{"id":4738,"date":"2022-05-24T14:38:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T14:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=4738"},"modified":"2022-05-25T14:27:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:27:26","slug":"going-above-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2022\/05\/24\/going-above-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Above and Beyond!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">We were so proud to see so many of our staff recognised by students at Kent Union\u2019s Above and Beyond event this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Above and Beyond Awards were launched by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kentunion.co.uk\/\">Kent Union<\/a>\u00a0to celebrate outstanding members of staff, both academic and non-academic. Students nominate staff who they believe have gone above and beyond in their role.<\/p>\n<p>After a two year hiatus, due to the global pandemic, the event held to celebrate these staff had a bumper crop, with staff who had been nominated since 2020 in attendance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/3813\/zigomo-kuziwakwashe\">Dr Kuzi Zigomo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2269\/o-mahony-jane\">Dr Jane O Mahoney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/511\/devellennes-charles\">Dr Charles Devellennes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2256\/aistrope-tim\">Dr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2256\/aistrope-tim\">Tim Aistrophe<\/a> pictured here, were all proud recipients of the covetable Above and Beyond red mug.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Super pleased and deeply humbled to be nominated for such an award&#8217; Zigomo responded &#8216;many thanks to the students who make teaching so fulfilling and rewarding&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Other staff from our school who also received Above and Beyond nominations were as follows: <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/global-europe-centre\/person\/anisa-heritage\/\">Dr Anisa Heritage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/523\/mackenzie-iain\">Dr Ian MacKenzie<\/a>, Dilara B Ozbek, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2271\/whitman-richard-g\">Professor Richard Whitman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/509\/dardanelli-paolo\">Dr Paolo Dardanelli<\/a>, Charlie Bowen, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/federal-studies-centre\/person\/oleksiy-bondarenko\/\">Oleskiy Bondarenko<\/a>, Julia Palmiano Federer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/513\/grundig-frank\">Dr Frank Grundig<\/a>, Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/people\/977\/waldstein-anna\">Anna Waldstein<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/conflict-analysis\/person\/arshita-nandan\/\">Nandan Arshita<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2265\/gruffydd-jones-jamie\">Jamie J. Gruffydd-Jones<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/conflict-analysis\/person\/recep-onursal\/\">Recep Onursal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2598\/popp-raluca\">Raluca Popp<\/a>, Chris Henry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/522\/loizides-neophytos\">Professor Neophytos Loizides\u200b<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2595\/voller-yaniv\">Dr Yaniv Voller\u200b,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2813\/reyes-pascual-guillermo\">Guillermo Reyes Pascual\u200b<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2594\/mott-gareth\">Dr Gareth Mott<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/505\/biegon-rubrick\">Dr Rubrick Biegon<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2599\/turner-ben\">Dr Ben Turner.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Congratulations to all of them!<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>If you know a member of staff who has gone above and beyond for students, you can nominate them\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1veiAz3fPBv2rjyavL6yLxab4F-hJx-HcXNu3uqLxAxw\/viewform?edit_requested=true\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were so proud to see so many of our staff recognised by students at Kent Union\u2019s Above and Beyond event this month. 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