{"id":10930,"date":"2025-09-14T18:09:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T17:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/?p=10930"},"modified":"2025-09-14T18:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T17:20:19","slug":"2024-25-a-year-to-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/2025\/09\/14\/2024-25-a-year-to-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"2024\/25: A year to remember"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before we kickstart another busy year of politics at CCCU, a reminder of everything that we got up to last year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trips, trips, trips: Betteshanger, Westminster, Margate and Brussels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10702\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/IMG_3028-resize-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/IMG_3028-resize-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/IMG_3028-resize-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/IMG_3028-resize-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/IMG_3028-resize.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10686\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/IMG_2939-resize-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/IMG_2939-resize-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/IMG_2939-resize-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/IMG_2939-resize-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/IMG_2939-resize-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/IMG_2939-resize.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10978\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Betteshanger-1-resize-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Betteshanger-1-resize-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Betteshanger-1-resize-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Betteshanger-1-resize-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Betteshanger-1-resize-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Betteshanger-1-resize.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"822\" data-id=\"10470\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/ed26538b-2efb-499a-a630-9eab1ac1119d-3-1024x822.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/ed26538b-2efb-499a-a630-9eab1ac1119d-3-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/ed26538b-2efb-499a-a630-9eab1ac1119d-3-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/ed26538b-2efb-499a-a630-9eab1ac1119d-3-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/ed26538b-2efb-499a-a630-9eab1ac1119d-3-1536x1233.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/ed26538b-2efb-499a-a630-9eab1ac1119d-3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" data-id=\"10218\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/Students-with-Andrew-and-Christine-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/Students-with-Andrew-and-Christine-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/Students-with-Andrew-and-Christine-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/Students-with-Andrew-and-Christine-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/Students-with-Andrew-and-Christine-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/Students-with-Andrew-and-Christine.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff sharing their research expertise:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"842\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/David-Beacon-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/David-Beacon-poster.jpg 842w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/David-Beacon-poster-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/David-Beacon-poster-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10578\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/1745313418501-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/1745313418501-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/1745313418501-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/1745313418501.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10974\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/8d4386c6-8c5d-48f1-8c21-4628a6f63d30-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/8d4386c6-8c5d-48f1-8c21-4628a6f63d30-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/8d4386c6-8c5d-48f1-8c21-4628a6f63d30-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/8d4386c6-8c5d-48f1-8c21-4628a6f63d30-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/8d4386c6-8c5d-48f1-8c21-4628a6f63d30.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"927\" data-id=\"10526\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/Muzaffer-embassy-crop-resize-1024x927.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/Muzaffer-embassy-crop-resize-1024x927.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/Muzaffer-embassy-crop-resize-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/Muzaffer-embassy-crop-resize-768x695.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/Muzaffer-embassy-crop-resize-1536x1390.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/Muzaffer-embassy-crop-resize.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10938\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Dele-Africa-jpeg-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Dele-Africa-jpeg-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Dele-Africa-jpeg-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Dele-Africa-jpeg-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Dele-Africa-jpeg.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"10946\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/susan-keynote.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/susan-keynote.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/susan-keynote-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10942\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/sarah-space-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/sarah-space-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/sarah-space-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/sarah-space-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/sarah-space-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/sarah-space.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winning awards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10562\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/1745313415663-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/1745313415663-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/1745313415663-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/1745313415663-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/1745313415663.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"10782\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/golden-apple.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/golden-apple.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/golden-apple-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/golden-apple-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/05\/golden-apple-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visits from public speakers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"794\" data-id=\"10538\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/Babar-Ahmad-edit-1024x794.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/Babar-Ahmad-edit-1024x794.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/Babar-Ahmad-edit-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/Babar-Ahmad-edit-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/Babar-Ahmad-edit-1536x1190.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/04\/Babar-Ahmad-edit.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" data-id=\"10950\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Sojan-Jospeh-1024x585.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Sojan-Jospeh-1024x585.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Sojan-Jospeh-300x171.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Sojan-Jospeh-768x438.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Sojan-Jospeh-1536x877.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Sojan-Jospeh.jpeg 1685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KCC Hustings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"977\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10954\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/hustings-1-977x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/hustings-1-977x1024.jpg 977w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/hustings-1-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/hustings-1-768x805.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/hustings-1.jpg 1466w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graduate career events<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10178\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/20241128_174108773_iOS-blog1-e1733324857397-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/20241128_174108773_iOS-blog1-e1733324857397-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/20241128_174108773_iOS-blog1-e1733324857397-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/20241128_174108773_iOS-blog1-e1733324857397-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/20241128_174108773_iOS-blog1-e1733324857397.jpg 1502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1007\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10186\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/20241128_174449950_iOS-blog-3-1007x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/20241128_174449950_iOS-blog-3-1007x1024.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/20241128_174449950_iOS-blog-3-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/20241128_174449950_iOS-blog-3-768x781.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/20241128_174449950_iOS-blog-3-1510x1536.jpg 1510w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2024\/12\/20241128_174449950_iOS-blog-3.jpg 2013w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10986\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Peter-Vic-Kojo-and-Sam-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Peter-Vic-Kojo-and-Sam-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Peter-Vic-Kojo-and-Sam-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Peter-Vic-Kojo-and-Sam-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Peter-Vic-Kojo-and-Sam-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Peter-Vic-Kojo-and-Sam.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10982\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Libby-John-Finlay-and-students-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Libby-John-Finlay-and-students-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Libby-John-Finlay-and-students-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Libby-John-Finlay-and-students-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Libby-John-Finlay-and-students-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Libby-John-Finlay-and-students.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure 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https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/IMG_1535.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10410\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/IMG_1537-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/IMG_1537-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/IMG_1537-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/IMG_1537-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/IMG_1537-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/IMG_1537.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10406\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/IMG_1531-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/IMG_1531-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/IMG_1531-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/IMG_1531-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/IMG_1531-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/03\/IMG_1531.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graduations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11002\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Kehinde-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Kehinde-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Kehinde-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Kehinde-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/Kehinde.jpg 1530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"10998\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/class-of-2024-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/class-of-2024-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/class-of-2024-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/class-of-2024-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/645\/2025\/09\/class-of-2024-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, 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