Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology – Library arrangements during lockdown
- On the 5 January, the country entered another period of lockdown. To keep students and staff safe, no face-to-face teaching ...more
Augustine House Library – Arrangements during lockdown
- Can I go to the Library? On the 5 January, the country entered another lockdown. For most of us this means ...more
Research Internships at Canterbury Christ Church University
- Our Unitemps team share what these look like, and the opportunities available. What are Research Internships? Every year the Research and ...more
Medieval Jews and the Kent History Postgraduates
- So we are up and running because Dean Irwin from CCCU has today given the first of the FREE Lunch ...more
Things to take away from 2020
- 2020 was a difficult year in many ways, from climate catastrophes to deadly viruses and everything in-between. Throughout the past ...more
A is for Alumni.
- Journey with us for the A-Z of Careers, and see how we can inspire you. So, here is a blog ...more
A trip to the movies: Homo parasiticus and the question of sustainability
- Chris Beighton explores the relationship between humanity and sustainability. Stephen Scoffham, in his recent piece “Declaring war on animals”, reminds us ...more
Tiger King, Ozark, EastEnders, The Crown? What did you watch over Christmas?
- Dr Jake Monk Kydd looks at how our Christmas viewing habits have changed. Did you see that thing on TV last ...more
GradForce: Why you should apply for the Get Hired! programme today...
- Time is running out to apply for the self-development and employability programme Get Hired! What is it? It’s a free ...more
Updated - Document Delivery requests are now free until 31 August 2021
- The document delivery service allows you to request items from other libraries when they aren’t available through LibrarySearch. During the ...more
Tudors and Stuarts 2021 and much, much more!
- A Happy New Year to all readers, albeit I appreciate it has been and continues to be exceedingly tough, including ...more
Careers & Enterprise Online Award
- We think you should complete the Careers & Enterprise Online Award, and earn the certificate which you can add to ...more
2021: A New Start and A Gentle January
- Welcome to 2021. You’ve arrived, you’re here – you’ve survived 100% of 2020. You might feel a little exhausted by the ...more
Graduates supporting our current students
- A big thank you to all of the graduates who have given their time and expertise to support our students ...more
A STRESSLESS CHRISTMAS………….IN VERSE
- The Stressless Christmas elves have been thinking about how you can have fun and take some downtime from your work ...more
New Manufacturing Engineering Degree Apprenticeship Course Launched to Support Kent Industry
- Canterbury Christ Church University, in partnership with MidKent College, are excited to announce the launch of Manufacturing Engineering Degree Apprenticeships. The ...more
What to do when you're isolating
- You’ve just received the news that you must self-isolate at home for the next ten days. It can be tough: ...more
After world religions: a conversation with Dr David Lewin
- I am really pleased to be able to publish this special Advent conversation with Dr David Lewin of Strathclyde university. ...more
Does Parliament perpetuate a culture of Elitism?
- Third Year BSc Politics Student, Jed Dashwood, blogs about elitism in British politics The answer to this question seems blindingly obvious. ...more
3 fun and easy Christmas DIYs to do at home!
- Being the hardcore arts and crafts enthusiast that I am, I always say: “Why buy Christmas decorations, when you can ...more
4 New Years Resolutions to Live a More Sustainable Life
- This past year has been strange and difficult in a lot of ways, but it’s also an opportunity to look ...more
Support local businesses this Christmas – part five!
- This festive season, Dan and I wanted to inspire you to shop from your small local businesses. That is why we ...more
What can I do over the Christmas break?
- Read on for an unexpected answer... Stop. Just stop. The best thing you can do for your career, for your health, ...more
Studying and borrowing books in the winter holidays
- The holidays will soon be upon us and we hope you enjoy the winter break. However, you might be thinking ...more
Bin-tergovernmental relations: The road to reform
- Third year BSc International Relations student Will Hubbard, blogs about devolution and intergovernmental relations between the four nations “There is a ...more
Canterbury, Tonbridge and Newenden - what riches!
- Another busy week but I thought I would start with the Tudors and Stuarts History Weekend 2021 to say the ...more
New Equipment Arrives in Building 2
- Christmas has come early here at Canterbury Christ Church University’s Engineering, Design, Growth and Enterprise (EDGE) Hub! After months of research, ...more
Speaker Reform: Made to Order?
- Third Year Politics student Bláthnáit Robinson explores the question of representation for citizens living in the Speaker's constituency. Currently in the ...more
A web of insults! – Protecting Westminster MPs from online abuse
- Third year Politics student Ryan Ferris discusses the dangers posed by online abuse of MPs to democracy. In times of Brexit, ...more
GradForce Ambassador
- The GradForce team are introducing you to their ambassadors, who are giving their reasons to encourage you to sign up ...more
Covid-19 and transport: where are we now?
- Dr Susan Kenyon discusses her research into the impacts of Covid-19 on transport which has been quoted in a UK ...more
Stressless Online - Week 2 YouTube Videos
- November 2020 - January 2021 Moving into week 2 of our exploration of YouTube Videos. Take a look through our top ...more
December Brexit Negotiations
- Dr Sarah Lieberman considers the latest twists and turns in Brexit negotiations It has not been an easy year ...more
Dorcas Boamah - Celebrating Our Rising Star!
- From peace time to pandemic, nightshifts to the Nightingale, alumna Dorcas is joining us for an interview as we celebrate ...more
The Joys and Perils of Christmas Films
- Dr Jake Monk discusses festive films this Christmas. It is always an easy way to get a conversation started, and ...more
Becket, Canterbury - new, exciting research discoveries
- I thought I would first bring news of the next and hopefully last online events the Centre will be running ...more
A Christmas tale (library-style)
- Three wise librarians came bearing gifts. They offered the students gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh... Gold The librarians didn't really ...more
December Brexit negotiations
- Dr Sarah Lieberman discusses Brexit negotiations as trade talks with the EU continue. It has not been an easy year ...more
Reimagining a Sustainable Post-COVID-19 World
- No country was prepared for the pandemic when it reached them. Despite the first detection of the virus coming in ...more
#learningforthefuture Avoiding Single-Use Plastic was becoming normal, until COVID-19. Let’s talk about how we can return to good habits
- The past year has been an odd one with most of the year being swallowed up by a global pandemic, ...more
Heritage & History - What does our Church of England Foundation actually mean? A conversation with Dean of Chapel Jeremy Law
- It's nearly Christmas and our gift to you is another Heritage & History instalment! This post is a piece that ...more
Walkie Talkies
- Walkie Talkies is a Podcast aimed to help you feel more connected at CCCU. Designed purely for the Staff and ...more
Support local businesses this Christmas - part four!
- This blog is part of a continuing effort to highlight local businesses you can support during this festive season. Supporting ...more
#learningforthefuture Make your Christmas a little more sustainable, and then maintain that throughout the years
- In years gone by, some people would have balked at the idea of thinking about Christmas early. 2020 is the ...more
#Stressless – Something About Relaxation
- By library champion - Amber Grant As if university life wasn’t stressful enough, we also have an entire pandemic to worry ...more
Goodbye Debenhams, goodbye high streets?
- Dr Jake Monk Kydd reflects on the current plight of our high streets and the retailers that are trying to ...more
Skills for Study is changing – download your entries now
- Skills for Study has undergone a fantastic new update, which will make it easier for you to access modules, downloadable ...more
Thanet Earth and Kent History Postgraduates
- @BookcultureCCCU for Dr Claire Bartram’s ‘12 Days of CKHH Christmas’, and today we are on day three, so if you ...more
Archiving the Sum Poasyum
- Thanks again to everyone who attended, contributed or made the Riddley Walker at 40 Sum Poasyum, Sum Tyms Bit, possible. Further ...more
THE CONTINUED IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS – PERSONAL STORIES FROM KENT AND MEDWAY
- Dr Sarah Lieberman and Dr Soeren Keil continue the discussion on their CEFEUS research project “The Impact of COVID-19 on Kent and Medway.” When we ...more
Celebrating Kentish Book Culture and other Centre matters
- Before I get to the main report this week on Dr Claire Bartram’s Kentish Book Culture online book launch, I ...more
- Nuria Martinez Research Interests: I am interested in exploring the relations between social identities, rhetoric, collective action and social change in intergroup ...more
- Klara Jurstakova Research Interests: My research interests generally include group processes and social identity, with particular focus on collective action, leadership, and ...more
- Keli Jenner Recent Publications: Iredale, W., Jenner, K., Van Vugt, M., & Dempster, T. (2020). Giving guys get the girls: Men appear ...more
- Dr Liz Spruin Recent Publications: Spruin, E., Dempster, T., Islam, S., & Raybould, I. (in press). The effects of a therapy dog ...more
- Dr Anke Franz Recent Publications: Spruin, L., Mazova, K. Franz, A., Mitchell, S., Fernandez, A., Webster, T. & Holt, N. (2019). The ...more
Heritage & History - 10 inventions that history has credited the wrong person for
- Many of the everyday things that we use today have been wrongly credited. And while the world has construed its ...more
Montage of poetry and affection,
- There's a video of X-Ray Spex performing Identity that sticks in my mind. The video is live footage, and described on YouTube ...more
Wings of a Butterfly
- I wanted to say thank you, too. I have been told many times to think about sharing my work - ...more
Exploring Kent's history, maritime, monasteries and medieval animals
- I will come to Jane’s presentation for the meeting of the Kent History Postgraduates Group shortly, but first I wanted ...more
Call for Change: looking forward to education post Covid-19
- Wendy Cobb and Bea Stevenson argue for a post Covid-19 education system that can ensure young people develop socially and ...more
Tiny Manyings for Riddley
- Artist Julieann Worrall Hood and researcher Paul March-Russell will be discussing Paul’s research and his interest in Russell Hoban’s Riddley ...more
Faith in the Nexus YouTube presentations
- We have launched a set of Faith in the Nexus animations and video presentations with associated materials to help work ...more
Declaring war on animals
- Dr Stephen Scoffham argues for a new, more holistic and humane approach to animal farming if we are to avoid ...more
Kentish Book Culture and Canterbury Historical Map
- Stop Press: the Centre’s first online event on Wednesday 25 November at 7pm, the FREE Kentish Book Culture book launch, ...more
‘Simple, structured and varied’: Blended Learning for Level 4 students within the Sports, Exercise and Fitness module
- This case study describes how we moved the Sports, Exercise and Fitness module to blended learning, with a particular focus ...more
Conducting an overseas fieldtrip online: how the Geography Programme ‘visited’ Malta without leaving the UK
- When their Level 5 residential field trip to Malta was cancelled due to the Coronavirus, the Geography Team quickly and ...more
Building learning community in a socially-distanced Welcome Week: using Padlet in Sports and Exercise Sciences
- Welcome Week has always been a big event for our Sports and Exercise Sciences Programmes. Pre-Covid, new students began their ...more
Teaching core academic skills across modules and Programmes in the Life Sciences
- Our Life Sciences Programmes will be teaching core academic skills in ‘intensive practical weeks’ in Semester 1. Requirements for social distancing ...more
Using social media to reinforce student engagement, learning community and academic skills: the Politics blog during lockdown
- In lockdown, the Politics blog has become an invaluable tool for communicating with our students, providing a platform for academics and students ...more
Online fieldtrips: Tourism Management and Hospitality Management
- The Level 5 Malta field trip is a highlight for Tourism Management and Hospitality Management students – and staff. The ...more
‘It’s so much easier to be there for our students’: enhancing engagement and support by using MS Bookings in Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Supporting our students through 1-2-1s is central to attainment, retention and other outcomes. However, arranging 1-2-1s has become more complex, ...more
A Glimmer of Hope in 2020: One American's Reaction to the US Elections
- PhD student Chloe Doherty offers personal reflections on the emotional rollercoaster of the Donald Trump presidency. I distinctly remember November ...more
Faith in the Nexus
- Download the Report here The Faith in the Nexus research project has identified the fruitful ways in which twenty church primary schools (working ...more
Can we take more responsibility for counteracting the impact of Covid-19 in higher education?
- Rita Molnar promotes teachers’ awareness on co-operative social learning. Investigating the impact of the transformational but forced change caused by the ...more
Brits do it Better: Four Reasons Why the UK’s Parliament is better than Congress
- Third year BSc International Relations student, Sara Versace, blogs about how the UK Parliament compares to the US Congress. As an ...more
Misogyny in Parliament: Has anything changed in the past century?
- Third year BSc Politics student, Katey Pugh, blogs about sexism in the UK Parliament. It’s been over 100 years since women ...more
Using digital technologies to provide a sense of ‘normality’
- Gareth Ward looks at how universities and businesses have adapted to an online culture. Since the initial lockdown in March 2020, ...more
An Outside View of Building 2
- Female engineering students outside outside Building 2.Oliver, 2nd year MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering Student outside Building 2. A set of photos ...more
New Centre pages and Kent History Postgraduates
- I thought I would just start with a couple of good news items, although, of course, the Kent History Postgraduates ...more
Tribute to Professor Paul Hirst who died on 25th October 2020.
- Trevor Cooling remembers and writes about the impact and influence of his tutor, Paul Hirst on his own thinking. 9th June 2011 ...more
This is Engineering - Dr. Xin Yi Ong
- Xin Yi Ong is a lecturer in chemical and process engineering and believes an engineer’s greatest inspiration is nature. Her ...more
This is Engineering - Dr. Najah Battikh
- Najah Battikh is a lecturer in chemical engineering, whose research examines the crystallisation behaviour in chemicals, a vital process in ...more
This is Engineering - Dr. Joseph Camm
- Joseph Camm is a lecturer in the School of Engineering, Technology and Design, whose doctorate research focused on reducing harmful ...more
This is Engineering - Dr. James Cugley
- James Cugley is a lecturer in applied engineering, whose research into reducing emission production in fossil fuel-driven industrial power plant ...more
Celebrating St Mildred and other Canterbury and Kent saints
- As well as containing large numbers of meetings yet again this week, it also included the pleasurable occasion when Dr ...more
A short reflection on my Foundation Year with Law Journey
- I completed the Foundation Year with Law and Business; the name speaks for itself in many ways. Foundation year truly ...more
Film Screening: 'Sum Tyms Bytin Sum Tyms Bit'
- Thursday 15th October at 6pm, at Folkestone Harbour Station, on Platform 1 Feral Practice's film Sum Tyms Bytin Sum Tyms Bit ...more
Session Three: Discussion, Talk and Performance
- The pandemic has meant that we are taking our day with Riddley Walker online – to request the link to ...more
New BPS report explains why so many of us are depressed, and how we can build a less depressing society
- On 9th October 2020, The British Psychological Society's Division of Clinical Psychology launched its report Understanding Depression, presenting a psychological view ...more
A new guide to help young people with psychosis
- A new guide has been published to help young people who experience psychosis and their supporters. The booklet Understanding Psychosis - ...more
Session Two: Animal Apocalypses: Dogs and other animals
- The pandemic has meant that we are taking our day with Riddley Walker online – to request the link to ...more
Session Four: Dominic Power and Festival Read Book Club
- The pandemic has meant that we are taking our day with Riddley Walker online – to request the link to ...more
How to explore the question of Christianity and same sex unions, .... hermeneutically.
- Tonight I am speaking at the Theos gathering at the launch of the new report "Worldviews in Religious Education". I ...more
Flourishing Schools
- The Flourishing Schools Program: https://nicer.org.uk/flourishing-schools FREE RESOURCES: This website has been designed to support school Spiritual Development, Improve Religious and Worldview Education and ...more
Event: What are worldviews and why should schools teach them?
- NICER/Theos Think Tank Report event on Wednesday 21 October 2020, 7:30-9pm Are you enthusiastic about the quality and status of Religious ...more
NICER seminar - Science and Religion Encounters (sub-project 1 findings)
- Wed 07/10/2020 15:00 - 16:00 Online seminar to present and discuss the preliminary findings of the SRE sub-project 1.Curating superficiality: a ...more
New University Instructor in Engineering and PhD Researcher Sebastian Blair
- Seb Blair is a University Instructor in Engineering twinned with his role as a PhD researcher within the School of ...more
Manufacturing Engineering Degree Apprenticeship
- This thought piece has been provided by Dr Salman Saeidlou, MEng (Hons), PhD, FHEA - Senior Lecturer in Mechanical/Material Engineering ...more
Pop-up STEM Competition with the Canterbury Rotary Club
- Dr. Rihana Ishaq, Director of Engineering at Christ Church University supported the recent STEM Pop-up competition held in collaboration with ...more
The Art of Sport
- Christ Church Sport & Active Health have worked with the incredible and very talented photographer Lucy Mohr, along with the ...more
Distance Drift: future archaeology walk
- Sunday 25th October 2020, 10am, Twitter The pandemic has meant that we are taking our day with Riddley Walker online – ...more
Session One: Emily Guerry, The Legend of St Eustace
- To request the link to view this event, please click here. This will be sent to you shortly before the ...more
POSTApocalypse: SaveAs Writers competition longlists announced
- This year’s SaveAs Writers International prose and poetry competitions took on a post-apocalyptic theme in honour of our Riddley Walker ...more
Trainers Laced and Ready to Race!
- In October 2019 Megan Hunt; a Team Leader for the Course Enquiry Unit at the University, received a London Marathon place on ...more
At the RExChange Festival
- This online conference is for teachers, advisers, leaders and members of religious and non-religious worldview communities. I am speaking today ...more
Event: Faith in the Nexus Report
- Wednesday 18 November 2020, 11:00-12:30 with discussions at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 In this project the nexus refers to the connections ...more
Psychology Q&A Series: Dr Dennis Nigbur – Senior Lecturer
- Our second candidate for the Psychology Q&A Series is Dr Dennis Nigbur, Chair of the Faculty Ethics Panel and Senior ...more
A Civil Justice Crisis
- The rise in court fees, the reduction in court centres and judicial and administrative personnel, together with drastic cuts in ...more
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation and Experiential Learning
- Mediation is a voluntary process conducted confidentially whereby the parties to a dispute are empowered to resolve their differences in ...more
CLOCK – A Civil Justice Crisis Response
- In recent years, the UK Government has significantly cut civil legal aid in areas such as housing, family and welfare ...more
Tips to Manage Imposter Syndrome
- You are officially an undergraduate Law student, you should be excited; but instead of celebrating this achievement, you can help ...more
Two Jewels;
- In very crude geological terms Diamonds and jewels are formed deep down underground and under intense pressure. These elements ...more
“The fierce urgency of now”: navigating the challenges of sustainability education through an online conference
- This case study presents an innovative approach to organising a conference in digital format. This was led by Dr Adriana ...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
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
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
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
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
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
The Mindfulness Maze
- There is so much mindfulness about it can be hard to choose a way forward. Sarah Strohmaier investigates how you ...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
Consciousness
- So, like a rising tide of awareness unlearnt I am becoming aware. But it’s driven up from an internal and ...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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dance Girls Can
- I got into dance the same way that many people do - my mum sent me off to ballet and ...more
Psychiatry: Neither a magic bullet nor a simple target
- Medical approaches to mental health often seem under fire. Huw Green reviews a spirited defence of a medically oriented psychiatry. The ...more
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
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
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
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
