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Autumn 2013

A newsletter created by postgraduates for postgraduates

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Editorial WelcomeWelcome to the autumn edition of the GradPost.I hope everyone has had a good summer breakand is returning refreshed and revitalised. In thisedition we are introduced to a number ofconferences at Kent. Katerina Flint-Nicolpreviews Doris Day at the Gulbenkian, PippaGregory describes the recent bootcamp forhistorians and Pauline McGonagle talks aboutthe English conference, Transactions.

New students at Kent will find useful informationwith regards to postgraduate experiences. Alex Murray discusses what it means to be apostgraduate at Kent, while Vid Calovskiintroduces the Kent Graduate StudentAssociation. After the last edition’s introductionto the Paris campus, we follow Kathryn Simpsonto Brussels for the Global Europe Workshop.News is brought to you from the GraduateSchool with reviews of the PG Research Festivaland Global Skills Award Programme.

It is with regret that I must say my farewells toyou all now – at least in my student capacity –and hand the reigns of Editor to a worthysuccessor. I hope you have all enjoyed theseissues of the GradPost over the last couple ofyears, and that you continue to contribute usingthe normal channels (E: gradpost@kent.ac.uk orusing Twitter/Facebook).

Chris CostaPhD Biomedical Imaging

The Editorial TeamEditor – Chris Costa, PhD Biomedical Imaging

Features Editor – Jessica Miller, MSc Science,Communication & Society

Revise Editor – Pauline McGonagle, MAPostcolonial Studies

Contributors – Vid Calovski, MA InternationalSocial Policy, Katerina Flint-Nicol, PhD FilmStudies, Pippa Gregory, PhD Modern HistoryResearch, Pauline McGonagle, MAPostcolonial Studies, Kathryn Simpson, PhDPolitics & Government, Alex Murray, Kent UnionVice-President Education

Graduate SchoolCarla Doolan, Postgraduate DevelopmentCoordinator, Katie Watson, Graduate SchoolAssistant

ProductionDesign and layout: Design & Print Centre

The Year of the Postgrad as Priority2013-2014When reading about university, you could be forgiven forthinking that it was just about being 18-21-year-olds and findingyour feet. Prospectuses full of smiling undergrads and listingsof 32-week tenancies, I’m sure it can feel like the postgraduateis the forgotten child in the higher education picture at times. As it is, however, postgraduates make up 15.5% of the studentpopulation at Kent and play a significant role in the life of theUniversity.

The world appears to be waking up to theimportance of the postgraduate arena and to theneeds and problems that you, as a student body,negotiate. As the lead officer on postgraduateissues over the last year, I’ve tried to assist inhighlighting issues of social and study space,Master’s funding and students who teach. We’vesecured interim wins over the next year, however,I believe that we have the chance for much more.

I’m calling the academic year of 2013/14 theYear of the Postgraduate because, I think, forbetter or for worse, there is a great deal to playfor. No longer can postgraduate education sit inthe background of national debates or evenwithin our campuses. The recent shift in NationalScholarship Programme funding away fromundergraduates, represents a symbolic gesturefrom the government and it certainly won’t be thelast time this year that funding sits on theagenda. University executives are alsosmartening up to the fact that the students whoteach are essential to a number of their KeyInformation Sets and that in the new environmentof competition the Postgraduate EducationSurveys can be powerful when students considerwhere to further develop within their discipline.

The position that I hold is not, however, aboutsimply exploiting the new ‘students asconsumers’ rhetoric to our advantage. This isabout the fact that students who tangibly benefitsociety and research are not supported as they

ought to be. Whether this is because of the lackof a stable loan system for Master's students,training and resources for students who teach, orfacilities for the student body – there arenumbers of areas within which the postgraduatecommunity is let down. We need to get ourinstitutions, politicians, union representatives andthe general public behind this.

Here at Kent small wins have been found within thecampaign for social and study space, but the aimis for a full graduate student centre to be secured.Within Kent Union we will be launching a surveysoon on the experiences of postgrad students, butwith a specific look on those who teach. Lookingmore nationally, we will be continuing to lobbypoliticians on areas of funding and support to helpshape the debate.

Higher education at the moment is undergoingconstant change, and it was only a matter oftime before postgraduate education wasreached. My prediction is that it will be given apriority this year in terms of review. My aim is forus at Kent to play a part in that, at all levels, toensure that the year is remembered for the winsstruck by students and their unions, rather thanirreparable damage served. I hope that many ofyou will get involved and help us to make thisyear one for the postgraduates.

Alex MurrayKent Union Vice-President Education

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Global Europe Centre

Over the course of the past year, the KGSA hasbeen very active and we aim to continue this intothe new academic year. Having campaigned andraised awareness of the issues thatpostgraduates face with regard to social andstudy space at the University, we have managedto help ensure that postgraduate students havegreater access to more study space. We wereawarded the Kent Union Award for BestCampaign for this and our launch event ‘Howmany postgraduates can you fit into a commonroom?’ There will be continued provision of pooltables and table tennis in Woolf Foyer in the newacademic year, which we hope will take place atleast three nights a week (and will be open to

those who do not live on campus too!) Inaddition, we aim to have film nights throughoutthe year, including some aimed at thosepostgraduates who have young children. Towardsthe end of the first term we will hold events tohelp mark both Halloween (31 October) andBonfire night (5 November).

Last, but by no means least, for those who maybe interested in sport, there is both a footballteam (for men and women) and a basketballteam which represent Woolf in the Inter CollegeCup. More information on how to join theseteams will be available during Welcome Week.

From the Kent Graduate StudentAssociation (KGSA)Hello, my name is Vid C̆alovski and I am the current Vice-President of the Kent Graduate Student Association (KGSA).The KGSA is elected each year to represent postgraduatestudents here at the University of Kent. We represent studentsat both University as well as Kent Union meetings; we campaignfor improved provision for postgraduates as well as organiseevents, such as Welcome Week each September.

Following the launch of the Global EuropeCentre on 9 May at the Canterbury campus,and with the support of the Graduate School,postgraduate students have organised aseries of Global Europe Workshops. The aimof these is to promote inter-site relationsbetween postgraduate students in Canterburyand Brussels in order to foster aninterdisciplinary European postgraduateresearch community at the University of Kent,the UK’s European university.

The first Global Europe Workshop took placeon 27 June at the Brussels School ofInternational Studies (BSIS-Kent Brussels).With such close proximity to EU institutions,think-tanks and lobby groups, the inauguralGlobal Europe Workshop had a practical andpolicy-making approach to academicresearch. Morning panels covered topics suchas the ‘Practicalities of academic research inBrussels’ which discussed the complexities ofconducting interviews. There were tips on howto make ‘The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly’

work for you and EU Foreign Policy after the ArabSpring, which heralded a very lively and timelydiscussion on the EU’s involvement in NorthAfrica and the Middle East.

Lunch provided a welcome refuel for active,eager and enthusiastic minds and enabledparticipants to return replenished for afternoondiscussions. This included lobbying as a part ofEU policy-making, which highlighted that it ismuch more than influencing policy with 85% oflobbying dealing with managing policy and 15%of lobbying influencing policy. The final sessionon EU funding opportunities/researchgrants�provided invaluable knowledge aboutsecuring funding for future research from variousEU institutions and funding bodies.

Many thanks to those who participated in theworkshop; in particular to Professor RichardWhitman and Professor Elena Korosteleva fromthe School of Politics & International Relations,Dr Tom Casier from the Brussels School ofInternational Studies at the University of Kent,

Brussels Workshop – June 2013

For those new students who would like to beinvolved in the KGSA, elections are held inOctober for the new committee as well aspresident. If you are interested in finding outmore about specific roles, please email either the KGSA directly (kgsa@kent.ac.uk) or Claire Powell, the current president(cp337@kent.ac.uk). If anyone would like to know more about Welcome Week events, feelfree to contact me at vc92@kent.ac.uk.Alternatively, for those who are more inclined tosocial media, find us at our Facebook page(www.facebook.com/kentgsa) or twitter(@KentGSA).

We look forward to meeting new students inSeptember!

Vid �alovskiVice-President KGSAMA International Social Policy

Hugues Mingarelli, European External ActionService Managing Director SouthernNeighbourhood and Middle East, Dr MohamedSameh, EuroArab Forum, Dr Rosa Balfour,Head of Europe in the World Programme, DrDomenico Rossetti di Valdalbero, DirectorGeneral, Research and Innovation, EuropeanCommission, Luciano Di Fonzo, Head of Sector,Jean Monnet Programme, EducationAudiovisual and Cultural Exchange Agency,European Commission and Dr KarolinaPomorska, Marie Curie fellow at CambridgeUniversity.

The second Global Europe Workshop will takeplace on Friday 1 November at the University of Kent, Canterbury. If you are interested inreceiving further details about this workshop,please contact Kathryn Simpson:ks429@kent.ac.uk

Kathryn SimpsonPhD Candidate Politics and Government

Global Skills AwardProgrammeThe Global Skills Award(GSA) Programme, run bythe Graduate School forMaster’s students, featuresa series of lectures andworkshops designed to increaseparticipants’ awareness of global issues and toimprove employability. The six-monthprogramme runs from October to April and allstudents registered for a taught Master’sDegree are eligible to apply for a place, whichis free of charge. Once accepted for theprogramme students take part in a personalassessment which will help to reflect on pastexperience and future development. Applicantsare invited to attend a lecture series, chaired bythe Dean of the Graduate School, allowingstudents to participate in discussion on globalissues such as the economy, the environment,world politics and developments in science. A series of skills training workshops offerparticipants the chance to develop careeropportunities and acquire the skills needed to succeed in the work place such as teambuilding, networking and leadership.

This year’s programme will not disappoint, with a series of lectures delivered by leadingacademics, business experts and currentaffairs specialists. These include a fascinatingtalk from Professor Kevin Dutton entitled ‘TheWisdom of Psychopaths’, an enlighteninginsight into the ‘Disappearing Computer…computing from 1950 to 2050’ from ProfessorSimon Thompson and a controversial lecture byProfessor Darren Griffin addressing thequestion ‘Are our male (genetic) bits shrinkinginto oblivion?’

Last year’s GSA programme (2012-13)Last year over 170 students completed theprogramme, with over 90 students attendingthe award ceremony in Woolf College on 17June. Professor Diane Houston hosted theevent, which included reflections on the GlobalSkills Award by three participants: AlexandrosBardoutsos, Gift Olema Asiku and Laura Carter. Alexandros, who bravely kick-startedproceedings, said: “Throughout the GSA I wasone of the many students fortunate enough toattend workshops that expand our knowledgeand widen our horizons. The GSA taught ushow to lead others but more importantly how to lead ourselves. The lectures were diverse,interesting and a pleasure to attend”.

Congratulations to all those who obtained the Global Skills Award. We look forward towelcoming new students in October.

For full details on the GSA programme pleasevisit: www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/skills/programmes/gsacurrent.htmlor email skills@kent.ac.uk

Carla DoolanGraduate School

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After a call for papers, catering and roombookings via Tom in the English office, web pagecreation with Gemma’s help, notices, emails,nagging reminders, and regular meetings and abooklet, with Eleri’s assistance, May crept up onus and the sun actually came out on Thursday16.

The Conference opened with a panel whichexamined autobiographical writing intranscultural spaces, including Adhaf Soueif andNaguib Mahfouz’s Cairo and intertextuality andmemoir in Azar Nafisi’s Tehran. Cross-culturalexchanges and communication, throughreflection on the collapsing of the local andglobal, through echoes of the past in the presentand the relevance to political movements were allpresented and explored.

The keynote speech followed by ProfessorAbdulrazak Gurnah on the Significance of theLocal which raised interesting questions ofcosmopolitan consciousness and theperspectives and discourses of globalisation. If‘writing engages us beyond what we know’ thenthe truths told still raise questions of universalcritical standards – all relevant to postcolonialstudies today.

The new scholarship on the work of BarbaraGuest, interrogation of her social alignments andconvincing arguments on her omission from NewYork School Anthologies was discussed in paneltwo. The panel examined the avant-garde poetrytradition. It included papers on TS Eliot’sbroadening of the modernist ‘love poem’ bymeans of privileging tradition in constructing theinability of men and women to communicate, andthe issue of interpretation of translations ofFrancois Villon’s work, making the case forRodefer’s subjective performativity as superior tothat of Pound and Williams.

The panel on traversing boundaries investigatedan eclectic range of genres; from the relevanceof Derrida in Hilary Mantel’s tension of languageand representation of the body, to his philosophyand how it communicates with conceptual art inKaren Green’s Tiny Stampede; from transactionsbetween natural and supernatural worlds via theuse of sea metaphors in the work of AS Byatt tothe ‘commingling’ and exchange in the poetics

of James Schulyer with a strong case for thepotential of phenomenology in readings of theavant-garde.

The final panel which emphasised moments inhistory also had wide geographical andinterdisciplinary relevance and closed theConference within the true spirit of its vision.Papers looked at how inter-war westwardmigration in America was fertile for modernistliterature, how it engaged with landscape andculture; how neuroscientist Rodrigo QuianQuiroga uses Cervantes’s Don Quixote as aliterary figure to interrogate the brain/mind interms of a quest for authenticity and translation;and finally presented as a performance itself –how and why Allen Ginsberg’s Albert Hallreadings enact ideological transaction of politicalagency.

The Conference supper at the Veg Box Café inCanterbury, was followed by a superb andentertaining range of readings of their own work by postgraduate students.

The evening ended with the launch of SplinterMagazine and spirited performances of many ofthe authors from within this first publication.

Professor Abdulrazak Gurnah (PhD director)commented that the organisers of theConference: ‘did wonderfully well’. VybarrCregan-Reid (Director of Graduate Studies) saidthat the ‘School of English is proud to have suchengaging students with a broad range ofresearch interests. It was a wonderfullyinteresting day.’

List of participants who presented papers:Sophia Brown, Yasmin Radwan, Mahdi Shamsi,Claire Hurley, George Temple, Kat Peddie,Victoria Bennett, Julie Cook, Barbara FranchiMatthew Carbery, Fred Francis, Romen-Reyes-Peschl and Juha Virtanen.

Those who read their work at the CreativeWriting evening:Kat Peddie, Charlotte Geater, Juha Virtanen andGeorge Temple.

Pauline McGonagleMA in Postcolonial Studies

A conference to crossover, connect,commingle and create!When Victoria Bennett, Claire Hurley and I were asked to gettogether to create the 2013 postgraduate conference in December2012 it looked like a formidable task. The title, which started as ascribbled diagram on the back of an envelope on a moving busbetween Dover and Canterbury, and heavily influenced by aTabish Khair book that I had been reading at the time, led tosome exciting and fascinating ideas.

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As the summer started andeveryone else left for theholidays, 12 History studentsgot together to take part in anarticle-writing workshop fromthe 17 to the 28 June. Theideas for it, led by Dr DonLeggett, originated fromAmerican workshops of asimilar nature, although thesewere adapted to suit.

Funding was provided through the Centre forHistory of the Sciences (CHOTS), but it wasopen to all History students showing an interest.Students were asked: Do you have a PhDchapter that could be transformed into a journalarticle? A piece of research that you’ve beenmeaning to write up? A blockage in turning yourwork around for publication? These questionsand more became the purpose of the workshop,to help progress into the realm of publishing,challenging students, and offering them insightsinto the world of publishing out there.

The course began with a rush of meeting andgreeting, although many of us already kneweach other, but it gave us a chance to share ourworking ideas and begin to develop and decidewhat we would write. Alongside this we begancontemplating prospective journals to suit eachindividual on the course and the work we soughtto write, making sure that we knew just how longa piece we were aiming to construct. The aim ofthe course was to give all participants thechance to completely write peer-reviewed journalarticles of around 8,000 words, as well grantingopportunities to get insights on the editing andreviewing processes from professionals.Disclaimers were put out at the start that it was avery intense course, and this held truethroughout, yet at the same time therewards made up for the timeconsumption and intensity.

Guest speakers were invited tooffer some of their experience andexpertise over the first two days,including members of university staffwho are current and past journaleditors. Then on the next day differentstaff members who are frequently asked toreview articles as well as write and submit theirown for review, also visited us. The insights fromour guest speakers were invaluable in helping usto write the best articles we possibly could, aswell as giving us a better idea of time frameswithin which we might usually work.

The average lead time between first submissionof an article to a journal and the time when it isactually printed usually falls within two years,although some modern peer-reviewed onlinejournals do seem to have a faster turnover. It wasalso made clear to us that sometimes delayswere the result of any number of hold-ups andcontinual reviewers looking at work. Nonethelessthis was not said to put us off, but rather as awarning. Our guest speakers offered us horrorstories as well as success stories which servedto put us properly in the picture, but along withtheir stories we were also given many tips onhow to produce a good article and ways toplacate reviewers and save time and potentialworries.

The diversity of participants was huge, as we hadHistory of Science students, members of

Medieval and Early Modern Studies(MEMS) along with Modernhistorians. Participants also camefrom abroad, and had at somepoints been part of theUniversity’s Europeancampaigns. This diversity servedour purposes, as we were allpaired up twice from the first day.

Once with a partner whose work fellinto a reasonably similar area to our

own; these were the specialist partners. Thensecondly we were paired with another personwhose work was most divergent to our own; ourgeneral partners.

Once the writing was underway, we aimed onaverage to write about 1,000 words a day,although the first few days were spent entirely on

introductions, which were again revised by theend, and the last couple of days focused onconclusions. Each day we gave our own work toboth of our partners, and read their work beforediscussing the content and changes that couldbe made. We were not locked away constantly ina room reading and writing, however, breakswere taken, and the focus was redirected todifferent aspects of the articles we were writingas they progressed.

Watching everyone as the workshop developedwas interesting as those who came in full ofconfidence seemed by the third day to have lostit. Yet the continual review process, although itserved to highlight our mistakes, also became ameans of showing and justifying our betterfeatures (and may even be good viva preparationfor many). Although the perfectionist in all of ussuffered somewhat along the way, the finalproducts were not only developing good articles,but also developing the confidence of everyparticipant in justifying our work and sharing itwith specialists as well as strangers.

For more details on the course this year, and topotentially wet the appetites of others for nextyear, take a look at the course story online at:http://storify.com/KentCHOTS/write-a-journal-article-chots-workshop#. This page offerscommentary throughout the two weeks as well ascomments tweeted in along the way. There arehopes for another course next year, and maybeother departments will take an interest in it aswell. We can only hope!

Pippa GregoryPhD Modern History Research

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But when friends outside the University andacademic life asked me what my thesis wasactually about, I was surprised by one of theresponses. “So, you don’t just write about filmsthen?” was a question that made me pausemomentarily. My research is on contemporaryBritish horror films. More precisely, it’sconcerned with films labelled as HoodieHorrors, such as Harry Brown and Eden Lake.

And, although my thesis is concerned withtheories of cinematic horror, genre theory andthe history of British film, my research is alsoimmersed in British politics, cultural and mediastudies as my project seeks to understand thecultural significance of the threat of the hoodie.That’s one of the reasons why studying film canbe so interesting; the research can lead in manydiverse directions covering other disciplines.

And that’s one of the best things about studyingfilm at Kent – the interdisciplinary approach. Theevent taking place at The Gulbenkian thisautumn term is a great example of theinterdisciplinary approach put into practice.

One of the positives of undertaking a PhD in film is that youalways prick people’s curiosity into what you are researching.Some are truly mystified that you can even undertake a post-doctoral study of film, while others are genuinely interestedin asking you about your project. I guess the beauty of film isthat it’s a subject that everyone relates to and everyone canhave an opinion on. We all go to the cinema, watch DVDs ormaybe catch a movie on a wet and cold Sunday afternoon.We’ve all got a favourite film and a favourite actor or star.

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The weekend of 27-29 September sees TheGulbenkian devote itself to all things Doris Day.Day, who turned 90 in 2012, was a majorHollywood star during the 1950s and 60s. Sheappeared in melodramas, musicals andromantic comedies and 40 years after her lastfilm, is still known for being typecast as the 40-year-old virgin. She is famous for her films withRock Hudson, Cary Grant and arguably hermost iconic role is that of Calamity Jane (a filmwhich is 60 years old this year). The weekend isthe brainchild of Dr Tamar Jeffers-McDonald, asenior lecturer in Film at the University and self-confessed Doris Day obsessive. Jeffers-McDonald has previously written on costumeand representations of virginity in film, as well ason romantic comedies. October sees the releaseof her book, Doris Day Confidential: Hollywood,Sex and Stardom, in which she challenges theaccepted assumptions of Doris Day. The bookexamines how such pejorative labelling aroseand how it stuck so tenaciously throughout and

beyond Day’s career. The book closely exploresDay’s characters and performances in both herfilm and TV work in order to locate how thevirgin myth came about. The work also focuseson contemporary popular culture, from reviews,newspaper articles and fan magazines in orderto chart Doris Day’s screen persona and thechanging public perception of the star.

Of course the weekend is predominately aboutthe films. There will be a chance to see Pillow Talk,undoubtedly one of Day’s most famous romcoms,also starring Rock Hudson. There is a lesserknown gem, Midnight Lace, a modern Gothic talein which Day’s character fears for her sanity whenshe begins to receive a string of threateningphone calls. Quite possibly the highlight of theweekend will be the whip-cracking, Sing-a-long-Calamity Jane! There will also be opportunities toacquaint yourselves better with Doris Day and herfilms, with accompanying introductions to thescreenings led by Tamar and Dr John Mercer, of

Birmingham City University. But the weekend isalso an opportunity to understand how films actas cultural products. Dr Karen Jones, from ourown School of History, specialises in the AmericanWest and will be talking about the real CalamityJane and screening a revisionist western, whileProfessor Peter Stanfield from the Film departmentat Kent will talk about western clothing, but morespecifically, denim.

So no, we don’t just write about films! But, findout for yourself by coming along to the DorisDay weekender, and be surprised by just howculturally significant a pair of jeans can be. Orjust enjoy the fun of Sing-a-long-Calamity Jane!

For more information, contact:E: t.jeffers-mcdonald@kent.ac.ukwww.kent.ac.uk/gulbenkian/

Katerina Flint-NicolPhD Candidate Film Studies

The Third Annual PostgraduateResearch Festival took placein Woolf College on 18 Juneand was attended bypostgraduate students frommany disciplines and acrossall three Faculties.

The festival is an opportunity for all Postgraduatestudents at Kent, both taught and research, toshowcase their work to fellow students andacademics. Students are given the chance topresent a poster summarising their currentresearch and a prize is awarded for the bestposter in each Faculty.

The Research Festival also hosted a number ofacademic talks on career development, successin publishing and research grant applications. Thisyear we were fortunate to hear from ProfessorDarren Griffin who gave an intriguing lectureentitled “Are our (genetic) male bits shrinking intooblivion?”; Dr Peter Klappa discussing thequestion “Universities – is there a future for us?”;and Phil Ward giving some excellent advice on“Getting Research Funding”. Students were alsogiven an insight into academic life from the CareerPlanning and Development Panel. Led by DrFragkiskos Filippaios, each member of the panelgave a short description of their career to date,what motivated them and how best to start acareer in academia.

Following an afternoon of inspiring talks, it wasfinally time to hear from the students. This yearproved to be extremely popular, with over 40posters presented on the day. Congratulations toall those who displayed and presented theirposters – they were all of a very high standardand the Q&A sessions provoked somestimulating discussions. The posters wereconsidered by Dr Ruth Blakeley (Social SciencesFaculty Director of Graduate Studies), Dr ColinJohnson (Sciences Faculty Director of GraduateStudies) and Professor Paul Allain (HumanitiesDirector of Research). The ‘judges’ found it

difficult to reach their decisions and after muchdeliberation the poster awards were given to:Paula Lock from SECL (School of EuropeanCulture and Languages) for her poster “RomanTaverns and Inns”; Manual Jorge Marques fromthe School of Physical Sciences for his poster“Non-invasive imaging of human tissue withOptical Coherence Tomagraphy” and SarahTetley from KBS (Kent Business School) for herposter “Gurnard and Chips Anyone ... Anyone?!”

The Festival came to a close with an awardpresentation to each of the poster winners byProfessor Diane Houston, Dean of the GraduateSchool. Well done to the lucky winners who eachreceived £100 of Blackwell’s gift vouchers.Proceedings were rounded up by a drinksreception and the chance to talk over the day’sevents. It was agreed that a successful andenjoyable day was had by all.

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Postgraduate Research Festival 2013 PostgraduateExperienceAwardsDo you have a great idea for apostgraduate event at Kent?Apply for funding through the PostgraduateExperience Awards and your idea couldbecome a reality.

• Applications for funding frompostgraduate students (both taught andresearch) and postdoctoral researchers(up to two years) are invited for thePostgraduate Experience Awards 2013-2014

• Applications for up to £1,500 will beconsidered for funding to run events orprojects which have an interdisciplinaryand/or external focus that will enhancethe postgraduate experience at Kent

• All events or projects must take place bythe end of the 2013-14 academic year

• The application form and full details can be found on the Graduate SchoolWebsite(www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/)

• The deadline for applications is Friday 29November 2013

GradPostEditorial TeamFancy yourself as a budding journalist?Want to contribute to the GradPost andgain some experience in writing forpublications?

Then why not join the GradPost Team?

We are looking for students to join ourGradPost editorial team from September2013. If you are interested in joining theteam or contributing to the new editionplease contact Katie Watson in theGraduate School (gradpost@kent.ac.uk)

Tuesday 18th June, Woolf College• Poster presentations• Academic talks• Award for best poster in Faculty• Drinks reception and awards

The Festival is an opportunity for all postgraduate students, taught andresearch, to showcase your research to fellow students and academics.

Workshops on how to produce an effective poster are taking place on12 February 2013 – please book via the Graduate School’s online bookingsystem https://bloom.kent.ac.uk/main/admin_access

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• Prize for best poster in each Faculty• Drinks reception and presentation of awards

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