{"id":8274,"date":"2022-03-24T14:02:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/?p=8274"},"modified":"2022-03-24T14:02:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:02:32","slug":"students-get-involved-in-queens-green-canopy-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/2022\/03\/24\/students-get-involved-in-queens-green-canopy-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Students get involved in Queen&#8217;s Green Canopy Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Some days are harder than others. And while developing a keen understanding of how to conduct political research well is an important part of any politics curriculum, there are times when (if we are honest), it&#8217;s not the most fun thing to be thinking about. Especially when the sun is shining outside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>And so it was that our students took a well-deserved break from their Political Research workshop to help\u00a0plant more than 400 hedgerow saplings outside our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/study-here\/student-life\/our-locations\/canterbury-campus\/verena-holmes-building\">Verena Holmes Building<\/a>. These were granted to CCCU as part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.canterbury.ac.uk%2Fdiamond-jubilee%2Fpast-present-and-future%2Four-sustainable-future%2Fwilder-campus&amp;data=04%7C01%7Claura.cashman%40canterbury.ac.uk%7C601f1ed6e9f34f64049108da0d735f24%7C0320b2da22dd4dab8c216e644ba14f13%7C0%7C0%7C637837086538924562%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=LJvA3Zhc5O4%2FOLR1YsYA7UFQ46Yt%2FfhXOq1FnKAl%2FoY%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Queen\u2019s Green Canopy Project<\/a>.\u00a0Our Politics and IR degrees have a strong sustainability focus and our students want to take every opportunity to help make the world a better place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happily, after a little sunshine and some honest manual labour, political research methods made much more sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to join us to study politics and IR and do interesting things on breaks, you can find out more here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/study-here\/courses\/politics\" title=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/study-here\/courses\/politics\">BSc Politics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/study-here\/courses\/politics-copy-1\">BSc Politics &amp; International Relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/study-here\/courses\/international-relations\">BSc International Relations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some days are harder than others. 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