Yearly Archives: 2015

New KBS/SMSAS building exhibition – 10 November

Plans for the new academic building for KBS and SMSAS will be on display in the Colyer-Fergusson Foyer, Canterbury campus, on Tuesday 10 November between 11.30 and 14.00.

The development, currently being constructed, will be complete in November 2016 for occupancy by the two Schools in January 2017.

In addition, there will be a 3D ‘fly through’ computer model that will provide an insight of the building.

Representatives from Estates, the two Schools, the architect and contractor will be available to answer questions on the development.

Further information on the new building is available here: LT_118318_KBS_&_SMSAS

Please drop-in on the 10th to find out more!

The Unsemble: come and play ‘The Pink Panther’ theme for Children in Need this Friday

Have you ever taken up an instrument and then stopped ?! Did you get to Grade 2, or even 3, and then give up playing ?

Well, if you did then the Unsemble is for you! Next month, as part of Children in Need, we’re inviting any instrumentalists amongst the students, staff and alumni who didn’t progress beyond Grade 3 to come and take up their instrument once more, head to Colyer-Fergusson Hall at lunchtime on Friday 13 November, and join in a scratch group performance of The Pink Panther theme all in a good cause!

Staff members in the department will be borrowing brass instruments for the occasion, and there’s even the promise of a member of the Health and Safety team bringing a sousaphone. What could possibly go wrong ?!

All this musical mayhem will take place from 13.10-13.30 on Friday 13 November; if you don’t have an instrument (or have actually progressed beyond Grade 3!), then you’re welcome to come along and listen; come and find out how we all get on.

Find out more online here http://www.kent.ac.uk/music/whatson.html?tab=november , and join up to the Facebook Event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/635023999972972/

Launch of Online Store User Site

The e Commerce team have launched an Online Store User site.

The site allows schools and departments to easily submit their store requests to the e Commerce team, and has lots of useful information regarding the stores use.

The Online Store is a convenient and secure solution to taking card payments and is great way to reduce administration when running courses, products and events.

Please visit our site for more details on how to use the store or contact us store@kent.ac.uk

Christmas Carols service at Medway

Medway’s Christmas Carols Service will be on Thursday 10 December at 17.00 in St George’s Centre.

The carols will be followed by free festive refreshments.

All staff, students, family and friends are most welcome and there will be Christmas activities and treats provided for children (and the young at heart!)

Thanksgiving Celebration

Turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie! The University of Kent would like to invite its students to a Thanksgiving Celebration.

The event will include a traditional three course dinner and festivities. We hope you will all be able to join us to celebrate this joyous holiday with your Kent family and friends.

Book here: http://store.kent.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=38&catid=140&prodid=1082

For further details email international@kent.ac.uk

Updated Regulations and Complaints Procedure

The Regulations on Student Discipline in relation to non-academic matters and the Complaints Procedure for Students have been revised for the 2015-16 academic year.

The Regulations on Student Discipline in relation to non-academic matters provide guidance on the actions that may be taken should a student’s conduct not support the University’s commitment to create a community that advances knowledge and stimulates intellectual activity, good order and the good name and reputation of the University. In registering with the University, students agree to be bound by all relevant provisions and Regulations of the University, so please ensure you are aware of the provisions available within this document.

The Complaints Procedure for Students provides guidance to students who may feel dissatisfied with some aspect of their dealings with the University, and details the procedure the University and student will both follow through all stages of the complaint.

If you would like further guidance please refer to the Student Conduct and Complaints website.

Have your say on street lighting in Kent

How do you feel about part-night street lighting? Do you have any safety concerns when the street lights are switched off?

Kent County Council representatives will be on the Canterbury campus, in the Plaza, on Thursday 12th November, between 12.00-14.00, to gather your views for a street lighting consultation, so make sure you participate and have your say.

Further details about the consultation can be found here.

Women in Computing event organised by and for students

Katie Difford, a second year Computing student organised the event. She said, ‘Overall, we learned that irrespective of how we come to work and study in IT, technology will be used in any career path we take and that women are significantly under-represented in these industries. However, we also discussed that women have made huge progress in both work and academia and it is hoped that in 20 years time, women and men will be equal in STEM industries and a ‘Women in Computing’ talk would no longer be necessary.’

Speakers included Anna Jordanous, a lecturer at the School of Computing. Anna talked about her path into the tech industry, completing her undergraduate degree and working in an IT role in retail, before applying for her Master’s and PhD. Katie said; ‘It was interesting to hear as Anna demonstrated the different paths into IT roles in industry as well as academia.’

PhD student, Ayah Helal talked about her decision to come to England from Egypt for her PhD and her hopes for the future. Ayah recalled that in her undergraduate class, women outnumbered men, but further on in their careers, women were impacted by their decisions to get married and have children, as the cultural expectations of them were different.

More at http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/news.html?view=750

CPP Head becomes Chairman of British Association of Dental Nurses Executive Committee

Head of Centre for Professional Practice Debbie Reed has taken up the post of Chairman of BADN’s new Executive Committee at the AGM held on 24 October at the NEC, Birmingham.

Debbie is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Centre for Professional Practice at the University of Kent, she remains the academic lead for dentistry, and since joining the University in 2007 has been instrumental in the design, development, validation and delivery of postgraduate and validated programmes for dental nurses, other DCPs and dentists such as the Foundation Degree in Advanced Dental Nursing, the MSc in Primary Dental Care and the Applied Dental Professional Practice MSc pathway.

Debbie will chair the new BADN Executive Committee, a streamlined, more flexible, more effective version of the former BADN Council  which was introduced through the new BADN Constitution agreed at an Extraordinary General Meeting held in Manchester in July. The Executive Committee consists of the Chairman, President Jane Dalgarno, Finance Officer Hazel Coey, Education Representative Heidi Cresswell and interim Student Representative Alisa Yalcin.

A Registered Dental Nurse, Debbie an advocate of lifelong learning, and is currently a doctoral student with the University of Nottingham, having graduated from the University of Southampton with a BA(Hons) in Post Compulsory Education and from the University of Portsmouth’s Business School with an MSc in Human Resource Development. She also holds a post-graduate teaching certificate in Higher Education and a Certificate in Post Compulsory Education; and was awarded a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2011. She is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personal Development and a member of the NEBDN Panel of Examiners.