The Examination and Assessment Check for 2019 exams is now open.

Please check your details are correct for the 2019 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.

Closing: Wednesday 27th February, 4pm

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

www.kent.ac.uk/exams

Colleagues are invited to attend this collaborative Teaching and Technology event taking place on Tuesday 26 February from 10.00-14.00.

The morning session, in Sibson Lecture Theatre 2, will include presentations from academics from all three Faculties on their successful TESSAs (Teaching Enhancement Awards) projects involving technology.

During the afternoon, colleagues will demonstrate technology and discuss support available at the University in the format of workshops and hands-on sessions.  Students will also be involved in a panel discussion on how they are using technology to support their learning.

Please click on the TESSAs webpages for the programme for the day and to book a place.

Yvonne Sherwood, Professor of Biblical Cultures and Politics in the Department of Religious Studies, was recently interviewed for BBC Radio 4’s ‘Beyond Belief’ programme for an episode on blasphemy.

Yvonne describes how many people trace the roots of blasphemy to the Ten Commandments and to the idea of ‘taking the name of the Lord in vain’, but also discusses the general uncertainty over what blasphemy means in a modern context.

Discussing the right to free speech and causing offence, Yvonne says: ‘Many people feel the privileging of religious beliefs is a special category that needs to be protected over political beliefs…and also the idea that someone’s religious identity goes to the very core of their person and must be respected.’

Student Services are running a series of informal lunchtime talks in spring term 2019. These talks are given by specialist staff on a variety of student related topics to help share experiences and best practice. All staff are welcome to attend and there is no need to register in advance. The talks are presented in Canterbury and available via live video link in Medway.

Each talk will start at 1.10pm and finish by 2.00pm. Staff can bring their lunch if they wish.

• Self-care when supporting students – Suzanne Balabil: Tuesday 5 February 2019, Keynes Lecture Theatre 6 / Medway Building Room 1-16
• Impact of sport on improving mental health – Oli Prior: Wednesday 20 February 2019, Keynes Lecture Theatre 5 / Medway Building Room 1-16
• LGBT+ Mythbusters – Becky Lamyman: Monday 25 February, Keynes Seminar Room 16 / Medway Building Room 1-16
• Supporting student attendance – Stone Fitzgerald: Thursday 7 March, Keynes Lecture Theatre 6 / Medway Building Room 1-16
• Supporting international students – looking at cultural differences and adjusting to university life in England – Charlene Earl: Friday 22 March, Keynes Seminar Room 16 / Medway Building Room 1-16
• Guidance for staff encountering suicidal behaviour – Coral Warner: Monday 1 April, Keynes Seminar Room 16 / Medway Building Room 1-16

Dr Oliver Double, Reader in Drama within the School of Arts, will feature of the next episode of the BBC documentary series imagine…, which focuses on comedienne and national treasure Jo Brand. The episode will be broadcast on BBC1 this Monday, 28 January 2018, at 10.45pm.

Jo Brand is a familiar face from regularly presenting BBC1’s Have I Got News For Youand Channel 4’s An Extra Slice.

Brand first burst onto the nation’s largely male stand-up comedy scene in the 1980s – dressed in baggy black outfits and Dr Martens boots, and calling herself the Sea Monster. In doing so, she revolutionised what women could be – and say – on stage.

The documentary is presented by Alan Yentob and explores Brand’s working-class background, from a teenage tearaway to a psychiatric nurse. Olly is one of several contributors appearing in the programme. Other luminaries that will feature in the programme include Peter Capaldi, Alan Davies, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Mark Thomas, Mary Beard, Morwenna Banks and Ian Hislop.

The programme will be available on the BBC’s iPlayer after broadcast.

Colleagues are invited to attend the Learning & Teaching Network half-day workshop taking place on Wednesday 13 February, from 13:30-17:00 in the UELT Seminar Room, Canterbury.

Presented by Dr Anne Wilson, Royal Literary Fund Consultant.

Do you have a brilliant idea for a project that would help improve your teaching and students’ learning? Or a project that develops your skills, leadership or reputation as a practitioner? If you do and would like to write a coherent grant proposal for either a TESSA or a Faculty Learning and Teaching Enhancement Fund grant, this workshop is for you. Come with an idea and develop it in a supportive atmosphere with colleagues’ help and the advice of an experienced grant proposal writer.

After this workshop you will be better able to:

assess whether your idea meets the criteria of the TESSA or Faculty Fund

• establish what the funders will look for when assessing your application

• match the aims and outcomes of your project to University priorities

• identify aspects you need to develop or where you need further information

• draft different sections of the application

It will be essential for participants to bring a laptop that will connect them to the TESSA and Faculty grant pages and to come with an idea (however undeveloped) for a  Teaching and Learning project.

Please confirm your attendance by completing the online booking form.

GOLKK Theatre, one of the Graduate Theatre Companies sponsored by the School of Arts, will be performing as part of the Resolution 2019 festival, currently being held at The Place, London on Thursday 31 January 2019. They will be performing the premiere of a piece entitled rest[less].

The Place is a dedicated dance and performance venue located in central London. It hosts the London Contemporary Dance School, validated by the University of Kent.

rest[less] is a non-narrative piece, exploring the physical and psychological effects of over-working. It uses a unique movement language translates the topic into a seemingly abstract and absurd world. Inspired by the construction of beehives, the performance shows a relentlessly buzzing world of ‘work’ juxtaposed with a warm, honey-soaked ‘home’. A gallery of rehearsal images can be found on the School of Arts’ Facebook page here.

GOLKK was formed in 2016 and were Visiting Artist in Residence at the School of Arts and The Gulbenkian in 2018. During their residency they performed their previous show, Peeking in the Portrait, in Canterbury and Paris before taking it on a 2018 summer tour of gallery venues across Kent and then as part of Camden Fringe.

GOLKK Theatre consist of alumni Kristin Bacheva (BA Drama and Theatre, MA Physical Acting), Grace Wranosky (BA Drama and English America Literature, MA Physical Acting), Olaf Leiros (BA Drama and Theatre, MA Physical Acting),  and Luke Stokes (BA Drama and Theatre, MA Physical Acting).

rest[less] will be performed as part of a triple bill with Celine Fortenbacher’s Putzi Kamionka and PaMa’s Nono Sono the same evening, starting 7.30pm. Tickets cost £16/£12 concessions and can be booked here.

Aida Sharaf, a Stage 2 BA (Hons) in Film and Drama student in the School of Arts, has won a Community Scholarship for her application to produce a concert with original songs, with the aim of helping to raise awareness about mental health, abuse and discrimination. The concert, titled ‘Music for Change’, will take place on Wednesday 13 March 2019 at the Gulbenkian.

The Community Scholarship is offered by the University’s Student Services team and is aimed at students who are interested in providing opportunities within the local and campus communities. The scholarship offers the recipient financial support, advice and project management support, and the opportunity to develop personal and employability skills.

Aida is looking for singers, song writers, instrumentalists and composers to perform in her concert, titled Music for Change. Aida says ‘I thought this project would be a great opportunity to bring people together in order to create original songs. I have written a few songs for myself, and other singers who have joined me on the project. I have also recruited a few other song writers to perform and tell their stories, and others who are happy to pass their songs on to other singers. I have recruited some instrumentalists and composers to create raw sounds in order to complete the songs, however some songs will be performed over backing tracks. This is a concert allowing people to express themselves and tell their stories and also ensure others out there that they are not alone.’

The technical aspects of the concert will be covered by Tech31, a government-funded organisation which gives young people the opportunity to develop production and technical stage skills.

If you are a singer, song writers, instrumentalist or composer and would like to be involved with the project, please contact Aida at the following email: as2120@kent.ac.uk