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There are five Colleges situated on the main University campus
at Canterbury: Darwin, Eliot, Keynes, Rutherford and the Woolf Graduate College. All students
become a member of a College on Registration, and retain their
College affiliation throughout their study. |
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Like most communities, the College environment brings together
people of many backgrounds and with varying tastes and lifestyles.
This leaflet is designed to assist everyone and to help students
to live and work together in a civilised and stress-free environment. |
You will become a junior member of one of the five Colleges
at Registration. (Your College affiliation can easily be checked
on the student data system.) We hope that throughout
your time at the University of Kent, you will find an opportunity
to join in the Collegiate activities and make full use of the
social facilities. The Junior College Committees (JCC’s), are an important
part of College life. Committee members are elected annually
by the student members of each College, and hold specific
roles covering issues including welfare, women’s rights,
the promotion of student entertainments and many more functions.
Each College has a JCC office, the opening hours of which vary
from College to College. (See your Students’ Union and
JCC web sites on the Student Portal for further information www.kent.ac.uk/student/campus.html)
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The Masters’ Offices exist
to:
- offer advice, help and support: they are a first
port of call when you need assistance of any kind.
All matters will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.
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- enforce the University Student Regulations, the code
of conduct that all students must abide by whilst they
study at the University, wherever they may reside,
be it on or off the campus.
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Follow the Platinum Rule endorsed by the University’s Equality
Promotion Group: "Treat others as THEY want to be treated"
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Darwin College is named after the eminent scientist Charles
Darwin (1809-1882), whose home was in west Kent, where he wrote
The Origin of Species and other books on the theory of evolution.
The first Darwin students arrived in October 1970, when the
College officially opened. The Darwin Houses were built close
by in the 1980’s.
Each house name is associated with the life and career of Charles
Darwin, features of the site, famous local people, or the history
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The longest established College, founded in 1965, it is named
after the poet and playwright T S Eliot, linked to Canterbury through
the play Murder in the Cathedral, which narrates the events leading
up to the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral
in 1170. Magnificent views of the town and Cathedral can be seen
from the dining hall windows. |
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Keynes College opened in 1968 as the third of four Colleges.
It is named after the leading economist of the early twentieth
century, John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946). Architecturally Keynes
represents a radical departure from the formal cruciform layout
of the first two Colleges, with its lighter and more open style.
The College boasts the Keynes Pond and ducks, which have become
a much-loved and distinctive feature of College life. |
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Rutherford College was the second College to be opened, designed
in a mirror image to its counterpart Eliot, and was founded in
1966. It was named after Lord Rutherford, OM, FRS (1871 - 1937),
who, in developing the nuclear theory of the atom, became one of
the outstanding scientists of the twentieth century. Its commemorative
garden is a strong feature of this College and can be found between
the College and extension, now the English Building. |
Woolf College |
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The Woolf Graduate College offers state-of-the-art accommodation for mainly postgraduate students, and includes a 480 seat lecture theatre. It is named after one of the major English novelists and public intellectuals of the twentieth century. Virginia Woolf was a regular visitor to Kent, notably to Sissinghurst (the home of Vita Sackville-West). She was also known to convalesce at Moat House in Blean, on the outskirts of Canterbury, and wrote that even compared with Florence and Venice there is no lovelier place in the world than Canterbury. Over 100 years since she began her professional writing career her popularity and influence live on. |
The Masters’ Offices bring together a team of trained staff working
together to support and assist students in all matters of welfare and
guidance. If you have a concern, difficulty, query or problem, you
should not hesitate to contact the Master, or call in to the Master’s
Office for further help or assistance. Normal office hours in term
time are Monday to Friday, between 9.00am and 5.00pm (with 1 hour closure
for lunch). The Masters’ Offices are part of Student Services division and as such have close links with all of the other
student support services on campus. For a full A-Z list see www.kent.ac.uk/guidance/sgwaz.htm A who’s who of Masters’ Offices
staff and full postal addresses follows for your assistance.
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The University, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NY, United Kingdom
Telephone: (01227) 827650 Fax: (01227) 824060
Master: Nancy Gaffield
Room B3-22
Switchboard: (01227) 764000 Ext 7650
Email: N.Gaffield@kent.ac.uk |
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Master’s Assistant (Student Support)
Ann Wood
Room B3-22 Darwin College
Telephone: (01227) 823049
Switchboard: (01227) 764000 Ext 3049
Fax: (01227) 824060
Email: A.B.Wood@kent.ac.uk |
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The University, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NS, United Kingdom
Telephone: (01227) 823320 Fax: (01227) 827849
Master: Dr Michael Hughes
Room W4.6
Switchboard: (01227) 764000 Ext 3320
Email: M.J.Hughes@kent.ac.uk |
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Master’s Assistant (Student Support)
Meredith Johnson
Room W4.9 Eliot College
Telephone: (01227) 823141
Switchboard: (01227) 764000 Ext 3141
Fax: (01227) 827849
Email: M.L.Johnson@kent.ac.uk |
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The University, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NP, United Kingdom
Telephone: (01227) 827453 Fax: (01227) 823040
Master and Senior Master: Dr Anthony Ward
Room M1.3
Switchboard: (01227) 764000 Ext 7453
Email: A.H.Ward@kent.ac.uk |
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Master’s Assistant (Student Support)
Liz Tanner
Room M1.6 Keynes College
Telephone: (01227) 827010
Switchboard: (01227) 764000 Ext 7010
Fax: (01227) 823040 Email: E.Tanner@kent.ac.uk |
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The University, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NX, United Kingdom
Telephone: (01227) 823470 Fax: (01227) 827519
Master: Dr Rachel Forrester-Jones
Room N4. 9
Switchboard: (01227) 764000 Ext 3470
Email: R.V.E.Forrester-Jones@kent.ac.uk |
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Master’s Assistant (Student Support)
Sue Casement
Room N4.11 Rutherford College
Telephone: (01227) 823175
Switchboard: (01227) 764000 Ext 3175
Fax: (01227) 827959
Email: S.M.Casement@kent.ac.uk |
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Woolf College
Master: Nancy Gaffield
The University, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7BQ, United Kingdom.
(For Support Staff Contact Details, see Darwin College) |
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Student Support Adviser
Kay Webber
Student Support Office
Room Hg.2 Keynes College
Telephone: (01227) 827454
Switchboard: (01227) 764000 Ext 7454
Fax: (01227) 823329
Email: K.Webber@kent.ac.uk
The Student Support Adviser works closely with the Director of Student Services, the College Masters and all members of the Student Services Division, offering additional welfare and guidance advice, on a one to one basis, to students from all the Colleges. The Student Support Adviser also works closely with the DDSS to help them support students who may require extra advice.
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Collegiate information and regulations
Read carefully your Student
Life Handbook and your room agreement.
Kitchen areas must be left in a clean and sanitary condition.
No additional cooking equipment may be kept in rooms or kitchens, other
than the items listed in the Accommodation Brochure. Refrigerators, grill
pans, deep fat fryers, portable gas stoves, etc are strictly forbidden
and will be confiscated. Cleaning staff must have reasonable
access to the rooms. Any additional items of furniture are therefore
not permitted. Infringements of these regulations will be penalised. Colleges
are locked at midnight and residents are issued with a swipe card to allow entrance after this time. All non-residents are
required to leave at midnight. If you intend to be absent from your room
for more than three days please inform the College/Park Wood Reception. For general
accommodation enquiries contact Kent Hospitality, Accommodation Office,
Tanglewood (situated at the rear of Keynes College Car Park). Telephone
number 01227 766660, Email accomm@kent.ac.uk ,
or visit the web page www.kent.ac.uk/accommodation
First Aid boxes are kept at every Reception desk and all Receptionists
are trained first-aiders. See also Medical Advice information
below. All accidents, however trivial, must be reported immediately
to the College Reception, where the appropriate forms are available
for completion.
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All students resident in the Canterbury campus (including Parkwood Courts) are not eligible for a parking permit, and may not bring their cars on to the campus. An
exclusion zone for off campus students is also now in force.
All parking on campus is subject to the Regulations for Management
of Traffic in the University, details of which can be found in
the General Student Regulations (Section 5). Breach of these
regulations will result in disciplinary action and heavy fines.
Repeated infringements may prejudice future applications for
a parking permit. Bicycles can only be kept in designated areas
and may be impounded if illegally parked. Students are encouraged to use the frequent and inexpensive bus service which runs between the campus and city centre. For full car parking
information see the estates web site: www.kent.ac.uk/estates-local/car-park/studentpermits.htm . |
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Computing services (Information Services)
Study areas are available in all Colleges. For general campus
computing services see web page www.kent.ac.uk/is
The underlying principle is simply: do not act in an inconsiderate,
offensive or disruptive manner. Violations will be treated
very seriously. Penalties include warnings, fines, and being
required to vacate your College room or in extreme cases, exclusion
from the university. Consult the University Regulations for Students web
page www.kent.ac.uk/regulations
The taking of drugs remains a criminal offence and will in no circumstances
be tolerated. See the disciplinary procedures relating to drug
use www.kent.ac.uk/guidance/druguse.htm
Fire alarms and safety precautions
The College Fire Alarm bells are tested once a week, for approximately
thirty seconds. At all other times the building must be evacuated
when the alarm sounds continuously. There is a penalty for
failure to do so. It is a disciplinary offence to tamper with
any fire safety equipment. Naked flames are not permitted
in connection with any appliances and it is an offence to burn candles
in Colleges. All students should consult the Health and Safety section
of the Student Life Handbook,
a copy of which is normally left in each college room at the beginning
of the academic year. They are also available direct from the University
Safety Office, located in the Marlowe Building. Further informationcan
be obtained on the web www.kent.ac.uk/safety
ID Cards
Students must carry their ID Cards with them at all times and
should show them to University personnel on request. In particular
they must show their ID card to Security Personnel when requested to
do so. This is to assist in maintaining a safe campus environment for
the benefit of all. The College Masters regard failure to co-operate,
in particular failure to show ID, as a serious breach of discipline.
Kent Hospitality is licensed to sell wine, beer and spirits in the
Colleges. It is illegal to take alcoholic drink purchased into unlicensed
areas for immediate consumption. These areas include the administrative
and private teaching rooms, study-bedrooms and other rooms used for
domestic purposes only. It is also illegal to consume alcoholic drinks
in licensed parts of the Colleges, except during the bar opening hours.
Drunk and disorderly conduct is regarded a breach of the student disciplinary
regulations.
Are available for hire in some of the Colleges. For further information contact
the Master’s Offices
Any lost property should be reported immediately to the College Reception.
Postal arrangements can be checked at the College Receptions, where
you will find stamps on sale. A Royal Mail post box is situated nearby
and pigeon holes are provided in the appropriate places for the pick
up of internal and external mail received in your College.
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Contact the Medical Centre, Giles Lane. Open
from 8.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Surgery hours 9.00 a.m. to 5.00
p.m. Monday to Friday only. Out of hours Emergency Cover will be provided by South East Health (previously called StourCare). This
service is aimed at providing help for acute medical conditions
that occur or ongoing medical problems that worsen outside
the practice opening hours which cannot wait until the University
Medical Centre re-opens. Alternatively in term time contact
Nursing Services in Keynes College where a nurse is on duty 24 hours
a day.
- Medical Centre - Telephone 01227
823583 (Internally extension 3583) and listen to the
recorded message.
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Students are required to keep noise down to a tolerable level at all
times. Quietness must be observed in all Residences between the hours
of midnight and 8.00am. Use headphones only to listen to music between
these hours. In addition a noise ban will be in operation during the
whole of the Summer (examinations) term. Failure to comply with these
regulations will result in disciplinary action being taken and possibly
fines imposed.
Smoking is now banned in many areas of the University. This includes
the Colleges. The no-smoking signs and regulations must
be complied with. Infringements will be penalised. For
precise information consult the no smoking policy document on the web at www.kent.ac.uk/censec/documents/index.html The
smoking of Hubble-Bubble pipes is strictly prohibited.
For Campus security arrangement contact Campus Watch, situated near the Banking Hall. Tel: 01227 823300 (a 24 hour service). Web page www.kent.ac.uk/estates/campus-watch/index.html. Personal Security Alarms are also available from Campus Watch free of charge. Lock your room at all times when you are out and carry your card key at all times. You may be fined if you have to call security to be admitted to your College between midnight and 8.00am. You are responsible for the security and insurance for your own personal possessions.
With the exception of Guide Dogs, NO animals or pets may be admitted
to or kept in the Colleges or other University accommodation.
College roofs are strictly out of bounds.
Rooms may be booked at the Masters’ Offices discretion for evening
S.U. Society meetings and other activities. At least one week’s
notice is required. All parties are subject to the Licensing Laws.
Parties are not allowed in College study bedrooms or corridors. Any
event requiring refreshments will also be referred to Kent Hospitality
Conference Office, who will establish the most convenient venue for
the event.
Urgent messages are posted on the notice boards near the main College
Reception. Members of the College are particularly asked to watch the
notice boards, situated throughout the Colleges, for important information.
Anyone wishing to have friends staying in their rooms must gain prior
permission. Visitors should be signed in through the College
Receptions. Guests may stay for a maximum
of three consecutive nights only, and not on a regular basis.
Checklist of important advice
- Read carefully the Student
Life Handbook, your Room
Agreement, and the General Regulations for Students.
- If you live in a College, remember that you are not
allowed to keep a car on the campus.
- Consider your personal safety at all times.
- Keep your room locked when absent and insure your
personal belongings.
- Keep noise to a minimum, especially between the hours
of midnight and 8am, when silence is the rule.
- Familiarise yourself with all the
University Health & Safety requirements.
- Whenever the fire alarm sounds, evacuate the College.
- Remember that misuse of fire fighting equipment may
be treated as a criminal offence.
- Check the University’s no-smoking policy.
- Remember that drug-taking remains a criminal offence
and will not be condoned.
- Register with the Medical Centre.
- Report all damage to Housekeeping as and when it occurs.
- Remember that parties are not allowed in residential
rooms, corridors or kitchenettes.
- Respect the rules posted in the kitchenette about
the use of the microwave ovens and kitchen facilities.
- Respect the rules posted in the kitchenette about
the use of the microwave ovens and kitchen facilities.
- Keep fresh food in the kitchenette fridges, not on
your room window ledge.
- Do not drop litter or throw it from the windows. Use
the rubbish bins provided.
- Do not block the corridors with luggage or rubbish,
as this constitutes a fire hazard.
- Check your post and email regularly.
- Co-operate at all times with College and University
Staff.
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