Estates Staff Excellence Awards were presented to Lesley Knox, Training and Development Officer and Teresa Curteis, Head of Traffic Management and Travel.
Lesley was nominated by Chris Wright, Landscape and Grounds Manager. Chris wanted to acknowledge the support provided to enable him to complete his apprenticeship. In his nomination Chris commented that Lesley is key to the development of staff in Estates and always goes that extra mile for anyone that needs it.
Teresa was nominated by Gary Law, Assistant Director of Estates, Campus Services in relation to her response to storm Eunice, unprompted and whilst on annual leave. Knowing that there would be travel disruption Teresa was in a position to make contact with travel providers when the weather warning changed from amber to red in the early hours of Friday 18 February 2022 and fed information into the university decision making process.
In awarding the Staff Excellence Award the Senior Management Team, acknowledge the impact made to both the Department and the University. In recognition of the award Lesley and Teresa will each receive a £75 top up to their Kent One card.