Minerva Voices presents a summer evening performance set amidst the historic grounds of Canterbury’s eleventh-century castle next week, on Tuesday 24 May.
As the sun sets, the ancient flint and sandstone walls of the surviving keep will ring to the upper-voice chamber choir’s colourful programme, which includes medieval plainsong, Norwegian folksong, Veljo Tormis ‘filigree Spring Sketches,’ Bob Chilcott’s scintillating ‘Song of the Stars,’ and pieces by Mozart, Holst and Gounod. The concert will conclude with a dramatic Norwegian telling of the ‘Song of Roland,’ for which the choir will be joined by percussionist Cory Adams.

The concert starts at 19.30, and is with the kind permission of Canterbury City Council. Please note that there is no seating at the site, so you might like to bring a blanket or folding-chair; the performance will last approximately fifty minutes.

The Publishing Office is creating this year’s Extras, a student life magazine sent to all Kent undergraduate applicants and we’d love your help with two of the features: ‘Why we love Kent Uni’ and ‘Six of the Best’. 

Why we love Kent Uni feature

We’re looking for short quotes of 50-100 words, about why you love the University of Kent. If you would like to help, simply email your quote, full name and the subject you are studying to co28@kent.ac.uk

Six of the Best feature

Tell us about your favourite places on and off-campus. Simply fill in the questionnaire at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/cant2017

As a thank you, we will give a £10 Amazon voucher for any quote we publish in the Extras magazine. If you need a little inspiration, why not check out last year’s magazine at www.kent.ac.uk/extras

Please note: The closing date is Monday 30 May 2016 and we reserve the right to make minor edits.

Keynes College is delighted to host ‘Coming of Age’: an exhibition by the Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company. The exhibition features photographs of company members and their work captured over the years by Matt Wilson, and will be on display in the first floor Keynes Teaching Foyer from 11 May to 22 June.

Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company is an innovative company that offers workshop and performance opportunities for older women. Participants have the opportunity to try out new dance-theatre based skills and make high quality performance projects alongside professional artists. Celebrating life-long creativity, the company challenges views of being an ‘old’ woman, and offers older women a presence in the world of performance where they are rarely offered the opportunity to participate, let alone valued or applauded. Their work considers the funny side of things, the stuff of life, and in order to reach as diverse an audience as possible, they perform both in traditional venues, as well as in public spaces, such as the streets.

The core company, Moving Memory is a company of women aged between 53 and 83, who have been working and performing together for the last six years, touring all over the South East. The company’s strong concern with the representation of women in society stimulates in the work a unique wry humour reflecting the company’s life experiences, the work often startling and surprising audiences. The company have a strong interest in exploring the creative use of digital technologies in choreographing and presenting performance. Work to date has been funded by Arts Council England, Kent County Council, University of Kent, and through host/venue fees. The company will be touring their new show, Beyond the Marigolds, in autumn 2016.

www.movingmemorydance.com

“There Is An Alternative! Critical Comics and Cartoons” is now live in The Gallery at the Templeman Library (Floor 1, West), at The University of Kent, Canterbury Campus. The exhibition can be visited, free of charge, until the first of July. For more information about visiting, please refer to https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/templeman-exhibitions/visiting/. For pictures, please refer to https://tinyurl.com/TIAAKENT.

Through the displayed material, and drawing on the position of comics as an underground or marginal form, the exhibition investigates the issue of what it means to be ‘alternative’ and ‘critical’ in contemporary society.

The material on display comes from a variety of sources, most prominently the Les Coleman Collection at the London College of Communication, the British Cartoon Archive at The University of Kent and personal collections of artists. The exhibition showcases originals, published work, reprints an paraphernalia of mostly British and American artists, including Andy Singer, Cristy C. Road, Darrin Bell, Gord Hill, Hunt Emerson, J.J. McCollough, James van Otto, Jen Sorensen, Kate Evans, Khalid Albaih, Lauren Weinstein, Matt Bors, Mike Goodwin and Dan E. Burr, Rachael House, Robert Armstrong, Safdar Ahmed, Spike Trotman, Stephanie McMillan, Suzy Varty Ted Rall, Tom Tomorrow (Dan Perkins) and Vegan Sidekick.

This exhibition was made possible with generous financial support from the Templeman Library Exhibition Fund, Creative Campus, the School of Arts Graduate Studies Committee, the Centre for Popular and Comic Performance, the Centre for Film and Media Research and the Aesthetics Research Centre.

This Mental Health Awareness Week (16-22 May 2016), we want to highlight the services and support available to you as well as a range of de-stressing events.

Stamp out stress with activities at Kent Sport

View all the ‘Stamp Out Stress’ events taking place throughout the third term in the Kent Sport event brochure.

Why not relax with a sports massage? Visit the Kent Sport Physiotherapy Clinic at the Sports Centre to find out what is available during the exam period.

Relax at the Library

There’s also a wellbeing book exhibition in Templeman Library with relaxing giveaways such as tea bags (while stocks last!). Find out more about the activities happening in the Library.

Get advice from Student Support and Wellbeing and other services

• Big White Wall – if you’re going through a stressful time or struggling with mental health issues, you can get free online support from Big White Wall. Watch the video for more details.
• Kent Student Social Support Network, is a group of students who meet every fortnight to socialise and support one another through the ups and downs university life can bring. To get involved email studentsocialsupportnetwork@kent.ac.uk
• Self-help guides and e-books – there are free wellbeing and study e-books available on the University website. Books range from exam and revision tips to managing stress and depression.
• Wellbeing Zone – sign up for the University’s free wellbeing app.
• Meditation CD – learn how to relax with the help of a meditation CD created by a fellow student and University staff. Find out more and how to get the CD.
• Oasis Garden – if you ever feel you need to escape reality for a bit head down to the Oasis Garden. The garden is located on the land next to Parkwood and the Crab and Winkle Way in Canterbury.

EDA Mental Health Awareness Week

The School of Engineering and Digital Arts is also running a series of events for Mental Health Awareness Week.

Look out for books and giveaways in the Library to help you look after yourself this term.

It’s important to keep your mind and body healthy when you’re working hard and getting ready for exams. In the Library we’ve got books and e-books to help you with topics including:

• Revision skills
• Coping with stress
• Mindfulness
• Happiness and staying positive

They’re light reading and you can dip into them – perfect if you need a break from your revision notes.

Find our wellbeing book exhibition in Templeman West and East, with relaxing giveaways such as tea bags – while stocks last!

If you live in accommodation on the Canterbury campus and you have an issue with your bedroom, you can report your accommodation defects online*.

How to report your accommodation defect: 

1. Visit the online defect reporting system
2. Log in with your student username and password
3. Following the online instructions, complete the short report form
4. Click ‘save’ and you will receive an email confirmation with a report number
5. Your fault will be dealt within the next five working days

For further information on level of response times, maintenance problems in your campus accommodation and other related issues, please visit the Accommodation Office website.

Please note that in the case of an emergency during working hours (08.00 – 16.30), please contact the Estates Helpdesk on ext 3209. For all other times, contact Campus Security on ext 3300. Emergencies include gas leak, flood and electrical shutdown of a building.

*Please note, this system doesn’t apply to Woolf College – where residents should inform Woolf College reception of any accommodation faults.

On 5 May at 18.30 in the Gulbenkian Cinema is screening a historical drama `ARARAT` by Canadian-French Director Atom Egoyan. Please for more information visit the below link and feel free to reserve your places online free of charge.
You will not be charged for the tickets, but it is compulsory to register online prior attending the event.
https://uk.patronbase.com/_Gulbenkian/Sections/Choose?prod_id=BSL&perf_id=2

Summary of the Movie is presented below:

“ARARAT“ is a 2002 Canadian-French drama historical film written and directed by Atom Egoyan and starring Charles Aznavour, Christopher Plummer, David Alpay, Arsinée Khanjian, Eric Bogosian, Bruce Greenwood and Elias Koteas.
A film within a film, this is a contemporary story of the making of a historical epic about the Armenian Genocide between 1915 and 1918. Filmmaker Edward Sorayan is making a non-documentary movie recounting the 1915 Armenian Genocide. This movie will be controversial if only because of the denial by the Turkish government that the genocide even exists. Regardless, Sorayan plans on using what he considers real life events and people as the basis for the movie.

Kent Union just launched the BME (Black & Minority Ethnic) Student Voices project which will conduct research into experiences of BME students at the University of Kent in order to identify barriers to academic and social success whilst studying.

We are currently looking for UK domiciled BME students to take part in short one-to–one interviews with the project researcher regarding their experiences at the University of Kent. The project will be exploring the link between social engagement and academic performance. It will also help us establish measures to overcome the attainment and participation gap of BME students within Kent Union, target the issues that need increased support and resources for student led organisation of events like Black History Month (October 2016).

To thank you for your participation, all interviewees will be given a £5 Kent Union voucher redeemable in Essentials, Woody’s (Coopers in Medway)and the Library Café.

For more information or to sign up for an interview please contact Krys at k.gaillard@kent.ac.uk.
Sign up here http://unionkent.wufoo.com/forms/x10oh1l71i6vzjo/ or join us here BME Student Voices Project(https://www.facebook.com/events/213680512344512/)