The Joint Staff Negotiating and Consultation Committee is the main forum for consideration and negotiation between the University and its staff. Its membership includes Management, Union, and Staff representatives who meet each term. Papers for the 14 June meeting are now available on the JNSCC website. If you would like to comment on any of the Agenda items / papers, please contact your Representatives. GMB representatives: – Lou Cogger (l.cogger@kent...

Monday 5 June, 14.00-17.00 and Tuesday 6 June, 10.00-17.00, in the Galvanising Shop Performance Space, for the fourth consecutive year, the School of Music and Fine is hosting Postgraduate Presentation Days. Our current PhD students and graduating MA cohort will be presenting their current areas of work, practice and research within the disciplines of Music, Music Technology and Fine Art, highlighting the exciting array of activity that takes place within th...

Entries are now open for this year's Times Higher Education Awards. Further information on the 2017 Awards, categories and criteria is available on the awards website Posie Bogan, Director of Corporate Communications, will be working with colleagues across the University to agree our entries over the next fortnight. If you have any suggestions, please email [email protected] as soon as possible and by Friday, 9 June.

Staff are invited to join an open forum about proposed changes to programme approval and curriculum design which are taking place as part of the Simplifying Kent Programme. The next meeting is due to take place in Medway on Wednesday 7 June in the Medway Building room M3-04 at 15.00 – 16.00. To help with planning please respond to this Doodle Poll to confirm your attendance. At the meeting staff will be updated on pro...

We are delighted to announce that on Friday 26 May, staff across the University really did ‘Rise’ to the challenge of baking, donating and eating for a very good cause! So far, over £400 has been raised from colleagues across the University in support of the Kent Refuge Fund, which supports students and academics forced to flee their homes in search of safety and security who wish to continue their education and research at Kent. The fund presently supports individuals assis...

There will be some disruption to cycle and pedestrian access in the Eliot area for the annual Kent Union Summer Ball. Saturday 3 June from 18.00 (6pm) to Sunday 4 June 03.00 (3am) All walk ways through to Eliot and Locke building will be closed. No access to the Eliot cycle shelters or cycle bays to the side of Marlowe. See hatched area on map for the cycle areas that are closed. We strongly advise that you relocate your bicycle to a different cycle shelt...

All 2017/18 reading lists are now available for you to edit and publish. Editing your list early gives us the best chance of delivering your teaching and learning resources for 2017/18. Don’t forget: – Make sure you edit the 2017/18 version of the list. – The 2017/18 version of your list will not automatically appear in your ‘My Lists’ drop down, you can add the new list by clicking Add to My Lists in the top right cor...

On the 30 May 2017 between 13.30 and 17.00, the annual emergency lighting test will be taking place. The test will take approximately 3 hrs and lighting levels will be reduced for the duration. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and your patience in this matter is greatly appreciated. If there are any queries please contact the helpdesk on Ext. 3209.