Tell us how we can improve travel for you to, from and around our campuses! Complete the Travel Plan Survey online by Friday 13 November 2015 using the link below:

https://www.kent.ac.uk/estates/services/transport/survey/

Don’t forget to provide your University of Kent email address at the end of the survey if you want to enter the prize draw. You could win £100 food voucher to use within the University’s catering outlets or one of 200 hot drinks vouchers.

The survey takes around 10 minutes to complete depending on how much information you are willing to share with us.

The data from this survey will be used to update the University Travel Plans, which are a detailed set of actions with the aim to reduce single car occupancy, where possible, and to provide alternative means of transport to create a greener, healthier environment for students, staff and the local community.

The £10 Challenge is an opportunity for you to demonstrate your practical application of entrepreneurial skills to future employers.

We give you a £10 investment and you try and turn that £10 into a profit. It’s that simple.

How can I get involved?

Come along to the competition launch during Employability Festival on Friday 6 November at 12pm in Keynes Lecture Theatre 3.

What’s in it for me?

First prize is a £100 Amazon voucher

(Second prize is a £50 Amazon Voucher and third prize is a £20 Amazon voucher)

Every entrant gets 15 Employability Points

To find out more visit our webpages or email mailto:hive@kent.ac.uk

Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

This year the Kent Law Campaign Student Group will be hosting their annual 5km fun run, ‘Run for Your Life’ on Saturday 31st October in aid of the Kent Law Campaign. There will be prizes for the fastest male runner, fastest female runner and best fancy dress costume!

There are several ways in which you can get involved:

Take part in the 5km fun run by registering online. All participants will receive a sponsorship pack and t-shirt when they register. You are encouraged to wear fancy dress to get in the spirit of Halloween.

Support the Student Group by volunteering on the day. Email your details to the Student Group for more information on support needed. kentlawcampaign@gmail.com

Be an official photographer and help capture the day forever. Email your details to the Student Group. kentlawcampaign@gmail.com

Registration will start at 12noon on Saturday 31st October in Senate Committee Rooms 1 & 2, a warm-up from one of our Kent Sport instructors will commence at 1.30pm on the Senate Lawn (weather permitted) which will then kick start the run at 2pm outside the Law School.

Advance entry is £10, on the day the entry fee will be £12 so it is worth signing up early! Your entry fee includes a Kent Law Campaign t-shirt, a sponsorship pack, a Kent Law Campaign medal and a goody bag.

Runners are also encouraged to get sponsorship from friends and family, all sponsorship raised will be matched pound for pound by the University and will go towards the new Kent Law Clinic and Mooting Chamber!

Get a taste of life as an Army Officer at a unique event happening at the Jarman Piazza, Canterbury Campus on 26 and 27 October. Come along and you can train alongside a PTI from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, as well as taking on the Sandhurst obstacle course and experiencing skydiving in 360° virtual reality. Finish top of our leaderboard and you could win a real skydiving experience with the Army Red Devils.

The Army officer event will be followed by an interactive presentation and networking session.

As part of the School of Politics and International Relations Beacon Project, Diplomacy@Kent is pleased to welcome Erik Solheim, Chair of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee.

Erik Solheim was the former Norwegian Special Envoy to Sri Lanka and one of the key diplomats leading the Norwegian Peace Process (2001-2006). He has also held the combined portfolio of Norway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development (2007-2012). As Minister, he contributed to peace processes in Sudan, Nepal, Myanmar and Burundi. He is presently Chair of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee.

Erik Solheim will be presenting ‘Sri Lanka: The Roadmap to Reconciliation’. The talk will take place on Wednesday 28 October 2015 at 09.30-11.00am in Darwin Lecture Theatre 3.

All are welcome to attend and we look forward to seeing you there.

Please do come early as seating is limited.

Read more at: https://www.kent.ac.uk/politics/news-events/calendar.html?eid=15939&view_by=day&date=20151028&category=Lectures%20talks%20and%20seminars&tag=

Jobshop will be hosting a mini Part-time, Temporary and Seasonal Recruitment Fair on Thursday 29^th October, from 12.00 to 15.00 in Keynes Foyer, Keynes College. A range of exhibitors will be attending the event, including Apple, World Duty Free Group and Gillingham Football Club to name a few. This is an excellent opportunity for students to come along and meet local employers, giving them the opportunity to find out about a range of positions available.

As part of the School of Politics and International Relations Beacon Project, Diplomacy @ Kent is pleased to welcome Ambassador Poikans, Ambassador for Eastern Partnership, MFA Latvia.

Juris Poikans began his diplomatic career with the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1996 and has since held several important postings at the Ministry and at Latvia’s Embassies across Europe and in the USA. He is presently serving as Latvia’s Ambassador-at-Large for the Eastern Partnership as well as the Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova. In his role as Ambassador to the Eastern Partnership he was responsible for co-ordinating Eastern Partnership related policies during Latvia’s recently completed EU Presidency (January –  June 2015). His previous postings include Deputy Chief of Mission at Latvia’s Embassy to the USA and as Latvia’s Ambassador to Slovenia, BosniaHerzegovina and Kosovo.

Juris Poikans will be presenting ‘The EU’s Eastern neighbourhood: challenges and perspectives for the European Union’. The talk will take place on Wednesday 14 October 2015 at 17.00 in Grimond Lecture Theatre 2, followed by a drinks reception in Aphra Foyer.

All are welcome to attend and we look forward to seeing you there.

Read more at: https://www.kent.ac.uk/politics/news-events/calendar.html?eid=14998&view_by=day&date=20151014&category=&tag=

Kent Sport is now providing two more golf taster sessions, open to all and free of charge. The taster sessions will be at Boughton Golf Club at the following times:

Thursday 8 October 17.00 to 18.00

Sunday 11 October 10.00 to 11.00

Whether you have already have some experience at golf or are completely new to the sport you can benefit from this free coaching with an experienced and qualified professional coach.

You can sign up for any or all of these sessions by emailing sportsenquiries@kent.ac.uk on a first come first served basis as places are limited. Equipment will be provided for anyone who requires it you will just need some comfortable clothes suitable for swinging golf clubs!

Kent Sport Gold and Silver membership now includes free Silver membership to Boughton Golf Course worth £99, so why not join in and see if you like it. Details of 6-8 week golf coaching courses will be released shortly, so Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @UniKentSports to stay up to date.

Do you enjoy helping others to learn a language? Or would you like to meet students at Kent who can help improve a language you are currently learning? If so, you might be interested in joining Language Exchange with the Centre for English and World Languages.

Language Exchange is a Moodle based language community in which we encourage students to pair up and exchange information and knowledge of their respective cultures and languages. In support of this the Centre for English and World Language also host Language Exchange evenings once a term for students who are learning Mandarin, Russian, Japanese or Arabic to meet native speakers of their target language to socialise and practice speaking and listening.

If you would like to know more about Language Exchange and to sign up please visit http://www.kent.ac.uk/international-pathways/current-students/student-experience.html?tab=language-exchange.

To book a place on our Autumn Language Exchange evening please see https://kent.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/2015-autumn-language-exchange.