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Let’s Do The Time Walk Again!

Yesterday the Library welcomed the ‘Let’s Do The Time Walk Again!’ team who were hosting a volunteering event in Augustine House. ‘Let’s do the time walk again!’ is a project […]

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Alumni Profile: Oliver Bryant – Combining Cyber Security and Creative Vision

Alumnus Oliver Bryant has found a way to blend his passion for technology with a love of the arts. A graduate in Computer Forensics and Security working in Cyber Security, he channels his creative side creativity through photography, gaining national recognition.

Donald Trump, Nigeria, and the Rhetoric of Humanitarian Intervention

Dr Dele Babalola, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, offers his thoughts on Donald Trump’s latest pronouncements about Nigeria

Scent and Sensibility: Perfume’s Fragrant Footprint

Perfume. It is the punctuation mark which signifies the start of my daily pursuits.   Mornings are intersected from the point of first spritz – the sound of the toast escaping […]

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Cancel Christmas?  Canterbury and the Plum Pudding Riots

Dr Jake Monk Kydd reflects on a Christmas riot, football, and the death of a King. The year 1647 was one of great uncertainty, wedged, as we now know, in […]

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Hear from Homi – an International student trying out different sports at CCCU

Trying Cheerleading for the first time! First Impressions: It’s Way More Complex Than It LooksLet’s start with the roles – because wow, I had no idea how structured and technical […]

Meet the Team – Ellie Clifford

Ellie is the new Student Support Coordinator and is very excited to be joining the SLG team!

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 […]

“On, on; come on”, a silverpoint drawing of Thomas Sidney Cooper by Roy Eastland 

In a blog originally written by Roy in 2019 he talks about the background, method and meaning behind the work and what it means to him…

Sharing the Canopy

 By Thomas Delahunt & Dr Chloe Farahar For The Poetic Nursing Heart “When trees grow together, nutrients and water can be optimally divided among them all so that each tree can […]

T.S. Eliot

This unique sequence featuring T.S. Eliot was filmed by Sydney Bligh in June 1935. It shows the actors from ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ in full costume parading for the camera. […]

The Nightingale, the Chough and the Phoenix – flying together in Canterbury and Kent

From my perspective, this is the last CKHH blog. Consequently, I would just like to say that when Matthew Crockatt said back in 2014 the best way to build an […]

Driving collaborative action in cancer care across Kent and Medway

Last week, the University co-hosted an impactful event, convening key stakeholders from academia and industry to initiate a collaborative conversation around improving cancer outcomes in Kent and Medway. With a […]

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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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]