The mystery of Anna Charlier's piano music
- I found three of Anna Charlier’s music scores a few years ago, when I was doing some re-cataloguing of stock. ...more
The Power of Open Athens
- UPDATE: From 22nd October 2019 you will need to login differently to LibrarySearch when you're off campus. You will need ...more
Discover Your Library - LibrarySearch Top Ten Tips
- Library Search lets you find the resources you need for your study and research. You can: Search the University's print and digital ...more
Cobham and Wye Colleges
- This week the Centre has been working with Canterbury Archaeological Trust and Kent Archaeological Society, as well as other outreach ...more
A rose by any other name?
- You have probably walked over it countless times… You may never have even thought about what it is… But the compass ...more
Augustine House is ten years old!
- Augustine House and Hall is 10 years old. And we’re celebrating! Opened in 2009 by the Right Reverend Stephen Venner, ...more
Embedding essential wellbeing skills into our curriculum
- Dr Martin Watts explains how essential mental health and wellbeing skills are being embedded into the Arts and Humanities Foundation ...more
Knowledge is Power – A Crowdsourced Poem
- For National Poetry Day we set you the challenge of contributing a line of poetry about Augustine House to help ...more
The importance of physical activity and health education to support mental health
- On World Mental Health Day, Dr Kristy Howells, discusses the power of physical activity and how it can improve the ...more
The Library Visit
- On Saturday 21st September, Canterbury Christ Church University welcomed its new cohort of MA Creative Writing Students. As part of ...more
Relationships Education is more than just sex
- Ahead of World Mental Health Day, Wendy Cobb, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Mary Taylor, Head of ...more
Staff Profile: Angela Richmond-Fuller, Senior Lecturer in Computing
- Angela Richmond-Fuller, Senior Lecturer in Computing in the School of Engineering Technology and Design at Canterbury Christ Church University, reflects on her career ...more
Prince Charles in Canterbury
- Record of Prince Charles' visit to Canterbury in November 1978 filmed by Les Holtum, a keen amateur filmmaker who was ...more
St John's Building in Stour Street
- Laying the foundation stone for the St John’s building in Canterbury by the countess of Guildford. This was filmed by John ...more
Meet the Student Learning Development and Research Support Team!
- Or SLDRS for short. Yes, it's a long name and an almost unpronounceable acronym, but what do we actually do? ...more
Diocesan archives and the clergy
- Looking at the Canterbury and Rochester diocesan archives and 'The Clerical Estate' Taught MA postgraduate students and staff celebrate after handing ...more
Nightingale Lecture 2019
- Nightingale Lecture by Professor Carl Griffin on the Swing Riots and their aftermath. Professor Ellen Swift on replica Ancient Egyptian ...more
Can exoskeletons help with stroke rehabilitation?
- Soumya Kanti Manna, Lecturer in Design Engineering, highlights where exoskeletons can be used to support post-stroke rehabilitation. The World ...more
Exoskeletons and their role in post-stroke rehabilitation
- Mr Soumya Kanti Manna is a Canterbury Christ Church University exoskeleton expert and is running a CPD opportunity on 23rd ...more
Pulling the Ribbon - Presenting the Careers and Enterprise Hub!
- On Wednesday 2nd October 2019, CCCU Alumni Molly and Anthony pulled the ribbon to officially open the Careers and Enterprise ...more
Staff Profile: Dr. Rihana Ishaq, Director of Engineering at Canterbury Christ Church University
- Rihana decided to apply to become Director of Engineering to make a difference in the careers of engineers and was attracted ...more
The poetic buddy bench
- This week has been spent thinking, reflecting, and preparing for the next poetry symposium. I have looked all the way ...more
Welcome to Canterbury Public Library
- “Librarians took me in. They gave me stories. I discovered Mirkwood and climbed an Oak Tree with Bilbo Baggins and ...more
Hybrid Smart Home Security
- Canterbury Christ Church University expert in Hybrid Smart Home Security, Dr Man Qi, shares her thoughts on Some Home Security ...more
Putting local top quality dementia care on the map
- Academics from the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing explain the importance of raising awareness and greater understanding within our communities of dementia ...more
Harnessing mobile devices for field trips: enhancing learning through digital technology
- Lee Hazeldine and Colin Walker describe how using mobile technologies on a field trip is an engaging way of enabling ...more
Death of trees
- Professor Peter Vujakovic discusses The International Union for Conservation Nature’s most recent report on the status of trees in Europe. The ...more
The Work Experience Fund 2019/20
- Careers and Enterprise are pleased to announce that the Work Experience Fund for 2019/20 is now available, and information, application ...more
Flying Flea at Bekesbourne
- The Flying Flea at Bekesbourne aerodrome in 1935. This was filmed by by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur ...more
Recruitment Success for Engineering at CCCU
- Canterbury Christ Church University are excited to welcome 52 students onto their new Engineering programmes for the 2019/20 academic year. ...more
Launching your new Careers and Enterprise Hub!
- Your brand new Careers and Enterprise Hub is here New and improved - ready to support your career success! Come to our ...more
Canterbury Christ Church University hosts the EDGE Hub Industry 4.0 Business Breakfast
- The University welcomed business representatives from over 30 different companies and organisations to network, and listen to guest speakers share ...more
Constitutional coup, crisis or clarity?
- Dr Paul Anderson analyses the constitutional impact of the UK Supreme Court ruling on the prorogation of Parliament. The UK Supreme ...more
The third year of poetic community
- Existing and loving the poetic ether of another year of a community, forming and disbanding like a flower that blooms ...more
Brexit and the Rule of Law
- Professor Susan Millns discusses the relationship between politics and law following today's Supreme Court judgement on the prorogation of Parliament While ...more
And the band played on: 30 years after the Deal bombing
- Dr Alexander Kent reflects on the terrorist bombing of the Royal Marines School of Music at Deal in 1989 and ...more
Psychiatry: Neither a magic bullet nor a simple target
- Medical approaches to mental health often seem under fire. Huw Green reviews a spirited defence of a medically oriented psychiatry. The ...more
Kent History Postgraduates and Sources and Themes in Parish Histories
- I am hoping that there will be two blogs this week, I’m covering the Kent History Postgraduate Group’s first meeting ...more
Shields at the Ready! The Dering Roll and Medieval Education Day
- As Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh reminded me (Dr Diane Heath), it has been a year since our participation in the first ...more
What does it mean to study politics in 2019? (Part 3)
- At the start of this academic year, the Politics and IR team sat down and thought about why one should study ...more
Our house is on fire
- As forest fires rage from Brazil to Indonesia, Christ Church academics from the Faculty of Education discuss what can be ...more
What does it mean to study politics in 2019? (Part 2)
- At the start of this academic year, the Politics and IR team sat down and thought about why one should study ...more
What does it mean to study politics in 2019? (Part 1)
- At the start of this academic year, the Politics and IR team sat down and thought about why one should ...more
Discover Your Library - Finding the best study zone for you
- During periods where you have a large amount of work to do for your course, you may find the library ...more
The benefits of a year in placement
- For this month’s blog entry Aida Malovic (Year in the Industry coordinator), invited one of the most recent students ...more
Is it time to make peace with voices?
- Rufus May tries talking talking respectfully to our demons A woman I know hears voices. She approached me for help because ...more
Exploring late medieval links across the seas at Exeter
- This week is more of a brief note in that Professor Louise Wilkinson has been very busy writing the report ...more
Maritime Kent and more Canterbury landmarks
- Some of you may remember that about 15 month ago the Centre held a conference on ‘Maritime Kent through the ...more
Kentish saints - using archaeology, texts and material culture
- As a starting point, I thought I would mention that Professor Louise Wilkinson and I are putting together a series ...more
Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2020 and Canterbury's water supply
- I am continuing to make progress on the programme for the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2020 that will take place from ...more
Industry 4.0 Business Breakfast - 5 September 2019
- Join us for an information Business Breakfast with the spotlight on Industry 4.0. and learn more about how your business ...more
Canterbury news and exploring an iconic building
- Having had two weeks off, which gave me a chance to write a paper and almost finish an article, I ...more
Experiences of looked after children and 'instant adulthood'
- Ruth Rogers from the Research Centre for Children, Families and Communities writes about her research on children in care: There are approximately ...more
Babies and Music
- Vanessa Young discusses the BabySong Project which was a Faculty research project funded by the Ragdoll Foundation: Babies are born with a ...more
Mathematics Mastery – what it is, and its implication for UK mathematics teachers
- To celebrate World Maths Day, Jennifer Shearman shares her thoughts on Mathematics Mastery: Mastery Learning Mastery learning, like most ideas in education, ...more
Do you know about Makaton?
- Dr John-Paul Riordan writes about Makaton: Makaton is a sign and symbol language programme used by children and adults with speech, ...more
A Celebration of Sport
- CCCU Foundation Degree Physical Education and Physical Activity Students host the Kent School Games. #KentSchoolGames On Tuesday the 25th June 2019, ...more
What Boris Means for Brexit
- Since coming to power, first as leader of the Conservative Party in the UK, and a day later as Prime ...more
'Young, British and Depressed', trainee's documentary aired on Channel 4
- Sanah Ahsan, currently on the 2nd year of the Doctorate, has made a film for the documentary series Dispatches on ...more
The Epistemic Insight Initiative
- Professor Berry Billingsley gives us an insight into the Epistemic Insight Initiative: What insights do we expect young people to call ...more
Visual Support Systems for Autism: What do parents think?
- Highly-Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and Senior Lecturer, Dr. Rachel Mallia-Borg, gives us a taste of her Doctoral Research relating ...more
Upcoming new national guidelines on art therapy for people with a psychosis-related diagnosis
- Dr Sue Holttum, Senior Lecturer at the Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology, presented in July 2019 at the International Art ...more
Conference Roundup - ATSiP 2019
- Pictured: ATSiP Conference Photo 2019 For those who are unaware, the Association of Technical Staff in Psychology (known ...more
The Great Stour River
- This blog is intended to bring together the many aspects of the Great Stour River in Kent. This river rises ...more
Limited twelve hour investigation to determine variations in the concentrations of Phosphate, Nitrite and Nitrate over one tidal cycle at one site on the River Stour
- By Dr J. A. Trigwell, P. Buckley & Dr G. B. J. Dussart Report, 2000 Introduction Following informal discussions with Roger Thorn. a limited ...more
Invasion of Chelicorophium curvispinum into Great Stour estuary
- PhD Thesis Process and consequence of a local invasion of Chelicorophium curvispinum (Crustacea:Amphipoda) into a small estuary in South-East England by Phil Buckley, September ...more
Testing For A Relationship Between The Tidal Cycle And Abundance Of Corophium Volutator (Pallas, 1766) (Amphipoda, Corophiidae) In The Stour Estuary (Kent, UK)
- By Faye Mitchell Student Dissetation, 2012 Abstract The distribution of Corophium volutator has been investigated by several authors yet, to our knowledge very little ...more
English Universities Women’s Football Home Nations Tournament
- Nicole Pepper is a Football Sport Scholar and PGCE Secondary Education student who was recently selected to represent English Universities ...more
Podcast: What is Psychosis?
- John Richardson and Anne Cooke on how we think about psychosis and schizophrenia. Many people hear voices, believe things that others ...more
Winners announced in South East Engineering competition for schools
- Canterbury Christ Church University and Primary Engineer Programmes have announced the winners of the “If you were an engineer, what ...more
International Women in Engineering Day 2019
- International Women in Engineering Day is taking place on Sunday 23 June, and is an international awareness campaign to raise ...more
This is What Art Looks Like!
- High in a tower on London’s Southbank, a secret collective gathered on a grassy corner to plot insurrection – or at ...more
Transforming Children’s Mental Health: An Open Letter to Theresa May
- The Prime Minister wants to use the last weeks of her premiership to tackle children’s mental health. Can she avoid ...more
We must value women's views of STEM to create changes
- For International Women in Engineering Day Professor Gillian Youngs looks at how, as a society, we can attract more women ...more
Faculty alumna wins the Alumni of the Year Award 2019
- Jo Williamson (Warnock), a graduate of the CCCU Primary Education programme, has won the Alumni of the Year Award, she ...more
Celebrating our great partnerships
- Last night, CCCU hosted the Annual Business Awards which recognised the outstanding contribution that businesses and community partners make to ...more
Art of the Lost Conference – Student Projects and Exhibition – Cathedral Visit, June 11
- The theme for Canterbury Cathedral’s annual conference is ‘Art of the Lost’ and it will be held from November 26-28, ...more
Brave, or plain stupid – the beautiful risk of writing autobiographically
- Dr. Paula Stone. Senior Lecturer Primary Education recently gave a talk at our Faculty's recent Narrative Research Day. Here she ...more
Election Digest – Five things we learned from the UK’s European Elections
- The results from last week’s European elections –elections which the UK was not supposed to take part in – are ...more
Work in Progress Day: Presenters
- On Wednesday 29th May 2019, the CPBRA are hosting a day of work in progress presentations by staff and postgraduate ...more
CPBRA: Work in Progress Day 2019
- The Centre for Practice Based Research in the Arts is hosting a day of work in progress presentations on Wednesday ...more
My first book The Twelve Dates of Christmas (which I wrote whilst studying for my degree) will be out in Autumn next year.
- I have always been a keen writer, and after writing my way through my teens, twenties and thirties, I realised ...more
A Typology of British Cherry Blossom
- Dr Sam Vale, Programme Director of Photography at Canterbury Christ Church University, is about to publish a book on British ...more
A Celebration of Goran Stefanovski
- The School of Media, Art and Design will be holding an event celebrating the life of our much-mourned colleague Goran ...more
New programme of public lectures announced
- We are pleased to announce our latest programme of evening public lectures being held at Salomons in Tunbridge Wells. On Thursday ...more
MA Creative Writing - My first novel is due to be published in 2020!
- After becoming a full- time carer for a relative, I decided that I wanted to start writing again, initially as ...more
A Very Special Europe Day
- The 9th of May is celebrated across the European Union (EU) as “Europe Day” – a day to celebrate European ...more
Words with Wings
- I feel it is vital to keep engaging with the students learning story. Recently, within a module of the nursing ...more
Magz Hall: Recent Publication
- Magz Hall's chapter 'It's on Your Head, It's in Your Head: The Artistic Exploration of Radio as Material Reflections on ...more
Adding soul into SOLEs (Self-Organised Learning Environments)
- Summary of the case study This case study explores the use of Self-Organised Learning Environments (SOLEs) with a group of about ...more
Sea Change in Spain? - The 2019 Spanish General Election
- Spanish politics has featured highly in media headlines over the last few years from the breakthrough of parties such as ...more
Music and/as Process 2019 CfP
- The Royal Musical Association Music and/as Process study group will be holding their 2019 Conference at the Institute of Contemporary ...more
Magz Hall: Transmission Spores (2018)
- Transmission Spores (2018) was made for a touring exhibition called The Ash Archive, a touring exhibition across Kent, Jan – Nov. ...more
Motivation, attribution, and the final-year poster conference
- Pictured: Jaidene Brown, Ian Hocking and Samantha Hodson. It’s an interesting coincidence that, just a couple of days before our ...more
Inaugural event of the Local and Community Media MeCCSA Network
- We are pleased to host the inaugural event of the Local and Community Media MeCCSA Network at Canterbury Christ Church University, ...more
Opening of the new CCCU Multi-Disciplinary Mabb Lovell Court Room
- Pictured: Judge Jackson, Katja Hallenberg, Belinda Siesmaa, Kos Siliafis and Andy Buttery. On 4th of May 1810 the first Quarter ...more
Podcast: What is Home?
- On the edge of Brexit the panel discuss the meaning of home. You could fairly say the UK is on the ...more
Research Seminar: 10 April 2019 -- Sam Vale
- In our last research seminar before the Easter recess, Dr Sam Vale will explore overlooked narratives in the archives and ...more
Higham Railway 4
- Part of the 'lost' Count Zborowski home movie shot in the summer of 1924 by Sydney Bligh. This is an ...more
What is it like to always be catching your breath?
- This blog is aimed to challenge our thinking about creative curriculum design. Alternative learning experiences at university. The Weddell seal. The Weddell ...more
Staff Football
- Easter Staff Football is on the horizon! For those that haven’t played before, it’s an annual competition consisting of just ...more
Faith in children and the General Synod debate
- On Friday 22 Feb at Church House, the Church of England Synod debated Growing Faith, an initiative to better understand ...more
Questions you wont find on a GCSE Religious Studies question paper
- Last year I co-wrote an article with Richard Coles about GCSE Religious Studies about biblical illiteracy https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01416200.2018.1493270 (spot the deliberate mistake in ...more
Will there be food? Brexit explored through the organic sector
- From Sarah Lieberman – Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations. Brexit is an emotive topic which has seen society divided ...more
Radical Politics by the Seaside
- From David Bates – Professor in Contemporary Political Thought at CCCU Students from the third year module Radical Political Thought enjoyed ...more
Kate McLean Exhibiting in Lausanne, Switzerland
- Kate McLean, Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design, is exhibiting at Musée de la Main UNIL/CHUV in Lausanne, Switzerland from 15 February ...more
Research Seminar: Graham Birrell, Film School: How Movies Sustain Neoliberal Education
- Graham Birrell of the Faculty of Education will be exploring the interplay between film and schools, in the latest of ...more
Engaging students with the University Graduates Attributes in the Foundation Degree Childhood Studies
- In this case study, Diana Strauss and Clare Wiseman, Senior Lecturers in Childhood Studies, explain how they have used learning ...more
Can Brexit be explained by the theory of Collective Narcissism?
- Final year student James Taylor explores public attitudes surrounding Brexit as part of his coursework for Psychology of Nations. The word ...more
The public interest in dog intelligence – a very special case
- At the beginning of October, CCCU Senior Lecturer Dr. Britta Osthaus with the University of Exeter jointly published a press release on ...more
Higham Railway 3
- Part of the 'lost' Count Zborowski home movie shot in the summer of 1924 by Sydney Bligh. This is an ...more
Issues of Inclusion Webinar
- 3.30pm (UK) 10.30am ...more
Canterbury Anifest
- Canterbury Anifest, the award-winning animation festival and the largest annual event of this kind in the South East, returns on 8-9 March 2019. It’s ...more
- Postgraduate Research Conference in Christian Education Saturday 6 July 2019 | 10am to 5pm Canterbury Christ Church University This one-day research conference is ...more
Dancing amongst the stars asking ‘who will come dance with me and forget who is watching’
- ‘When you open yourself to the view of others it’s a risk. Much like the poem at the end of ...more
What’s changed in the legal profession and is being a lawyer a job for life anymore?
- We recently had a visit from Craig Sharpe to talk to our law students about how the legal market has ...more
The Work Experience Fund 2018-19
- Is there a work experience opportunity you really want to take part in but your worried about the financial side? Are ...more
Global Perspectives On Special Educational Needs And Inclusion Webinar
- 3.30pm (UK) 10.30am ...more
Jason Hodgson: Ligeti Quartet
- Jason Hodgson's composition will be performed by the Ligeti Quartet in Liverpool on Saturday 16th March 2019. Details of the event ...more
A Football Sport Scholar's Journey
- Tom Barton, Football Sport Scholar, reviews his sporting career and how University has impacted both his game and his experiences ...more
The Canterbury 10 Mile Road Race
- The Canterbury 10 mile road race saw testing conditions on 27th January. The annual event attracted a sell-out cohort of ...more
'Understanding Psychosis' - 21st March 2019 - the latest in our series of public lectures
- We are pleased to announce the latest in our series of public lectures at Salomons. ‘Understanding Psychosis’, a talk by Anne ...more
A Year In New York: The Mountbatten Programme
- CCCU is happy to promote this fantastic opportunity for our final year students and alumni... What is the New York Program? The ...more
Enterprise Rent-a-Car Placement Opportunities!
- A representative from Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s European Head Office in Surrey has been in touch to invite all CCCU students to ...more
Magz Hall: Skyport
- Dr Magz Hall, Senior Lecturer in Radio, has been working on an installation, "Skyport", for the exhibition Air Matters: Learning from ...more
Research Seminar: Kate McLean, Nose-first: A Smelltalk
- The School of MAD Research Seminars resume in 2019 on 20 February, with Kate McLean presenting her research on the ...more
Podcast: The politics of mental health
- The panel try to make sense of mental health policy and politics This week Anne, Rachel and John are joined by two special ...more
Enhancing feedback for students in Sport & Exercise Science (SES)
- Summary In this example, Jim Wiles, Principal Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, explains how he and the programme team for ...more
To Tweet or not to Tweet, that is the question: A case study on using Twitter with Undergraduate Nursing Students
- Context The aim of this project was to explore the use of Social Media to enhance learning and professional networking skills ...more
Whitstable Yachting 3
- This film of Whitstable yachting was shot on Std 8 film by Jumbo (George) Gisby, a keen amateur filmmaker, who ...more
Whitstable in the Snow
- This film of Whitstable in the snow was shot on Std 8 film by Jumbo (George) Gisby, a keen amateur ...more
Whitstable Yachting 2
- This film of Whitstable yachting was shot on Std 8 film by Jumbo (George) Gisby, a keen amateur filmmaker, who ...more
Whitstable Taxi
- This film of a Whitstable taxi was shot on Std 8 film by Jumbo (George) Gisby, a keen amateur filmmaker, ...more
Mending Nets
- This film of Whitstable was shot on Std 8 film by Jumbo (George) Gisby, a keen amateur filmmaker, who was ...more
The FA People's Cup
- Do you dream of lifting the cup at Wembley Stadium or are you simply looking for a new hobby? Get ...more
Marlow Theatre Trip
- To celebrate the end of the term and the upcoming Christmas break, students from the Playwriting module for the Creative ...more
The Poetic Nursing Heart challenged me emotionally
- The challenges I have taken on, endured and enjoyed in my life have generally been physical ones. If there is ...more
WINTERSOUND Festival 2019
- WINTERSOUND: 24-26 January 2019 @ Sidney Cooper Gallery Returning for its third year, the Sidney Cooper Gallery is warmed from its ...more
Seminar: Time, History and Materials
- The Orpheus Institute for Artistic Research in Music (Belgium) will be hosting a seminar in partnership with CCCU for Wintersound ...more
My Year in Sport
- Charlie is a Sport Scholar and MSc student by research in Sport and Exercise Science. He won gold at his ...more
Words n Waves
- WordsnWaves is a collaborative project which produced two live performances involving bespoke digital technologies and the spoken word in 2018. The ...more
OVERCOME UNI STRESS! BOOK ONTO FREE GRIT WORKSHOPS!
- BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE ON THE GRIT WORKSHOPS! The 3 Day Event will run during your Personal Development Week: Wednesday 23rd January ...more
Emily Peasgood Named Among UK's 14 Foremost Composers
- Emily Peasgood, who teaches composition in the School of Music and Performing Arts, has won a prestigious BASCA Composition Award. The ...more
Research Seminar: Dr Rob McPherson 12 December 2018
- Dr Robert McPherson will be delivering a paper on his Chicago-School-style research into the night-time economy. Canterbury Christ Church University Powell Building ...more
Awaken, woke and internationally focused
- I studied some of the poetry written by soldiers in World War 1 for “A” level English. I can still ...more
- Black History Month rooted from America and was first known to be ‘Negro History Week’. Created by Carter G. Woodson ...more
Dr Kene Igweonu elected President of the African Theatre Association (AfTA)
- Dr Kene Igweonu, Principal Lecturer and Director of Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, has ...more
Matthew Herbert speaks to Lauren Laverne on Radio One
- Listen to CCCU Artistic Researcher Matthew Herbert in conversation with Lauren Laverne on Radio One. The pair discuss Matthew's new novel ...more
Amazing student play part of the Being Human Festival 2018
- Student Leah Hockley (English Literature with Creative and Professional Writing) talks about her immersive play "First of the Feathers" on ...more
An International Summit
- My visit to the Creative Industries Federation International Summit 2018 – Elizabeth Waterman-Scrase. The Barbican, London. A sea of faces sipping ...more
Stan Lee: A Life and Legacy in Comics
- Stan Lee was a profoundly influential figure in comics; as comics have now crossed over to dominate Hollywood, with many ...more
Top Voices Walk Through Walls
- Top Voices will be taking part in a fantastic event called Walk Through the Walls: Canterbury Now and Then. This ...more
GRIT: Free Workshops for Students!
- “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It ...more
Careers Advice Appointments are back!
- Careers Advice Appointments are back and available to book on The CORE! If you would like to discuss options with your ...more
Ecologies of Precarity in Twenty-First Century Theatre
- Presenting a rigorous critical investigation of the reinvigoration of the political in contemporary British theatre, Ecologies of Precarity in Twenty-First ...more
Russell Maliphant named as one of London's most influential people in dance
- Russell is an artistic researcher at CCCU where he encourages our students to explore the relationship between movement, music and ...more
Reminiscence Café Simulation
- Summary of the case study Andrew Southgate, Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing, set up a reminiscence café for student nurses from ...more
Strengthening Nursing, Midwifery and AHP leadership across the four countries of the UK- Burdett Trust Funded initiative
- This four UK country collaborative project which runs over 12 months until January 2019, aims to identify the processes and indicators ...more
Tristi Brownett talks about Community-Centred Approaches for Health: The Case for Arts Festivals
- My name is Tristi Brownett and I am a specialist community public health nurse, and I am employed as a ...more
Joyce Armstrong - Creative Identity
- My most recent work was commissioned by Live Well Kent/Shaw Trust, providing the art studio model of sessions I have ...more
Leah Thorn -Older Women Rock!! - valuing, highlighting, empowering and uniting early-old-age women
- I am an old age, all age woman, no way past my use-by date. Walking in ancestral women’s footsteps, I am an archive ...more
A Year in the Life of a Dementia Consultant in Australia
- In August 2017, my partner and I said good-bye to family and friends, boarded a plane to Melbourne and started ...more
My Way Code: a mental health programme for young people and adults to help build emotional resilience, autonomy, personal responsibility and identity
- My Way Code: a mental health programme for young people and adults to help build emotional resilience, autonomy, personal responsibility ...more
Dr Jude Graham- Championing Mental Health Research, Practice Development and Innovation
- In April 2017 I completed my Doctorate studies, my research explored the ways in which repeated exposure to traumatic workplaces, ...more
Dr Gaia Del Negro – Professional creativity and learning in health and education
- I had forgotten how to play imaginatively with my physical body/being, using it as an instrument of expression. The movement ...more
Helen Stanley Blogs- A Realist Evaluation of the Impact of Learning and Development Strategies in a Clinical Leadership Programme
- Since leaving full-time work, I am privileged to have become embedded in the world of a doctoral research student and ...more
Becoming employable just got a lot easier - The CORE App
- How often do you read an article or watch a video or do a quiz on your phone? When you’re ...more
Songs of the Great War
- As part of the University’s programme to mark one hundred years since the ending of the First World War, we ...more
Canterbury Festival
- Our talented staff and students are involved with the Canterbury Festival in many different ways. At lunchtime today you can experience ...more
'The Bible, The Text, the Context, Time Travel and Star Gates
- Visit http://resources.eduqas.co.uk/Pages/ResourceSingle.aspx?rIid=1219 REconnect, Eduqas, Issue 2 October 2018, ...more
Fireworks Evening Discounts
- Kent County Cricket Club is offering University staff and students discounted tickets for its Fireworks Night on Monday 5th November. The ...more
A flipped classroom approach to teaching first year students
- In the video below, Tim Jones, Senior Lecturer in TV Production, explains why he has chosen the flipped classroom approach ...more
Use of online discussion boards within assessments to encourage deep learning
- In this case study, Sara Wolfson, Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History (School of Humanities), and winner of the Times ...more
Strategies to embed graduate skills in an undergraduate programme
- Dr Sara Wolfson, Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History (School of Humanities) has been using several strategies to engage students ...more
A case study on student retention on a Foundation Year in Arts and Humanities.
- In this 6 minute video, Martin discusses how programme design and delivery is tailored to the needs of Foundation Year ...more
A very bookish summer: the English Literature team look back on great reads, the conference circuit, heatwaves and chewable books
- Stefania Ciocia: I’ve had a feminist summer, and a very good one it has been too. These are the four ...more
Dr P. O'Connor: a Doctorate in Education
- Philip O’Connor, graduating as Doctor in Education. Philip followed the CCCU Christianity and Faith in Education pathway, one of the ‘Jubilee ...more
What Future for Religious Education in Schools?
- Professor Trevor Cooling, Chair of the Religious Education Council at the launch of the Commission for Religious Education Final Report in the ...more
Every child deserves an opportunity at school to discover the language for making sense of their world
- By Dr Robert A Bowie Director of the National Institute for Christian Education Research The Final Report of the Commission on Religious ...more
A moment in English Religious Education history
- The final report of the Commission for Religious Education is about to be published. The independent commission was established by ...more
Win T20 Tickets!
- Christ Church Sport is giving you the chance to win tickets to T20 cricket this Thursday. 3 pairs of tickets are ...more
Roundtable discussing domestic abuse
- The first Psychology and Criminal Justice Round Table, funded by the Canterbury Centre for Policing Research (CCPR) was run on ...more
Are people conscious of Scopaesthesia? Do the number of starers and the introduction of Acoustathesia effect hit rates? - A pilot investigation
- (Image from Shutterstock) Hello, my name is Rebecca O’Connell and I am a third year combined honours psychology student and this ...more
Striking the right chord on environmental messages
- (Image from Shutterstock) The need to address the impact humans are having on the environment is becoming more pressing with each ...more
UK Creativity Researchers Conference 2018 - Conference Report: Creative Sides
- Senior Lecturer and creativity researcher Dr. Ian Hocking reflects on the 2nd UK Creativity Researchers Conference, hosted here at CCCU. ...more
Summer News from the English Literature team
- Staff News Andrew Palmer: my big news this summer is the publication of a book about First World War poetry, which ...more
Reflections on The Addams Family
- Testimonials from some of the student cast and crew Principal Cast "I love musical theatre and being a transfer student here this ...more
Augustine House Yoga Classes
- Yoga courses on campus are back for summer 2018. The aim of each course is to ease you into yoga, learning ...more
48 Hours in Canterbury: Returning to CCCU
- Written by Music Alumni: Ugne Dailidonyte When you graduate from University all the stress and anxiety connected with all the deadlines ...more
In education, is religion exclusively a matter of RE? Are RE debates being crippled by the assumption that it is?
- (a partly developed set of thoughts on a hot afternoon) The blogosphere is filled with debate about religious education in the ...more
Wimbledon Week 2018
- To help celebrate the start of Wimbledon 2018, Christ Church Sport are offering staff the chance to get involved with ...more
Places of Worship: An Introduction from Bob Bowie
- A 'few' years ago RE Online made a series of videos about places of worship which are available to watch ...more
Walking Seminars
- Geography Research Group in association with the Sustainability Research Network is proud to present the 'Sense of Place' Walking Seminars Thurs 19 April 2018 Michael ...more
O what we ben!
- Discovering Post-Apocalyptic Landscapes in Andreas and Riddley Walker a project by Mike Bintley and Sonia Overall - supported by Being Human 2017 'O what we ...more
Arts and Humanities Faculty Conference
- Landscape, Space, and Place Keynote: Dr Phil Smith, Plymouth University 30th May 2018 Work on landscapes, spaces and places occupies a prominent position ...more
Film screening "One Team"
- Free film screening "One Team" Monday 19th March 2018, 16.00-18.00, Ng03 "The way they play together, the way they get along, that’s ...more
"Simply Marvellous" - Free screening of BAFTA award winning film
- Wednesday 11 April 2018 13.30-16.30, Old Sessions House Free screening of "Marvellous" followed by Q&A with Neil Baldwin and Malcolm Clark, co-authors ...more
Open lecture - "The work of Wonder" (Patrick Curry)
- Patrick will be discussing the work of wonder in three senses: the work we must do to make a place ...more
Identity and Pedagogy Research Theme conference
- CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! Following the runaway success of last year’s Identity in Education mini conference we are delighted to send you ...more
Research and Employability Fair 2018
- The Section of Life Sciences hosted its fourth annual Life Sciences Research and Employability Fair at Canterbury Christ Church University. ...more
First results are in!
- The team has been working on a number of projects with collaborators across the University and the first results are ...more
ruinous landscapes in a modern city
- O what we ben! is an interactive walking and mapping project exploring the landscapes of and correspondences between two texts: ...more
Trump and the Thucydides Trap
- Professor Peter Vujakovic, Professor of Geography in School of Human and Life Sciences explores the Thucydides Trap following the historic US election victory ...more
Mike and Sonia on BBC Radio 3
- On the eve of the project launch, BBC Radio 3 aired a special edition of Free Thinking featuring three projects from ...more
Heritage rice in Bali: Comparing the effects of two rice varieties on paddy soil quality
- Rice is an important global crop, with half of the world’s population dependant on it. In Bali, rice farming traditionally ...more
Outreach, with a Bang!
- Last Friday a team of lecturers and instructors from Canterbury Christ Church School of Life Sciences headed to Discovery Park ...more
Struggling to choose a University? You cannot possibly do a worse job than I did.
- University Instructor for the Life Sciences Beth Gawthorpe tells us her experience in choosing a university, how everything doesn't always go ...more
Erasmus International Exchange- Difficult but worth it?
- PhD student and Instructor in the Life Sciences Chris Hobbs takes us on his Erasmus year journey, and throws in ...more
The Vice Chancellor's Challenge - Sports Day 2017
- On the 23rd of June Team IMS went on tour to Polo Farm to compete in the first "Vice Chancellor's ...more
Traffic Lights team attends HEFCE Catalyst project workshop in Birmingham
- Marian McCormick and Chris Harvey joined colleagues from across the UK who have been awarded funding from HEFCE via the ...more
CCCU team wins HEFCE Catalyst Fund grant for 'Traffic Lights Tool' student toolkit
- Rayya Ghul, Head of Academic Professional Development, Marian McCormick, Principal Lecturer (Learning and Teaching), and Chris Harvey, Senior Lecturer in ...more
Apprenticeships and mentoring are key to getting more women into engineering
- We’re all familiar with the stats: fewer than 9% of the engineering workforce is female and only 6% of registered ...more
Unexpected Item in Bagging Area
- If you have ever tried to use the automated checkout facility in a supermarket you will probably know why it ...more
An important occasion in the STEM calendar
- International Women in Engineering Day is an important occasion in the STEM calendar. There are many different types of engineering ...more
March 2017 - forget the Garden of England, this is the LAB of England
- Spring is sproinging and this month I (Emily the Lab Technician) have been visiting our science friends at the Canterbury ...more
February 2017
- This month we have been working with a group of students from the University's computing department who will be visiting ...more
First Annual Technicians Symposium
- Calling any event the "first annual" is always a bit scary, but having been down to the Technicians symposium I ...more
Cancer research and treatment; past, present and future
- “Cancer is not a new disease”, said Professor Michelle Garrett, while speaking at a lecture organised by Kent Cancer Trust ...more
Cancer and Height
- By Simon Harvey, Director of Life Sciences There's recently been a lot of media coverage of work that has identified height ...more
Skirting Science: Inspiring the Next Generation of Female Scientists
- Naomi Rintoul and Beth Gawthorpe took part in ‘Skirting Science’ on earlier this month as part of Folkestone’s celebrations of WOW-2016 ...more
Life Sciences Applicant Day
- Saturday 18th March saw Canterbury Christ Church’s invite-only open day, and the Life Sciences team jumped at the chance to ...more
FLUX Sustainable Business Challenge 2017
- On 7th March 2017, Broadstairs students joined students from the Canterbury Campus at the annual FLUX Sustainable Business Challenge, held ...more
January 2017
- SCRABEL has been feeling lonely this month as our wonderful PhD student Neha Shetty jetted off to India to visit the ...more
December 2016
- At the start of the month we welcomed Dr Emily Billinge to the team as our new laboratory technician for ...more
A Month of prayer for the University
- Did you know that the University has a monthly cycle of prayer for all departments across the University. take a ...more
A week of Prayer for the Campus
- Next week we will begin a week of prayer for the (Canterbury) Campus. This is the first of four such ...more
Business Futures Finale Week 2017
- Business Futures programme has been running across the year and concluded in the week commencing 30th January. We saw a number ...more
Life After Graduation - Matt Warner from Sainsbury's
- Matt Warner, a recent Christ Church Business School graduate, came to speak to Retail Strategy students on Monday 23rd January. Matt ...more
Malta, shooting birds and democracy
- By Jim Butcher, Principal Lecturer in Sociology of Tourism, School of Human and Life Sciences On the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta, ...more
The Mw 7.8 Earthquake, Central Nepal
- By Dr Julia Maxted, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, School of Human and Life Sciences At lunchtime on Saturday 25th April, a ...more
Tourism Management student designs Kent Guild logo
- By Dr Karen Thomas, Senior Lecturer in Tourism, School of Human and Life Sciences A Canterbury Christ Church University Tourism and Management ...more
Environmental Hazards and the El Niño climatic perturbation
- By Dr Julia Maxted, Senior Lecturer in Geography, School of Human and Life Sciences How does an apparently local event in the ...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 things ...more
Meet the Employers - #ccbizschool Careers Fair
- Join us in Augustine House library in Canterbury for a Christ Church Business School Careers Fair on Tuesday 25th October ...more
Graduate Opportunity - FX Sales
- Congratulations to Scott Ridley, a recent graduate from Christ Church Business School (Accounting and Finance) on his new career in the foreign ...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
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
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
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
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 ...more
Results workshop
- Thank you to everyone who attended The Talk about Thoughts and Feelings project results workshop. It was great to see our ...more
Two Summer Internships for 2015 - Apply Now!
- We are very please to announce that the Learning and Development Lab have successfully bid for not one but two ...more
Hello world!
- Welcome to The CCCU Psychology Programme Sites. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start ...more
Hello world!
- Welcome to The CCCU Psychology Programme Sites. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start ...more
