Saturday, 7 June, saw the return of CCCU’s annual Alumni Gala Dinner. This year marked the 10th anniversary of the event, with a hundred esteemed alumni and guests welcomed back […]
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From Medway to Dover – exploring history and heritage in Kent
Firstly, congratulations to Dr Kaye Sowden who has received confirmation that her doctoral thesis on the history of early modern Pluckley has been signed off by her examiners and is […]

International Day of Living Together in Peace
The UN declared 16 May as the International Day of Living Together in Peace, as a means of regularly mobilizing the efforts of the international community to promote peace, tolerance, inclusion, […]

“Tomorrow We Will Run Faster, Stretch Out Our Arms Farther”
Hello! My name is Felicity, and I have been one of your Student Green Office Projects’ Officers. I have just completed my second year of LLB Law with International Relations; […]

Transition to studying next year
Transition can be defined as “the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another” (Oxford English Dictionary). If you are continuing to study at CCCU next academic year then you may expect much of your university experience to remain the same, but you should also anticipate some changes and challenges, and you can start preparing for these now – with a little help from the library!

First Hackathon delivered measurable value for business partners
The University’s first-ever hackathon, Hackabury 2025, brought together student talent and business innovation in an inspiring event sparking fresh ideas, working prototypes and collaborative teamwork. Over the course of the […]

After 201 years, the 1824 Vagrancy Act is finally dead
As the Vagrancy Act is set to be scrapped, Dr Dave Hitchcock explains its history and influence for the last 200 years. Yesterday, the Labour government announced that it was […]
Student Opportunity: 3D Production Intern Roles
The Visualising Canterbury Castle project is recruiting two 3D production interns to support the development of the project over the coming months. The project will reconstruct Canterbury Castle’s Norman keep […]

Awards 2024: Celebrating Psychology Achievements
On 29 May, the Golden Apple & Student Voice Awards Ceremony was held by the Student Union at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU), where our Psychology department proudly represented with […]

The Radical Art of Nursing: Resistance, Creativity, and the Crisis in Healthcare.
By Tom Delahunt, the #hobopoet In contemporary nursing education, the intersection of art, activism, and social justice remains a vital yet often overlooked dimension of vocational training. As Audre Lorde […]

Self-care as a Medical Student
Tolani, a second year KMMS student and your MedSoc Social Secretary for 2024-25 sat with the SLG team to talk to us about how self-care sits with her as a […]

PDS Website Launches
🎉 We’re Live! Welcome to Psychology Data Science (PDS) We’re thrilled to announce the official launch of the Psychology Data Science (PDS) website — a new hub for researchers, students, […]
Wishing You Well This Assessment Period
Wishing all our students the very best for the upcoming assessment period! We know this time can feel intense, but please remember: you’re not alone. Your tutors, course teams, and […]

Being Human Festival 2024
One student shares their experience of a work opportunity this year’s festival The Being Human Festival is the UK’s annual national festival of the humanities. Each year events are held […]

Jess Wilton – The Race Walker Taking the Sport in her Stride
Jess Wilton, a CCCU Sports Scholar specialising in Race Walking has recently come 5th in the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Tour. Jess competed in the under 20 Women’s 10km […]
Success for multi-professional fellows:
Omoy Omana and James Barber celebrated the completion of the fellowship funded by NHSE and BSMS, designed to support innovation in simulation, at an event at the University of Sussex. […]
Human Factors – January 29th ’25
Canterbury – 16:00 to 18:00

Innovation in Action at Kent Science Park: The EDGE Toolkit and Immersive Centre at CCCU
We were excited to join forces with Kent Science Park (KSP) for an event that brought together creativity, science, and enthusiasm. The collaboration between CCCU and KSP marks the beginning […]

Authentic assessment for graduate interview and application success
By Kristine Pole On average, employers receive 86 applications per vacancy, up 23 per cent on last year (ISE, 2023) but only 28% of students reported being confident searching for […]
Meet the winners of The Big Idea Challenge 2023
This year CCCU’s Student Enterprise Service, LaunchPad, proudly introduced The Big Idea Challenge: a brand-new competition encouraging all CCCU students and recent graduates to share their impactful ideas in hope […]

Arts & Crafts Service at Canterbury Cathedral 1937
The ‘Arts & Crafts’ service at Canterbury Cathedral in 1937. This was filmed by by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each […]
The Beginning Teacher in the Science Religion Encounter
End of Project Online Event This project is a research project led by Canterbury Christ Church University with 5 other universities, funded by Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF0375) as part […]
School of Allied and Public Health Professions School Awards 2022
We are pleased to celebrate our award winners of 2022 and wanted to share some of their inspiring quotes.

World Book Day: Spotlight on Student Author
Chantil Thomas, first year Media and Communications student, shares her motivation around her debut book ‘Selah-Encounters’ with the Canterbury Christ Church Student News team. I’ve always been writing, never really published […]

Being a Leader of Smart Working
The development of the new Smart Working Framework here at Christ Church gives you, our leaders, an opportunity to embrace contemporary and motivating ways of working with your teams: enhancing […]

Can we all be superheroes?
What do superheroes mean to us and who can identify with them? John McGowan is joined by Clinical Psychologists Lauren Bryan, Gina Harwood and Alan Hebben-Wadey to talk about superheroes. […]
Key trends in the legal market to know about before you apply to work in a law firm.
Canterbury Christ Church University, Law School, is welcoming Mr Craig Sharpe to talk on key trends in the Legal Market and their relevance to Law Students on Monday 31st at 3-5 […]
Is your child in preschool or reception?
Canterbury Christ Church University’s Learning and Development lab are looking for children and parents who would like to take part in new research. Our ‘Talk about Thoughts and Feelings’ and […]