We are strongly committed to enhancing the quality of your postgraduate student experience at Kent.

About the Postgraduate Research student Experience Survey (PRES)

If you’re a research student, you will be emailed a unique web link to take the PRES. Once you have completed the survey, you will be emailed your £10 Amazon voucher.

The Postgraduate Research student Experience Survey (PRES) is an opportunity for you to provide us with feedback on many aspects of your postgraduate student experience including supervision, academic support, learning resources, skills training, career development and wellbeing.

About the Postgraduate Taught student Experience Survey (PTES)

If you’re a Master’s student, you will be emailed a unique web link to take the PTES. Once you have completed the survey, you will be emailed your £10 Amazon voucher.

The Postgraduate Taught student Experience Survey (PTES) is an opportunity for you to provide us with feedback on many aspects of your postgraduate student experience including teaching and learning, assessment and feedback, learning resources, skills training and career development.

Why should I complete the survey?

We very much hope that you will take this chance to have your say and make your views heard for the benefit of current and future postgraduate students.

The responses you give will be taken very seriously by the University and we will ensure that the postgraduate student community is informed of actions taken in response to feedback.

We are keen to obtain a good response rate so that we can be assured that any changes we make in response to the survey will fully represent the views of all our postgraduate students.

Kent Critical Law Society has issued a call for papers exploring the relationship between metamorphosis and law in advance of its Critical Law Conference in March.

Conference organisers are interested in research that critically examines the different ways law has evolved and changed the world. Some examples include: the adaptations of the law to suit social, political, economic, or developmental change; legal historical analyses of the evolution of law; emergences of new legal fields; regressions; and the need for and possibility of reform.

A non-exhaustive list of possible topics includes:

• Law and social change
• Transitional justice
• Adaptation to crises
• Histories of law
• Change in the international legal order
• The progression of human rights
• The effects of technological advancement
• Global development
• The emergence of alternative dispute resolution
• Political shifts and the change of law
• Reform and the housing crisis
• Sustainable development
• Newly emerging fields of law
• Law and metamorphosis in literature
• The changing face of crime and justice
• Legal psychologies

Papers are welcomed from academic staff, undergraduate students, postgraduate students and practitioners across all disciplines. Proposals from literary, scientific, socio-political, economic, historical and philosophical fields are particularly encouraged.

Contributors are asked to submit an abstract of no more than 250 words, together with a biography of no more than 50 words, to conferencekclsoc@kent.ac.uk by Friday 23 February 2018. Any informal enquiries can be directed to: presidentkclsoc@kent.ac.uk

Kent Critical Law Society (KCLS) is a student-led critical lawyers’ group that aims to interrogate the social, economic and political dimensions shaping legal doctrine and contemporary society.

This year’s conference on ‘Law and Metamorphosis’ will be held on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 March in the Grimond Building on Kent’s Canterbury campus.

Bookable group study booths

We now have four booths available for booking, between 9:00 – 21:00, near the IT and Library support desk in Block C on Floor 1. The spaces are perfect for group study so we’ve put them on our booking system for exactly that purpose! You can find a slot through isbooking.kent.ac.uk.

Find a study space in the Library

Similar to our popular Find a PC service, Find a Study Space live availability screens will now show where desks are free in the library.

Sensors under desks can detect whether a space is free or not and the information is then displayed online and on screens throughout the library.

Our trial of this service last summer was successful and we received good feedback from students who used it to find a space to study.

No other information or personal data is collected from the sensors; they’re there to save you time when looking for desk space and to give us a better idea of how the library is used.

Group study rooms

There are two new group study rooms available for booking in D block on the Ground Floor, making a total of 8 group study rooms!

All can be booked up to four weeks in advance and have a large screen and student PC, perfect for collaboration.

Speaker: Silke Grygier

Date: Friday 9 February 2018

Time: 18:30 – 20:00

Venue: Cornwallis Northwest Seminar Room 5

Admission: Free

Join Silke and her team of fellow survivor activists from her ‘Not The Only One’ project as they discuss​ sexual abuse in childhood, the consequences and understanding our reactions to trauma.

Themes will be addressed through lived experiences, learnings from activism in the survivor community and in a professional practice. The presentation will be followed by a workshop for survivors.

Find out more and book on Kent Union’s website.

Dementia doesn’t care who you are; it could affect us all. Because public understanding is so poor, people with dementia often feel – and are – misunderstood, marginalised and isolated. And that means that they’re less likely to be able to live independently in their own communities.

Dementia Friends Information Sessions are run by volunteer Dementia Friends Champions, who are trained and supported by Alzheimer’s Society. Each Information Session lasts around one hour during which you will learn more about dementia and how you can help create a dementia friendly environment.

We have an Information Session taking place at our Canterbury campus on Thursday 8 February, from 12.00-13.00 in Keynes Seminar Room 4. You will need to sign up first via Kent Union’s volunteering webpages.

There are a number of free workshops this term run by Dr Ian Bride (SAC) introducing students to conservation and woodland management and woodland crafts, in a fun, practical and interactive way all whilst earning Employability Points!

• KE060: Woodland Coppicing
• KE062: Bench-Making and Carving
• KE071: Making a Besom
• KE160: Woodland Crafts: Hazel Hurdles (Fence sections)
• KE161: Woodland Crafts: Making a Brash Fence
• KE162: Tree Identification: Bark and Buds

Book your place here now.

For more information, click here.

The Examination and Assessment Check for 2018 exams is now open

Please check your details are correct for the 2018 exam period and ensure you are:

• Registered for the correct modules
• Assessed as expected (ie coursework and/or exam)

To do this log on to SDS, select Registration

Then select Examination and Assessment Check and check through your details.

You will then need to confirm if your modules are correct.

If there is a problem you will be taken to a new screen, please let us know what the issues are by submitting your changes.

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

Visit the exams webpage.

Kent Sport will be hosting some pretty incredible events over the next few months, so be sure to put the following dates in your diary. You can also check the online events calendar to see what’s coming up.

• Friday 26 January – Xercise Factor application deadline. Make long-lasting changes to your lifestyle through Kent Sport’s Xercise Factor programme through an overhaul of exercise and lifestyle habits over six weeks. Complete your application form now.
• Saturday 24 February – UV touchtennis. After a popular term one event, UV touchtennis is back on the programme for term two. Experience a mini version of the game suitable for all levels, but in UV! Book by emailing letsplay@kent.ac.uk.
• Sunday 25 February – UV sports night. Enjoy glow in the dark sports and fitness classes, including an awesome roller disco! Book by emailing letsplay@kent.ac.uk.
• Monday 26 February – FitnessFest. Join the Kent Sport fitness team for an evening of masterclasses you won’t forget! Check out the events calendar for more details.
• Friday 2 March – Canterbury Fire and Ice walk in aid of Pilgrims Hospices. A real mental and physical challenge. Brave the fires (and/or glass) for charity. Don’t forget to bring friends and family for support! Register here.
• Tuesday 10 to Friday 13 April – Easter Sports Camps for kids. A great opportunity for children to learn a range of sports and meet new friends at the same time at our sports camps run by qualified coaches. Email sportsdevelopment@kent.ac.uk to book your place.
• Sunday 6 March – Pilgrims Hospices Cycle Challenge. Kent’s biggest cycling challenge returns for its eighth year. Join more than 1,200 riders at the Pavilion and cycle for charity. Register here.
• Sunday 20 May – University of Kent Canterbury 10K. A scenic route starting at the Pavilion using some of the historic “Crab and Winkle Way” in the lovely countryside on the edge of Canterbury. Register here.

For all the sports, events and activities, pick up a copy of the Sport at Kent booklet from the Sports Centre and Pavilion receptions.

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Inspirational speaker Symeria Hudson will share her insights and tips for success on Thursday 25 January 2018. This event is taking place from 12:30 – 13:45 in the Moot Room, Wigoder Law Building.

Recent Senior Executive at ConvaTec plc (FTSE 100 medical giant), Symeria will share her story of ‘Defying the Odds’: growing up in Alabama, attending a historically black college, gaining an MBA at Harvard and winning a seat on the leadership team for one of the largest IPOs in the world of healthcare.

Symeria will share her approach to life and her career, defeating odds with perseverance to achieve success despite many challenges faced over the years.

Hear Symeria’s insights:

• Purpose: Who you are will determine who you will become
• Passion: Approaching your career with zeal and excitement
• Perseverance: Taking grit to a new level, moving forward despite difficulty or delay

Symeria’s talk will be followed by a Q&A session, refreshments, and an opportunity to network.

This event is run under the Student Success Project, winner of the Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding Student Support 2017.

The event is free to attend and there is no registration required. For further information please contact Sheree Palmer on 01227 816503 or by email.

There are lots of vegan options available across campus in Kent Hospitality’s catering outlets and not just for Veganuary!

From a Breakfast Pot at The Galvanising Shop Café on Medway campus, to Origins’ BBQ Pulled Mushrooom range, or a Buddha Bowl in Sibson Cafe on Canterbury Campus, there are a host of tasty options to get you through the day.

A handy guide covering all the vegan options available at Kent Hospitality’s catering outlets across Canterbury and Medway can be found on UniKentFood’s latest blog post here.

For any enquiries contact catering@kent.ac.uk