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Monday, 22 September 2008

Monday Morning

11.30 am Gulbenkian Theatre
University Welcome to all new postgraduate students by the Vice Chancellor.

Monday Afternoon

4.00-5.00pm, Marlowe Building
All Kent School of Architecture students to assemble in Marlowe Lecture Theatre 1, where you will be given details of your itinerary for the week.

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

University Orientation Day for Overseas Students Tuesday will be devoted to the Orientation and Induction Programme for overseas (non European) students and European exchange students.

Tuesday Afternoon

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Wednesday Morning

Gulbenkian TheatreGulbenkian Theatre

9:30 - 10:00 Welcome and Coffee

10:00 – 10:45 The Research Community at Kent

Graduate Studies and Research at Kent

Prof Diane Houston, Dean of Graduate School

Graduate Studies, The Faculty Context

Prof Mark Burchell, Faculty Director of Graduate Studies, Science, Technology and Medical Studies
Prof Robert Fraser, Faculty Director of Research, Social Sciences
Dr Sarah James, Faculty Director of Graduate Studies, Humanities

10:45 – 11:15 Information and Support Services

Sam Thornton, Head of User Support Services, IS
Steve Holland, Head of Academic and Research Services, IS
John Greer, Director of Student Services

11:15 – 12:00 Academic and Study Support

Jane Short, Director of Inter-sessional Language Provision
Sally Fincher, Transferable Skills Coordinator, Graduate School
Shaun Theobald, Student Learning Advisor, UELT

12:00 – 12:15 Kent Union

Rachel Evans, Kent Union PG Students

12:30 – 13:30 BBQ at Park Wood - Hosted by Kent Union

Wednesday Afternoon

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Thursday Morning

Thursday Afternoon

12.30-1.30 Keynes S17 and K2U (Keynes Upper Foyer)
Reception for all postgraduate students in the School of European Culture and Languages
This reception is for students taking research degrees in Classical and Archaeological Studies, Comparative Literary Studies, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Philosophy and for students registering for taught programmes in European and Comparative Literary Studies, Intercultural Relations, the Cultural Study of Cosmology and Divination, the Archaeology of the Transmanche, Applied Theology, the Study of Mysticism and Religious Experience, Philosophy, Hispanic and Comparative Literary Studies, Modern French Studies, Modern German and Comparative Literature, and Reasoning. Refreshments will be provided.

5.00-6.00pm Rutherford Upper Senior Common Room
Orientation meeting for Postgraduate Students in the School of English

Friday, 26 September 2008

Friday Morning

10.00am   Rutherford extension room 11
Meeting for students in the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies with all Centre Staff and a Welcome by the Director

11.00am  Templeman Library
Tour of postgraduate resources for Medieval and Early Modern students

12noon    Rutherford extension 11
Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies Dr Sarah James will talk about 'Electronic resources for postgraduate study.'

Friday Afternoon
12.15-1pm, Grimond Lecture Theatre 3
Orientation meeting for new Postgraduate Students in the School of Drama, Film and Visual Arts

1.00pm    Rutherford extension 11
Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies Lunch for new and current students and introduction to the postgraduate forum

3.00pm   Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Introduction to the research resources at the Cathedral Archive/Library

Monday 29 September Autumn Term Commences

Wednesday, 1 October 2008

5.30, History Postgraduate Room, Rutherford College
Reception for new postgraduate students in the School of History

Thursday, 2 October 2008

5.00-7.00 pmPostgraduate Room Rutherford College
Reception for all postgraduates in the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Medical Registration will be computer based, please visit http://www.kent.ac.uk/medical/registration/index.htm. Only those needing vaccinations or who have health queries need to attend the Medical Centre.