Congratulations Dr @TiwaSavage! 👏
We're super proud to have awarded the Queen of Afrobeats an honorary doctorate at Canterbury Cathedral this morning.
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Welcome to The University of Kent’s official Twitter feed 👋 We're ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve.
- Yesterday we welcomed @elliegoulding back to @UniKent to receive her honorary Doctor of Arts degree. Congrats Dr Goulding!
- Replying to @UniKent"I'm super proud and I want you to go out there, have fun and kill it. Be the best you that you can be because you truly deserve it." That's the message for our Class of 2022 from #Kent alumni and afrobeat superstar @TiwaSavage. #KentGrads #MadeInKent
00:00 - Replying to @UniKent and @TiwaSavageTiwa studied Business at Kent before she embarked on her incredible career - a reminder to all our graduates today to reach for the stars! ✨🤩 #MadeInKent
- Replying to @UniKent and @TiwaSavageTrust us when we say you're going to want the sound on for this one! 🎶 Listen as Dr @TiwaSavage ends her graduation speech doing what she does best... #KentGrads #MadeInKent
00:00 - It was a pleasure to welcome Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh to Kent yesterday as she formally opened the @KMMSmedschool at the Pears medical building.
- Replying to @UniKent and @TiwaSavageGbenga Oduntan from @KentLawSchool remembers Tiwa from her time at Kent. He said: "As a long time staff member, I do remember Tiwa as a student. Quiet, unassuming and mostly to be spotted around the library. Little did everyone on campus know we were incubating a star." 1/2
- Replying to @ctt_carysCongratulations! 🎉 We can't wait to see you here at Kent!
- Replying to @UniKent @TiwaSavage and @KentLawSchoolHe adds: "Tiwa has taken Africa and indeed the world by storm in Afrobeats, R&B, pop, hip hop and soul. She is an enduring star. Tiwa proves that continuous hard work at Uni and in the outside world pays. I doff my hat to Dr. Savage."
- Great to see a high turnout to vote on the Canterbury campus. You have until 10pm to cast your vote kent.ac.uk/student/news/?… #ge2017
- Replying to @UniKent
- We are absolutely delighted that our former @UniKent lecturer Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the #NobelPrize for literature - truly inspirational! 👏#NobelPrize laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in 1948 and grew up on the island of Zanzibar but arrived in England as a refugee at the end of the 1960’s. Until his recent retirement he was Professor of English and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
- Last week, we welcomed award-winning author and creator of Medway-based LGBTQ+ YA romance comic and Netflix hit Heartstopper, Alice Oseman to Rochester Cathedral to receive an honorary Doctor of Letters degree in recognition of her inspirational contribution to art and literature
- Quiet autumn mornings in Canterbury 🍂 📸 jcfotographie on IG
