Monday 10th April – Thursday 13th April, 2017
The portable appliance testing for the Sports Pavilion & Sports Hall is scheduled to take place from Monday 10th April – Thursday 13th April 2017.
Please ensure all equipment is available for testing.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and we will endeavour to keep any disruption to a minimum. If there are any queries please call the Estates Helpdesk on Extn 3209
The exam period will soon be upon us, please see below information on what to expect this year. This can be shared to students if required.
Please be mindful during this time around venues and support students where possible. Please refer to our webpages for full information.
Dates
Monday 8 May – Friday 16 June 2017 (weeks 25 – 30)
Venues
| Canterbury Exam Venues: | Medway Exam Venues: |
| Main Hall – Sports Centre | Pilkington Building |
| Small Hall 2 – Sports Centre | Dockyard Church / Sail & Colour Loft |
| Small Hall 3 – Sports Centre | Gillingham Building |
| Darwin College Conference Suite | |
| Eliot Dining Hall |
| Adapted Arrangements Venues: | Adapted Arrangements Venues: |
| Keynes Seminar Rooms 11-17 (Smaller Venue) | Gillingham Building |
| KSA 1 – Keynes College (PC Room) | |
| Cornwallis North West Seminar Rooms 1-12
(Individual Rooms) |
Times
Morning exams begin promptly at 9.30, afternoon sessions begin promptly at 14.00.
Papers can last one to three hours. Students sat in adapted arrangement venues are entitled to 25%, 33%, 50% or 100% extra time. This means the latest finish could be 20.00.
Saturday exams are scheduled for the first four weeks of the exam period, morning and afternoon.
Bag Room
Students are not permitted to bring bags or coats into the exam venue. Students will need to use the following bag rooms:
| Canterbury Campus Bag Store | Medway Campus Bag Stores |
| Keynes College: Seminar Room 7 | Pilkington Building room 014 |
| Gillingham Building room 2-03 | |
| Dockyard Church – Foyer Entrance | |
| Sail & Colour Loft – SCL216 |
Seating Plan
Students will be allocated a seat for each exam, the seating plan will be posted at each venue before the start of every session.
What to bring
What NOT to bring
Exam Timetable
Students can view their timetable on SDS by clicking on “Details and Study”.
Contact Details
@KentStuRec_UGO
https://www.kent.ac.uk/student-records/exams/students/ontheday.html
If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
Arriva’s m-ticket app is being replaced with a brand new and improved app. If you have a current ticket on the old app, for example a student academic year ticket, you will need to transfer the ticket to the new app before 7 April at midnight.
Mobile tickets can be bought through the app and need to be activated before you travel. Then simply show the driver the m-ticket on your screen. (You don’t need internet access once you have purchased the ticket.)
Learn more about the new app on the Arriva website or visit our travel discounts webpage to find out about how much you can save by purchasing a discounted student bus ticket.
We are proud to announce that the University of Kent has been nominated for the 2017 Group Travel Awards, Best University Accommodation for Groups.
We have won this prestigious award for the past nine years and are privileged to be nominated once again. We are all keeping our fingers crossed that we make it 10 years at the top when the winners are announced at the 21st Group Travel Awards on Friday 2 June 2017.
To find out more about what the University offers to groups, please visit our website: https://www.kent.ac.uk/conference/groups/
On Friday 31 March, 25 5-aside football teams arrived at the Pavilion for the highlight of the sporting calendar: The SoccerZone Cup. Forget Wimbledon or the World Cup Final, the SoccerZone Cup was the place to be!
Five groups battled it out over ten fixtures to secure a place in either the cup competition (Champions League) or plate competition (Europa League).
For the past few years, The Rolling Stoners have dominated the SoccerZone Cup winning multiple titles, however a penalty shoot-out at the quarter final stage of the cup competition saw them bow out to one of our newest teams, Sexy FC.
Sexy FC progressed to the semi-finals but were overcome by the skill of Ain’t No Holebas Girl.
In the plate competition a bye in the semi-finals saw an easy route to the finals for Rockhead Rumble who were eventually joined by another one of our new teams, GG’s.
The plate final came down to a nerve racking penalty shootout after a dramatic 4-1 to 4-4 comeback by Rockhead Rumble. However, the fairy-tale story ended with GG’s winning the penalty shootout and with that were crowned the SoccerZone plate champions.
In the cup competition, after eight gruelling matches and 150 minutes of football, CFC were crowned SoccerZone Cup champions after a victory against Ain’t No Holebas Girl in the final. CFC complete the double, winning both their league and their cup competition.
You can see some of the action from the SoccerZone Cup in our Facebook album.
Kent Sport will be running another SoccerZone Cup competition in the summer term, Friday 2 June, so there is still time to get your hands on some silverware. If you are interested in entering a team email sportsdevelopment@kent.ac.uk for more details.
Eliot Dining Hall – floor renovation Monday 10 April – Friday 21 April 2017
Renovation works are to be carried out on the Eliot dining hall floor and stairs.
The works are due to commence on Monday 10 April and are expected to be completed by Friday 21 April.
During the initial stages of the renovation sanding equipment will be used. This is likely to cause some level of noise disruption which will be restricted to between 8am and 8pm.
There will be no access to the dining hall whilst the works are being carried out.
We would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and would like to thank you for your co-operation in this matter.
On behalf of Karen Keen – Housekeeping Manager. If you have any queries, please call ext. 4477
Following the success of the Writing Fiction / Getting Published event, held on Thursday 9 March, in which three authors from the Department of Comparative Literature talked about their novels, the process of writing and how they got published, we have signed copies of Anna Schaffner’s The Truth about Julia and Lesley Gray’s The King’s Jockey to give away.
To win, just answer the following question:
What was the name of the king’s horse that struck the suffragette, Emily Wilding Davison, at the 1913 Derby?
Send your answers to secl@kent.ac.uk with ‘SECL book competition’ as the subject of the email. The competition is open until midnight on Friday 26 May 2017.
Signed copies of Christian Moratti’s Italian-language books have been presented to the Italian department to give away at their end-of-term party.
Photos of the event have been added to the new Comparative Literature at Kent Facebook page.
After submitting two entries to the Mural Design Competition organised by the Medway Watersports Trust (The Strand) SMFA 3rd year Fine Art student Sharmaine Kwan was delighted that both of her designs were selected to be painted on the car park wall. To see the two time-lapse videos of the work, go to http://sharmainekwan.wixsite.com/kwan/design
Geoff Waters, Trustee Operations, Medway Watersports Trust commented: ‘Sharmaine Kwan has designed and painted two high quality murals for the development of Medway Watersports Centre at the Strand Leisure Park in Gillingham, establishing from the outset a high standard for future artists to aspire. It is with much pride that I write to emphasize the impact Sharmaine’s contribution has had on the improved environment for the centre and its adjacent carpark, was officially celebrated and formally opened by the Sport and Cultural Minister Tracey Crouch MP on Saturday 1 April.’
More info: http://www.medwaywatersports.co.uk
The refurbishment of the Templeman Library is progressing steadily. The East has new windows and 75 more study spaces. The closed central section is being completed this summer, ready to use in September.
What will be different from September?
What has already been completed?
The extension to Templeman West opened in September 2015. It gave us:
What happens next?
The final phase of the development, planned to begin in September 2018, will cover the unrefurbished parts of the original building.
The building and our collections will become more accessible and comfortable, with lower shelving, and improved furniture, lifts, heating and lighting systems.
Once this is complete, the Library will have 1812 study spaces.
Find out more
Read the Templeman Library Development web pages for more information and a virtual tour of the new Templeman Library.
On 29 March, students from 15 schools involved in the Academic Peer Mentoring (APM) scheme attended an awards ceremony hosted by the Student Learning Advisory Service (SLAS). Mentors and colleagues from participating Schools joined in the celebration of students’ engagement and achievements.
The awards were presented to the mentors by Dr Bob Newport, Emeritus Professor of Materials Physics, who was one of the pioneers and a great advocate of the APM scheme in SPS. Mentors from Architecture, KBS and SSPSSR Medway made presentations and showcased the impact this additional support has had on student achievement. The APM scheme has become an important intervention in the University’s Student Success project.
The APM experience shows that mentors benefit greatly from the scheme as they deepen their understanding of the course content as well as enhance their employability skills. 91% of previous Kent peer mentors, who are in touch with the alumni office, are now in graduate jobs, compared to 80.4% for Kent graduates in general.
‘The University’s peer mentoring scheme is a fantastic way for students to develop valuable employability skills such as communication, planning and leadership’ (Amy Wiggins Medway Careers Adviser)
95% of mentors would recommend the APM scheme to others.
‘It is really a rewarding opportunity’
‘Among the most full academic experiences’
‘One of my students wanted to drop out but she didn’t and said it was down to the academic peer sessions. She wouldn’t have a degree if we’d let her drop out’
‘A great experience for mentors and mentees’
If you would like to be involved in the APM scheme, please check your School’s website and/or contact your School as Schools will be shortly recruiting Mentors.
To find out more about mentoring at Kent please visit https://www.kent.ac.uk/learning/school-support/apm.html or email slasapm@kent.ac.uk