Monthly Archives: September 2015

Celebrate the 2015 Platform Graduate Awards at Turner Contemporary, Margate

Saturday 10 October, 11.00 to 17.00: Celebrate the 2015 Platform Graduate Awards at Turner Contemporary, Margate

Saturday October 10th will celebrate the opening of the Platform Graduate Award 2015 exhibition. The School of Music and Fine Art is delighted that three of our recently graduated BA (Hons) Fine Art students – Ben Crawford,Evdokia Georgiou and Nadia Perrotta – are shortlisted for this prestigious award, and their work is currently exhibited at Turner Contemporary, Margate. Now in it’s third year, the Platform Graduate Award aims to support graduate professional development and nurture emerging talent from universities and colleges in the South East region.

Also on October 10th is the opening celebration for Risk, Turner Contemporary’s autumn exhibition and much more! The day includes:

  • Artist Ruth Proctor enacting her falling stunt from a 4m high scaffold in the gallery
  • Thanet Parkour Academy leading workshops and creating guerrilla-style interventions in, on and around the building
  • Saxophonist Evan Parker playing improvisation experiments
  • Free workshops by the Platform artists
  • Networking with fellow students from East Kent Universities

Students from the University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury Christ Church University and University of Kent students can travel FREE to Margate. To book your free place on one of the coaches leaving from each university go to Platform-travel.eventbrite.co.uk

For more info go to http://e-turnercontemporary.org/t/24UF-3NI6Y-B9ISH0TZB5/cr.aspx

Keynes College – Construction of new footpath

On Monday 14th September, work is due to commence on the construction of a new footpath adjacent to A, B and C Blocks and is expected to take approximately 3 weeks.

During this time there will some noise disruption, but every effort will be made to keep this to a minimum.

We apologise for any inconvenience that may be caused whilst this work takes place. If there are any queries please contact the Estates Helpdesk on Extn 3209.

Free golf taster sessions

Following the success of the first golf taster session earlier this week, Kent Sport has organised another three sessions this month which are open to all and free of charge. The taster sessions will be at Boughton Golf Club at the following times:

Thursday 17th September, 17.00 to 18.00

Sunday 20th September, 10.00 to 11.00

Thursday 24th September, 17.00 to 18.30

The Head Coach at Boughton Golf Club will be leading the session on the driving range. Even if you already play golf you may want to join in for some extra advice.

You can sign up for any or all of these sessions by emailing sportsenquiries@kent.ac.uk on a first come first served basis as places are limited. Equipment will be provided for anyone who requires it you will just need some comfortable clothes suitable for swinging golf clubs!

Kent Sport Gold and Silver membership now includes free Silver membership to Boughton Golf Course worth £99, so why not join in and give it a go. Details of 6-8 week golf coaching courses will be released shortly, so Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @UniKentSports to stay up to date.

Commemorative 50th book – get yours now!

A commemorative book has been created to mark the end of the University’s 50th anniversary year.

The book includes photographs and images from Kent’s beginnings in 1965 through to the present day, and features the ‘Big 50’ photo taken at a staff event this summer. It also contains memories from staff, students and alumni, including members of the First 500.

Books are £20 each, and for a limited time are available exclusively from the Development Office in Rutherford Extension, Canterbury campus. Pick up a copy now before they go on general sale via the online store, and guarantee yourself a lovely 50th anniversary keepsake.

If you have any questions please email 50years@kent.ac.uk.

50th anniversary team

University of Kent’s 50th Anniversary: Women in Enterprise

Join us and a range of inspiring, innovative speakers at the University’s 50th Anniversary Women in Enterprise event.

The conference at Chaucer College on Wednesday 18 November showcases a select list of female entrepreneurs across Kent and the UK who will present their secrets of success and how you can become a high-profile business person.

A free lunch and refreshments will be provided to registered guests. Tickets are £25 per person but is free for all University staff and students.

To register to the event please contact Nerissa at enterprise@kent.ac.uk or phone 01227 816032.

For more information please visit the event webpage.

Templeman West open

We are delighted to welcome you into the Templeman Library’s new wing.

Templeman West is a light, comfortable space with new facilities including more study spaces, as well as the Library’s collections and services that have moved into the new extension. The Ground Floor and Floor 1 will be open from Monday 14 September.

New Library entrance

The only way into the Library will be the front doors of the new West entrance. The old entrance, through the front doors in the central section, will be closed.

New help desk locations

Several Library help desks are moving into Templeman West:

  • The Welcome Desk will be at the new West entrance on the Ground Floor
  • IT & Library Support will be on Floor 1 West
  • The Loan Desk has already moved to Ground Floor West, next to the Core Text Collection

There will also be a Help Point on Ground Floor East.

Library café

The café will be closed for a week while it moves to its new location in Templeman West. It opens again on Monday 21 September on the Ground Floor next to the social study area, with longer opening hours and new ranges of food and drinks.

Find out more about what’s in Templeman West

Library opening hours

CHSS Seminar – Michael Calnan

The Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) is pleased to announce that our next seminar will be delivered by Professor Michael Calnan of The University of Kent and is titled Still Elegantly muddling through: Trust and the management of uncertainty in healthcare rationing decisions in England.

The seminar will be held on Wednesday 07 October 2015 from 13.30 to 15.00 in the Knowledge Management Centre at CHSS, University of Kent, Canterbury Campus.

Abstract: This paper examines the technological appraisals carried out by NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) as it regulates the provision of expensive new drugs within the English NHS on cost effectiveness grounds. Ostensibly this is a highly rational process by which the regulatory process absorbs uncertainty but in practice decision-making is more complex and uncertain. However, few investigations have explored how uncertainty is dealt with at the micro-level. This paper draws on ethnographic data interviews with a range of stakeholders (including clinical and patient experts, managers from the regulatory agency and representatives of the drug manufacturers) and decision-makers (n=41), observations of public and closed regulator meetings, and documentary analysis regarding the decision-making processes involving three different pharmaceutical products. This ESRC funded study explores the various ways in which different forms of uncertainty epistemic, procedural, relational and others are perceived, considered, presented and tackled both formally and informally within these drug appraisals.

To book your place, please contact Helen Wooldridge by email at: h.l.wooldridge@kent.ac.uk

Electrical shutdown – 13 September

There will be an across campus electrical shut down in order to revert back to our site electrical supply, this will last four hours. Commencing at 10.00 and finishing at approximately 14.00.

The following buildings will be supplied with a temporary generator: Ingram, Stacey, Rutherford, Eliot, Darwin, Darwin Houses, Becket Court and the Library.

There will be 30 minute duration where there will be no power in these buildings whilst we divert supplies to the generator and then another 30 minutes when we divert back to the main supply. This will affect the water supply as well as the electrical supply during this period.

There will be tea and coffee in Rutherford Dining Hall from 10.00-14.00 for Woolf students.

All buildings will be affected EXCEPT the following: Keynes, Keynes 2, Turing, Oaks Study Hub, Woodlands, Belmont, Oaks Nursery, Tanglewood, Highlands, Hilltops, Rothford, Careers, Olive Cottages.

The work will be carried out by SSE and MEM Generation.

We would request that all pcs be unplugged prior to the shutdown, this should reduce the amount of disruption on Monday morning. Whilst the power is off there will be a lack of water pressure, we would also ask that taps are not left in the on position.

We apologise for inconvenience caused, if you have any queries please contact the Estates Helpdesk on ext 3209.

Loss of mains water supply

Thursday 10th September, 2015

We are experiencing problems with the mains water supply to some buildings on campus. We are currently carrying out investigations and hope to restore services as soon as possible.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

If there are any queries please contact the Estates Helpdesk on Extn 3209.