Online Module Registration (OMR) EXTENDED to 12pm, Monday 26 March 2018

Don’t miss your opportunity to pick the modules you want to study next year

Extended to 12pm, Monday 26 March, if you’re a stage one or two student, you must choose the modules you want to study in 2018/19.

You will need to log into your SDS to submit your choices.

Guidance available here

OMR is not first come first served, but you must ensure that you have submitted your selections by Monday 26 March in order to give you the best opportunity to register for your preferred choice of module.

If you have any questions please contact us csao@kent.ac.uk

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Information Services’ Special Collections & Archives team are proud to have been awarded Archive Service Accreditation from the National Archive.

Following rescheduling due to the ongoing UCU industrial action, we are very happy to announce the final schedule for the seminar series, The Future of Work. Details on speakers, titles and rooms can be found below.

All University staff and students are welcome to attend, and please feel free to distribute to any networks, lists or individuals you feel may be interested.

Don’t hesitate to get in touch (b.turner@kent.ac.uk) if you have any questions.

• Thursday 22 March 2018, 17.00-19.00, RLT2
  Valeria Graziano (Coventry University) and Kim Trogal (University of the Creative Arts, Canterbury): ‘On repair movements, domestic fantasies and antiwork politics?’
• Wednesday 28 March 2018, 15.00-17.00, KS13
  Dawn Lyon (Kent): ‘Making a future that counts: Young people’s narratives of working futures in a post-industrial landscape.’
• Wednesday 9 May 2018, 15.00-17.00, W1-SR6
  David Frayne (Cardiff University): ‘Capitalism and the Politics of Free-Time’
• Wednesday 16 May 2018. 15.00-17.00, W1-SR6
  David Bates (Canterbury Christ Church University): ‘Immaterial Labour, Exploitation and the Refusal of Work.’
• Tuesday 22 May 2018, 17.00-19.00, RLT2
  Annalise Murgia (University of Leeds): ‘Experiencing Precariousness in the Hybrid Areas of Work: The Case of Italy.’

Find out more at: https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/polir-news/files/2018/03/The-Future-of-Work-seminar-series.pdf

Kent Sport are hosting a bake sale to support Sport Relief on Wednesday 21 March from 11.30 – 14.00 in the Sports Centre.

Please come along to support this great cause and try some delicious home baked goods!

Our Planet Fortnight begins this week and runs until Thursday, 29 March. Organised by Kent Union’s Environment Officer, Miguel Santos, with the University’s Sustainability Team and Kent Union, this is a fortnight to raise awareness of environmental, ethical, and sustainable issues as well as to celebrate the work done on sustainability across the University.

With a variety of events taking place both at Canterbury and Medway, the fortnight showcases the University’s commitment to promoting sustainable behaviours to staff, students and the local community. Events range from a wildlife campus photography session to biodiversity nature walks, to name a few. There are lots of events for both staff and students to get involved in.

See our Facebook page (@UKCEnvironmentMiguel) for details of each event.

Our Planet Fortnight showcases the University’s dedication to sustainable policies and behaviours. Moreover, it illustrates that the University must be at the forefront of sustainable practices to be a role model for the local community and for other institutions across the UK. Join us in celebrating the University’s environmental commitment, and let us make a more sustainable Kent for the future.

Staff, alumni, students, the local community and businesses are invited to join us for the University of Kent’s very first fundraising Gala Ball on the Canterbury campus this July, hosted by our Chancellor, Gavin Esler.

Watch the sun set over Canterbury from our beautiful marquee in the heart of the campus for an evening full of entertainment, all in support of the Kent Opportunity Fund.

Tickets are £65 per head, and guests will be seated on tables of 10, so we recommend that groups book together to ensure that they are seated together.

For more information, please visit: www.kent.ac.uk/galaball

As exam time is approaching the Transport Team, Estates department, are working with Stagecoach to provide extra Uni2 buses on Sundays and Bank Holidays between 25 March and 27 May 2018.

During term-time we provide a 24 hour bus service 6 days a week, serviced by the Uni1, Uni2, 4 and Triangle buses. The additional Uni2 services mean that there will be a 24/7 bus service for this period to help you travel to and from the library to prepare for exams. See additional Uni2 services below or on posters at Keynes and Darwin bus stops.

Buses to town centre

Hales Place Tenterden Drive 2130    2230    2330    0035    0135    0235    0335    0435

The Beverlie   2134    2234    2334    0039    0139    0239    0339    0439

University Darwin        2138    2238    2338    0043    0143    0243    0343    0443

University Park Wood             2142    2242    2342    0047    0147    0247    0347    0447

University Keynes Stop A       2146    2246    2346    0051    0151    0251    0351    0451

St Dunstans Westgate            2153    2253    2353    0058    0158    0258    0358    0458

Canterbury bus station            2201    2301    0001    0106    0206    0306    0406    0506

Buses to Hales Place

Canterbury bus station A5/B1 2105    2205    2305    0010    0110    0210    0310    0410

St Dunstans Westgate            2111    2211    2311    0016    0116    0216    0316    0416

University Keynes Stop B       2117    2217    2317    0022    0122    0222    0322    0422

University Park Wood             2121    2221    2321    0026    0126    0226    0326    0426

University Darwin        2125    2225    2325    0030    0130    0230    0330    0430

Hales Place Tenterden Drive 2130    2230    2330    0035    0135    0235    0335    0435

The Uni1 and Uni2 buses will also continue to the usual timetable over the Easter vacation (6 April to 8 May 2018) despite being outside of term-time.

The Templeman Library Chill Out Zone is back from Monday 19 March

Relax in a calm and quiet pop-up space in the Library – open just for exam season. Take some time out from your revision, flop on a beanbag or comfy chair, enjoy the views, do some colouring, leisure reading or just chill. There will also be wellbeing workshops running in this space in the exam term on de-stressing. No studying allowed! Tell us what you want to see in here by writing ideas on the whiteboard.

You can find the Chill Out Zone in D Block, Floor 3. The space is open from 09:00-21:00 Monday to Friday from Monday 19 March and you’ll need your KentOne card to enter.

Need to relax with some reading?

Have a look at our Wellbeing and Self Help reading list. All the books on it are available as e-books.

Topics include:

• Study and exam skills
• Motivation
• Mindfulness
• University life
• Coping with stress and anxiety

If you need more support, Student Wellbeing can help you.

Study smarter with productivity tools

Try some of these free apps and tools, picked out by Student Support. They can save you time, make it easier to access study material and increase your productivity.

Stay safe on your way to the Library

The Templeman Library is open 24/7 until June. Make sure you’re safe, whatever time you arrive and leave:

• Use the SafeZone app for quick access to campus security and emergency services

2011 BA (Hons) Event and Experience Design graduate, Kerri Layton, has started her own creative event consultancy, Kerri Kreates. Clients and previous partners include Alexandra Palace, A Different World Productions LTD, the BBC, Fuse Festival Medway, Lancaster BID, Kent County Council, The Arts Council, Body and Mind Festivals, Glade Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Eventspiration and The Hospital Club.

Whilst at Kent studying in the School of Music and Fine Art, Kerri won two awards from the Kent Enterprise Hub & Round One, forming a performance group and social enterprise arts company ‘FAF Arts’ touring the UK in the summer terms with her company and theatre productions. Always very active performing and organising events, she then went on to host session’s at Employability Week for the University of Kent, on ‘Making it Happen’ whilst working for her clients around the UK.

Kerri comments: ‘It was a practical degree that taught me the logistics of event management but fundamentally placed the importance on the creation and theatre of the event, of it’s core narrative. I made explorations into audience’s journeys using experience as a means of ritual and celebration. Communicating core themes and ideas via the medium of 3D, sensory and participatory experiences, later specialising in outdoor theatre. I enjoyed every second of this degree and it continues to inspire and inform me to this day.’

After graduating, the dynamic Kerri performed with the Banner Theatre Company as a guitarist and singer, went on to launch her solo music show, Lady Layton, which toured internationally, including Glastonbury, and was a headline act at many UK events and festivals, and now performs with her live band as a solo artist Miss Kerri Layton. Her new EP releases in March.

Find out more at: www.kerrikreates.com and www.misskerrilayton.com