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Returning to Kent? What’s new in the Templeman Library

We’ve been busy getting the Templeman Library ready for your return to Kent, and there are lots of great changes.

Read these 10 things you should know for a round-up of everything that’s new. Here are the highlights:

We hope you enjoy using the Templeman Library and campus study spaces this term.

Hello Library and IT services!

If you’re a new student, you’ll soon be using the Library, IT services and study spaces to help you do your work. Here’s how to get started and make the most of them.

For more tips, guides and library hacks, take a look at the Hello Library & IT! website.

Get online

You can connect to Wifi as soon as you arrive on campus. If you’re living on campus, use the wired internet with an Ethernet/network cable for gaming and streaming. If you don’t have a cable, you can get one free from the IT & Library Support Desk in the Templeman Library.

Come to a Library and IT! Welcome Session

A welcome session is your best chance to explore the Library and find out about IT services.They run from Monday to Friday in Welcome Week, between 10:00–16:30.

Check your timetable to see if there is a session for your subject booked. If not, or if you miss it, come to any session at these times.

You’ll learn about:

  • finding and borrowing books
  • where you can study
  • PCs, library laptops and campus internet
  • printing, copying and scanning

You’ll also get a free gift, and the chance to win a £20 Amazon voucher.

Templeman Library opening times

  • Until 24 September: 08:00-00:00 midnight
  • 25 September – Friday 15 December: open 24/7
  • You’ll need your KentOne card to enter after 21:00.

Get help and keep in touch

For all help with Library and IT Services:

Beginners’ guide to Kent 2017

For all you newbies, here’s a helpful introduction to Kent and some of the fantastic services available to you.

  • Your school – is a helpful point of contact for all your studying needs. Whether you need guidance on how to reference or employability advice, your school can help, and if they can’t, they will know who can. Find your school and academic adviser.
  • Studying at Kent.There is a wide range of study support available across the University. You can not only go to your school for study advice, but you can also talk to one of our learning advisers from the Student Learning Advisory Service (SLAS).
  • Employability support. In an increasingly competitive job market, we want to make sure you have the skills and experience to stand out. From work experience opportunities to support showcasing your skills, we offer a range of services to help you bag that dream job.
  • Our Student Finance Teamis here to help, whether your student loan is late or you just need help managing your money.
  • Kent is a great place to live and study. Here is some useful information to help you while you’re living in Kent over the next few years.
  • As a student you have access to a wide range of support and wellbeing services, including help with a disability, child care and a counselling service.
  • Greenwich and Kent Students’ Unions Together is your students’ union and are there to represent the student voice. They also look after a range of student activities including social events and societies at Kent.
  •  The Student Hub at Medway is GK Unions’ newly refurbished home. It hosts a range of student events, serves a good choice of food including home-made pizzas and is a great place to relax. Read more about the Student Hub.
  • As well as a fully-equipped library, most our library resources are online, so you can get the information you need 24-hours a day. Visit Drill Hall Library’s website.
  • When you join Kent you automatically become part of a college. Joining a college community gives you a support network and your Masters’ Office is somewhere you can go for help and advice.

Beginners’ guide to Kent 2017

For all you newbies, here’s a helpful introduction to Kent and some of the fantastic services available to you.

  • Your school – is a helpful point of contact for all your studying needs. Whether you need guidance on how to reference or employability advice, your school can help, and if they can’t, they will know who can. Find your school and academic adviser.
  • Employability support. In an increasingly competitive job market, we want to make sure you have the skills and experience to stand out. From work experience opportunities to support showcasing your skills, we offer a range of services to help you bag that dream job.
  • Our Student Finance Team is here to help, whether your student loan is late or you just need help managing your money.
  • Kent is a great place to live and study. Here is some useful information to help you while you’re living in Kent over the next few years.
  • As a student you have access to a wide range of support and wellbeing services, including help with a disability, child care and a counselling service.
  • Kent Union is your students’ union and is there to represent the student voice. They also look after a range of student activities including the Summer Ball and societies at Kent.
  • Both Canterbury and Medway have good transport links, so you don’t necessarily need a car to get around. You can also benefit from a range of discounts on local transport. Discover some of your options for getting around.
  • When you join Kent you automatically become part of a college. Joining a college community gives you a support network and your Masters’ Office is somewhere you can go for help and advice.

When will I get my timetable?

Here’s when you can expect to receive your timetable for 2017-18…

Stage 0 and 1 students

Stage 0 and 1 timetables will be on the Student Guide by Friday 22 September 2017.

Stage 2 and 3 students

Stage 2 and 3 timetables will be on the Student Guide during the week starting Monday 11 September.

Postgraduate students

Postgraduate timetables will be on the Student Guide by Friday 22 September 2017.

Resits students

If you had to resit an exam over the summer your timetable might be delayed. Your timetable will be on the Student Guide by Friday 22 September 2017 at the latest.

Important – check your timetable regularly!

Continue to go back and check your timetable regularly for updates including other events.

 

Templeman East entrance closed from Monday 10 July

From Monday 10 July, the Templeman Library’s East Entrance will close as we join up the Library.

Access to Templeman East books will be via Templeman West – follow the signs on the Ground Floor to the East lift.

For any assistance please ask at the Welcome Desk in Templeman West.

From 10 July, between 08:00 – 18:00

Enter the Library in Templeman West and follow the signs to access all services and facilities.

We encourage you to use the study space and PCs in Templeman West during this time while building works are completed.

From 10 July, after 18:00

If you need a book from Templeman East, ask at the Welcome Desk in Templeman West and staff will fetch it for you.

Thank you for your patience during this time. By September, the Library will be fully joined-up and accessible.

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Olive Cottage – Repairs to heating and hot water systems

On Monday 10 July 2017 until approximately Friday 28 July between 8.00 and 16.30, a new boiler and hot water system is due to be upgraded in Olive Cottage. It is anticipated that the works will take approximately 3 weeks to complete (circa 28 July 2017).

The heating system and hot water systems will be affected during this time.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and your patience in this matter is greatly appreciated. If there are any queries please contact the Estates Helpdesk on Ext. 3209.

Wayne Nixon
Mechanical Team Leader​

Dr Asta Zokaityte

Book offers innovative thinking on financial literacy education

A new book by Kent Law School lecturer Dr Asta Zokaityte presents an original contribution to the understanding of an under-researched area of financial education.

Financial Literacy Education: Edu-Regulating our Saving and Spending Habits introduces new conceptual frameworks offering academic audiences an innovative way of thinking about the project on financial literacy education.

What is the book about?
Using the concepts of ‘edu-regulation’ and ‘financial knowledge democratisation’ to analyse the financial education project in the UK, the book exposes serious, and often ignored, limitations to using information and education as tools for consumer protection. It challenges the mainstream representation of financial literacy education as a viable solution to consumer financial exclusion and poverty. Instead, it argues that the project on financial literacy education fails to acknowledge important dependences between consumer financial behaviour and the socio-economic, political, and cultural context within which consumers live.

Dr Asta Zokaityte
Dr Zokaityte teaches commercial law at Kent. Her research interests lie in the areas of financial services regulation, consumer protection, law and development, gender, and socio-legal studies. She has years of professional legal experience having worked as a lawyer in Lithuania, where she advised corporate clients across different fields of practice, including but not limited to: consumer credit, capital markets and securities law, corporate restructuring and insolvency. Dr Zokaityte has published her work in international journals.

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Freedom of speech within the law

The University has a code of practice that underpins its commitment to freedom of speech within the law.  The code is available on the policies and procedures page of the University’s governance website.  This code replaces a previous version that had been put in place to meet the requirements of the Education Act 1986.

The aims of the code are: to provide guidance on freedom of speech within the law; to ensure that any restrictions are kept to a minimum; and to outline measures that might be put in place to support freedom of speech in circumstances where there may be concerns about the maintenance of order or health and safety.

Annex A of the code sets out procedures for student and Kent Union bookings.

An annual report of the operation of the code is submitted to Council every year. The report for 2015-16 is available here.