{"id":12510,"date":"2026-10-28T13:32:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/?p=12510"},"modified":"2026-10-28T13:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:32:56","slug":"youre-always-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/2026\/10\/28\/youre-always-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"You’re Always Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As Dr Susan Kenyon explains, we know sometimes life gets in the way, and our students are always welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

‘You’re always welcome’ – our new campaign to tell our commuter students that, if they are running late, don’t worry – they are always welcome into class. This campaign tells our students that we recognise that sometimes things are out of their control – a late train, a delayed school drop off, a missed bus… This isn’t a reflection on them, or their commitment to their studies – it’s just life. And life happens to us all – in fact, on the day that the campaign was due to launch, my train was cancelled and I was late to work!

The campaign also allows us to welcome students into spaces – including our new Commuter Student Lounge – and into conversations – for example, with our new Commuter Peer Mentors – both launching soon.

The fantastic creatives were designed in-house by Liz Wood<\/a>, supported by Ruth Wood<\/a> and colleagues in our brilliant Student Communications team. Our campaign was inspired by Joe Holmes<\/a>‘s Come on In campaign at the University of Essex<\/a> – look out for a special issue of Perspectives: Policy & Practice in Higher Education<\/a>, discussing this campaign, in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We anticipate that this campaign will boost attendance. As with every aspect of the Commuter Student Project at Canterbury Christ Church University<\/a>, we will be monitoring and evaluating the impact, learning, adjusting and, of course, reporting our findings.

The campaign is one of more than a dozen projects that we have at CCCU, to transform our commuter students’ experience, working in partnership with all our academic and professional services colleagues and Christ Church Students’\u200b Union<\/a> and sponsored by our DVC, Rebecca Huxley-Binns<\/a>. Thanks so much to everyone here for their support. Please do get in touch with me for more information, or with comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr Susan Kenyon, Principal Lecturer in Politics and National Teaching Fellow is also lead of the Commuter Students Project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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