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Featuring ‘Dover at Night’ and Canterbury Pilgrimage
We’ll be back at Dover, physically this week on Friday for the ‘Dover at Night’ festival around the town, and because that will form the main part of this week’s […]
International Women’s Day and Domestic Homicide
Dr Sofia Graca discusses a parliamentary debate on women’s rights and safety ahead of International Women’s Day. Yesterday I attended the parliamentary debate on International Women’s Day. I had the […]
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow – A Review
Thahmina Begum Thaniya reviews Zoulfa Katouh’s debut novel and reflects on how literature can offer insights that strengthen our political analysis.
Mother Nature Called—She Wants Her Wildlife Back
Picture this: You wake up, check your phone, and see a breaking news alert— “Mother Nature is Done with Us. Wildlife Has Officially Packed Its Bags.” Dramatic? Maybe. But let’s […]
Peas for an Aria
by Tom Delahunt, the #hobopoet In Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl recounts a moment of quiet defiance within the unimaginable horrors of the concentration camp— a prison cook dipping […]
British Empire Medallist: Lee Woolcott-Ellis
CCCU alumnus Lee Woolcott-Ellis (RFTV Digital Media, 2003) has been awarded the British Empire Medal [BEM] in the King’s New Year’s Honours 2025 for services to Mental Health in Transport. […]
Making the work: My Beach – Shaun Vincent
Shaun Vincent shares a glimpse of how the project came into being.
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 […]
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 […]
Prioritising wellbeing, and giving back to the community
Wellbeing is crucial to the overall health of an individual. Promoting strong feelings of wellbeing can help prevent stress and create a positive mental attitude in all walks of life. […]
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. […]
Human Factors – January 29th ’25
Canterbury – 16:00 to 18:00
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]