Alan Le Grys is running the London marathon in aid of Christian Aid next month. CPP are holding a cake sale on Wednesday 23 March from 12.00-12.45 outside M3-12 to help raise funds to support him.
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Centre for Journalism’s Research Seminar Series
Wednesday 23 March 13.00 – 14.00 Room G1-04, Gillingham Building, Medway Campus. All welcome.
‘The completely obscure but terribly important vote; The untold story of the 2012 Police and Crime Commissioner elections’ by Rob Bailey
The election of the United Kingdom’s first Police and Crime Commissioners in May 2012 was hailed as a step forward for transparency and accountability, and as one of the biggest expansions of local democracy in generations. But the elections were a democratic disaster, attracting a national turnout rate of just 15% and sparking a debate about the legitimacy of the new candidates and their electoral mandates. For regional media, this was a new type of election with a new set of challenges. Readers did not understand the PCC role and were often unfamiliar with candidates, while the election campaign was poorly funded and unusually apolitical. Using Kent as a case study, this research considers coverage of the PCC elections in the 14 days before the vote to determine how journalists responded to this new form of election and to what extent this contributed to the faltering start of this new public role.
Introduction to Coaching
Monday 7 March saw a group of 36 people take their first steps into the world of coaching at the University of Kent. The event was organised by Kent Sport and all attendees completed a Sports Coach UK course, which focused on skills linked to coaching young people in a sports specific environment. The course was delivered by County Coach Coordinator Louisa Arnold and participants had a choice of two out of six sports to specialise in. The sports available were: hockey, netball, tennis, rugby, cricket and football; each sport clinic was run by a local qualified coach.
This was a fantastic chance to gain a preliminary coaching qualification and it was an engaging and entertaining evening. Hopefully the students will continue to develop their coaching skills and use their enthusiasm to encourage and help young people in sport.
The summer term will see coach development opportunities continue, with sports specific and level 1 courses being available throughout this term, based at the Canterbury campus.
Look out for more courses hosted by Kent Sport by following UniKentSports on Twitter, liking our Facebook page or pop into the Sports Centre to find out further information.
If you would like to join the coach development programme then please contact Sports Development at sportsdevelopment@kent.ac.uk to receive all the relevant information.
Learn to teach English or join free classes
CELTA is a Cambridge English qualification which allows you to teach English as a foreign language around the world.
The Centre for English and World Languages (CEWL) is running a four-week intensive CELTA course starting on 13 June 2016. Find out more on the CEWL webpages.
We are also offering free English language classes between 13 June and 7 July.
Classes are taught by trainees on our CELTA teacher training course. Anyone whose first language is not English is welcome to join the classes.
The next REF: act now to make sure your outputs count
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has a new policy for the post-2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF).
The following outputs must be Open Access to be eligible for submission to the next REF:
- journal articles, and
- conference proceedings with an ISSN
- which have been accepted for publication after 1 April 2016
What you need to do
From April 2016 you must upload the author accepted manuscript of your paper to the Kent Academic Repository (KAR) within three months of publication.
From April 2017 you must upload the author accepted manuscript of your paper to KAR within three months of acceptance for publication. We strongly advise you to start following this requirement now.
You must also pay close attention to publisher embargoes. Those are the delays some publishers impose before repositories can make manuscripts openly available.
Why it’s important
If an article or conference proceeding doesn’t comply with the HEFCE criteria and has no valid exception recorded it will receive an unclassified score if submitted to the REF.
More information
- Information and guides on how to follow the REF requirements at the University of Kent
- For help and advice email the Information Services Research Support Team researchsupport@kent.ac.uk
- HEFCE have an FAQ page to complement their policy
You also need an ORCID
If you are a researcher, the University now requires you to register for an ORCID This is a stable and unique identifier which distinguishes you from other researchers. It ensures consistent, reliable attribution of your work.
See the Information Services ORCID page for more help.
University of Kent Canterbury 10km run
The University is hosting Canterbury’s only runbritain and UKA licensed and certified 10km run on 27 March. Organised in partnership with Sporting Events UK, the inaugural event last year proved popular.
A fantastic route, starting at Kent Sport Pavilion and following some of the historic ‘Crab and Winkle Way’ through the countryside adjacent to the Canterbury campus.
There will also be Easter activities for all the family, making this a great day out. The Pavilion has changing facilities, and a good selection of refreshments and food there’s even a balcony with seating overlooking the start and finish of the race!
Suitable for all abilities from beginners to elite. Electronic timing chips/transponders will be used at this event. All results will be available at end of the race and will be submitted to UKA and runbritain for inclusion in record and rankings. There will also be finishers medal for all those completing the race, plus category and team prizes!
The event is open to University of Kent students, staff, alumni and the public. To book your place on the University of Kent Official Canterbury 10km run, visit the Sporting Event UK website www.sportingeventsuk.com/enterevent/canterbury10k.
Volunteers needed!
We are looking for volunteers to help marshal the course. Each volunteer will receive a free coffee and bacon roll from The Pavilion Cafe/Bar during the pre-event briefing at 09.30. If you are interested in getting involved as a volunteer please email barry@sportingeventsuk.com as soon as possible. You will then be sent further information on your requirements/timings for the day. Any assistance would be very much appreciated.
Sports Relief Bake Event – Friday 18 March 2016
The Student Records and Exams Office, Income Office, and the Timetabling Office will be arranging a cake event for Sports Relief on Friday 18 March 2016.
Please come along to the Student Reception on Friday 18 March with your voluntary contributions to sample the cakes that all of our kind bakers have offered to make. The cake event will commence from 09.30.
Writing monographs and books workshop
All are welcome to attend this workshop on 11 May about how, when and where to publish in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
With Prof Feargal Cochrane (POLIR), Prof Davina Cooper (KLS), Prof Ben Hutchinson (SECL), Prof Miri Song (SSPSSR), and Commissioning Editors from Manchester University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge, and Sage. The workshop will be followed by a wine reception.
Wednesday 11 May, 2016 16.00-17.30: Seminar Room 2, ground floor, Cornwallis East
Please send any questions or topics you want to be addressed to p.hubbard@kent.ac.uk in advance of the workshop.
University strengthens links with Japan
University of Kent was delighted to welcome colleagues from Waseda University, Japan, on Wednesday 2 March 2016. Waseda is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Japan; it is one of the 13 universities in the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s “Global 30” Project, and consistently ranks amongst the top universities in Japan. Kent has a university-wide Memorandum of Understanding and Student Exchange Agreement with Waseda.
Professor Kazunori Araki, Associate Dean for International Affairs at Waseda, along with colleagues from the School of Political Science and Economics, met with Kent’s Professor Roger Vickerman, Dean for Europe, Dr. Anthony Manning, Dean for Internationalisation, and Hannah McNorton, Interim Director of International Partnerships. Discussions focused on expanding the existing relationship between Kent and Waseda through widening opportunities for student exchange, and facilitating staff exchange and research collaboration.
For further information on the University’s international agreements, please contact International Partnerships: internationalpartnerships@kent.ac.uk
Postponed Disability Staff Network Meeting
Unfortunately the Disability Network meeting due to take place tomorrow (17 March) has now been postponed.
Please email equalityanddiversity@kent.ac.uk if you are interested in coming along to the next meeting on Thursday 19 May 10.00 – 11.30.