{"id":8907,"date":"2018-07-19T13:52:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T12:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/?p=8907"},"modified":"2018-07-19T16:47:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T15:47:59","slug":"congratulations-to-our-2018-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/2018\/07\/19\/congratulations-to-our-2018-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to our 2018 graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to our final-year students\u00a0from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/index.html\">School of European Culture and Languages<\/a>\u00a0(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).<\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/classics\/index.html\">Classical &amp; Archaeological Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fred Birkbeck won Best Degree in Classical &amp; Archaeological Studies or Ancient History, and jointly won with Maria Gomez-Contreras the Best Classical &amp; Archaeological Studies or Ancient History Dissertation<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Kilian and Emily Window won the prize for the most significant contribution to Classical &amp; Archaeological Studies and Ancient History<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/complit\/index.html\">Comparative Literature<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anna Thew won both Best Degree in Comparative Literature Roger and Agnes Cardinal Prize for the Best Dissertation<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Tomkins won\u00a0Runner-Up for the Roger and Agnes Cardinal Prize for the\u00a0Best Dissertation<\/li>\n<li>Samuel Achberger won Most Significant Contribution to Comparative Literature<\/li>\n<li>Kirsty Forrester won the Comparative Literature Dissertation Originality Prize<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/ell\/index.html\">English Language &amp;\u00a0Linguistics<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jessica Goulston won Best Degree in English Language &amp; Linguistics<\/li>\n<li>Eloisa Lillywhite won Best English Language &amp;\u00a0Linguistics\u00a0Dissertation<\/li>\n<li>Mihails Murasovs won Most Significant Contribution to English Language &amp; Linguistics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/modern-languages\/index.html\">Department of Modern Languages<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>French<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amber Phillips won the Best Degree in French<\/li>\n<li>Imogen Sharpe and Cameron Ure jointly won Best French Dissertation<\/li>\n<li>Eleanor Carswell won Most Significant Contribution to French<\/li>\n<li>Sophie Mason won Best Performance at Stage 3 by an <em>Ab Initio<\/em>Student in French<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>German<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oliver Jacobs won Best Degree in German<\/li>\n<li>Emma Salt won Best German Dissertation Prize<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Asher won Most Significant Contribution to German<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Hispanic Studies<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amber Phillips won the Best Degree in Hispanic Studies<\/li>\n<li>Maria Esposito won the Best Hispanic Studies Dissertation Prize<\/li>\n<li>Rosie Ellery won the Most Significant Contribution to Hispanic Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Italian<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Victoria Cantwell won Best Degree in Italian<\/li>\n<li>Claire Newbolt won the Italian Dissertation Prize<\/li>\n<li>Adam Cater won the Prize for Most Significant Contribution to Italian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/philosophy\/index.html\">Philosophy<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helena Phillips won Best Overall Degree in Philosophy<\/li>\n<li>William Irving won Best Dissertation in Philosophy<\/li>\n<li>Tom Alberto won the Keith Jones Prize for Best Performance at Stage 3<\/li>\n<li>Abi Roberts won the Prize for the Most Significant Contribution to Philosophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/thrs\/index.html\">Religious Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helena Phillips won Best Degree in Religious Studies\/Asian Studies<\/li>\n<li>Helena Phillips also jointly won Alex Forrest, Simon Pizer jointly won Best Religious Studies\/Asian Studies Dissertation<\/li>\n<li>And Helena Phillips and Anna Meares jointly won Most Significant Contribution to Religious Studies\/Asian Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Several students in the School also\u00a0won additional awards. The Faculty has awarded\u00a0the Humanities Rotary Prizes (for excellence in their subject) to: Fred Birkbeck (from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/classics\/index.html\">Classical &amp; Archaeological Studies<\/a>) and Helena Phillips (from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/thrs\/index.html\">Religious Studies<\/a>). The SECL Employability Prize was\u00a0awarded to\u00a0Eleanor Carswell (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/modern-languages\/index.html\">Modern Languages<\/a>, French) for her multiple roles including staff-student liaison\/Business French\/student ambassador, as well as gaining work on a graduate development programme.<\/p>\n<p>An album of photos from the party has been added to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unikentsecl\/\">SECL Facebook<\/a> page here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/unikentsecl\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2041404259265200\">www.facebook.com\/pg\/unikentsecl\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=2041404259265200<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to our final-year students\u00a0from the\u00a0School of European Culture and Languages\u00a0(SECL), who graduated yesterday with their well-earned degrees. 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