‘A journey that started off as a challenge during difficult times and that I hope we\u2019ve managed to make up for in these last two years.’ he told them ‘A journey that surely has changed all of you and from which you take home a lot thanks to your efforts, your friends and colleagues, your families, and the exceptional job that my colleagues at the School of Economics have made. Think of who you were 3 or 4 years ago and think of who you are now. That\u2019s a key role of higher education.’<\/p>\n ‘Let celebrations be in excess supply today!’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ‘I know you will all do well, and you will become true poster examples of the quality education we provide in Economics at Kent.; he continued\u00a0 ‘You are a group of highly skilled and well-prepared individuals and that now you also have a role to play in shaping society the way you want it. It\u2019s your time to give back too. And this is better achieved as a group. University gives you education, but also a closely knit network of friends who have shared experiences and hence tend to think alike. I hope you all keep that Class of 2023 spirit alive and stay connected, form a community, and help each other. This is more important than ever in turbulent times.’<\/p>\n He then went on to award and congratulate this year’s prize winners.<\/p>\n Nick May Prize Best Stage 3 performance – Shu Rou Ng<\/p>\n Best dissertation Highest dissertation mark – Shu Rou Ng & Devante Hiles<\/p>\n Thirlwall Prize – highest mark in EC540 – Shu Rou Ng & Ahren Gupta<\/p>\n UG Outstanding performance to – Shu Rou Ng<\/p>\n Daniel Trotter Prize – Shivali Raichura<\/p>\n Student Experience Prize, Outstanding contribution to Student Experience activities in the School\u00a0 – Shivali Raichura; Joshua Cheeseman<\/p>\n As Leon Ledesma reiterated, we want to keep in touch with you! So, do keep us personally posted!\u00a0 ‘You won\u2019t be surprised to know that this is a source of enormous satisfaction for us.’<\/p>\n Join the Kent Alumni Network<\/strong><\/a> and keep up to date with our insta<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/economics\/files\/2023\/07\/Graduation2023Miguel.jpg\")
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