Thursday 8 June- Mast Pond car park closure for Chatham Historic Dockyard event

We have been informed that the Mast Pond car park at the Dockyard will be closed. Chatham Historic Dockyard Traffic Marshals will be on hand to direct you to alternative parking. To assist them, please ensure you display your University of Kent permit to park on arrival. Parking will continue to be available at the Pembroke site for permit holders.

Saturday 17 – Wednesday 21 June – Drill Hall car park closure

The Drill Hall car park on the Medway Pembroke Campus will be closed to permit holders.

• Saturday 17 June- from 08.00- 15.00 the car park will be used for the University of Kent Open Day at Medway.
• Saturday 17 June- from 15.00- 00.00 it has been agreed by licence that Medway Council can use the Drill Hall car park to assist with parking for their Battle of Medway commemoration event. We are in close communication with Medway Council to ensure that this event does not cause disruption to our Open Day. We are not expecting any road closures or disruptions that will have an impact on visitors attending this event. We will provide further updates if required.
• Sunday 18 – Wednesday 21 June- the car park will be closed for the UCAS Exhibition (HE Fair) being held by University of Greenwich. All card access to the car park barrier will be temporarily removed from KentOne cards with the exception of accessible bay permit holders. Please note all University of Kent permit holders can park within the University of Greenwich car parks on these days if they display their permit. University of Kent Gillingham and Mast Pond car parks will be available as usual.
• Monday 19 June- Tuesday 20 June- University of Kent and University of Greenwich Central Avenue bays will be closed to assist with the UCAS Exhibition. University of Kent accessible bays and visitor bays will remain open as usual. University of Greenwich parking bays located on Upper East Road will be closed on Tuesday but the road will remain open.

Thursday 22 June- all car parks at Medway campus will be operating as usual.

If you want to get active and away from the desk over the summer then Let’s Play is the perfect way to go! Have a look at our timetable for activities going on over lunch during the summer vacation. It is free to attend for Kent Sport gold and silver members and for everyone else it is only £1, you don’t even need to be a member! Anyone can come along and have a go regardless of ability and all the equipment is provided! Any questions jump on our website www.kent.ac.uk/sports/letsplay or feel free to email letsplay@kent.ac.uk

What do early modern playwrights, the Victorians, First World War soldiers and pantomime audiences all have in common? Music and archives!

To complement the University of Kent’s Summer Music Week, Special Collections & Archives invites you to an open afternoon on <b>Wednesday 7 June between 14.00-16.00 to learn more about how music is represented, recorded and explored through our collections.

You’ll be able to view a wide range of material including:

Items from the John Crow Ballad and Song Collection Rare books from our Pre-1700 Collection Artwork held in the British Cartoon Archive. Alternative cabaret performances found in the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive and much much more.

You don’t need to book, just drop in on the day. Whether you’re a performer, a researcher, a fan of all things musical or just curious about the material held right here on campus – all are welcome. We look forward to seeing you.

The University is absolutely delighted to have won Group Travel Organiser’s Best University Accommodation for Groups award for an unprecedented tenth consecutive year.

Dan Lobb, TV presenter and former international tennis player, presented the award, for group accommodation on the University’s Canterbury campus, to members of its Conference, Reception and Housekeeping teams during a ceremony held at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel in London on Friday 2 June.

Each year readers of Group Travel Organisers Magazine are asked to vote for who they think are the best suppliers in more than 20 categories. From pre-visit information and transport to accommodation and attractions, all aspects of group travel are covered. The University has won the Best University Accommodation for Groups award every year since 2008.

Kevin Stuckey, Kent’s Head of Residences and Conference Services comments: ‘It’s absolutely terrific to win this award for the tenth consecutive year. It’s all the more special because it’s our clients who vote for us and we are so grateful to them for their continued support. On-going investment in our accommodation and facilities together with a fair pricing policy offering groups great value for money, are key reasons for our year-on-year success in attracting groups to the University. However, this outstanding achievement is first and foremost a great credit to our highly dedicated staff, who work so hard across campus to provide all our visitors with consistently high standards of service year after year’.

During its spring and summer vacation periods, the University regularly hosts over 1,000 residential events and accommodates more than 135,000 delegates at its Canterbury campus.

For further information, contact Natasha Milsted or visit the Group Travel Awards website.

This summer, Boughton Golf Club are offering free PGA coaching for any Kent Sport Gold or Silver member and up to three members of their family. Come along and try something a bit different in these fun, social golf sessions with other families.

The sessions run every Saturday from 10 June to 1 July at the following times:

10 June 11.00 to 13.00

17 June 09.00 to 11.00

24 June 11.00 to 13.00

1 July 13.30 to 14.30

Book your place by emailing greg@pentlandgolf.co.uk. All standards are welcome, and equipment can be provided if needed.

If you’re a Gold or Silver member you have free Silver membership at Boughton Golf Course, worth £99, which gives you 14-day booking and reduced green fees. If you’ve taken out our summer membership offer, you can also book on to these sessions. For more information about membership at Kent Sport, visit kent.ac.uk/sports/membership.

Canterbury and the Via Francigena: Promoting Heritage through Cultural Routes is a new project organised by the Centre for Heritage at the University of Kent, with the aim of engaging the public with heritage, including a workshop, conference and volunteering opportunities.

As part of the project, a one-day conference entitled ‘Cultural Heritage in Danger: Illicit Trafficking, Armed Conflicts and Cultural Diplomacy’ will be held in Canterbury Cathedral Lodge on 9 June 2017.

After World War II, the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict recognised the need to protect and preserve heritage for the benefit of mankind. In the last 60 years, this Convention has been ratified by 129 countries, the latest being the UK in February 2017, and has improved the international framework regulating the protection of cultural heritage in time of conflict.

The conference will bring together senior government officials and leading academics from the UK and continental Europe to assess improvements and weaknesses of heritage protection in the current era of terrorist warfare, where ideology, social media and clickbait concur to destroy heritage as recently seen in Palmyra and Mosul. It will also assess developments in the fight against the trafficking of cultural property and discuss new ways of enhancing cooperation between states, as well as Europe and Great Britain in the uncertain time of Brexit. Finally, speakers will discuss how cultural diplomacy can facilitate dialogue between communities that have been torn apart by conflict.

Registration is £50 (£25 student registration). If you have any queries, please contact Maria Dimitriou at: M.Dimitriou@kent.ac.uk

For full details about the workshop, please see the conference webpage.