Catch the Arriva Sapphire 700 bus to Bluewater Shopping Centre from Chatham rail station. Bluewater has over 300 shops, over 50 places to eat and even ice skating over the Christmas period! See the Arriva 700 bus timetable.

Take the 132 Arriva bus to Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre from Chatham rail station. Hempstead Valley has over 50 shops, restaurants and cafes, see the Arriva 132 bus timetable.

Don’t forget- if you already have the Arriva student or staff bus ticket, the above bus journeys are already included.

Follow @ArrivaKent on twitter for service updates or download the Arriva app to plan your journey and view live bus times.

The University of Kent Players are excited to announce our audition dates for our next production happening in April, Wildest Dreams by Alan Ayckbourn!

The performance nights will be the 11th, 12th & 13th April and we will be holding auditions next week:

– Monday 10th December – 5.30-7.30pm – Room Woolf Seminar Room 4

– Thursday 13th December – 5.30-7.30pm – Room Woolf Seminar Room 4.

Please email the director, Lauren at L.M.Griffiths-Norbury@kent.ac.uk to let her know whether you are free to attend one, both (or neither) auditions. We will do our best to meet with anyone who is unable to attend the auditions but would like to audition for a role.

Please see the blurb for the play:

“Stanley, Hazel, Warren and Rick make the weekly escape from their real life nightmares into a role-playing board game peopled by dragons and monsters. A safe world where the dangers are of their own imagining; where they are free to become heroes of their own devising.

But how clear is the dividing line between what they choose to be and what they really are? What would it take for them to lose sight of it altogether? All it requires is Marcie. Loveable, understanding, sympathetic Marcie – destined to become the new demon to haunt their wildest dreams.”

We will be auditioning for the following cast member roles:

• Stanley Inchbridge – Large role
• Hazel Inchbridge – Large role
• Warren Wrigley – Medium role
• Rick (Alice) Toller – Medium role
• Marcie Banks – Large role
• Austen Skate – Medium role
• Thelma Wrigley – Small role
• Larry Banks – Small role

We really look forward to hearing from you and seeing as many of you as possible next week!

Dr Anne-Maria Brennan, a lecturer at the Centre for Professional Practice, recently took part in the Global Forum on Balanced and Inclusive Education which was held in Mexico City.

The UN-backed Forum has been tasked to work on the Universal Declaration on Balanced and Inclusive Education, part of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 4 which seeks to ‘Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.’

As part of the Forum, Dr Brennan gave a presentation entitled From practice to policy…  to practice: the UK experience in a plenary session on Achieving SDG4, from theory to practice.

Commenting on her presentation she said ‘the aim was to highlight the need to use evidence-based practice to inform policy, whilst also ensuring the loop is closed by feeding back into practice in a reflective cycle.’

She also formally endorsed the International Call for Balanced and Inclusive Education as Vice President of Science Engagement at the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation.

The work of the Forum will form part of next July’s UN High Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals. This will review and refine six key goals of the 17 SDGs (including the goal of taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts), with the aim of empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality.

The Centre for Professional Practice programmes and short courses Professional Practice MSc and Introduction to Masters-Level Study have been specifically designed to meet the needs of those professionals who wish to develop their academic ability while maintaining their professional role.

For more information, visit www.kent.ac.uk/cpp, email: cppmedway@kent.ac.uk  or telephone 01634 888929.

Dr Ellen Swift, Reader in Archaeology and Dr Jo Stoner, Research Associate, both in the Department of Classical and Archaeological Studies, have worked together with Dr April Pudsey (Manchester Metropolitan University) to organise a forthcoming exhibition at the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London, as part of their AHRC-funded research project Roman and Late Antique Artefacts in Egypt.

Their exhibition, ‘Sounds of Roman Egypt’, is free entry and showcases the project’s research into the musical instruments from the Petrie Museum’s Roman collection, exploring what life in Roman Egypt sounded like.

What objects did people use to make music? What did they sound like? How were instruments used in Romano-Egyptian rituals, homes, and childhood? This exhibition begins to answer these questions, bringing to life the soundscape of Egypt during the Roman period. Visitors will see original Roman instruments displayed alongside the project’s modern replicas, and learn about how they were used in the Roman period.

Visitors will be able to experience the sounds of the artefacts, handle and play the replica items, with additional sound recordings providing an evocative illustration of the sounds of Roman Egyptian life. The display also explains the process of using modern technologies to recreate ancient artefacts.

Archaeology technician Lloyd Bosworth laser scanned the original instruments to create 3D digital models which will be on display, along with the 3D printed models. Thanks are also due to Lloyd for his work developing the exhibition’s visitor computer interface. The exhibition will be open to the public from Tuesday 22 January – Monday 22 April 2019.

Students on the undergraduate Drama and Theatre programmes, who are taking the module Applied Theatre, are giving a celebratory performance workshop at St Nicolas School in Canterbury this week (on Wednesday 5 December).

St Nicholas School is a community day school providing education for over 190 children aged between 4 and 19 who have profound severe and complex learning difficulties.

The Applied Theatre module offers students the opportunity to both understand and apply workshop techniques, planning, facilitation and management of projects. The performance workshop is the culmination of this term’s planning and rehearsal. It will engage the pupils in an interactive performance, involving them in a series of adventures.

A photo album of the rehearsals for the performance is available here.

Opening times

This winter vacation, the Templeman Library, Canterbury campus will be open for a few extra days during the University’s Christmas closure period.

• Friday 14 December (end of Autumn Term): library closes at 23:00
• Saturday 15 – Friday 21 December: 08:00 – 19:00
• Saturday 22 – Wednesday 26 December: closed
• Thursday 27 – Monday 31 December: 11:00 – 19:00
• Tuesday 1 January: closed
• Wednesday 2 January – Sunday 13 January: 08:00 – 19:00
• Monday 14 January (start of Spring Term): library opens at 08:00 and stays open 24 hours

Full vacation opening hours

Borrowing arrangements

You don’t need to renew or return any books, including document deliveries, from Saturday 22 December to Wednesday 2 January inclusive.

Books you have on loan can still be reserved, so before you go return any books you don’t need. You could also check LibrarySearch to see if there’s an e-book version of any books you need, so you don’t have to borrow them.

While you’re away:

• books will automatically renew, unless they’re reserved
• check your student email and Library account, in case someone reserves a book on loan to you
• return books when someone reserves them
• books can be reserved at short notice and the fine for overdue items is £2 per day
• if you can’t return a book in person, you can send it to us by post

When the library is closed you can return your items at the drop box near the Library Road entrance.

If you can’t get a book back to us in time or are concerned about fines, get in touch as soon as possible. Our staff will do their best to resolve your problem:

• in person: IT & Library Support Desk, Block C, Floor 1, Templeman Library
• phone: 01227 82 4999
• email: lendingenquiries@kent.ac.uk

Document delivery items

Any document delivery books that automatically renew on 15 December or after will be due on Thursday 3 January 2018.

If your document delivery book reaches its final due date before Christmas, please return it by the end of Wednesday 19 December if you can, so we can return it to the lending institution.

Winter Vacation at Canterbury Campus

Discover festive events in the local area, including pantomimes, carol services and Christmas markets. Find out about Winter at Kent.

Using other libraries

Away from campus for the Christmas vacation? You can use other academic libraries around the UK and Ireland by registering for SCONUL Access.