Kent Diamonds
Celebrating the students, staff and alumni who make Kent shine.
Kent Diamonds
Celebrating our past. Inspiring your future.
As part of our Diamond Anniversary year, we're celebrating our amazing Kent community.
This month's Kent Diamonds are Podcasting Powerhouse Alumna Kelly Shangu, Researcher Community Champion Katrine Callander and Cyber Security Communicator Jason Nurse.
Podcasting Powerhouse
Kent alumna Kelly Shungu has been selected as one of the Top 50 Women in Engineering in recognition of her award-winning podcast dedicated to amplifying the voices of women in STEM.
Researcher Community Champion
Katrine founded the PGR collaboration and support group INSPIRE in the School of Social Sciences and regularly runs in-person and online events focussed on connection, writing, discussion and mutual support.
Cyber Security Communicator
Jason Nurse is operational lead in the Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS) and is responsible for educating students, professionals, policymakers and our global community about cyber security.
Passionate Performance Directors
As Performance Directors for the Threads and Legends fashion event with Fenwick, their passion and creativity helped to bring ideas to life and make it a truly legendary event!
Mental Health Mentor
Kerriva is passionate about helping others and spends much of her time volunteering for charities to promote mental health and support vulnerable people. She volunteers for organisations such as Samaritans, Mind, Keep Talking Services and more!
Community Collaborator
Lizzie Holland is responsible for co-ordinating the voluntary Patient Engagement programme at Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) and supports a wide range of charities in the local community.
Taekwondo Triumph
At a recent national competition, the Taekwondo Society won a very impressive 11 medals from 15 competitors! Taekwondo are the second oldest society at Kent and still going strong!
Lawyering Leader
Darren Weir is a Senior Lecturer at Kent Law School and supports a wide range of extra-curricular activities and events for the School. Darren is also responsible for the roll out of a national scheme adopted by other universities.
Inaugural Innovators
The First 500 were enrolled at Kent in October 1965 and have paved the way for generations of students since. Their contribution to the University is hugely important to our shared history.
Do you know someone who goes above and beyond?
If you know an inspiring person or group – student, staff or alumni – let us know!
