Lecturer featured at gallery for her work promoting community justice

A LONG-serving Anglia Ruskin University lecturer has been celebrated in a new display at the National Portrait Gallery.

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Rena Kydd-Williams (right) with Ngoma Bishop

(DAVID EDWARDS)

Rena Kydd-Williams was nominated to be featured for her tireless work supporting others and promoting social justice.

Her portrait, created by Panamanian collage artist Giana De Dier, is part of the gallery's yearlong display Artists First: Contemporary Perspectives on Portraiture.

Rena first joined ARU as a student in the late 1990s, before progressing to a senior lecturer role teaching in the subject of nursing and learning disabilities.

After a short time away, she rejoined ARU in 2019 as Placement Support Facilitator - ensuring ARU Paramedic Science students receive the support they need while on their placements with NHS Trusts and healthcare services.