{"id":41,"date":"2025-06-09T11:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=41"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:07:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:07:38","slug":"summer-service-and-facility-opening-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2025\/06\/09\/summer-service-and-facility-opening-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer service and facility opening times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Living on or near campus over the Summer? Here\u2019s a list of summer service and facility opening times:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li><strong>Borrowing books and studying in the library:\u00a0<\/strong>See opening times for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/opening-hours-and-support#opening-hours\">Templeman Library<\/a>, Canterbury and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campus.medway.ac.uk\/\">Drill Hall Library<\/a>, Medway.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Asking your queries at Nexus<\/strong>: Nexus in Templeman Library is open 9:00-18:00 Monday to Friday and 12:00-18:00 on Saturdays (closed Sundays). Check the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/support\/nexus\">Nexus webpage<\/a>\u00a0for the latest updates and to access Nexus online.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accessing wellbeing and disability support:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/support\/wellbeing\">Student Support and Wellbeing<\/a>\u00a0are open Monday to Friday 9:00-13:00 and 14:00 \u2013 16:45.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Going to the campus shops:<\/strong>\u00a0Co op Plaza is open Monday-Friday 7:00-21:00, Saturday 8:00-21:00 and Sunday 12:00-18:00. Co op Park Wood will be closed over the summer break.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eating on campus<\/strong>: Our catering outlets have different opening days and times over the summer.\u00a0See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/catering#summer-vacation-opening-times\">catering outlet opening times<\/a>. For KSU\u2019s outlets: Woody\u2019s is open 12:00-19:00 everyday until 29 June and the Library Cafe is open Monday-Friday 9:00-16:00 (closed over the weekends). Visit their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kentstudentsunion\/?hl=en\">Instagram @kentstudentunion for more info.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Accessing the Campus Pantry:\u00a0<\/strong>KSU\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ksu.co.uk\/campus-pantry\">Campus Pantry<\/a>\u00a0is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10:00-16:00.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Getting careers advice<\/strong>: The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/careers\">Careers and Employability Service<\/a>\u00a0remains open 9:00-17:00, Monday \u2013 Friday throughout the summer, so you can continue to book appointments and work on your career.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Getting study support:\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/studies\/skills-for-academic-success\">Skills for Academic Success team<\/a>\u00a0are available Monday to Friday 9:00-17:00.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collecting post or asking questions at your accommodation reception<\/strong>: See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/life\/living-on-campus\/reception-services\">reception opening times<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spending time at Medway campus<\/strong>: The Hub will remain open throughout the summer but at limited times. Follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thehubmedway\/\">The Hub on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0to stay up to date.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thedeependmedway\/\">The Deep End<\/a>\u00a0is now closed until September. Reminder \u2013 the Campus Shuttle does not run outside of term-time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keeping active<\/strong>: You can still use the campus sport and fitness facilities over the summer, check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kent.ac.uk%2Fsports%2Fopening-hours&amp;data=05%7C02%7CM.Sandiford%40kent.ac.uk%7C4d47aa0e47a84204f0cc08dda1d9977e%7C51a9fa563f32449aa7213e3f49aa5e9a%7C0%7C0%7C638844678105622035%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=HEb%2Bl%2B82nXTklkUEOflGH0tJSwaY4WPtgfhNdnbw%2B8Q%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Kent Sport vacation opening hours.<\/a>\u00a0A full timetable of social sports and classes runs throughout the vacation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accessing KSU Advice Service<\/strong>: Summer drop-in for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ksu.co.uk\/advice\">Advice Service<\/a>\u00a0is available Monday, Wednesday and Friday 13:30-16:00. Phone service is available Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10:00-13:00.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please note, most services and facilities will be closed on the summer bank holiday (Monday 25 August).<\/p>\n<p>And of course,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/support\/safety\">Campus Security<\/a>\u00a0staff are on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Have a great summer!<\/p>\n<p>See our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/summer\">Summer at Kent webpage<\/a>\u00a0for all events and support for students living on or near campus over the Summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Living on or near campus over the Summer? Here\u2019s a list of summer service and facility opening times: Borrowing books and studying in the library:\u00a0See &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2025\/06\/09\/summer-service-and-facility-opening-times\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40853,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[312383,205698,223280,223276,183846,312220],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41"}],"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\/40853"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/43"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}