Congratulations to our final-year students from the School of European Culture and Languages (SECL), who graduated yesterday with their well-earned degrees. This is the culmination of three or four years of hard work (or longer for part-time students).
A post-graduation party was held on campus yesterday, complete with a prize-giving ceremony for those who have made a particular contribution to the school. The departmental prizes included:
Classical & Archaeological Studies
- Fred Birkbeck won Best Degree in Classical & Archaeological Studies or Ancient History, and jointly won with Maria Gomez-Contreras the Best Classical & Archaeological Studies or Ancient History Dissertation
- Sarah Kilian and Emily Window won the prize for the most significant contribution to Classical & Archaeological Studies and Ancient History
- Anna Thew won both Best Degree in Comparative Literature Roger and Agnes Cardinal Prize for the Best Dissertation
- Anthony Tomkins won Runner-Up for the Roger and Agnes Cardinal Prize for the Best Dissertation
- Samuel Achberger won Most Significant Contribution to Comparative Literature
- Kirsty Forrester won the Comparative Literature Dissertation Originality Prize
English Language & Linguistics
- Jessica Goulston won Best Degree in English Language & Linguistics
- Eloisa Lillywhite won Best English Language & Linguistics Dissertation
- Mihails Murasovs won Most Significant Contribution to English Language & Linguistics
Department of Modern Languages
French
- Amber Phillips won the Best Degree in French
- Imogen Sharpe and Cameron Ure jointly won Best French Dissertation
- Eleanor Carswell won Most Significant Contribution to French
- Sophie Mason won Best Performance at Stage 3 by an Ab InitioStudent in French
German
- Oliver Jacobs won Best Degree in German
- Emma Salt won Best German Dissertation Prize
- Elizabeth Asher won Most Significant Contribution to German
Hispanic Studies
- Amber Phillips won the Best Degree in Hispanic Studies
- Maria Esposito won the Best Hispanic Studies Dissertation Prize
- Rosie Ellery won the Most Significant Contribution to Hispanic Studies
Italian
- Victoria Cantwell won Best Degree in Italian
- Claire Newbolt won the Italian Dissertation Prize
- Adam Cater won the Prize for Most Significant Contribution to Italian
- Helena Phillips won Best Overall Degree in Philosophy
- William Irving won Best Dissertation in Philosophy
- Tom Alberto won the Keith Jones Prize for Best Performance at Stage 3
- Abi Roberts won the Prize for the Most Significant Contribution to Philosophy
- Helena Phillips won Best Degree in Religious Studies/Asian Studies
- Helena Phillips also jointly won Alex Forrest, Simon Pizer jointly won Best Religious Studies/Asian Studies Dissertation
- And Helena Phillips and Anna Meares jointly won Most Significant Contribution to Religious Studies/Asian Studies
Several students in the School also won additional awards. The Faculty has awarded the Humanities Rotary Prizes (for excellence in their subject) to: Fred Birkbeck (from Classical & Archaeological Studies) and Helena Phillips (from Religious Studies). The SECL Employability Prize was awarded to Eleanor Carswell (Modern Languages, French) for her multiple roles including staff-student liaison/Business French/student ambassador, as well as gaining work on a graduate development programme.
An album of photos from the party has been added to the SECL Facebook page here:
www.facebook.com/pg/unikentsecl/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2041404259265200