Keynes College is delighted to house ‘Between Landscape and Abstraction’, a new exhibition of paintings by Angela Rumble and David Hayward which can be admired in the Atrium, as well as in the Keynes Gallery on the first floor of the College, until 15 December.

The work of these two artists may appear quite different in both style and technique but all the paintings in this exhibition are profoundly linked to elements of landscape – to organic growth, material substance and transient experience.

There are obvious structural differences between Angela Rumble’s web-like compositions and David Hayward’s layered approach but perhaps the main distinction lies in methodological direction – Rumble works from the real towards abstraction while Hayward begins with the abstract and then informs with the real.

Angela and David are no strangers to the College, as ‘Uncertain Places’,  a very successful joint exhibition of their work, was held there in 2015, and it is a pleasure to have them back!

All paintings in this exhibition are for sale. Prices on request from the Keynes College Master’s Office – keynesmastersoffice@kent.ac.uk or direct from the artist.

Angela Rumble website, angela@hernhill.plus.com

David Hayward website,:  dwhayward@btinternet.com

A talk on ‘The Global Trade in Reptiles and Amphibians over Three Decades’ will mark the 30th anniversary of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE).

The talk by Professor Richard Griffiths, Professor in Biological Conservation, will take place on Thursday 21 November from 18.00-19.00, in Grimond Lecture Theatre 2, Canterbury campus.

The talk is free and open to all. Please come along to this celebration of DICE and its work!

DICE, based in our School of Anthropology and Conservation, carries out world-class training and research with a focus on biodiversity conservation that benefits people.

At the end of the academic year 2018/19, Kent Sport revamped a squash court turning it into a multi-use sports facility perfect for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, Cheerleading and beyond. After all the new equipment was laid out, there was something that was missing – inspiration.

Collaborating with Creative Campus, Kent Sport put on a competition to all budding artists to ‘Design Our Space’. The brief was straight forward – submit something that will inspire others. It was a challenge that was met. We are pleased to announce our winner: Billy Radford. Billy ran with the idea to create a space that not only inspires, but provides the perfect landscape for motivation.

“The Design Our Space competition was the perfect opportunity to bring some vibrancy, life and colour to a previously unloved corner of The Sports Centre. The space is now bright, fresh and bold and it is my hope that the sportsmen and women who will be using the space, enjoy their new surroundings,” said Billy, Sports Development Officer at the University of Kent.

“It was quite the feat to find the right balance between art and sport. I believe Billy did a great job to help us transform this space into the fantastic training arena for Kent Sport members. We hope that this area will help pave the way for athletes to develop the skills to help them achieve their goals,” said Christopher Monteiro-Sharratt, Head of Operations at Kent Sport.

Kent Sport continues to provide excellent facilities for its members and recently undertook upgrading the Hall 2 balcony to be more purpose built for those wanting to expand their skills in and out of the boxing ring.

Interested in training in our facility? Become a Kent Sport member now and check out all that we offer.

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The University and Kent Union, in partnership, are participating in the Responsible Futures scheme – an NUS framework to facilitate institution change in embedding sustainability throughout all parts of the student learning experience. Responsible Futures acts on the Vice-Chancellor’s commitment to ‘Embed Sustainability through building the UN Sustainable Development Goals into our research, education, leadership, operations, administration and engagement.’

The world our graduates will be working in is vastly different from that of a generation ago and they will face a spectrum of social, economic and environmental global challenges when entering the workplace and wider society. Kent graduates need to be ‘global citizens’ equipped to tackle these challenges and inequalities.

Responsible Futures looks to ensure every student – from architecture to business, and chemistry to digital arts – is prepared with the knowledge and understanding of sustainability, and possess the sustainability skills and attributes, and the desire and willingness to deal with these issues.

Institutions promoting sustainability skills are much more likely to produce employable graduates according to the Global University Employability Ranking (EAUC, 2018).

NUS surveys have also found that students want education in sustainable development and to gain sustainability skills (NUS, 2018). According to 2017/18 survey: 76% of HE students agree that “universities and colleges should be obliged to develop students’ social and environmental skills as part of the courses they offer”

The University of Kent and Kent Union partnership will coordinating work on embedding sustainability into the formal and informal curriculum and will be seeking to engage with academic staff and students across the organisation.

If you are interested in getting involved, exploring how you can embed sustainability into your or your school’s teaching, or for more information, please contact: sustainability@kent.ac.uk or visit www.kent.ac.uk/estates/sustainability/esd/index.html

Are you thinking about doing a PhD in 2020?  The Graduate School is running a series of sessions for anyone thinking about applying for funding from SeNSS (ESRC) and CHASE (AHRC).

Sessions include:

8 November – general funding

13 and 19 November – SeNSS funding

20 November  – CHASE proposals

27 November – SeNSS proposals

Find out more and book a place on the Events section of the Graduate School website.

You can also learn more about postgraduate study opportunities at our next Postgraduate Information Event on Thursday 5 December from 17.00-19.00 in Darwin College.

Is someone you know looking for a part-time job?

We may have the answer as we currently have six positions for Domestic Assistants available in the Kent Hospitality Housekeeping department across our Canterbury campus.

All Domestic Assistant opportunities are offered on a permanent contract with part-time hours ranging from eight to 20 hours available. The rate of pay is £16,736 per annum pro-rata.

All applications should be made via the University’s recruitment system with the earliest closing date being Monday 11 November.

You can see all the vacancies available on our Jobs webpages.

If you have any questions about these vacancies, please email hrhospitality@kent.ac.uk