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Design us a 50th anniversary t-shirt – win £500!

If you’ve got a great design idea for a University of Kent 50th anniversary limited edition t-shirt enter our ‘Pitch it!’ challenge.

As part of the University’s 50th anniversary celebrations, we are asking Kent students to pitch their innovative design ideas to a panel of University judges.

You will be asked to demonstrate how you think your t-shirt design can support this landmark year and appeal to students, alumni and beyond.

The winning team will receive a £500 Amazon voucher and the runners-up will get a £100 Amazon voucher.

The application deadline is 9.00 on Monday 24 November 2014.

For full details and to enter visit the competition webpages.

Buy charity Christmas cards for Africa

Why not purchase an office Christmas card this year?

It saves buying individual cards and covers everybody in the office.

To order, just ensure you have collected a minimum of £10 which will go towards our work in African schools and communities.

Email amanda@seedsforafrica.org or call 3202 before 5 December 2014 to arrange payment and delivery.

Help us change lives this Christmas!

Watch Cracking the Crinoline on 15 Nov

Combining crinolines, corsets and boxing boots, these Queen Bs remind us not to take little old ladies for granted.

Join them for a performance that is uplifting, life enhancing and will leave you reaching for your Marigolds.

Performance on Saturday 15 November at 13.00, 14.00 and 15.00 at The Turner Contemporary Margate.

StevensonThompson’s (SoA) Moving Memory Company, as part of the ‘Being human’ festival deliver a short, sharp, surprising sting.

Thanksgiving celebration, 26 Nov

This event is now fully booked. 

Turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie! The University of Kent would like to invite its students to a Thanksgiving Celebration.

Date and time: Wednesday 26 November 2014, 7- 9.30pm
Location: Darwin Conference Suite
Tickets: only £10

The event will include a traditional three course dinner and festivities. We hope you will all be able to join us to celebrate this joyous holiday with your Kent family and friends.

View the menu and book your place at the dinner now.

For further details email international@kent.ac.uk

How we are enhancing your student experience

A lot of work goes on behind the scenes at the University to make sure we are continually improving your student experience.

The enhancing your experience webpages pulls together, in one place, improvements we have made in the following areas:

Roller Disco, 14 Nov

Join the fun at roller disco on Friday 14 November, 6-7.30pm and 8-9.30pm, at the Sports Centre, Canterbury campus.

Tickets are £5 and you can bring a friend for FREE.

Simply return a completed application form to the Sports Centre or Pavilion reception desks.

All equipment is provided, so put on your groovy disco gear and let’s boogie on down (leg warmers and headbands are expected!).

Season’s greetings cards for the Kent Law Campaign

The Kent Law Campaign Student Group (KLCSG) is selling a beautiful selection of Season’s Greetings cards in aid of the Kent Law Campaign.

The KLCSG, who are supporting the University to raise funds for the Kent Law Campaign, a £5million fundraising project to build a new home for the Kent Law Clinic and the Kent Law School’s Mooting Programme, sought sponsorship from a local organisation to fund the cards and used stunning images of campus courtesy of Jim Higham from Information Services as their designs.

There are seven designs to choose from which will be available to buy at regular stalls held by the KLCSG, however please note that stock is limited and is expected to sell out fast!

  • Wednesday 12 November, 12-2pm, Plaza outside Essentials
  • Wednesday 12 November, 12-2pm, The Registry (Student Reception)
  • Thursday 13 November, 11am-1pm, Plaza outside Essentials
  • Friday 14 November, 1-3pm, Plaza outside Essentials
  • Monday 17 November, 9-10am, Plaza outside Essentials

The KLCSG would like to thank The Headley Pitt Charitable Trust for their generosity in sponsoring the cards this year.

Armistice Day

Members of the University are invited to attend a playing of the Last Post on Tuesday 11 November at 11am outside the Registry building in commemoration of Armistice Day.

A two-minute silence will be observed at 11am, followed by a playing of the Last Post by second-year School of English student, Music Scholar and trumpeter, Joe Prescott.

Everyone is invited to gather at 10.55am outside the Registry.

Image credits

Author: Paul Simpson
Licence: CC BY 2.0
Link: https://flic.kr/p/79U6tr
Source: Flickr

LUNA (15) followed by Q&A with director

Renowned artist and director Dave McKean brings new film Luna to the Gulbenkian on Thursday 13 November at 6.30pm. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dave McKean.

Writer, director and illustrator Dave McKean is known for his work on Mirrormask (2005), The Gospel of Us (2012), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and Luna (2014).

From the creative mind of artist Dave McKean comes his second feature film, Luna, a fantasy story about reality.

Tickets: Full £8 / Concessions £7/ GulbCard Members £6 / Students £5 / GulbCard Students £4

To book:

Medway Chaplaincy events this week

Coming up this week…

  • Tuesday 11 November, 10.50am – Campus Remembrance Day Service outside Drill Hall Library
  • Wednesday 12 November, 1pm –  ‘Let’s Talk…SEX!’ in Pilkington’s big room. Student-led event proudly supported by Campus chaplaincy.
  • Thursday 13 November – Campus Service of Remembering and Thanksgiving to offer our love and prayers for our dearly departed any time between 11am – 1.30pm with special times at 12noon and 1pm for reading out of names to be remembered and prayed for.