As we reach the end of term, our weekly events roundup continues with its festive theme, including more Christmas events and support if you’re staying on campus over the winter break.
Please also see our update about snowy and icy conditions for guidance about travelling to campus.
Later this week your Spring Term timetable will be released (from 14 Dec) on KentVision. However, please check it again after 9 January as it is likely there will be changes (e.g. room changes and resolving clashes). For more information, read our timetable advice.
Also, some of you might have In Course Tests (ICTs) this week. If you do, try not to panic! ICTs are a great way to prepare for summer exams and there’s guidance online to help you. Best of luck!
Monday: Job application tips and pick up some vintage gifts
Join our Careers Team for top tips on filling out those job application forms to make sure you bag yourself an interview. Sign up for careers event.
Pick up some Christmas gifts (or maybe something for yourself!) at the Vintage Kilo Sale outside the Venue between 10:00 and 17:00.
Tuesday: How to edit efficiently and create a top LinkedIn profile
Join this live session on how to approach editing so it is done right and takes less time! Register for the editing event.
Find out why you should be using LinkedIn and how to get started at this careers session. Book now.
Please note, there are train strikes on Tuesday 13 December, so if you usually travel to campus by train please make alternative travel arrangements.
Wednesday: Christmas gatherings and take home some winter plants
Get in the Christmas spirit at one of these festive events on Wednesday, including:
- Christmas Global Hangout for festive treats and ugly sweater contest
- Christmas Coffee Meet Up for students staying on campus over the break to meet others also staying
- Winter Community Oasis Garden tour and plant some of your own winter plants
- Park Wood Christmas Movie Night
Please note, there are train strikes on Wednesday 14 December, so if you usually travel to campus by train please make alternative travel arrangements.
Thursday: Christmas Market, DHM book club, job hunting tips and Christmas Drag Bingo
Come along to our Christmas Market in the Colyer-Fergusson from 10:00-14:00 for locally produced food, drinks and crafts!
As we reach the final week of Disability History Month, join the book club at Canterbury and Medway, or online, to discuss ‘Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century’ by Alice Wong.
And get ready for some Christmas campery – Anita Wee and Delilah Tickles are back for a festive edition of Drag Bingo in Mungo’s from 19:00.
If you’re staying in Medway for the Christmas break, head over to the Oasis Lounge (Rochester Building) on 15 Dec between midday and 14:00 to meet others who will also be staying and enjoy some festive food, music and drinks. There is no need to book, just drop in!
Friday: Christmas card making at Medway
Join Medway Residential Life Assistants (RLAs), Holly and Cole, in this FREE DIY Christmas card workshop in the Oasis Lounge (Rochester Building) from 12:00 – 14:00.
Please note, there are train strikes on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 December, so if you usually travel to campus by train please make alternative travel arrangements.
Opportunities
- Checklist: Leaving campus accommodation this winter
- UK Mental Health Survey Help shape student mental health by taking part in a nationwide online survey, and you could win £50.
- Christmas on campus webpages – for facility opening times, events and support
- Become a Santander Universities Scholar and get £30k over three academic years
- Cost of living support
- In Course Tests guidance
See more student opportunities and support.
Have a lovely winter break and see you in 2023!