EVENTS AT CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY 2018 SUMMER 2018 CHRIST CHURCH PROUD TO SUPPORT Community PRIDE

MARITIME KENT IN THE SNOW: Summer / THROUGH THE AGES STEPHANIE QUAYLE matters Friday 22 June, 7pm and Saturday 11 August to Canterbury Christ Church Saturday 23 June, 5pm Saturday 22 September University was proud to be one of A regular update from Canterbury Christ Church Old Sessions House, Sidney Cooper Gallery, the sponsors for this year’s Pride University for local residents Longport, CT1 1PL 22-23 St Peter’s Street, Canterbury festival, a celebration This lecture on Kent’s rich marine Canterbury CT1 2BQ of the LGBT+ community. environment and changes to the Artist Stephanie Quayle will consider coastline over the years, features the legacy of the gallery’s namesake The event, which took place on Richard Holdsworth MBE (Chatham and founder, Thomas Sidney Cooper – Saturday 9 June, attracted thousands UNIVERSITIES Historic Dockyard) on Friday a renowned livestock painter. of people who came together in evening (7pm). the city centre to join in the carnival RECEIVE FUNDING Saturday’s educational session is atmosphere. TO DEVELOP KENT brought to you by Christ Church’s Dr MOTION ALPHA SUMMER The event began with a parade Moving out Chris Young. PROJECT: ONE WEEK AND MEDWAY’S DANCING COURSE through Canterbury High Street, Tickets cost £18 per person, £16 Kent featuring local organisations at the end of the academic year FIRST MEDICAL Archaeological Society members and Monday 20 August to and groups, followed by live £10 for Christ Church students. Friday 24 August, 10am to 4pm SCHOOL entertainment in the Dane John The universities, working with Canterbury City Council, are here to help Anselm Studio 2, North Holmes Gardens, as well as food and drink Road, Canterbury Campus, CT1 1QU students and local communities plan ahead for the end of the academic DATES stalls, and a Pride marketplace. year, when students start to move between houses or away from FOR YOUR DIARY A joint bid by Canterbury THE KENT MEDICAL Suitable for ages 7+ | Course price Christ Church University and the Professor Rama Thirunamachandran, Canterbury – and this includes working together to ensure any extra INDUSTRY CONFERENCE is £65. University of Kent for funded places Vice-Chancellor of the University, rubbish is recycled or disposed of in a responsible way. SATURDAY 23 JUNE 2018 to establish a medical school has Thursday 12 July, 2pm to 7pm said: “We were delighted to show Open Day at CCCU been successful. Medway Campus, Rowan Williams our support for this year’s Pride To support this, we have organised the following: (Medway Campus) Court, 30 Pembroke Court, Canterbury by becoming a sponsor. The Government and funding body Health For all events at Canterbury • in the Wincheap, Hales Place, Barton and St Michaels areas from Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4UF Education England (HEE) announced that Monday 11 June to Friday 6 July, there will be a bin amnesty where all Christ Church University, visit "Set in the heart of Canterbury, this is the bid had been successful on 20 March. This joint conference aims to bring rubbish will be picked up as part of the weekly collection SATURDAY 7 JULY 2018 www.canterbury.ac.uk/events a wonderful event which celebrates The two universities will now develop Kent together local innovators, clinicians and General Open Day researchers, in order to offer support diversity and brings our city together • the University has been given additional purple sacks if students have extra and Medway’s first ever medical school. at University of Kent It will bring together the institutions’ to local industry. to show support for each other.” rubbish at the end of term. They can collect these from the Students’ Union or Security reception desks existing centres of excellence in health and Places are limited. Please reserve medical education, and local healthcare • students can donate reasonably conditioned and safe household goods such MONDAY 16 TO organisations, to offer a new model of by emailing FRIDAY 20 JULY 2018 [email protected] as furniture, electronic or kitchen items to the charity Necessary Furniture. medical training. They will be doing collections in the Wincheap, Hales Place, Barton and University of Kent graduations Universities Minister brings St Michaels area on Fridays from 15 June to 6 July. The bid for the Kent and Medway Medical School was submitted in November 2017. TUESDAY 11 AND It was the culmination of more than a year’s nationwide tour to Christ Church For full details on these arrangements, please visit www.canterbury.ac.uk/students WEDNESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2018 work by both institutions in response to the Government’s commitment to fund an The University welcomed the new He also participated in an interactive If waste is missed by Serco, you can call them on freephone 0800 031 9091 or email CCCU graduations additional 1,500 medical places by 2020. Minister of State for Universities, session, which was attended by nearly your comments to [email protected]. Their phone Science, Research and Innovation, 200 people, including students, staff and lines are open from 8.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (except bank holidays). The region’s MPs, local councillors, NHS the public. A wide range of subjects were SATURDAY 15 AND Sam Gyimah MP, in March. SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2018 Trust chief executives and medical directors, discussed, including tuition fees and loans, All the information you need to know about what goes in which bin, and a range of other health and education Brexit, the NHS, and educational issues It was the Minister’s first visit to a university bin collection dates, and how to recycle, can be found on the council website Arrivals weekend for new students related organisations, all expressed their around higher education policy and the in the South East, outside London. www.canterbury.gov.uk at CCCU and University of Kent backing for the bid. It is also supported by impact on students. Brighton and Sussex Medical School – one As part of his visit, the Minister spoke with AT CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY 2018/19 The Minister talked about the need for If Christ Church students have any concerns about moving out, worries about getting of the requirements of the General Medical the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor encouraging women into STEM subjects their deposit back or need advice about tenancy agreements, they can speak to our MONDAY 17 TO Council (GMC) as a new medical school Rama Thirunamachandran, staff and FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2018 and the importance of the Government’s Canterbury Christ Church University’s Public Lectures Series, part of our Student Support and Wellbeing Advisers on 01227 922675 or the Students’ Union is established. students to learn about the University’s Industrial Strategy. exciting programme of free talks by high-profile and engaging speakers, Advice Centre on 01227 922272. Welcome week for new students strategic academic priorities, including the returns this autumn. The school will welcome its first students Kent and Medway Engineering, Design, Other topics discussed were ageism in 2020, and the universities will consult Growth and Enterprise (EDGE) Hub, growth in the workplace, the cost of housing Our inspiring line-up of speakers for 2018/19 includes: with key stakeholders and work with the in graduate skills for the creative industries and living, widening participation and regional NHS partners and healthcare and plans for a joint medical school. outreach initiatives. • World Land Speed Record Breaker Richard Noble OBE – 20 September 2018 organisations to shape the design of the • Historian and Broadcaster Michael Wood – 30 October 2018 school and its degree programmes. • Engineer Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge – 27 March 2019. WE’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU Read more about plans for the medical If you have any questions or comments about the University, or if there is something you would like us to feature in a school at www.canterbury.ac.uk/kmms Michael Wood Bookings for these events will open soon. To sign up for Public Lecture alerts, future issue of Community Matters, please email [email protected] please visit www.canterbury.ac.uk/publiclectures For an electronic version of the newsletter and further information, visit www.canterbury.ac.uk/community STUDENT COMMUNITY Kent Women’s Cricket and Christ Church LEGAL COMPANIONS strengthen their partnership Canterbury Christ Church University is proud to be part of an innovative Canterbury Christ Church University project in which universities, law has extended its successful firms, barrister chambers, mediation sponsorship of the Kent Women’s and charitable services contribute Cricket Team. their time to educate, assist, monitor RESEARCH HOPES and promote access to justice in their The University has been the major sponsor of local area. the most successful county in women’s cricket TO LEAD TO EARLIER for the past four years. A growing number of people are finding it DETECTION OF increasingly difficult to access legal advice and Under the new partnership, the University’s LUNG CANCER assistance due to a variety of reasons, including distinctive logo will appear on the the reduction in Legal Aid. In response to this, squad’s playing and training kit, made by Christ Church Law students have trained as Samurai Sportswear. Canterbury Christ Church University Community Legal Companions (CLC). They can The CLCs are also available to help people find To find out more, visit https://clock.uk.net academics are researching the potential provide support for unrepresented residents their way around the court, complete court As well as continuing to support the women’s Our students also operate a Help Desk at use of microscopic nanoparticles called at Canterbury Law Courts in finding Legal forms, provide moral support during court game, the new sponsorship agreement will Canterbury County Court, Chaucer Road. exosomes to help in the early detection of Aid assistance, mediation services, charitable hearings, take notes and sort through papers. also help to identify and develop young, Regional Health and Social Care: lung cancer. support services and affordable fixed- The support can be provided for a whole range emerging talent in the region. fee services. of issues across civil and criminal matters. The work is taking place at the University’s Kent County Cricket scholars will be able the Brexit effect Life Sciences Industry Liaison Lab at to visit the University’s sport facilities Discovery Park in Sandwich, Kent. and receive support from experts at the The findings of the report highlight both the University to help them learn about the The University’s Centre for European Academics are working in collaboration potentially negative impacts of Brexit, as well USEFUL CONTACT opportunities available to them, such as Studies (CEFEUS) has published the with the University of Liverpool and the Our University Bookshop goes online as opportunities. DETAILS studying for a degree in Sport and Exercise latest in its series of reports focusing Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, who Science at Christ Church. Kent Cricket and on the impact of Brexit on the Kent have also funded the research, along with The University Bookshop is located on our North Holmes Road Campus and is It also makes specific recommendations to Each university has a Community the University will also offer a selection of and Medway region. Kent and Medway both local and national decision-makers, their industrial collaborator, the Austria open to the general public. It now offers fast online transactions alongside its academy players a sports bursary if they based Anton Paar and the US science firm Liaison contact who can advise on Health and Social Care: A Brexit calling on them to look swiftly at workforce popular and traditional face-to-face service with the launch of its new website – choose to study at the University. HTG Molecular Diagnostics. a number of community projects, Impact Assessment draws on in- issues, public health requirements, and https://bookshop.canterbury.ac.uk regulatory structures connecting British and opportunities or issues. To find out more about Kent Women’s Cricket, Dr Cornelia Wilson, Senior Lecturer in depth interviews with key healthcare European healthcare. visit www.kentcricket.co.uk stakeholders from across the region to the School of Human and Life Sciences CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY You can now place orders for home delivery The bookshop supports many events over assess the impact that Brexit could have Visit www.canterbury.ac.uk/health-and- and Academic Laboratory Manager, said: to a UK address, or there is a free delivery the course of the academic year – from “Lung cancer is still difficult to detect at an t: 01227 923475 or option to one of our campus locations if you public lectures to book signings, and are on the health and social care provision social-care-report to read the full report. early stage, but hopefully our research will e: [email protected] select click and collect. proud to support the Canterbury Festival in the county, during the transition help to make progress towards the early Browse the complete stocklist, discover titles and the Folkestone Book Festival. Look out period, and beyond. detection of this disease.” UNIVERSITY OF KENT by our academic staff, read all about new for ‘Writing Comes Alive’, hosted at the t: 01227 816156 or publications and check out exclusive signed Sidney Cooper Gallery, where contemporary e: [email protected] copies. The public can also access the bookshop’s novelists come to Christ Church to discuss University hosts The universities take the concerns of our half a million general and academic titles, which their novels and answer questions about their neighbours very seriously. If local residents are available to order for the following day. creative writing process. popular experience anti-social behaviour and believe our COMMUNITY DAY students are involved, there are places you can Kent Festival Students and staff are continuing to go to complain and get help. support homeless charity Catching of Science Lives with a Community Day POLICE programme of events. Call 101 to report non-emergency incidents Parents and children visited the and 999 for emergencies. WIN A COMPLETE SET OF THE NEW The Christ Church Community Day saw Canterbury Campus for two days of volunteers get involved in a range of activities CANTERBURY CITY COUNCIL’S PENGUIN MODERNS fun and interactive science-based in January to raise funds for the charity. REFUSE AND RECYCLING SERVICES shows and demonstrations. For all recycling enquiries and to report missed The initiative is part of the University’s new To celebrate the launch of the University's To enter, you need to be a CT1 or CT2 Christ Church academics hosted a range of Personal Development Week. It aims to bin collections, t: 0800 031 9091 or Bookshop website, we are running a prize resident. Simply send an email with your e: [email protected] activities including investigating robotics, provide students and staff with an insight draw to win a complete set of the new name and address details to: slime-making, child-friendly forensics and into the important work of community Penguin Moderns. Just published, the boxset [email protected] with the text CANTERBURY CITY COUNCIL’S generating electricity. organisations and to encourage trying ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TEAM contains one of each title in the Penguin ‘Bookshop Prize Draw’ by 30 September and something new while developing skills. Modern series. you will be entered – good luck! The festival was a fantastic opportunity to To report a problem with noise, neighbours or engage local communities and younger Volunteers got creative in an enterprising The winner will be announced on 8 October. nuisance, t: 01227 862202 or From groundbreaking fiction and generations with Science, Technology, session delivered by Fine Art graduate e: [email protected] avant-garde poetry to radical polemics Please note by entering the competition you Engineering and Maths, as well as Miriam Ellis, making ceramic pots and textile and blues lyrics, these are all complete are agreeing to the Ts&Cs, which you can showing how the University is opening monsters to sell and raise cash for the centre. PARKING ENFORCEMENT standalone works. read in full online at www.canterbury.ac.uk/ new opportunities for study and careers in They also cooked meals and played games To report a problem with parking, bookshop-giveaway Engineering and Technology. with shelter guests and signed up to shifts at t: 01227 862429 or the centre. e: [email protected] If there is an obstruction or other endorsable Community matters | Summer/2018 | www.canterbury.ac.uk/community offence, please telephone the police on 101. Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury Christ Church University