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Breaking the Mask: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Growth 

by Tom Delahunt the #hobopoet, and Dr Ken Powell “Mirror mirror on the wall, will my child be the most neurodiverse of them all?”  If you fall into the void, Where […]

Lettuce Talk DNA: how CRISPR is sprouting a Sustainable Future

Let’s be real: when most people hear the word DNA, their minds either flash back to secondary school biology or jump straight to crime documentaries. But today, we’re flipping the […]

Alumni Awards 2025 Shortlisted nominees

Announcing our shortlisted alumni in our Alumni Awards 2025

Being Human Festival 2024

One student shares their experience of a work opportunity this year’s festival The Being Human Festival is the UK’s annual national festival of the humanities. Each year events are held […]

Tudors and Stuarts meets St Augustine’s Abbey

Rather than a ‘normal’ blog this week, please see this offer from English Heritage, one of CCCU’s fellow organisations on Canterbury’s World Heritage Site: St Augustine’s Abbey (Longport, Canterbury, CT1 […]

Embracing Nature This Spring for Your Wellbeing

As the cold grip of winter loosens and spring blooms around us, it’s the perfect time to pause, step outside, and reconnect with the natural world. Between exams, clinical placements, […]

Polling Station

Local Elections 2025: a crucial ‘temperature check’ for Labour, Tories, and Reform UK

Dr Demetris Tillyris explains how the upcoming local elections could tell us more about the current UK political landscape. This May’s local elections are not just a routine round of […]

Have your say at ‘Shape Our Library’ – 28 April 2025

We are always looking at ways to improve, so we’re holding an informal feedback session on Monday 28 April, Touchdown Cafe, Laud Building.

Governors day yesterday

We were delighted to welcome the University Governors to our school this week — a fantastic opportunity to showcase the incredible work we do in health education and give them […]

Student Opportunity: 3D Production Intern Roles

The Visualising Canterbury Castle project is recruiting two 3D production interns to support the development of the project over the coming months. The project will reconstruct Canterbury Castle’s Norman keep […]

Putting Injustice First: A Conversation with Babar Ahmad

This week, as part of Dr Demetris Tillyris’ third-year, research-led module on the ‘Ethics of Political Leadership and the Problem of Dirty Hands’, we had the pleasure of welcoming to CCCU […]

Jess Wilton

Jess Wilton – The Race Walker Taking the Sport in her Stride

Jess Wilton, a CCCU Sports Scholar specialising in Race Walking has recently come 5th in the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Tour. Jess competed in the under 20 Women’s 10km […]

Prioritising wellbeing, and giving back to the community

Wellbeing is crucial to the overall health of an individual. Promoting strong feelings of wellbeing can help prevent stress and create a positive mental attitude in all walks of life. […]

Success for multi-professional fellows: 

Omoy Omana and James Barber celebrated the completion of the fellowship funded by NHSE and BSMS, designed to support innovation in simulation, at an event at the University of Sussex. […]

Innovation in Action at Kent Science Park: The EDGE Toolkit and Immersive Centre at CCCU 

We were excited to join forces with Kent Science Park (KSP) for an event that brought together creativity, science, and enthusiasm. The collaboration between CCCU and KSP marks the beginning […]

Awards 2024: Celebrating Psychology Achievements

On 29 May, the Golden Apple & Student Voice Awards Ceremony was held by the Student Union at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU), where our Psychology department proudly represented with […]

Authentic assessment for graduate interview and application success

By Kristine Pole On average, employers receive 86 applications per vacancy, up 23 per cent on last year (ISE, 2023) but only 28% of students reported being confident searching for […]

Meet the winners of The Big Idea Challenge 2023

This year CCCU’s Student Enterprise Service, LaunchPad, proudly introduced The Big Idea Challenge: a brand-new competition encouraging all CCCU students and recent graduates to share their impactful ideas in hope […]

Arts & Crafts Service at Canterbury Cathedral 1937

The ‘Arts & Crafts’ service at Canterbury Cathedral in 1937. This was filmed by by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each […]

The Beginning Teacher in the Science Religion Encounter

End of Project Online Event This project is a research project led by Canterbury Christ Church University with 5 other universities, funded by Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF0375) as part […]

School of Allied and Public Health Professions School Awards 2022

We are pleased to celebrate our award winners of 2022 and wanted to share some of their inspiring quotes.

World Book Day: Spotlight on Student Author

Chantil Thomas, first year Media and Communications student, shares her motivation around her debut book ‘Selah-Encounters’ with the Canterbury Christ Church Student News team. I’ve always been writing, never really published […]

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Being a Leader of Smart Working

The development of the new Smart Working Framework here at Christ Church gives you, our leaders, an opportunity to embrace contemporary and motivating ways of working with your teams: enhancing […]

Can we all be superheroes?

What do superheroes mean to us and who can identify with them? John McGowan is joined by Clinical Psychologists Lauren Bryan, Gina Harwood and Alan Hebben-Wadey to talk about superheroes. […]

Nuria Martinez Research Interests: I am interested in exploring the relations between social identities, rhetoric, collective action and social change in intergroup contexts. Current Research Projects: My current research is […]

Key trends in the legal market to know about before you apply to work in a law firm.

Canterbury Christ Church University, Law School, is welcoming Mr Craig Sharpe to talk on key trends in the Legal Market and their relevance to Law Students on Monday 31st at 3-5 […]

Is your child in preschool or reception?

Canterbury Christ Church University’s Learning and Development lab are looking for children and parents who would like to take part in new research. Our ‘Talk about Thoughts and Feelings’ and […]