We would like to improve our Campus Online webpages, and we need your help!
A focus group to discuss possible changes is planned for:
Any staff interested in contributing are invited to attend. Please email us at communications@kent.ac.uk if you can come. Refreshments will be provided.
Wendy Raeside, Etienne Donzelot and Allie Burnett
Corporate Communications
During the spring vacation, the Uni 1 and Uni 2 buses will continue to run to the usual timetable despite being out of term-time! This is a trial so make sure to use the service and let us know your feedback. Don’t forget to include the day, time and bus number if you wish to provide specific feedback.
Sundays from 27 March to 29 May
Between 27 March and 29 May 2016, there will be additional late night Uni 2 buses running on Sundays between Canterbury Bus Station and Hales Place. These extra buses are to aid students getting to and from the library during exams. See here for the full timetable.
Transport Team
01227 82 3609 transport@kent.ac.uk @unikent_travel www.kent.ac.uk/transport
Estates Department, University of Kent, Park Wood Road, Canterbury, CT2 7NN
Sundays from 27 March to 29 May
Studying late night at the library? Between 27 March and 29 May 2016, there will be additional late night Uni 2 buses running on Sundays between Canterbury Bus Station and Hales Place. See here for the full timetable.
Spring vacation timetable
During the spring vacation, the Uni 1 and Uni 2 buses will continue to run to the usual timetable despite being out of term-time! This is a trial so make sure to use the service and let us know your feedback. Don’t forget to include the day, time and bus number if you wish to provide specific feedback.
Transport Team
01227 82 3609 transport@kent.ac.uk @unikent_travel www.kent.ac.uk/transport
Estates Department, University of Kent, Park Wood Road, Canterbury, CT2 7NN
Advance notice that comic Sue Perkins will be coming to the Marlowe Theatre on Thursday 8 September 2016.
The ticket price of £24.50 includes her book which customers can collect on the night by showing their purchased ticket. Sue will be doing a signing after the show in the foyer.
Corporate members – including Kent staff – can purchase tickets from Thursday 24 March, quoting COR18 at the Box Office (01227 787 787). General ticket sales will start on Tuesday 29 March.
The University Cecilian Choir will be featured on BBC Radio 3 this Sunday, as part of ‘The Choir’ at 16.00.
The weekly programme celebrating choral singing will feature the Cecilian Choir as part of its ‘My Choir’ slot, which highlights choirs from around the country. The idea came from English lecturer and member of the bass section, Dr Michael Hughes, who submitted a podcast reflecting on the Choir, its members and its role in bringing staff, students and alumni of the University together.
Listen to the programme this Sunday on Radio 3 at 16.00 or online here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b074z8m6. The feature on the Cecilian Choir itself will remain online indefinitely as part of the programme’s archives.
The Cecilian Choir performs next on Thursday 31 March at 13.10 St Peter’s Methodist Church, Canterbury, in a programme of Vivaldi and Mozart for Easter.
Former University employee and Whitstable author Janet Pywell has just published her second crime thriller Masterpiece.
Janet has self-published four books including The Golden Icon, Red Shoes and Ellie Bravo. In her previous careers, she worked in the travel and tourism industry in Spain and was also director of her own marketing company for ten years.
Her latest thriller, Masterpiece is a gripping novel set in London, Dresden and Mallorca. She has also edited and published two books of 100-word stories written by 7-11 year old students from St Stephen’s School in Canterbury as well as a book of poetry written by school children throughout the UK for the charity Seeds for Africa based at the University of Kent.
She is currently working on her next crime thriller – THE BOOK OF HOURS – due to be published in 2017.
On 20 April, Janet will be a guest speaker at the ‘Meet the Author’ event at the Grand Hotel in Folkestone where Agatha Christie wrote Murder on the Orient Express. She will be talking about the challenges and excitement of self-publishing and the opportunities for an author in today’s multi-media society.
Copies of Masterpiece are available now at : http://amzn.to/1M28EsQ
Enrolment Management Services will be holding an Applicant Day on 23 March 2016 at the Canterbury campus. These are essential recruitment events for the University.
To assist with this event 118 parking bays will be closed in Giles Lane blue zone car park.
All car parks in the centre of campus may be full before 09.00, which could mean you need to use the car parks within the Park Wood area. There are parking bays available next to the Park Wood accommodation as well. We recommend that you consider allowing for the additional time that may be required to travel to and from Park Wood.
Pedestrian signs within Park Wood Courts, will inform you of the average time required to walk to the main campus. Alternatively, you can use the Park and Ride bus ticket that was sent with your parking permit to travel to and from the main campus.
Please remember that parking enforcement will continue in accordance with the University Regulations for the Management of Traffic.
In association with the James Madison Trust for the study of federal systems, The School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent is convening a series of seminars on the EU referendum ahead of the vote on 23 June.
The first seminar will be on the EU’s Political Economy. It will take place on Tuesday 22 March, 16.00 – 19.00 in Committee Room G, House of Lords, including a drinks reception.
Access to Committee Room G is via Black Rod’s Garden entrance. Please see https://www.kent.ac.uk/politics/gec/news/index.html?view=581 for a copy of the seminar programme and a map showing the location of the seminar.
There will be some fantastic experts and leading politicians from across the political spectrum who take different positions on whether to remain or to leave, including; Baroness Sharon Bowles (Liberal Democrat), Lord Maurice Glasman (Labour), Mark Field MP (Conservative) [tbc], Dr Julie Smith (Cambridge).
We will debate the economic pros and cons of Britain’s EU membership, but also the emerging economic governance of the EU and relations between euro- and non-euro members.
Please contact Dr Adrian Pabst if you would like to attend or complete the registration via this eventbrite link
RSVP A.Pabst@kent.ac.uk
Learning and Development are running the next New Staff Induction and Information Fair on Thursday 24 March 2016.
If you are a new member of staff and haven’t already attend an Induction event, please book via the Learning and Development website.
Details of the new season shows and events have been announced at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury , and there are special offers for University staff.
Highlights include RSC’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Noel Coward’s Present Laughter with Sam West, the West End hit The Woman In Black and Alvin Ailey dance company.
Kent staff can benefit from special Corporate Members Discounts as well as Members’ Evenings. The booking code for this season is COR18. Quote this at the box office to get your discounts and also use it in The Green Room for 10% off all food and hot drinks.
You can download the new brochures now in PDF format at http://www.marlowetheatre.com/page/3566, and at http://www.marlowetheatre.com/page/3576 for The Marlowe Studio.
Tickets can be booked from Monday 21 March, when the season goes on sale to Corporate Members and Marlowe Friends. Public booking opens in two weeks so take advantage of this priority period especially if you like particular seats!