The next meeting of the Kent Enterprise and Impact Network (KEIN) will take place on Wednesday, 8th November, 12.00 -14.00, Gillingham Building, G3-05 – Medway Campus.

KEIN, a network jointly created by Kent Innovation & Enterprise (KIE) and Learning and Development (L&D), brings together staff interested in collaboration. Academics, researchers, technicians and other members of staff can explore innovation and enterprise activities, maximising the impact of their work, and alternative sources of funding, in an informal setting.

This session will give information on the subject of enterprise funding. KIE’s Chris Nash (Innovation Officer for Funding) will deliver a presentation on the support offered for enterprise funding, and Dr John Dickinson, Reader in the School of Sports and Exercise Sciences, will share his experiences of working with external organisations as partners and clients, will tell us about his recently awarded a Knowledge Transfer Partnership, with Manchester-based, Smart life, worth £163, 000.

All University staff are welcome to attend. To reserve your place at the session, including a free light lunch, please email entadmin@kent.ac.uk and specify any dietary or access requirements.

If you would like to come along for the presentations only, you are welcome to turn up on the day without booking a place and feel free to bring your lunch with you.

After a networking lunch, there will be two short presentations with Q+A, and informal discussion.

If you have any enterprise ideas or ideas prompted by the presentations, this is also an opportunity to share these and hear about how the University can provide support

International law scholar Professor Anne Orford will examine punitive responses to the current migrant and refugee crisis from a longer legal and social historical perspective for the 2017/18 Centre for Critical International Laws (CeCIL) Annual Lecture.

When is the talk?
The talk on Surplus Population and the History of International Law will be held on Kent’s Canterbury campus on Thursday 30 November.

Professor Orfords talk is open to all and will begin at 18.00 in Grimond Lecture Theatre 3 with an introduction by CeCIL staff member Professor Donatella Alessandrini. It will be preceded by a reception in Grinond Foyer from 17.00

Who is Professor Orford?

Professor Orford is Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, Michael D Kirby Chair of International Law, and Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow at Melbourne Law School, where she directs the Laureate Program in International Law. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and a past President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law.

Her scholarship combines study of the history and theory of international law, analysis of developments in international legal doctrines and practice, and an engagement with central debates and concepts in related fields, in order to grasp the changing nature and role of international law in contemporary politics. Recent publications include International Authority and the Responsibility to Protect (Cambridge University Press 2011) and, as co-editor, The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law (Oxford University Press 2016).

In anticipation of this years event, CeCIL is posting a special series of Professor Anne Orford quotes on its Facebook page.

CeCIL is an innovative research centre which aims to foster critical approaches to the field of international law, and other areas of law that touch upon global legal problems.

The University’s academic staff are leading the way in outstanding research and teaching, and this has been recognised in our latest promotions.

Seventy members of Kent’s academic staff have been promoted to professor, reader, senior lecturer or senior research fellow across our Faculties of Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences, with effect from 1 October 2017.

The new professors include: Dr David Stirrup, School of English; Dr Natalia Sobrevilla Perea, School of European Culture and Languages; Dr Julio Hernandez Castro, School of computing; Dr Farzin Deravi and Dr Gareth Howells, School of Engineering and Digital Arts; Dr Donatella Alessandrini, Dr Kate Bedford and Dr Emily Grabham, Kent Law School; Dr Zoe Davies and Dr Tracy Kivell, School of Anthropology and Conservation; Dr Georgina Randsley de Moura, Dr David Wilkinson and Dr David Williams, School of Psychology; Dr Peter Langdon, Dr Ellie Lee and Dr Iain Wilkinson, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research.

Alison Ross-Green, Director of HR and Organisational Development, said: ‘The University is dependent upon the personal growth and career attainment of its academic staff to refresh, develop and strengthen the organisation. Our successes in league tables and surveys are in no small part a reflection of the number of individuals whose hard work has been reflected in our promotion figures.’

Further information on all the newly-promoted academics is available at https://www.kent.ac.uk/campusonline/promotions

The KentVision Programme has launched a new SharePoint site and we would like to invite you to visit the site to find out more about the Programme.

The University is going through a major business change programme in implementing a new student management system for the 2018-19 academic year. The new site is being launched to provide a resource for you as stakeholders.

There is information about the Programme, what we’re doing and the areas we’re working in, including a range of FAQ’s that could have the answers you’re looking for (but if not, we look forward to hearing from you!).

And it’s not just somewhere for a one off visit, we will be providing updates and adding more content all the time – it’ll be worth you coming back! We’ll keep in touch to let you know the best times to visit again.

Email: KentVision@kent.ac.uk

STOP PRESS!

KentVision Open Forum to be held in December. All Staff welcome – come along to find out more about KentVision, what we’re doing and what it means for you.

• Canterbury – Wednesday 13^th December, 2.30pm
• Medway – Thursday 14^th December, 2.30pm

 Room information and more to follow soon.

Your UKM Student for 2017/18 is final year Journalism student Elaine.

Elaine will be providing updates on all things happening at Medway on her Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts. You can also ask her any questions you have about student life at Medway.

Follow her now on:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram

A mini-symposium on the theme of ‘Life after Death/Destiny’, with input from members of five World Faiths, will take place on Monday 6 November from 18.00-19.00 in Keynes Lecture Theatre 5.

It will be followed by a vegetarian buffet provided by Kent Hospitality and funded by the University Chaplaincy.

Leaders of student faith groups and societies will also showcase some forthcoming events.

From 8 -13 December, BA (Hons) Fine Art 3rd year students will again be holding their annual interim show in the historic Chatham House on Rochester high-street.

The building, a Georgian brewery in the process of being restored, offers a series of extraordinary spaces over three floors, some undisturbed for decades. They include an intact 18th century wine cellar, a family chapel and grand formal staircase.

Working with the project manager, students apply their practice to propose, create and install work in response to the unique environment of the building, with work ranging from performance, sound and projection to installation and painting.

Last year’s show attracted over 200 visitors to the private view alone and grants 3rd year students a valuable opportunity to take their work into the ‘real’ world beyond their studios.

Working as a group, students curate, manage the budget and publicise the show gaining experience of a public audience and of working together in preparation for their final exhibition and degree show in May.

This year’s show opens on Friday 8 December running until Wednesday 13 December, 11.00-16.00, and is open to the public.

Venue: Chatham House, High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1DA