We are looking for current University of Kent students to take part in a telephone fundraising campaign to raise money for the Kent Opportunity Fund.
This is an exciting and rewarding post; you will be an ambassador for the University, engaging alumni in conversation to update them on University news and activities, establish a good rapport and ask for donations.
Application deadline: Wednesday 15 October 2014
Interested?
As part of the University’s 50th anniversary celebrations, a placement has been specially created for a Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR) student.
The successful student will help with the ’50 Years of Feminism Project’ during the 2014/15 academic year.
Throughout the anniversary year, this project will celebrate, showcase and disseminate the achievements of feminist academics at Kent in improving women’s rights and wellbeing through their research, scholarship, pedagogy and activism over the last four decades.
This is your chance to take part in one of the many projects taking part in our University’s anniversary year, for more details, visit the SSPSSR webpages.
The University’s Tonbridge centre has added extra courses and a free lecture to their autumn Short Course programme.
Interested?
For full details and to book a place on any of our short courses please visit our Tonbridge centre webpages.
Alternatively you can apply by post completing an application form also available from the website.
For more information email tonbridgeadmin@kent.ac.uk
Postgraduate students from the School of Physical Sciences will host, for the first time, the 12th UK Planetary Forum Early Career Scientists’ Meeting on 19 and 20 February 2015.
The meeting will take place in the Ingram Building, School of Physical Sciences. It will include keynote talks from invited speakers presenting the latest advances in Planetary Sciences. Short talks given by PhD students presenting their current and future work and a poster session will span both days.
Additional activities, including a welcome dinner, prizes for the best poster presentation and guided tours in the Impact Lab will also take place. We wish to live video stream the proceedings across the SEPnet region which will be a valuable Kent contribution to the first year of GRADnet.
These meetings are included in the activities of the UKPF and are organised by Postgraduate Students and Post doctoral researchers for young scientists.
The aim is to gather the majority of PhD students who work in the broad field of Planetary Sciences. During this meeting young scientists who are at the beginning of their career will present their work and meet future collaborators.
No registration fee is required. Accommodation will be provided to all the participants.
Registration and abstract submission deadline: 19 January 2015.
For more information and registration please visit UKPF’s website.
It was announced on 25 September that the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science have been awarded an Athena SWAN Bronze Award.
The award recognises SMSAS’ commitment to the advancement and promotion of the careers of women in Science in higher education.
Professor Peter Clarkson, Interim Head and Chair of the SMSAS Athena SWAN committee, has led the application and the initiative in the School. He commented:
‘Without doubt, the Athena Swan agenda and activities have helped shape an excellent school wide environment; discussions on promotion, workload and the work environment, have opened eyes and disseminated good practice.’
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow, responded to the news:
‘I congratulate the SMSAS on being the first Science School at the University of Kent to be awarded an Athena SWAN Departmental Award. Their application represents many years of working to improve the recruitment, retention and progression of women in the School; and showcased the wide range of positive actions that have taken place to bring this about. Everyone in the School can rightly claim credit. Peter Clarkson and all involved in preparing the application deserve particular thanks.’
The Dean of Sciences, Professor Mark Burchell, who chairs the Athena SWAN Working Group, added his congratulations:
‘It is very good to see that SMSAS has won the first School level Athena Swan award to complement the institutional Bronze Award gained earlier this year. The SMSAS award attests to the excellent work the School have been doing over the past few years. They have examined their practices and have started to make real changes that are benefiting staff. All the other Science Schools are also leading their own Athena SWAN submissions, for application soon, reflecting our faculty wide ambition for real change.’
The Athena SWAN Working Group first met in 2010. Since then, the membership has grown, Awareness Days have promoted the initiative across the University, and the University has been awarded an institutional Athena SWAN Bronze Award. The SMSAS Award adds to the growing evidence that the ambition for real change is being realised.
On Wednesday 22 October at 5pm, the School of Engineering and Digital Arts will be unveiling the Jennison Sculpture.
The ceremony will be followed by a drinks reception in the Jennison social area.
The Jennison Plinth has lain bare for nearly 50 years and this project was made possible through the kind generosity of University benefactor John Washington and Creative Campus.
We are delighted to announce that John will be unveiling the sculpture as our Guest of Honour.
Designed by Michael Green and Sam Frewer, Assistant Lecturers and PhD Candidates, the sculpture, entitled Synapse-Soleil evokes the Russian constructivist work of Tatlin’s Monument to the Third International (c.1919).
The sculpture’s framework of intertwining strands are symbolic of the various disciplines within the School. A smooth orb forms the structure’s focal point, representing the present day as it reflects its surroundings.
Complementing the plinth’s trapezoid shape, the sculpture’s ascending strands exemplify the School’s commitment and passion for academic growth and personal development.
At its core, a bold curve is the main artery running through Synapse-Soleil. It represents the University, nurturing and supporting the School’s growth in delivering a first class learning experience.
Book your place at the Jennison Sculpture Unveiling Ceremony and Reception.
New Royal Literary Fund (RLF) Writing Fellows for Kent students at Canterbury and Medway.
The Student Learning Advisory Service (SLAS) in UELT is very pleased to announce the arrival of two Royal Literary Fellows: Tim Walker and Roopa Farooki at both the Canterbury and Medway campuses.
Both Royal Literary Fellows bring a diverse background in writing to their work supporting and developing students’ academic writing at university.
Insights gained through narrative, travel writing, children’s literature and journalism are applied to some of the underlying issues of academic writing such as getting started on a text, clarity, structure and developing a distinctive ‘voice’.
Allia Wilson, Manager of the Student Learning Advisory Service, commented that the provision of two RLF Writing Fellows at Kent was ‘a unique opportunity for students at both Canterbury and Medway to benefit from the rich and dynamic experience of professional writers. Both Tim and Roopa have a wealth of expertise, and a passionate commitment to promoting good writing, that will really help our students’.
You can read more about Tim Walker and Roopa Farooki on the SLAS webpages.
Canterbury contact details
Tim Walker will be based in the Student Learning Advisory Service in UELT, Canterbury where he will be happy to see students on a one to one basis to help them with their academic writing.
Email: learning@kent.ac.uk
Phone: 01227 824016
Medway contact details
Roopa Farooki will be based in the Drill Hall Library where she will be happy to see students on a one to one basis to help them with their academic writing.
Email: learningmedway@kent.ac.uk
Phone: 01634 888884
For those of you wishing to learn more about the Royal Literary Fund, please visit the Royal Literary Fund website.
You may be interested to read more about other SLAS’ new initiatives for enhancing students’ writing at Kent by visiting VALUE Grad.
Language Express offers 20 week evening classes in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. We also offer German at Medway.
You can meet the tutors on Monday 29 September to find out more and discuss the appropriate level for you.
For information on classes, times and fees and to sign up for a course, go to the Language Express webpages.
If you are a Kent student – at any level from Foundation to Postgrad – and English is not your first language, In-sessional English Skills (IES) is for you.
IES offers free English language support to non-native speakers of English via a 10 week cycle of taught modules and individual writing tutorials.
IES can help you to improve your English grammar, develop your listening comprehension, seminar discussion skills and your writing style.
You can sign up for a course via workshops in SDS.
For more information on IES and guidance on how to sign up, please visit the Centre for English and World Languages webpages.
You are invited to the 50th anniversary opening ceremony on Thursday 2 October at 5pm outside No1, the Bistro on the ground floor of the Rochester building, Medway campus. The event is free and open to all.
There will be a performance by the Kent Salsa Society and live music from Ben Russell and the Charmers, and Rock Avenue. The History Project students will take you for a walk down memory lane and you can smile for the camera on the red carpet for a free photo-shoot!
At approximately 8pm, a fireworks display will light up the sky over the campus bringing the evening to a close.
During the event we will be holding a big ‘We are Kent’ selfie competition with 50th anniversary merchandise up for grabs.
You are also welcome to attend the opening ceremony at Canterbury on Wednesday 1 October. Book the Campus Shuttle to Canterbury.
The opening ceremony will mark the beginning of a year-long programme of special projects and events taking place across the institution, including the University’s postgraduate centres in Brussels, Paris, Athens and Rome. Take a look at what else is happening by visiting the 50th anniversary webpages.