Language Express French and Japanese 20-week courses start in Medway on 12 October.
They are open to Kent students and staff as well as members of the public.
Fees are only £105 if you are a Kent student (limited to the first 35 applicants). Kent staff can apply for funding from Learning and Development.
The University of Kent Employability Festival is taking place from 10 October until 4 November 2016.
An exciting range of Employability events are on offer at the Medway and Canterbury campuses for all students:
Staff and students are being encouraged to get involved with Kent’s award-winning Employability Festival. Building on the success of previous years, Academic Schools, Kent and GK Unions and Professional Services are joining together with the Careers and Employability Service to offer students and graduates a fantastic assortment of career and skills development activities. Students can take part in competitions, get advice on CVs, skills development, interviews, assessment centres and much more.
The highlight of the Festival is the annual University of Kent Careers Fair at the Canterbury Campus on Tuesday 1 November. This Fair hosts over 100 organisations from different industry sectors eager to meet with students. It is a great chance to get information about graduate employers and discover what they do. The Employability Fair at Medway will be hosting over 50 exhibitors on Wednesday 12 October. Students and graduates will have the chance to meet with organisations providing career opportunities, volunteering positions and postgraduate study options.
Events are planned all over the campuses and students are welcome to attend as many as they can. The great news is that most events are open to students from all stages and Schools. Further details can be found on the EmpFest webpage or you can collect a programme from The Careers and Employability Service.
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Gemma Tucker, Information Assistant in Lending Services is the lucky winner of two top tickets for the Marlowe Theatre’s 5th Anniversary Gala Performance on Sunday 9 October.
Congratulations to Gemma and thank you to everyone who entered the draw.
Corporate Comunications
The Q-Step team is pleased to announce its autumn series of pubTALK nights.
‘pubTALK’ is a series of informal talks about real-world issues, held on the first Thursday of every month (19.00 to 21.00) at The Jolly Sailor, 75 Northgate, Canterbury.
Each month, we have an expert giving a talk on a social issue and then the floor is open up to discussions all whilst enjoying a drink or two! The talk is for staff, students, the general public -anyone who is interested is welcome to attend.
Our first talk on Thursday 6 October is by Dr Amir-Homayoun Javadi on ‘the pursuit of the super you’, who will be discussing whether we should (or should not) use electrical brain stimulation to make a super-you.
This will be followed on Thursday 3 November by a discussion on ‘the importance of the social sciences in vaccine uptake’ by our guest speakers, Richard Clark and Rose Wilson from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine on Thursday 3 November.
The last talk in this term’s series will be given on Thursday 1 December by Dr Tina Haux on the subject of ‘lone parents and welfare reform’.
As always, the evenings are free to attend (although you do need to pay for your own drinks!) and all are welcome to stay behind to continue the discussions afterwards. You can get up-to-date information via our website or by joining our mailing list: qstep-events@kent.ac.uk.
If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Keli Jenner/ Joe Warriner
E-mail: qstepinfo@kent.ac.uk
As a corporate member, the University has been offered two top tickets for the Marlowe Theatre’s birthday celebrations – and we’re offering them as a prize for a lucky member of staff.
The Marlowe Theatre’s 5th Anniversary Gala Performance on Sunday 9 October will feature world-class companies and performers who have appeared at the theatre over the last five years.
Highlights include Chicago, The Bodyguard, the National Theatre presenting extracts from War Horse; the Royal Shakespeare Company performing scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Northern Ballet performing selections from their new ballet Jane Eyre; and players from the Philharmonia Orchestra. There will also be special appearances from top TV personalities Stephen Mulhern, Phil Gallagher and Shaun Williamson and the event will be compered by pantomime star Ben Roddy.
Together with the top tickets, our staff prize will include two invitations to the post-performance fizz and canape reception.
If you would like a chance of winning the tickets, send an email marked ‘Marlowe Gala Tickets’ to communications@kent.ac.uk by the end of Monday 26 September. The winner will be selected at random by a member of Corporate Communications in Registry Extension R155 on Tuesday 27 September at 12.00.
If you aren’t lucky enough to win the top tickets, tickets are still available for the gala performance, priced £35-£75, via the Marlowe Theatre’s Box Office on 01227 787 787.
It was with great sadness that the University learned of the death of founding staff member David Millyard on 15 September, following a short illness.
David was one of the now few remaining early members of staff who came to Canterbury in August 1963 to set up the University in Westgate House, in St Dunstan’s. David was appointed as an assistant to David Edwards, the Deputy Registrar (Buildings), with whom he had worked at the University of Oxford. Three weeks later, Jane Millyard (then Carvosso) arrived at Westgate House, the first member of the academic administration. David and Jane married in 1965, billed in the Kentish Gazette as the first ‘University romance’!
Denis Linfoot, former Academic Registrar, writes: ‘David was very much involved in the building and establishment of the first colleges, but in October 1967 he moved into the Academic Division of the Registry, when he was appointed Assistant Registrar. David was appointed Academic Secretary in 1968, and continued in this office until his retirement in 1990. As Academic Secretary, he was responsible – with the support of Assistant Registrars – for all the administrative aspects of the students’ academic life, including student recruitment and admissions, teaching timetables, examinations and the formal appointment of examiners.
‘David was also in effect the Registrar’s deputy as secretary of the Court, Council, Senate, and – until the mid-1980s – the Faculty Boards, and of many of their committees, including for example appointments committees, and of a long succession of strategy and planning groups, in all of which his wise and well-considered views and advice were always welcome.’
A service of celebration of David’s life will take place at St Peter’s Church, Bekesbourne at 15.00 on Friday 30 September. The family request no mourning clothes be worn.
University Campaigns Manager Anna Pollard is set to run a half-marathon in aid of charity and is on the look-out for sponsors.
She says: ‘You may have noticed me donning some rather fetching running gear of late and ‘sprinting’ off into the sunshine after work! The reason is that I’ll be running the Royal Parks Half Marathon on Sunday 9 October in aid of Tommy’s, a fantastic charity which funds vital research into the prevention of baby loss in pregnancy and premature birth.
‘I’m doing my best to train when I can but unfortunately my hip and knees are not happy about this so any desire for a specific time are now out of the window!
‘I would love it if you would consider sponsoring me to help me raise money for this important cause. You can do so online or on the paper form I’ve left in the Development Office (Registry Annex, Canterbury campus). I’ve also left a cardboard collection box there in case you have any loose change you’d like to get rid of.
Thank you so much for your support, I really appreciate it. Now, does anybody fancy a lunchtime run…?!’
The University Teaching Prizes 2016 awards ceremony takes places on Wednesday 5 October 2016 from 12.30-14.00 in the Darwin Conference Suite. Prizes will be awarded by the Vice-Chancellor.
All colleagues and friends are welcome to join in this annual celebration of excellent teaching at Kent.
Please notify cpdbookings@kent.ac.uk if you wish to attend. A buffet lunch will be provided, so please let us know of any special dietary requirements.
For details of this year’s winners, please see the UELT webpages.
You will notice a few changes in today’s KENT Staff online!
We are piloting a new look for Kent’s newsletters – including better branding for easier recognition, bolder colours and introducing images – all designed to help you get more out of the content.
This new newsletter layout is also being used for our monthly student newsletter and may be used, in due course, as a template for other University-wide newsletters.
We’d love to hear what you think of the changes. Please let us know by emailing communications@kent.ac.uk.
Wendy Raeside and Etienne Donzelot
The Pride (‘Personal responsibility in delivering excellence’) Award recognises members of Kent Hospitality staff who go out of their way to deliver excellent customer service.
Any Kent Hospitality staff (permanent or casual) may be nominated from Canterbury and Medway campuses. The award is given in April, October and December and with each winner receiving £100 of shopping vouchers.
Nominations can be made by any member of University staff, students or visitors. Red nomination boxes are located in all Kent Hospitality’s catering outlets in Canterbury and Medway, as well College reception areas. Alternatively, you can download the form and email it to Diba Artingstoll.
Please make your nominations detailed and provide as much information as possible. The panel looks for staff who achieve more than what is expected in their role.
The deadline for the next award is 13.00, Thursday 28 September 2016.
For further information, contact/see: Diba Artingstoll at Tanglewood (email d.artingstoll@kent.ac.uk or telephone +44 (0)1227 823007).