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 […]
Open Public Debate on Fracking in the UK 19/11/14
On Wednesday 19 th November the Sociology programme launches the first of its public debates for 2014/15, which takes the controversial subject of fracking as its focus. With David Cameron […]
Energy and Governance Research Group Workshop 14 November
The Energy and Governance Research Group will host its second Energy and Governance Workshop “EU-Russia Energy Relations: From Repression to Aggression”, taking place on Friday, 14 November, from 11am-4pm, in Augustine House, A3.13, […]
Parliamentary Outreach Organises Select Committee Simulation with Students
On 23 October, students in Dr Mark Bennister’s final year British politics class took part in a role play simulating a House if Commons select committee inquiry session investigating the […]
Conference: Sites of Protest, CCCU, 29th October 2014
‘Sites of Protest’ is the fourth event organised by the MeCCSA Social Movements Network since its foundation in 2013. This conference, organised in conjunction with Canterbury Media Discourse Group, will […]
Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Canterbury to Attend Making Politics Matter Event
Canterbury Christ Church University’s Making Politics Matter is delighted to host the following event – “Canterbury’s First Ever Labour MP?”. Hugh Lanning, Parliamentary Candidate for the Labour Party, Chair of Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, Canterbury […]
Senior Lecturer Dr Mark Bennister publishes research exploring how to assess political leadership
Senior Lecturer Dr Mark Bennister has published research exploring how to assess political leadership.
EU-Russia Energy Security Webinar
The Energy & Governance Group at CCCU has been invited by the Institute for European Studies to participate in the upcoming EU-Russia energy security webinar. Interested staff and students are welcome to register and attend online. The webinar will operate as a ‘warm up’ for the one-day workshop exploring EU-Ukraine-Russia energy security held on 14 November at CCCU (AH3.13 Augustine House): 11am-3.30pm. For more information on this workshop, email amelia.hadfield@canterbury.ac.uk.