday, 11 March.

A regular with the Ronnie Scott’s Big Band, Geoff Mason has also appeared in festivals throughout the UK and on radio. His quintet includes saxophonist Simon Spillett, pianist John Horler and drummer Trevor Tomkins.

The gig starts as usual at 1.10pm; admission is free with a retiring donation.

Further details are on the Music website.

On Saturday 14 March at 7.30pm, 250 students, staff and members of the local community will celebrate the University’s 50^th anniversary with a performance of Verdi’s Requiem in the Nave of Canterbury Cathedral. They will be joined by four outstanding internationally-acclaimed soloists, Giselle Allen, soprano, Carolyn Dobbin, mezzo, Gerard Schneider, tenor and Simon Thorpe, baritone.

Conductor and Director of Music, Susan Wanless says: ‘The Nave of the Cathedral is the perfect setting to capture the Requiem’s power and drama, with its moments of exquisite poignancy contrasting with terrifying outbursts – complete with off-stage trumpets and earth-shattering bass drum. It is surely the most exciting of pieces both to perform and hear, and will be a wonderful showcase for all our talented University musicians.’

Tickets are still available from the Gulbenkian Booking Office, Tel. 01227 769075. Online bookings www.thegulbenkian.co.uk £22 (returns only), £18, £14, £10, £8.

www.kent.ac.uk/music

Sunday 8 March is International Women’s day, and this year the theme is ‘Make It Happen’.

The theme and event aim to ‘encourage effective action for advancing and recognising women’. A goal shared by both the Athena SWAN Working Group (ASWG) and the 50^th anniversary Project, ‘Radical Women: 50 Years of Feminism at Kent’. This year, the ASWG and Feminism Project, will be holding events to further the aim of advancing and recognising women.

• Saturday 21 March- One day Symposium on Feminist Action at Kent (50^th anniversary Feminism Project)
• Thursday 7 May- Medway Athena SWAN Awareness Event
• 27-28 June- ‘Austerity, gender and household finances’ conference (50th anniversary Feminism Project)

The ‘Radical Women’ events will showcase ways that feminist academics at Kent have improved women’s rights and wellbeing.

The Athena SWAN Charter, aims to advance the representation of women in science, technology, engineering, medicine and mathematics. While the focus of the Charter is on the Sciences, the work of the Kent Athena SWAN Working Group is aimed at improving the working environment of all staff- both men and women.

Engineering and Digital Arts recently submitted an application for an Athena SWAN Award, and today held a coffee morning to celebrate International Women’s Day. Profits raised from the purchase of refreshments from J’s Tea Bar on Friday 6 March are being donated to Women’s Aid, a national domestic violence charity that helps up to 250,000 women and children every year.

Staff in EDA will also be ‘Getting Their Purple On!’ Purple is the domestic violence awareness colour and was also one of the colours adopted in 1908 by the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) to symbolise the plight of the Suffragettes.

Catch the new 140/141 bus from Liberty Quays and Pier Road to:

• Dockside Outlet Centre
• Universities at Medway
• Chatham Town Centre
• Chatham Station
• Rochester
• Strood
• Strood Estates

The service will run every 20 minutes between approximately 08.30 and 18.00 hours.

This service is an extension of the 140/141 service on Mondays to Fridays that previously terminated at Dockside Outlet Centre.

Arriva’s full range of money-saving day, weekly, four-weekly, annual and student tickets will be valid on the extended service.

View Arriva bus discounts.

Full details of all Arriva services in Medway can be found on Arriva’s website.

A Holi celebration is taking place on Wednesday 11 March at 13.30 on Tyler Hill (opposite Templeman Library), Canterbury campus.

The event is free to attend and advise you wear clothes that you don’t mind being ruined.

All are welcome.

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