Category Archives: Student Guide

Jobshop Recruitment Fair

We would like to invite all our Canterbury students to our first Recruitment Fair of the year taking place in Keynes Foyer on Thursday 11 October from 12.00 – 15.00. If you’re looking for paid part-time, temporary or seasonal work, come along and meet employers face-to-face who are hiring students for their organisations!

ATTENDEES INCLUDE:

Teach First
CXK
Nurseplus UK
Explore Learning
Barracudas
BUNAC
New Appointments Group
The Caldecott Foundation
Smaller Earth
and more to be announced!

Find out more via the Facebook event here.

Learn British Sign Language

CEWL offers a fully accredited 20 week course in British Sign Language (BSL) open to anyone who wants to learn BSL. The course is run by Palm Deaf BSL Training Ltd and upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a Level 1 Award in British Sign Language.

A BSL qualification is a great way of making your CV stand out from the crowd providing you with the opportunity to develop communication skills, interpersonal skills whilst demonstrating your initiative and commitment to equality and diversity.

For more information on dates, times and fees, please visit our website.

Launch of a new sustainable food strategy

The University of Kent recognises its responsibility to carry out its procurement activities in an environmentally and socially responsible manner, and the considerable influence we have in using our buying power to encourage healthy and sustainable food production and consumption. With this in mind, the University launches its first sustainable food strategy on 1 October 2018.

The strategy is a road map for increasing the sustainability of our food offering from field to fork and beyond, and has been co-written by Kent Hospitality, Kent Sport, The Gulbenkian and the Estates Department, along with the Kent Union Environment Officer and student and staff reps. The strategy supports the University’s aim to embed the Sustainable Development Goals into our operations.

Highlights include:

Reducing overall meat consumption across our campuses and improving the welfare standard of the meat we serve
Reducing the miles our fruit and veg travels and increasing the seasonality of our menus
Incorporating food grown on campus into our menus
Carrying out a full review of the amount of single-use disposables we get through
Pursuing options for food composting

Read the full strategy and find out more about sustainable food at the Sustainability web pages or email sustainability@kent.ac.uk.

Free Study Plus workshops to boost your CV

Registration is open now on our FREE Study Plus workshops. There is a wide variety of courses which allow you to explore your creative side as well as learning new skills to help you during your studies and when you graduate. Courses include:

KE192: #DigitalReboot Business Start-Up Workshops
KE125-KE127: Advanced Spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel
KE170: The Ever-Changing Face of Sherlock Holmes
KE158/KE159: Acting for Beginners/Improvers
KE146: Harry Potter and the Literary Phenomenon
KE148: U. N. I. (You and I) Protect
KE178/KE179: Cambridge/IELTS Exam Preparation Taster
KE095: Communicate with Confidence
KE172: A Journey through 100 Years of Art and History (1860s-1970s)
KE155: An Introduction to Sustainability

And many, many more…

Book your place via the Workshops page in SDS.

Study Plus is also a proud sponsor of the Employability Points scheme that rewards students for active engagement in co-curricular activities.

Study Plus offers you the chance to earn up to 60 Employability Points per course (number of points varies depending on the number of hours attended)! The points can then be exchanged for the chance to apply for rewards including paid internships, work experience opportunities, training and vouchers offered by local and national employers.

Discounted Language Express courses for Medway students

The Centre for English and World Languages offers 20 week courses in French (Beginners) and Japanese (Beginners and Post-Beginners) at the Medway campus. The classes take place on Wednesday afternoons and will begin on 10 October 2018.

We are currently offering 50% discount for the first 35 Kent students at the Medway campus who apply, reducing the cost to just £114 for the entire course!

Visit the Language Express website to find out more and to book your place today.

Carers support Autumn events

Are you a carer, or do you think you could be? Would you like to talk to someone about your caring role?

The University of Kent and Carers FIRST recognise that gaining support for your caring role whilst studying can be difficult. We are therefore offering you the opportunity to gain 1-2-1 support in your caring role and share your experiences with other carers on campus.

Join us at the Rochester Building, room R2-05 on the Medway campus on:

Wednesday 3 October, 12.30-14.30
Wednesday 7 November, 12.30-14.30
Wednesday 5 December, 12.30-14.30

Carers FIRST Community staff will be on hand to chat to you about your caring role and to offer support.

Kent Law Fair offers excellent networking opportunity

Kent’s annual Law Fair on Wednesday 31 October offers an excellent opportunity for law students and non-law students to network with leading local, national and international law firms.

This year’s Fair, organised by members of Kent Student Law Society (KSLS), will be held from 1pm – 4pm in Eliot Hall on Kent’s Canterbury campus.

Law firms attending include Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance together with:

Brachers LLP
Cripps LLP
Dentons
DGB Solicitors
Furley Page Solicitors
Hatten Wyatt
Herbert Smith Freehills
Martin Tolhurst Solicitors
Thomson Snell & Passmore
Trowers and Hamlins

The Fair is open to all Kent students with an interest in pursuing a legal career. Anyone thinking of attending is encouraged to attend a preparatory talk in the preceding week on Tuesday 23 October. Philippa Ward, a Corporate Solicitor at Pinsent Masons, will be sharing advice on how to maximise the opportunity to network and explore career options. Confirmation of the time and location of the talk will be posted on KSLS’s Facebook page later next month.

Law Fair organiser Nikoletta Komiati said: ‘As well as being a great networking opportunity, our 2018 Law Fair is the ideal way to gain an insight into vacation schemes and training contracts. It’s an event not to be missed.’

KSLS is one of six student law societies at Kent Law School. Its primary aim is to support students exploring the option of a career in law as a solicitor. The Society holds talks, CV and interview workshops, and seminars with professionals from different careers and backgrounds throughout the term. It also offers a broad range of social events, including the Annual Law Dinner in February where students can wine and dine with legal professionals.

Unirider early bird discount ends soon

Purchase the Unirider up to and including 1 October 2018 for the early bird discount of £180 for the academic year. This is a saving of 77% on the public price. After the 1 October, the price will change to £255 for the academic year.

The green Unibus will be parked on campus for the first 2 weeks while the early bird discount is in place. Find the Unibus located on the lawn outside the Registry building on the Canterbury Campus between 10:00 and 16:00. It is also available to buy online on the Stagecoach website.

This discount is available for students at both campuses. For more information about bus routes, timetables and discounts visit our Canterbury bus webpage.

College Colour Run

On Saturday 29 September the University’s College Committees have organised the first University of Kent College Colourthon.

The event has been organised to raise money for the charity, Mary’s Meals, who provide life-changing meals to some of the world’s poorest children every school day.

The hope is that the event will build relationships within the colleges and wider university community, encourage new and returning students to make friends, new memories and have fun while raising money for charity!

Whether you aim to test your marathon skills and represent your college by going for gold, or whether you are just looking for a fun, inviting experience in-between the introductory lectures and socialising. Everyone is welcome to take part.

Kent ranked 11th in UK for Law in latest Times Good University Guide

Kent Law School’s strong performance in national and international league tables continues with news that it has been ranked 11th out of 102 UK institutions for law in The Times Good University Guide 2019.

In addition to climbing three places from last year’s subject ranking, the Law School is ranked 8th in the UK for the quality of its research and 14th for student experience. The ranking, published yesterday, also takes into consideration student opinion on teaching quality, graduate job prospects and course entry standards.

Last month, the Law School was ranked amongst the top 100 law schools in the world in the 2018 Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. The Law School is also currently ranked 50th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018 and is among the top 150 law schools in the QS World University Rankings 2018.

Kent is a leading UK law school, ranked 13th in The Guardian University Guide 2019 for law and 18th in The Complete University Guide 2019. It is one of only 14 UK university law schools to be ranked in the top 20 of all three major UK league tables.

Head of Kent Law School Professor Toni Williams said: ‘As we begin our 50th anniversary celebrations, it is particularly gratifying to see Kent’s reputation as a leading UK law school endorsed in this latest league table ranking. Our top 20 ranking for student experience reflects the enormous efforts made by colleagues to ensure our students receive an intellectually challenging critical legal education within a supportive environment, enriched by world-leading socio-legal research.’