Colleagues are invited to attend the Learning & Teaching Network session taking place on Wednesday 31 January, 13.15-14.30 in the UELT Seminar Room, Canterbury.

Presented by Dr Edd Pitt on ‘The Anonymous Marking Debate in HE’.

In light of the current anonymous marking debates, the Assessment and Feedback Steering Group at the University of Kent requested that institutional data from students and experiences of staff engaged in anonymous marking should be explored in order to inform future policy based decisions. Results from an exploratory study will be discussed and future directions explored. In particular, the focus will be on practical and logistical implications of anonymous marking alongside the potential affects upon the student learning experience.

To book a place please email cpdbookings@kent.ac.uk

At Kent Union we value your opinion and we’re always looking for ways to make you more employable.

The Graduate Attributes are a set of qualities or features regarded as characteristic of the Kent Graduate which has been developed and embedded during their time at Kent. We’d like to gain your opinions about the current Graduate Attributes website and possible logos. Your contributions will make a real impact.

The discussion will last no longer than 30 minutes and you’ll receive a voucher to be redeemed at the Library Café!

All the sessions will run in the Meeting Room in the Student Media Centre. Below are the drop-in dates and times:

• Thursday 25th January 2018: 3 – 4 pm
• Friday 26th January 2018: 12 – 1 pm and 2 – 3 pm
• Monday 29th January 2018: 12 – 1 pm
• Tuesday 30th January 2018: 1 – 3 pm
• Wednesday 31st January 2018: 2 – 3 pm

Come along and have your say!

The next Pub Night is NEXT TUESDAY 30 January with the theme of business start-up. This will be a great opportunity to network with a range of alumni and current Kent students so don’t forget to register here to receive your first drink free.

The Kent Hub for Innovation and Enterprise will be joining us. Find out how you can start your own business and what help the University can give students, staff and alumni.

You’ll also get the chance to hear from and speak to Kent graduate, David Browne, who started his own business with help from the University so it will be great for those who are not sure where to start or those just starting. David founded Convert Energy, a renewable energy design and project management company based in Canterbury, with his business partner Ben Glancy.

We will be at the Miller’s Arms in Canterbury on Tuesday 30 January from 18.00 – 20.00. Please come along even if you aren’t thinking of starting your own business to meet with current students and fellow alumni! Contact alumni@kent.ac.uk if you have any questions.

Just because you don’t run doesn’t mean you can’t. If you can walk for half an hour, chances are that you can pick up the pace and give running or jogging a try.

The University of Kent is bringing you the Couch to 5K programme. It has been especially designed for people who have done little or no running.

You will work on your running and by the final week you will be running for half an hour, or approximately 5K.

And you won’t be on your own as we have our enthusiastic Run Leader, Barry Hopkins, who will be with you every step of the way to help you achieve your target.

This challenge builds in time and effort, so you’ll constantly be impressed with what you can do if you push yourself a little.

Every Wednesday through to 21 March 2018, 12.00-13.00. Please note the one hour session includes warm up, cool down, stretches and you therefore won’t be active for the full hour.

No need to register just turn up and meet at the Sports Centre Reception and Barry will welcome you.

Comfortable clothing and footwear advisable.

The sessions are £1 per person or free for Gold and Silver members. Any questions please contact: sportsdevelopment@kent.ac.uk

Alan Le Grys, an Associate Lecturer in SECL and an Associate Learning Advisor with SLAS, is running the Reading Half-Marathon on Sunday 18 March to raise as much money as possible for the Lawrence and Galton Cancer wards at Medway Hospital.

Alan and Linda Le Grys (CPP) tragically lost their son Peter to cancer in November, but want to thank the hospital staff for their compassion and kindness, as well as their professional skill.

The hope is to raise money to convert one of the side rooms on Lawrence Ward into a Relatives’ Room for families visiting gravely or terminally ill patients.

Please help us to make this happen by sponsoring Alan via the JustGiving page.

Image credit: Alan Le Grys

Are you a carer, or think you could be, would you like to talk to someone about your caring role? Then this new project is for you.

University of Kent and Carers FIRST recognise that gaining support for your caring role whilst studying can be difficult.

We are therefore offering you the opportunity to gain 1 -1 support in your caring role and share your experiences with other carers on campus.

Join us from 12.30 – 14.30 on:

• Wednesday 24 January
• Wednesday 21 February
• Wednesday 21 March

Room: R2- 05, Rochester Building

Carers FIRST Community staff will be on hand to chat to you about your caring role and offer what support they can.

We look forward to seeing you there.

For more information:

• Email medwaywellbeing@kent.ac.uk 
• Visit the Student Support webpages

Colleagues are invited to attend Dr Mike Poltorak’s session on ‘Collaborative Learning through Documentary Reception and Production: Reflexivity and Embodiment in Visual Anthropology’.  Dr Poltorak is a Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology.

The session takes places on Wednesday 31 January, 12.55-14.00 in Darwin Seminar Room 8, Canterbury.

The integration of the content, and critical reflection of the production, of documentaries into teaching visual anthropology can enhance and transform students’ learning and their own video productions. Using three positions in relation to video production in the community of Angsbacka in Sweden Dr Poltorak will reflect on the relationship between sharing and embodiment and its’ value in teaching and suggest it offers an opportunity for transformative ‘peer teaching’ where students have the opportunity to engage with reflexivity, share insights, work collaboratively and then act with confidence and insight through making a video.

To book a place please email cpdbookings@kent.ac.uk