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From Graduate to Future Social Worker

Rizwana Lone completed her BA (Hons) Childhood Studies (SEN Specialism) last year and is now studying a Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work with the Step up to Social Work programme to become a qualified social worker.  

Construction of a new silent study zone

Augustine House – Third floor silent zone closure

To accommodate the ongoing building works in Augustine House, the third-floor silent zone will permanently close on Sunday 5 July.

Once-in-a-generation opportunity: a national curriculum for Religious Education in England?

As England considers bringing in a national curriculum for RE, Professor Bob Bowie explores the considerations to ensure it will strengthen the subject and preserve its role in supporting students […]

The Devil Wears Prada, And Who Designs Responsibility 

A few weeks ago, I went to London to see the musical adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada. It was visually stunning. One scene stayed with me long after the show ended: […]

Black and white outline map of Canterbury and surrounding area

Student Perspectives: Cataloguing Treasured Finds with FLO

This week Edd shares his experience of work-based learning at the Kent’s Finds Liaison Office and give us an insight into the meticulous cataloguing process that PAS undertake to record […]

No Single Route: Lessons from the 2026 “Working in Diplomacy” Panel

Second-year student Yann-Elie Asket shares key takeaways from a panel of CCCU alumni now working as diplomats, revealing the varied journeys, challenges, and skills shaping modern diplomacy.

ADHD, the Bee, the mist of RSD. and Me

Last week I was rejected by the Arts Council…. For approximately twenty-three minutes I was convinced this was not simply disappointing, but cosmically misjudged. I developed several highly refined internal […]

AI in Student Learning

Introducting AI as part of the Learning Process Approach  At the start of a 3-hour class, I introduced a 30 minute activity designed to encourage students to engage critically with AI as a learning tool, […]

Meet the Team – Becky Prince

What do the Student Life and Guidance (SLG) Team do?  The SLG team can meet with you face-to-face and online if you are experiencing any issues you would like to […]

Mixed media portrait of a figure in a wide-brimmed hat. Layered paint textures, visible brush marks and cracks give the work a distressed, aged and weathered appearance.

AI as the Assistant, Not Author: Black British Women, AI and Creative Practice 

Michi Masumi is a CCCU PhD artist-researcher exploring how Artificial Intelligence (AI) operates within creative practice.

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Homi Tries Dance

Where do I even begin? Okay, I know exactly where. Dancing is SO. MUCH. FUN. Look, I am a terrible dancer. Like… truly tragic. But even I had the time […]

Awards 2024: Celebrating Psychology Achievements

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

T.S. Eliot

This unique sequence featuring T.S. Eliot was filmed by Sydney Bligh in June 1935. It shows the actors from ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ in full costume parading for the camera. […]

Driving collaborative action in cancer care across Kent and Medway

Last week, the University co-hosted an impactful event, convening key stakeholders from academia and industry to initiate a collaborative conversation around improving cancer outcomes in Kent and Medway. With a […]

Success for multi-professional fellows: 

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

Meet the winners of The Big Idea Challenge 2023

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

The Beginning Teacher in the Science Religion Encounter

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

School of Allied and Public Health Professions School Awards 2022

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

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Being a Leader of Smart Working

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

Can we all be superheroes?

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

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

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

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

Is your child in preschool or reception?

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

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 both just finished the first year of the […]

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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, 2019. The conference will explore and appraise current and developing […]

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.