{"id":3898,"date":"2026-11-04T15:43:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2026-11-04T15:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:43:42","slug":"share-your-story-tell-us-about-living-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/11\/04\/share-your-story-tell-us-about-living-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Share Your Story: Tell Us About Living on Campus!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Have you loved living on campus? Discovered a favourite spot to relax, found your go-to coffee shop, or made memories that will last a lifetime? We want to hear about it!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re looking for <strong>10 students<\/strong> to share their personal experiences of living at the University of Kent and help future students discover what makes life on campus so special. Whether you&#8217;re a current resident or lived on campus in a previous year, we&#8217;d love to hear your story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option 1: Write a blog post<\/strong><br \/>\nWe are looking for students to submit a written piece of between <strong>100 and 500 words<\/strong>. Please include your name, year of study and email address at the top of your document.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option 2: Submit a short video<\/strong><br \/>\nWe are also looking for students to create short videos in the form of reels. Record a video of yourself introducing your experience of living on campus. Videos must be a maximum of <strong>60 seconds<\/strong>, filmed in portrait orientation and in high quality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What can you write\/film about?<\/strong><br \/>\nYour submission could cover one or more of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Living on campus:<\/strong> What do you love most about living here? What are the biggest benefits?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your experience:<\/strong> What has your time living on campus been like? Share your favourite memories.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your campus favourites:<\/strong> Where are your favourite places to eat, study, socialise or unwind? Do you have a favourite view?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your top tips:<\/strong> What advice would you give to students booking accommodation? When should they apply?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thinking about living off campus?<\/strong> What should students consider before making the move?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We want to hear about the things that make your university experience unique. There&#8217;s no need to be an expert writer \u2013 just be yourself!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I get involved?<\/strong><br \/>\nBefore submitting your blog post or video, please email <a href=\"mailto:CSMarketingTeam@kent.ac.uk\">CSMarketingTeam@kent.ac.uk<\/a> to let us know you&#8217;re interested in taking part.<br \/>\nA member of our team will then get back to you to confirm and provide you with the relevant guidelines and format for your submission.<br \/>\nOnce you&#8217;ve received these, you can start putting together your blog post or video and send it to us for consideration. We look forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s in it for me?<\/strong><br \/>\nIf your submission is selected for use, you&#8217;ll receive a <strong>\u00a310 Time2eat or Amazon voucher<\/strong> as a thank you! We&#8217;ll aim to feature as many submissions as possible, but unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that every entry will be used. If your piece is selected, we&#8217;ll contact you by email from <a href=\"mailto:CSMarketingTeam@kent.ac.uk\">CSMarketingTeam@kent.ac.uk<\/a>. You&#8217;ll need to reply to claim your voucher. Please note that we reserve the right to use your submission in University promotional literature across print and digital channels including social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I don&#8217;t currently live on campus. Can I still take part?<\/strong><br \/>\nAbsolutely! If you&#8217;ve lived on campus in a previous year, we&#8217;d still love to hear about your experiences of studying, living and socialising at Kent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will there be more opportunities to share my experiences?<\/strong><br \/>\nOf course! We&#8217;re always looking for ways to celebrate student life and hear directly from our students. Keep an eye on your Home@Halls notifications for future opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have a question?<\/strong><br \/>\nEmail <a href=\"mailto:CSMarketingTeam@kent.ac.uk\">CSMarketingTeam@kent.ac.uk<\/a> and a member of our team will be happy to help.<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t wait to hear your stories and discover what makes living at Kent special to you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you loved living on campus? Discovered a favourite spot to relax, found your go-to coffee shop, or made memories that will last a lifetime? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/11\/04\/share-your-story-tell-us-about-living-on-campus\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86550,"featured_media":3899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[223280],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accommodation-and-transport"],"sub_title":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898","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\/86550"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3901,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions\/3901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}