Vacancy – Director of new UK Institute for Migration Research. Canterbury Christ Church University, in partnership with Migrant Help, has established the UK Institute for Migration Research (UK-IMR). The Director […]
Calling all Politics and IR Alumni
On Tuesday 18th November 2014 we will be running an Employability Day to give our current students some ideas about possible career paths following graduation. We hope many alumni will attend […]
Major International Figure Gives Our Boss “the eye”
A bit late but our boss – head of the School of Psychology, Politics and Sociology Professor Jan Burns – sent us on this picture from her time at the […]
Politics Student Interns at Westminster Parliament
Alexia Antoniou 3rd Year Politics Student Before I even began working as an intern for Jonathan Djanogly Conservative MP for Huntingdon in parliament, he invited me to the State Opening of Parliament […]
Leadership in Austerity
Senior Lecturer in Politics Mark Bennister has contributed to a new Special Issue of Parliamentary Affairs. The articles are available online here
Pol/IR Researchers Success in EU Erasmus+ Funding!
The Politics and International Relations team at Canterbury Christ Church University has been successful in its bid for three prestigious Jean Monnet funding grants which together will enhance our teaching and […]
“Nick and Margaret – Obscuring the Immigration Debate”
The BBC’s recent programme ‘Nick and Margaret: Too many immigrants?’ (BBC1 15/7/14) is proof of the BBC’s move an uncritical populist media bias.
“Nick & Margret: Too Many Immigrants?”
If you read the synopsis of “Too Many Immigrants” before watching it, it’s likely that you would expect the BBC to be producing a comprehensive look at attitudes towards immigration […]
CCCU Network for Politics Teachers
On 7 July 2014 teachers from across the South East of England attended a specialist workshop addressing how Politics and IR are taught at schools and universities.