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Project management training 23-24 July

Learning and Organisational Development will be running a two-day Project Management training course on 23 and 24 July.

Objectives and learning outcomes are as follows:

understand the need for a consistent approach to project management within the University
use the underlying principles contained within the University of Kent project management framework on all future projects
work with a colleague post course to develop your personal action plan
communicate the new project management approach to colleagues and partners within the University

Please make a booking via the Learning and Development activities calendar.

Discover the Changing Face of Medicine

Distinguished cardiothoracic surgeon, Professor Tom Treasure will give a presentation on The Changing Face of Medicine on Monday 18 June.

The event is arranged by the Centre for Professional Practice and will explore how changing ideas in medicine shaped today’s healthcare. It takes place from 19.00-21.00 at Sun Pier House, Medway Street, Chatham, ME4 4HF, and admission is free.

Professor Treasure is currently Honorary Professor of the Clinical Operations Research Unit at University College, London and has chaired, participated and advised numerous initiatives and organisations and was a Director of the British Heart Foundation between 1996 and 2001.

He has wide ranging interests in medicine in general and surgery in particular and, after more than two decades as a world-renowned expert cardiac surgery, broadened his scope to cover both heart and lungs.

His fascination with the history of medicine led him to rescue documents from parts of Guys Hospital which were scheduled for demolition in the course of its refurbishment in the 1990s. Among these were meticulously-kept records belonging to ‘The Heart Club’ a group of surgeons at Guys who pioneered heart surgery in 1940’s Britain. Inspired by this he wrote a book of the same name which detailed the bravery of surgeons who dared to challenge and overturn centuries of dogma using the evidence of treating injured WW2 service personnel to do so.

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This free event is hosted by the University of Kent’s Centre for Professional Practice (CPP). The Centre’s part-time, flexible work-related programmes BA/BSc Top-up in Professional Practice or MA/MSc in Professional Practice and short courses have been specifically designed to meet the needs of working professionals who wish to develop their academic ability while maintaining their professional role.

Ruth’s charity bike ride

On 29 July 2018 Ruth Newman, from the Student Immigration Compliance Team, will be taking part in Ride London, cycling 100 miles from east London out to the Surrey hills and back.

Ruth is riding to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT), a charity which creates world-class cancer services for young people, providing care and support so that they don’t have to face cancer alone. This is the second time she has taken part in the event and she aims to raise £1,000 to help the TCT continue its work with young people.

A regular cyclist, Ruth has been training for Ride London with a good few 50 mile+ rides completed at weekends, as well as regular cycle rides to work. You can help her reach her target by donating online.

Medway Festival of Learning and Teaching: Register now

Registration for this year’s Medway Festival of Learning and Teaching is now open.

Entitled ‘Inclusive Practice and Student Success: Leading Change across the Medway Campus’, the Festival takes place on Thursday 13 September, from 09.00 to 14.00 in PK008, Pilkington Building, Medway Campus.

All staff are welcome to attend. Email cpdbookings@kent.ac.uk to book a place at the event and confirm your dietary requirements.

Technician Commitment launch event Wednesday 4 July

Learning and Organisational Development invite technical staff at the University to an event to launch the Technician Commitment.

The event will take place at the Canterbury Campus on Wednesday 4 July between 11.00 and 14.00. This will be an informal event, that includes lunch, and will:

Launch the Technician Commitment at Kent and generate ideas about how Kent can meet its pledge to technicians
Celebrate the contribution of Kent’s technical staff

Representatives from the Technician Commitment and the National Technician Development Centre will be attending.

Please book a place through the Learning and Organisational Development activities calendar by 19 June 2018.

Places available on pre-retirement seminar – 4 or 27 June

Learning and Organisational Development have places available on a pre-retirement seminar taking place on either Monday 4 June or Wednesday 27 June, from 9.00 to 16.30.

The seminar will provide you with an introduction to the issues affecting your retirement and help you to plan both financially and emotionally for the next phase of your life.

It will include sessions on:

financial planning including investments and taxation
your occupational pension benefits
your state pension entitlement
adjusting to and planning for retirement

To secure a place on 4 June please email the Learning and Organisational Development team ldev@kent.ac.uk.

To secure a place on 27 June, please make a booking via the Learning and Development events calendar.

Condolences for Jacqueline Hill

We are saddened to learn of the death of Jacqueline Hill (née Marchand) on 28 April this year, at the age of 89. With her husband John, she was a founder of the original University of Kent Language Centre from 1966. She taught French language within what was initially the Institute of Language and Linguistics (ILL) and later the Board of Applied Languages and Linguistics (BALL) before her retirement in 1992.

As someone directly responsible for preparing students from a wide range of disciplines for study in Europe, she played a key role in building ‘the UK’s European University’.

Cellular Dynamics to feature at Cheltenham Science Festival

Cellular Dynamics – a collaboration between the School of Biosciences and the Music Department – will be one of the opening events of the Cheltenham Science Festival on Tuesday 5 June at 20.30 in the Parabola Arts Centre.

Cellular Dynamics merges cutting-edge biological research with live musical performance. It explores fundamental biological processes and concepts – such as cell growth and division, neural development, and synthetic biology – through projection of images and video derived from research undertaken at Kent. Curated and presented by Dr Dan Lloyd from the School of Biosciences, the performance features musical repertoire for piano – including Satie, Debussy, Glass and others – selected in collaboration with Daniel Harding, Deputy Director of Music, and performed by pianist and composer Matthew King.

The Cheltenham Science Festival is described by Professor Brian Cox as “the premier science festival in the UK”. Cellular Dynamics will also be featured at the Norwich Festival of Science (October) and the Hong Kong Festival of Ideas (January 2018).

Prestigious Inner Temple scholarship for Kent student

Kent Law student Andreas Malekos is one step closer to achieving his ambition of becoming a barrister after being awarded a prestigious scholarship of almost £20,000 by the Inner Temple.

The Inner Temple BPTC (Bar Professional Training Course) Scholarship of £19,700 will help support Andreas during his year of vocational training. The BPTC is designed to equip Andreas with the skills, knowledge, attitudes and competence to prepare for pupillage, the next stage in his professional training.

Andreas was interviewed at the Inner Temple, one of four Inns of Court that aspiring barristers are required to join, in March. After being taken to the Inn’s magnificent library, he was given half an hour to read an unreported case from a choice of three in his chosen area of law. He chose a criminal case involving psychoactive substances (legal highs), a topic he had studied in Public Law 2 the previous year.

He was then interviewed by a panel of four Inner Temple barristers, two of whom were Queen’s Counsel. Andreas said: ‘The panel members were incredibly charming and I immediately felt more at ease. I was first asked to analyse the case which I did by summarising the arguments made and the decision given. I was then asked for my opinion on the case – I criticised the judge for the lack of expert evidence referred to when reaching the decision that nitrous oxide (laughing gas) was not a medicinal substance.’

Andreas plans to begin his BPTC at City Law School in September. Although his main interests currently lie in both Criminal Law and Property Law, he says he is yet to come across an area of law that he doesn’t enjoy and will approach the BPTC with an open mind.

SMFA Fine Art students interviewed live on KMTV

School of Music and Fine Art students Olu Taiwo (MA Fine Art ) and Lynn Smith (BA Fine Art) were interviewed live on KMTV to talk about their 2018 degree shows.

Lynn Smith’s work explores nature and the spirit of place, investigating the landscape through sculpture, and using traditional craft within fine art.

Olu Taiwo’s work is concerned with memory – how we access and discard memories – experienced through his immersive art.

The 2018 Degree Shows, which feature work from graduating students studying Fine Art and Event and Experience Design, are open to the public every day from 10.00 to 17.00 until 26 May and are free to enter.

Find out more about the artists in the Fine Art Degree Show or book your ticket.