Between 1 and 20 December the University will be tweeting daily questions from @UniKent.

All you have to do is visit the Enhancing your experience webpages to find the right answer. Then tweet your answer to @UniKent with the hashtag #Kentmas.

If you’re right – you could win a £10.00 Amazon voucher or an iPad Mini!

For further details please visit http://www.kent.ac.uk/student/kentmas/.

Terms and conditions apply.

If you are interested in learning more about Wellbeing, come along to the University’s Wellbeing Day on Friday 6th December 2013.

There are a number of activities being organised with the Kent Union, but two highlights will be a Foraging Workshop with Jo Barker, from 10:00-12:00, in Grimond Seminar Room 6. You will discover how to forage for food on the Canterbury campus, and take part in an inspiring and fun event.

In the afternoon Clare Summerskill’s play “Hearing Voices” will be screened in Keynes Lecture Theatre 3, from 14:30-16:45. The play is based on interviews with patients that Clare met on a secure Psychiatric ward, and includes excerpts where professionals discuss differing ways of caring for people in mental distress. There will be time at the end of the screening for a Q&A session.

Further details can be found on our Wellbeing Day flyer.

During November the Kent Union’s Standout training will be delivering an Introduction to Assertiveness workshop on Monday 11th November, from 15:00-16:30, in room GS5.

Can you say NO? The session will consider the definition of assertiveness, the different behaviours, verbal and non-verbal aspects and look at steps towards assertive behaviour.

There will also be a Managing Stress workshop on Wednesday 27th November, from 14:00-15:30, in room KS14.

This workshop we will explore what happens when the stress response is activated within us, and help you learn and practice techniques to manage the effects of stress now and in the future.

Both workshops are part of the Tools 4 Life programme, and you can register your attendance at www.kentunion.co.uk/eandv/training by browsing the available courses.

As part of the Kent Union’s Standout training a Self-Esteem Workshop is being held on Thursday 17th October, from 11:00 to 12:30, in Woolf College, Seminar Room 5.

This workshop is part of the Tools 4 Life programme, and aims to explore the origin of how we regard ourselves and how this may influence the way we live.

You can register for the workshop at www.kentunion.co.uk/eandv/training by browsing the available courses.

New websites have been launched for the new Student Support and Wellbeing team, which delivers advice and support to students with disabilities or medical conditions, Specific Learning Difficulties, students requiring wellbeing advice or counselling, advice on applying for the Disabled Students Allowance, and much more!

The sites provide further details on all services available, and can be found at http://www.kent.ac.uk/studentsupport and http://www.kent.ac.uk/studentwellbeing.

If you would like to provide feedback on the new pages please contact us here.

Wishing you all a successful start to the new academic year!