Annual Report 2014 2015

Pro-Chancellor’s foreword................02
Vice-Chancellor’s introduction.......03
Key achievements
for 2014/2015........................................... 04
01 studentexperience........................ 06
02 Investing in the future.................15
03 Innovation............................................ 23
04 Partnerships........................................ 30
05 Research with impact................. 38
06 People..................................................... 48
Honorary Doctors................................... 53
Governors and Officers in post......55
Accounts and statistics...................... 56
CONTENTS

STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Business School graduate Reiss
Salustro-Pilson was nominated for an
Observer Ethical Awards for his online
platform to encourage reuse of materials
in the construction industry.
..............................................................p06 INVESTING
IN THE FUTURE
We are investing in our staff through
extensive professional development
programmes and a strong focus on
culture, leadership and management.
....................................................................p15
PARTNERSHIPS
A major venture with the Aegean Omiros College
in Athens strengthens our internationalisation
agenda and partnership portfolio.
......................................................................................... p30
RESEARCH
Pioneering research and public health interventions
by our academics have made a significant impact on
HIV testing in Kent and Medway.
................................................................................................p38
INNOVATION
We have opened a new Industry Liaison
Lab at Discovery Park, Sandwich, to
provide pioneering life sciences research
and expertise.
.......................................................................p23

02 Canterbury Christ Church University
I would like to congratulate and thank staff and
students for a very successful year, during which
I have been privileged to meet many graduating
students looking forward to a bright future, and
many staff delivering innovative and thought-
provoking work.
Over the last 12 months I have also seen the
development of exciting plans which will transform
the University’s learning and teaching environment
over the next 15 years.
As Christ Church looks back on 10 years of
significant growth and diversification since gaining
University status, it will also need to look ahead
to the next 15 years in developing its academic
portfolio and facilities, particularly as demands of
learning and teaching change.
Plans to redevelop the North Holmes Campus
site, including the development of the former
Canterbury Prison, provide an opportunity
for consolidation and modernisation.
The redevelopment plans fully support the
University’s strategic vision and provide an
imaginative and cost effective solution to a shifting
Higher Education and technological landscape.
As the Annual Report demonstrates,
Christ Church remains a strong economic
force in the region. Our Vice-Chancellor is also
influencing regional and national agendas as the
Higher Education representative on the Kent and
Medway Partnership Board and as Chair of the
Higher Education Academy Board, and our staff
continue to forge new partnerships nationally
and internationally, reinforcing the University’s
profile and impact.
Thank you to all of our staff, partners and
students for continuing the University’s success
story, and to Governors for their ongoing support
and contribution.
Stephen Clark TD
Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the Governing Body
FOREWORD
Pro-Chancellor’s

Annual Report 2014/15 03
INTRODUCTION
Vice-Chancellor’s
This Annual Report is our opportunity to share with
you the highlights and achievements of our many
staff and students who make a difference to the
world around us.
I am continually reminded of the importance of
university education and research when speaking
to graduates about their experiences and hopes for
the future, and to colleagues undertaking research
and teaching which relate directly to so many of the
critical social issues we face today.
Over the last 12 months there have been considerable
change and uncertainty, particularly in a political and
economic context. The General Election, news of an
EU Referendum, the stability of Northern Ireland’s
devolved government, together with the emerging
refugee crisis, and economic breakdown in Greece:
these are all important issues for universities like ours
to respond to. In this Annual Report you will read
a number of case studies where our University is
providing the skills and research to address some of
these challenges.
University is a place to flourish, innovate and
succeed and in reflecting on the achievements over
a 12 month period it provides a valuable backdrop
for us to plan for the future, with equal measures of
optimism and ambition.
News at the end of last year that nearly 90% of
research submitted to the Research Excellence
Framework was assessed as world-leading,
internationally excellent or internationally recognised,
was validation of the impressive range and depth of
research at Christ Church. The impact this type of
research has on society cannot be underestimated
and it has put us in England’s top five for 2015-16
increases in research funding from HEFCE.
Our continued focus on providing an excellent student
and staff experience also reflected positively in some
key surveys this year. Overall student satisfaction
now sits at a record high of 87%, above the national
average, according to the National Student Survey
2015. And in our latest Staff Survey, with record
numbers of staff participating, 85% of our staff would
recommend the University as a good place to work.
We are also delighted that 95% of our most recent
undergraduates are in employment or further study
six months after finishing their studies*. Furthermore,
87% of those surveyed and in employment after
three-and-a-half years were in graduate jobs,
compared to 81% nationally**, evidence of the
positive impact of our University education.
2015 is another important milestone for Christ
Church. It has been 10 years since we gained
University status and during that decade we have
experienced significant change. Our student numbers
have risen by nearly 20% and we have invested nearly
£82 million in new and renovated buildings.
In this report, you will also find details of our
redevelopment plans for the next 15 years, which will
enable us to continue pursuing excellence through
transforming individuals, creating knowledge,
enriching communities and building a sustainable
future inspired by our Church of England foundation.
Finally, I would like to acknowledge my colleagues.
The success of the last 12 months, and last 10 years,
would not have been possible without a committed
and enterprising community of staff, and I would like
to thank them for their collective hard work.
Professor Rama Thirunamachandran
Vice-Chancellor and Principal
* According to the 2013/14 Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey.
Figure includes full-time and part-time students. ** DLHE Longitudinal survey.

87%
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
FOR 2014/2015
GRADUATES IN TOP JOBS
9 out of 10 of our employed graduates are in graduate level jobs
three-and-a-half years after finishing their studies
– higher than the national average**
STRONG GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT
95% of our UK undergraduates and 98% of our postgraduates
were in employment or further study within six months
of completing their studies*
HIGH STUDENT SURVEY RESULTS
87% overall student satisfaction in the 2015 National Student Survey:
our highest record and above the national average
IMPROVED SOCIAL MOBILITY
Higher Education helps to improve social mobility:
75% of our graduates from least advantaged backgrounds moved
up a socio-economic group within six months of leaving Christ Church***
* According to the 2013/14 Destination of Leavers from Higher
Education survey. Figures include full-time and part-time students

10YEARS
TOP
5
QUALITY RESEARCH FUNDING
In England’s top five universities for 2015-16 increases in
quality research funding as a result of our REF success
WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH
Nearly 90% of our research is world-leading,
internationally significant or internationally recognised,
according to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework
10 YEARS’ OF UNIVERSITY STATUS
Celebrating 10 years of University status and major investment in the
student experience, including £82 million in new and renovated buildings
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION’S
IMPROVED STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Shortlisted for the Times Higher ‘Most Improved Student Experience 2015’,
voted for by students
** 87% of those surveyed and in employment were in graduate level
jobs compared to the 81% UK average, DLHE Longitudinal survey
*** of graduates in full-time employment
who responded to the 2012/13 DLHE survey
FRIENDLY WORKPLACE
In our latest Staff Survey, 85% of our staff would recommend
the University as a good place to work and 90% say this is a
friendly place to work

When a student decides to study at Christ Church, we
want to make sure they get the best possible experience.
All universities are acutely aware of their responsibilities
to current and future generations of students, given the
power of education to unlock potential and create new
career and life opportunities.
We take these responsibilities seriously and are working
hard to maintain an environment where students feel
they are partners in their education. We have many
examples of this philosophy in action, where students
and graduates are helping to shape the curriculum and
their wider student experience. These include advisory
panels, student ambassadors, a Partners in Learning
scheme bringing together students and academics, as
well as a strong statement of joined up working through
the Student and University Partnership Agreement,
which demonstrates how we work together through
our shared values.
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STUDENT
EXPERIENCE

We recognise that facilities are one
of the top five influencing factors for
students looking for their university
place. Over the last 10 years we’ve
invested more than £82 million in new
and renovated buildings and, to add to
this record, we opened Petros Court,
a modern, city centre accommodation
complex in Canterbury in 2015.
Investment in facilities has undoubtedly
been a contributory factor in our
student-led nomination for ’Most
Improved Student Experience’ in the
2015 Times Higher Education Awards.
The award is based on a student poll
undertaken by YouthSight, rating the
academic reputation, teaching, social life
and facilities of their institutions.
Meanwhile, we continue to offer excellent
employment prospects for our students.
Our graduates are teaching in schools,
providing health and social care in the
community, helping businesses to flourish,
and injecting talent into creative industries.
95% of our full-time and part-time UK
undergraduates are in employment or
further study six months after finishing their
studies, and 87% of those employed are in
a graduate job after three-and-a-half years
of leaving us – that’s above the national
average of 81%.

IMPROVED
COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
In the last academic year, new systems and services
for students have been developed in preparation for
the new academic year.
SHORTLISTED FOR NATIONAL
STUDENT EXPERIENCE AWARD
Christ Church is one of six universities shortlisted
in the Times Higher Education Awards’
‘Most Improved Student Experience’ category.
A new online portal has been
introduced which allows pre-
arrival students to engage with
the University by accessing
information early on in their
student journey.
Meanwhile, registered students
are also benefiting from a
new platform which allows
students to access personalised
information when they need it
on a range of devices and media.
This has been an extensive project
which will continue throughout
the next academic year.
Students have also directly
influenced two important
communication initiatives.
A new, comprehensive set of
web pages for students was
launched over the summer,
based on extensive research with
students. This complemented
a new Student Opportunities
Directory Everything Else You
Can Do, which was written by,
and for, students.
The project was introduced
at the Student Opportunities
Network, an informal monthly
meeting before the working day
which brings together student-
facing staff.
The award is based on feedback
from around 20,000 students
across the country in a poll
undertaken by YouthSight.
The students were asked to
rate the academic reputation,
teaching, social life and facilities
of their institutions. The winner
is announced at the annual
awards ceremony in London
in November.
The nomination followed
news that the University had
recorded its highest ever overall
student satisfaction levels in the
National Student Survey 2015,
testimony to the hard work and
dedication of staff in delivering
a great student experience.

Petros Court, a development of 418 student
accommodation rooms, was officially opened
in Canterbury in 2015.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Thirunamachandran said:
“Student experience is at the heart of
everything we do. Student facilities and the
accommodation offered are essential in
providing an exemplary experience.
“There are many people from funders and
developers to architects that need to be
thanked for their hard work in developing
Petros Court, but I would also like to thank
Canterbury City Council for the way they
have worked with us, and in particular
the Planning team, who have engaged
with us constructively throughout
this development. We are part of the
community and as such our impact on the
city should be a positive one.
“We have also engaged with our local
residents’ associations and I would like
to thank them for being so patient with
us throughout the build. I hope we can
continue to work with them and live well
side by side.”
NEW CITY CENTRE
STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
The development is located behind the
University’s award-winning library and student
services building, Augustine House, and consists
of five blocks with landscaped courtyards and
24-hour security.
Director of Facilities Management Lee Soden said:
“Following our successful St George’s Centre
project, Petros Court continues our policy of
purpose-built, managed and secure student
accommodation in the heart of the city.
“The rooms will be used by a wide range
of our first year students and during the
summer months will be available to hire
for conferences.”
Stephen Clark, Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the
Governing Body of Canterbury Christ Church
University, officially opened the accommodation.

EMPLOYABILITY MODULE
HIGHLIGHTED IN
NATIONAL REPORT
The Higher Education Academy and the Quality Assurance
Agency have highlighted an employability module in Film,
Radio and Television Studies as offering best practice in their
2015 report: Effective practice in the design of directed
independent learning opportunities.
The Professional Perspectives in the Creative
Industries module was devised by Dr Ken Fox,
Principal Lecturer in the School of Media, Art and
Design, and Media Consultant, Paula Moore.
The module was introduced in 2011 and provides
opportunities for students to pitch their film,
radio and television work to employers on an
Industry Advisory Panel.
The report investigates the most effective
practices in the inception, design, quality
assurance and enhancement of directed
independent learning.
Dr Ken Fox said:
“It is great to get recognition for a
module that encourages students to take
responsibility for their own learning and
this is reflected in the quality of their
pitches and the very positive response of
the Industry Advisory Panel.”
The report is available at
www.heacademy.ac.uk/about/news

Image left to right: Vanessa Chapman, Kent and Medway Progression Federation
(KMPF), Emily Milne, Outreach Team Ambassador and Lisa Batchelor KMPF
OUTREACH AMBASSADOR
WINS NATIONAL STUDENT
OF THE YEAR AWARD
A recent Primary Education
graduate took home the National
Education Opportunities Network
(NEON) Student of the Year
2015 award.
NEON introduced the Student of the Year award for
the first time in 2015 to acknowledge commitment
and hard work in widening access to Higher
Education, making Emily Milne the first ever
award winner.
Emily worked as a Student Ambassador for our
Outreach Team whilst studying to become a teacher.
Emily said:
“It was a shock to win the award: I really was
not expecting it! There is a fantastic team of
Outreach ambassadors; any one of my fellow
workmates would have been just as worthy.
I am truly over the moon and feel very happy
to have won the award.
“Outreach is fantastic. I like the fact I can
help and support others. I found the UCAS
journey, ‘A’ Levels, school stress tricky and
I know how hard it can be for a young
person to work out their next step in life.
Getting involved with Outreach is one of the
best things I did at University, sharing my
life experience, my course experience and
probably the best three years of my life.”
Jayme Stevens, Outreach Manager, said:
“We are extremely proud of Emily’s
achievement. As one of our more
experienced ambassadors, Emily has been
able to share her positive experiences of
Higher Education not only with young
people from our partner schools but also the
next generation of Outreach ambassadors.
Emily’s win is indicative of the positive
impact that the University’s Outreach team is
having on young people across the county.”
Kay Keete also won the NEON Outstanding
Contribution to Widening Access Award. Kay is a
progression mentor at Castle Community College in
Deal in partnership with Canterbury Christ Church
University. NEON noted that in her four years at the
school, Kay’s work had contributed to a 17% increase
in university places for less advantaged students.
NEON was founded in early 2012 as the new
professional organisation to support those involved
in widening access to Higher Education and social
mobility. At the heart of NEON is a cross sector
approach bringing together Higher Education
institutions, schools, colleges, the voluntary sector,
professional bodies and employers.

BUILDING A
BETTER FUTURE
Christ Church alumnus Reiss
Salustro-Pilson is providing
inspiration for a new generation
of Business School graduates,
following his nomination in the
2015 Observer Ethical Awards.
Reiss was nominated after setting
up Enviromate.co.uk, an online
platform that promotes the reuse
of surplus and leftover materials
in the construction industry.
The enterprise is the culmination
of his experience working in the
construction industry and three
years as a mature student at
Christ Church, where he studied
Business and Marketing at our
Broadstairs Campus.
Reiss said:
“The construction industry is the largest contributor
to waste in the UK, using approximately 420 million
tonnes of materials and products a year, and generates
120 million tonnes of waste. It is estimated that 13% of
construction products that arrive on a building site end
up in a skip as waste product without ever being used.
“We aim to reduce, reuse and recycle and, while there
have been great advances in reductions and recycling,
there is still a lot to be done to reuse more materials.”
Companies and traders can use the online platform to advertise
their unused materials for re-sale. They can also use it to donate
to charities that contact them for unwanted building supplies.
Reiss says his long-term goal is to work with young people
to raise their awareness of sustainability issues and to work
with universities.

100KM
WORLD RECORD
BROKEN BY
PHD STUDENT
Phil Anthony, student and
University instructor in the School
of Human and Life Sciences, has
just broken the world record for the
fastest 100km run on a treadmill,
completing the distance in six hours,
40 minutes and 35 seconds.
The new record, set in December 2014, puts Phil
in the Guinness Book of Records.
Phil had been slowly building up his distances
from 10km to 50km and now 100km, in order
to claim the world title, which was last claimed
10 years ago this year.
Phil graduated with a First Class honours degree
in Sport and Exercise Science in 2013 whilst
also working as a University lab technician.
He is now undertaking a PhD investigating
the physiological mechanisms associated with
running performance.
Phil said:
“I am absolutely over moon with
managing to break the world record.
I found this to be one of the toughest
challenges I have faced so far both
mentally and physically and I really
don’t think this would have been
possible without the help and support
that I received from everyone at
Canterbury Christ Church University.”

GRADUATE NOMINATED
FOR TALK TALK
DIGITAL HERO AWARDS
Music and Interprofessional Learning graduate
Sam Dondi-Smith was nominated for a Talk Talk
Digital Hero Award 2015 for developing an app
to support people living with dementia.
Sam began his Christ Church journey in 2001
when he enrolled to study Music. After graduating
in 2004, Sam changed direction and began his
career as a Support Worker within the NHS for
dementia services.
Sam was inspired to create something that helped
to stimulate the minds of dementia patients and
enable them to build relationships with carers by
sharing personal memories.
In 2011, Sam secured a funded secondment
to train as an Occupational Therapist at the
University. It was during his studies on the
Innovation and Creativity module that Sam
conceived the idea for an app.
Created in 2015, Interactive Me is a web-
app containing a collection of meaningful
photographs, music, videos and audio clips
compiled by the patient’s relatives that help
people to reconnect with their life history.
Life history work has proven to improve mood,
and to reduce depression and anxiety for people
with dementia. Carers and relatives are able to
log into the app to update it and to stimulate
conversations about the past.
Interactive Me has been piloted by a care
home group in Kent and a growing number of
individuals are using the app with their relatives
and staff.
Sam said:
“Staff at the University have been incredibly
supportive of the project whilst I studied
and after graduation. Without this help
I would not have been able to network with
the individuals who have helped to make
Interactive Me a reality.”

02
INVESTING IN
THE FUTURE
Universities are critical to
UK economic growth and
innovation. Through teaching,
research, graduate skills
and business engagement,
we contribute extensively to
the region’s success. And we
want to continue making a
difference in the future.
In developing the University’s
Strategic Framework, we
consulted extensively to identify
future academic priorities and
how these would impact on the
life of the institution. This work
has been further informed by
additional research on how
trends and innovation might
impact on our future ambitions
beyond 2020.
Our academic vision for the
next 15 years puts us in a
strong position to respond to
the evolution in education and
to the needs of our students.
This vision to transform
our learning and teaching
environment is vested in
long-term plans to consolidate
our sites in Canterbury to
two locations: North Holmes
Campus and Augustine
House. The redevelopment of
our North Holmes Campus
aims to provide modern,
flexible accommodation to
meet our future teaching and
research needs.
We are also looking to the
future by developing our
staff, a community of talented
people vital to the success
of our organisation, whilst
ensuring we embed the
principles of sustainability
– global citizenship;
environmental stewardship;
social justice, ethics and
wellbeing – into our work.

We have a clear academic vision for the next 15 years, which is about
providing an exceptional student experience in first-class facilities.
In buying the former Canterbury Prison site in
2014, we created an opportunity to consolidate
our presence in Canterbury and realise our
academic vision for 2015-2030.
Our proposed development of the prison
site, and the wider North Holmes Campus,
is ambitious and is designed to provide
contemporary spaces for learning, teaching
and research.
Our academic vision for the next 15 years
puts an increasing focus on single honours
and Engineering, Technology and Sciences;
developing our research capability and capacity
by supporting international excellence through
library, learning resources and laboratories;
and ensuring economic growth through
increased employer engagement, providing new
opportunities and skills for students.
The development of the North Holmes Campus
will enable us to realise this academic vision.
Detailed plans will be submitted to the council in
2016, which a focus on the following principles:
• Consolidating our city centre estate into the
North Holmes Campus and Augustine House.
• Providing flexible accommodation to meet our
teaching and research needs.
• Opening up our campus to the community:
including the proposed development of a
heritage centre and the recreation of the
former Pilgrim’s Trail from St Martin’s Church.
ESTATE
MASTER PLAN
Estate Master Plan Student Hub

Estate Master Plan Abbey Square
Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University,
Professor Rama Thirunamachandran, explained:
“This is a major project which will take
10 to 15 years and cost around £150 million
but we are thinking about future generations
of staff and students who will use this
University in years to come.
“These plans are exciting and will ensure the
University continues to provide education
and facilities in the community and for
the community.“
Darcy Anderson, former Christ Church Students’ Union
President and alumna said:
“Many of the open forums we held drew a large
number of students all with varying opinions
and questions about what could be done with
the estate. It was amazing to see so many
students excited about the project and willing
to contribute to the process.
“The next few years are going to be very exciting
as the new estate slowly comes to life. At every
step of the way student consultation will be a top
priority to ensure that the future of the University
is in touch with its audience. I’m personally very
proud to have been involved in the process and
can’t wait to see the Estate Master Plan unfold.”
Estate Master Plan St Martin’s Steps

GROUNDS AND
GARDENS TEAM
RECEIVES GOLD
KENT WILDLIFE AWARD
Our Grounds and Gardens team
received a prestigious Gold
Kent Wildlife Award from the Kent
Wildlife Trust in 2014.
The idea behind the Wild About Gardens award
scheme is to encourage people and organisations
to adapt their gardens to attract as much wildlife as
possible, as well as conserving water and generally
being environmentally friendly.
University gardener Alan Crowhurst said:
“I saw the award advertised and after enquiring
whether universities could enter, two inspectors
came and spent three hours discovering our
work around the urban site. The gardens at The
Priory are now home to 60,000 bees in three
hives which help pollenate the wide variety of
fruits and perennial plants indigenous to Kent.”
The team is constantly looking for ways to
enhance the appearance of the University’s
grounds and gardens, and opportunities
for new habitats. The award was received
at a conservation open day event in
Margate and was presented by the Mayors
of Thanet and Canterbury.
Also in 2015, Canterbury entered and achieved
a Gold ‘In Bloom’ award. The University
played a significant part in this achievement,
attracting a special mention from the judges
for its contribution.
REVOLVING GREEN FUND
TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS
In early 2015, we were awarded £280,000
for projects which reduce carbon emissions.
Our Estates team was awarded the grant in the
last round of Higher Education Funding Council
for England’s Revolving Green Fund, for a series
of energy and carbon saving projects across
the University.
The £34 million fund provides recoverable grants
for small-scale energy efficiency programmes
and large-scale projects which may be retrofit,
new technology, or other projects such as
space rationalisation.
Lee Soden, Director of Facilities Management, said:
“The Estates team has been extremely successful
in obtaining funding for innovative projects which
help the University to effectively use its energy
sources through the installation of improved
technology. Rob Thrower and his Estates team
have worked closely with the national Salix
team to obtain a number of grants in excess of
£700,000 to further this important work.”

“We’re spreading the message about sustainability in a positive
way and hopefully offering people a real reference point that is
part of their daily lives on campus,” Alex said.
“We aim to show people how they can play their own important
part in sustainability over the next few years and to really start
thinking about sourcing food in different ways.”
Bioversity is the University’s
biodiversity management and
engagement programme chaired
by Professor Peter Vujakovic
from the School of Human and
Life Sciences.
Key to the success of Bioversity
and its projects, Edible Campus
and Beer, Break and Honey, has
been the hard work, knowledge
and expertise of the Grounds and
Gardens team.
With 34 allotments growing
fresh produce around campus,
the sustainability team is also
launching its first batch of beer
using campus-grown hops.
The hops grow in the tangled bank
‘hop yard’ near Old Sessions House
and are turned into bottles and
kegs of Green Chapel Canterbury
Christ Church Ale by local
company Canterbury Brewers.
Elsewhere students are researching
the most suitable yeast for use in
the brewing process for Green
Chapel. Their aim is to source it
from the North Holmes Campus,
and use the research as part of
their degree course. It’s a labour-
intensive process and vital to find
the right yeast for alcohol levels
and the quality of the brew.
AN EDIBLE CAMPUS
Sustainability Projects Officer Alex Metcalfe
is leading an Edible Campus initiative
which has earned him a nomination in
the 2015 Green Gown Awards.
Inspired by the historic Brew/
Bake House wall which borders
the Canterbury Campus, he is
working with students and staff
to build communal bread ovens
on campus for regular ‘bake and
take’ events, where dough can
be brought along to be baked.
Elsewhere on campus he is also
developing a project to produce
honey from the University’s own
beehives. Enough has already
been produced to fill small jars to
be used at special events, and a
public honey extraction event will
take place in 2016.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
TO SUPPORT LEARNING
The Framework is closely aligned to the Higher
Education Academy (HEA) UK Professional Standards
Framework which outlines the expectations of
all levels of academic work from early career to
highly experienced academic leadership in terms
of the activities, knowledge and values they
should demonstrate.
The HEA provides a way to recognise these
achievements through a corresponding set of
Fellowships at four levels: Associate, Fellow, Senior
Fellow and Principal Fellow. We are delighted to
have been given the power by the HEA to accredit
for all levels of Fellowship through our Academic
Professional Development Framework and this
year we awarded nine Fellowships and eleven
Senior Fellowships.
Academic staff, as well as professional services
staff and technicians who support learning, can
participate in the Framework and are supported to
gain the appropriate level of HEA Fellowship through
our taught programmes or through a portfolio of
evidence which they complete with personal support
from their Faculty Director of Learning and Teaching.
Our Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
is also fully aligned to the HEA Fellowships and a
new University Certificate in Academic Practice
has been introduced for sessional staff and staff
in partner institutions, so they can also attain HEA
Associate Fellowship.
In support of this work, the HEA, whose
board is chaired by our Vice-Chancellor,
supports the University by providing bespoke
development workshops.
And finally, this summer we congratulated
Dr Jonathan Barnes, Senior Lecturer in the School of
Teacher Education and Development, on becoming
our fourth National Teaching Fellow, awarded by the
HEA to outstanding teachers.
The University’s Academic Professional Development Framework
provides a wide range of opportunities for our staff to develop their skills
to ensure that our students continue to experience a high-quality education.

INVESTING IN PEOPLE
The results of our 2015 Staff Survey give the strongest indication yet that our
ongoing investment in culture, leadership and management is impacting positively
on our community of academic and professional services staff.
Our response rate of 77% was the
highest in our history and one of
the highest in the sector, according
to Capita which ran the survey on
behalf of the University.
The findings showed that:
• 85% of our staff would
recommend the University
as a good place to work.
• 90% of our staff say this
is a friendly place to work.
• 88% of our staff agree that their
manager is approachable.
• 84% of our staff agree that their
colleagues provide support that
helps them in their work.
Over the last few years the Human
Resources and Organisational
Development Department,
together with Senior Management
Team, has driven a culture,
leadership and management
programme to promote leadership
skills and strategies.
Various initiatives have sprung
out of the leadership programme,
including employee engagement
and feedback schemes across the
University. The Staff Development
team has worked directly with
teams to give managers the
confidence to address team
issues, stressing the importance
of staff engagement, listening
and responding to feedback – all
of which has contributed to the
positive Staff Survey response rate.
We have also launched our People
Strategy 2015-2020, to support
the delivery of the Strategic
Framework and build on the
Staff Survey findings. It sets out the
University’s aims and aspirations to
develop our staff and to ensure our
values live out in what we do and
how we do it.
As an Investors in People (IiP)
employer, Christ Church will also
be working towards the Gold
IiP standard, helping to improve
staff engagement and a positive
workplace for our staff.
EARLY ADOPTION OF THE LIVING WAGE
The University reinforced its commitment to ethical business
in January this year when it adopted the Living Wage.
The decision by Senior Management Team followed
a review of University pay rates and means all those
directly employed staff earning below the Living Wage
are moved to the new £7.85 minimum rate.
The Living Wage is described as the hourly rate of pay
necessary for people to meet their basic day-to-day
needs including housing, food and clothing. The rate
is calculated by the Centre for Research in Social Policy
at Loughborough University and is closely linked to
changes in the cost of these basic items. Unlike the
national minimum wage it is not legally enforceable
and is a voluntary benchmark.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Rama Thirunamachandran said:
“Every member of staff plays an important role in
the success of Christ Church and earning a Living
Wage not only demonstrates our commitment
to being a socially-responsible employer but also
our commitment to supporting our staff in line
with our values.”
We will now review our minimum rate of pay annually in light
of any national pay awards and revisions to the Living Wage.

MARKING 10 YEARS
AT MEDWAY
As the campus looks confidently to the
future with investment in new courses and
research, it was also an opportunity to
reflect on past achievements.
At the event for alumni, pioneering stem
cell surgeon Professor Anan Shetty offered
a fascinating glimpse into the future of
medicine, in a world where robotics,
techniques in minimally invasive surgery and
even operating over the internet are taking
us into previously uncharted territory.
Hellen Ward, Principal Lecturer in the Faculty
of Education, also showed us what can be
discovered from a dinosaur’s footprint in her
talk Dinosaurs, Fossils and Fun.
Over the last 10 years, our Medway Campus
has flourished. Specialising in Health and
Education, it is investing in innovative areas
of medical research, including the Institute
of Medical Sciences and Innovation Hub.
Alumni and staff reunited to celebrate our 10 year anniversary
at Medway with a special family event in July.

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INNOVATION
Universities flourish when there is a
culture of innovation and enterprise,
and a strong understanding of
the burning issues facing local
and global communities. With
our prominent links to UK and
international organisations, we are
perfectly placed to understand how
teaching and research can respond
to these challenges and provide
innovative solutions for change.

The Institute provides a facility to
support medical professionals in
the development of their clinical
and research careers and is
providing an important resource
for regional clinicians to work in
partnership with academic staff.
Professor Anan Shetty, Deputy
Director of Minimally Invasive
Surgery, and Saif Ahmed, Senior
Lecturer, are pioneering procedures
using computer-assisted robotics
and stem cells to repair joints and
broken bones.
They are collaborating on
developing machinery and
software that is so accurate it takes
any guesswork out of surgical
procedures. Each operation will
be tailor-made for the individual
patient, making recovery quicker
and long-term repair more secure.
They are also researching
techniques for minimally invasive
surgery and developing technology
for 3D bio-printers to grow
tissues and organs which will, in
the future, negate the need for
human donors.
Our new Institute of Medical
Sciences and Innovation Hub
represent a centre of excellence
for postgraduate medical
education and research, and
include specialised areas of
clinical practice within Cardiology,
Otorhinolaryngology and Minimally
Invasive Surgery related to
General Surgery, Gynaecology,
Orthopaedics and Urology, and
support ground-breaking research
in the use of stem cell technology
within clinical practice.
Professor Shetty has spent 10 years
collaborating with Professor
Seok-Jung Kim in South Korea,
developing a technique using
a patient’s own stem cells to
regrow bone, heal fractures and
prevent amputation. They have
also developed a collagen gel
which gives the signals to the cells
to regenerate.
THE FUTURE
OF MEDICINE
Our ambition to develop and support postgraduate medical education
and research has led to the creation of a new Institute of Medical Science
within the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at Medway.

NEW PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATE
CAREER IN THE NHS
As the UK introduces the relatively new profession of physician associates,
Christ Church will be the first university in the South East (outside London)
to introduce a programme to support this new career path.
The UK is facing an ageing
population that has more
complex and chronic needs
with a growing number of
interventions being offered.
This is exacerbated by a national
recruitment crisis of qualified
doctors both in general practice
and in secondary care.
One solution is the the
introduction of physician
associates. Health Secretary
Jeremy Hunt recently announced
that 1,000 physician associates
will be available to work in
general practice by September
2020 and that this would be a
cost effective way of addressing
the increasing demands on
the NHS.
In the UK there are currently
around 250 physician associates,
90% of whom are trained in
the UK. Most are working in
secondary care in fields such as
Paediatrics, Surgery and Forensic
Psychiatry, although the single
biggest hospital speciality area is
General Adult Medicine. Studies
have concluded that physician
associates have an integral part
to play in the development
and delivery of a safe, effective
health and social care workforce
in the future.
Physician Assistants have been
trained in the United States for
more than 40 years, but they
have only been in existence in
the UK since 2003.
The physician associate
programme at Christ Church
subject to validation at the
time of going to print, is a
result of a formal request
from Health Education Kent,
Surrey and Sussex to develop
a Postgraduate Diploma in
Physician Associate Studies
(PGDip in PAS).
This is a regional initiative
involving four universities
– Canterbury Christ Church
University; University of Kent;
University of Surrey; and
Brighton and Sussex Medical
School – developing the PGDip
in PAS. We are collaborating
with the University of Kent, with
courses potentially starting in
January 2016.
Up to 20 places will be offered
to students on the two-year
full-time programme, with a
requirement for a first degree
with a 2:1 or above in science.
Once qualified, the physician
associates will be working under
the supervision of a responsible
senior doctor in hospitals
and GP surgeries, diagnosing
and managing common
medical conditions.

INDUSTRY LABORATORIES
AT DISCOVERY PARK
Our School of Human and Life is opening a cutting edge
Industry Liaison Lab at Discovery Park, Sandwich.
The School will be the first tenants to move into Building 500, one of
the most iconic locations at Discovery Park and the latest to undergo a
major refurbishment.
The Industry Liaison Lab will provide the University and its students
with science facilities and access to a diverse and dynamic range of
pharmaceutical and bio-technology companies.
Dr Simon Harvey, Director of Life Sciences at Christ Church, explained:
“This lab will allow us to work directly with industry and
support their research and development needs.
“Our staff and students are already working directly with
companies at Discovery Park on research that addresses
their specific challenges. The industry liaison lab will expand
these partnerships, and also allow our undergraduates to
experience work in an industry setting and to build the skills
needed to work in the sector.
“The University is proud to support research that has
contemporary relevance to today’s society and we are
delighted to be entering into this exciting new phase for
Christ Church Life Sciences at Discovery Park.”
Discovery Park, which is based at the former Pfizer site at Sandwich, is a
leading science and technology park. A host of international companies
from the life science, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, science and
technology sectors are now based on the site.
Paul Barber, Managing Director for Discovery Park, commented:
“The opening of Canterbury Christ Church University’s new
facility at Discovery Park is fantastic news – not least for
the next generation of scientists who, we hope, will go on
to great careers here on site.
“The new laboratory is the first to open in the restored
Building 500, helping to continue the story of scientific
discovery for which this site has been famous over
the decades.”

The Life Sciences Industry Liaison Lab’s initial
working partnerships include Genea Biomedx,
a company that creates and manufactures
fertility technologies that help standardise
and automate fertility treatment in fertility
research and technology development; and
Venomtech, a British company that produces
products specifically designed to help solve
significant challenges in the discovery of new
drug treatments.
We are supporting the partnerships with Genea
and Venomtech by funding PhD students who
will work with them on specific research projects
within their area of expertise at the Discovery
Park laboratory.

Our Business School has joined a handful of
universities in the UK to invest in a state-of-the-art
Bloomberg Trading Room on its Canterbury Campus.
TRADING ON THE
STOCK MARKET
Students gain expertise and experience in using
Bloomberg Professional specialist terminals that
have been installed by the Business School.
The terminals provide Finance and Accounting
undergraduate students and Investment and
Wealth Management postgraduate students with
the same facilities that they would be expected to
use on the ‘trading floor’. The only difference is the
students will not be trading with real money.
Elissa Bayer, Senior Investment Director at Investec,
a renowned specialist bank and asset manager,
and one of the first women members of the
Stock Exchange in 1980, cut the ribbon to officially
opening the Bloomberg Room in January.
Professor Heather McLaughlin, Director of the
Business School, said:
“The Bloomberg Trading Room provides our
students with real-life experience of trading
in the financial markets, using real-world data
to simulate what it’s like to work on a trading
floor in the financial district. This will help
them develop professionally and give them
great preparation for the world of work.
“We work hard to ensure that our graduates
are equipped with right skills and experience
to enter into any area of business and the
new Bloomberg Trading Room will help us
achieve this.”

Our new Hydra Suite offers
students, staff and other
professionals the chance to take
part in immersive simulations of
‘real life’ crisis events.
This innovative system is
among the most cutting-edge
of its kind, and is used to
train practitioners in criminal
justice, government and the
emergency services.
While the Hydra system is
already in use at 85 centres
worldwide, we are the first
university to use Hydra at an
undergraduate level – giving our
students the chance to use tools
that have been used to train
professionals working in high
pressure situations.
The suite consists of a software
application used in conjunction
with a range of technology
platforms, all within our
dedicated Hydra facilities.
This technology helps us
create a safe and meaningful
environment where we can
simulate crisis decision-making.
At the start of the simulation,
small groups are formed
and assigned to work in a
‘syndicate room’.
As the scenario progresses, a
range of videos, audio clips,
and documents are sent to
participants from a central
control room, where a controller
monitors events as they unfold.
Participants then log their
thoughts and actions, recording
their decisions anonymously for
later discussion and analysis.
At the end of each session,
the University hosts plenary
discussions in which students
can review their decisions and
the impact they had.
Students in the School of Law,
Criminal Justice and Computing
will benefit from this recent
IT investment as part of
their studies.
CRISIS SIMULATION

04
PARTNERSHIPS
Christ Church has been developing
partnerships of mutual benefit
and wider significance to society
for decades. These partnerships
bring another layer of vitality and
strength to our work, providing new
opportunities for global, national
and regional connectivity.
In the last year, a new venture has
been launched with one of the oldest
educational organisations in Greece.
As part of our internationalisation
agenda, we have signed a major
partnership with Aegean Omiros
College, part of the OMIROS
Educational Group, based in Athens.

Director of International Partnerships Sue Kendall-Seatter said:
“This is a significant venture into the transnational education
market and is seen as a pathfinder for four to five additional
offshore delivery partners over the current strategic planning
period. This partnership is expected to make a significant
contribution to the University’s European recruitment ambitions,
with the potential over five years to have 600 students studying
in Greece on our validated programmes which span across
the portfolio currently offered by our four faculties. These are
students who would otherwise not come to the UK to study.”
SUPPORTING EDUCATION
AND THE ECONOMY IN GREECE
This agreement supports the
development, delivery and
quality assurance of a range of
undergraduate and postgraduate
degrees to be taught in the
Greek capital.
The decision to partner with
Aegean Omiros College is
based on common values and
a commitment to providing the
best possible local access to
professional Higher Education.
OMIROS was founded in 1946,
initially as a network of schools
specialising mainly in English
language education. Since then
OMIROS has developed into
a wider educational group,
which has trained over three
million students. Aegean Omiros
College, a Greek Ministry of
Education licensed institution, is
developing innovative educational
programmes in partnership with
European academic institutions
and awarding bodies.
Aegean Omiros College degrees are
validated, supported and quality
assured by Canterbury Christ Church
University in a range of subjects,
including: postgraduate study
in Leadership and Management
Development, Early Childhood and
Early Childhood with Special Needs,
and undergraduate study in Clinical
Speech and Language Science.
Study is entirely in Greek.
The college’s campuses are in
the centre of Athens in new, fully
renovated buildings with state-
of-the-art computer laboratories
and classrooms; sound and TV
studios; video suites; Physiotherapy,
Psychometric, Speech and
Language Therapy and Early
Childhood Education laboratories
as well as in-house clinics.
It is hoped that by offering high
quality, local and affordable
education the partnership
will also support employment
opportunities in the Greek public
and private sectors.

CANTERBURY INTERNATIONAL
PATHWAY COLLEGE
The college is the result of
a partnership between our
University and the Oxford
International Education Group
(OIEG), a fast-growing company
with extensive experience in
providing academic preparation,
English language tuition
and educational tours for
international students.
It is OIEG’s second UK
university collaboration –
Leicester International Pathway
College (LIPC) opened in
2014 in collaboration with
De Montfort University.
The college will facilitate
progression routes for
international students onto
degree courses at Christ Church.
The college provides international
students with a mix of English
language preparation and
academic content.
OIEG has extensive worldwide
networks to promote CIPC
to prospective international
students, who will benefit from a
range of courses in Business, and
Media, Art and Design.
A new Canterbury International Pathway College (CIPC)
was established this year, based in the refurbished
Governor’s House by the former Canterbury Prison.

UK INSTITUTE FOR MIGRATION RESEARCH
A national migration research institute was created this year as a result of a
unique partnership between Christ Church and the UK charity Migrant Help.
The UK Institute for Migration
Research (UK-IMR) aims to
provide independent, credible
and evidence-based research to
support policy makers.
Migrant Help has been providing
services to migrant and refugee
communities across the UK for
more than 50 years, working with
asylum claimants and refugees,
victims of modern day slavery,
EU nationals, foreign national
prisoners and detainees.
The University is working in
partnership with Migrant Help to
translate academic and research
expertise into policy and programme
outcomes to help transform
individuals, communities, society and
the economy for the better.
CEO of Migrant Help, Rob McCrea,
identified the need for credible
research that reflects migration
trends and worked in conjunction
with a migrant sector specialist.
The Institute’s main research focus
areas are migration and local
governance, asylum in the UK and
modern day slavery – including
human trafficking. For more
information visit www.uk-imr.ac.uk
Rob McCrea said:
“We are very happy that we were able to form a strong
partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University to
create a perfect link between the real-time facts provided
by our charity and the scholarship practice of the University.
Migrant Help is very excited to be at the forefront of this
pioneering research approach.”
The Director of UK-IMR, Dr Joseph Costanzo, added:
“It is our intention to ensure that the public, service providers
and government officials alike are well-equipped with
relevant, current and quality information about migration to
inform their opinions and decisions. The UK-IMR is the link
between the ideas of migration scholars and the expertise
and needs of frontline decision-makers.”

The Postgraduate Certificate in
Collaborative Transformation
has been designed to equip
programme and project managers
with the skills and tools they need
to drive forward collaborative
transformation projects and make
significant savings.
The six-month programme has
been developed by the University
in conjunction with Shared
Services Architecture and will be
delivered nationally in partnership
with CIPFA.
Dr Wim van Vuuren,
Programme Director in our
Business School, said:
“Many politicians, senior
leaders and managers
are thrust into leading
major transformation
programmes without
sufficient training, putting
both their organisation and
their personal credibility
at risk. This programme
is key to implementing
successful projects as
well as providing valuable
professional development.”
The new qualification was
launched in July by CIPFA’s Chief
Executive, Rob Whiteman and
Cllr Gary Porter, Chairman of the
Local Government Association.
Cllr Porter was one of the first
of over 100 students to gain the
Postgraduate Certificate in Shared
Services, the forerunner of the
new qualification. He said:
“Devolution and integration
of public services is central
to the LGA’s proposals for
managing public spending,
so it’s vital we equip our
people to lead successful
transformation projects.
As a former student, I know
how valuable this new
qualification will be across
the public sector.”
Rob Whiteman added:
“As central government
continues to bear down on
budgets, the public sector
will need to increasingly
collaborate across multiple
areas and projects to ensure
the best use of taxpayers’
money to deliver high-quality
services. The public sector
needs the best people to
make this transformation
happen which is why we’re
supporting this important
new qualification.”
HELPING PUBLIC SERVICES
TRANSFORM
The Local Government Association (LGA) and the
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
(CIPFA) this year joined forces with us to launch a
new qualification for public sector managers leading
partnership and collaboration projects.
Dr Wim van Vuuren

As Partner and Principal Sponsor of
Canterbury Festival, we have a firm
and major commitment to supporting
arts and culture in the region. This
new partnership with the Creative
Foundation aims to further support
local community access to the arts.
Our organisations will work together
in a creative partnership starting with
the Folkestone Book Festival. The
annual 10-day event, taking place in
November 2015, invites the public to
listen to stories shared by the line-up of
writers, join in discussions and debates,
and attend creative workshops.
Our academics will host writing clinics,
a series of 20 minute one-off sessions
to discuss and critique poems or
book chapters written by members of
the public.
Director of Arts and Culture at Canterbury Christ Church
University Sally Abbott said:
“This is a new and important step forward in creating an
artistically-led research and commissioning partnership
between two significant ‘thinking and creative’
organisations in the South East.
“It allows the Creative Foundation access to our huge
reserve of untapped talent, academia and ideas, and
gives the University an opportunity to reach out to new
audiences, illustrating the commitment we have to arts
and culture in the region, nationally and internationally.”
Chief Executive of the Creative Foundation, Alastair Upton, said:
“Festivals are made not by a collection of singular events
but by accumulated shared experiences. This happens via
collaboration amongst the audience and the many people
who give vision, ideas, finances, along with their time and
the many talks. I’m very pleased that we have linked with
Canterbury Christ Church University who are now our
creative partner, understanding, as they do, that books,
ideas and debates come from stories that must be created.”
A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP
We have joined forces with the visionary
arts charity the Creative Foundation
to further support arts and culture in Kent.
Folkestone’s Quarterhouse, run by the Creative Foundation

Four new partner colleges in
London have joined us, extending
the number of Post Compulsory
Diploma in Education and
Training /PGCE partnerships to 23
this September.
They are: Uxbridge College;
West Thames College; Ealing,
Hammersmith and West London
College; and Newham College.
Christ Church offers professional
development for staff with
teaching responsibilities in the
Further Education and Skills
sectors, with 75% of the two-year
part-time course delivered in the
college by college staff and 25%
by University staff, with a very
successful link tutoring process.
The programme aims to develop
the knowledge, skills and
understanding of teachers in
the sector which includes those
who teach in Further Education
Colleges, Adult and Community
Learning, and 14-19 units in
schools and academies, private
training organisations and public
services such as the Police,
Paramedics and Fire Service
trainers.
The 2014 Ofsted inspection of Initial
Teacher Education assessed these
programmes as ‘Outstanding’.
External examiner Rebecca Hodgson commented:
“As ever, I am hugely impressed with the excellent
support provided by link tutors and setting tutors to the
student experience – the dedication and level of care is
highly commendable. It is an excellent example of true
partnership working. It also enables the programme to
stay confidently rooted in the sector, informed by it and
responsive to it.”
EXPANDING EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS
WITH COLLEGES
Partnerships with Further Education colleges providing
professional training for teaching staff have expanded this year.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL
EXCAVATIONS
Archaeology students at Christ Church are getting hands-on
experience of excavation at a Roman archaeological site
thanks to a new partnership with Culver Archaeological Project.
Students on the Combined Honours Archaeology programme undertake fully-
funded field placements in their final two years.
Thanks to the partnership, 19 students in 2014/15 spent four weeks learning in
the field at Culver Bridge Farm in Sussex, the site of a newly-discovered Roman
town. Finds from this year’s excavations included a number of Roman coins and
high status imported pottery.
Dr Andy Seaman, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, said:
“It’s a proud moment when we visit the students on site and see
them putting the skills we teach them in the lecture theatre into
practice in the field. They’re working closely with professional
archaeologists and are given a chance to really excel.”
The placements provide training in key archaeological fieldwork methods,
including excavation, on-site recording techniques, survey and geophysics, finds
processing and environmental sampling. Students have also participated in
archaeological research projects in Kent, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Yorkshire
and as far afield as Crete.

Our research is continually pushing boundaries
with new discoveries and ideas for a sustainable,
just society. Innovative projects and partnerships
are coming up with solutions to local and global
challenges, from education, migration and politics,
to patient-centred care, childcare and improving
the nation’s health and wellbeing through the arts.
We are proud of our research profile and will
continue to look for new opportunities to make a
positive impact on the lives of others.
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RESEARCH
WITH IMPACT

GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH
Nearly 90% of research submitted to the 2014 Research
Excellence Framework (REF) has been recognised as world-leading,
internationally excellent or internationally recognised.
The REF assesses the quality and impact of UK
Higher Education research across a wide range
of disciplines every six years.
In the two subject areas of Sport and Exercise
Sciences, Leisure and Tourism, and Music,
Drama, Dance and Performing Arts, over 15%
of research work submitted achieved world-
leading classification.
Vice-Chancellor of Canterbury
Christ Church University, Professor
Rama Thirunamachandran, said:
Our success in the REF also put us in England’s top
five universities for 2015-16 increases in quality
research funding, according to the Times Higher
Education (March 2015).
“This is wonderful news for the University,
our staff and our students, whose
outstanding research and hard work has
achieved these excellent results.
“We have improved our position across all
disciplines where research was submitted,
as well as having increased the number of
staff who submitted entries to the REF by
over 90% across a wider range of disciplines.
Our research is critical in informing our
courses and ensuring they are attractive and
relevant to our students as well as enriching
our teaching to result in a high quality
educational experience.
“We are proud to say that research at
Canterbury Christ Church University is
ground-breaking, inclusive and making a
real difference to everyday challenges that
face our local and world communities.”

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL’S
MAGNA CARTA
REDISCOVERED
Eight centuries after it was sealed by King John at
Runnymede, one of the four surviving copies of the
original 1215 Magna Carta was identified as
the charter that was issued to Canterbury Cathedral.
The remarkable discovery earlier this year unveiled in a
new book Magna Carta by Professor David Carpenter,
reinforces the role Canterbury and Archbishop
Stephen Langton had in one of the most famous and
revolutionary documents in our history.
The discovery came just as the city prepared to
celebrate the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta,
highlighting the special and pivotal role Canterbury
played in this turning point in British history.

Professor Louise Wilkinson of Canterbury Christ Church University,
one of the Co-Investigators of the Magna Carta Project with
Professor David Carpenter of King’s College London, said:
“This is an amazing discovery by Professor David
Carpenter. Only four copies, from the 13 known to have
been issued in 1215, remain in the world today: one is
held by Lincoln Cathedral, another by Salisbury Cathedral
and two are in the Cotton Collection at the British Library.
It is one of these two in the Cotton Collection that has
been identified as Canterbury Cathedral’s Magna Carta.
“Canterbury has a unique connection to Magna Carta.
The Archbishop of Canterbury at the time, Stephen
Langton, was the central figure and lead negotiator
between the King and barons during the meetings
at Runnymede in 1215. He was probably involved in
drafting the Charter which, for the first time in history,
placed limitations upon the King, making him subject
to the law, and protected the rights of freemen to
justice and fair trials.”
To mark the anniversary in June,
Canterbury City Council, The Beaney
House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury
Christ Church University and Canterbury
Cathedral Archives joined with Visit Kent
to host a series of public events and
exhibitions across the city, as part of the
Kent-wide Magna Carta Rediscovered
summer touring exhibition.
Christ Church has been heavily involved in
Magna Carta research. Professor Wilkinson
is a co-director of the Arts and Humanities
Research Council-funded Henry III Fine
Rolls Project (a collaborative project
with King’s College London and The
National Archives of the United Kingdom)
and of the AHRC-funded Magna Carta
Project (a collaborative project with the
University of East Anglia, King’s College
London, All Souls College, Oxford, and
The British Library).
PRIME MINISTER ACCOUNTABILITY
Dr Mark Bennister, Senior Lecturer in Politics, this year won Nuffield Foundation Trust funding
for a one-year research project examining prime ministerial accountability to Parliament.
The project, which began in June
2015, is in collaboration with the
University of Southampton and
the University of Canberra. It will
examine the evidence sessions
held by the House of Commons
Liaison Committee with the Prime
Minister, to analyse the scrutiny
and accountability potential of
these sessions.
While Prime Minister’s Question
Time gets a lot of media attention,
few are aware of these more low
profile accountability sessions
through which the Prime Minister
is asked very detailed questions
about the Government’s
policies and decisions. The
research will seek to highlight
this little understood area of
parliamentary work.
The team will work closely
with the parliamentary clerks
and MPs involved in these
evidence sessions to analyse their
accountability contribution and
to provide recommendations on
how this form of scrutiny might
be improved. The project also
involves national and international
comparative work to find similar
examples of prime ministerial
accountability in other political
systems and to learn from them.
This exciting piece of research
is positioned to make a
significant contribution to the
understanding of both the limits
and the possibilities of democratic
accountability mechanisms.
The team will be led by
Dr Bennister as Principal
Investigator, and will be supported
by the Nuffield Trust Open Door
scheme which funds projects
that scrutinise the constitution
and legislative process in order to
identify opportunities for reform.

The findings of the international research
project designed to target the late testing
and diagnosis of HIV in Kent, Medway and
Picardy in northern France showed positive
outcomes in each of the areas compared to
baseline data collected in the same period
in the previous year.
The number of HIV tests undertaken by
NHS laboratories in a five-month period
increased by 7.8% in Kent and Medway
from 24,874 tests to 26,821 tests.
Percentage increases varied from 4.4% for
the wide area covered by Kent Community
Health Foundation Trust to 13.9% for
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust,
with Medway Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust showing an increase of 7.6%.
The increase in the number of tests was
attributed to a strategy of primetime
discussion programmes and broadcasts
on local radio and television stations
highlighting the benefits of early HIV testing,
and use of designated Facebook and Twitter
accounts alerting people to local testing and
screening opportunities in their area.
Dr Stephen O’Connor, Reader in the School
of Nursing at Canterbury Christ Church
University, said:
“Around half of all patients diagnosed
HIV positive in Kent and Medway are
diagnosed at a late stage. If someone is
diagnosed a long time after they have
been infected with HIV, it is more likely
that the virus will have already seriously
damaged their immune system.
“Late diagnosis is one of the biggest
contributing factors to illness and death
for people with HIV. Early diagnosis is
important so people can start treatment
if they need to, look after their own
health and take steps to ensure they
don’t pass the virus on.”
INTERNATIONAL HIV RESEARCH PROJECT
INCREASES TESTING
A study published by Christ Church
shows that targeted public health,
social media and educational
interventions increase the number and
timeliness of HIV tests in those at
risk of infection in Kent and Medway.

In the world’s first randomised controlled
trial on community singing and health,
research looked at the effectiveness and
cost effectiveness of community singing on
the health and wellbeing of older people.
The research was funded by the National
Institute for Health Research and conducted
by the Research Centre for Arts and Health at
Canterbury Christ Church University, Centre for
Health Service Studies at the University of Kent
and the former primary care trusts.
Professor Stephen Clift, Director of the Sidney
De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health and
Chief Investigator for the project, explained:
“Over the years we have conducted research
at the Centre looking at the impact singing
can have on specific clinical conditions,
but there has been little rigorous research
looking at the value of community singing
on mental health related to quality of life of
older people.
“Our research has shown that group singing
can have a significant positive effect on
mental health and quality of life, including
reducing anxiety, depression and the feeling
of loneliness and isolation experienced by so
many older people, which can have a serious
effect upon their wellbeing.”
Dr John Rodriguez, who was Assistant Director of
Public Health for Eastern and Coastal Kent at the
time of the research, is also an author of the report.
He commented:
“We know now that group singing gives a clear
overall pattern of measurably better mental
health, less anxiety, less depression and better
quality of life.”
As the population ages, caring for older people will put a greater demand
on the country’s health and social care budget. Research published in the British
Journal of Psychiatry earlier this year shows how community singing can have a
positive impact on the mental health and quality of life of older people for little cost,
and should be considered an important element in any public mental health strategy.
SINGING IMPROVES
WELLBEING

Working with The Dreamland
Trust, three of the University’s
Media, Art and Design academics
have worked on a number of
projects to document and restore
critical artefacts related to The
Dreamland Amusement Park.
Dr Alan Meades is Programme
Director for Graphic Design at the
University and has a particular
research interest in videogames,
misrule and play cultures.
Through visits to the ruins of the
Dreamland site pre-restoration,
he has rediscovered, archived
and restored the only known
functional example of one of the
rarest arcade games in the world.
Rob Ball, Senior Lecturer
in Photography, and Karen
Shepherdson, Reader in
Photography, based at our
Broadstairs Campus, have
also been involved in the
Dreamland project.
Rob Ball has been visiting the site
over the past year as part of a
photographic research project,
Dreamlands, recording the
dereliction, reconstruction and
resurrection of the amusement park.
Dreamlands is a body of tintypes
that attempts to engage with the
history of the amusement park
and develop some form of physical
connection to the space in which it
stands. Rob Ball’s work exhibited at
the Photographers’ Gallery, London,
over the summer.
Rob Ball said:
“I have childhood memories of going to Dreamland as a boy
and noting its decline and state of disrepair even then.
“Our image of Margate is one of repair rather than renaissance,
something that was broken and slowly being put back together
again. This, I think, is echoed in my own work, where cracks,
dust, the materiality and vulnerability of each plate are tangible.”
ACADEMICS CONTRIBUTE
TO RESTORED
DREAMLAND PARK
In the lead up to the summer re-opening of Dreamland in Margate,
our academics have undertaken research that recognises the
cultural significance of seaside holidays and amusement parks.
Dr Karen Shepherdson has
worked with The Dreamland Trust
to create an impressive archive of
historic photographs taken at the
amusement park in the 1900s.
Dr Shepherdson’s research
focuses on archiving photographs
that were taken by commercial
seaside photographers
throughout the last century,
digitising them to prevent them
being lost forever.

SEAS Photography, the South East Archive of Seaside
Photography at Canterbury Christ Church University,
gained Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
funding to create a virtual online exhibition of prototype
seaside holiday photographs.
The virtual exhibition, which is available on
the AHRC’s website, is part of the South East
Archive of Seaside Photography which has been
collecting and archiving seaside photography
since 2012. It will provide an engaging insight
into commercial seaside photographic practice
from 1850-1915, showing the British seaside
through the lens of the beach photographer.
To look at the project in more detail and view
some of the many archived images, visit the
SEAS photography website:
www.seasphotography.org.uk
Dr Karen Shepherdson, Reader in
Photography at the University and Director of
SEAS Photography, said:
“The early beach photographer was
perceived as a vulgar salesman and
a pest and for this reason the work
they produced has been artistically
dismissed and seen as cheap, throw-away
seaside memorabilia.
“The exhibition provides an opportunity
to reconsider previous aesthetic,
technical and cultural disregard in
viewing these arguably beautiful ‘while-
you-wait’ tintypes and ambrotypes.”
NATIONAL FUNDING
FOR VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
OF SEASIDE PHOTOGRAPHY

DRAMA HELPS CHILDREN WITH
SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
Acclaimed actor and director, Mark Rylance, has given his support to
Speech Bubbles, a national programme devised by London Bubble Theatre
Company for children who need support with their communication.
Each week, small groups of children in schools
across London and Greater Manchester take
part in weekly practical drama sessions, telling
stories and acting them out together.
Evidence indicates that these children face
lifelong disadvantages if not supported to help
improve these crucial communication skills.
New research by Dr Jonathan Barnes, Senior
Lecturer in Education and National Teaching
Fellow, has identified significant benefits for the
children who take part. Over a six-month period
he measured the impact of the Speech Bubbles
programme on engagement of children and
their learning.
He found that there were improvements in
speaking, language, listening and general
communication for 70% to 80% of the
children taking part. Improvements in the
children’s confidence, communication and
friendships were also identified. It was also
noted that these improvements positively
affected the children’s engagement with all
aspects of school.
Dr Barnes said:
“We know from many studies that poor
communication in early life is connected with
poor educational and social outcomes, both
within education and in life. This project has
shown how the emotional, personal and
deeply creative aspects of theatre-making
not only engage children but give them
confidence to speak out and really want to
participate in school.
“As a result of Speech Bubbles’ success,
I recommend that theatre practitioners
continue Speech Bubbles interventions in more
schools and across the country. It is important
that drama practitioners lead such programmes
and that schools and authorities recognise the
motivating power of creative activity.”
Mark Rylance recently revealed how he didn’t speak
until he was six years old, and that it was by acting
and playing with other people he found his voice.

NATIONAL FUNDING FOR
ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY RESEARCH
A School of Humanities Professor at Christ Church has been awarded
British Academy funding to conduct a membership survey of the
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) in Northern Ireland.
The research by Professor Thomas
Hennessey follows on from
his role as a Co-Investigator
for a Leverhulme Trust funded
project ‘A Membership Survey
of the Democratic Unionist Party
(DUP) in Northern Ireland’. Both
projects are in collaboration
with colleagues at Huddersfield,
Liverpool and Ulster universities.
In 2013, Professor Hennessey
and other members of the DUP
project team presented initial
findings from the Membership
Survey to the Rt Hon Peter
Robinson MLA, the First Minister
of Northern Ireland, as well as
the Minister of Finance and the
Minister for Enterprise, Trade
and Investment.
According to the First Minister,
the survey results were
“pioneering”, providing a clear
example of academic research
making a difference in terms
of influencing and shaping
political action.
Professor Hennessey’s involvement
in Northern Irish research dates
back to the late 1990s when he
was a member of the UUP Talks
Team and Special Advisor to David
Trimble during the negotiation of
the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
EU FUNDING LAUNCHES
CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES
As the country debates its future within
Europe, understanding the role and
influence of the European Union is now
more vital than ever.
The University has been awarded three years’
funding from the European Union’s Life Long
Learning Programme in order to create its own
Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence.
Designed to support teaching on Europe within
the University, as well as training for external
bodies and outreach to schools, the new Jean
Monnet Centre of Excellence, known as CEFEUS:
The Centre for European Studies, will build on the
internationally-respected Jean Monnet awards
granted to the University in 2014, which established
two undergraduate modules and a Chair within the
School of Politics and International Relations.
CEFEUS is offering a range of teaching activities
designed to foster insights, analysis and discussion
about Europe.
Dr Amelia Hadfield, Reader in European Foreign Affairs,
Jean Monnet Chair and Director of CEFEUS, said:
“I am delighted that the University has been awarded
funding to establish CEFEUS. It indicates the ongoing
excellence in teaching and learning opportunities
here at the University in all areas of European studies.
“CEFEUS will now allow us to deepen the quality of
our research-led teaching, including a new Masters
degree and scholarships in European Politics, a
high-profile CEFEUS annual speaker series, training
opportunities for those within and beyond the
University, a range of internships to promote
research, as well as annual ‘Jean Monnet Junior’
days for school students. All of these activities have
been designed to connect meaningfully with our
University, Canterbury, Kent and beyond.”
The new MSc in European Politics will be available from
September 2016, with two annual scholarships available to
offset tuition fees, as well as a CEFEUS-specific studentship.

This Annual Report is a celebration of University
achievements but, more importantly, it celebrates
the people that make this institution stand out.
06
PEOPLE

BRONZE IN THE PARA-TRIATHLON BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS
The National Teaching Fellowships
recognise and reward excellence
in Higher Education teaching
and learning.
With over 20 years’ of teaching
experience in all sectors of
education, Jonathan has taught
geography, art, music, English
and history in primary and
secondary schools in England,
Germany, south Asia and
east Africa.
Jonathan’s personal interests in
music, art, ceramics, drama and
creative writing, as well as history
and geography, have resulted
in many publications on cross-
curricular and creative learning.
He writes regularly for the journal
Improving Schools and has
presented annually at The British
Education Research Association
annual conference.
This year, 55 National Teaching
Fellowships were awarded
to academics and learning
enhancement specialists from
a diverse range of disciplines,
who work to develop innovative
approaches to learning
and teaching.
The scheme is funded by the
Higher Education Funding Council
for England, the Higher Education
Funding Council for Wales, and
the Department for Employment
and Learning in Northern Ireland,
and is open to staff whose
teaching or support roles enhance
the student learning experience at
institutions in England, Northern
Ireland and Wales.
Jonathan said:
“I feel very humbled by the
award, being highly conscious
that any excellence I can show
is released only because of the
friendship and encouragement
I have received from colleagues
and students at Christ Church
and before. I want to use this
honour to resource research
on the idea that a school ethos
of inclusion, creativity and joy
generates the fulfilment that
makes personal and community
progress possible.”
NATIONAL TEACHING FELLOWSHIP
Dr Jonathan Barnes, Senior Lecturer in the School of Teacher
Education and Development, has been awarded a National
Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy.
Having never raced in a triathlon before, but with extensive
cycling experience, Kristy competed in the sprint distance event of
750m open water swimming, followed by a 20km bike race and a
5km run, crossing the line in third place.
Kristy said:
“The swim was held in the Llanelli docks, Wales, in what
felt like the coldest and darkest docks in the world. Even
through a wetsuit it was freezing. The cycle was in very windy
conditions with 25mph gusts, which made going round the
roundabouts interesting.
“There were also ‘dead-end’ turns, where you had to cycle to
the end of a road and then turn round a cone and continue
on. The course was designed like this as it’s believed next year’s
Rio Olympics course will be very similar. The run was then
undertaken along the picturesque beach front to the finish.”
With only 21 days’ notice, Dr Kristy Howells, Director of Physical Education in the Faculty of
Education, achieved a Bronze medal position in the Para-triathlon British Championships.

CHAIR OF THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
COUNCIL OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Professor Trevor Cooling, Director of the National Institute
for Christian Education Research in the Faculty of Education,
has been elected Chair of the Religious Education Council
of England and Wales (REC).
The REC is an umbrella charity whose
member organisations represent those
who are professionally involved in
Religious Education (RE) as a subject –
such as teachers, advisors and lecturers
– and religious and non-religious
organisations including the Church of
England, The British Humanist Association
and The Hindu Council.
The REC seeks to promote the teaching
of high quality RE and negotiates with
the government on matters such as GCSE
criteria and the English Baccalaureate.
Trevor said:
“I am delighted to have been
elected as Chair of the REC.
The REC is a marvellous example
of a coalition organisation
where people of fundamentally
different views work together in
the pursuit of a shared passion,
namely Religious Education
in schools.”
Professor of Early Modern History Jackie Eales has been
awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Historical Association.
Jackie, who is former
President of the Historical
Association, was awarded
the Fellowship for her
outstanding contribution to
history and history education,
as well as providing
expertise and guidance to
the Association for over
three years.
After studying at the
University of London,
where she also then went
on to teach, Jackie joined
the Historical Association
in 1976 as a postgraduate
student. She also became a
Fellow of the Royal Historical
Society and joined to teach
at Canterbury Christ Church
University in 1993.
Jackie has published widely
on women’s history in
the early modern period,
including Women in Tudor
and Stuart England, and a
monograph on the civil war
puritan heroine, Brilliana
Harley. In addition, she has
acted as an advisory editor
to the Oxford Dictionary of
National Biography.
Jackie said:
“I am thrilled to receive this award
from the Historical Association, which
is the key organisation promoting
History in the UK, and to be joining
previous Honorary Fellows who
include Professor David Cannadine,
Bettany Hughes, and Lucy Worsley.”
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
HONORARY FELLOWSHIP
FOR UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

Professor Thirunamachandran succeeded
Professor Don Nutbeam, Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Southampton, who retired.
The HEA is the professional body for academic
staff in universities and is globally recognised for
inspiring excellent teaching as an essential driver
of student success.
Professor Thirunamachandran, said:
“It’s a great privilege and honour to be
appointed as Chair of the HEA Board.
“The HEA’s business is about teaching
quality, and this is high on the agenda
across the sector and in governments
in the UK and internationally, and it’s
something about which I am passionate.
The HEA is in an enormously strong
position to use its networks of best
practice and its custodianship of the UK
Professional Standards Framework to
help to make a real difference to student
outcomes through teaching quality.
“The HEA has a central role to play in
supporting the HE sector and I am
confident its services will support
institutions and individuals in their focus
on student outcomes.”
Professor Stephanie Marshall, Chief Executive of
the HEA, said:
“Rama takes over at an exciting time for the
HEA, particularly with teaching quality so
integral to improving the overall student
experience, and we are very much looking
forward to working with his and the
Board’s guidance.”
Professor Thirunamachandran has been a
member of the HEA Board since 2010.
VICE-CHANCELLOR
APPOINTED CHAIR OF
THE HIGHER EDUCATION
ACADEMY BOARD
Professor Rama Thirunamachandran this
year became the new Chair of the Higher
Education Academy Board (HEA).

Professor Piotrowski retired
from the University in 2014
after 32 years. She joined
in 1982 as a lecturer in
Educational Studies, Sport
Science and Professional
Education and was appointed
to the Senior Management
Team in 2000 as Assistant
Principal (Academic),
becoming Pro Vice-Chancellor
(Academic) in 2005, until
her retirement.
Professor Piotrowski said:
“The award of the OBE is absolutely
amazing. I still can’t believe it. It is
such a tremendous honour to be
recognised in this way for services
to Higher Education. I am thrilled.
I spent most of my working life at
Canterbury Christ Church University
and I am grateful to the University
for the wonderful opportunities
it provided to work within the
immensely rewarding field of
Higher Education – both within the
University and nationally.”
OBE FOR FORMER
PRO VICE-CHANCELLOR
Emeritus Professor Sue Piotrowski was awarded an OBE in the
Queen’s birthday honours list for services to Higher Education.
PROFESSOR AWARDED MBE
FOR SERVICE TO ATHLETES WITH
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
Professor Jan Burns received an MBE for her work in enabling athletes
with intellectual disabilities to compete once again in the Paralympics.
Jan, Head of the School of
Psychology, Politics and Sociology,
led a team of academics through
extensive research to develop a
robust new classification system
to allow athletes with intellectual
disabilities to compete in the
London 2012 Paralympics.
This was the first time this
group of athletes was allowed
to compete on the international
stage at the Paralympics since
the disqualification of the
Spanish basketball team at the
Sydney Games.
More recently, Jan has returned
from Cameroon after presenting
a workshop aimed at developing
Paralympic sport for intellectually
disabled athletes in the African
nations. Invited by the Cameroon
Federation of Sports for Athletes
with Intellectual Deficits, the
workshop focused on the
promotion and development of
an infrastructure in the region to
redress the lack of inclusion of
athletes with intellectual disabilities
in the Paralympic movement.

The following people received Honorary Doctorates from the University in 2014/2015:
HONORARY DOCTORS
2014/2015
Dame Ruth Carnall DBE
Former Chief Executive of NHS London with extensive experience
of performance improvement and strategic change
Peter Firmin
Co-creator of children’s animations The Clangers and Bagpuss
Gillian Wolfe CBE
Former Director of Learning and Public Affairs at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Rt Hon Sir John Mummery DL
A Deputy Lieutenant of Kent and a former Lord Justice of Appeal
Edmund de Waal OBE
A leading ceramic artist, exhibiting at galleries and museums around the world
Lizzy Yarnold MBE
World Cup Skeleton champion and Olympic Gold winner

NEW PROFESSORS,
PRINCIPAL LECTURERS AND READERS
PROFESSORS:
Professor Kathy Goouch
Research Centre for Children, Families and Communities
Professor Eleni Hatzidimitriadou
School of Public Health, Midwifery and Social Work
Professor Heather McLaughlin
Canterbury Christ Church University Business School
Professor Carolyn Oulton
School of Humanities
Professor Hazel Reid
School of Childhood and Education Sciences
Professor Matt Wright
School of Music and Performing Arts
PRINCIPAL LECTURERS:
Gill Dolbear
School of Allied Health Professions
Dr Peter Gregory
School of Teacher Education and Development
Dr Kene Igweonu
Dr Julie MacInnes
School of Nursing
Dr Angela Pickard
READERS:
Dr Jim Butcher
School of Human and Life Sciences
Dr Maria Diemling
School of Humanities
Dr Amelia Hadfield
School of Psychology, Politics and Sociology
Dr Eve Hutton
School of Allied Health Professions
Dr Soeren Keil
School of Psychology, Politics and Sociology
Dr Alexander Kent
Dr Karen Shepherdson
School of Media, Art and Design
Dr Kate Woolf-May

GOVERNING BODY
OFFICERS OF CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY
Mr Stephen Clark – Pro-Chancellor
and Chair of the Governing Body
Rt Revd Trevor Willmott
– Deputy Pro-Chancellor
– Vice-Chancellor and Principal
Mr Christopher Calcutt
Mr Colin Carmichael
Mr Cedric Frederick
Sir Ian Johnston
Mr Frank Martin
Ms Ruth Martin
Ms Meradin Peachey
Mr Quentin Roper
Mrs Janice Shiner
Dame Janet Trotter
(until 31 July 2015)
Ms Deborah Upton
Ms Claire Alfrey – Staff Governor
– Academic Board
Dr Richard Henson – Staff Governor
– Teaching staff
Dr Gill Perkins – Staff Governor
– Professional Services staff
Miss Darcy Anderson – Student
Governor (until 30 June 2015)
Chancellor
The Most Reverend and Right Honourable the
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby
Vice-Chancellor and Principal
Pro-Chancellor and Chair of the Governing Body
Mr Stephen Clark
Deputy Pro-Chancellor
Rt Revd Trevor Willmott
Pro Vice-Chancellor
(Education and Student Experience)
Professor Helen James
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Resources)
Mr Andrew Ironside
Pro Vice-Chancellor
(Research and Knowledge Exchange)
Professor Tony Lavender
Deans of Faculty
Dr Keith McLay – Dean of the Faculty of
Arts and Humanities
Dr John Moss – Dean of the Faculty of Education
Ms Debra Teasdale – Dean of the Faculty of
Health and Wellbeing
Professor Callum Firth – Social and Applied Sciences
Director of Human Resources
and Organisational Development
Ms Pauline Farrell
Director of Marketing and Communications
Mr Marco Keir
Director of Finance
Mr David Leah
General Counsel
GOVERNORS AND OFFICERS
IN POST 2014/2015

ACCOUNTS AND STATISTICS
CONSOLIDATED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
For the year ending 31 July 2015
The above is extracted from the University’s Annual Report and Accounts
which is subject to formal approval by the Governing Body on 24 November 2015.
2015 2014
£000 £000
INCOME
Funding body grants 8,618 16,123
Tuition fees and education contracts 97,126 87,316
Research grants and contracts 1,309 1,308
Other operating income 19,112 17,340
Endowment income and interest receivable 221 120
Total income . 126,386 122,207
EXPENDITURE
Staff costs - restructuring costs 757
- other staff costs 66,834 64,741
Other operating expenses 43,786 42,164
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 7,758 7,544
Interest payable and other finance costs 819 1,573
Total expenditure . 119,954 116,022
Surplus for the year after depreciation of tangible
fixed assets at cost and before taxation
6,432 6,185
Taxation ) - -
Surplus for the year after depreciation of tangible
fixed assets at cost and taxation
6,432 6,185
Exceptional item:
Net gain/(loss) on disposal of tangible fixed assets ) - (318)
Surplus for the year after depreciation of tangible fixed
assets at cost, disposal of tangible fixed assets and taxation
6,432 5,867
Surplus for the year transferred to / from
accumulated income in endowment funds
13 10
Surplus for the year retained
within general reserves
6,445 5,877

GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN
full-time % part-time % total % total
England (Kent) 5,330 31.4 3,462 20.4 8,792 51.8
England (other) 5,340 31.5 1,681 9.9 7,021 41.4
Wales 58 0.3 7 0 65 0.4
Scotland 18 0.1 32 0.2 50 0.3
N Ireland 43 0.3 42 0.2 85 0.5
CI IoM 9 0.1 23 0.1 32 0.2
Other EU 563 3.3 82 0.5 645 3.8
Non EU 149 0.9 112 0.7 261 1.5
Other Europe 19 0.1 5 0 24 0.1
Unknown 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 11,529 67.9 5,447 32.1 16,976 100
AGE
full-time % part-time % total % total
Under 18 18 0.1 0 0 18 0.1
18-20 5,868 34.6 180 1.1 6,048 35.6
21-24 2,766 16.3 451 2.7 3,217 19
25-29 1,064 6.3 842 5 1,906 11.2
30+ 1,813 10.7 3,974 23.4 5,787 34.1
Total 11,529 67.91 5,447 32.09 16,976 100
OUR STUDENTS
Based on HESA academic year 2014/15
OUR STAFF
All staff are employed by Canterbury Christ Church University. The average monthly number of persons
(including senior post holders) employed during the year, expressed as full-time equivalents, was:
Teaching
Departments
Teaching
Support Services
Admin
Central Services
Premises Total
610 225 636 35 1,506
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
No.students %
Full-time 11,529 67.9
Part-time 5,447 32.1
. 16,976 100
Subject areas %
Arts and Humanities 2,788 17.1
Education 5,027 32.6
Health and Social Care 4,255 23.4
Social and Applied Sciences 4,584 26.4
YMCA 248 26.4
Unknown 86 0.5
Total 16,976 100
EXIT QUALIFICATION
No.students %
Doctorate 80 1.4
First degree 2,874 50.6
First degree equivalent 390 6.9
Foundation degrees 269 4.7
HND/DipHE 123 2.2
Other higher degree 316 5.6
Other PG qualification 573 10.1
Other sub-degree 527 9.3
Postgraduate Certificate
in Education
532 9.4
Total 5,684 100

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