The Politics team at Canterbury Christ Church University were delighted to host The Rt Hon John Bercow, current Speaker of the House of Commons, on Thursday 30 November 2017.
The case for Common European Defence
Our student John Smith argues that the EU could replace the United States as the world’s military superpower, but it must start to cooperate more closely in areas that were […]
UK-EU Brexit Negotiations: Explaining dark matter to a four-year-old
As one of its last activities in the 2014-17 cycle, the Jean Monnet Chair of Professor Amelia Hadfield ran a blog competition for full-time first year undergraduate students in politics. […]
Labour Party Conference 2017: What does this mean for Labour’s year ahead?
Josh Andrew, 3rd year BSc Politics student at Canterbury Christ Church University, reports his impressions from the Labour party conference in Brighton.
The Strachification of Austrian politics: How an election campaign descended into blatant Islamophobia
Our BSc student Samuel Cairns analyses the Austrian election campaign and the impact of Freedom Party Leader H.C. Strache.
Sixth Summer School on Federalism, Multinationalism and the Future of Europe
The sixth edition of the CCCU and CIFE (Centre International de Formation Européene) summer school on ‘Federalism, Multinationalism and the Future of Europe’ took place in Canterbury between 13th and […]
How can our local businesses make a success of Brexit?
Noora Virtanen, Graduate Coordinator of the Centre for European Studies (CEFEUS) at Canterbury Christ Church University, reflects on the fall of Southern Salads and explains how findings from the latest […]
A student view on the GE2017 result: Canterbury and Whitstable constituency, thank you.
One week after the 2017 UK General Election, our student Liz Bailey offers a commentary on the result in Canterbury and Whitstable from a student’s perspective
INDYREF2: A bold but unsurprising move from Nicola Sturgeon
The gauntlet is down. To the surprise of many Nicola Sturgeon announced today that she will seek a second referendum on Scottish independence to be held between autumn 2018 and […]