This year’s Refreshers Fair takes place on Wednesday 3 February between 11.00 – 14.00 at Pilkington Room 011.

The Refreshers Fair is your second chance to find out what sport clubs, societies and volunteering opportunities are available to you during your time in Medway…as well as plenty of FREE Domino’s Pizza!

Find out more on GK Unions website.

The University is committed to safeguarding the health, safety and welfare of its students, and accepts its responsibility to promote good health by raising awareness of the risks of alcohol and drug misuse.

We respect the privacy of students but must be concerned where a student’s behaviour impairs his/her conduct, safety or academic performance and/or adversely affects other students, staff, campus life or the wider community.

The University of Kent policies and penalties associated with drug and alcohol related offences are outlined in the following policies:

1. University Policy Statement concerning Alcohol
2. University Policy Statement concerning Drugs (substance abuse)

These are a part of the general regulations.

If you or any of your friends have any concerns about these issues, you can access support via Student Support and Wellbeing and the Masters’ Offices.

We also have a representative from Turning Point, an organisation that provides specialist and integrated services to help people recover from addiction and gain control of their lives, available with our Wellbeing Team in Keynes College every Thursday. Appointments for Turning Point or for general counselling can be made via the Student Wellbeing Service.

Our new ‘What’s On’ series of events from February to June is now published online, with full details of all the events coming at you over the next six months.

With a series of Lunchtime Concerts, choral and orchestral concerts, #EarBox events in Studio 3 Gallery, plus details of all the external events coming to Colyer-Fergusson, there’s a veritable feast of music-making lined up both on- and off-campus.

See all that’s coming up online, or download the new brochure.

A guest lecture on corruption by Baroness Vivien Stern CBE will mark the launch of a new interdisciplinary research group.

Barnoness Stern, who received an honorary doctorate from Kent in July 2014, will be speaking at the invitation of the new Criminal Justice Group at Kent Law School. Her talk is entitled: ‘Grand Corruption and the Rule of Law: a Parliamentary Perspective’.

The group’s convenor, Professor Dermot Walsh, said: ‘This event marks the emergence of a vibrant and productive research group at Kent Law School, composed of a large number of staff and PhD students working across an eclectic range of topics under the general rubric of criminal justice. What connects us all is a deep commitment to addressing fundamental issues of concern to the lives of individuals and communities in their local, national, EU and international environments.’

Informed by a vision of a fairer and more inclusive society, the new Criminal Justice Group hopes to promote a discourse of ideas that lead to concrete proposals for reform in criminal justice policies and processes.

The lecture on 11 February is open to all and will begin with welcome drinks at 18.00 in Grimond Lecture Theatre 1. The event is free but attendees are asked to register online to reserve a place: https://alumni.kent.ac.uk/events/registration-vivienstern2016

On Thursday 4 February, the Gateways to the First World War and the School of History at the University of Kent will host an open lecture delivered by Professor Albert Grundlingh:

“Mutating memories and the making of a wartime myth in South Africa: Remembering the SS Mendi Disaster, 1917-2007”

Professor Albert Grundlingh is a graduate of the University of the Free State and was appointed at the University of South Africa in 1973 where he obtained MA and D Litt et Phil degrees.
The event will take place at 18.00 until 20.00 in Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 on the Canterbury campus. The event starts with a drinks reception in Grimond Foyer and the lecture will start at 18.30.

Admission is free and open to all. If you would like to attend this event, please register online in advance.

Further information about Professor Albert Grundlingh and the Gateways to the First World War is available here.