Win a meal for you and 9 friends by entering our Festive Photo competition

For the first time ever our student accommodation team are running a ‘Festive Photo Competition’. It really is very simple, and as long as you are a registered student at the University of Kent you can enter. This ‘Festive Photo Competition’ has been designed to spread Christmas cheer all over our campuses in Canterbury and Medway.

Join in by entering our ‘Festive Photo Competition and sending us a photo of you embracing the festive spirit. The winner of the Accommodation Festive Photo Competition will be able to get together with nine of their friends before the Christmas break and enjoy a lovely meal, and no one will have to do the washing up!

The winner of the ‘Festive Photo Competition’ will win a voucher for them and nine of their friends to enjoy a Christmas-themed meal in Dolche Vita or CARGO.

To enter the ‘Festive Photo Competition’ you simply need to send a photo of you and your friends embracing the Christmas spirit on the Canterbury or Medway Campus. The photo can be of anything festive, please be as creative as you can. Our panel will judge all entries and decide the winner on Monday 12 December.

You can enter the Festive Photo Competition by sending a photo of you and your friends embracing the festive spirit to @AccommUniKent on Twitter or Facebook or alternatively you can email it to us: Accomm@kent.ac.uk

If you have any questions, please get in touch with the Accommodation Office who will be happy to help.

Applications are now open for full time studentships, fee waivers and bursaries for postgraduate research programmes beginning at Kent Law School’s Canterbury campus in 2017.

With more than 60 postgraduate research students, Kent Law School offers a pluralistic and intellectual environment for research in which traditional and critical legal scholarship, theoretical and empirical work, and interdisciplinary studies all flourish.

Ranked 8th in the UK for research intensity in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), Kent Law School (and the University) offers a wide range of funding for postgraduate research students interesting in studying for either a PhD or an LLM by research.

PhD funding includes studentships funded through the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) via the South East Network for Social Sciences, and through the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) via the Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South East (CHASE).

Unless otherwise indicated, successful applicants for the studentships will receive a maintenance grant equivalent to that currently offered by the ESRC (£14,296 in 2016/17) and a fee grant which will fully cover tuition fees paid at the Home/EU rate.

For those who intend to undertake an LLM by Research, Kent Law School invites applications for the Larry Grant Scholarship and also offers a number of fee waivers.

Together with a high-quality research proposal, applicants are asked to submit a sample of written work and to apply online by 11 January 2017 for PhD funding or by 5 May 2017 for an LLM by research. If you have any questions, please check the School’s online guidance or email Co-Director of Postgraduate Research Dr Emily Grabham via klspgstudentships@kent.ac.uk.

Students across all degree disciplines at Kent with an interest in studying a Master’s degree in law are invited to drop in to the Law School’s ‘Open House’ event on Wednesday 7 December.

Law School staff and students will be welcoming visitors to the Eliot Extension foyer between 12.00 and 14.00, offering students an informal opportunity to explore their options, to learn more about the Kent LLM and to enjoy a free slice of pizza!

The Kent LLM attracts excellent law graduates from around the world and is also open to non-law graduates who wish to develop an advanced understanding of law in their field.

Students have the opportunity to develop specialisms in a host of subject areas including: Criminal Justice; Environmental Law; European Law; Intellectual Property Law; International Commercial Law; International Criminal Justice; International Environmental Law; International Law with International Relations; International Law; Law and the Humanities; Medical Law and Ethics; and Human Rights Law. The innovative nature of the programme means that students have the option to leave their choice of specialism open until after they arrive, with their specialisms being determined by the modules that they select.

Details of modules are available on our website and an insight into the student experience can be gained by reading the Mastering Law blog.

The Open House event also offers an opportunity to chat about funding options. In addition to a range of scholarships available at Kent, a new system of postgraduate loans in the UK is available to home and EU students for both full-time and part-time study. The loans provide up to £10,000 a year for taught and research Master’s courses in all subject areas. They are subject to eligibility criteria based on age, nationality and residency.

The University Carol Service in Canterbury Cathedral takes place at  on Tues 13 Dec. Although the seating capacity is large this is an extremely popular event and demand for places always exceeds availability. Admission is by FREE, previously issued, ticket only. Tickets for students will be given out at the Grimond Foyer on Mon 5 Dec at 12.45; and again on Tues 6th Dec in Keynes LT1 at 19.00. To be sure of getting a ticket bring your student ID and plan to arrive well before the actual distribution time, as long queues form. All tickets will have been given out by the end of the Tuesday distribution.

If you would like to be a volunteer helper at the Carol Service you do not need to queue for a ticket, but you have to meet certain availability conditions and attend a brief training session. See relevant pages on www.kent.ac.uk/chaplaincy for more details, and contact Revd Dr Stephen Laird, University Chaplain s.c.e.laird@kent.ac.uk

This year’s Carol Service appeal is for local homelessness charity Porchlight.

Library opening times

Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company is Associate to the School of Arts. Their new show, Beyond the Marigolds’ opens at the Theatre Royal on 25 November at 19.30, and then travels to The Gulbenkian on 2 December. The performance at the Gulbenkian will be accompanied by their photographic exhibition ‘Coming of Age’ featuring images taken over the years by photographer Matt Wison.

This is not about age – it is about being human Thrilling Delightful and strangely moving Inspirational

Beyond the Marigolds peels off those iconic rubber gloves and dredges the nooks and crannies of daily life and fantasy. Revisiting times of love, intimacy and sheer boredom seven women reveal the rich emotional hinterland held secret by older women. Combining live and digital forms, the company takes their audience on a journey of life’s messy acts of meaning and attempt nothing less than to discover the purpose of life.
https://vimeo.com/191451611

Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company create high quality performance opportunities for older people. Working as co-authors, we celebrate the vitality of participants, challenging views of being an old woman, providing a performance platform for those voices to be heard via movement, music and digital projection. We consider the funny side of things, the stuff of life, and all that moves us, producing work that is daring, comic, and moving.

If you would like any further information please email the School of Arts.

Study Plus courses are running during Weeks 9-12

KE076 How does it work? Electronic devices 23 November
KE077 How does it work? Personal communications 30 November
KE078 How does it work? Transport and travel 7 December
KE108 Beginners’ spreadsheets with Excel 2 December
KE109 Preparing dissertations and extended assignments with MS Word 6 or 7 December
KE114 Woodland crafts: origins and making of Christmas wreaths 7 December

You can find the courses in Workshops>Study Plus in the Student Data System. Find out more on the Study Plus website: www.kent.ac.uk/studyplus

On Saturday 26 November, Let’s Play will be hosting another UV Sports Night in the Kent Sports Centre, Canterbury campus.

For just £2.00, you can attend any of the UV sports, fitness classes and roller disco (please see a full list of events below.)

Buy your ticket online or go to the Kent Sports Centre reception. Spaces are limited, so make sure you book on to the sessions you want to attend today!

We look forward to seeing you there and remember, wear your neon or white!

Facebook event: http://ow.ly/r19j306jhlm

UV SPORTS 
Main Hall
5:30pm -8:30 pm Badminton & Table Tennis
5:30 pm -7:00 pm Women’s Basketball
7:00 pm -8:30 pm Men’s Basketball
9:00 pm -10:30 pm Volleyball

UV FITNESS CLASSES
Studio
5:00 pm -5:45 pm Spinning
6:00 pm -6:45 pm Zumba
7:00 pm -7:45 pm Yoga
8:00 pm -8:45 pm Zumba

ROLLER DISCO
Hall 2 
6:00 pm -7:00 pm 
7:00 pm -8:00 pm
8:00pm- 9:00 pm

The television show, Celebrity Antiques Road Trip visited the University’s British Cartoon Archive in August. The episode is to be aired on Friday 18 November.

The show sees two contestants travelling around an area (each with an antiques expert) competing against each other in buying and selling antiques. The Celebrity version is for charity. Within each show the celebrity and their expert presenter visits a collection or site of national and historical significance.

Vic Reeves visited the British Cartoon Archive with expert Charlie Ross and spoke to Dr Nick Hiley. Vic has an interest in painting and drawing and came to see original drawings within the Cartoon Archive collections. Material shown included First World War cartoons by W.K. Haselden collection and Second World War cartoons by Carl Giles Collection.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b083h60x