Learn Japanese with Language Express evening courses at Medway.
The 20-week course will start 8 October. The fees are reduced for Kent students.
There is no formal assessment and the focus is on speaking the language and having fun while learning.
Find out more and book your place.
Do you dream of being your own boss and starting a business? This Study Plus course will guide you through the process, with lots of fun, practical and interactive workshops along the way.
Run in conjunction with Kent Business School ASPIRE, “The Business Start-up Journey” is 15-week programme starting with a launch event on 24 October. You will also be able to get one-to-one advice on your business idea. Even if you are not planning to start a business yourself, you will learn a lot about the process and gain transferable skills to enhance your employability.
The course is free and any Kent Student can sign up.
To find out more and to sign up in the Student Data System, visit the Study Plus website.
Study Plus workshops are FREE and are open to all registered Kent students. Spaces are available on these exciting autumn term courses:
Visit the Study Plus website to view the full range of courses, and find out more – including guidance on how to sign up in SDS.
Dr Edward Kanterian, Reader in Philosophy for the Department of Philosophy, has published an article in the NZZ.ch, a prestigious Swiss newspaper, on the topic of climate change, and defends climate activist Greta Thunberg after criticism from historian Niall Ferguson (in an article originally published in The Sunday Times).
Edward argues that Greta is in fact right to point out that we are on the brink of disaster, and that we have to listen to the findings and warnings of the climate scientists.
“Man-made climate change is seriously threatening the biological foundations of our existence,” Edward says, “Greta Thunberg is certainly not an alarmist, and even less so ‘a millenarian cult leader’ (as Niall Ferguson suggests). She is right in asking us to listen to the findings and warnings of the climatologists.”
Dr Tamara Rathke, senior lecturer in linguistics for the department of English Language and Linguistics, has given a talk at Macquarie University on language and rhythm titled ‘When language hits the beat: synchronising movement to simple tonal and verbal stimuli’.
Rhythmic perception-action coupling through sensorimotor synchronization has been studied with non-verbal, simple and complex auditory signals like a metronome and music. Applications of the paradigm to language are relatively rare, but could provide a valuable tool for investigating rhythm perception in speech. The aim of the present study is to compare sensorimotor synchronisation with simple non-verbal and verbal stimuli.
Tamara has also recently received a JSPS fellowship that she had applied for her to spend 2 months at NINJAL (National Institution for Japanese Language and Linguistics).
*Free Entry for all International & European Students*
Come along to the International Student Experience Fair on Wednesday 9th October from 12:00-14:00 in Darwin Conference Suite, and learn how you can enhance both your studies and employability. Enjoy an afternoon of cake and refreshments, and find out more about the support services available to international students.
Perhaps you need help with your studies, want to find out about opportunities available to you, or you’d like to attend workshops to improve your learning experience? Find out more at the fair! They’ll be a prize draw and the chance to win vouchers.
Remember, there is no need to book this event, just turn up on the day. It is definitely an event not to be missed!
For further information, please email internationalevents@kent.ac.uk.
The Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) Seminar Series for Autumn 2019 is now available.
In this series of public seminars, CSHE spotlights issues related to racial inequality in higher education. Leading scholars will highlight research that helps to explain attainment gaps, points the way toward more equitable and supportive learning environments for students of colour, and showcases anti-racist methods and theoretical perspectives. The series is timed to follow the launch of the Kaleidoscope Network providing one way for those who would like to build their own ally-ship to actively learn about these matters.
The Very Reverend Dr Robert Willis, Dean of Canterbury, invites you to join him in conversation with The Most Reverend Michael B Curry, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church, as they take you on a personal journey of music and faith.
Bishop Curry is well known from his sermon at the Royal Wedding in May 2018. In this special event, which will feature musical interludes, he will answer questions at the end of the evening when there will also be an opportunity to purchase his new book Songs my Grandma Sang
The event takes place in the Cathedral Nave on Wednesday 2 October at 19.00 (doors open from 18.30). Tickets, priced £11 each, are available online at kings-school.co.uk/boxoffice or by phoning 01227 595778 (Monday to Friday).
Free student tickets are available for The Most Reverend Michael B Curry In Conversation at Canterbury Cathedral on Wednesday 2 October.
The Very Reverend Dr Robert Willis, Dean of Canterbury, invites you to join him in conversation with The Most Reverend Michael B Curry, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church, and well known from his sermon at last year’s Royal Wedding, as they take you on a personal journey of music and faith.
A limited number of free tickets are available for University of Kent students (the standard ticket price is £11). Book your ticket now via this King’s School, Canterbury booking form. The event starts at 19:00 (doors open 18:30).
Colleagues are invited to attend the first E-Learning Forum of 2019-20 on Tuesday 24th September 2019, 12 noon to 1pm in the UELT seminar room, Canterbury Campus.
In this session we will take a closer look at the new Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations and the impact they have upon our use of Moodle. On the 23rd September, all content on our websites and within Moodle will need to be accessible. In this session, we will talk specifically about the challenges this poses and will offer practical tips and suggestions for good accessible content design within Moodle and the documents added to it.
We will demonstrate work undertaken so far to make Moodle accessible by design, including our use of Blackboard Ally, and will talk in detail how the new regulations impact all content creators in Moodle.
Co-delivered by the E-Learning team and Student Support and Wellbeing, this session may be of interest to academic and professional services staff who create and share any type of content through Moodle and for those interested in digital accessibility and inclusion.
To register for this session please complete the online booking form.
For the full programme of ELFS in 2019-20 please click here.