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01/10/2026

The freshers fair is very lively and our school of computing supported societies have been very popular! Come visit them before 4pm today or at tomorrow's fair from 10am till 4pm!

29/09/2026

Welcome week is well underway! Thank you to all those who attended our events today! We look forward to seeing you for more this week! 🎉🎉

28/09/2026

We hope you've enjoyed all the events so far during Arrivals Weekend and the start of Welcome Week!

For our new undergrads we have a full slate of activities set to get to know the School of Computing and meet some of the other folks on your course!

For a full list of events, check out the schedule at kent.ac.uk/welcome

Welcome Talks from both the School and the British Computer Society, Technical Inductions to our Hackspace and a catered lunch where you can meet your academic advisors and other staff!

Ever wanted to learn to build a PC from scratch? Come meet some other students on your course and get hands on with our PC rebuilding workshops.

Sessions are repeated.

Take a guided walk down into town to see some of the sights and get pointers for useful locations and routes off campus.

Weather permitting!

Have a chilled out session building and programming some LEGO Robots to complete a variety of challenges with other students.

Location changed from the initial location on timetables!

Sessions are repeated throughout the week.

Get to grips with some of our systems and some intro programming with our onboarding sessions! Sessions are available for both those who are new to the world of programming and those who have some experience before.

Sessions are repeated

23/09/2026

Some more advice we got from our 2026 graduates for freshers that we couldn't fit into the main reel!

21/09/2026

We asked our graduates of 2026 for advice to any new students just starting Computing at Kent. We hope you'll feel inspired and take on board their 3 years of wisdom!

11/09/2026

Computer scientists don't touch grass? Our resident lecturer, Sergey Ovchinnik, showed you can do more than that! Utilising the easy campus connection to the Crab and Winkle way, you can walk all the way to Whitstable in just under 2 hours! We're proud to present Sergey's quest to complete this walk from our School and back, just to go touch the sea!

09/09/2026

Meet our School of Computing supported student societies! All student-led, full of social and academic events throughout the entire year at the University of Kent!

compSocKent - University of Kent’s official Computing Society. Running a variety of weekly social events and programming sessions, as well as extracurricular bootcamps and hackathons teaching you new skills outside of your degree. This society also organises and runs KentHackIt, a large over the weekend hackathon event with industrial sponsors.

TinkerSoc - The maker society of Kent. Utilising our hackspace facility on Wednesday nights, they make use of the 3D printers, soldering stations, vinyl cutting, and the expertise of our technicians to craft and create whatever you want! Join the learning sessions to pick up a new skill or just hang out while working on your own projects!

KMCS3 - The Cyber Security Society, running regular academic events such as workshops and capture the flag events. They also compete in national cyber security competitions such as Cyber Hack.

AI Society - A society focused on the area of Artificial Intelligence. As well as social events, they run AI specific bootcamps teaching you new skills in the field and guest lectures from industrial specialists.

Critical Hit - A public event, sponsored by compSocKent, running gaming events every Sunday. Each event features its famous Smash Bros. Tournament as well as a variety of other game setups to hop on with friends and meet new people. They also run the annual regional tournament series, Melody, which features a selection of fighting game brackets and money prize pool.

28/08/2026

We interviewed a collection of young people participating in the CyberFirst Advanced Programme by QinetiQ, here at the School of Computing. They share their favourite tools and experiences during the event, and how they will make use of these skills in the future.

We are proud to have been a part of this event and it is one of the many ways we help support wider Computing education.

21/08/2026

As part of your degree, much like whatever industry you go into, you’ll take part in group work scattered throughout.

Whether this is group design work, paired programming or your final year group software engineering project, there are many ways in which you can do this.
For many of the projects, there are systems in place for if there are concerns with how your group work is going, whether this be a reporting system, being able to talk directly to your lecturer or one of the the Senior Tutor team. On larger projects, such as the Final Year Group Project (work occurs as a group but marks are assigned individually), you have your own project supervisor who is there to help guide you through the project and point you in the right direction when things might have hit a dead end.

No matter what kind of project you’re doing, there are plenty of spaces to meet with your group to get the work done. Within Kennedy itself, there are plenty of spaces for groups to gather. If those are all full, then there are many study hubs around Campus which have the facilities for group or individual work including spaces with presentation screens to work on projects together. If you’d like something more dedicated and secluded, then you can book out one of the group study spaces in the Templeman Library which gives you a dedicated room to hold meetings, run through presentations or hash out ideas. Go to https://student.kent.ac.uk/studies/library/study-spaces to find out more about all of these.

However, group work isn’t for everyone and we have facilities in place to account for that... (Part 2 of this post coming on Tuesday!)

19/08/2026

For all the students who aren’t living on campus during their time at Kent, there’s easy ways to get to and from campus which lead you right up to the School of Computing and the Kennedy Building. Scroll for more info ➡️!

🚴 For Cyclists: Just outside Kennedy (and all across campus) there is a secure bike storage which is accessible and lockable using your Student ID card. You can arrive onto campus using the paved cycle paths from either the Eliot building arriving up the hill from town or Parkwood connecting to the National Cycle Route 1.

Nice and secure!

🚙 By Car: As a student, if you’re living outside of Canterbury or with mobility needs then you can apply for a car parking permit for any of our blue zone car parks on Campus. The closest are either any of the Parkwood Courts or the Pavillion Parking.

🚌By Bus: Stagecoach offers plenty of bus routes throughout Canterbury and in particular the Uni1 and Uni2 busses which take you right up to campus and stops right on Kennedy’s doorstep outside Sibson. As a student you can also get some substantial discounts on Stagecoach bus passes!

🚎 By Shuttle Bus: If you’re coming from the Medway area, during term time there is a free shuttle bus to transport between our Canterbury and Medway Campus. This runs every hour during the day and stops at the Keynes bus stop which is just a 5 min walk from Kennedy.

🚈By Train: If you’re coming from a bit further afield then Canterbury West and East Stations provide links to the rest of Kent and the UK. This includes the high speed line via Ashford up to London St. Pancras. From Canterbury West it’s then either a quick bus ride or walk up to Campus.

Whichever way you arrive into Campus, feel free to stop into the Sibson Café on the way!

For more info go to: https://student.kent.ac.uk/life/travel

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