Diversity - Athena SWAN
With the aim of embedding equal opportunities for women within its working practices, the School is currently working towards an Athena SWAN award.
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Summer research projectsDuring the 2013 summer vacation the School will be running a small number of research projects for mathematical sciences undergraduates, from any UK university, who are about to enter their final year. Lasting 6-10 weeks, projects offer the opportunity to carry out original research under the supervision of SMSAS academics, the chance for participants to explore their own creativity, and experience... -
Green Impact prizegivingGreen Impact is an initiative of the National Union of Students which encourages staff and students to make changes to our behaviour and lifestyles. Formed in February 2013 the SMSAS "Green Horizons" team have already completed the Bronze award which was presented to us by Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Alex Hughes at a prize-giving held on 15 April 2013. Judith Broom also accepted a second award on behalf of SMSAS Green Horizons who were named "Best New Team&qu...
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Graduation events 2013The 2013 graduation Congregation takes place at Canterbury Cathedral on Thursday 18th July at 14:30. Earlier that day we will be holding a reception and our annual prize-giving and this will be at Woolf College beginning at 10:30. The reception will end at 11:30 leaving ample time for graduates to make their way to the Congregation. Invitation with details: www.kent.ac.uk/smsas/documents/reception-invitation-2013.pdf (PD...
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The Business GameThe MSc Finance, Investment & Risk programme uses simulations, games and competitions to enhance learning and provide practical training. The Business Game has recently been completed and the winners this year were the team Design Within Reach. Nour Al Saabi Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Saad Hamed Alshinkity Yazeed Ghosheh Jennifer Abdalla Mo...
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End of term deadlines...A large number of coursework deadlines fall due in the last week of term next week. With more than 25 deadlines, across all programmes, over 2000 pieces of work will be submitted. Because of the Easter long weekend the Admin Office will be closed on Friday 29 March and re-opens on Tuesday 2nd April. Because it will be a 4 day week that is likely to place a great deal of pressure on the Admin Office. In order to help avoid large queues and crowding in the foyer please bear...
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Bake Sale raises £230The School, in collaboration with the SMSAS Society, hosted a charity bake stall on Monday 11 March. SMSAS Society volunteers kindly ran the stall in the Maths foyer with a number of SMSAS staff and PGR students baking and donating home-made cakes, biscuits, cookies and other items. A total of £230 was raised and will be donated to Comic Relief, a charity that works to support some of the poorest and most disadvantaged people in the UK and around the world. More abou...
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Green Impact awardGreen Impact is an initiative of the National Union of Students which encourages staff and students to make changes to our behaviour and lifestyles. Research suggests that fairly modest changes in behaviour can lead to a reduction of as much as 30% in carbon emissions. The "SMSAS Green Horizons" team have been working through the Green Impact online workbook during February. This system is used to measure progress against a number of criteria including energy awa...
Tuesday's Maths Colloquium: Nige Ray (Manchester), 14:30 MLT - "An introduction to weighted projective space" - http://t.co/fUY7B197GM
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Some upcoming events...
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18 May 2013
Canterbury Junior Chess Club
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21 May 2013
Mathematics Colloquium - An introduction to weighted projective space
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24 May 2013
Mathematics Seminar - The Jacobian and Dixmier conjectures, and GWAs





