{"id":2701,"date":"2026-05-21T16:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:47:48","slug":"nominate-now-for-the-academic-advising-teaching-excellence-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/05\/21\/nominate-now-for-the-academic-advising-teaching-excellence-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominate now for the Academic Advising and Teaching Excellence Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does your Academic Adviser, or Lecturer make a real difference to your university experience?<\/p>\n<p>The University and Kent Students&#8217; Union have launched the Academic Advising Awards and Teaching Excellence Awards &#8211; an opportunity for students to recognise and celebrate the amazing staff who support, inspire, and encourage you throughout your time at Kent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academic Advising Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These awards celebrate your Academic Adviser who goes above and beyond to support you.<\/p>\n<p>This could be someone who:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helped you through a difficult time \ud83d\udc99<\/li>\n<li>Encouraged your academic or career goals \ud83c\udfaf<\/li>\n<li>Boosted your confidence \ud83c\udf1f<\/li>\n<li>Made you feel heard, supported, and valued \ud83e\udd1d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If your Academic Adviser has positively impacted your experience at Kent, now is your chance to say thank you and recognise the difference they make.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teaching Excellence Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These awards recognise teaching staff who make learning engaging, inspiring, and inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>This might be a lecturer or teacher who:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Makes complex topics easier to understand \ud83d\udca1<\/li>\n<li>Creates engaging and interactive learning experiences \ud83c\udf93<\/li>\n<li>Encourages confidence and critical thinking \ud83e\udde0<\/li>\n<li>Builds a welcoming and supportive classroom environment \u2728<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a member of teaching staff has had a positive impact on your learning experience, we would love to hear about it!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfl6ccloQsRbbtW7v0xeCdWg0ilzQi2kyr6GUzVMfkn9W4pYA\/viewform\">Submit Your Nomination here<\/a>\u00a0by 7 June 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every nomination helps celebrate the incredible work staff do across the University of Kent, so please take a few minutes to recognise someone who has made a difference to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does your Academic Adviser, or Lecturer make a real difference to your university experience? The University and Kent Students&#8217; Union have launched the Academic Advising &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2026\/05\/21\/nominate-now-for-the-academic-advising-teaching-excellence-awards\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78257,"featured_media":2702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[312383,205698,309363],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2701"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2705,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions\/2705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}