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PwC become Gold Partner of SportAccord Convention
By Tom Degun
March 3 - London-based professional services firm PwC have signed a deal to become a Gold Partner of the SportAccord Convention, which this will this year take place in St Petersburg, Russia.
Britons dominate North East wheelchair tennis tournament in Sunderland
March 3 - British players secured a clean sweep titles at the North East Wheelchair Tennis Tournament at Sunderland Tennis Centre with Gordon Reid leading the way.
Sale of sponsorship packages for 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup almost complete
February 27 - The sale of sponsorship packages for the 2014 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Basketball World Cup in Spain are now almost complete over 500 days before the competition takes place.
British Lionhearts into WSB quarter-finals despite defeat to star-studded Ukraine
March 1 - The British Lionhearts have a home World Series of Boxing (WSB) quarter-final to look forward to despite a narrow 3-2 defeat to a star-studded Ukraine Otamans team at York Hall in London in their last group match of the season.
London 2012 hand customer database to Sport England
March 4 - London 2012 have secured a key component of the digital legacy of the Olympics and Paralympics by handing over the operation of its customer database to Sport England, working in partnership with UK Sport and London & Partners.
Gallagher targeting Sochi 2014 glory after World Championships success
March 4 - Britain's visually impaired skier Kelly Gallagher says she and guide Charlotte Evans are targeting a podium spot at Sochi 2014 after taking two silvers and a bronze medal in the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Alpine Skiing World Championships in La Molina, Spain.
Brazilian Paralympic Committee receive multi-million dollar boost for Rio 2016
March 4 - The Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) and the Government's Ministry of Sports have sign an agreement to receive nearly $20 million (£13 million/€15 million) this year to help prepare their top athletes in the lead up to Rio 2016.
Double Olympic gold medallist goes on hunger strike in protest at wrestling decision
March 3 - Protests against the decision to axe wrestling from the Olympics took a new twist when Armen Nazaryan, a two-time gold medallist, announced he was going on hunger strike.
Denmark and Latvia present joint 2017 World Ice Hockey Championship bid
March 1 - Denmark and Latvia today officially presented its joint bid for the 2017 World Ice Hockey Championships.
Skegness lined up to be home to Britain's national beach sports stadium
March 3 - Plans have been launched to build a British national beach sports stadium in Skegness, which would become the home of England's beach soccer team.
Support growing for Tokyo 2020 bid new survey claims
By Duncan Mackay at the Hotel Okura in Tokyo
March 3 - Support for Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics is at a record high, a new poll published on the eve of the start of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission visit here claims.
International Wheelchair Rugby Federation appoints first full-time secretary general
March 2 - The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) have appointed Canadian Eron Marin as its first full-time secretary general, they have announced.
World Baseball Classic latest chance to show Olympic credentials
March 2 - The World Baseball Classic began in Taichung, Taiwan, today when the hosts beat Australia 4-1 as the sport hopes a good tournament will help it regain its place in the Olympic programme for 2020.
Qatar 2022 could be moved to the winter over heat fears, FIFA admit
March 2 - FIFA has for the first time - publicly, at least - acknowledged that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar may have to be moved to the winter because of the health risk of playing in the intense heat in the Middle East country during the summer could pose.
Japanese hope new television technology will boost Tokyo 2020 bid
March 2 - Japan plans to show that holding the Olympics and Paralympics here in 2020 would be the most technologically advanced in history by demonstrating new cutting-edge "8k" ultra high definition television to the team of inspectors who are here to assess their bid.


Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 5.7% in the fourth quarter of 2009, (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.2%.
Real GDP decreased 2.4% in 2009 (that is, from the 2008 annual level to the 2009 annual level), in contrast to an increase of 0.4% in 2008. The price index for gross domestic purchases increased 0.1% in 2009, compared with an increase of 3.2% in 2008.
The increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter primarily reflected positive contributions from private inventory investment, exports, and personal consumption expenditures (PCE). Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.
The change in real private inventories added 3.39 percentage points to the fourth-quarter change in real GDP after adding 0.69 percentage point to the third-quarter change. Private businesses decreased inventories $33.5 billion in the fourth quarter, following decreases of $139.2 billion in the third quarter and $160.2 billion in the second. Real final sales of domestic product — GDP less change in private inventories — increased 2.2% in the fourth quarter, compared with an increase of 1.5% in the third.
From 1980–2005, firms less than five years old accounted for all net job growth in the United States.
More than half of the companies on the 2009 Fortune 500 list were launched during a recession or bear market, along with nearly half of the firms on the 2008 Inc. list of America's fastest-growing companies.
Contrary to popularly held assumptions, the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity belongs to the 55–64 age group over the past decade. The 20–34 age bracket has the lowest.
Only 16 percent of the fastest-growing and most successful companies in the United States had venture investors.
More than a quarter of technology and engineering companies started in the United States from 1995 to 2005 had at least one key founder who was foreign-born.
Foreign nationals residing in the United States were named as inventors or co-inventors in 25.6 percent of international patent applications filed in the U.S. in 2006.
Don't buy Cablevision Systems Corp. Stay away from Moody's Corp. and Dish Network Corp. Avoid Qwest Communications International Inc. and Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. Be leery of Pitney Bowes Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., Morgan Stanley, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., and American International Group Inc.
My reason for giving this advice: These companies, in my judgment, have some of the worst balance sheets in the U.S. The first five companies mentioned above have negative net worth; that is, their liabilities exceed their assets. Among the 727 U.S. companies with a stock-market value of $3 billion or more, only 17 have that unfortunate distinction.
The next five companies have positive net worth (stockholders' equity) but their total debt is at least five times equity, a trait shared by 26 of those 727 companies.
Here's my take on 10 debt-laden companies to avoid.
Cablevision, based in Bethpage, New York, has posted annual losses in four of the past seven years. Like all cable operators, it faces potential competition from satellite and wireless technologies.
Investing in individual stocks is not necessary for a good financial plan but can provide great benefits. However, it does require more vigilance as you must keep an closer eye on your investments and make changes as necessary. Many chose not to include individual stocks in their portfolio, using mutual funds instead. That is fine, I do like to include stocks though. My 12 stocks for 10 years portfolio continue to do well (beating the S&P 500 by 4.8% annually after a 2% annual simulated expense fee reduction). One stock I particularly like right now is Google.
3 Nobel prize winning economists, Robert C. Merton, Robert Solow and Paul Samuelson, took questions about the impending retirement savings crisis from PBS NewsHour correspondent Paul Solman in October 2008. Paul Solman asked them about their personal portfolios in the clip shown above.
Robert Merton tells his portfolio portfolio is in a Global Index Fund, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, and one hedge fund. He said he had been invested in a TIAA commercial real estate fund until recently, but sold in early 2008 when he worried commercial real estate prices had increased too far. He also sold out his Municipal bond holdings.
Robert Solow says he has no idea of his portfolio.
Paul Samuelson declined to say. He did offer that timing is not something investors can successfully do. He stated that timing the selling of assets was not as difficult as timing when to get back in. And that markets move very quickly so you can miss out on big gains. 2009 provided a great example of this. Many people sold stocks in late 2008 and early 2009. And most did not get back in. In 2009 the S&P 500 was up 26%.
Well done article on CNET looks at theAT&T-Verizon price war and provides usable information.
AT&T and Verizon have each reduced the price on their unlimited voice plans. The plans have dropped from $99.99 to $69.99 per month for individuals.
If I am an existing customer paying a higher fee for my voice service, can I switch to the all-you-can-talk plan without being penalized?
Yes, AT&T and Verizon Wireless representatives say all you have to do is call a customer service agent to change your plan. You will not be charged any kind of fee for switching. And you will not extend your existing contract by switching to the lower cost plan.
Each of these plans will cost about $120 a month. Unlimited texting and voice is about $90 a month. And the data service is an additional $30 a month. The price of unlimited voice, text, and data from these carriers previously was about $150, because the unlimited voice service was $30 more expensive.
Are the data plans really unlimited or is there a 5 gigabyte limit?
AT&T and Verizon Wireless say their data plans are unlimited for all phone customers. The 5GB limit only applies to customers using their 3G broadband service for laptops.
Do either AT&T or Verizon Wireless allow tethering phones to laptops for Internet service? How much does this cost?
AT&T and Verizon Wireless each allow attaching phones to a laptop to get 3G wireless service. Verizon allows tethering on most devices, but not all. For smartphone customers with a voice and data plan, the tethering plan costs an additional $30 per month. For customers wanting to connect their laptops to a feature phone, the tethering plan will cost about $49.99 if you use the new plans. In either scenario, customers are subject to the 5GB limit for tethering usage with 5 cents per MB for overage.
Gross domestic product rose 10.7 percent from the same period a year ago, more than the median forecast of 10.5 percent in a Bloomberg News survey, a statistics bureau report showed in Beijing today. For the full year, GDP gained 8.7 percent, beating Premier Wen Jiabao's 8 percent target.
The report may stoke speculation the central bank will start raising its benchmark interest rate and tighten restrictions on the nation's lenders. Minutes after the release, traders said the People's Bank of China guided three-month bill yields higher at an auction for the second time in two weeks.
Fourth-quarter economic growth was driven by an unprecedented $586 billion stimulus package, subsidies for consumer purchases and a credit-fueled investment boom. The property market has rebounded and a 13-month slump in exports ended last month.
Industrial production grew 18.5 percent in December from a year earlier and retail sales climbed 17.5 percent, the statistics bureau said today.
In 2008 China's GDP was up 9.6%. The economy there obviously continues to do amazing things. Also there are plenty of signs of crazy spending building huge amounts of housing and office space that lies vacant and questionable infrastructure projects. There is certainly a risk of bubbles bursting in China but the long term strength of the economy seems real. The danger is first political with financial bubbles being the second risk – I think.
Find below some interesting thoughts on financial markets and the efficient market theory. That theory essentially says the market prices are right given the available information. I think markets are somewhat efficient but there are plenty of opportunities to profit from inefficiencies in the market. Still it is not easy to consistently exploit these inefficiencies profitably.
People see high returns in a particular sector, and they cannot tell whether the lower returns they are receiving are due to their fund manager's proper avoidance of risk, or incompetent management. As they increasingly conclude that incompetence is to blame, funds shift to the new sector and this creates a self-reinforcing process where prices are driven above their fundamental values, i.e. a bubble occurs. It seems like such reallocation of investment funds could, if driven by a strong enough incentive, be enough on its own to drive a bubble even without an external source of liquidity.
Capital market booms and crashes, culminating in the latest sorry and socially costly crisis, have discredited the idea that markets are efficient and that prices reflect fair value.
Theory has ignored the real world complication that investors delegate virtually all their involvement in financial matters to professional intermediaries – banks, fund managers, brokers – who dominate the pricing process.
Delegation creates an agency problem. Agents have more and better information than the investors who appoint them, and the interests of the two are rarely aligned.
he new approach offers a more convincing interpretation of the way stock prices react to earnings announcements or other news. It also shows how short-term incentives, such as annual performance fees, cause fund managers to concentrate on high-turnover, trend-following strategies that add to the distortions in markets, which are then profitably exploited by long-horizon investors. At the level of national markets and entire asset classes, it will no longer be acceptable to say that competition delivers the right price or that the market exerts self-discipline.
No Social Security increase. Monthly Social Security checks for most beneficiaries will not increase in 2010. Retirement payouts are tied to the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, which fell between the third quarter of 2008 and the third quarter of 2009. Next year will be the first without a Social Security increase since cost-of-living adjustments went into effect in 1975.
Higher Medicare Part B premiums for some. Most current Social Security recipients will continue to pay $96.40 each month for Medicare Part B medical insurance, the same amount as in 2009. But for new enrollees, Medicare Part B monthly premiums will be $110.50, a 15 percent increase from 2009 prices. Retirees with incomes greater than $85,000 ($170,000 for couples) also will pay higher premiums, ranging from $154.70 to $353.60 each month, depending on the income reported on their 2008 tax return.
Among Fidelity-administered 401(k) plans, 27 percent of employers that cut contributions to employee retirement accounts have already resumed the match or plan to reinstate it next year. Another survey, by the Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America, found that almost half (47 percent) of companies that suspended their employee match are planning to restore it within the first quarter of 2010.
I adjusted my future retirement account 401(k) allocations today. I do not have as favorable an opinion of investing in the stock market today as I did a year ago. I would likely have allocated 20% to a money market fund except my 401(k) actually has two options – 1 paying 0.0% and the other paying -.02%.
They seem to believe they should make a significant profit while providing a horrible return (they are still taking over .5% of assets in fees – even though rates do not cover their fees). Those running funds have very little interest in providing value for 401(k) participants – they are mainly interested in raising fees (though supposedly they are suppose to be run by people with a fiduciary responsibility to the investors). Unfortunately most 401(k)s lock you away from the best options for an investor (such as Vanguard Funds).
My current allocation for future funds is 40% to USA stocks, 40% to Global stocks and 20% to inflation adjusted bonds. My current allocation in this retirement account is 10% real estate, 35% global stocks, 55% USA stocks. For all my retirement savings it is probably about 5% real estate, 35% global stocks, 5% money market, 55% USA stocks (which is a fairly aggressive mix).
As I have said many times I do not like bonds at this time. I don't think the interest nearly justifies the risk of capital loss (due to inflation or interest rate risk). Inflation protected bonds are a much more acceptable option for someone that is worried about inflation (like I am over the next 10-20 years).
A number of the stock fund (even bond fund) options in my 401(k) have expense ratios above 1%. That is unacceptable. The average fees on the options I chose were .5%.
With my employee match I am adding over 10% of my income to my 401(k), which I think is a good aim for most everyone. Far too many people are unwilling to forgo luxuries to save appropriately for their retirement. This is a sign of financial illiteracy and an unwillingness to accept the responsibilities of modern life.
Nominal health spending in the United States grew 4.4% in 2008, to $2.3 trillion or $7,681 per person. This was the slowest rate of growth since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services started officially tracking expenditures in 1960, yet once again outpaced nominal GDP growth (2.6% in 2008). This brings health care spending to 16.2% of GDP. In 2003 the total health care spending was 15.3% of GDP.
The huge amount being spent continues to grow to an even larger percentage of GDP every year. The damage to the economy of the dysfunctional health care system in the USA is huge. For comparison the total GDP per person in China is $5,970 (the closest total country per capita GDP, to the health care spending per capita in the USA, is Thailand at $7,703 – World Bank data). The average spending by OECD countries (Europe/USA/Japan…) was $2,966 per person in 2007 (the USA was at $7,290). In 2007 Canada spent $3,895; France $3,601; UK $2,992; Japan $2,581.
Hospital spending in 2008 grew 4.5% to $718 billion, compared to 5.9% in 2007, the slowest rate of increase since 1998.
Physician and clinical services' spending increased 5.0% in 2008 to $496 billion, a deceleration from 5.8% in 2007.
Retail prescription drug spending growth also decelerated to 3.2% in 2008 as per capita use of prescription medications declined slightly, mainly due to impacts of the recession, a low number of new product introductions, and safety and efficacy concerns. Drug prices increased 2.5% in 2008.
Spending growth for both nursing home and home health services decelerated in 2008. For nursing homes, spending grew 4.6% in 2008 compared to 5.8% in 2007.
Total health care spending by public programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, grew 6.5% in 2008, the same rate as in 2007.
Health care spending by private sources of funds grew only 2.6% in 2008 compared to 5.6 percent in 2007.
Private health insurance premiums grew 3.1% in 2008, a deceleration from 4.4% in 2007. Remember many people lost their jobs and did without insurance. Doing so results in reduced spending on health insurance but is far from a good sign.
Home health care spending growth decelerated from 11.8% in 2007 to 9.0% in 2008. Expenditures reached $64.7 billion in 2008. You can understand why investors (and companies) are looking to invest in home health care.
At the aggregate level, the shares of financing for health services and supplies by businesses (23%), households (31%), other private sponsors (3%), and governments (42%) have remained relatively steady over time. Between 2007 and 2008; however, the federal government share increased significantly (from 23 to 25%), while the state and local government share declined (from 18 to 17%).
Decades ago Dr. Deming included excessive health care costs as one of the seven deadly diseases of western management. We have only seen the problem get worse. Finally it seems that a significant number of people are in agreement that the system is broken.


President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited Texas as it struggles with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
In the first stop of their second visit to Texas this week, the president and the first lady spent nearly 45 minutes at the NRG convention center meeting with people affected by the disaster.
The two, who were accompanied by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and several members of Trump's cabinet, were warmly received, with many hugs and handshakes and photos and selfies.
At the "kid zone" in the convention center, they met with young children affected by the storm and their parents. The president took some time to play with some of the children and talk with their parents.
The president and first lady also helped to hand out food to Harvey survivors, with many people wanting to shake hands and take selfies with the president.
"I'm a Democrat. It raises the morale … This shows a lot of support," said Kevin Jason Hipolito, 37, at the convention center.
The hurricane and the floodwaters it dumped displaced over one million people and is feared to have killed 50 people.
On the same day as his visit to Texas, the White House announced that the Trump administration was making additional disaster assistance available to Texas. By amending the disaster declaration Trump signed earlier in the week, levels of federal funding for debris removal and protective measures as a result of Hurricane Harvey will be increased.
During a visit to the First Church of Pearland in the Houston suburb of Pearland, President Trump praised Gov. Abbott for his work.
"I want to congratulate the governor. I want to congratulate everybody that's worked so hard," Trump said.
Trump reminded those in the church that he had signed a proclamation declaring Sunday Sept. 3 as a National Day of Prayer in response to the natural disaster.
"So many of you are faith based and I want to just tell you that tomorrow we have national prayer day .. Tomorrow's a very big day, so go to your church and pray and enjoy the day," he said.
"Him being here and bringing global attention to everything that's going on here, he brings up prayers from around the world," she said.
Ybarra had come to the church to volunteer to help storm victims. Although there had been bad flooding on her street in the Pearland neighborhood, her home had not been damaged.
"It just really showcases the efforts of the United States and the community," she said.
Kenny Mercado, senior VP at electricity provider CenterPoint Energy, was among the volunteers.
"It's wonderful to see. It's a tough time. It [Trump's visit] brings spirit, brings hope. This is a city that got a long, long, long journey ahead. There's still a lot of work to be done," he said.
The president and the first lady also witnessed the destruction of homes firsthand. Their motorcade stopped in a neighborhood of Houston, just outside of Pearland, where trash bags and other debris had been piled up high in front of ranch style homes.
A man wearing a red "Trump is my president" T-shirt came over and was invited by the President for a photo. "You're going to be famous now," he said encouraging the man to take off his sunglasses, which revealed a pierced left eyebrow.


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HomeMusicRapper Lu Mun E Is Turning Heads In The Music World
Rapper Lu Mun E Is Turning Heads In The Music World
Lu Mun E has been making an impact on the music scene with his world-class combination of influences, including trap, hip-hop, spanish and more. One of his most recent studio release is titled Vapor Rub, and it is an immersive production, which showcases the artist's approach to creativity. More importantly, this song serves as a great first tate of his artistry. Lu Mun E, who is originally from South America, moved to the United States at a very young age and discovered his infatuation with music.
If you are a fan of artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and Joyner Lucas, you'll be able to appreciate the wide range of sounds on tap. Lu Mun E did an excellent job with his musical works from the get go of his career. His sound stands out as a perfect taste of his ability to combine different sounds and influences in order to create a one-of-a-kind tone that feels personal and intuitive. In this music genre, personality is key, and Lu Mun E definitely knows what he is talking about. Lu Mun E has released so much excellent music in recent times, but his release Bank is definitely a great introduction to his music if you are a newcomer to Lu Mun E's work, and it is a great way to kick off the new year with some excellent music and a productive wave of great melodies and infectious hooks. At the end of the day, Lu Mun E is a perfect role model to explore for any aspiring song writer and artist out there. His sound is so accomplished, and his production work brings in some serious artistry to the rap formula that he created, going for a more insightful, personal, and diverse sound when compared to other artists in this particular music genre, but still retaining so much appeal. Innovation is key here, and Lu Mun E maintains a distinctive sound that's still fresh and appealing, precisely because of his ability to always let the mood, and the vibe of a session inform his inspiration and experience. He'd normally listen to a beat very closely, and think of what vocal part or melody would be a great fit. At times, going old-school with a fired-up verse spitting out energy is the way to go. However, he also knows when to slow the pace down a bit and focus on melody instead. The single Bank is a perfect example of both these different approaches, since the song actually combined the energy of a traditional rap flow with the modern melodies that tip the hat off to the current R&B and even pop scene. Lu Mun E feels equally as comfortable creating rap as he does creating music with singing in it, and the fact that he is so accomplished at both styles actually makes his sound all the more exciting and appealing. Because of this magical combination of styles and influences, Lu Mun E was able to build a strong following. His songs are earning him so many listeners, and he continues to grow his following, not only focusing on producing the best music he possibly can, but also cultivating his fanbase and allowing his songs to reach a much broader audience.
Find out more about Lu Mun E, and listen to his music, which is currently available on some of the best digital streaming services out there.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6iRc0yKZ9pmEvbmKaFeaZ2
www.instagram.com/lumuneceo
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq42lZJTw21hfA69GwzaaBQ
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Title: University of Kent
Subject: Canterbury, Eliot College, Kent, Rutherford College, Kent, University of Kent at Canterbury Chancellor election, 1970, Darwin College, Kent
Collection: 1965 Establishments in England, Canterbury, Educational Institutions Established in 1965, Internet Mirror Services, Medway, Tonbridge and Malling, Universities in Belgium, University of Kent
Coat of arms of the University of Kent
Latin: Cui servire regnare est
Motto in English
Literal translation: 'Whom to serve is to reign'
(Book of Common Prayer translation: 'whose service is perfect freedom')[1]
£5.98 million (at 31 July 2014)[2]
Dame Julia Goodfellow[3]
The Archbishop of Canterbury ex officio
Canterbury, Medway and Tonbridge, United Kingdom; Brussels, Belgium; Athens, Greece; and Paris, France
Kent Blue and Kent Red
Santander Network
Universities at Medway
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The University of Kent (formerly the University of Kent at Canterbury, abbreviated as UKC or Cantuar. for post-nominals) is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1965 and is recognised as a plate glass university. It is a member of the Santander Network of European universities encouraging social and economic development,[5] Association of Commonwealth Universities and Universities UK.
The university has a rural campus north of Canterbury situated within 300 acres (1.2 km2) of park land, housing over 6,000 students, as well as additional sites in Medway and Tonbridge in Kent and European postgraduate centres in Brussels, Athens and Paris.[6]
In 2014 the university was ranked 80th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in Top 100 Universities Under 50 Years.[7] Additionally, Times Higher Education also ranked the university 20th in the United Kingdom in 2015 though aggregating multiple ranking results into a comprehensive table of ranking tables.[8] It is among a group of institutions to consistently score 90% or above for overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey.[9] In 2013, nearly 28,000 students applied to the university through UCAS and 5,190 accepted offers of places.[10] The average UCAS score achieved by entrants in 2014/15 was 363.[11]
Origins 1.1
1965 to 2000 1.2
2000 to present 1.3
Campuses 2
Canterbury campus 2.1
Facilities 2.1.1
Transport and access 2.1.2
Medway campus 2.2
Tonbridge campus 2.3
Organisation and administration 3
Faculties, departments and schools 3.1
Colleges 3.2
Finances 3.3
Coat of arms and logo 3.4
Academic profile 4
Research 4.1
Rankings 4.2
Library 4.3
Franco-British programme 4.4
Student life 5
Students' Union 5.1
Demonstrations 5.1.1
Chaplaincy 5.2
Student housing 5.3
Student media 6
CSR 97.4FM 6.1
InQuire 6.2
Kent Television 6.3
Notable alumni 7
A university in the ancient city of Canterbury was first considered in 1947, when an anticipated growth in student numbers led several localities to seek the creation of a new university, including Kent. However, the plans came to nothing.[12] A decade later both population growth and greater demand for university places led to new considerations. In 1959 the Education Committee of Kent County Council explored the creation of a new university,[13] formally accepting the proposal unanimously on 24 February 1960.[14] Two months later the Education Committee agreed to seek a site at or near Canterbury, given the historical associations of the city, subject to the support of Canterbury City Council.[15]
By 1962 a site was found at Beverley Farm, straddling the then boundary between the City of Canterbury and the administrative county of Kent.[16] The university's original name, chosen in 1962, was the University of Kent at Canterbury, reflecting the fact that the campus straddled the boundary between the county borough of Canterbury and Kent County Council.[13] At the time it was the normal practice for universities to be named after the town or city whose boundaries they were in, with both "University of Kent" and "University of Canterbury" initially proposed. The name adopted reflected the support of both the city and county authorities, as well as the existence of the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, which officially opposed the use of a name too similar to its own.[17] The abbreviation "UKC" became a popular abbreviation for the university.[18]
The University of Kent at Canterbury was granted its Royal Charter on 4 January 1965 and the first students arrived in the October of that year. On 30 March 1966 Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent was formally installed as the first Chancellor.[19]
The University was envisaged as being a collegiate establishment, with most students living in one of the colleges on campus, and as specialising in inter-disciplinary studies in all fields.[20] Over the years, changes in government policy and othe changing demands have largely destroyed this original concept, leading to the present state, which is nearer the norm for a British University. However, the four original colleges – Darwin, Eliot, Keynes and Rutherford – remain, each with their own Master. Woolf college opened in 2008 and Turing college in 2014.
The university grew at a rapid rate throughout the 1960s, with three colleges and many other buildings on campus being completed by the end of the decade.[21] The 1970s saw further construction, but the university also encountered the biggest physical problem in its history.[22] The university had been built above a tunnel on the disused Canterbury and Whitstable Railway. In July 1974 the tunnel collapsed, damaging part of the Cornwallis Building, which sank nearly a metre within about an hour on the evening of 11 July.[23] Fortunately, the university had insurance against subsidence, so it was able to pay for the south-west corner of the building to be demolished and replaced by a new wing at the other end of the building.[24] Building elsewhere included the Park Wood accommodation village and the Darwin houses in 1989.
In 1982 the university opened the University Centre at Tonbridge (now the University of Kent at Tonbridge) for its School of Continuing education, helping to enhance the availability of teaching across the county.[25]
During the 1990s and 2000s the University expanded beyond its original campus, establishing campuses in Medway, Tonbridge and Brussels, and partnerships with Canterbury College, West Kent College, South Kent College and MidKent College.
The School of Arts Building at Kent's Canterbury campus; it is one of several buildings constructed by the university in recent years
In the 2000s the university entered a collaboration named Universities at Medway with the University of Greenwich, MidKent College and Canterbury Christ Church University to deliver university provision in the Medway area.[26] This led to the development of the University of Kent at Medway, opened from 2001. Initially based at Mid-Kent College, a new joint campus opened in 2004.[26] As a consequence of the expansion outside Canterbury the university's name was formally changed to the University of Kent on 1 April 2003.[26]
Part of the original reasoning for the name disappeared when local government reforms in the 1970s resulted in the Canterbury campus falling entirely within the City of Canterbury, which no longer has county borough status, and Kent County Council. In 2003 the name of the university was shortened to the University of Kent.[27]
In 2007 the university was rebranded with a new logo and website. The logo was chosen following consultation with existing university students and those in sixth forms across the country.[28]
The University of Kent set its tuition fees for UK and European Union undergraduates at £9,000 for new entrants in 2012. The fee level has been approved by the Office for Fair Access (OFFA). The university's fee of £9000 was approved by Council on 1 April 2011 and was confirmed by OFFA in July 2011. The proposed changes to UK and EU undergraduate tuition fees did not apply to international student fees.
Canterbury campus
The main Canterbury campus covers 300 acres (1.2 km2) and is in an elevated position just over two miles (3 km) from the city centre. It currently has approximately 12,000 full-time and 6,200 part-time students and some 600 academic and research staff.
The shops at the Canterbury campus, with the Kent Union offices housed in the offices above.
The Gulbenkian arts complex acts as the front door to the Canterbury campus. The building includes a foyer and cafe bar and is a meeting place for students, staff and the general public. The foyer also includes the small stage which hosts monthly comedy nights as well as occasional shows such as Jazz at Five and The Chortle Student Comedy Awards. The Gulbenkian Theatre seats 340 and presents student, professional and amateur shows throughout the year. The theatre was opened in 1969 and was named after the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation which helped fund its construction. The Gulbenkian complex also hosts a cafe/ bar and restaurant facility open to students, staff and the general public.
In December 2012 the Colyer-Fergusson Building opened adjacent to the Gulbenkian. It includes an adaptable format concert / rehearsal hall with retractable seating and variable acoustics and practice rooms.
The Gulbenkian Cinema is an independent cinema in the Gulbenkian complex open to students and the general public. It is Kent's regional film theatre showing new mainstream and non-mainstream releases as well as archive and foreign language films. In the daytime the cinema is used as a lecture theatre for University students.[29]
Additionally, a £1.5 million sports facility called the Sport Centre was completed in 2003. Its facilities include tennis and squash courts, hockey and football pitches, a gymnasium, a cardio theatre, a dance studio, a multi-purpose sports hall and a Fairtrade cafe.
In 2010 the campus nightclub The Venue, was refurbished and modernised. The upstairs area was transformed into a live music venue, formerly known as The Lighthouse and called The Attic. Both established and local bands and DJs are featured throughout the term. The Venue is open Wednesday- Saturday. The attic closed in 2013 and is now a Student media centre which hosts Inquire, KTV and CSR. The Canterbury innovation centre launched at Kent in 2010.[30]
The closest railway station to the campus is Canterbury West which is, as of 2009, served by Southeastern High Speed trains. High Speed trains connect Canterbury with London St Pancras International in 56 minutes. These services stop at Ashford International en route, thus providing a direct connection to Eurostar services to France and Belgium. Standard Southeastern services also connect Canterbury West and Canterbury East Stations with London Victoria and Charing Cross. Both of the Canterbury stations can be accessed by the UniBus service.
The campus is also served by two National Express coach services (Route 007) to/from London each day, with further services operating from Canterbury bus station
Medway campus
In 2000 the University joined with other educational institutes to form the "Universities for Medway" initiative, aimed at increasing participation in higher education in the Medway Towns.[26] The following year the University of Kent at Medway formally opened, initially based at Mid-Kent College.[26] By 2004 a new campus for the university had been established in the old Chatham Dockyard,[26] sharing a campus with Canterbury Christchurch University and University of Greenwich.
The University of Kent and Medway Park Leisure Centre have gone into a multimillion-pound partnership to provide high quality leisure facilities for university students and the general public. Medway Park (formerly the Black Lion Leisure Centre) was re-opened in 2011 by Princess Anne for use as a training venue for the 2012 London Olympics, as well as a training venue for the Egyptian and Congo National teams.
The campus accommodation was finished in late 2009 (called Liberty Quays), and caters for over 600 students. The accommodation building includes a Tesco Express, Subway, and Domino's Pizza.
View from Pier Road
Medway Building at Medway campus
Gillingham Building at Medway campus
Drill Hall Library, sharing with Universities at Medway
Rochester Building at Medway campus
Liberty Quays accommodation
Tonbridge campus
In 1982 the university established the School of continuing education in the centre of Tonbridge, extending its coverage to the entire county of Kent.[31] Many buildings were added in the 1980s and 1990s.[25] The campus is now called the University of Kent at Tonbridge. It collaborates with the Kent Business School and Kent Innovation and Enterprise.
Organisation and administration
The Marlowe Building, home to Humanities Department, the School of Architecture and the School of Anthropology and Conservation.
Faculties, departments and schools
The University is divided into three faculties and 20 schools under three faculties :
Kent School of Architecture
School of English
School of European Culture and Languages
School of Music and Fine Art
School of Bioscience
School of Engineering and Digital Arts
School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
Medway School of Pharmacy
School of Physical Science
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences
School of Anthropology and Conservation
School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
The original plan was to have no academic sub-divisions within the three faculties (initially Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences) and to incorporate an interdisciplinary element to all degrees through common first year courses ("Part I") in each faculty, followed by specialist study in the second and final years ("Part II").[20] The lack of Departments encouraged the development of courses that crossed traditional divides, such as Chemical Physics, Chemistry with Control Engineering, Biological Chemistry and Environmental Physical Science.[32]
However, the interdisciplinary approach proved increasingly complex for two reasons. The levels of specialisation at A Levels meant that many students had not studied particular subjects for some years and this made it impossible to devise a course that both covered areas unstudied by some and did not bore others. This proved an especial problem in Natural Sciences, where many Mathematics students had not studied Chemistry at A Level and vice versa.
Additionally many subjects, particularly those in the Social Sciences, were not taught at A Level and required the first year as a grounding in the subject rather than an introduction to several different new subjects. Problems were especially encountered in the Faculty of Natural Sciences where the differing demands of Mathematics and physical sciences led to two almost completely separate programmes and student bases.[32] In 1970 this led to the creation of the School of Mathematical Studies, standing outside the Faculties.[33] The addition of other subjects led to increased pressure on common Part I programmes and increasingly students took more specialised Part I courses designed to prepare them for Part II study.[32]
Substantial change to this structure did not come until the 1990s, driven more by national government policy than curricular demands, which were, after all, very flexible by nature. In 1989 the Universities Funding Council, which was merged into the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in 1992, was charged by the UK Government to determine the cost for teaching each subject. To meet these accountancy requirements, Kent required for the first time that each member of staff declare a single discipline they would be affiliated with in future. When departments were formed in the early 1990s this led to a great deal of reorganisation of staff, and destroyed many existing inter-disciplinary relationships. Following the formation of departments, finance was devolved to departments based on how many students were taught. This quickly evolved into undermining the interdisciplinary context further, as departments sought to control finance by increasing the amount of specialist teaching in the first year.
The university now has the Faculties further divided into 18 Departments and Schools, ranging from the School of English to the Department of Biosciences, and from the Kent Law School to the Department of Economics. Also of note is the University's Brussels School of International Studies, located in Brussels, Belgium. The school offers master's degrees in international relations theory and international conflict analysis, along with an LLM in international law. In 2005 a new department, the Kent School of Architecture, began teaching its first students. In 2008, Wye College came under Kent's remit, in joint partnership with Imperial College London.
Darwin College
The University is divided into six colleges, each named after distinguished scholars. Colleges have academic schools, lecture theatres, seminar rooms and halls of residence. Each college has a Master, who is responsible for student welfare within their college. In chronological order of construction they are:
Named after
Eliot College 1965 T. S. Eliot
Rutherford College 1966 Ernest Rutherford
Keynes College 1968 John Maynard Keynes
Darwin College 1970 Charles Darwin
Woolf College 2008 Virginia Woolf
Turing College 2014 Alan Turing
The university also has an associate college named Chaucer College.
There was much discussion about the names adopted for most of the colleges with the following alternative names all in consideration at one point or another: for Eliot: Caxton, after William Caxton; for Keynes: Richborough, a town in Kent; Anselm, a former Archbishop of Canterbury; and for Darwin: Anselm (again); Attlee, after Clement Attlee, the post war Prime Minister; Becket, after Thomas Becket, another former Archbishop (this was the recommendation of the college's provisional committee but rejected by the Senate); Conrad; Elgar, after Edward Elgar; Maitland; Marlowe, after Christopher Marlowe; Russell, after Bertrand Russell (this was the recommendation of the Senate but rejected by the Council); Tyler, after both Wat Tyler and Tyler Hill on which the campus stands. The name for the College proved especially contentious and was eventually decided by a postal ballot of members of the Senate, choosing from: Attlee, Conrad, Darwin, Elgar, Maitland, Marlowe and Tyler.[34] (Both Becket and Tyler were eventually used as the names for residential buildings on campuses and the building housing both the Architecture and Anthropology departments is named Marlowe.)
Each college has residential rooms, lecture theatres, study rooms, computer rooms and social areas. The intention of the colleges was that they should not be just Halls of residence, but complete academic communities. Each college (except Woolf) has its own bar, all rebuilt on a larger scale, and originally its own dining hall (only Rutherford still has a functioning dining hall; Darwin's is hired out for conferences and events; Keynes's was closed in 2000 and converted into academic space, but in 2011 Dolche Vita was expanded and became the dining hall for Keynes students in catered accommodation after Keynes's expansion in 2011; and Eliot's was closed in 2006). It was expected that each college (more were planned) would have around 600 students as members, with an equivalent proportion of staff, with half the students living within the college itself and the rest coming onto campus to eat and study within their colleges. Many facilities, ranging from accommodation, tutorials and alumni relations, would be handled on a college basis. With no planned academic divisions below the Faculty level, the colleges would be main focus of students' lives and there would be no units of a similar or smaller size to provide a rival focus of loyalties.
This vision of a collegiate university has increasingly fallen away. The funding for colleges did not keep pace with the growth in student numbers, with the result that only four colleges were built. In later years when there was heavy student demand for scarce accommodation in Canterbury the solution was found in building additional on-campus accommodation but not in the form of further colleges. The hopes that students living off campus would stay around to eat dinner in their colleges were not met, whilst the abolition of college amenities fees removed students' direct stake in their colleges. With the growth of specialist subject departments as well as of other university wide facilities, more and more of the role of colleges was transferred to the central university. Accommodation and catering were transferred to the centralised University of Kent at Canterbury Hospitality (UKCH).[35]
Today the University does not operate as a traditional collegiate university – applications are made to the University as a whole, and many of the colleges rely on each other for day-to-day operation. Academic departments have no formal ties to colleges other than those that are located within particular college buildings due to availability of space, with lectures, seminars and tutorials taking place wherever there is an available room rather than on a college basis. Many students are allocated accommodation in their respective college, but some are housed in developments with no defined collegiate link whilst others are housed in different colleges.
Despite this the six College Student Committees, volunteer groups made up of elected officers and supporting volunteers, have retained a reasonably strong presence on campus. They run fundraising events and welfare campaigns throughout the academic year, and organise student events for their colleges during Welcome Week. Every student in the University retains a college affiliation to either Keynes, Eliot, Rutherford, Darwin or Park Wood even if they do not live in college accommodation. Students are encouraged to stay engaged with their College Committees throughout their time at the University.
In the financial year ended 31 July 2013, the University of Kent had a total income (including share of joint ventures) of £201.3 million, grew by 5.8% with an additional £21.4 million of fee income (2011/12 – £190.2 million) and total expenditure of £188.7 million (2011/12 – £175.9 million).[36] Key sources of income included £98.5 million from tuition fees and education contracts (2011/12 – £77.2 million), £48.9 million from Funding Council grants (2011/12 – £62.5 million), £13.4 million from research grants and contracts (2011/12 – £11.4 million) and £1.2 million from endowment and investment income (2011/12 – £1.09 million).[36] During the 2012/13 financial year the University of Kent had a capital expenditure of £28.2 million (2011/12 – £16.1 million).[36]
At year end the University of Kent had endowment assets of £6.3 million (2011/12 – £6.04 million) and total net assets of £175.9 million (2011/12 – £165.1 million).[36]
Coat of arms and logo
The University of Kent's coat of arms was granted by the College of Arms in September 1967.[13] The white horse of Kent is taken from the arms of the County of Kent (and can also be seen on the Flag of Kent). The three Cornish choughs, originally belonging to the arms of Thomas Becket, were taken from the arms of the City of Canterbury. The Crest depicts the West Gate of Canterbury with a symbolic flow of water, presumably the Great Stour, below it. Two golden Bishops' Crosiers in the shape of a St. Andrews Cross are shown in front of it. The supporters – lions with the sterns of golden ships – are taken from the arms of the Cinque Ports.[37]
The Coat of Arms is now formally used only for degree certificates, degree programmes and some merchandise, as a result of the University seeking a consistent identity branding.[28]
The University logo pre-2007
The University logo post-2007
Kent is a research-led university with 24 schools and 40 specialist research centres spanning the sciences, technology, medical studies, the social sciences, arts and humanities.[38] In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise the University of Kent was placed 24th out of 159 participating institutions in terms of the proportion of best, or 4*, research (according to the RAE league tables in The Times Higher Education Supplement and 29th out of the 132 UK higher education institutions assessed in The Guardian and The Times RAE league tables. The University had a total research income of £13.4 million in 2013.[36]
QS[39]
(2015/16, national)
(2015/16, world)
THE[41]
Complete[42]
(2016, national)
The Guardian[43]
Times/Sunday Times[44]
In 2015 The Guardian newspaper placed Kent's ranking at 16th in the UK, while The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2015 puts Kent in joint 30th place. The Independent's Complete University Guide puts Kent in 22nd place nationally in 2015. In 2015, Kent ranks ahead of 10 Russell Group universities according to the ranking of The Complete University Guide In research, both The Guardian and The Times newspapers rank Kent 29th, with The Independent rating the university 28th for its overall research activity in 2014.[4]
The Complete University Guide shows that the average number of tariff points to get in are around 348 UCAS points (ABB-AAB) in 2013.[45] An overwhelming majority of Kent's 33 subjects are placed nationally within the top 30 (82%), with 7 subject areas in the top 10 and 6 subject areas in the top 20.[46]
The National Student Survey in 2011 placed Kent in 3rd in London and the South-East for student satisfaction. In addition, Kent has been voted into a top 20 position for the majority of its subjects and has 14 subjects in the top 10 based on overall student satisfaction nationally.[47]
According to The Guardian, the University of Kent is ranked 6th in the UK for Economics,[48] 10th for Anthropology,[49] 12th for Architecture,[50] 14th for Law,[51] 14th for Modern Languages,[52] and 16th for Politics.[53] The Complete University Guide – in association with The Independent 2011 found that Kent ranked 19th for Accounting and Finance,[54] in 2012 13th for Psychology[55] and in 2015 (published in 2014) Computer Science ranked joint 25th, ahead of four Russell Group universities.[56] Furthermore, The Times Good University Guide ranked the university 20th for English in 2011.[57] Modern Languages and Linguistics are ranked 3rd in the UK in REF2014.
In addition, Published on 29 April, the QS rankings place Kent among the world's elite institutions in eight of the 36 featured subjects.
Kent was among the top 150 in the world for Communication and Media Studies (Journalism), Law and Psychology.
Its subjects in the top 200 are: English Language and Literature; Geography (Conservation); Philosophy; Politics and International Studies; and Sociology.
This news comes in the same week that it was announced that Kent has four entries in the Complete University Guide's (CUG) top 10 subject tables: Architecture (7th); Social Policy (9th); Hospitality, Leisure, Recreation and Tourism (9th); and American Studies (10th).
Kent also achieved a CUG top 20 position in: Drama, Dance and Cinematics (11th); Marketing (12th); Theology and Religious Studies (13th); History of Art (14th); Sports Science (14th); Iberian Languages (15th); Anthropology (15th); Psychology (15th); Linguistics (17th); Sociology (19th); Politics (19th); and Italian (20th).
The QS rankings reflect academic reputation, employer reputation and, through citations by research paper, research impact. For its latest report, QS evaluated 3,551 universities and ranked 894 institutions in total.
Kent's Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor David Nightingale said: 'Our international profile and reputation have increased considerably during recent years. As highlighted by the REF (Research Excellence Framework), all our Schools provide an environment that is conducive to research of international excellence. That a significant number of our subjects are now also considered to be amongst the best in the world is another major achievement for both the University and our research and teaching staff.'
Kent was ranked 17th in the UK for research intensity in the REF 2014 and achieved the third largest increase of the top 50 research intensive universities for research power. It also achieved one of the largest increases in research funding following its REF success.
The Templeman Library, which sits at the heart of the Canterbury Campus. The upper floors offer impressive views of the city of Canterbury.
The Templeman Library (named after Geoffrey Templeman, the University's first Vice-Chancellor) contains over a million items in stock including books, journals, videos, DVDs, and archive materials (for example, a full text of The Times from 1785 onwards), yet it is still only half its planned size. It has a materials fund of approximately £1million a year, and adds 12,000 items every year. It is open every day in term time, on a 24/7 basis. The Library has an automated book returner where one can simply scan the item to be returned and it reaches its designated place through conveyor belts. It receives 800,000 visits a year, with approximately half a million loans per annum.
It also houses the British Cartoon Archive,[58] (established 1975[33]) a national collection of, mainly, newspaper cartoons, with over 90,000 images catalogued.
In 2013 plans were announced to extend, refurbish and completely modernise the Templeman Library. This development will see the addition of study space, along with the creation of a new purpose built lecture theatre. Additionally, the Library facade will undergo major renovation.
Franco-British programme
The bilingual Franco-British double-degree programme combines subjects in one degree and is taught in two countries. The first year is spent at the Institut d'études politiques de Lille (IEP), the second and third years at the University of Kent, the fourth year at the IEP of Lille and the fifth is spent in Canterbury, Brussels or Lille.
The students of the Franco-British double-degree programme receive, at the end of the fourth year, the Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the University of Kent, the Diplôme by the IEP of Lille and, at the end of the fifth year, either the Master of Arts (MA) degree in Canterbury or in Brussels or the Master delivered by the IEP of Lille, chosen between 14 parcours de formation by the IEP of Lille.[59][60]
The student population is quite mixed, with approximately 22% of students coming from overseas.[61] No fewer than 128 different nationalities are currently represented. The female to male ratio is 55 women to every 45 men.[61]
The Students' Union, officially known as "Kent Union", is the student representative body for students at the university. It is led by five elected full-time officers (the 'sabbatical team'), a Board of trustees, part-time student officers and 'lay' members of the local community and business selected for their specialist expertise. Kent Union has an influence at all levels of the University.
The union runs two shops on campus, Essentials (all-purpose food and essentials) and Parkwood Essentials (ditto, but in student village Parkwood). The Union also runs the Parkwood bar Woody's, "Rutherford bar" (Rutherford) and nightclub The Venue.
In 1998 a substantial construction programme was completed that included a successful multi-purpose shop (Essentials) and nightclub The Venue,[62] this was in addition to the bar operated in the on-campus student village, known as "Woody's", which opened in 1994.[62] The Venue is a 1,500 person capacity nightclub operated by Kent Union which was opened in 2000. The club is situated on central campus which is pretty rare for a university. In 2010, the Venue was renovated and divided into two outles for the first time, establishing 'The Attic' as a brand new live music bar and social space.
The former banner of Kent Union, featuring the Union's old logo.
In early March 1970 a General Meeting of the University of Kent at Canterbury Students' Union voted to occupy the Cornwallis Building as part of a national student movement to open personal records to individual student scrutiny.[63] The occupation lasted about two weeks, with a majority vote ending the occupation on 18 March. Approximately 400 students marched out of the Cornwallis Building to present a set of demands that were handed by Union President David Lawrence to the University Registrar Mr Eric Fox. The demands had been drawn up and debated by groups of up to 300 students at a time in meetings and seminars held throughout the occupation.[64]
In the early to mid-1970s, along with other plate-glass universities, the Union had a reputation for revolutionary politics, leading to demands for law changes from some staff trade unionists.[65] It was active in anti-poll tax, anti-student loans and anti-racism campaigns as well as safety campaigns on campus in the late 1980s.
In 2003, ahead of the 'Top Up Fees' vote, the Union took 300 students to take part in the NUS UK Student Demonstrations on three double decker buses. The Union covered all the transport costs to the demonstration. In 2010, ahead of a parliamentary vote on issues concerning raising tuition fees, the Union took part in the national demonstrations. The union heavily subsidised the transport for 500 students to get to London.
Whilst the University is secular, there is a strong chaplaincy consisting of permanent Anglican and Catholic priests and a Pentecostal minister, as well as part-time chaplains from other denominations and faiths.
The chaplaincy runs the annual Carol Service that takes place every year in the Cathedral at the end of Autumn Term.
In addition to the student housing in the colleges, the University also has the following student housing:
Darwin Houses, a set of 26 student houses next to Darwin College, opened in 1989[31]
Becket Court, next to Eliot College, opened in 1990[62]
Tyler Court, three blocks of halls of residence. Block A was opened in 1995[62] mostly for postgraduates; Blocks B and C were completed in 2004[66] for undergraduates.
Parkwood, a mini student village comprising 262 two-storey houses and a recently built apartment complex, about 10 minutes walk from the main campus. The initial houses were opened in 1980.[31] A large addition to the Parkwood area was completed in 2005, comprising a number of en-suite fitted rooms grouped into four, five and six bedroom flats.
-Turing college, completed on September 2015. It is made up of 9 buildings of 3 to 4 floors each.
CSR 97.4FM
University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University, as well as their associated Student Unions, fund Canterbury's only student and community radio station—CSR 97.4FM. The radio station is broadcasting from studios at both universities 24 hours a day, with live broadcasting from 7 am – 12 am.
The University has a student newspaper named InQuire and an online news website InQuirelive[67] (launched in January 2008). The newspaper is published every two weeks and is edited by a group of student volunteers. While the newspaper and website are funded by the Students' Union, the selection of content is independent but subject to moderation by Kent Union before physical publication. Content within InQuire is focused on campus issues and national news that affects students.
Kent Television
Kent Television or KTV is the newest member of the Kent Union student media family.[68] Founded in May 2012 it has already obtained nearly 200,000 views and has live broadcasting capabilities. KTV is run by volunteers and aims to provide students with regular entertaining and informative televisual content.
Notable alumni of the University of Kent include:
Abdullah Md Zain – Malaysia PM's religious advisor, Now
Sir David Akers-Jones – former acting Governor of Hong Kong, 1986/87
Abbas Araghchi - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator
Asef Bayat - Catherine and Bruce Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies and Professor of Sociology and Middle Eastern studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hossein Mousavian - Former Iranian Diplomat and member of the nuclear negotiations team, current researcher at Woodrow Wilson school at Princeton University.
Michael Baigent – author
Valerie Bloom – poet
James Buckley Thorp – Founder and Director of apparel corporation Rupert and Buckley
YolanDa Brown - saxophonist and composer; double MOBO "Best Jazz" award winner
Ivo H. Daalder - Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution
Alan Davies – English comedian and actor
Gavin Esler – BBC journalist and author; Chancellor of the University of Kent (as of January 24, 2014)
David Fulton – Cricketer, former Captain of Kent CCC
Ellie Goulding – Singer and Songwriter (did not graduate)
Charlotte Green – BBC Radio 4 Presenter and Newsreader
Sarah Franklin – Anthropologist
Steve Hillage – Guitarist (did not graduate)
Jane Hutt – Welsh Labour politician and Minister in the Welsh Assembly since 1999.
Kazuo Ishiguro – writer (Remains of the Day)
E. L. James – writer (Fifty Shades of Grey)
Norton Knatchbull, 8th Baron Brabourne – British peer
Andrew S.I.D. Lang – mathematical physicist
Rebecca Lenkiewicz – playwright
Carolyn McCall OBE – EasyJet chief executive officer
Mark Mardell – BBC North America Editor
David Mitchell – writer (Cloud Atlas)
Sir Hugh Orde OBE – former Chief Constable of Northern Ireland
Kevin Porée - Record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, recording engineer and lecturer in theatre studies
Howard Read – Perrier nominated comedian
Bell Ihua - Nigerian researcher and pollster
Tiwa Savage - Nigerian singer and actress
Jonathan Shearer - Castaway
Nikki Sinclaire - first transgender MEP
Troy Southgate - anarchist
Robin Tilbrook – leader and founder of the English Democrats
Roys Poyiadjis – Entrepreneur and financier
Robert Wade – screenwriters
Sarah Waters – writer (Tipping the Velvet)
Tom Wilkinson OBE – actor, Oscar nominee
Nick Wilton – actor, screenwriter
Christopher Wrench – Shanter Publisher's Writer of the Year 2009
The Noise Next Door -Improvised comedy troupe
Patrick Wright – journalist and author
Fu Ying – Vice Foreign Minister of People's Republic of China
^ Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) page 36 ISBN 978-0-904938-03-6 As Martin notes "Our former Information Officer has ventured the opinion that Cranmer would not have got very high marks had this phrase appeared in an O-Level Latin paper!"
^ http://www.kent.ac.uk/finance/about/accounts/accounts20132014.pdf
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^ http://www.sgroup.be/glowna.html
^ http://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-kent/undergrad
^ Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) page 14 ISBN 978-0-904938-03-6
^ a b c
^ Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) pages 29–30 ISBN 978-0-904938-03-6
^ a b
^ "Kent Life" in Kent: The Magazine for The University of Kent Spring 2005 No. 44 page 4
^ Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) pages 225–231 ISBN 978-0-904938-03-6
^ Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) page 228 ISBN 978-0-904938-03-6
^ a b "Kent Life" in Kent: The Magazine for The University of Kent Spring 2005 No. 44 page 5
^ a b c d e f
^ While Canterbury ceased to be a county borough in the 1970s, Medway is now a unitary authority – the modern form of a county borough. However the current overall title of the University does not reflect this.
^ a b c Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) pages 39–54 ISBN 978-0-904938-03-6
^ Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) ISBN 978-0-904938-03-6
^ http://www.kent.ac.uk/news/homepagestories/22nd-in-2013-guardian-guide/2011
^ http://www.kent.ac.uk/news/homepagestories/kent-voted-third-in-london-and-southeast-for-overall-student-satisfaction/2011
^ url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2014/jun/03/university-guide-2015-league-table-for-law
^ University guide 2015: league table for politics, The Guardian, 3 June 2014 [1]
^ Official Site of the Franco-British course at the IEP of Lille and at the University of Kent at Canterbury – French and English
^ a b There are 18,220 total students. 15,270 are United Kingdom students (3,385 postgraduates and 11,885 undergraduates), a total of 83.8%. 10,095 students are female (2165 postgraduates and 7390 undergraduates), a total of 55.4%.
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On World Cities Day, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India and ICLEI South Asia are jointly organising a high-level Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogue Workshop in India.
2018 is the year of the Talanoa Dialogue – a United Nations (UN) process to take stock of climate action and commitments around the globe – with the aim of inspiring more ambitious national plans needed to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Presidencies are encouraging parties and non-party stakeholders to cooperate in convening local, national, regional or global events in support of the Talanoa Dialogue.
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is supporting this initiative by convening Cities & Regions Talanoa Dialogues globally - a series of in-country consultations. This event is part of Cities and Regions Talanoa Dialogues and intends to foster and strengthen aspects of multi-level governance to enable accelerated and effective on-ground action aimed at achieving NDC commitments.
The event will bring together stakeholders from Governments, academia, international community, private sector and civil society in the sub-region.
In addition, a kick-off meeting to announce the initiation of EcoLogistics: Low Carbon Freight for Sustainable Cities project will also be held from 2 pm to 5 pm.
The project is supported by German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMU) through its International Climate Initiative (IKI) program.
A first of its kind global initiative, the project will assist cities to develop Low Carbon Action Plan for Urban Freight, support implementation of demonstration projects in cities, and suggest national policy recommendations for urban freight sector.
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It's been a testing few weeks.
It's like a family day out, and when you're finished your brain wants to explode.
And I know for a FACT, "it wasn't like this when I were a lad".
There were no choices, well not for us kids anyway.
For me it was either A or B.
And in my case it was either Great Wyrley or Cheslyn Hay.
I'm talking about high schools dan dan daaaaaaan.
As I said, we had no choice.
My mom and dad had the choice.
And guess which one they picked?
Was it the one which was just around the corner, or the one which was over a mile away?
Yep, the one which was a mile away, you go figure.
So rain, wind, snow, sleet, hail, monsoon, typhoon, hurricane (well maybe not the last three) we had to get to school, on foot.
I remember arriving at school that wet, we had to stand in front of the radiators in the mobile and there was steam rising of me like I was on fire!
To be honest, I think it's made me the man I am today.
And probably the reason I'm still wearing shorts in October!
But anyway, that's enough about my youth and onto the important stuff.
The big un, Isobelle, will be starting high school in 18 months.
So Kel's been on the case and dragging us to every school in Staffordshire (well four anyway).
This is Kel's department and she's in her element.
Kel was on the case grilling every teacher in view.
One school had epic signage which must have cost them a fortune.
One school even had goodie bags for each visiting student, full of promotional goods.
And all of the brochures were printed with great quality, laminated and PUR bound.
School + Brand Amplification = EPIC!
Now I'm not saying we base our kids education on their signage, only a nutter would suggest that J.
But first impressions definitely count.
So if you're having visitors or walk in clients.
What first impression are you leaving on them?
Is YOUR signage fresh, bright and amazing?
Are you GIVING them something to REMEMBER YOU by?
Just over a coffee or two to see how we can help your business make a first impression that guarantees you seal the deal.
Right I'm off to de-school myself.
All these visits to schools have bought back memories of my misspent youth.
Well not that misspent, I don't think I turned out that bad did I?