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Narratives and artefacts – history and heritage

Good news, firstly Craig Dadds at the CCCU Bookshop tells me that the ‘virtual bookshelf’ for the Tudors and Stuarts Weekend is now up, please see: https://bookshop.canterbury.ac.uk/tudors-and-stuarts-weekend-2025 and secondly, I […]

The unveiling of the UK walk on the AI path: treading lines of governance and innovation without losing balance.

Dr Jaspal Kaur Sadhu-Singh discusses this week’s government announcement on the Prime Minister’s blueprint to turbocharge AI. On the backfoot of economic challenges facing this government, the 50-point AI Opportunities […]

Spotlight on our alumni Community Heroes: Naznin Chowdhury

Impressing the judges with her positive, can-do attitude and work ethic, Naznin Chowdhury was shortlisted in our Alumni Awards 2024 for embodying the characteristics of a CCCU Community Hero.

Why study Politics and Global Sustainability?

As Los Angeles burns and negotiators try again to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, our minds are focused on the twin problems of our time – climate crisis and suffering […]

The Environmental Cost of Fame and Fortune

How can something seem so close yet be so far from us?  This is something I often think about when I see celebrities and public figures going about their lives. […]

Open Access Policy for REF 2029

The Open Access Policy for REF2029 has been published on the REF website. It includes some changes from the REF2021 Open Access Policy, but there will be no requirement for long-form publications to […]

Meet the 2024-25 Arts & Culture Interns: Halle Mills

This academic year, the Arts and Culture team have six brand new interns, and we’re also welcoming back two of last year’s team.

The Moonlit Forest: Reclaiming the Art in Science 

by Tom Delahunt, the #hobopoet and Samantha Carr Before you read further, take a moment to press play on Hydra – where oceans meet. Let its haunting melody wash over […]

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 […]

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. […]

Social Work Employability Day 2024

🌟I was thrilled to have attended the Final Year MA & BSc Social Work Employability Day within the School of Allied and Public Health and Social Work at Canterbury Christ […]

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Meet the Team – Matthew Hood

What do the Student Life and Guidance (SLG – formerly SLW) Team do?  The SLG team can meet with you face-to-face and online if you are experiencing any issues you […]

The Medway Business and Innovation Conference

On Tuesday 22nd October, the three Universities of Medway joined together in collaboration to support local businesses with a free conference that aimed to drive economic growth and innovation in […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Staff Varsity

Staff Varsity

Join the Ultimate Showdown: CCCU vs. UKC What’s Happening?Get ready for an exhilarating day of sportsmanship and friendly competition. The University Staff Varsity Competition is a brand new event featuring […]

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 […]

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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. […]

Nuria Martinez Research Interests: I am interested in exploring the relations between social identities, rhetoric, collective action and social change in intergroup contexts. Current Research Projects: My current research is […]

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 […]