There are some disruptions to Southeastern trains planned for December 2022 and January 2023 which may affect your travel to/from our Canterbury and Medway campuses. 

Strike action is due to take place on the following dates:  

• December – Tuesday 13/Wednesday 14 and Friday 16/Saturday 17  
• January – Tuesday 3/Wednesday 4 and Friday 6/Saturday 7  

If you usually travel to campus by train, we recommend you find alternative modes of travel where possible on train strike days and check our Campus Travel updates webpage.  

If you have an in person In Course Test (ICT) on a train strike day, please make every effort to make alternative travel arrangements as these cannot be rescheduled. 

Travel disruption in itself is not a reason for mitigation. However, if your circumstances mean that alternative arrangements to get to campus on a train strike day are not possible, please follow your Division’s process for applying for an authorised absence, or contact your Student Support Team. You will also need to apply for an end of year mitigation if your absence results in you missing an ICT.

If you miss teaching due to train strikes, please check your Moodle module page for any resources made available or alternatively arrange to see your seminar/class leader during office/student consultation hours or speak to your academic adviser.

Teaching will continue as planned, and our campuses and services will remain open during the disruption. We will continue to communicate with you about any changes.

We are aware that over the last 48 hours there has been some disruption in internet service and brief outages across the network. We are sorry for the inconvenience these may have caused you. 

These outages were linked to planned work where we have been replacing the internet firewalls. Following the replacement, an unforeseen issue led to several interruptions to the eduroam network.  

Our teams worked closely with the supplier to quickly identify the issue and provide a fix. We can now confirm that affected systems are back online and internet access has been restored in all campus buildings, accommodation, and teaching spaces. We are not expecting any further wide-scale disruptions. 

The new campus firewalls will provide the University with greater security protections against incoming cyber-attacks. These devices sit between our campus network and the internet, keeping our services and your data safe.  

We apologise once again for any inconvenience these incidents may have caused you. If you have any questions or need further help, please contact:

IT and Library Support 

Online help: Nexus Self Service

Email: helpdesk@kent.ac.uk   

Visit us: Nexus, D Block, Ground Floor, Templeman Library

Tel: 01227 82 4888  

To help with the rising cost of living, we have introduced a £3 meal deal in Rutherford Dining Hall (Canterbury) at lunch (12:00-14:00) and dinner time (17:00-20:00), every day of the week!

You can choose from two options, including a vegetarian or meat option. Both come with freshly cooked vegetables, sides and salad.

You can see all the financial support available to students on our Cost of Living Support webpages. 

And please remember, if you are struggling financially, get in touch for support. 

You might have seen that there is talk of strikes at all UK universities at the end of November 2022.

Negotiations are continuing and we’re waiting on more information but keep an eye on your inbox next week for an update.

If there are strikes, we’ll do all we can to make sure we minimise the impact on your studies.