Calling all alumni, students, staff and friends!

The next pub night is on Tuesday 29 May from 18.00 to 20.00 at the Miller’s Arms

Spring is here! Come along and catch-up with alumni and friends for the last Alumni Pub Night of the academic year. Find out what Kent graduates get up to after leaving University and to de-stress from exam season. First drink and hot snacks will be provided.

Alumni Pub Nights are a chance for Kent alumni and students to come together to socialise and network in a friendly local pub in Canterbury.

We hope you are able to join us, Tuesday 29 May from 18.00 to 20.00 at the Miller’s Arms. It’s always a pleasure to meet Kent alumni and students to hear about your experiences here. If you have any questions about this event or others like it then please do contact alumni@kent.ac.uk.

Register here.

The summer is finally here, so what better excuse is there to get out and explore the stunning Canterbury campus and the beautiful Kent countryside than with a one month membership at Kent Sport?

The opportunities to get active at Kent Sport are almost endless. Exclusive to this year, we’ve added three new grass tennis courts for all you Wimbledon fans, alongside the existing tennis and netball courts and three artificial pitches. For the explorers, we offer a range of high-quality bikes to hire for free through the Kent Sport Cycle Hub. Your membership also includes access to our modern sports facilities including the fitness suite**, squash courts, all outdoor facilities, all fitness and dance classes, plus free equipment hire.

Offer valid from 1 June to 1 September 2018 inclusive. Adults can get membership for just £35.50, while Juniors (anyone in full-time education and/or 16 to 18 years old) pay just £28. Under 16’s pay £3.90 per activity. To purchase your membership, visit the Sports Centre or Pavilion receptions from 1 June. Membership is valid for one month from purchase date. For further details and terms and conditions, please visit www.kent.ac.uk/sports/membership. You can view the Kent Sport facility opening hours here.

*To apply for the junior rate please bring with you proof of full-time education (student card etc.). **Please note that some parts of the fitness suite will be closed for renovation during the summer period. All the cardio, weights machines and free weights on the first floor will not be affected by the renovation work.

To stay up to date with Kent Sport news, events and special offers, Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter UniKentSports.

SMFA BA (Hons) Event and Experience Design 2011 graduate, Kerri Layton is performing at legendary Pizza Express Cabaret venue, The Pheasantry (Chelsea), on Tuesday 17 July from 20.00.

The Pheasantry was nominated for Best Live Music Venue in the London Lifestyle Awards, and considered to be one of London’s major venues of New York-style jazz-singing, musical-theatre-influenced cabaret work.

Kerri is enjoying a successful career as a performer with her live band and as a solo artist, and heads up independent record label Dixiebird Records, which runs live music events all across the capital, featuring some of London’s finest musicians, as well as running her own Creative Event Consultancy.

Her EP Songs For A Rainy Day is produced by bandleader, saxophonist and composer, Mick Foster and is due for release in July 2018.

For more information on the concert and to buy tickets, go to: https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/miss-kerri-layton

Colleagues are warmly invited to attend the Estates Showcase on Tuesday 26 June, in the Darwin Conference Suite from 10.00-15.00.

Come along to meet members of the team and find out what the Estates Department does, including:

• • Launch of our new Customer Services Centre – how we can help you access all our services
  • FutureProof – our exciting new campus wide sustainability project linked to the United Nations Sustainability Goals
  • Transport and Parking information – what are your options?
  • Meet our Grounds team and hear how we care for the University’s Estate – you can also get horticultural advice on how to look after your plants!
  • Speak to our Capital Projects team about what projects and new buildings are planned
  • Have a look at some different furniture options and how they can facilitate a more flexible working environment
  • Understand our planned preventative maintenance regime and why it is necessary
  • AND much more……

We are also excited to announce that we will be launching our new Customer Services Centre at the showcase, so please do come along to meet the team behind this initiative.

This is going to be a very popular event and refreshments will be provided so we ask that you book a place first by clicking here.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Peter Czarnomski|Director of Estates

Following the recent warm weather, we want to warn students not to swim in unauthorised areas, including basins in Chatham Historic Dockyard. Please take note of the following water safety advice:

Check out Medway Council’s sports page for leisure centres with swimming pools in the local area.

Universities UK (UUK) and the University and College Union (UCU) have jointly announced that Joanne Segars OBE has been appointed as Chair of the Joint Expert Panel on USS valuation.

More information on the appointment and the work of the Joint Expert Panel can be found on both the UUK and UCU websites:

• UUK press release
• UCU press release