GradPost Summer Magazine 2013

In each of my years at the
University of Kent I have tried
to do something new. In my
second year I got involved in
boxing and in my third year I
joined a student committee,
and so when returning to study
for postgraduate degree I
decided to join the University’s
student radio station, CSRFM.
There was a little more to my decision to join
than just going through the freshers’ fair and
picking at random. During my working gap year I
had failed to pin down exactly what I would like
to do after completing my postgraduate degree,
a failure I carried over from my undergraduate
years. So I figured that gaining some experience
in, and skills, through community radio would be
a positive move for any future career.
I had absolutely no experience within radio and
broadcasting, but with CSRFM no previous
experience is required, which in my opinion is
one of the best things about it. All the training
needed is provided and there are lots of friendly
and helpful mentors on hand to help you get to
grips with all the aspects of the radio station.
The training sessions consisted of being given
demonstrations of how the audio equipment
operates at one of the fully fitted radio studios,
either at the campus of University of Kent or
Canterbury Christ Church University. From there
you shadow two existing shows to see how all
the different roles required in running a radio
station work and to make sure you are
comfortable with how things operate.
Following the training I became the producer for
the Jessie Martin Show, which was a really high
octane fast-paced show. We were live for three
hours during a drive- time slot which flew by
when you were on air! Being a producer is a big
role. While you may have less air time than a
presenter, you are responsible for sourcing much
of the content needed for the show to run
successfully and you get the highly coveted job
of reading the hourly weather report!
The opportunities within CSRFM are vast, with
crews being sent to cover music festivals such
as Bestival, Beach Break Live and Wireless,
including interviews with some of the most
popular bands in the country. I would
recommend CSRFM to anyone who was thinking
about a career in radio or the media generally, as
it gives you a great impression of what the work
is like. But more importantly, if you are looking for
something new and fun that you might not
usually try, you should definitely join CSRFM and
give it a go; that is what university is all about!
Jake Hervin
MA Politics
University of Kent
Summer2013
A newsletter created by postgraduates for postgraduates
Summertime
postgraduate life
The face behind
the building:
T S Eliot
The European
University
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CSRFM – Canterbury’s Community
and Student Radio
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Postgraduate
Research Festival
2013
Tuesday 18 June,
Woolf Academic
Building
The Graduate School
The festival is an opportunity for all
Postgraduate students at Kent, both Taught
& Research, to showcase their research
work to fellow students and academics.
2.00pm
Welcome & Refreshments (Woolf Lower Foyer)
Professor Diane Houston, Dean of the
Graduate School
2.15-2.45pm
Are our (genetic) male bits shrinking into
oblivion?
Darren Griffin, Professor of Genetics
2.45-3.15pm
Career Planning & Development Panel
Dr Fragkiskos Filippaios, Reader in
International Business
3.15-3.45pm
Universities – is there a future for us?
Dr Peter Klappa, Reader in Biochemistry
3.45-4.15pm
Getting Research Funding
Phil Ward, Research Funding Manager
4.15-5.15pm
Poster presentations
5.15-6.00pm
Drinks reception and award ceremony
Prize for best poster in each Faculty
Register on the PG Research Festival
website to present a poster on your area
of research
www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/news/
pgresearchfestival.html
Image: Benjamin Lee
Evening programme available from 18.00-
21.30 (approximately)
The South East Doctoral Training Centre (SEDTC)
invites you to take part in its 2nd annual
conference at the University of Kent on 20 June
2013.
This event is open to ALL Social Science PhD
students at Kent, Surrey, Royal Holloway and
Reading, their supervisors and external
collaborative partners.
For more information and to register your
attendance visit:
http://southeastdtc.surrey.ac.uk/events/sedtc_annua
l_conference_2013.htm
Key speakers include:
“The double crisis of the welfare state and what
we can do about it”
Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy, Kent
“Debating Impact : Does Theory Matter? Is
impact something that theorists should consider
and if so how?”
A panel discussion led by Dr Iain McKenzie,
Politics and International Relations, Kent
“Getting a job in academia: a survival guide for
the postdoc years”
Dr Mario Weick, School of Psychology, Kent
“Ostracism: Causes, Consequences and Coping”
Professor Kipling D Williams, Purdue University
ESRC SEDTC Conference
20 June 2013, 10.30-18.00, Grimond Building

After having looked at Virginia
Woolf and Ernest Rutherford,
the third instalment of ‘The
Face Behind the Buildings’
series takes a look at T S Eliot,
the beloved playwright and
poet, who gave his name to
the University of Kent’s oldest
college, founded in 1965.
Born in the city of St. Louis, Missouri on 26
September 1888, Thomas Stearns Eliot was the
youngest of six children of Henry Ware Eliot and
Charlotte Champs Stearns and part of the
prestigious middle class Eliot family, originally
hailing from New England. Eliot’s love of
literature began as a child. Due to ill health Eliot
spent much of his childhood indoors. Forced
away from outside activities Eliot turned instead
to develop a passion for literature.
Eliot excelled educationally, achieving his
bachelor’s degree from Harvard University in
three years, rather than the normal four. After
studying philosophy at the Sorbonne, Paris, for a
brief time, Eliot returned to Harvard to attain his
PhD in Philosophy. The writer completed his
doctoral dissertation but failed to attend his final
exam and so was never awarded his degree.
In 1914, due to the outbreak of the First World War
Eliot took up a position to study at Oxford University,
altering his plans to move to Germany. The poet
was to remain in England for the rest of his life and
became an official British subject in 1927.
During his time at Oxford, Eliot was to meet his
first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood, a fellow writer.
Speculation is that the marriage was, at least in
part, to allow the American, Eliot, to remain in
England and the marriage was a tumultuous one.
Vivienne’s health issues and mental instability
caused enormous stress between the couple and
led to Eliot institutionalising his wife. Eliot in turn
suffered a mental breakdown in 1921. Theresa,
Vivienne’s sister, said of the marriage that
‘Vivienne ruined Tom as a man, but she made him
as a poet’. Vivienne died in 1947, perhaps the
result of an overdose-induced heart attack.
Eliot remarried in 1957 to Esmé Valerie Fletcher,
36 years his junior. He died on 4 January 1965 of
emphysema. Robert Giroux, a book editor and
acquaintance of Eliot, said upon the death of the
poet, that ‘the world became a lesser place’.
While he only produced a small volume of works,
compared to his contemporaries, few other
writers are as well regarded as he. This was
perhaps because of his keenness to review and
re-write all of his works. He said that his goal
was for each of his pieces to be ‘perfect in their
kind, so each should be an event’.
His early works were characterised by their
negativity and bleak outlook. Prufrock and Other
Observations (1917) deals with the confusion
and malaise in society post World War I while
The Waste Land (1922) considered the
weakening of society’s values, comparing it to a
bleak and shattered wasteland. This negativity
changed following his conversion to Christianity
in 1927.
He also aimed for his poetry to represent the
complexities of both modern life and language,
which consequently led to him writing in a
complex manner. Despite the difficulty of his
poetry his works had a huge influence on his
contemporary writers and ultimately led to him
winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948 for
‘his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-
day poetry’.
As well as being a poet, Eliot was an
accomplished playwright and this is where his
links to Kent can be found. Following the success
of his co-written play The Rock in 1934 the
Bishop of Chichester commissioned Eliot to write
another play to be performed for the first time at
the 1935 Canterbury Festival. Thus Eliot wrote
Murder in the Cathedral (1935), which was
performed that same year in the Chapter House
of Canterbury Cathedral. The play portrays the
assassination of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
Thomas Beckett, in 1170. Despite its overt
Christian influence many saw the play as a
critique of the Fascism that was spreading
throughout Europe at the time. Regardless, the
play was a huge success and Eliot was a natural
namesake for the University of Kent college
which offers the best views of the cathedral from
its dining room windows. Furthermore, his legacy
in Literature can be seen through the T S Eliot
Poetry prize awarded by the School of English.
Catherine Murphy
MA International Security and the Politics of Terror
Jay Crush
MA Politics
University of Kent 32 theGradPost
Editorial A studious summer Playwright and Poet
The face behind the building: T S Eliot
Let us start then with the first.
The good: everyone is gone, the undergraduates
head home for the summer and there is suddenly
far more space available all around the campus
and especially in the library where those little kids
have been socialising loudly all year while you have
been working hard on researching your thesis.
The people are gone, but those books that have
been consistently missing every time you have
searched for them seem to have miraculously
returned in the absence of the undergraduates.
The sun has come out (even in England it does
sometimes), and there are opportunities to take
your books outside and make notes in the
garden or up on campus looking out over the
beautiful inspiration of Canterbury Cathedral and
city and all that is good in it.
The bad: everyone is gone, and no I’m not just
repeating myself for the sake of it, as this can
be a major down-side when postgraduate life
can become a very
solitary, lonely one for
some students. It is easy
to become so engrossed
in your own studies that
the rest of the world
almost falls out of
existence for you.
Everyone leaves and
when all of the
undergraduates go many
of the social sites we have
come to recognise on an
almost weekly (or daily)
basis; the bars and such
take a rest over the summer while they no longer
have undergrads in there to work the shifts. The
more diligent of us might not miss the bars as
such, but what is student life without the drinking
scene anyway?
The ugly: whatever you do, do not let this be
you, there is no-one around (everyone is gone
remember) and so the temptations to not get up,
not wash, and not eat properly are all there just
waiting to be taken up, but let’s be honest the
summer is the time that you have for dissertation
writing, and so much can be done while
personal hygiene is maintained!
At the same time there are possibilities for
meeting up with other postgraduate friends who
are in the same boat as you. Postgraduate
studies need not be a situation of solitude. There
are others out there, and having a quick catch
up to compare notes or complain about the
archives visited can make all the difference.
Pippa Gregory
PhD Modern History Research
The good, the bad and the ugly of
summertime postgraduate life
Global Europe workshop
The Editorial Team
Editor – Chris Costa, PhD Biomedical Imaging
Acting Editor – Catherine Murphy, MA Intl
Security and Politics of Terror
Features Editor – Jessica Miller, MSc Science,
Communication & Society
Revise Editor – Pauline McGonagle, MA
Postcolonial Studies
Sub-Editors – Jay Crush, MA Politics;
Ben Said Scott, MA Creative Writing;
Jennifer Ward, MA Comparative Literature
Contributors – Catherine Murphy, MA Intl
Security and Politics of Terror; Jay Crush, MA
Politics; Samantha Harris, MSc Social
Research Methods; Pippa Gregory, PhD
Modern History Research; Dr Louise Naylor,
Director of UELT; Jake Hervin, MA Politics;
Jessica Miller, MSc Science, Communication &
Society; Jennifer Ward, MA Comparative
Literature; Ben Said Scott, MA Creative Writing;
Moritz Pieper, PhD International Relations
Graduate School
Ros Beeching, Graduate School Co-ordinator
Carla Doolan Graduate School Assistant
Production
Design and layout: Design & Print Centre
Following the launch of the Global Europe
Centre in Canterbury, our campuses in both
Canterbury and Brussels are currently
organising a series of ‘Global Europe’
workshops, held for interested postgraduate
research students at the University of Kent.
Panels will cover all aspects of the study of
Europe at large. These range from the
practicalities of academic research, including
information on funding and publishing
opportunities or Brussels as a fieldwork
location for EU studies, all the way to more
thematic panels on the EU’s foreign policies in
the context of the Arab Spring.
The first workshop will take place on the 27 June,
2013 in Brussels, followed by the second in
Canterbury in September. The aim of the
workshops, therefore, is twofold: to have external
speakers and experts convey their insights about
the study of Europe and the EU from an inside-
out perspective, and in line with the philosophy
of the Global Europe Centre, to facilitate inter-
campus cooperation between Brussels and
Canterbury researchers.
If you are interested in receiving more
information on the workshops, please contact
Moritz Pieper (mp442@kent.ac.uk).
The final programme of the workshop on the
27 June will be available at
www.kent.ac.uk/politics/gec.
Moritz Pieper
PhD International Relations
Although it seems as though it has taken an
age, summer is finally here and thus a new
edition of The GradPost!
And what an edition it is!
Pippa Gregory begins by talking us through the
good, the bad and the ugly of postgraduate life:
an eye-opener we hope that will prove useful for
all our postgraduate students staying in town after
the undergraduates have finished for the year.
Jake Hervin, Samantha Harris and Dr Louise
Naylor then recommend the creative side to life
as a postgraduate student, working with
CSRFM, drama workshops, and the Creative
Campus scheme.
The GradPost also ventures into Europe in this
edition, contrasting Jenni Ward and Ben Said
Scott’s experiences at the University of Kent’s
Paris Campus. Finally, our now established ‘The
Face Behind the Building’ series turns to TS
Eliot for inspiration, with myself and Jay Crush
exploring his life and works.
We all hope you enjoy reading this issue as much
as we enjoyed creating it! If you want a chance
to contribute to the next edition, or just want to
get in touch, contact us at gradpost@kent.ac.uk
Catherine Murphy
MA International Security and the
Politics of Terror
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For the third year running,
Creative Campus is
delighted to be
sponsoring an
exhibition curated by a
team of students
taking the Print
Collection and Curating
module in School of
Arts, to support their
academic and
professional development.
The exhibition entitled Two
Faced Fame will be running from
24 May – 14 June in Studio 3.
Creative Campus brings fresh perspectives on
celebrating creativity at Kent, by supporting
student- led activities that add quality and
educational value to the overall student experience.
If you are interested in learning more about
Creative Campus, please visit:
www.kent.ac.uk/creativecampus
Dr Louise Naylor
Director of UELT (Unit for the Enhancement of
Learning and Teaching)
Courtroom Drama
Welcome to the Justice and
Persuasion Project: An event
inviting students in drama
and law with prizes for
interdisciplinary skills
There was an amazing convergence of law and
drama on Friday 10 May 2013 when a group of
LLM (Law) and drama students met for the Justice
and Persuasion Project. The workshop was
funded by the Graduate School’s Postgraduate
Experience Award 2012-2013. The event also
qualified participants for 35 Employability Points
under Kent’s Employability Scheme.
The day began with the organiser asking
everyone to take off their shoes because it was a
drama studio rule (but I said it was so that no one
could run away!). Then the lights went down, the
film went on and the morning was filled with an
organic mixture of legal critique and performance
theory as the participants brought their many
skills to bear on analysis of the film 12 Angry
Men. The law students practised interdisciplinary
teaching skills to guide the drama students
through a process of legal analysis. Many
thought-provoking questions were raised and a
shared area of interest emerged dealing with the
techniques of persuasion and when it is or is not
ethical to persuade. This made everyone very
hungry, and very impressed by the mountains of
food that arrived to the door.
Then in the afternoon the drama students were let
loose in a huge rehearsal room in the Arts
building, where they taught and led the law
students in a process of rehearsal, to devise a
piece of theatre based on the morning’s
discussions. There was everything from choral
chanting to lessons in spatial awareness, from
arm wrestling to techniques for interpreting sub-
text and expressing and changing emotion. All
the exercises and techniques were designed to
give the law students an enhanced ability to make
engaging and dynamic presentations.
At the end and after much laughter, smiling and
energetic pursuits that go to show how much fun
learning can be; we watched some brilliant
performances and each participant received a
certificate in recognition of their efforts.
Participants were also asked to vote for whom
they felt were great interdisciplinary law or drama
teachers and who had achieved the most in
learning new drama or law based skills during the
day.There was an incredible generosity of spirit in
the room, with people sharing their time and their
skills and appreciating the opportunity by voting
for whom they felt deserved particular recognition.
There were six prizes of £25 book voucher tokens
each to be awarded and these went to the
following participants; Kirsten Peacock (drama),
Eileen Brown (law), Aldana Fernandez (law),
Francisca Stangel (drama), Joanna Kordatou
(drama) and Carlos Del-Razo-Ochoa (law).
“Acting and performance are so important for a
lawyer. Presenting your case, changing your
voice were practices that we all knew applied in
a court room but finding different techniques was
valuable.” – Konstantina Nikolaou (law)
“As the day has involved practical aspects with
law students, who are not used to Drama, it has
been magnificent to understand how to break
boundaries.” – Steven Dodd (drama)
“I have loved hearing the law perspective of the
questions about persuasion and ethics. I think
it’s taught me that I can, and really should,
collaborate with more specialisms when creating
theatre. It makes it so much more rich and
exciting!” – Kirsten Peacock (drama)
There is already interest in the next event. Are
you interested? Please contact me:
S.R.Harris@kent.ac.uk
Samantha Harris LLB
MSc Social Research Methods
Summer on the river
EMP
OYABILITYPO
INTS
Creative Campus offers exciting opportunities for
engaging students as partners, promoting
experiential learning and supporting professional
development. The project has been running for five
years and has delivered over 75 projects including
a wide variety of arts, cultural and environmental
activities that have enriched the cultural landscape
at Kent. Students have engaged through the
curriculum or internships to create novel learning
and social spaces on campus, including
architectural projects and the Canterbury
Labyrinth, and produced student publications
ranging from bus posters to arts catalogues.
Postgraduate student Pier del Renzio (a former
Master of Architecture student) worked with
members of Creative Campus, MELD
Architecture (a commercial practice involving
tutors from Kent School of Architecture) and the
University’s Estates and Hospitality departments.
This vibrant social hub was selected for the
prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects
(RIBA) Design Exhibition (2011), with Pier
commenting that ‘the realisation of this project is
an example of how students can not only
engage with and learn from professional
practice, but also contribute to the environment
in which they live, work or socialise.’
Two students (Laura Garcia and Kaynat
Choudhury – MA in Multimedia Journalism)
created the visual identity of the 1908: Body and
Soul project aimed at reimagining the first London
Olympic Games as part of the celebrations for
London 2012. They produced a website,
chronicling the aerial acrobatics, music and
performances at Jackson’s Lane, London, giving
both creative and historical insights into events
such as ice skating, pole jumping and discus.
Initially recruited through JobShop as a labyrinth
steward, Victoria Tedder (PhD in Sociology of
Work and Leisure) became our first Creative
Campus intern with a specific responsibility for
supporting the labyrinth project and student
participation. This involved over 50 hours of work
facilitating walks on both the outdoor and indoor
labyrinths, including workshops for staff and
students on the Mindfulness and Wellness Days
promoted by colleagues in counselling and Kent
Sport, respectively. She was the first UK student
to be accepted to train as a labyrinth facilitator
with the international organisation, Veriditas
(undertaking an intensive three day residential
programme) and received her award as Creative
Campus Champion 2012 at the Employability
Points Scheme ceremony last year.
Creative Campus
Now that the sun is out, there
is no better time to explore
some of the historic gems of
Canterbury. One of the best
ways to do so is on board a
Canterbury Historic River Tours
boat; a 40-minute journey will
take you through the heart of
the city. The tour itself starts
from just outside the Old
Weavers House Restaurant
on St Peter’s Street, and costs
only £7.50 for students. Tours
leave every 15 minutes and if
you are in the city, it is the
perfect opportunity to take a
short rest from work.
Each boat holds a maximum of 12 people.
The small size certainly helps to foster a shared
experience, giving the tour a personal feel.
Once on the boat you can simply relax and
soak up the history and tranquil surroundings.
As soon as the tour begins it is evident you are
in knowledgeable hands. Much of the tour is
taken up with a commentary about the places
you are seeing; it also includes interesting and
insightful anecdotes from Canterbury’s long
history.
The journey starts by heading towards a small
Franciscan chapel called Greyfriars. This was
part of a monastic settlement until Henry VIII
dissolved many of the monasteries all over the
country. It is situated near to the Canterbury
Heritage Museum and is well worth a visit on
foot. The boat then turns and you get an insight
into some of Canterbury’s medieval history.
Did you know, for instance, that at one point the
weaving industry in the city employed one third
of Canterbury’s population? The tour continues
up past the Marlowe Theatre to the site of a mill
which used to be the second biggest building in
Canterbury, before it burnt to the ground in the
1930s. Incidentally, the nearby pub was saved
and the Millers Arms is still open to this day.
From here, the boat turns again and you begin
the final leg of the journey, past the ducking
stool, a means of punishing petty criminals and
quarrelsome wives.
It is hard not to be charmed by the sites and
history gleaned from the journey. The
atmosphere is incredibly serene and peaceful
and makes a great change from the bustle of the
high street. So if you have a chance, why not
give the tour a try? It is 40 minutes that you
won’t regret.
Jessica Miller
MSc Science, Communication and Society
Canterbury Historic River Tours12 angry men went in, 20 happy students went out
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Image:JenniferWard
Paris, the best city
in the world?
Paris is the best city in the world. Well, it is to
me at least. I had my suspicions that it could
have been before I left to study there for four
months. I had visited a handful of times before
and had seen glimpses of the potential of my
number one contender. Now my suspicions
have been well and truly confirmed.
Arriving in Paris at the start of January, I was
shocked by how quickly I felt like I fitted in,
especially as I spoke minimal French. I was also
surprised at how quickly it felt like home. Being
able to pop in and out of world famous
museums like The Louvre and the Musee
D’Orsay completely free of charge (because
I’m under 26) was one of my favourite things
about living in Paris. Being able to travel around
the whole city at a very reasonable price was
extremely handy. Being able to eat great food
on a regular basis, also an incredibly big plus.
On the Kent at Paris programme, we had lots
of trips organised for us, including a semi-
lecture on Francis Bacon in the Pompidou
Centre, a walk around the Père Lachaise
cemetery, primarily to see Apollinaire’s grave
and a visit to the Rodin Museum. In our spare
time we visited the Palace of Versailles, the
Catacombs and Montmartre, to name a few.
And, of course, I made the obligatory visit to
the Eiffel Tower (three times, due to the
amount of visitors I had). There was so much
to do and see; never a dull or boring day.
But my four months ultimately seemed to
revolve around food (and studying, of
course!), some of the best food I’ve ever
tasted: crepes, steak, ice-cream, falafel,
baguettes, duck, croissants and naturally,
cheese. We spent a large proportion of our
time finding new restaurants and cafes,
visiting recommendations from friends and
family and just planning what to have for
breakfast the next day or dinner that evening.
All the modules on the course were about Paris
or France in some way, shape or form. All the
texts on the Comparative Literature module
were written about Paris or something that had
happened in Paris, whereas in the History
module we looked at the kingdoms of England
and France from 1500-1700. This made the
course feel quite personal and specific to our
small group; it was also great to learn and read
about the country and city we were living in.
The whole experience was amazing; I couldn’t
recommend studying in Paris, or abroad,
more. I have been back in Kent for nearly two
weeks now, however, I’ve had two big
deadlines which means leaving Paris hasn’t
quite sunk in yet. I’m sure soon, and
especially over the summer, I’ll start to miss it.
It is the best city in the world after all.
Jennifer Ward
MA Comparative Literature
One of the first things that attracted me to the
University of Kent was its tag line: “the UK’s
European university”. ‘What a fabulous idea’, I
thought; ‘not only study in the picturesque
surroundings of Canterbury but also travel the
continent’. My undergraduate degree at the
University of Kent didn’t quite work out like
that though. Instead I spent a year travelling
around a very different continent, America,
studying at the University of Indiana. However,
my European dream lived on and for my
postgraduate course I got a second bite at
the apple. I am now a full-time student at the
University of Kent in Paris and I am loving it.
Studying abroad is a wonderful experience
that I would encourage everyone to try. The
University of Kent is also a brilliant university
through which to do this; it is great at
supporting its students during what can be an
incredibly daunting experience at first. Take
this year for example: moving to France could
have been potentially very difficult, considering
that apart from a few years during high school,
my level of French wasn’t good. This was my
major concern during the winter term. However
the University of Kent provided weekly French
lessons which helped me gain confidence in my
ability to at least get by. It has also continued the
lessons for all the students while over here,
providing both beginner and intermediate
courses – for the record I am very much in the
beginners’ class!
Another thing that can be scary about travelling
abroad is getting to know people. Here too the
University of Kent has been really good at getting
everyone involved. It hosted several events in the
first term to allow those on the Paris programme
to get to know everyone going over, again they
have also continued this into the second term
organising guided tours of the covered arcades
and Musée d’Orsay both of which were held by
Kent professors who had come over to teach
classes. This unique balance of education as well
as tourism has made Paris feel very accessible to
me and my fellow Parisians.
Of course, visiting new places and experiencing
new cultures is not the only benefit from studying
abroad. The Kent at Paris programme has a
mixture of postgraduate students, everyone from
Creative Writing to Film to History are mixed up
in eclectic classes designed to make the most
out of working in this wonderful city. For
example in my own work I am reading a lot of
Ernest Hemingway, who even when not writing
specifically about Paris, still puts lots of the
city into his work. Being able to visit the places
that he writes about really give the words an
added weight that would be hard to appreciate
without studying here.
The University of Kent really does offer fantastic
opportunities to all of its students with
campuses in Paris, Brussels, Rome and Athens
as well as strong links with over 100 other
overseas universities. From a personal point of
view I could not think of a better way to
complete my postgraduate degree. Having
thoroughly enjoyed the three and a half years I
lived in Canterbury and the year and a half I
have spent abroad, my time at the University of
Kent has been an absolutely brilliant experience.
Ben Said Scott
MA Creative Writing
The European University

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