The Graduate School is delighted to announce that this year’s Postgraduate Festival will kick start with a launch event on Monday 18 June from 12 noon in the Sibson building, Canterbury campus. This will be followed by a week of activities and workshops open to all PG students (schedule of events TBC).

Call for Participation

We encourage PG student support to help us deliver innovative sessions at this year’s Festival. There will be three parallel session topics during the launch event that we would welcome student participation and/or ideas to help organise.

Session topics:

• Teaching
• Frustrations of being a PG student
• A supervisor and student relationship

These three topic ideas are open to your interpretation – if you would like to get involved, contact Felicity Clifford, Postgraduate Experience Officer at f.clifford-254@kent.ac.uk.

Many students have a love/hate relationship with the library but it’s O.K, we understand! We need a little reassurance sometimes when we get something right and also like to know where we’re going wrong so we can work through the rough patches.

That’s why this Valentines Week we want you to write us a line, whether it’s a love or break-up letter.

You can write to the library as a whole, or pour out your inner-most feelings for a particular space, service or even a piece of furniture. Whatever you need to get off your chest, we’re listening!

Pick up a writing pack from opposite Welcome Desk then pop your letter in the postbox when you’re done. We’ve got sweets at the Welcome Desk for anyone who writes a letter.

Lots of love, Your Templeman Library
xoxo

Registration is still open for the Researching the Rainbow Conference from 15.00 – 20.00 on Thursday 15 February 2018 in Grimond Lecture Theatre 1 on the University of Kent Canterbury campus.

We strongly suggest you register online to confirm your place. Please find the agenda attached. We are delighted to announce renowned non-binary trans activists Fox and Owl will be speaking!

The conference, which forms part of the University’s LGBT History Month celebrations, is to showcase the vast array of excellent research being done on or related to LGBT+ people and issues, and to encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration and networking. The conference will be opened by University of Kent Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Karen Cox, who also acts at the University’s Executive Group LGBT+/Gender Champion.

Topics include transsexuality in mental health care and the legal system, queer representation in the media, and the decolonization of sexuality, from students and academics from a range of schools and disciplines, as well as external partners.

If you would like to display a research poster, please email: lgbtstaffnetwork@kent.ac.uk by Tuesday 13 February.

The conference is free and all are welcome. Please forward this invitation to any colleagues/friends who may be interested.

Refreshments will be provided and gender neutral toilets are available.

Wednesday 14 February is Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of the Christian season of Lent.

There will be traditional Ash Wednesday church services in Eliot Chapel as follows:

• 12.30 Church of England
• 13.30 Catholic

All staff and students are welcome to attend.

Love the environment this February! Gulbenkian are offering 20% off hot drinks when you bring your own cup to Gulbenkian during this month.

In the UK we use 7 million disposable coffee cups every day. That’s a staggering amount. Choose a reusable cup, reduce waste and help protect the environment.

Gulbenkian recently switched to barista style service to improve wait times and create a more efficient service. Making it quicker to get your caffeine fix or your lunchtime sandwich and perhaps one of the delicious cakes or brownies we have available daily.

As part of the University of Kent’s Worldfest celebrations this month, FitnessFest 2018 will offer three different classes to get your blood pumping. In our annual fitness class shakeup Kent Sport invites you to join the fitness team to sample a unique evening of group exercise at the eighth annual FitnessFest medley on Monday 26 February.

FitnessFest kicks off with ‘The Beast’ circuits at 18.10. Instructor Mike ‘The Beast’ Burrell will put you through your paces as you navigate multiple exercise stations.

At 19.10 we mix things up with Mashup Medley – one hour and four different classes to really test your mettle. Animal Flow, Insanity, Box Fit and Mash It Up combine in to one epic class.

We end the evening with the Zumba finale starting at 20.10. Join Jeni and Emma as they blast through some amazing tunes and get your whole body moving to the Zumba beat.

All FitnessFest classes are free for Gold and Silver Members. Bronze member class rate applies – student £4.40, staff and public junior £5.40, alumni and public adult £6.40. Class fees are payable at the Sports Centre reception. Please book and pay (if required) on to each class you will be attending. Gold and Silver members can book online up to seven days in advance or by visiting the Sports Centre or Pavilion receptions. Bronze members can book up to three days in advance at reception. On the day bookings are also allowed. Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior to your booked class start time.

If you’re not a member it’s easy to join, ask at the Sports Centre or Pavilion reception or visit our membership web pages.

For Kent Sport news, events and special offers, Like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @UniKentSports.

Worried about plagiarism? Need help with referencing in your academic writing? Having difficulty with Harvard Referencing style?

Come along to our Good Academic Practice (GAP) and Referencing Workshop on Wednesday 14 February, 2018 from 14.00-16.00 in KS11 to learn how to avoid plagiarism and reference correctly.

This workshop is open to all international students across the University.

You can register for this workshop (ED009) now via Workshops in the Student Data System.

Find out more about how to register.

If you have any difficulty registering please email cewl@kent.ac.uk with the details of the workshops you would like to join.