{"id":3775,"date":"2026-10-27T13:49:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:43:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:43:53","slug":"finding-your-feet-at-kent-finding-your-people-and-getting-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/10\/27\/finding-your-feet-at-kent-finding-your-people-and-getting-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding your feet at Kent: Finding your people and getting involved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You don\u2019t need to find a whole group of friends straight away. Try a small step, like chatting to someone before class or going to an event that interests you. Getting involved can help you meet people through something you already enjoy, or give you the chance to try something new.<\/p>\n<p>Kent Students\u2019 Union (KSU) has a huge range of <a href=\"https:\/\/ksu.co.uk\/activities\">societies, sports clubs and student groups<\/a> so you can meet people through an interest you already have or try something new. Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/ksu.co.uk\/events\">KSU events calendar<\/a> for what\u2019s coming up, including daytime and non-alcoholic activities, socials and Give It A Go (GIAG) sessions. Medway students can also find events at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehubmedway.co.uk\/whatson\/\">The Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ksu.co.uk\/cultural-celebration\"><strong>Cultural Celebration Week<\/strong><\/a><strong> is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate students\u2019 cultural identities and foster a sense of belonging. Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/events\">events calendar<\/a> for this year\u2019s details.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re returning to university, your friendships and interests may have changed since last year. That\u2019s okay: you can get involved at any point. Pick something that feels right for you and see how it goes.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in our <strong>Finding Your Feet<\/strong> series<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/news\/3779\/finding-your-feet-at-kent-getting-help-with-money-housing-and-commuting\">Money, housing and commuting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/news\/3771\/finding-your-feet-at-kent-getting-into-a-routine-and-keeping-on-top-of-your-studies\">Keeping on top of your studies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/news\/3782\/finding-your-feet-at-kent-balancing-study-wellbeing-and-everything-else\">Finding a study\/life balance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don\u2019t need to find a whole group of friends straight away. Try a small step, like chatting to someone before class or going to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/10\/27\/finding-your-feet-at-kent-finding-your-people-and-getting-involved\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87073,"featured_media":3777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[312383,183846,312220],"tags":[314665],"class_list":["post-3775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-health-and-wellbeing","category-social-and-sport","tag-finding-your-feet"],"sub_title":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3775"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3809,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3775\/revisions\/3809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}