{"id":363,"date":"2018-07-24T15:21:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/?p=363"},"modified":"2018-07-24T15:21:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:21:49","slug":"school-of-physical-sciences-graduation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/2018\/07\/24\/school-of-physical-sciences-graduation-day\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Physical Sciences Graduation Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-374\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/Congregation-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Kent Congregation Ceremony Canterbury Cathedral \" width=\"846\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/Congregation-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/Congregation-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/Congregation-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/Congregation.jpg 1875w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>On Tuesday 17th July 2018, Academics and Staff from the School of Physical Sciences had the pleasure of joining our graduating students in celebrating their academic achievements.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Graduating students, their families and their friends were invited to join the School at Westgate Hall in the centre of the City of Canterbury. Located near to Canterbury Cathedral, it gave graduates the opportunity to celebrate their day together before their graduation ceremony began at 2.30pm in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>As this year our graduates had an early graduation ceremony, the School provided a selection of Danish pastries, strawberries, sweet treats and drinks to enjoy before our School prize giving event. The graduates also had a fun photo opportunity with our very special School of Physical Sciences Photo Booth, where they could use our comedy props or capture a more formal photograph in front of our School banner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-401\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/Pre-Graduation-Group-275x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Graduate Photo Booth \" width=\"581\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/Pre-Graduation-Group-275x300.jpeg 275w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/Pre-Graduation-Group-768x839.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/Pre-Graduation-Group-937x1024.jpeg 937w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/Pre-Graduation-Group.jpeg 1874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At midday, the formal prize ceremony begun. Professor of Chemistry and Forensic Science Michael Went presented our SPS Prize Giving Event, as a wonderful opportunity to recognise and celebrate our SPS graduates and their achievements. Below is a list of the categories and Prize Winners.<\/p>\n<h3>SPS Prize Giving<\/h3>\n<p>Faculty of Sciences: Martin Prize &#8211; <strong>Faith Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Faculty of Sciences: Dean&#8217;s Prize &#8211; <strong>Samuel L Jackson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Faculty of Sciences: Rotary Prize&#8217;s &#8211; <strong>John James Pooley and Charlotte Curtis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SPS Outstanding Contribution Prize &#8211; Athena SWAN Community Prize &#8211; <strong>Diana-Madalina Suciu, Faith Taylor and Robert Nash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Chemistry<\/h3>\n<p>Overall Best Performance by Graduating Chemistry BSc Student &#8211; <strong>Charlotte Curtis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MChem Finalist Prize &#8211; Overall Best Performance by Graduating Chemistry MChem Student\u00a0 &#8211; <strong>Robert Nash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Royal Society of Chemistry MChem Research Project Prize for Best Mark acheived in Research Project CH740 &#8211; <strong>Robert Nash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Royal Society of Chemistry BSc Research Project Prize &#8211; Prize for best mark achieved in Research Project CH620 &#8211; <strong>Sean McCarthy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Forensic Sciences<\/h3>\n<p>Richard Jones Prize for Best Performance at Stage 3 Forensic Science &#8211; <strong>Emily Oakhill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Forensic Science Project Prize &#8211; Best Mark in BSc Forensic Science Project Module PS620 &#8211; <strong>Natalie Kent and Chloe Woods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Richard Jones Prize for Best Performance at Stage 4 Forensic Science &#8211; <strong>Emma Louise Hartley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Forensic Science Project Prize &#8211; Best Mark in MSci Project Module PS740 &#8211; <strong>Emma Louise Hartley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SPS Prize for Best Expert Witness Defence &#8211; <strong>Andras Albert Sata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SPS Prize for Best Expert Witness Defence &#8211; <strong>Nicola Sadler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Physics<\/h3>\n<p>Best Graduating Physics BSc Student Prize &#8211; <strong>Daniel Michael Dickens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BSc Project Prize &#8211; Prize awarded for best final year project PH617 &#8211; <strong>Callum Joel Fairbairn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Best Graduating Physics MPhys Student Prize &#8211; <strong>John James Pooley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MPhys Project Prize &#8211; Best Final Year MPhys Research Project &#8211; <strong>John James Pooley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Rob Butler Memorial Prize<\/h3>\n<p>Best Performance in Group Project PH603 &#8211; <strong>Michael Capaldi, Abdul Chowdhury, Nicholas Christou, David Farmer, Steven Friend, Sean Kerry and Rachel Wiles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-397\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/file-1-300x183.jpeg\" alt=\"SPS Prize Giving \" width=\"723\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/file-1-300x183.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/file-1-768x469.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/file-1-1024x625.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/files\/2018\/07\/file-1-1920x1172.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On behalf of all the Staff from the School of Physical Sciences, we would like to congratulate every one of our Graduating Students and wish you all the best for your promising future ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Keep up to date by following our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniKentSPS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPS Facebook page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniKentSPS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter account<\/a> for more photographs and updates throughout the year.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/2018\/07\/24\/school-of-physical-sciences-graduation-day\/&amp;t=School of Physical Sciences Graduation Day' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=School of Physical Sciences Graduation Day%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/2018\/07\/24\/school-of-physical-sciences-graduation-day\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/2018\/07\/24\/school-of-physical-sciences-graduation-day\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/2018\/07\/24\/school-of-physical-sciences-graduation-day\/&amp;title=School of Physical Sciences Graduation Day' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/spskent\/2018\/07\/24\/school-of-physical-sciences-graduation-day\/&amp;title=School of Physical Sciences Graduation Day' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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