Stressless is back! 18th March 2019 - 18th May 2019
- To coincide with 24/7 opening at Augustine House library, as part of the exam & assessment period, we are bringing ...more
How Long is a Piece of String: Researching the Life of Neville Chamberlain
- NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN FRANCE (O 2170). Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205196512 I have been ...more
International day of Happiness - 20th March
- The International Day of Happiness was created in 2013 as a way of reminding people of the importance of looking ...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
A sorry spring? Ash dieback in Kent
- As spring approaches Professor Peter Vujakovic discusses the impact of ash dieback in Kent, which has now spread to parts ...more
Industry 4.0 and Canterbury Christ Church University
- This article outlines what Industry 4.0 means to Canterbury Christ Church University. There are nine technologies that support the Industry ...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
Deal or no deal – third time lucky?
- The debate on EU withdrawal has laid divisions in both the Labour and Conservatives parties. Paul Anderson asks what’s next ...more
Quo Vadis, Brexit? Disaster, Bullshit or Einstein’s Insanity?
- From Dr Demetris Tillyris – Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Canterbury Christ Church University. The scale of the defeat ...more
Brexit, Corbyn and Left Populism
- From Professor David Bates – Professor in Contemporary Political Thought. PSA: His inaugural lecture – ‘The Centre Cannot Hold: Radical Politics ...more
Kent’s Communities and a No-Deal Brexit: Accessibility Planning, Now!
- From Dr Susan Kenyon, Faculty Director of Learning and Teaching at Canterbury Christ Church University. She has studied transport and ...more
Brexit and the Age of Uncertainty
- From Dr Soeren Keil, Reader in Politics and International Relations and Director of the Centre for European Studies (CEFEUS). There are now ...more
May’s Defeat in Parliament, Vote of Confidence and Plan B – What Next in the Brexit Saga?
- On Monday 14th January 2019, Theresa May’s Brexit Plan suffered the heaviest defeat any government bill has ever received in the ...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
The Independent Group: A Changing Centre or Drab Disappointment?
- From Maw Stafford (PhD Candidate in Politics) Over a week has now passed since the biggest split in (two) political parties ...more
Is Brexit Sexist? A Feminist Perspective
- As we edge closer to ‘Brexit Day,’ Dr Laura Cashman (Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Canterbury Christ ...more
Sturgeon Under Fire: Where Next For The First Minister and The Independence Movement
- Paul Anderson is a Sessional Lecturer and PhD Candidate Politics and International. His research is on Territorial Politics. This blogpost ...more
Princeton and Canterbury - bringing historians together
- Before I get to news of events next week, including the William Somner conference on Saturday 23 March, and a ...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
Third floor Silent Zone in Augustine House is currently closed
- Due to damage to one of the windows, the third floor Silent Zone in Augustine House is currently closed for ...more
Top ten tips on note taking
- https://youtu.be/W_mmOR5uU0k Do you feel like you’re endlessly taking notes? Note taking is a skill you will use throughout your University life, ...more
Get help with your research - Gale Primary Sources drop-by event
- Need some dissertation inspiration? Suffering from writer’s block? Gale Primary Sources such as The Times Digital Archive, British Library Newspapers, 19th Century Periodicals, ...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
Mapping places and spaces in Canterbury and Faversham
- Before I get to the book launch and a meeting on mapping Faversham through time, I thought I would mention ...more
Changing landscape around Canterbury Christ Church University
- Two cranes have appeared on Canterbury's eastern skyline and marks where building works are underway at Canterbury Christ Church University. The ...more
#BalanceforBetter within Sport
- For International Women’s Day Dr Kristy Howells, Dr Laura Gubby, Dr Katie Dray and Dr Hayley Mills explore how sport ...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
#ShapeOurLibrary - Tuesday 5 March
- The Library is always looking at ways to improve things for you and is holding an informal feedback session #ShapeOurLibrary ...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
International Women's Day - a Brief History
- International Women’s Day (IWD) takes place each year on 8th March. Its observance varies across the globe, and though some ...more
Folkestone, Faversham and Canterbury - medieval saints and other matters
- Now that we are in March, I thought this week I would start with news of the book launch next ...more
Women's History Month - Daphne Oram
- Daphne Oram Pioneer and Audio Visionary When CCCU announced that the new creative arts building on the North Holmes Road campus was to ...more
Women's History Month and International Women's Day - What's going on?
- Each March, the Library and Learning Resources team looks forward to supporting Women's History Month. This annual event is the ...more
Spotlight on Kent and Medway EDGE Hub and Prof. Helen James in Breakthrough Magazine
- Senior Pro Vice Chancellor (Education, Enhancement & Student Experience) Prof. Helen James was recently interviewed in Breakthrough Magazine and gave ...more
Challenging times throughout the centuries
- I thought I would begin where in a sense I left off, and now that the programme for Women’s International ...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
Is Brexit sexist? A feminist perspective
- As we edge closer to ‘Brexit Day,’ Dr Laura Cashman writes about how a feminist analysis can help us look ...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
Ofsted draft inspection framework: emotional health – a missed opportunity?
- Wendy Cobb, Senior Lecturer in the School of Teacher Education and Development and Mary Taylor, Head of Programmes at Family ...more
Industry and Business Leaders – Join our Strategic Industry Advisory Board
- Canterbury Christ Church University are looking for industry and business leaders to join the Strategic Industry Advisory Board to help ...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
Women's History Month - gender matters in the workplace
- Now that it is just a week away, I thought I would highlight Paul Bennett’s annual Frank Jenkins Memorial Lecture ...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
Children are striking – is this truancy or education?
- Dr Kate Smith looks at why school children are risking detention on Friday to stand-up for their beliefs. What does an ...more
Racism, society and Liam Neeson
- Dr Harshad Keval explains how recent comments by the actor Liam Neeson need to be considered within context of racism ...more
Victorian Kent - 'Dickens Land'
- I have received an email from Dr Lesley Hardy to say the Anglo-Saxon Candlemas concert last Saturday was a great ...more
Lord Mayor marks milestone in new STEM building for the South East
- The Lord Mayor of Canterbury, Councillor Colin Spooner, officially turned the first sod on the site of a new £65m ...more
Supporting children inside and out with physical activity
- For Children’s Mental Health Week Dr Kristy Howells explains how physical activity should be seen as key to supporting good ...more
Kent’s communities and a no-deal Brexit: accessibility planning, now!
- Dr Susan Kenyon explains how lessons learnt from operation stack needs to be used for a county-wide transport plan in ...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
Medieval queens, Anglo-Saxon saints and a Roman fort - another busy week
- Apologies about the short notice, because the Anglo-Saxon Candlemas concert is taking place on Saturday 2 February at 7pm in ...more
Christ Church Sponsors Community Lab at Discovery Park
- A unique collaboration between academia and industry, providing hands-on scientific learning opportunities at Discovery Park for local teachers and students, ...more
Collaboration and innovation in recruiting and retaining teachers
- Polly Butterfield-Tracey and William Stow assess the Government’s new national strategy for teacher recruitment and retention and offer an insight ...more
Whitstable Yachting
- This film of Whitstable yachting was shot on Std 8 film by Jumbo (George) Gisby, a keen amateur filmmaker, who ...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
Tolputt Rag & Bone Man
- This film of the Tolputt Rag and Bone Man in Whitstable was shot on Std 8 film by Jumbo (George) ...more
Whitstable Carnival
- This film of Whitstable Carnival was shot on Std 8 film by Jumbo (George) Gisby, a keen amateur filmmaker, who ...more
Teynham Stores in Whitstable
- This film of Teynham Stores in Whitstable was shot on Std 8 film by Jumbo (George) Gisby, a keen amateur ...more
Apocalypse - in Anglo-Saxon terms by Katy Cubitt
- Firstly some news about what will be taking place next week. Next Tuesday Abby Armstrong, who successfully defended her doctoral ...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
Hengist, medieval Jews and Tudors and Stuarts 2019
- This week I want to draw your attention to a few of the lectures that will be taking place at ...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
Medieval Gender Studies book launch and Canterbury Castle
- So 2019 has arrived, which means firstly I want to wish all readers of the blog a Happy New Year! ...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: British Composer Awards
- Emily Peasgood, composer, sound artist and CCCU PhD student, has won a British Composer Award! 'The British Composer Awards promote the ...more
University hosts popular Kent Festival of Science
- Parents and children visited the North Holmes Campus for two-days of fun and interactive science-based shows and demonstrations. Christ Church academics ...more
Inspirational STEM outreach
- Christ Church was delighted to host Inspiring Minds and Engineering Summer Schools in 2018 – two exciting outreach programmes designed ...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
We won! Faculty project wins Times Higher Education International Impact Award
- We are thrilled that the Faculty of Education has won the Times Higher Education (THE) Award for International Impact. Pictured ...more
Goran Stefanovski (1952-2018)
- It was with great sadness that we learned of the tragic death of our much-loved and admired colleague Goran Stefanovski. Goran ...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
Children are citizens too – it’s imperative we hear their voices!
- In our final post of the week celebrating Universal Children's Day, Dr Alison Body, reflects on children as citizens and ...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
Centre for Practice Based Research in the Arts Podcast
- This is an audio documentary looking at CCCU's Centre for Practice Based Research in the Arts and some of its ...more
Hearing children's voices
- Ralph Leighton, Senior Lecturer on the PGCE Secondary in the Faculty of Education, reflects on children's voices in the run ...more
It's Our Turn : remembering Kindertransport and today's child refugees
- Diana Strauss, Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies gives her reflections upon Children and Childhood for United Nations Universal Children’s Day ...more
Changing the lens, recalling the play of childhood
- Continuing our Faculty of Education reflections on Universal Children's Day, Clair Stevens, reflects on her childhood through the lens of ...more
Making a difference in children's lives : We can all be dream makers
- We have planned a number of events to celebrate the United Nations Universal Children’s Day tomorrow. We are kicking off ...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
The top ten films about growing up
- John McGowan gives a quick psychological tour of some coming-of-age classics Our term is up and running in Tunbridge Wells and ...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
Free Range Events (October 2018-March 2019)
- Free Range is a charity based in Canterbury that presents an award-winning series of experimental music, film and poetry events ...more
Performance Lecture Series 2018
- The centre’s Performance Lecture Series 2018 was curated by Dr Tim Long and held at the Sidney Cooper Gallery. There ...more
PGRA Conference 2019: CfP
- Call for Papers – CCCU PGRA Conference 2019: “Transformations” (22nd May 2019) Hosted by Canterbury Christ Church University Postgraduate Research Association The ...more
Podcast: Working so that people don't need us anymore
- John McGowan talks to six clinical psychology trainees just about to qualify Every September we say goodbye to a qualifying cohort ...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
The Faculty of Health and Wellbeing Fair 2018
- It's about time you put the 6th November in your diary! 📓 Why? The Annual Faculty of Health and Wellbeing Careers Fair ...more
From Retail to Primary Education
- On Friday it is World Teacher's Day and we are celebrating our wonderful teachers and trainees this week. First up is ...more
Sustaining a Career in Teaching
- There is a lot in the media about the alarming numbers of teachers who leave the profession, particularly within the ...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
'A day in the life of a service-user involvement coordinator', our own Laura Lea in The Psychologist
- 'Psychology without compassion leaves an emptiness'. Laura Lea with a day in the life of a service-user ...more
Always Coming Home
- As a new Halloween film is released, Andrew M. Butler considers the original film and its impact. Forty years ago, Michael ...more
Policies, role models and more work is needed to bridge the diversity gap in engineering
- Professor Helen James looks at how recent events are helping to inspire women to become engineers. Recently we celebrated Ada Lovelace, ...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
3 Questions for Practice Researchers: Nikki Price
- Over the Summer, Nikki Price (Visual artist and student at CCCU) answered our three questions for practice researchers. CPBRA: Can you ...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
World Mental Health Day 2018
- Today is World Mental Health Day! There was once a time when talking about your mental health was a taboo subject, ...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
Discussion Boards for Learning, Teaching and Assessment
- This case study explores the use of online discussion boards as part of a module's Learning, Teaching and Assessment strategy. ...more
Exciting Teaching Career Opportunities in Further Education
- FIND YOUR PASSION IN 2018 Further Education (FE) is a diverse and passionate sector with exciting and wide ranging teaching opportunities ...more
The connection across the Atlantic through prose
- Dawn an educator in America was particularly struck by the ‘student’s voice – blog’ which was an insight into Cathi ...more
The librarian’s tale of openness
- Back in February, a call went out on Twitter to share poems as part of something called #poeticnursingheart. I’m not ...more
Using Live Client Briefs to Develop Graduate Employability Skills
- The case study consists in using live client briefs across several modules on the Media and Communications programme. The project was ...more
My experience as a student with dyslexia
- After completing a music degree at Canterbury Christ Church University, Eleanor decided to do a PGCE Secondary (Music) at the ...more
Celebrating our award winning teachers
- The Faculty of Education is really proud of our KM Charity Teacher of the Year Award winners. This year saw a ...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
STAY INSIDE THE LINES
- I want to paint a picture and it’s going to be messy. Paint card, sticky back plastic, feathers and thoughts ...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
Public Lectures for September – We Welcome Prof. Sube Banerjee (13th Sept) and Prof. Peter Kinderman (20th Sept)
- As the next in our new series of public talks at the new Salomons Centre in Tunbridge Wells, we are delighted to ...more
Inspiring students to make global connections
- Cath, a student nurse at Canterbury Christ Church University, discusses how involvement with #poeticnursingheart inspired her to reach out and ...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
The trouble with penalties
- With England having a rare penalty win in the World Cup, John McGowan considers what shoot-outs tells us about national ...more
Award for our own Sue Holttum and her paper on mental health in the military
- Dr Sue Holttum, senior lecturer in research at the Salomons Centre, has won an award for Outstanding Paper from the ...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
Podcast: Understanding Your Teenagers
- This week Alex Hassett discusses how brain research may help us understand the teenagers in our lives In this podcast we ...more
What happens when you put 3000 medievalists in the same place?
- The International Medieval Congress at University of Leeds is the biggest gathering of medievalists in Europe. Every year in early ...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
James Newton on Ocean's 8
- James Newton looks at the latest in a line of female reboots. Ocean's 8 Ocean’s 8 is a sequel to the earlier ...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
New film released about service user and carer involvement in trainee placements
- The clinical psychology programme team are proud of our pioneering ‘Placement Advising Scheme’ which we run in collaboration with our partner Trusts. For ...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
On Campus Yoga!
- Yoga courses on campus are back for summer 2018. The aim of each course is to ease you into yoga, learning ...more
‘Words of learned length and thundering sound’: Learning, Teaching and The Poetic Nursing Heart
- Phil, a member of the Learning & Teaching Enhancement team at the University, explores the relationship between the poetic nursing ...more
Approaches to Postmemory Analysis
- Ruth Sanz Sabido has organised a conference, Postmemory Analysis, to take place at Canterbury Christ Church University on 3 July ...more
Power, Splendour, and Diplomacy – Understanding the Early Modern Royal Court through Objects: Part III
- Dr Sara Wolfson’s students ask what we can learn about the Renaissance court through art, architecture and material objects. In ...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
Paws for thought: How ‘man’s best friend’ can support domestic violence victims
- Senior Lecturer, Dr Elizabeth Spruin explains how the American practice of using court facility dogs can alleviate stress for victims ...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
Parliamentary roundtable discussing music and mental health
- Senior lecturer, Dr. Kate Gee, describes her experience after being invited to speak at a parliamentary roundtable. Late last month I ...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
I’m no Mo Farah, but …
- Dr. James Cane, Senior Lecturer at CCCU, discusses his personal reflections on mental barriers to both starting a run and ...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
International Symposium on Performance Science 2017 (or What I did with my summer)
- Dr. Kate Gee, Senior Lecturer at CCCU, describes her recent experience of presenting at the renowned symposium on Performance Science, ...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
