By John FitzGibbon (Senior Lecturer in Politics) It has not even been 24 hours since the election of Mark Reckless as the MP for the Kent constituency of Rochester and […]
Kent School Video Pitch Wins in Parliament
The winning idea from the ‘Hardcopy or #Hashtag: Young People’s Vision for a Digital Parliament’ workshop held at Canterbury Christ Church in September went on to be voted the best […]
Canterbury Labour Parliament Candidate at CCCU
Hugh Lanning, the Labour Parliamentary Candidate for the Canterbury and Whitstable constituency, held an open discussion at CCCU on the 30th of October as part of the Politics Programme’s Making […]
Politics and IR Programme Hosts Local Schools for ESRC Event
On the 4th of November the Politics and IR programme hosted over fifty students from local schools, Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School, Kent College, and St George’s Church of England School Thanet […]
Politics Students Participate in South Thanet Hustings
Our students were invited to attend hustings for the South Thanet constituency by the hosts of the world class science campus Discovery Park.
The Real Winner of the Scottish Independence Referendum is……Democracy!
The Real Winner of the Scottish Independence Referendum is……Democracy! By Dr. Soeren Keil
Public Lecture: Germany and Poland: Strangers on a Train or Participants of a Common Destiny?
The Politics and International Relations programme is warmly inviting you to the following guest lecture: Germany and Poland: Strangers on a Train or Participants of a Common Destiny?
Leadership capital ebbs and flows but trends downwards, influencing political fortunes over time
By Mark Bennister and Ben Worthy How can we measure leadership? What makes a leader succeed or fail? Here Mark Bennister and Ben Worthy examine the idea of ‘leadership capital’ […]
Participating in Model United Nations in Croatia
By Natalie Ang, Second Year Politics Student I participated in the Croatian International Modeling United Nations (CIMUN) event in the heart of Zagreb, where we stayed for a week. It […]