MPA Research Events: 2016-2017
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Dr Robert Rawson directs Venus and Adonis (Johann Christoph Pepusch) to critical acclaim
- In June 2015, following two years of careful archival research, one of our fantastic CCCU academics at the School of ...more
Mapping poverty
- Dr Alexander Kent, Reader in Cartography and Geographic Information Science in the School of Human and Life Sciences, explains why himself and ...more
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
- We're excited to announce that we'll be screening the Tyler Hubby film Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present on 26th October! ...more
Meet the Team part 2
- Major Chris Sands Associate Chaplain Overview I'm known in the family as the fixer. From my childhood I've always want to make ...more
CMC Culture Night 2016
- On Friday the 16th September, one of our fantastic lecturers Dr Panos Ghikas, was involved in the performance and composition ...more
Canterbury AniFest Returns!
- Canterbury AniFest, led by Media, Art and Design's Dr Chris Pallant, returns again this weekend! The festival will run 30 Sept ...more
Andy Birtwistle: Salute to Vinyl
- Dr Andy Birtwistle has launched the Start Here audio cassette label, which has been set up to bring listeners the finest in magnetic ...more
Research Seminar 5 October 2016: Andy Birtwistle
- Dr Andy Birtwistle will give the first of the School of Media Art and Design research seminars for 2016-17, on ...more
Nightingale Lecture: Brook and Canterbury
- In many ways, both events I’m talking about this week can be seen as a legacy of the Medieval Canterbury ...more
Human trafficking in the UK: Why it needs our attention
- Dr Demetris Hadjigeorgiou, Lecturer in Applied Criminology, calls for more public debate and understanding on this widespread crime. If someone asked you a ...more
LGBT rights at the UN and beyond?
- Director of the Intersectional Centre for Inclusion and Social Justice (INCISE), Professor Bee Scherer, comments on the UN Secretary General, ...more
Chevalier Q + A
- Dr Andrew M. Butler will be taking part in a post-film discussion of Chavalier (Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2015) at Trinity, ...more
Margate Jazz Festival showcases CCCU graduates "The Thirteen Club"
- On Saturday the 24th of September, rising stars and graduate success story - The Thirteen Club - will join an array of talent presented ...more
Robert Stillman and Matt Wright: The Wheel
- Robert Stillman and Matt Wright, both part of the Broadstairs Music team, present 'The Wheel' 25th September, 4pm Foyle Rooms, Turner Contemporary ...more
12th October: Dr Melissa Trimingham in dialogue with Andy Hurst
- School of Music and Performing Arts Research Seminar Series Performing Arts in Dialogue with... Wednesday 12th October 2016 1pm-2.30pm Maxwell Davies Building (MDg01), ...more
Dover and Canterbury
- Progress on the Tudors and Stuarts History Weekend website continues but is not quite finished. Consequently, this week I am ...more
Canterbury Anifest 2016
- Canterbury Anifest returns to Canterbury Christ Church University again for another weekend of screenings, talks and workshops. Canterbury Anifest 30 September-2 October ...more
Close to Home: Exploring ‘Only In England’
- Dr Karen Shepherdson, Reader in Photography at Canterbury Christ Church University, is giving a talk on the photographic work of ...more
Lifting of the admissions cap for faith schools
- Professor Trevor Cooling discuses the government's recent decision to remove the admissions cap for Catholic schools. Theresa May has created a furore by revealing ...more
New Publication: Dr Vanessa Hawes and Dr Lauren Redhead 'Music and/as Process'
- Congratulations to Dr Vanessa Hawes and Dr Lauren Redhead whose co-edited book, Music and/as Process, was published on the 1st September! ...more
Work in Progress: 'Mind Games': A Play-in-Progress By P T Skinner
- Our first work in progress session this academic year will be on the 19th October with author Paul Skinner. In this ...more
Crossing Over by Emily Peasgood: Open Call for Singers
- Crossing Over is a choral composition by PhD composer and sound artist Emily Peasgood. Marking the anniversary of approximately 140 ...more
Fresher's Events 2016
- Fresher's is fast approaching, and the chaplaincy has lots of exciting stuff going on this year! Just take a look ...more
Chaplaincy events 2016/2017
- so the count down to the beginning of term has begun and in advance of Fresher's week I thought I ...more
Propaganda mapping and Brexit
- Dr Alexander Kent, Reader in Cartography and Geographic Information Science, comments on the use of maps as propaganda tools, by ...more
Early Medieval Kent and future events
- First of all this week I should like to thank those who have been in touch about when the Tudors ...more
Obesity linked to Pancreatic cancer
- Dr Carol Trim, School of Human and Life Sciences, comments on recent news that discusses an obesity link to cancer. Cancer ...more
Magnetic pollution reaches the brain?
- Dr Gregg McIntosh, School of Human and Life Sciences, looks at a possible link between air pollution and Alzheimer's Air pollution is ...more
New Publication: Carolyn Outlon - Accidental Fruit
- Congratulations to Professor Carolyn Oulton on the publication of her new book of poetry, Accidental Fruit. Carolyn Oulton will be launching her ...more
Ana Garrancho: Using the strategy on a personal level
- Ana tells how Partners in learning helped her realise why she was unhappy on her course and how the project empowered ...more
Archaeologists and conservators at Canterbury Cathedral
- Before I move to the main section of the blog this week, I thought I would alert readers to a ...more
Dear Fresher
- An open letter from me to you, from someone who was in your shoes this time last year. Dear Fresher, You’ll probably ...more
Tudors and Stuarts at Canterbury - more news
- Moving to mid-August and it remains a quiet time in the academic year before the ‘A’ level results appear and ...more
Medieval and Tudor Kent - more news
- Returning to the maritime theme of a couple of weeks ago for both the late medieval and early modern periods, ...more
Exploring Canterbury Christ Church campus
- The first weekend in September will see the Society for Church Archaeology’s conference on ‘Church and Industry’ at Canterbury Christ ...more
Tim Jones Wins International Accolade
- Tim Jones, Senior Lecturer in Film, has won a Hollywood International independent Documentary Award for his documentary short, Seeking Sydney. The ...more
Claire Street: A mature student's journey
- Through Partners in Learning Claire discovered the passionate and creative atmosphere she had been seeking. Working within Partners in Learning has been ...more
Georgia Horsley: From Fresher to Intern
- A year ago Georgia would not have even considered being part of something like Partners in Learning, but now she’s ...more
What is Culturosity?
- The students who co-designed and created it, tell us a little more about Culturosity The Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the Equality ...more
Sophie Worrall: In hindsight
- Sophie reflects on her experience as a Partners in Learning student working on the Learning and Teaching Strategy project, and ...more
Dan Loveday: From Broadstairs to broad horizons
- Broadstairs’ student Dan Loveday reveals how working with Partners in Learning allowed him to discover Canterbury and a whole wealth ...more
Two Painters and a Potter, Linden Hall Studio, Deal
- Senior Lecturer Charles Williams has a joint exhibition opening in Deal. Linden Hall Studio presents the work of Arthur Neal, William ...more
Learning and Teaching Strategy Conference 2016 - Infographics
- View the infographics from our Learning & Teaching Conference ...more
Learning and Teaching Conference 2016
- A group of students from the ‘Learning and Teaching Strategy’ project present their work to a lecture theatre of academics. ...more
Lecturer Ethan Maltby's theatre production "The Battle of Boat" premieres with great review
- Senior Lecturer Ethan Maltby and his writing partner Jenna Donnelly (who has also tutored at the university) last week premiered their ...more
Presenting to the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education and Student Experience) and her Senior Management Team
- 2 members of the Partners in Learning team from the Learning and Teaching Strategy project took the opportunity to present ...more
With controversies ignored, was Rio 2016 an “opiate for the middle classes”?
- Professor Mike Weed, Professor of Applied Policy Sciences and Head of the School of Human & Life Sciences, comments on ...more
International Study Week - Heidelberg, Germany
- Any student who studies in the Business School is invited to take part in an International study week in Heidelberg, ...more
Become a Business School Ambassador!
- Become a Business School Ambassador and enhance your CV by doing paid work for your school. You will be representing ...more
Work in Progress Sessions for Autumn 2016
- We're looking forward to getting activity in the centre started again in September and October. Watch this space for lots ...more
A more dangerous world?
- Professor Peter Vujakovic from the School of Human & Life Sciences explains how recent world events show why geography matters. 2016 ...more
Tudors and Stuarts History Weekend in Canterbury 2017
- The first week in August is a pretty quiet time at universities generally because the early summer academic conference season ...more
You Are Here
- Graphic Design lecturer Kate McLean is showing one of her smellscapes at National Library of Scotland. The smellscape of our world ...more
Catching the Light (26 July-27 August 2016)
- Photography lecturer Dr Sam Vale has curated a literally enlightening exhibition at the Sidney Cooper Gallery. Catching the Light explores artists’ ...more
New Publication: Emily Peasgood in the Journal 'Public Health'
- Music PhD student Emily Peasgood has just published a co-authored article with members of a research team in the Sidney ...more
3 Questions for Practice Researchers: Emily Peasgood
- Emily Peasgood is the next researcher to take on our '3 questions…' interview. Emily is a PhD student in the ...more
Centre for Kent History and Heritage future events
- Due to the unusually long blog post last week – there had been just so many exciting events going on ...more
Canterbury and Maritime Kent
- I called in at the Box Office in Augustine House this week to leave more leaflets for the Early Medieval ...more
Will Rio 2016 benefit the UK?
- Professor Mike Weed, Head of the School of Human and Life Sciences, comments on the UK Government’s £275 million investment ...more
New Publication: Dr Kene Igweonu: Plays One
- Dr Kene Igweonu, Principal Lecturer in Music and Performing Arts, has recently published the book 'Plays One' of his creative ...more
James Newton on Robin Hardy and Euan Lloyd
- The opening weekend of July 2016 saw the deaths of two significant figures in the history of British genre cinema ...more
3 questions for Practice Researchers: Dr Kasia Lech
- Dr Kasia Lech from the school of Music and Performing Arts speaks to us about her research. CPBRA: Can you briefly ...more
CCCU University Gospel Choir at the Proms 2016
- https://youtu.be/3T4TqbZT6VU check out the BBC Gospel prom at the Royal Albert hall at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07jmsv4 (radio) http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p041y4hq/bbc-proms-2016-bbc-proms-gospel-prom ...more
Meet the Team part 1
- Reverend David Stroud Senior Chaplain Overview I am a man of Kent, born and bred in Canterbury, just the other side of the ...more
The Fascination of What's Difficult
- Angela Gilchrist reflects on the coronation of Theresa May as Prime Minister Britain's new Prime Minister, Theresa May, is confronted by a ...more
Brittle England
- In the aftermath of the UK's vote to leave the European Union, three psychologists reflect on complacency, emotional decision-making and how we might ...more
Tony Blair - A tragic hero?
- Angela Gilchrist The release of this week's damning Chilcot report means the ghosts of the war in Iraq may never be laid ...more
A time of prayer for a new political landscape
- The past few months have been defined by political debate in the run up to the Referendum. These debates have ...more
Podcast: The Psychology of Brexit
- John McGowan, Angela Gilchrist and Rachel Terry discuss the psychology of the forthcoming UK referendum on membership of the European ...more
Podcast: The Trailer
- John McGowan Welcome to Discussions in Tunbridge Wells, the new podcast from the Salomons Centre for Applied Psychology. Over the next ...more
3 questions for practice-researchers: Andy Hurst
- Andy Hurst, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts, is the first member of the centre to take up the challenge to ...more
First, do no harm...
- Following recent cases of euthanasia for mental health problems in Belgium and Holland, Clinical Psychologist Masuma Rahim discuses what we do when ...more
About the Multi Professions Shared Practice Group
- The Multi Professions Shared Practice Group is a group of academics at Canterbury Christ Church University who are dedicated to ...more
Genetic research into 'schizophrenia' - how much can it actually tell us?
- Lucy Johnstone and Richard Bentall talk about the role of genes in mental health What causes mental health problems? Following the ...more
ECPD's March Masterclass: The Proximity Principle - An Ordinary Revolution
- Wednesday 30th March 4pm – 6pm Canterbury Christ Church University, Lg25 (Laud building) The cultural climates of the institutions and organisations we ...more
Magic in the mind
- John McGowan on how magicians fool us and how much we enjoy it Coming into work this morning there was magic ...more
Case Study - Iain Hawthorn
- In our latest alumni case study we spoke to Iain Hawthorn about his time at CCCU Business School and how his ...more
All in the brain?
- Stephen Fry’s exploration of manic depression (in the current BBC series on mental health, 'In the Mind') has drawn both praise ...more
Where are the 'psycho-sceptics'?
- Those who advocate psychological therapies are good at being critical. Especially when it comes to medicine. But, argue Huw Green and ...more
Alexandra Hurton nominated for UK Blog Awards
- One of our very own Business School students has been nominated for the UK Blog Awards! Alexandra Hurton with her ...more
ECPD's December Masterclass: Putting "what works" to work
- England Centre for Practice Development Masterclass series 2015 Tuesday 15th December 4:30pm Canterbury Christ Church University – Lg25 (Laud Building) Putting “what works” ...more
Case Study - Stephanie Hayman
- Studied Advanced Certificate In Management Practice. Class of 2002 I went into the field of social enterprise, firstly creating a school meals ...more
ECPD's November Masterclass: Clinical Commissioning with the Community
- ECPD Masterclass series 2015: Thursday 12th November at 4:30pm Clinical Commissioning with the Community: Improving Patient Experience in Practice Canterbury Christ Church ...more
About the England Centre for Practice Development
- The England Centre for Practice Development (ECPD) is a national research, evaluation and innovation centre located at Canterbury Christ Church ...more
Making Continuing Professional Learning and Development in the Workplace Count
- In 2013 NHS Employers, commissioned by the Department of Health, funded this research study as a means of developing the ...more
Case Study - Cllr Graham Galpin MSc
- Studied MSc Business Administration. Class of 1997. I was in the first cohort of students to gain a Business Administration MSc ...more
