Virtual 'Becket' Pavement - celebrating medieval animals
- As this is the last blog before its 2-week ‘vacacion’, I thought I would remind readers about the great opportunity ...more
Phased reopening of Augustine House Library - Updated for Phase 2
- In line with Government advice and University guidance, we are planning how we can best reopen Augustine House Library and what ...more
Box Of Broadcasts Part 1 - What is it? and how do I use it?
- Box of Broadcasts, or BoB for short, is an online, on Demand TV and radio service for education but just ...more
Call for responses: how Riddley Walker speaks to you
- Riddley Walker was first published in 1980. Forty years on, we celebrate the legacy of this cult novel and consider ...more
Introducing Click and Study
- We have now launched our Click and Study service. This will make a limited number of bookable computer desks and study spaces in Augustine ...more
Introducing Scan and Deliver
- On Monday 20 July, we launched our Scan and Deliver service. This makes the print only books and journals, which ...more
Introducing Click and Collect
- We are providing a contactless Click and Collect service between 10:00 and 17:30 (Monday – Friday) by appointment only to make the physical books, ...more
The 2020 CEFEUS – Jean Monnet Prize Winners have been announced
- Dr Soeren Keil, our Jean Monnet Chair in European Foreign Policy has announced the 2020 winners of the CEFEUS – ...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
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
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
The 'Station Rotation Model of Learning' of Research Methods
- Dr Katarina Mozova describes the station rotation model and how this has been used to teach research methods… Click here for larger ...more
Using Classroom Response tool for Formative Assessment
- Manfred Gschwandtner (Kent and Medway Medical School Librarian) outlines the use of Kahoot, an audience response system, as a tool for formative ...more
Empowering students to respond to coursework feedback to increase their learning gain
- The case study was led by Dr Ken Fox, Principal Lecturer and Director of Learning and Teaching, School of Creative Arts ...more
Promoting continuous learning of mandatory training through technology enhanced learning
- This case study was led by Caroline Ratcliffe, Simulation Instructor in the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing. Brief context Student feedback across ...more
The use of PebblePad with First Year Undergraduates to aid transition and retention, support employability and the development of the life-long learner
- The project was led by Dr Ken Fox, School Director of Learning and Teaching and Jane Milton, Programme Director, Film Production, in ...more
An introduction to transformative agreements
- CCCU has signed agreements with the publishers Wiley and SAGE to enable researchers at the University to publish their research articles open access. Authors submitting articles for publication in journals ...more
Kent History Postgraduates and retiring academics
- As well as being the feast day of St Calimerius – a 3rd-century bishop of Milan, persecuted and killed by ...more
The future of dawsonera e-books - Update Dawsonera closure 30 July
- On the 19th June Bertram Books filed for administration. The company, which operated as Bertram Trading, entered administration alongside two ...more
CCCU Student Success Story - Achieving a dream
- The following is the story of Jake Peach, Alumnus of CCCU who graduated with a undergraduate degree in Film, Radio ...more
Maritime Matters - Kent and over seas
- As a follow up to last week, I thought I would just mention that my hard copy of The Routledge ...more
Why a vaccine for Covid-19 is only part of the solution: broader prevention measures are the key
- Adele Phillips discusses how a broad public health campaign with an emphasis on prevention is still important in the fight ...more
Staycations alone will not save UK tourism
- As the ‘We’re Good to Go’ campaign seeks to build a ‘ring of confidence’ for the reopening tourism sector, and ...more
Sum Tyms Bytin Sum Tyms Bit
- Sum Tyms Bytin Sum Tyms Bit will be an online ‘sum poasyum’ or programme of talks, screenings and, creative responses ...more
Why become a Software Engineer
- Canterbury Christ Church University Senior Lecturer in Computing, Tina Eager, provides her thoughts on the reasons why you should consider ...more
My call and xx What a special moment xx
- Poetry from the heart... Imagine for a second being alone in the world, not this world as it is now of ...more
Kent History Postgraduates, Maritime Kent, and Canterbury matters
- Just to say thank you very much and more ‘animals’ have been making their way to Dr Diane Heath’s door, ...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
New mechanical engineer starts at CCCU
- Dr. Joseph Camm is a lecturer in mechanical engineering in the School of Engineering, Technology and Design, and brings with ...more
A RESPONSE TO PHE’S REPORTS ON DISPARITIES IN RISKS AND OUTCOMES OF COVID-19 FOR BAME COMMUNITIES
- Academics from across different faculties question whether the recent Public Health England reports have made any ground-breaking revelations around the ...more
The Smell of Yellow
- Can we smell colour? What do yellow, green, purple, or brown smell like? For my dissertation I was keen to ...more
Unprecedented: Alumni - International Teaching
- Our Alumni Manager, Kate Chesterman, has been keeping in touch with some wonderful graduates. Here’s her account of catching up ...more
A response to PHE’s reports on disparities in risks and outcomes of Covid-19 for BAME communities
- Academics from across different faculties question whether the recent Public Health England reports have made any ground-breaking revelations around the ...more
Hospitality operations in the face of a pandemic: is health and safety the key to success?
- Shola Osinaike and Dr Lorna Thomas explore how the hospitality business can bounce back after lockdown. The hospitality sector is a ...more
Survive and Thrive: How Canterbury Christ Church University will help the local recovery
- Professor Mike Weed, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise, sets out Canterbury Christ Church University’s commitment to the Kent and ...more
Gaming in a Post-Covid19 World
- In a world during and after Covid-19/Coronavirus, programmers are needed now, more than ever. As incredulous as it sounds, gaming ...more
More than staring at a screen: fostering creative practice and self-efficacy in distance learners
- In this case study, Sonia Overall, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, presents enhancements that she has put in place in ...more
How can the library support blended learning?
- Last week in her fabulous blog, Kate Davies looked at some of the resources available to support blended learning. ...more
Survive and thrive - supporting Kent and Medway's economy
- Professor Mike Weed sets out the University’s commitment to the Kent and Medway economy during and beyond the COVID-19 crisis. The ...more
Becket, Canterbury and helping communities
- Dr Diane Heath is in the process of ‘building’ the ‘medieval tile’ floor. So if you want to help her ...more
“We’ll be back” - the re-opening of cinemas and our need for stories
- Dr Ken Fox discusses the importance of cultural spaces and the impact of Covid-19 on cinemas. The title of David ...more
Nursing during the Covid Crisis
- Zoe Newman, Head of Nursing, Urgent and Emergency Care at East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust explains how nursing has been ...more
Manufacturing Engineering Apprenticeship Online Forum - Monday 13 July 2020
- Following the recent announcement of the new Manufacturing Engineering Apprenticeship, in parnership with Mid-Kent College, we are hosting an online ...more
Arrival of apprenticeships in Manufacturing Engineering to launch in January 2021
- We are excited to announce the launch of Manufacturing Engineering Apprenticeships at Canterbury Christ Church University, in partnership with Mid-Kent ...more
Racism and Institutions
- Kehinde Abolarin, Doctoral Candidate at CCCU, reflects on the power of institutions to shape our perceptions of others. “No one is ...more
The Listening Project - Part five: Athena SWAN represents me
- By Tom Troppe, Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Education You might ask how an organisation founded to advance the rights ...more
Read all about it! News sources online
- Daily news is an important source of information for many degree subjects. Find out how you can access news stories ...more
History Postgraduates and Canterbury Medieval Pageant
- Dr Diane Heath and I will be delighted to receive photos of your medieval animal ‘tile’ designs, so please do ...more
2020 is really not my year: Thank God for the Politics department
- MSc student Emily Webb shares her story of misfortune and how the kindness of classmates and lecturers helped her to ...more
Student Success During Lockdown - Creating a new business!
- The following post showcases three Canterbury Christ Church University students who, during lockdown, have set up their own company. Below ...more
Careers & Enterprise Hub Summer Workshops - Get Involved!
- Throughout the Summer months, we have some VERY exciting workshops for you to look forward to. The Careers and Enterprise Hub ...more
Studying Bio-medical engineering at Canterbury Christ Church University: A promising course to unveil the future career in healthcare sectors
- Dr. Soumya Kanti Manna, Program Director (Bio-Medical Engineering) answers questions on what will be the future job market? Who will ...more
Challenges in cybercrime: Using mobile apps during a pandemic and the need for computer security professionals to lead the fight against it.
- Dr Hannan Azhar, Programme Director of Computer Forensics and Security at CCCU COVID-19 continues to drive a surge in engagement in ...more
South East Local Enterprise Partnership supporting the recovery of businesses and the economy post COVID-19
- Chair of the of the South East Local Enterprise Partnership, Christian Brodie, explains how they are working with local business ...more
Creativity, mental health and the recovery curriculum
- The Faculty of Education’s Wendy Cobb took part in a TES podcast last week looking at how creativity could save ...more
Careers Support for Final Year Students & Alumni: 8 ways we can help you!
- The Careers and Enterprise Team at CCCU are here to support all students. However, we recognise that our final year ...more
Summer re-orientation and transition sessions
- Dr Demetris Tillyris, Programme Director for our undergraduate degrees, explains how we will be supporting students over the summer and ...more
The Careers and Enterprise Online Award – Amazon Vouchers for the first 50 students who complete our exciting online award!
- The Careers and Enterprise Online Award is now available for all CCCU Students to complete. As well as a certificate ...more
You’re coming to CCCU! Get uni-ready with our top tips on pre-reading
- This wasn’t the summer you were anticipating. Instead of being cooped up in a gym which smells of old plimsolls, ...more
Virtual Canterbury Medieval Pageant
- Gingerbread Medieval Animal Tiles - We Need your Help, Please! To celebrate the 800th Anniversary of St Thomas Becket’s new shrine ...more
Environmental Racism: Between COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter
- Rebecca Papp, MSc Student, applies the ideas of environmental racism to show how the events of 2020 have deep roots ...more
Occupational therapy in a crisis
- In our next guest blog on the impacts of Covid 19 in Kent and Medway, Occupational Therapist Emma Pope explains ...more
Resilience and flexibility: the positive side of lockdown
- In our latest guest blog on the impact of Covid 19 in Kent and Medway, Salim Somjee, Partner at Cripps ...more
SDG 7 - Clean and Affordable Energy
- Sustainable Development Goal 7 explores the necessity for clean and affordable energy. Between 2000 and 2016, people with access to ...more
Medieval Pageant and schooling now and then
- Having caught up with Dr Claire Bartram, as Co-Director of the Centre, and Dr Diane Heath, the Centre’s Research Fellow, ...more
8 Reasons you should get involved with the SGO for 2020/21
- As the new academic year starts it means new opportunities to get involved with the Student Green Office, here are ...more
#learningforthefuture SDG 15 - How to look after nature from home
- Sustainable Development Goal 15 is all about looking after Life on Land as one of our SGOs Chris explored ina ...more
Innovative Manufacturing Technologies and COVID-19
- Dr Salman Saeidlou, Senior Lecturer in Mechanical/Material Engineering and the Programme Director of Manufacturing Engineering (Degree) Apprenticeship in the School ...more
The Mindfulness Maze
- There is so much mindfulness about it can be hard to choose a way forward. Sarah Strohmaier investigates how you ...more
A year in the SGO - Emily's reflections
- Where has this year gone? I can't believe I am in the final week of my SGO role. The year has ...more
Research, Covid-19 and the science. Why I am more than a number.
- By Clare Keys, Senior Lecturer in Special Educational Needs and Primary Education A consequence of the global pandemic caused by the ...more
What do my students see….
- By Kerry Jordan-Daus, Principal Lecturer I have been troubling over something one of my students wrote; all of my white teachers ...more
Unprecedented: Online Interviewing
- Helen Kirk-Brown, HAYS Education Director, has created a video to give some tops tips on interviews for Newly Qualified Teachers, ...more
Cox questions Bowie
- Dawn Cox, Subject leader for RS in a secondary school in Essex and familiar contributor online with her highly regarded ...more
UK’s Covid-19 contact tracing app: What went wrong?
- Dr Abhaya Induruwa looks at the problems of developing the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app. The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, ...more
#Livingwell | Thai Noodle soup
- This recipe can be adapted to be vegetarian and vegan but also works well with any protein. Ingredients (serves three): approx 1tbsp ...more
Spice up your life: why we should be eating paprika
- Paprika is a ground dried spice made from capsicum. Typically it is produced from the milder sweeter chilli peppers which ...more
CCCU Research Internships - Student Success Stories
- Earlier in 2020, several research internships were advertised on the Unitemps website for current CCCU students to apply for. Each ...more
UK’s Covid-19 Contact Tracing App: What went wrong?
- The PM, Boris Johnson touted that the UK’s Covid-19 contact tracing App, once developed, will be world beating. It consumed ...more
Flexibility for the win
- Ray Johnson of the Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce, describes the support offered to businesses and how different businesses have ...more
Social distancing in the homes of queuing: re-opening theme parks
- Tara Brown, Dr Lorna Thomas and Shola Osinaike look at how theme parks are preparing to re-open to the public ...more
Kent History Postgraduates and late medieval Sandwich
- I thought I would begin by reporting that we sent our roundup of pre-modern Kent and Canterbury online resources to ...more
Unprecedented: Banker
- Extreme times call for extreme skills. We don't immediately think of those working in banks and financial services as keyworkers, ...more
Unprecedented: Alumni
- Our Alumni Manager, Kate Chesterman, has been keeping in touch with some wonderful graduates. Here's her account of catching up ...more
The fight against climate change
- Peter Rands, Director of Sustainability Development, discusses how climate change remains a priority for universities despite Covid-19 pandemic. On the scale ...more
Calling out racism: Dr Lynn Revell on the Bishop of Dover at the Canterbury protest march
- Dr Lynn Revell, Reader of Religion and Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, reflects on her encounter with the new ...more
#LivingWell - Easy as 'Shepherds' Pie
- Shepherd's pie is a dish that is easy to make, warms the soul and fills you up. It uses ingredients ...more
#LivingWell - How to make Sourdough Bread
- In a previous post we showed you how to cultivate your own sourdough starter (Read how to do that here). ...more
Consciousness
- So, like a rising tide of awareness unlearnt I am becoming aware. But it’s driven up from an internal and ...more
MEMS Lib and Canterbury rebels
- This week I thought I would start with a collaboration between the Centre and MEMS at Kent as part of ...more
Trails you can follow around Canterbury to get fit and learn about your surroundings:
- If you're running out of ideas during lockdown and fancy seeing something new (well old mostly) there are many free ...more
#Livingwell | simple steps to mindfulness
- Mindfulness can mean many different things to different people. It is a unique and personal belief and feeling associated with ...more
The Listening Project - part three
- Foreword I was asked to join the Faculty’s ATHENA Swan Self-Assessment Team before COVID-19 had even been heard of, and so ...more
#ThisIsPE initiative brings YouTube stardom to faculty alumni
- With all the remote teaching taking place, video has become a key medium. YouTube specifically has turned from a haven ...more
What in the Worldview is going on in RE?
- Join a conversation with Trevor Cooling hosted by Bob Bowie to explore why worldview actually matters in the RE classroom. Wed, ...more
Teaching during lockdown: Resources for teachers, parents and schools
- We've been documenting the efforts of students during the lockdown period and how their efforts have allowed learning to continue. ...more
Playing Out: What lockdown means for children’s outdoor play
- Developmental Psychologist Dr Amanda Carr, Dr Philip Ulrich and research assistant Michelle England discuss their research on children’s outdoor play ...more
Webinars for AULRE 2020
- I gave my first two webinars for the Association of University Lecturers in Religion and Education (www.aulre.org) 2020 virtual meeting, ...more
Anosmia: The loss of smell and how it affects us
- The majority of society knows the term for the loss of sight or the loss of hearing, but what about ...more
Texts and Teachers Part 2: The Findings
- https://youtu.be/QAJE80uWTKg Here I explore some of the findings of the Texts and Teachers project, touching on links between institutional and personal ...more
Christ Church Sport Scholars
- The Covid-19 pandemic, has denied sportspeople across the globe the opportunity to train, compete and celebrate in their successes, and ...more
Texts and Teachers and the Worldview project in RE
- This is a prerecorded version of the first part of the paper given at the Online AULRE / REOnline event, ...more
Worldview in religious education
- Professor Trevor Cooling has written about the notion of worldview figures prominently in the recent discourse surrounding Religious Education (RE) ...more
School Direct students share their COVID-19 teaching experiences
- By very nature of the School Based (School Direct) route to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) course that we run, our ...more
Feral Practice Film: Sum Tyms Bytin Sum Tyms Bit
- Sum Tyms Bytin Sum Tyms Bit is a new artist film, from Feral Practice, drawing resonance between themes of power, ...more
Christian Education Youtube Playlist
- Here is a YouTube playlist of materials, talks by Professor Trevor Cooling, related to Christian Schooling, curriculum and character, prayer ...more
A Message Wrapped in Words
- This page contains a link to an interview with Dr Margaret Carswell (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer at Australian Catholic ...more
Count Zborowski Film
- In the summer of 1924 millionaire racing driver, Count Zborowski made a series of home movies with friends, attempting to ...more
Our students: Keeping education going during the COVID-19 crisis
- In the current, unprecedented situation with COVID-19 a lot of attention is rightly being given to key workers who are ...more
Saveas Writers' International Writing Competition 2020
- POST Apocalypse To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the publication of Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban, Saveas Writers are looking for ...more
Organisers
- These events are being coordinated by Dr Sonia Overall, Fiona MacDonald, Dr Andrew M. Butler and Dr Paul March-Russell. Dr Sonia ...more
Thinking differently: How the lockdown is changing the way my student teachers are engaging in research
- By Dr Paula Stone Becoming a teacher is complex and emotional endeavour, but this year has brought extra significant challenges to ...more
Let’s run further!
- Tips for runners wanting to increase their distance. Whether you are new to running, or long distances are already your thing, we have ...more
Peter Watkins and the Playcraft Film Unit
- The documentary, 'Peter Watkins and the Playcraft Film Unit' (2017) by Tim Jones focuses upon the five amateur films produced ...more
SEEKING SYDNEY
- The documentary Seeking Sydney, explores the work and life of Sydney Bligh. Bligh specialised in making newsreels of Canterbury during ...more
Parade at cricket ground
- An army parade at the cricket ground shot by George Page on 9.5mm ...more
The Student Voice: facilitating, listening, acting
- This case study was led by Dr Ken Fox and Eddie McMillan, from the School of Creative Arts and Industries. Context The ...more
Keep calm, but don’t just carry on
- Social psychologist Dennis Nigbur comments on the current nature of distancing and the importance of social connection. They call it social ...more
Trevor Cooling, What if Learning and NICER on a US Podcast
- Interview with Trevor Cooling by Dr David Smith on the What if Learning approach to teaching MARCH 12TH, 2020 | ...more
Psychology at Christchurch Podcast - PsySoc
- Psychology student Jessica Delo has created a podcast looking at ‘Psychology at Christ Church’. In her first podcast she interviews ...more
Recruitment March
- Film of a recruitment march in Canterbury. This was shot on 9.5mm by George Page, a keen amateur filmmaker and ...more
Enthronment of the Archbishop
- Enthronement of Cosmo Gordon Lang as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1928. This was filmed on 9.5mm by George Page, a keen ...more
Research Seminar: 26 February 2020 -- Yifeng Zhu, Choreography as Education
- Canterbury Christ Church University School of Creative Arts and Industries Research Seminars 2019-2020 26 February 2020 4.15pm-5.30pm Pg06 – Powell Building Canterbury Christ ...more
An outstretched hand. ‘I will carry your words to the masses, as you are me’
- Although hideously disillusioned and very pessimistic, I am in fact the happiest and at my most honest to myself I ...more
Tickets now on sale for new public lectures at Salomons
- Salomons Institute is pleased to announce the latest in our series of public lectures. On Thursday 19th March, from 6.30 ...more
Building community resilience to climate change: insights from the social psychology of groups
- Dr. Evangelos Ntontis discusses shared social identity, the role of social groups during disasters and how they emerge and evolve ...more
I got to say something and people listened
- #CCCUPIL20 crowd sourced poem So, there I sit waiting to be introduced. Thinking, what can I possibly say to this room ...more
My Lawyer is a Real Terrier
- Psychologist Liz Spruin talks about dogs as supporters of vulnerable people in the justice system Recently we’ve been having a few public lectures and ...more
How to be a blues buster!
- Blue Monday cheer-up tips are glib argues John McGowan, so what do you say when you're asked for some? ...more
CANTERBURY AMATEUR ARCHIVE FILM SCREENING No.15
- This is a new screening which has been put together as part of the 850thCommemoration of Thomas Becket. Footage from ...more
CANTERBURY AMATEUR ARCHIVE FILM SCREENING No.11
- This is a repeat of screening No.11 which was originally shown in 2016. It includes unique footage of flooding in Sturry ...more
The latest on Psychic Research
- By Dr David Vernon I’ve just returned from the 43rd Annual International Conference of the Society for Psychical Research which was held this year ...more
Psychology Q&A Series: Tom Prosser - PhD student and Instructor
- Tom Prosser is a Ph.D. candidate in Health Psychology. He received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Canterbury Christ Church ...more
Staff Netball
- Join in this fun session for beginners and beyond to learn some new skills. If you’re re looking for a fun ...more
Reflecting the variety of life
- Some of our Clinical Trainees reflect on the experience of difference and diversity in Clinical Psychology Training. Diversity and representativeness are ...more
Innovator or a mud skipper carried on the back of the black dog?
- On the dawn of the new year and the plans and hopes ahead. Thomas Delahunt reflects and asks the community ...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
The therapeutic beauty of poetry
- On the dawn of THEawards Francesca Hufton reflects on her very first symposium. She understands, engages and reflects the ethos ...more
Creating the conditions for Inclusion
- I’ve now been a member of our School of Allied and Public Health Professions for just over one month, and I ...more
British Legion Parade
- Film of the British Legion Parade in Canterbury featuring Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Jellicoe. This was shot on 9.5mm ...more
MA Creative Writing - My first novel will 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
Denne's Mill Fire
- Destruction by fire of Denne's Mill (often called Abbot's Mill) in 1933. This was filmed on 9.5mm by George Page, ...more
British Active Student Survey is now live!
- The British Active Student Survey (BASS) is collecting insights into students attending UK colleges and universities. It aims to gain an ...more
Accessible Blackboards staff workshops
- To adhere with the Accessibility Regulations 2018, this hands-on workshop will outline how to make your Blackboard site more accessible, ...more
Creating Accessible Documents staff workshops
- This workshop will focus on Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint, showing how the in-built accessibility features within these applications can ...more
Using Blackboard Ally staff workshop
- Led by Blackboard staff, this one-day-only workshop will provide a thorough introduction to the concept of accessibility. About the Workshop Aims This workshop, ...more
Online Collaboration Workshops
- The Library, Learning and Teaching Enhancement and IT have created two workshops to encourage students and staff to collaborate online. Student ...more
Reviewing Students' Digital Capabilities in the Curriculum - a Workshop and a Tool
- When we start thinking about developing student's digital capabilities in the curriculum there are a few questions to answer: What are ...more
Cricket Girls Can
- I have always been someone that lives and breathes sport and will always be up for trying a new sport ...more
Sian Cleary Can
- Anyone who knows me will also know that sport pretty much rules my life. I’ll either be seen with a ...more
Studying MA English as a mature student
- Maggie and Clare both came back to university after a long break, having graduated 25 and 40 years ago respectively. They have ...more
Netball Girls Can
- I don’t come from a family of athletes. As a child I was sent to sports clubs as a way ...more
Dance Girls Can
- I got into dance the same way that many people do - my mum sent me off to ballet and ...more
We hit a giant
- ‘We hit a giant – a poem which enabled us to share our ‘disappointing’ feelings and helped us recognise we should ...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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Marlow Theatre Trip
- To celebrate the end of the term and the upcoming Christmas break, students from the Playwriting module for the Creative ...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
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
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
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
