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Category: Celebrating success

Kent Stars: Horticulture Hero

By Miriam Sandiford | 27 February 2024

This month’s Kent Star is Jack, Environmental Social Sciences student, who was named the 2023 BBC Countryfile Young Countryside Champion! Jack won the award for … Read more

Kent Stars: Green-thumbed Gardeners

By Miriam Sandiford | 12 December 2023

This month’s Kent Stars are Kent Community Oasis Garden Ambassadors Charlie and Ameira. They help mentor students, host events and promote the garden on social … Read more

Kent Stars – Nurturing Network

By Miriam Sandiford | 29 June 2023

This month’s Kent Stars are the Postgraduate Network, who have organised events to build a strong postgraduate community, persevering to ensure the postgraduate student voice is … Read more

Kent Stars: Award-winning Ambassador

By Miriam Sandiford | 22 May 2023

This month’s Kent Star is PhD student Alex Davis, who recently won the NEON Student of the Year Award! NEON is a professional organisation supporting those involved … Read more

Kent Stars: Kind Kent Mind

By Miriam Sandiford | 13 March 2023

This month’s Kent Stars are the Kent Mind Society. A new society this year, Kent Mind has created supportive events for students and fundraised for charities … Read more

Kent Stars: Motivational Mentors

By Miriam Sandiford | 30 January 2023

Nicolette and Tobias are this month’s Kent Stars. Tobias and Nicolette, both peer mentors, created a series of successful workshops for fellow Psychology students to … Read more

Kent Stars: Kudos for Korfball

By Miriam Sandiford | 13 December 2022

This month’s Kent Stars are the Korfball Society. They went from having very few players during the pandemic, to coming second in the national BUCS … Read more

Kent Stars: Paralympic Powerhouse Millie

By Miriam Sandiford | 17 November 2022

Our Kent Stars campaign celebrates our students doing amazing things – and Millie Knight already has some incredible achievements under her belt. Being visually impaired … Read more

Kent Stars: Rolls-Royce Researcher Rachel

By Miriam Sandiford | 26 August 2022

This month’s Kent Star is Rachel Muir, who won targetjobs Undergraduate of the Year Award Celebrating Neurodiverse Talent. Rachel explains why she applied (spoiler – … Read more

Kent Star: Cultural Connector

By Miriam Sandiford | 18 July 2022

This month’s Kent Star is Grace Ingram, who organised and led a “Mixed Roots” event to help individuals discuss their experiences of coming from multiple … Read more

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