The First “Hunger Games”
- On 20/02/2020 we ran the first “Hunger Games”. This session was run for Level 4 Tourism students as part of #SDGTeachin. ...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
Conservation: Bringing Hope into an Otherwise Dismal Outlook
- The sixth global mass extinction event is under way. New research has suggested that the global animal population has halved ...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
‘When schizophrenia isn’t schizophrenia’
- This Saturday marks 'World Encephalitis Day' raising awareness of syndromes caused by brain inflammation, but as Joel Petch, Senior Lecturer ...more
Global Goals Week: #SDGTeachIn
- This week the Pol IR team joined more than 300 educators around the UK who pledged to teach about the ...more
St Mildred and other saints - fascinating stories and contested identities
- I thought I would begin with some news and then turn to the planning for the exhibition at Eastbridge Hospital on ‘Kentish ...more
Supervision in education
- Today, Barnardo’s Scotland released a report calling for more support to be made available for the mental health and wellbeing ...more
Improving your library... How we're responding to your feedback - Part 3: Study Support
- https://youtu.be/5ZhxOsyhBYk Our third stop in looking at how we've made improvements based on your feedback looks at Study Support. If you've not ...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
Know your bins!
- Canterbury has amazing recycling facilities in that they are able to recycle a variety of waste products for free for ...more
International Food and Culture fayre | One World Week
- Make sure you head down to the International Food and Culture Fayre this Friday 28th Feb where SGOs Fran and ...more
#actingtogether Eco-Conscious Local Businesses: The Veg Box Cafe
- Welcome to my new blog series: Eco-Conscious Local Businesses! For this series, I have interviewed a few different local places ...more
why we should all be using a pressure cooker
- It may sound a bit random and a little too wartime Britain but here is why buying a basic pressure ...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
Mapping landscapes from Charles Dickens to Hilary Mantel
- I thought I would just begin by mentioning that Dr Diane Heath is intending to submit her HLF ‘Medieval Animals’ ...more
LGBTQ+ Playwrights, Plays and all that jazz
- From the moment the lights dim and the curtain draws back we are captivated. We laugh, we cry, we sing along, all ...more
SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and infrastructure
- Industrialization is important for any developing country. It creates a stronger job market and improves the economic prospects for millions of people. ...more
#actingtogether Make your Valentine's most eco-friendly
- Valentine's Day is a big celebration where people give their partner/spouse gifts to represent your love for them. It is ...more
Email disruption
- There is currently an issue with some student email accounts which may be preventing users from receiving emails. In some ...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
GradForce presents...GET HIRED!
- On Friday 7th February, GradForce launched their first event for students. What did I Miss? GradForce, offered by the University’s Careers and ...more
Can you take on the Row Britannia 2020 challenge for Sport Relief?
- Whether you have arms like pipe cleaners or are a muscle-bound machine, you can take part in Row Britannia! Canterbury ...more
Five reasons to attend our Postgraduate Routes into Teaching open day
- *Please note, this event has passed, but check back regularly for new Faculty of Education events or visit the Open ...more
Looking for an interesting volunteering opportunity? Become a Library Champion
- Are you passionate about the Library? We are looking for volunteers to help gather and share feedback to improve existing ...more
LGBT+ History Month 2020: A banned poetry book which inspired generations
- I remember learning about Allen Ginsberg and Beatniks when I was 17. A group of typical “bad boys” with a ...more
LGBT+ History Month 2020: E.M. Forster and Sarah Waters
- As part of LGBT+ History month, the university is focusing on several literary figures. We thought it would be interesting ...more
LGBT+ History Month 2020 Prose: A Brief Overview
- LGBT+ writers are responsible for some of the most powerful, beautiful, captivating words ever committed to print. When we look through lists ...more
Celebrating 150 years of Charles Dickens
- To mark the 150th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s death this year, Professor Carolyn Oulton discusses the writer’s connections with Kent. ...more
This Valentine's Day - Are you feeling the love or feeling let down?
- This Valentine’s Day we offer you the opportunity to write the Library a Love Letter or a Let Down Letter. ...more
Make your business more efficient and productive using Digital Technologies – free CPD and networking event
- The EDGE Hub is delighted to be partnering with EDGE Digital for a free CPD and networking event on Wednesday ...more
Medieval Canterbury Weekend - two months to go
- This week I want to feature a few of the events that will be taking place during the Medieval Canterbury ...more
Should you still apply for a job if you don't have enough experience? 4 key tips!
- Is it worth still applying if you are not sure? These 4 tips will help you find out! Why do employers ...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
How to succeed with a policing degree apprenticeship
- Christ Church is one of four universities working together as part of the Police Education Consortium, which is delivering the ...more
Sustainability: Your views
- What did you have to say about sustainability and CCCU? What do you understand by the word 'Sustainable Development' and ...more
Volunteering in the University Archives: a Sensational Adventure!
- On my first day volunteering at Canterbury Christ Church University’s archive, more specifically working on the Braddon collection, I came across ...more
Teacher – Find your brave!
- Wendy Cobb explains how the Faculty of Education is supporting teachers to support emotional health and wellbeing in the classroom. The ...more
Helping children find their inner brave!
- Dr Kristy Howells looks at how daily physical activity in schools can help support children both physical and mentally to ...more
The value of Higher and Degree Apprenticeships
- For National Apprenticeship Week, 3 – 9 February, Dr Ken Powell looks at the value of Higher and Degree Apprenticeships ...more
Teachers and Texts Report
- Background The findings report To download the Findings Report click here. This project, a collaboration between Professor Bob Bowie and Ms Katie ...more
Graduation and Holocaust Memorial Day
- Stop press: Dr Claire Bartram’s edited collection Kentish Book Culture: Writers, Archives, Libraries and Sociability 1400-1660 (Oxford and Bern: Peter Lang, 2020) ...more
Meghan, Laurence and Question Time: the unbearable discomfort of disavowal or 'Privileged? Racist? Moi?'
- Dr Harshad Keval explores the issue of race, power and deniability following a recent episode of Question Time. Social and broadcast ...more
The Great Green Wall
- One region that is already feeling the catastrophic effects of climate change is the Sahel region at the southern edge of ...more
On the Sofa with...Iain Hawthorn & Gary Horton
- The Careers and Enterprise Hub was fortunate to host returning Alumni Iain and Gary who both have successful careers with ...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
What I did with my CCCU Degree: The local Scientist
- Georgina Andrews graduated from CCCU in 2013 with a BSc in Biosciences - she now works as a Research ...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
Remembering medieval Canterbury’s relationship with its Jewish community
- Dean Irwin looks at the historical relationship between England, Canterbury and the Jewish Community. The discovery of an execution cemetery on ...more
Jews, Becket, Henry III and Canterbury - a heady mix!
- It is Graduation Day for the first cohort of taught MA MEMS and Modern History students next Friday, so in ...more
Download the Careers and Enterprise App & find out how employable you are!
- The Careers and Enterprise Team have a brand new app - read more to find out about the app and ...more
Semester 1 In Review
- The academic year 2019/20 has been incredibly busy thus far. As Semester 2 begins we are taking a moment to take ...more
MOVEMENT² ESRC Festival of Social Science
- People craned out of windows and gathered on corners to watch as nearly a hundred young people chanted, danced and ...more
After 100 years – where now for women’s equality and the law?
- Dr Gowri Nanayakkara looks at how women’s equality in the workplace has developed since the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of ...more
The Life Sciences and Research Employability Fair 2020
- CCCU students from the School of Life Sciences and beyond had a chance to meet employers with fantastic career opportunities ...more
The Listening Project
- Foreword As part of the Faculty's Athena SWAN team (SAT) communication plan, we will be sharing monthly blogs written by members ...more
Practical Steps to Enhance your Wellbeing at Work - Major Recruitment Company Supports Students in Workshop
- The Careers and Enterprise Hub was full again with students attending a workshop run by Hays Recruitment on Wellbeing at ...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.10
- This is a repeat of screening No.10 which was originally shown in 2016. It includes home movie footage of Sir Bertram ...more
CANTERBURY AMATEUR ARCHIVE FILM SCREENING No.9
- This is a repeat of screening No.9 which was originally shown in 2015. It includes unique footage of the Buffs' ...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
2019: Looking back & looking ahead
- What began the year as “The CORE” ended as “The Careers and Enterprise Hub’! A familiar name to most within the ...more
Calling all CCCU Law Students - you could win a prestigious Law award + £2000 + a learning experience with top lawyers!
- Talented and passionate budding lawyers have until February 28th to apply for the chance to be named as the country’s ...more
Summer Camp Adventures with CCUSA!
- The Careers and Enterprise Hub was buzzing on 17th January with students eager to meet with CCUSA and go on ...more
Linking Canterbury and Lyminge through Anglo-Saxon saints
- As well as mentioning a couple of events that are due to happen over the next couple of weeks, I ...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
Using Mentimeter for Formative Assessment
- Manfred Gschwandtner (Kent and Medway Medical School Librarian) outlines the use of Kahoot, an audience response system, as a tool for formative ...more
Improving your library... How we're responding to your feedback - Part 2: Library Spaces
- In part one of this blog we looked at how we are improving the availability of library resources, based on ...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
Careers Conference 2019
- Our Careers Conference, held jointly with the sociology programme, on 4 December had extremely positive feedback from students once again. ...more
Making Politics Matter Public Lectures – A Review of Semester 1
- To say that this has been a busy year with regards to public events and extra-curricular activities would be an understatement. Over ...more
Professor Sir John Curtice visits Parliamentary Studies class
- One of the highlights of semester one was the visit of Professor Sir John Curtice to our Level 6 Parliamentary Studies module. ...more
All I want for Christmas….is a snap general election!
- The gauntlet is down. The House of Commons has (finally!) agreed to Boris Johnson’s push for an early general election, ...more
Canterbury – A seat where it’s all to play for?
- In the aftermath of the 2017 general election, Canterbury dominated national headlines. Labour’s Rosie Duffield won a 45% share of ...more
UK General Election 2019: Some Reflections
- After the UK General Election that took place yesterday, some member of the POLIR team have shared some preliminary reflections. David ...more
Brussels Trip December 2019
- On the 9th and 10th of December 2019, 35 students from our 2nd and 3rd year, together with our MSc students, went to Brussels to speak to ...more
From track to teaching: How Dr Kristy Howells draws on her cycling success through academia
- World Masters Cycling womens team sprint It has been a good season on the track for Dr Kristy Howells. The Reader ...more
CCCU student, Lucy Arman, shortlisted for British Education Award!
- Lucy Arman’s route to being shortlisted at one of the most prestigious education award events in the country – the ...more
Primary Education students raise over £1300 for charity!
- At 2pm on a cold but sunny Sunday in December, many students will just about be rolling out of bed and ...more
Exciting times ahead - Becket, Canterbury and much, much more
- This week I'm exploring what we have planned for 2020. Rochester Castle Happy New Year to all readers of the blog because ...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
Kent Centre's thanks and top events in 2019
- As the last blog of 2019, I want to record my thanks to many for their efforts this year and ...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
Engineering Students Complete their First CDIO Projects
- Students from the University’s Foundation Year courses in Engineering have completed their first projects, working together to find creative solutions ...more
Tonbridge, Eleanor de Montfort and Medway Defences - busy again!
- This week we move from Tonbridge in the west to Dover in the south, Medway in the north and Canterbury ...more
Gough Map, Canterbury Castle and Medieval Animals
- A chance to explore the Gough Map, try to help Canterbury Castle and bring medieval animals to life. Inside the keep ...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
Canterbury Carnival 1935
- Canterbury Carnival in 1935. This was filmed by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 ...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
The 'Station Rotation Model of Learning' of Research Methods
- Dr Katarina Mozova describes the station rotation model and how this has been used to teach research methods… Click here for larger ...more
Sian Cleary Can
- Anyone who knows me will also know that sport pretty much rules my life. I’ll either be seen with a ...more
Studying MA English as a mature student
- Maggie and Clare both came back to university after a long break, having graduated 25 and 40 years ago respectively. They have ...more
Netball Girls Can
- I don’t come from a family of athletes. As a child I was sent to sports clubs as a way ...more
Dance Girls Can
- I got into dance the same way that many people do - my mum sent me off to ballet and ...more
We hit a giant
- ‘We hit a giant – a poem which enabled us to share our ‘disappointing’ feelings and helped us recognise we should ...more
Simon Langton Boys Sports 1935
- Simon Langton Boys School Sports in 1935. This was filmed by by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who ...more
Father of Internet in Sri Lanka, Dr Abhaya Induruwa, Receives Award for Pioneering LEARN and Internet in Sri Lanka
- Canterbury Christ Church University Director of the Cyber Innovation Hub, Dr Abhaya Induruwa was recently presented with the Lanka Experimental Academic and ...more
Staff Profile: Angela Richmond-Fuller, Senior Lecturer in Computing
- Angela Richmond-Fuller, Senior Lecturer in Computing in the School of Engineering Technology and Design at Canterbury Christ Church University, reflects on her career ...more
Exoskeletons and their role in post-stroke rehabilitation
- Mr Soumya Kanti Manna is a Canterbury Christ Church University exoskeleton expert and is running a CPD opportunity on 23rd ...more
Staff Profile: Dr. Rihana Ishaq, Director of Engineering at Canterbury Christ Church University
- Rihana decided to apply to become Director of Engineering to make a difference in the careers of engineers and was attracted ...more
The poetic buddy bench
- This week has been spent thinking, reflecting, and preparing for the next poetry symposium. I have looked all the way ...more
Hybrid Smart Home Security
- Canterbury Christ Church University expert in Hybrid Smart Home Security, Dr Man Qi, shares her thoughts on Some Home Security ...more
Harnessing mobile devices for field trips: enhancing learning through digital technology
- Lee Hazeldine and Colin Walker describe how using mobile technologies on a field trip is an engaging way of enabling ...more
Recruitment Success for Engineering at CCCU
- Canterbury Christ Church University are excited to welcome 52 students onto their new Engineering programmes for the 2019/20 academic year. ...more
Canterbury Christ Church University hosts the EDGE Hub Industry 4.0 Business Breakfast
- The University welcomed business representatives from over 30 different companies and organisations to network, and listen to guest speakers share ...more
The third year of poetic community
- Existing and loving the poetic ether of another year of a community, forming and disbanding like a flower that blooms ...more
Psychiatry: Neither a magic bullet nor a simple target
- Medical approaches to mental health often seem under fire. Huw Green reviews a spirited defence of a medically oriented psychiatry. The ...more
The benefits of a year in placement
- For this month’s blog entry Aida Malovic (Year in the Industry coordinator), invited one of the most recent students ...more
Is it time to make peace with voices?
- Rufus May tries talking talking respectfully to our demons A woman I know hears voices. She approached me for help because ...more
Industry 4.0 Business Breakfast - 5 September 2019
- Join us for an information Business Breakfast with the spotlight on Industry 4.0. and learn more about how your business ...more
Experiences of looked after children and 'instant adulthood'
- Ruth Rogers from the Research Centre for Children, Families and Communities writes about her research on children in care: There are approximately ...more
Babies and Music
- Vanessa Young discusses the BabySong Project which was a Faculty research project funded by the Ragdoll Foundation: Babies are born with a ...more
Mathematics Mastery – what it is, and its implication for UK mathematics teachers
- To celebrate World Maths Day, Jennifer Shearman shares her thoughts on Mathematics Mastery: Mastery Learning Mastery learning, like most ideas in education, ...more
Do you know about Makaton?
- Dr John-Paul Riordan writes about Makaton: Makaton is a sign and symbol language programme used by children and adults with speech, ...more
'Young, British and Depressed', trainee's documentary aired on Channel 4
- Sanah Ahsan, currently on the 2nd year of the Doctorate, has made a film for the documentary series Dispatches on ...more
Upcoming new national guidelines on art therapy for people with a psychosis-related diagnosis
- Dr Sue Holttum, Senior Lecturer at the Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology, presented in July 2019 at the International Art ...more
Conference Roundup - ATSiP 2019
- Pictured: ATSiP Conference Photo 2019 For those who are unaware, the Association of Technical Staff in Psychology (known ...more
The Great Stour River
- This blog is intended to bring together the many aspects of the Great Stour River in Kent. This river rises ...more
Limited twelve hour investigation to determine variations in the concentrations of Phosphate, Nitrite and Nitrate over one tidal cycle at one site on the River Stour
- By Dr J. A. Trigwell, P. Buckley & Dr G. B. J. Dussart Report, 2000 Introduction Following informal discussions with Roger Thorn. a limited ...more
Invasion of Chelicorophium curvispinum into Great Stour estuary
- PhD Thesis Process and consequence of a local invasion of Chelicorophium curvispinum (Crustacea:Amphipoda) into a small estuary in South-East England by Phil Buckley, September ...more
Testing For A Relationship Between The Tidal Cycle And Abundance Of Corophium Volutator (Pallas, 1766) (Amphipoda, Corophiidae) In The Stour Estuary (Kent, UK)
- By Faye Mitchell Student Dissetation, 2012 Abstract The distribution of Corophium volutator has been investigated by several authors yet, to our knowledge very little ...more
English Universities Women’s Football Home Nations Tournament
- Nicole Pepper is a Football Sport Scholar and PGCE Secondary Education student who was recently selected to represent English Universities ...more
Podcast: What is Psychosis?
- John Richardson and Anne Cooke on how we think about psychosis and schizophrenia. Many people hear voices, believe things that others ...more
Transforming Children’s Mental Health: An Open Letter to Theresa May
- The Prime Minister wants to use the last weeks of her premiership to tackle children’s mental health. Can she avoid ...more
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
Words with Wings
- I feel it is vital to keep engaging with the students learning story. Recently, within a module of the nursing ...more
Magz Hall: Recent Publication
- Magz Hall's chapter 'It's on Your Head, It's in Your Head: The Artistic Exploration of Radio as Material Reflections on ...more
Adding soul into SOLEs (Self-Organised Learning Environments)
- Summary of the case study This case study explores the use of Self-Organised Learning Environments (SOLEs) with a group of about ...more
Music and/as Process 2019 CfP
- The Royal Musical Association Music and/as Process study group will be holding their 2019 Conference at the Institute of Contemporary ...more
Magz Hall: Transmission Spores (2018)
- Transmission Spores (2018) was made for a touring exhibition called The Ash Archive, a touring exhibition across Kent, Jan – Nov. ...more
Motivation, attribution, and the final-year poster conference
- Pictured: Jaidene Brown, Ian Hocking and Samantha Hodson. It’s an interesting coincidence that, just a couple of days before our ...more
Inaugural event of the Local and Community Media MeCCSA Network
- We are pleased to host the inaugural event of the Local and Community Media MeCCSA Network at Canterbury Christ Church University, ...more
Opening of the new CCCU Multi-Disciplinary Mabb Lovell Court Room
- Pictured: Judge Jackson, Katja Hallenberg, Belinda Siesmaa, Kos Siliafis and Andy Buttery. On 4th of May 1810 the first Quarter ...more
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
What is it like to always be catching your breath?
- This blog is aimed to challenge our thinking about creative curriculum design. Alternative learning experiences at university. The Weddell seal. The Weddell ...more
Staff Football
- Easter Staff Football is on the horizon! For those that haven’t played before, it’s an annual competition consisting of just ...more
Faith in children and the General Synod debate
- On Friday 22 Feb at Church House, the Church of England Synod debated Growing Faith, an initiative to better understand ...more
Questions you wont find on a GCSE Religious Studies question paper
- Last year I co-wrote an article with Richard Coles about GCSE Religious Studies about biblical illiteracy https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01416200.2018.1493270 (spot the deliberate mistake in ...more
Kate McLean Exhibiting in Lausanne, Switzerland
- Kate McLean, Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design, is exhibiting at Musée de la Main UNIL/CHUV in Lausanne, Switzerland from 15 February ...more
Research Seminar: Graham Birrell, Film School: How Movies Sustain Neoliberal Education
- Graham Birrell of the Faculty of Education will be exploring the interplay between film and schools, in the latest of ...more
Engaging students with the University Graduates Attributes in the Foundation Degree Childhood Studies
- In this case study, Diana Strauss and Clare Wiseman, Senior Lecturers in Childhood Studies, explain how they have used learning ...more
Can Brexit be explained by the theory of Collective Narcissism?
- Final year student James Taylor explores public attitudes surrounding Brexit as part of his coursework for Psychology of Nations. The word ...more
The public interest in dog intelligence – a very special case
- At the beginning of October, CCCU Senior Lecturer Dr. Britta Osthaus with the University of Exeter jointly published a press release on ...more
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
Global Perspectives On Special Educational Needs And Inclusion Webinar
- 3.30pm (UK) 10.30am ...more
Jason Hodgson: Ligeti Quartet
- Jason Hodgson's composition will be performed by the Ligeti Quartet in Liverpool on Saturday 16th March 2019. Details of the event ...more
A Football Sport Scholar's Journey
- Tom Barton, Football Sport Scholar, reviews his sporting career and how University has impacted both his game and his experiences ...more
The Canterbury 10 Mile Road Race
- The Canterbury 10 mile road race saw testing conditions on 27th January. The annual event attracted a sell-out cohort of ...more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 very bookish summer: the English Literature team look back on great reads, the conference circuit, heatwaves and chewable books
- Stefania Ciocia: I’ve had a feminist summer, and a very good one it has been too. These are the four ...more
Dr P. O'Connor: a Doctorate in Education
- Philip O’Connor, graduating as Doctor in Education. Philip followed the CCCU Christianity and Faith in Education pathway, one of the ‘Jubilee ...more
What Future for Religious Education in Schools?
- Professor Trevor Cooling, Chair of the Religious Education Council at the launch of the Commission for Religious Education Final Report in the ...more
Every child deserves an opportunity at school to discover the language for making sense of their world
- By Dr Robert A Bowie Director of the National Institute for Christian Education Research The Final Report of the Commission on Religious ...more
A moment in English Religious Education history
- The final report of the Commission for Religious Education is about to be published. The independent commission was established by ...more
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
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
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
Walking Seminars
- Geography Research Group in association with the Sustainability Research Network is proud to present the 'Sense of Place' Walking Seminars Thurs 19 April 2018 Michael ...more
O what we ben!
- Discovering Post-Apocalyptic Landscapes in Andreas and Riddley Walker a project by Mike Bintley and Sonia Overall - supported by Being Human 2017 'O what we ...more
Arts and Humanities Faculty Conference
- Landscape, Space, and Place Keynote: Dr Phil Smith, Plymouth University 30th May 2018 Work on landscapes, spaces and places occupies a prominent position ...more
Film screening "One Team"
- Free film screening "One Team" Monday 19th March 2018, 16.00-18.00, Ng03 "The way they play together, the way they get along, that’s ...more
"Simply Marvellous" - Free screening of BAFTA award winning film
- Wednesday 11 April 2018 13.30-16.30, Old Sessions House Free screening of "Marvellous" followed by Q&A with Neil Baldwin and Malcolm Clark, co-authors ...more
Open lecture - "The work of Wonder" (Patrick Curry)
- Patrick will be discussing the work of wonder in three senses: the work we must do to make a place ...more
Identity and Pedagogy Research Theme conference
- CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! Following the runaway success of last year’s Identity in Education mini conference we are delighted to send you ...more
Research and Employability Fair 2018
- The Section of Life Sciences hosted its fourth annual Life Sciences Research and Employability Fair at Canterbury Christ Church University. ...more
First results are in!
- The team has been working on a number of projects with collaborators across the University and the first results are ...more
ruinous landscapes in a modern city
- O what we ben! is an interactive walking and mapping project exploring the landscapes of and correspondences between two texts: ...more
Trump and the Thucydides Trap
- Professor Peter Vujakovic, Professor of Geography in School of Human and Life Sciences explores the Thucydides Trap following the historic US election victory ...more
Mike and Sonia on BBC Radio 3
- On the eve of the project launch, BBC Radio 3 aired a special edition of Free Thinking featuring three projects from ...more
Heritage rice in Bali: Comparing the effects of two rice varieties on paddy soil quality
- Rice is an important global crop, with half of the world’s population dependant on it. In Bali, rice farming traditionally ...more
Outreach, with a Bang!
- Last Friday a team of lecturers and instructors from Canterbury Christ Church School of Life Sciences headed to Discovery Park ...more
Struggling to choose a University? You cannot possibly do a worse job than I did.
- University Instructor for the Life Sciences Beth Gawthorpe tells us her experience in choosing a university, how everything doesn't always go ...more
Erasmus International Exchange- Difficult but worth it?
- PhD student and Instructor in the Life Sciences Chris Hobbs takes us on his Erasmus year journey, and throws in ...more
The Vice Chancellor's Challenge - Sports Day 2017
- On the 23rd of June Team IMS went on tour to Polo Farm to compete in the first "Vice Chancellor's ...more
Traffic Lights team attends HEFCE Catalyst project workshop in Birmingham
- Marian McCormick and Chris Harvey joined colleagues from across the UK who have been awarded funding from HEFCE via the ...more
CCCU team wins HEFCE Catalyst Fund grant for 'Traffic Lights Tool' student toolkit
- Rayya Ghul, Head of Academic Professional Development, Marian McCormick, Principal Lecturer (Learning and Teaching), and Chris Harvey, Senior Lecturer in ...more
Apprenticeships and mentoring are key to getting more women into engineering
- We’re all familiar with the stats: fewer than 9% of the engineering workforce is female and only 6% of registered ...more
Unexpected Item in Bagging Area
- If you have ever tried to use the automated checkout facility in a supermarket you will probably know why it ...more
An important occasion in the STEM calendar
- International Women in Engineering Day is an important occasion in the STEM calendar. There are many different types of engineering ...more
March 2017 - forget the Garden of England, this is the LAB of England
- Spring is sproinging and this month I (Emily the Lab Technician) have been visiting our science friends at the Canterbury ...more
February 2017
- This month we have been working with a group of students from the University's computing department who will be visiting ...more
First Annual Technicians Symposium
- Calling any event the "first annual" is always a bit scary, but having been down to the Technicians symposium I ...more
Cancer research and treatment; past, present and future
- “Cancer is not a new disease”, said Professor Michelle Garrett, while speaking at a lecture organised by Kent Cancer Trust ...more
Cancer and Height
- By Simon Harvey, Director of Life Sciences There's recently been a lot of media coverage of work that has identified height ...more
Skirting Science: Inspiring the Next Generation of Female Scientists
- Naomi Rintoul and Beth Gawthorpe took part in ‘Skirting Science’ on earlier this month as part of Folkestone’s celebrations of WOW-2016 ...more
Life Sciences Applicant Day
- Saturday 18th March saw Canterbury Christ Church’s invite-only open day, and the Life Sciences team jumped at the chance to ...more
FLUX Sustainable Business Challenge 2017
- On 7th March 2017, Broadstairs students joined students from the Canterbury Campus at the annual FLUX Sustainable Business Challenge, held ...more
January 2017
- SCRABEL has been feeling lonely this month as our wonderful PhD student Neha Shetty jetted off to India to visit the ...more
December 2016
- At the start of the month we welcomed Dr Emily Billinge to the team as our new laboratory technician for ...more
A Month of prayer for the University
- Did you know that the University has a monthly cycle of prayer for all departments across the University. take a ...more
A week of Prayer for the Campus
- Next week we will begin a week of prayer for the (Canterbury) Campus. This is the first of four such ...more
Business Futures Finale Week 2017
- Business Futures programme has been running across the year and concluded in the week commencing 30th January. We saw a number ...more
Life After Graduation - Matt Warner from Sainsbury's
- Matt Warner, a recent Christ Church Business School graduate, came to speak to Retail Strategy students on Monday 23rd January. Matt ...more
Malta, shooting birds and democracy
- By Jim Butcher, Principal Lecturer in Sociology of Tourism, School of Human and Life Sciences On the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta, ...more
The Mw 7.8 Earthquake, Central Nepal
- By Dr Julia Maxted, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, School of Human and Life Sciences At lunchtime on Saturday 25th April, a ...more
Tourism Management student designs Kent Guild logo
- By Dr Karen Thomas, Senior Lecturer in Tourism, School of Human and Life Sciences A Canterbury Christ Church University Tourism and Management ...more
Environmental Hazards and the El Niño climatic perturbation
- By Dr Julia Maxted, Senior Lecturer in Geography, School of Human and Life Sciences How does an apparently local event in the ...more
Meet the Team part 2
- Major Chris Sands Associate Chaplain Overview I'm known in the family as the fixer. From my childhood I've always want to make things ...more
Meet the Employers - #ccbizschool Careers Fair
- Join us in Augustine House library in Canterbury for a Christ Church Business School Careers Fair on Tuesday 25th October ...more
Graduate Opportunity - FX Sales
- Congratulations to Scott Ridley, a recent graduate from Christ Church Business School (Accounting and Finance) on his new career in the foreign ...more
International Study Week - Heidelberg, Germany
- Any student who studies in the Business School is invited to take part in an International study week in Heidelberg, ...more
Become a Business School Ambassador!
- Become a Business School Ambassador and enhance your CV by doing paid work for your school. You will be representing ...more
Case Study - Iain Hawthorn
- In our latest alumni case study we spoke to Iain Hawthorn about his time at CCCU Business School and how his ...more
Alexandra Hurton nominated for UK Blog Awards
- One of our very own Business School students has been nominated for the UK Blog Awards! Alexandra Hurton with her ...more
Case Study - Stephanie Hayman
- Studied Advanced Certificate In Management Practice. Class of 2002 I went into the field of social enterprise, firstly creating a school meals ...more
Is your child in preschool or reception?
- Canterbury Christ Church University's Learning and Development lab are looking for children and parents who would like to take part ...more
Results workshop
- Thank you to everyone who attended The Talk about Thoughts and Feelings project results workshop. It was great to see our ...more
Two Summer Internships for 2015 - Apply Now!
- We are very please to announce that the Learning and Development Lab have successfully bid for not one but two ...more
Hello world!
- Welcome to The CCCU Psychology Programme Sites. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start ...more
Hello world!
- Welcome to The CCCU Psychology Programme Sites. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start ...more
