Colleagues are invited to attend the Learning & Teaching Network session taking place on Friday 26 January , 13.15-14.30 in the UELT Seminar Room, Canterbury.

Presented by Dr Anthony Manning the session will focus on Curriculum Internationalisation and how this can be embedded in your academic practice at module level. It will provide an opportunity to develop a shared understanding of what is meant by internationalising the curriculum and to reflect on aspects of internationalisation which are already present in your provision in relation to taught content, teaching approaches and assessment.

Throughout the session, examples of good practice will be shared and discussed. Time will be allocated for questions and to provide support to staff working on module specifications.

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

The Medway College Master’s Office is supporting Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day by hosting an afternoon of Christmas treats and fun games. If you would like to take the opportunity to wear a festive jumper then please wear your jumper and donate £1.

Please come and join us for celebrations in the Senior Common Room (R2-02 located in the Rochester Building above No1 Bistro) on Friday 15 December 2017, 15:00-17:00

We hope to see as many of you as possible. If you don’t have a Christmas jumper then you can wear anything related to Christmas, no restrictions!

There’s a box in Woolf Reception for you to donate food items.

Please make that food is in date, unopened and non-perishable – either stuff from your cupboards that you won’t use over Christmas or bits that you can pick up as part of your weekly shop – we recommend tins, pasta, biscuits and sweets!

This has been organised by the Kent Graduate Student Association. 

Image credit: by KGSA

There are two Christmas trees in Woolf Reception, with Christmas cards on the branches.

These cards have kids’ names and ages on them who won’t necessarily get gifts this Christmas.

If you would like to take a card or two and buy an appropriate gift for that child, that would be great!

When you have bought a gift, please write a message in the card inside the envelope and stick it to the gift. Don’t wrap it – the KGSA elves will do that, and return it to the box by the trees by  Friday 15 December at the latest!

This charity activity is organised by the Kent Graduate Student Association.

Image credit: by KGSA

The University’s LGBT+ Staff Network is working with the Gulbenkian to support World AIDS Day on Friday 1 December.

Two films are being screened to promote the day, which is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day.

Over 100,000 people are living with HIV in the UK. Globally, there are an estimated 36.7 million people who have the virus. Despite the virus only being identified in 1984, more than 35 million people have died of HIV or AIDS, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in history.

Today, scientific advances have been made in HIV treatment, there are laws to protect people living with HIV and we understand so much more about the condition. Despite this, each year in the UK around 6,000 people are diagnosed with HIV, people do not know the facts about how to protect themselves and others, and stigma and discrimination remain a reality for many people living with the condition.

World AIDS Day is important because it reminds the public and government that HIV has not gone away – there is still a vital need to raise money, increase awareness, fight prejudice and improve education.

Red ribbons will be available from the Gulbenkian Box Office for a donation to support the National AIDS Trust, and two LGBT+ films are being screened to commemorate this important day:

• Call me by your name
• Thelma

Find out more at www.thegulbenkian.co.uk.

The University of Kent Players will be back at the Gulbenkian on the 12-14 April 2018 with Arnold Ridley’s ‘The Ghost Train’.

We will be holding a script read through at 17.30 on Thursday 7 December 2017 in Grimond Seminar Room 1. This will be an opportunity for people to sit together reading through the script aloud.

Auditions will be held at 17.30 on Tuesday 12 December (in Grimond Seminar Room 1) and 12.00 on Thursday 14 December (in Grimond Seminar Room 2). No experience is necessary; we are a group made up of all ages and abilities and are very welcoming.

More information on the play, auditions, and characters.

We are always looking for new members both on stage and off stage and so if you are interested in being involved in this production in any way then please contact us on players@kent.ac.uk

The University of Kent Players are the amateur dramatics group for staff at Kent. We put on two shows per year at the Gulbenkian. Our latest productions include Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Wyrd Sisters, and Pride and Prejudice.

More information on the group or like us on Facebook (uokplayers).