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Templeman Library central core closing

In November the central section of the Library will close as the next stage of development begins.

All the books and facilities will be available as usual, but there will be no internal access between West and East. Make sure you plan your visit so you know which entrance to use – West or East – to get to the part of the Library you need.

When the Library study spaces get busy, there are other places you can work: try the study hubs and PC rooms around campus.

We’re sorry about the disruption, but the development work will improve the Library. When it is finished, the building will be lighter and more accessible, with a new entrance hall, more study spaces and seminar rooms.

More about the Templeman development

Mobile phone fraud

The National Mobile Phone Crime Unit (NMPCU) has notified the University that students are being targeted in a suspected mobile phone fraud. Students have been offered incentives to sign up to mobile phone contracts that lead to significant debts being run up.

Students are advised to remain vigilant if such offers are received and contact the NMPCU if they believe they have been affected. Read more.

Photo credits
Title: Sony Experia Neo MT15i Mobile Phone
Author: Matt Kieffer
Source: Flickr
License: CC BY-SA 2.0
Link: https://flic.kr/p/9Z4Ary

 

Social Sciences Faculty Research Fund

The Social Sciences Faculty Research Committee invites applications from Academic and Research Staff for the allocation of financial support to promote and enhance activities that lead to high quality research.

The deadline for applications this term will be by 17.00 on Friday 4 December 2015. Completed application forms should be emailed to Maryse Duarte.

Details on how the fund operates and an application form are available online.

 

Don’t use this app

Do not use this uniAPP Kent app available for iOS – it is made by a third-party company and is not condoned or supported by the University.

Why?

  • it doesn’t work properly (more detail below)
  • you’ll be compromising your University username and password which could be used fraudulently.

The Student Guide is mobile-friendly and has everything you need – for email on your phone/tablet click on email from the Student Guide for advice.

The app appears to misconfigure email to use the wrong email address – it’s also cutting off some of the message if you send emails using it.

Note that your University of Kent email address is username@kent.ac.uk – it is NOT @kentforlife which this app prompts you to use. Your email account changes to ‘@kentforlife’ when you graduate and leave Kent.

 

Kent student betters lives of others through fundraising

A University of Kent student has shown remarkable dedication to making the lives of others better by generously devoting the majority of their free time to fundraise for local and national charities.

Billy Yu Lok Ng (22), a law student from Hong Kong, has spent any spare time outside of his studies to fundraise for causes such as the Anthony Nolan Trust, the Kent Law Campaign and Cancer Research.

His outstanding fundraising efforts have included him running the London Marathon, the Reading half marathon, and participate in a 12,000ft skydive for charity.

Billy also led various projects to raise money for the Kent Law Campaign – a fundraising initiative culminating with a new building for the Kent Law Clinic, which provides free legal support to the local community. Billy’s contribution included producing and marketing seasonal greeting cards and calendars, helping to raise £10,000 for the campaign. His personal fundraising contribution for the Kent Law Campaign alone exceeds £3,300.

Billy’s dedication to making a real difference through his fundraising was recognised at the University of Kent’s annual Kent Student Awards ceremony. The Awards celebrate outstanding extracurricular student achievement and the positive impact students have on University life or on the community.

If you know an amazing Kent student like Billy, nominate them for a Kent Student Award. Nominations will open in January 2016.

#KentSelfie winners

This year we asked our new students to send us their excited selfies as they got ready to join the University of Kent.

Selfies ranged from new students receiving their A-level results to packing nightmares and fun at Welcome Week. View some of the brilliant entries on Flickr.

The winning selfies belonged to:

  • Katie Nelson, a first year Journalism student studying at our Medway campus. Katie won a £50 Amazon voucher for her selfie wearing a University hoodie.
  • Caroline Emmanuel, a first year studying Biological Anthropology, who won a Kent Monopoly for her selfie.
  • And even our returning students joined the fun, with Arianna Longworth a second year Architecture student winning a Kent onesie for her selfie outside the new library wing.

Thank you to everyone who took part!

Learn a new language with Language Express

You can now take a French beginners course at Medway. This 20-week Language Express course will take place on Wednesday afternoons from 13.00 – 15.00, starting on Wednesday 14 October.

An additional language looks great on your CV and you will receive 30 Employability Points.

Places are limited so sign-up now by emailing UKMLanguageExpress@kent.ac.uk.

You can also learn Arabic, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish on the Canterbury campus. Read more on the Language Express webpages.

Welcome to Kent

Congratulations on gaining a place at Kent – a top 20 UK university.

At Kent, students have done amazing things, from studying in Tokyo for a year to protecting endangered species in Mauritius.

Make sure you graduate from Kent with a great degree plus valuable skills, life-long friends and incredible memories.

Discover some of the amazing opportunities available to you by: