Are you interested in championing good community relations and will be living in the St Michael’s or Hales Place areas of Canterbury during 2018-19?
New Student Community Champion roles will be available to students living in these areas, offering employment and development opportunities for students.
The full job description and details on how to apply by Monday 7 May are available here.
If you have any queries please email communityliaison@kent.ac.uk
On Monday 21 May at 13.00, the School of Music and Fine Art, University of Kent, Medway is excited to present a special lunchtime recital to celebrate the work of our BMus, year 2 composition students.
Having spent the term working alongside one of the UK’s leading contemporary music ensembles, we are delighted to have three musicians from Octandre with us to showcase selected submissions.
Octandre are developing an international reputation for their work with a recent commission receiving a BASCA composition award, multiple broadcast recordings for BBC Radio 3 and several high profile performances at venues including LSO St Lukes and St John Smith’s Square. With Sir Harrison Birtwistle as their patron and a consistently thriving programme they are well and truly at the forefront of our nation’s music scene.
Octandre Trio:
Audrey Milheres – Flute
Sam Cave – Guitar
Corentin Chassard – Cello
Audio link – https://www.octandre.com/audio
Free to attend but please book via Eventbrite.
Exclusive discount for University of Kent students, we are opening up our ‘Global Business in a Dynamic Environment 1- 15 July’ summer school to current Kent students at an exclusive price of £1000. The cost includes full tuition, on campus accommodation in Parkwood flats, a welcome and farewell meal, refreshments every morning, guided trips as part of the programme (including a day in London). Students will be taught by expert professors from the University of Kent’s Business school and outside professionals and entrepreneurs to work towards building a finished documentation for social media, YouTube films or traditional commentary pieces addressing core issues of concern. Students will receive extra-curricular credits and a certificate on successful completion.
To apply for this summer school and exclusive discount please email summerschools@kent.ac.uk to confirm your interest and submit your application on our e-vision portal.
Find out more: https://www.kent.ac.uk/summerschools/programmes/business.html
Email: summerschools@kent.ac.uk
Fine Art PhD student Stephen Connolly won a 2018 British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) Award for his film, Machine Space.
He won the Moving Image category under Best Practice Research Portfolio for his essay film exploring a city as a machine; a place of movement and circulation. Using a kinetic approach, issues of space, race and finance frame the city of Machine Space. Residents testify in voice-over about how the city as a spatial and financial machine shapes their experience. The city is Detroit, a place that has changed from producing the means of movement to producing space itself. The film uses formal representational devices to explore this content, and addresses issues of complicity of audiences in the state of affairs in the city. It is a visualization of the ideas of Henri Lefebvre, philosopher of space and urban life.
Stephen is an artist filmmaker and Kent 50 scholar who also lectures in Film Production at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, and works as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the School of Music and Fine Art.
He said: “The PhD has been such an amazing experience and deeply helpful for my practice, encouraging me to push forward towards publication. The process of academic research has allowed me to place the work in context and in conversation with other disciplines and artists. I aim to contribute to the further development of practice as research as a process of making moving image work in the arts.”
Stephen has also joined forces with Matthew Gibson, Arts GTA (Film) within the School of Music and Fine Art, and Patrick Brian Smith of Concordia University in Canada, to organise an inter-disciplinary symposium of scholars and media-makers on the topic of ‘Visualising Spatial Injustice and Exploitation’. The event takes place on Friday 8 June in Grimond Building on the University’s Canterbury campus and registration is now open.
As part of its ongoing commitment to employee wellbeing, the University of Kent has published a new Staff Health & Wellbeing Strategy Statement. This has been put together by Occupational Health and Safety, (SHE) in collaboration with HR. It was presented to the Safety Health and Environment Executive Committee, (SHEEC) by Bernard Angus, Director of SHE, and was agreed as ready to publish following the meeting in February.
For more information about Staff Health & Wellbeing initiatives check the University’s Safety and Health & Wellbeing website.
After the match, players and spectators are invited to an informal dinner at 18.30 for 19.00.
If you are interested in joining the team for this exciting reunion, please email Naomi at N.Fleet@kent.ac.uk for more information.
Join us for one of our events on the Kent Gives Back weekend this May. Kent Gives Back is a community outreach project which unites students, staff and alumni by encouraging them to take part in a local community project such as volunteering at a homeless shelter or a food bank or helping tend to a garden (and much more). Network and get to know fellow alumni and current students in the area.
London: Saturday 12 May, 17.00 – 00.00
Join us as stewards for The MoonWalk London on the evening of 12 May at Clapham Common – 15,000 women and men walking either a full or half marathon in their fantastically decorated bras, raising millions of pounds and awareness.
Walk the Walk is the UK’s largest grant-making breast cancer charity that is dedicated to not only raising money and awareness for vital breast cancer causes, but to also encourage women and men to become more aware. They organise the famous MoonWalk overnight power walking challenges and are immensely proud to have raised over £122m to improve the lives of people living with cancer now.
Please use this registration link and this password: KENTUNI to join the Kent crew for the Saturday evening shift!
Canterbury: Sunday 13 May, 11.00-14.00
We will be stewarding for the Cloisters 2 Oysters 2018 sponsored bike ride supporting the Rethink Mental Illness charity. This is a great chance to get involved in a local charity cause and have fun supporting the riders, who will be cycling through the Kent Canterbury campus!
The Kent Gives Back team have also been invited to join riders and volunteers after the ride at The Dolphin Pub in Canterbury.
Email N.Fleet@kent.ac.uk to sign up or for more information.
Would you like to join Kent Hospitality’s reception team from June to October 2018?
You will be required to work 15 to 35 hours per week including evenings and weekends. Hours will vary from week to week and are not guaranteed.
Rates are:
•£8.46 p/hr 16 – 24 years old
•£8.97 p/hr 25 years and over (Living Wage)
Applicants must be able to demonstrate exceptional levels of customer service, computing and cash handling skills, and the ability to work calmly and accurately under pressure, both alone and as part of a team.
If you think this summer vacancy is for you, please apply by emailing your CV and a cover letter to l.maclean@kent.ac.uk
Closing date for applications: 22 May 2018. This may close early if we receive a large number of applications.
The Creative Language Development (CLD) workshops are designed to help non-native speakers engage with English in unusual and creative ways. All workshops are offered in a friendly, enjoyable and engaging manner.
CLD students take part in a variety of creative exercises, including listening to music and analysing lyrics, team quizzes, play reading and outdoor activities. The latter in particular is something that many students have responded to enthusiastically.
Each workshop provides opportunities for students to speak, practice pronunciation skills and learn new vocabulary. Participants are encouraged to make links with students from different cultures. CLD provides a mutually supportive and stimulating learning environment, helping students to deal with some of the challenges which can arise when studying in a foreign language.
A shared lunch gives students a chance to network informally, develop friendships and share their experiences of living and studying in the U.K..
The workshops require no preparation and involve no additional study commitments.
Any student interested in taking part in a Creative Language Development event can book online using SLAS Connect. Further information is available on Moodle (DP1350).
From Monday 16 – Friday 20 April, the Partnership Development Office ran the large ‘Da Vinci Days’ outreach event on the Medway campus. The Da Vinci Days have been running yearly since 2012 and are designed to encourage students to engage with the sciences and the arts, and to develop engineering, creative and team work skills.
Over the course of the week we welcomed over 400 Year 7 students from Brompton Academy and Chatham Grammar School for Girls, the two institutions included in our schools sponsorship. For many participants, this was their first experience of visiting a university campus and meeting current students.
The days each started with an interactive talk, introducing students to the concept of bridge designing and building. Students then worked in teams, with the support of student ambassadors, to find inspiration on the Medway campus and build the strongest bridge possible using materials such as straws, tape and plasticine. Students were also judged and awarded points for their design and teamwork skills. Each day culminated in a final competition putting bridges to the test using bags of sugar as weights. The winning teams will be awarded with a trip to the Science Museum in London in July.
The days were organised and delivered by the Partnership Development Office in collaboration with the School of Engineering and Digital Arts and Kent School of Architecture. Outreach and Academic Student Ambassadors supported and worked in a range of roles to ensure the event went smoothly and the participants had a positive experience.
The event was a great success and enjoyed by all involved. Mark Cawthorne, Assistant Principal from Brompton Academy has said that “the students had a fantastic time and I think it was the best year yet!”
We look forward to running the event again next year.