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Stepping up to the mark

Creating an Olympic legacy for Kent

Uncovering the pastFolkestone's treasures unearthed

The press, police and politicians in the dock

The phone-hacking scandal

Welcome to the autumn edition of Inspire.

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As the new academic year starts we look forward to welcoming thousands of new students to Christ Church, whilst developing new partnerships and community opportunities over the coming year.

We have very good reasons to be optimistic as we move into 2012. We have known for some time that students who study at Christ Church have great job and career prospects. This was confirmed over the summer with news that Christ Church is ranked 3rd among universities in England for student employability (you can read more about this on page 5).

It’s also the start of a special year for the University. We’ll be celebrating our Golden Jubilee in 2012, when we can reflect on 50 years of extensive growth and success and a confident future with the implementation of our new Strategic Plan.

In this edition, you will read more about what’s happening in 2012, including some of our

Jubilee plans, the new fee arrangements, and our involvement in another significant event – the 2012 London Olympics.

Also, we feature Christ Church academics’ perspectives on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal and what it means for our politicians, media, police and legal system.

Other features include how we are responding to changes in the NHS, a look at the fascinating archaeological discoveries in Folkestone as a result of A Town Unearthed project, and a Q&A with Professor David Crystal on page 28.

I hope you enjoy reading this edition.

Professor Robin Baker, CMGVice-Chancellor

Inspire magazine has been designed and produced by the Department of Marketing, Canterbury Christ Church University

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CONTENTS

Q&AStudent News

News .............................................................04

FEATUrES

Creating an Olympic legacy .....................................08Our contribution to London 2012.

Challenging what lies ahead ..........................................12A view from Sally Hunt, General Secretary of the University and College Union.

Responding to national health care changes ........................14The National Health Service is undergoing radical review. Two initiatives are responding to this change.

Uncovering the past .........................18A Town Unearthed.

The press, police and politicians in the dock ..................20Our analysis of the phone-hacking saga.

Student wins national rising Star award..................................24

Professor David Crystal .....................28Faculty News ..................................... 16

Books ......................................................25

Honorary and professional appointments ...................................26

Events .....................................................30

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Professor Tony Lavender, Pro Vice-Chancellor (research and Knowledge Exchange), is to receive a prestigious national British Psychological Society award for his impact on British clinical psychology.

Commenting on the MB Shapiro Award 2011, Professor Lavender said: “I am delighted to receive the award which is an important mark of recognition by my clinical psychology colleagues. I have always sought to ensure that clinical psychology develops in a way that never loses sight of its purpose, which is to improve the psychological wellbeing of individuals, families and communities.

“I am particularly honoured to be given an award in the name of Monte Shapiro who had so much influence on the establishment of clinical psychology in the UK and whom I had the privilege to be taught by during my training as a South East Thames regional Health Authority sponsored trainee at the Institute of Psychiatry.”

National clinical psychology award

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News

Christ Church is the proud sponsor of two major festivals this year - Canterbury Festival and Anifest.

For the second year running, we are the Partner and Principal Sponsor of the Canterbury Festival, this year taking place between 15 and 29 October.

The Canterbury Christ Church Festival Concert at Augustine Hall on Friday 21 October marks the Festival’s close relationship with the University. Albanian violinist Alda Dizdari will perform an inspired programme of pieces by Janáček, Bartók and Enescu as well as Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel and Brahms’ Hungarian Dances.

rosie Turner, Festival Director, said:

“The award-winning cultural partnership between the University and the Festival infuses this year’s programme. There are free lunchtime concerts every day at St Gregory’s by students and staff, and lots of others are volunteers helping out either in the office during the run-up to October or at Festival venues each evening.

“The Sidney Cooper Gallery offers an important annual Festival exhibition and behind the scenes both organisations work closely together to promote the importance and enjoyment of culture and the arts year round in Kent.”

Supporting arts and culture in Canterbury For more information about the programme

and tickets visit the website: www.canterburyfestival.co.uk or call 01227 787787.

Meanwhile, the University is also hosting the South East’s only annual animation festival, Anifest. To be held in Augustine House, Canterbury, between 30 September and 2 October, the festival programme includes presentations from LAIKA studios, the studio behind the award winning film Coraline, the animator responsible for the dragon in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II, whilst Phil Jupitus will once again host an evening of comedy. For more information visit: www.canterburyanifest.com or call 01227 769075.

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Fees for September 2012 announcedCanterbury Christ Church has announced its intention to charge a maximum of £8,500 per year for new Home and EU undergraduates starting University in September 2012.

The University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor robin Baker, said: “After careful consideration, and with the Governors’ approval, we have agreed to set the 2012-13 Home and EU undergraduate maximum fee at £8,500 for all full-time undergraduate programmes included within the scope of the Government’s new fee arrangements.

“In agreeing this figure, the senior management team and the Governing Body have been influenced fundamentally by our University values. We have taken into account the concerns of our future students, and their families, and sought to try and limit the amount of debt in as far as we can. The £8,500 fee balances what we need to offer for our courses to be sustainable, taking into consideration our commitment to provide generous access provision.”

This fee, together with the range of financial support we’ll make available, reflects our determination to ensure university education at Canterbury Christ Church remains accessible to those who will most benefit from it, particularly for students from lower income backgrounds. In addition to the government’s financial assistance, we’ll be offering generous support packages, likely to include bursaries, fee waivers and scholarships.

For more information visit: www.canterbury.ac.uk/StudyHere/FeesAndFinance

National figures show that Canterbury Christ Church University has one of the highest student employability figures in the UK, according to the latest Destination of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey.

The 2009-2010 survey indicates that 94.3% of UK full-time first degree leavers from Canterbury Christ Church are in employment and/or further study within the first six months of leaving the University.

The 94.3% employment rate means the University is rated 3rd among universities in England.

These figures are due to the University’s growing strengths as the largest provider of education and training to public services in Kent and Medway – particularly in Health and Education.

The University has the largest number of public service related courses in the South East, excluding London, and is one of the largest teacher training centres in the UK.

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robert Bowie, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship, one of the most prestigious awards for excellence in higher education teaching and support for learning.

The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme is part of an overall Higher Education Academy (HEA) programme to inspire and celebrate teacher excellence.

robert will receive £10,000 for his commitment in leading the secondary religious education courses at the University and was chosen from over 200 nominations submitted by higher education institutions across England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

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Over 200 staff came together at the annual Staff Conference in Augustine Hall to look at ways of improving the student experience and the future implementation of the Strategic Plan.

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Looking forward to the next 50 years of education and innovation

www.canterbury.ac.uk/goldenjubilee

Events happening in 2012 will include:

We are 50 in 2012!Our University will be 50 years old in 2012 and there will be a number of events to mark this very special year.

Golden Jubilee Photography CompetitionThe theme for this special competition is Freedom. There is a cash prize for the winner – full details, including how to enter, will be available on the Jubilee web pages: www.canterbury.ac.uk/goldenjubilee

Keep an eye on these pages for all the up-to-date information, how to get involved and how to book events.

Mozart’s requiem and Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man in Canterbury Cathedral Saturday 17 March at 7.30pm

Golden Jubilee Service Friday 28 September at 11am

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Creating an Olympic legacy "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to winbut to take part, just as the most important thing in life is notthe triumph but the struggle" - Pierre de Courbetin,founder of the modern Olympic games.

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Courbetin’s words of triumph and participation symbolise the ideals of internationalism, fair play in sports and sport for all, which has endured through the decades.

An event which brings nations together to celebrate the sporting elite today, proudly promotes the notion of participation and leaving a legacy behind to benefit all. As we race towards London 2012, the full force of the event and its impact is starting to be felt.

Kent is at the heart of proceedings with direct and indirect involvement with the wave of Olympic anticipation for London 2012.

Here we look at some of the lives touched by the Olympics and Paralympics and those who hope to play their part in one of London’s greatest international events.

Planning for the Olympics

Kent County Council has been a leading player in the South East regional planning arrangements of the legacy and the Cultural Olympiad since the announcement in 2006. David Smith, the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (External relations) is a key member of that planning board, the South East Partnership for London 2012.

“Kent is very much at the heart of the Games,” David said. “It is exciting that we have the Paralympic Cycling venue at Brands Hatch and the Olympic torch will pass through Kent on its way to London and Christ Church will be involved in both of these events.

“Christ Church is also a designated potential training camp and we are very much hoping to host a team here as well as providing accommodation to the many people who will be visiting the area during the games.

“The South East planning board has three sets of ambitions for the region – for business, tourism and sustainable development; for education, skills and culture; and for sports and health related benefits. We are supporting these aims at various levels, from research directly impacting the selection process and sponsorship of the 20in12 learning programme, to student volunteers at the Games.

“We are providing the tourism industry and businesses with the skills to compete for contracts and are directly involved with engaging young people in the Get Set programme. Kent has the highest ratio of schools engaged in the Get Set programme of any county in the country.

“We are also hoping to be significantly involved in adult community learning related to the Games and we have significant ambitions to develop our sports profile and to make our facilities world class. We are committed to the winning power of arts and sports as a means to engage with communities.

“This is precisely the right time to revisit and refresh the University’s artistic, sporting and cultural ambitions as described in our Strategic Plan. 2012 is not only the year of the Olympics and Paralympics, but is our own Golden Jubilee year.”

David Smith, Pro Vice-Chancellor (External relations)

Schools countdown to the GamesLeft-right back row: Megan Platts, Megan Dyer, Harry Elgar. Middle row: Cameron McKenzie, rosie Graves. Front: Jamie Goldsack

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As Head of Eligibility, Jan co-ordinates a network of psychologists across the world to assess the athletes in their countries. The evidence is then sent to Jan, who then distributes them to a panel of independent psychologists who agree the athlete meets the initial eligibility requirement which qualifies them for competition in International Paralympic Committee sanctioned events.

“This will have a positive impact for this group of people,” Jan concluded. “It will put people with learning disabilities back on the same platform with elite sports competitors. It will also ensure the development of sports for their group and change the public’s perception of them.”

researching the legacyOther significant research has been conducted by the University’s Centre for Sport, Physical Education and Activity research (SPEAr), including Dr Dikaia Chatziefstathiou’s award winning research into the changes in the Olympics from its inception to the present day, and nationally recognised studies by Professor Mike Weed on the legacy the Games will leave behind.

“One of the areas we have looked at is the social, cultural and health impact of the Games on regions outside London and whether they will benefit,” Mike explains. “Our work shows that the regions are unlikely to benefit economically in the way London will, but that the social, cultural and health impact could be very positive if the regions are proactive in capitalising on the Games.

“All of our research shows that the Games have the potential to have a positive impact on general public health, from encouraging people to become more active or to try new and unusual sports, to taking part in the whole celebration of the event through community activities linked to the Games.”

Jan Burns, Professor of Clinical Psychology, is a member of an international research group which has directly influenced the re-inclusion of athletes with learning disabilities into the Paralympic Games 2012.

People with learning disabilities were treated the same as other disabled athletes until the Sydney Olympics in 2000 when the Spanish basketball team were found to be cheating. The Spanish team had not conducted the relevant cognitive tests to show that their competitors had intellectual disabilities.

As a consequence this classification group was excluded by the Paralympic Association until a way to measure more precisely the disability and its impact on the sport could be agreed.

Inas, the International Federation for sport for para-athletes with an intellectual disability, and the International Paralympic Committee, funded an international research group to devise a robust classification system. Subsequently, Jan also became Head of Eligibility for Inas, a global position managing the system which ensures that elite athletes meet the initial criteria of having a learning disability before entry into Paralympic level events.

“A system of classification is necessary not only to recognise if the athlete is intellectually impaired,” Jan explains, “but how that disability impacts on their particular sport. For instance, with a physical disability if you are a left-handed amputee entering a pistol shooting event and are right-handed, then your disability is not interfering with your sport.

“But if you are a swimmer, not having a left hand would make a difference. It is the same disability with a different impact. We have measured the amount of intelligence needed for various sports. For example, to compete in the 100m sprint, you just need to know that when the gun fires, you must run in a straight line as fast as you can. For more complicated sports, such as basketball, you need to be able to recognise patterns and be able to anticipate and recognise feigns. We have isolated some of these cognitive skills and are able to measure them.

“This has allowed a limited return of this group of people back into the Paralympics, participating in swimming, athletics and table tennis. They have to qualify the same way as all Paralympians, by taking part in national and international competitions.”

Our impact on the Paralympic Games

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Award winning studentLuke Harris, PhD student of History and American Studies, and Sports Science, Tourism and Leisure, received the Coubertin Olympic Award for his prize-winning essay on the effects of corruption in sports on the Olympic ideals and sponsorship programmes.

The aim of the Coubertin Olympic Awards is to promote the application of Olympic ideals to the world of business, including the business of sport itself. The competition, now in its second year, is organised by the International Pierre de Coubertin Committee in partnership with the Institute of Business Ethics.

Schools countdown to the Games

Christ Church has been a major sponsor of the Kent 20in12, aiming to get every young person in Kent involved in an educational experience relating to the Olympics and Paralympics.

Paul Carney, Broadstairs Campus Director, is part of the executive group working hard to encourage participation. “It’s great to see schools and colleges adopt the values of the Olympics and Paralympics to inspire their learning right across the curriculum - not just in sport.”

And they have responded in creative ways, including the ‘Maths and Sports Countdown to the Games’, helping pupils to discover the maths hidden inside the sports and planning of the Games; and Swalecliffe County Primary School planting an Olympic garden with flowering Olympic rings - to name but a few of the many projects. Staff, including Karen Shepherdson, Cathy Goouch and Jon Wild, have helped significantly along the way.

The Kent 20in12 Learning Programme has also been awarded the ‘Inspire Mark’ by the London 2012 Organising Committee in recognition of its impact.

An arts and cultural partnership with sportDe Courbetin’s Olympic vision was always one of broad cultural celebration, where sports at the heart of events were surrounded by expressions of artistic and wider cultural excellence.

Christ Church has been a major partner in the Creative Campus Initiative for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. 12 universities across the South East have combined to use a wide variety of cultural forms, digital media, animation, film, photography and music to showcase the arts and sports dialogue.

The Improbable Curve exhibition showcased creative projects and Dan richards, former Animator in residence at Christ Church, worked with schools in Kent to make animation films around the Olympics and what they meant to the young people. He also created a film exploring what art and sport have in common and what separates them.

Dan said: “The Olympics are the biggest sporting and cultural event in the world and they are coming to London, so using animation to give young people a voice around what they mean to them created some really interesting films.”

A major initiative to get students and staff trying out sport is being launched by Christ Church, following a £174,000 National Lottery award from Sport England.

trysport is a three-year initiative being launched in October, with the aim of getting 952 students and staff, each year, participating in informal sport activities.

rebecca Ward has been appointed to co-ordinate trysport and is keen for students and staff, across all five campuses, to get involved and book a block of five one-hour sessions.

“With the Olympic year coming up, we really want to use the opportunity to get as many people as possible taking

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part in sport. These sessions are meant to be fun, informal and about meeting other people across the University.

“We’re also organising sports activities that people may not ordinarily try out, for example surfing and beach volleyball at Broadstairs, to canoeing in Medway, to name but a few. Hopefully longer term it will encourage people to keep active and interested in sport. We’ll be starting with student sessions in October, then staff in January 2012.”

Dr Andrew Balsdon, Director of Sport at Christ Church, and Dr Hayley Mills, senior lecturer in Sport Science, Tourism and Leisure, recently carried out research with 100 staff and students at the University over a 12 month period. results showed that the average number of daily steps taken by

colleagues amounted to 7,500 – 2,500 below the recommended number of daily steps to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

“The Olympics gives us a great opportunity to reflect on the importance of sport and physical fitness. trysport, however, isn’t about elite sport it’s about staff and students ‘giving it a go’, trying it out and maybe it will be build up their confidence to keep active and participate in sport longer term.”

For more information about trysport contact rebecca on 01227 863506, email trysport@canterbury.ac.uk or visit www.canterbury.ac.uk/trysport

Dr Dikaia Chatziefstathiou and Professor Mike Weed

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Challenging what lies ahead: a view from Sally Hunt,General Secretary of the University and College Union

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The decision to triple tuition fees and axe 80% of the university teaching budget - including the entire teaching budget for arts and humanities - means universities will now be forced to compete with each other for students in order to replace this huge loss in income.

The recent announcement that institutions will be able to offer places to more students with grades of at least AAB has already led to a bidding war, with some universities cutting fees and providing other financial incentives in order to secure their enrolments.

UCU does not believe moving from a system where there is collaboration between institutions to one which encourages cut-throat competition is in the interests of higher education. As well as destabilising university funding, through introducing a market, the government is also looking to introduce punitive reforms to staff pensions.

UCU members at the older 'pre-92' universities are currently being balloted for strike action over changes to their pension scheme and the abolition of the final salary scheme for new starters.

Staff at the newer 'post-92' institutions will be asked to pay an extra 3 per cent on top of their current pension contribution rates, which represents an extra £88 a month or over £95 in London. If that wasn't bad enough the government also plans to change the indexation of yearly pension rises from the retail Price Index (rPI) to the lower Consumer Price Index (CPI), which would see lecturers lose thousands of pounds over their retirement.

Ministers have sought to justify these changes through misleading talk about gold-plated pensions and of their soaring cost to the taxpayer.

However, it is worth pointing out that the percentage of national wealth spent on public sector pensions is due to fall from 1.9% of GDP in 2010-11 to 1.4% of GDP by 2060 as a direct result of the deal struck between the unions and the last government in 2006.

The National Audit Office says that the changes agreed five years ago between the unions and Labour will see a reduction in the cost to taxpayers by 14% - aggregate savings over the next 50 years equivalent to £67bn at current prices.

Perhaps our greatest challenge lies in persuading the public that the services we provide matter too much to cut. Winning that argument is about making a positive, not just a negative, argument about our country's future. Public services like education are central to our prospects of future, sustainable economic growth and to social justice.

Yet too often we allow ourselves to be portrayed as a drain on resources rather than a platform for prosperity and fairness. If you take higher education for example, every one million pounds invested in our universities generates an additional one and half million pounds back. Similarly, further education generates billions for our economy every year.

With the public sector, especially education, facing large cuts and funding challenges, it's never been more important for unions to stand up for their members and union members have never been more important to ensure strong unions.

The last year has seen monumental changes to our sector. In less than 12 months the government has shifted the burden of funding higher education from the state to the student.

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The government has recently announced that the number of Health Visitors and School Nurses in the country will increase by 6,000 by 2015. Canterbury Christ Church is responding to this by increasing the number of places available on the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing course.

Jane Greaves, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nursing and Applied Clinical Studies, said: “The workforce has been in decline since 2000, at the same time as significant Labour Government policies on the family such as developing Sure Start and children’s centres. This took away the traditional support of professionals for young families to these centres.

“At the same time, the term Health Visitor was taken out of Statute, so it was no longer a protected title and therefore no longer regarded as a chosen professional route.”

Consequent research has shown that parents who engage with children’s centres are mostly middle class and able to access information and support more readily than the families from more disadvantaged backgrounds or with mental health problems. These remain hard to reach groups who are often unable to engage with services for the best interest of their children.

Training more Health Visitors

Responding tonational healthcare changesThe National Health Service is undergoing radical review and change both in structure and delivery. The government is keen to see more personnel out in the community on the front line, resurrecting posts that have over recent years been neglected. To make this possible, not only is more training needed, but the quality of that training needs to be of an even higher standard to equip the health care workforce with the knowledge and skills they need to provide an improved service.

Christ Church is responding to both of these demands by expanding the number of Health Visitors it is training and launching the first Centre for Practice Development in England.

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“It is now recognised that the Health Visitor has a vital role to play in supporting families,” Jane added, “especially in areas of high disadvantage where there is very little existing social support, to ensure children are starting school with all the right skills to access the curriculum.

“At the moment, we have children starting school at five who don’t know their own names, how to feed themselves or use the toilet, never mind hold a pen or know the alphabet. Parents, who are the children’s first teachers, need to know how to prepare their child for the next stage in their life and access learning, to be able to sit down and concentrate and know what is expected of them. The new Health Visitors will support those families with greatest need so that their children will enter school on a level playing field.”

Kent and Medway have the highest deficit of Health Visitors in the country and the University is responding by increasing the number of places on the improved revalidated course. For more information about our courses for health professionals, visit: www.canterbury.ac.uk/health.

A fresh approach to patient care

Responding tonational healthcare changes

Improving patient care is at the heart of the new England Centre for Practice Development, to be launched by Canterbury Christ Church University.

Improving patient or service user experiences of care is what Practice Development is all about.

To achieve this, the University is creating a platform to work with world renowned practice development academics who influence government policy and practice in the development of health and social care quality standards.

Practice Development is an internationally recognised approach that sets out to achieve multiple inter-related aims in health care workplaces and organisations. These aims range from transforming care and services so that they are person-centred, safe and effective, to ensuring that the best evidence, including patient experience, expertise and research, informs everyday practice. It brings a new and fresh spark of life into teams and patient or service user care.

It focuses on developing people and new roles in front line services, which meets the government’s desire to support a truly multi-professional approach to service delivery. The Centre will focus on strengthening the development of CPD and postgraduate education. This will support the career development of the existing front line workforce, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to transform services through strong clinical leadership and create and sustain person-centred safe and effective care.

Building on the strong desire for good practice and partnership working, the Centre will lead international research and scholarship in the field of practice development research. It will also bring together collaborative educational developments on an international level through e-learning.

In a time of complex and rapid change, the Centre will be able to influence effective workplace cultures in the health and social care sector and inform the new Higher Education England decision making process about future agendas in health and social care.

Carrie Jackson, Head of the Department of Nursing and Applied Clinical Studies, said:

“This is a marvellous opportunity for the new Centre to lead the world in generating high quality graduates and partner services that accord with national and international awards because of the quality of learning and development.”

The official launch of the Centre will be on 5 October 2011.

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Faculty NewsFaculty of Arts and Humanities

New names in the Faculty of Arts and HumanitiesThe Department of Media and the University’s Art courses will formally merge into a new Department of Media, Art and Design, led by Professor David Bradshaw. The Department of Music will be renamed the Department of Music and Performing Arts, led by Professor John Irving.

These new departments reflect the Faculty’s developing provision of Creative Arts courses across the campus network.

Franciscan partnership The Department of Theology & religious Studies has developed new partnerships with three Church of England dioceses (Canterbury, rochester & Southwark), amounting to seven different courses (ranging from CertHE to MA), in addition to a partnership with the Franciscan Study Centre in Canterbury.

Collaborative partnerships with ministry courses are critical for the department's work in theological education. The department’s remit also furthers the University's distinctive identity as a Church of England foundation, and is therefore central to shared strategic goals.

Major international conference on Victorian periodicalsThe University hosted the 43rd annual conference of the research Society for Victorian Periodicals in July.

115 delegates from 10 countries discussed how the Victorian press was built on the interdependency of work and leisure at this prestigious conference organised by Dr Andrew King.

Faculty of Business and Management

UK journalists use social media despite fears around qualityThe Business School, the Department of Media, and Cision, a provider of Pr software and services, have collaborated on the biggest social media survey of journalists in the UK. While confirming that members of the press regularly use social media sites to source articles, the survey reveals significant numbers express concern about the implications for the quality of their work.

Kristine Pole, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Canterbury Christ Church University added: “Professional practices and values are changing because of social media, which will have consequences on the social, political and economic roles of media in society.”

A detailed summary of the 2011 Social Journalism Study can be viewed on the Cision website in their Pr resources area www.uk.cision.com

UK’s first Postgraduate Certificates in Shared ServicesThe UK’s first cohort of public sector leaders and managers to undertake a postgraduate qualification in shared services were presented with their certificates by Sir Merrick Cockell, Local Government Association Chairman and Leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council, at a presentation in London.

The six month postgraduate course has been designed and delivered through a partnership between Canterbury Christ Church University and Shared Service Architects. Over 200 councils in England have put Members and senior managers through the Shared Services Architects programme, which forms the first part of the certificate programme.

Cllr Gary Porter, Leader of South Holland District Council, was among the graduates receiving their certificates. He said: "The programme has helped me immensely with the collection of over 100 shared service tools, techniques and templates provided in the foundation module being particularly helpful."

More information about the course is available from wim.van-vuuren@canterbury.ac.uk.

Faculty of Education

Autumn programme of day schools and short courses

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the campus network in Kent and are offered as day schools and/or short courses.

An example of the wide range of courses includes: Church Music - ministry and worship; religion, Atheism and Philosophy; Salomons - its contribution to our cultural heritage; The Folklore of Kent; reading Marx’s Das Kapital; King James Bible: its words, history, music.

Full details on all day schools and short courses available can be found on our website: www.canterbury.ac.uk/community-arts-education.

New leaders in Early YearsWe are continuing to attract students from a range of disciplines into Early Years through our innovative and challenging postgraduate New Leaders in Early Years course. One highlight of the year has seen two of our students receive sponsorship of £1000 to go to the OMEP World Conference in Hong Kong. They attended as interns and worked for the UK President.

Faculty of Health and Social Care

Lecturer receives Society of Radiographers FellowshipSenior Lecturer Gill Dolbear has received the Society of radiographers Fellowship in recognition of her work for the Society and her position as President. In another role as chair of Allied Health Professions Federation, Gill works nationally at a strategic level to

promote Allied Health Professionals and was a selected contributor at one of the major 'Pause' NHS consultation events at No 10.

Award for Occupational Therapy studentNichola Chapman, a second year student on the BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy course at Canterbury Christ Church University, has won the 2010 Isobel Elliott Award. To win the competition Nichola had to produce a piece of creative work which demonstrated an outstanding understanding of the importance of authenticity, client-centredness and respect towards users of occupational therapy services.

The Award was presented by rayya Ghul, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy and Peter Milburn, Medway Campus Director and Brenda Didmon Medway Campus Facilities Manager.

Medway Campus welcomes the Bishop of Rochester Staff and students at Medway Campus explained and demonstrated some of the University’s work in relation to Health, Social Care and Early Childhood Studies to the Bishop of rochester during a recent visit. Learning activities that illustrate the contribution occupational therapy can make to an individual's sense of purpose, health and wellbeing were showcased by Senior Lecturer Fiona Gray.

Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences

Visiting Professor appointed to the Department of ComputingProfessor Nigel Jones MBE, who is an advisor to the British Government and consultant to the European Union, will join the Department of Computing in September for three years. Nigel’s long and distinguished career includes working with the Police in the Kent force; Head of High Tech Crime Training at CENTrEX; providing specialist computer forensics training for UK regional forces and police officers overseas; and running his own consultancy company advising police forces and companies all over the world.

Pushing the BoundariesProfessor Peter Vujaković of the Department of Geographical and Life Sciences was one of a group of experts in cartography and remote sensing leading a training workshop on ‘Geographic Information in Boundary-Making & Dispute resolution’ in July.

Diplomats and representatives of government departments and other agencies (including the African Union) from as far afield as Guatemala, Nigeria, Slovenia and Taiwan attended the workshop, based at Durham University’s world renowned International Boundaries research Unit (IBrU). The focus was on helping boundary practitioners make the best use of geographical information in their work.

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Uncovering the past

A Neolithic flint arrowhead, fragments of a small statuette, a manicure set on a ring, over 80 coins - including three Iron Age gold staters - an engraved gem stone and brooches. These are some of the finds, together with quantities of pottery, 40 rubble sacks of roman tile, nails, iron tools, animal bone and sea shells, that have been found during the two seasons of archaeological digging at the magnificently situated roman villa on Folkestone’s East Cliff.

Though of great interest in themselves, some of the finds’ primary importance is in their indication that the area could have been a place of settlement and trade with the continent going back thousands of years, well before the Claudian invasion of AD43.

The roman villa has always occupied the imagination of the people of Folkestone from the time it was excavated by S.E. Winbolt in 1924.

Buried deep beneath our feet are the remains of civilisationspanning centuries. Whilst most will remain undiscovered,a project team in Folkestone, with the help of the community,is uncovering the layers of history beneath its East Cliff.Here we find out more about the team’s fascinating discoveries.

Decorated Samian Spindle Whorl

Uncovering roman finds

This year’s dig began in May at the front of the villa between the entrance porch and the north wing, an area never previously excavated. With the removal of fallen tile, including some decorated or with animal paw prints, work has started on the earliest roman layers. Finds have included both vessel and window glass indicating the high status of the large two storey villa complex and three fragments of a little clay statuette, probably of a mother goddess sitting in a wicker chair with a baby in each arm.

Amongst the 300 volunteers who have been occupied with digging, washing finds or talking to visitors, have been people of all ages from work experience school students and university archaeology students to the retired. It has been a fulfilling experience. Folkestone born Maurice Worsley, a metal detectorist, says:

“Being 80, this is a high point of my life - coming along and actually working on the villa which I used to look at as a child before it was covered up in the fifties. As a lover of archaeology and doing things for archaeology, I couldn’t ask for anything better.”

An important component of the project has been outreach. This year, there have been visits by 437 staff and children with a steady stream of other visitors. There have been talks with a whole range of local groups. Three appearances on BBC South East have brought publicity beyond the immediate area and the dig featured on the new ‘Digging for Britain’ series, broadcast in September on BBC2.

Dr Hardy added: “While the Villa dig will finish in September, the processing of finds, outreach, our research groups and an oral history project on the meaning of the historical landscape to the people of Folkestone will continue as will a programme of test pitting in the Bayle. Without doubt this project has succeeded in its aims of adding to the early history of Folkestone and inspiring large numbers of local people to become involved in their town’s heritage.”

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Dr Lesley Hardy, of the Department of History and American Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, commented: “The most frequent enquiries at the Folkestone People’s History Centre when we opened in 2005 in The Old High Street concerned the villa.

“So we fairly quickly decided to make it the centre of an educational archaeology project that would also involve the Castle Hill mound and The Bayle - the heart of Folkestone’s old town. As with the History Centre, we hoped that it would be volunteer led, giving local people the opportunity to become involved in their heritage.”

Under the leadership of Dr Lesley Hardy and Dr Andrew richardson, the Folkestone People’s History Centre, Canterbury Christ Church University and Canterbury Archaeological Trust worked together over several years, eventually obtaining funding for a three year community archaeological project, A Town Unearthed: Folkestone before 1500, from the Heritage Lottery Fund and The roger De Haan Charitable Trust with additional contributions by Folkestone Town Council, Kent Archaeological Society and Shepway District Council.

First phase

Starting in 2010, the first year was taken up with the excavation of the north wing, where a number of pre-roman chalk floors were found beneath the villa. Keith Parfitt, director of the dig, says: “There are indications that it may have been a settlement for trade between Britain and Europe, an ideal place with a gradually shelving beach, easy access up the cliffs and a nearby route inland along the North Downs which descend to the sea at that point.

“Pottery fragments demonstrate imports from the continent, and numerous quern stones, used for grinding corn, point to it being an area for their manufacture and subsequent export abroad. This contact would indicate Romanisation reaching a point, at least in Southern England, where the Claudian invasion was not quite the dramatic cultural change that we have previously thought.”

Hare brooch Bronze coin of the house of Constantine313 - 364AD.

School children taking part at the East Cliff site

Dr Lesley Hardy

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The press, police and politicians in the dockThe illegal phone-hacking by the News of the World has put aspotlight – which does not seem to be dimming – on the media,politicians and the police.

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The press, police and politicians in the dock

Phone-hacking at the News of the World has put journalists back in the dock, this time alongside paid informants in the police. Politicians, so recently exposed by the press for fiddling their expenses and long frustrated by rupert Murdoch’s political power, are eager for revenge.

There is no doubt that some News of the World journalists were guilty of appalling breaches of the Press Complaints Commission’s (PCC) Code of Practice, by illegally hacking into the phone calls of celebrities, politicians and, despicably, vulnerable private citizens. Faced with inexorably declining sales and competition from the internet, some News of the World managers turned a blind eye.

In all probability illegal methods have been used by other tabloid papers, too - we await the results of Lord Justice Leveson’s enquiry. But it is wrong to tar the entire press with the same brush.

Most journalists, like most police officers and most politicians, behave professionally and ethically. The phone-hacking scandal should not obscure the vital role journalists and a free press play in sustaining our liberal democracy by holding power to account. Don’t forget, it was a sustained investigation by a newspaper that broke the phone-hacking story in the first place.

Public anger over phone-hacking is justified. Some tightening of the PCC Code and reform of its membership

is in order. But a privacy law ending voluntary regulation of the press would be a mistake. Such a law would please politicians and other powerful groups eager to hide their activities from public scrutiny. But it would also limit the ability of the press to gather information in the public interest. That would not be good for our society or our democracy.

As the story unfolds, more and more people are caught in the glare, in an international news story reaching all corners of public life.

We asked Professor David Bradshaw, Head of the Department of Media, Art and Design and former Middle East Correspondent for the BBC and The Economist, Dr Bryn Caless, Lecturer in Policing, Law and Criminal Justice Studies, Dr David Bates, Director of Politics and International relations, and Dr Leonardo J raznovich, Principal Lecturer in Law and Strategic Director of Law and Dispute resolution, for their views on these areas of public life now under scrutiny.

The media

Professor David Bradshaw

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There is an additional aspect to the controversies surrounding the News of the World that concerns the resignations of two very senior police officers in the Metropolitan Police. Sir Paul Stephenson and John Yates resigned within a day of each other in July 2011, under intense media and political pressure, following suggestions of poor judgment in appointing Neil Wallis, an editor at the News of the World, as media adviser to the Met.

More fundamentally, Yates was heavily criticised for not having reopened the investigation into phone-hacking when there was fresh evidence and Sir Paul was criticised for not having shown more insight into the ramifications of employing Mr Wallis.

Let’s unpick this a bit: John Yates held the national portfolio for police counter-terrorism. As the equivalent of a Chief Constable, and with a pressing national agenda, he would – like any other chief officer – have asked a subordinate to review evidence or new material for him

and make appropriate recommendations. Chiefs are only as good as their briefs: the same consideration applies to Sir Paul, whose massive remit certainly would not have included scrutiny of everyone employed at the Met. He relied on others, who were found wanting, but who do not carry cans and do not have to resign. Neither Sir Paul nor Mr Yates are accused of having done anything criminal or unsavoury; but both men were in charge when problems surfaced, and both men did “the honourable thing” and resigned.

‘Honourable’ is a vague enough term in an ethical compass, but if we compare Sir Paul’s swift departure on a point of principle (he was becoming the story rather than the police investigation) with Sir Ian Blair’s foot-dragging, reluctant and peevish departure in 2008, when both the country and the Mayor of London simply tired of his constant gaffes, it is not difficult to assign the moral high ground.

Lord Nolan led a committee in 1995 which recommended principles that should govern public life, which have

sadly been seen more in the breach than the observance, certainly with politicians. The departures of both the Commissioner and an Assistant Commissioner of the Met amply fulfil Lord Nolan’s tenet that accountability accompanies high office. We’ve lost two good coppers but these will not be the last casualties of the sorry phone-hacking affair.

The police

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It is alleged that journalists working for News International intercepted communications by listening to messages stored in people’s mobile phones as well as bribing public authorities in order to gain access to non-publicly available sensitive information. These practices, if proved, have criminal law as well as corporate law implications. It is worth considering both aspects, albeit briefly, so that the reader can grasp properly the full picture of the situation.

The unlawful interception of communications is a criminal offence under section 1 of the regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and bribery is contrary to the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906. There is currently a police investigation taking place into the criminal implications of these affairs and one of the questions that the investigation will be required to answer is whether these criminal activities were explicitly, or at least implicitly, sanctioned by News International or they were merely the activities, albeit widespread, of the employees of the company.

This leads to the corporate responsibility of News International, in particular the responsibility of its directors, including Mr James Murdoch. Under section 79 of the regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, the criminal liability of company directors in these circumstances can be triggered by merely ‘any neglect on the part of the director ’ or other officers of the company.

James Murdoch told Parliament last July that he did not know about these practices in his company. Given that the practices, prima facie, appear to have been so widespread amongst employees of the company, such statements could be interpreted as an admission of gross negligence or, even, be construed as a gross lie. In the case of negligence, it would in turn raise the question as to whether Mr Murdoch and his management team thereby perpetuated or contributed in some way, irrespective of whether or not the actions had been sanctioned by them, triggering their corporate liability.

We have come a long way since Dicey’s formulation of what the rule of law means for our country. The practices allegedly used by News International to obtain breaking news material cannot be justified under the law; neither journalists nor the media are above the law and these practices were simply an unjustifiable violation of the right of privacy of those who were the victims of them. As such, these practices have not only obvious criminal law implications, but also corporate responsibility ramifications.

The legal implications

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As the phone-hacking scandal went viral, David Cameron must have been very worried. When would the allegations stop? Would the Prime Minister himself avoid contamination? Clive Goodman’s letter, released by News International’s lawyers Harbottle and Lewis, alleges that Andy Coulson was well aware of the practice of hacking at the News of the World. If this proves to be true, then at best David Cameron’s judgement is called further into question.

David Cameron has attempted to embed the post-Thatcherite idea of the ‘Big Society’ in the imagination of the British electorate. Developing a theme closely connected with the ‘red Toryism’ of Phillip Blond, David Cameron has maintained

that a new ideal of civic responsibility is needed to ‘unite’ the nation. respect for hierarchy, tradition, and the family must be restored. ‘Broken Britain’ needs to be ‘fixed’.

And the old Victorian concept of the ‘dangerous classes’ has come to form a central element of this agenda. But the hacking scandal shows that our ruling elites have often engaged in practices every bit as abhorrent as those of the socially excluded underclasses which they do so much to deride.

It is of interest that the ‘riots’ which spread across a number of British cities in August may be just what was needed to re-launch the Big Society agenda.

They have also rather conveniently diverted the attention of the public from a scandal which presented very significant dangers for the government. The hacking scandal will continue to run, but the riots, at least in the short-term, have helped the Prime Minister to regain control of the political agenda.

The politicians

Dr David Bates

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STUDENT NEWSAccounting for successAn innovative internship scheme uniting talented students with progressive local businesses is about to start at Christ Church.

20 places will be offered to students on the International Financial reporting module, with practical training provided by Student Support and Guidance.

The details of the internships are flexible – many employers will agree the dates and times with the successful students. They may be paid or unpaid, but ideally, reasonable travelling expenses will be refunded. To express your interest, or for further information, please contact: suzanne.obrien@canterbury.ac.uk

Student wins national Rising Stars award

Responding to student feedbackThe results of our University Student Survey were presented to staff at the annual Staff Conference on 1 July.

The headline results highlighted the University’s strengths, including: students’ overall satisfaction; teaching quality; students’ perception of their career prospects as a result of their course.

The issues identified at an institutional level mirrored those raised by students in recent years in the National Student Survey, including assessment and feedback, organisation and management, and learning resources.

Students will be made aware of the results and action being taken over the coming months, culminating in a "you said, we did" campaign in the autumn.

The Student Survey Unit welcomes feedback about the delivery of the first annual survey as they plan for the next round over the forthcoming months. For more information, or to feedback, go to www.canterbury.ac.uk/support/student-survey-unit

Stephan, about to start his third year in Theology and Health at Christ Church, was recognised for his incredible achievements and talent by a panel of judges including: rt. Hon. David Lammy MP, Trevor Phillips OBE, Chair of the Equality and Human rights Commission, and Jean Tomlin, Hr Director for London 2012.

Whilst studying, Stephan started a successful business called Get Pro Basketball, enabling players to promote themselves to coaches and agents across the world.

Stephan, 22 and from Luton, regularly gives investment talks across the country, himself having secured over £45,000 from an investor on Angels Den to set up his own business.

He is also a member of the Canterbury Enterprise Group and Co-founder/Director of www.thinkinafrica.com a student led initiative aimed at empowering students to create innovative ideas for the betterment of the African continent.

Stephan was presented with his award by the rt. Hon. David Lammy at the Palace of Westminster in September.

Stephan Eyeson has been voted one of the UK’s best black student in the rare rising Stars 2011 awards.

Medway Boat Race

Students from Christ Church, University of Kent and University of Greenwich united to form the women’s team, to beat the Medway Towns rowing Club team at the fourth annual Universities at Medway Boat race.

Intercultural Communication and Ideology Professor Adrian Holliday

Although communication is central to the humanities and social sciences, the inter-cultural level is often, peculiarly, left out of accounts. So what is intercultural communication? How does it relate to global processes and questions of identity? This book seeks to answer the question why, given huge sensitivity, and well-meaning information, the West fails to understand non-Western cultural orientations. From a critical cosmopolitan perspective, it demonstrates how non-Western cultural realities have been pushed to the margins and deemed deficient by established academic theories and popular narratives of 'culture', and that it is therefore from the margins that we must learn the real nature of culture. It presents an alternative 'grammar' of culture which shows a dialogue between national structures and creative universal cultural skills, against the backdrop of an unequal global cultural politics in which ideology plays a major role.

£22.99, or £20.69 through the University Bookshop.Adrian Holliday is a Professor of Applied Linguistics.

Civic republicanism and Civic Education: The Education of Citizens Andrew Peterson

In the last three decades civic republican political thought has witnessed a revival both in political science and, increasingly, as a philosophy able to inform, guide and shape public life. More recently, core civic republican commitments have found expression in policy formulations and curricular documents for civic education in a number of Western democratic nations. Centred on the teaching of education for citizenship, these programmes of civic education have made use of civic republican language, including that of civic obligations, the common good, civic virtue and deliberative political structures. But what do these terms mean and are they understood in a clear and uniform way within contemporary civic republican theory? This book presents a timely and original exploration of these themes. Its aim is to provide those interested in civic education with a clear and accessible overview of the field of civic republican political theory.

£55, or £27.50 through the Bookshop.Andrew Peterson is a Principal Lecturer in Postgraduate Initial Teacher Education.

Medicines Management in Children's Nursing Karen Blair

Children’s nurses must develop the crucial skills of correct medicines management and calculations in order to provide safe care to their patients. This book specifically supports pre-registration students in meeting the required competencies for medicines management needed to pass formal assessment and qualify as a children’s nurse. It is clearly structured around the NMC Essential Skills Clusters for medicines management, covering legal aspects, drugs calculations, administration, storage, record keeping, introductory pharmacology, patient communication and contextual issues in medication. The book is written in user-friendly language and uses patient scenarios to explain concepts and apply theory to practice.

£20.00, or £18.00 through the Bookshop.Karen Blair is a sessional academic.

Creative Ways to Teach Literacy: Ideas for Children aged 3 – 11 Virginia Bower

Covering the essential areas of practice, this book suggests ways to make your literacy teaching as creative and engaging as possible. Children get the most out of their learning when it is exciting, and this book offers great ideas for classroom practice, whilst making careful links to research. Sections advise on teaching narrative, poetry and non-fiction, and each chapter contains case studies and ideas to try out in practice. Written for teachers working with children aged 3-11 years, and specifically aimed at those with responsibility for literacy.

£19.99, or £17.99 through the Bookshop.Virginia Bower is a Senior Lecturer in Primary Education.

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BOOKS

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Honorary Doctorates

Admiral the Lord Boyce KG GCB OBE DL Lord Boyce joined the royal Navy in 1961 and his career culminated in his becoming First Sea Lord, professional head of the royal Navy, in 1998 and then Chief of Defence Staff, professional head of the Armed Forces, from 2001 to 2003. He was elevated to the peerage in 2003 and was appointed Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle in 2004.

Humphrey Ocean RA Born in Sussex in 1951 Humphrey went to art schools in Tunbridge Wells, Brighton and Canterbury. From 1971 to 1973 he was bass player with Ian Dury’s Kilburn and the High roads, and is known for his paintings of modern life in south London. Elected a royal Academician in 2004, he recently exhibited Humphrey Ocean Perfectly Ordinary at the Sidney Cooper Gallery on the site of Canterbury College of Art where he studied. A series of his new portraits will be shown at the National Portrait Gallery in September 2012.

Andrea Rose OBE As Director of Visual Arts at the British Council, Andrea promotes Britain’s artists overseas and has been developing new relationships through the arts, for over two decades. Working extensively in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Middle East, in 2002 she was invited by the Iranian Government to discuss a cultural programme – introducing them to British artists such as Henry Moore to Damien Hirst. Andrea is also British Commissioner for the International Venice Biennale, introducing the work of Leon Kossoff, Gary Hume, Chris Ofili, Mark Wallinger, Gilbert & George, Tracey Emin and Steve McQueen to global audiences.

Professor Abdulrazak GurnahAbdulrazak was born in 1948 in Zanzibar and teaches at the University of Kent. He is the author of seven novels which include ‘Paradise’ – shortlisted for the Booker and the Whitbread Prizes, ‘By the Sea’ – longlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the rFI Temoin du monde prize and ‘Desertion’ – shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize. The ‘Last Gift’, published by Bloomsbury in May 2011, is an astounding meditation on family, self and the meaning of home.

Geraldine AllinsonGeraldine was born and educated in Kent and has worked in the local media industry since 1986. She started at the Midland News Association and moved back to Kent in 1993 to join the KM Group (KMG), her family’s media company. Since 1993 Geraldine has held a number of positions within the Group and in January 2006 she was promoted to Chairman. She is a Trustee of the Canterbury Festival and a Kent Ambassador, and more recently became President of the Newspaper Society (NS).

Honorary Fellows

Honorary and professional appointments

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Professional appointments

Dr Janet Haddock-Fraser has been appointed to the post of Dean of the Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences, starting with us on 17 October 2011. Dr Haddock-Fraser will join us from the University of Kent where she has been Deputy/Acting Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences in 2011 and Director of Learning and Teaching in the Faculty since 2008.

Her field of academic specialism is Corporate Social responsibility and Environmental issues, and she brings considerable experience of leadership and management, combined with a number of roles in the private sector.

Sarah Johns is the new Director of Human resources and Organisational Development. Sarah has been working in the University’s Hr Department since November 2009, and was appointed director on 1 July this year.

Sarah previously owned her own human resources and organisational development company, following an extensive career in public, voluntary and private sector roles. Notable recent projects include the development and implementation of a Public Sector Learning Academy with 14 agencies (including two universities), and her lead on a leadership and cultural change programme at Warwickshire County Council.

We are delighted to welcome new Visiting Professors, appointed in 2010/11:

Jonathan Church (Performing Arts) Jonathan is an award-winning British stage director, with a notable career in the arts including Artistic Director of the Birmingham repertory Theatre and since 2006 the Artistic Director of the Chichester Festival Theatre. His critically acclaimed 'Singin' in the rain' opens at the Palace Theatre in the West End in 2012.

David Flood (Church Musicianship)An Honorary Fellow at Christ Church and talented international musician, David is a former Assistant Organist at Canterbury Cathedral as well as Co-Director, International Children’s Choirs Festival, Canterbury and London to name but a few of his roles.

Mark Hammond (Public Administration)Chief Executive of the Equalities and Human rights Commission, and former

Chief Executive of West Sussex County Council, Mark has an extraordinary wealth of experience in leading public service organisations.

Nigel Jones MBE (Cybercrime Forensics) An advisor to the British Government and consultant to the European Union, Nigel’s long and distinguished career includes the role of Head of High Tech Crime Training at CENTrEX.

John Macgregor (International Relations) John has an extensive diplomatic career from 1973 to 2007, serving as Political Secretary in New Delhi, as No 2 in Prague during the Velvet revolution and as Head of Chancery in Paris. He was also Director-General for Trade and Investment in Germany, British Ambassador to Poland, Director for Wider Europe in London and finally Ambassador to Austria, as well as UK Governor of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Matin Sheriff (Minimally Invasive Surgery) A Consultant Urological Surgeon at Medway

Maritime Hospital in Kent, and Honorary Consultant Urological Surgeon at Guy’s, Kings’ and St Thomas’ Hospital, Matin is a founder and Director of the Minimally Invasive Surgical Teaching Institute Kent.

Anan Shetty (Minimally Invasive Surgery)Anan is a Fellow at the royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and England, and is recognised as one of the leading experts on Computer Navigation and Minimally Invasive knee surgery.

Other Visiting Professors include:

Geert Duysters (Entrepreneurship & Innovation); Sally Hardy (Nursing and Applied Clinical Studies); Jeff Hyman (Human resource Management); Kim Manley (Nursing and Applied Clinical Studies); Tanya McCance (Nursing and Applied Clinical Studies); Tom Purves (Management Practice); Kenneth Walsh (Nursing and Applied Clinical Studies); and Val Wilson (Nursing and Applied Clinical Studies).

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Q&A

With well over 100 books to his name, Professor David Crystal OBE has gained a world-wide reputation in the study of linguistics and the English language.

Far from being a ‘keeper’ of the language in its traditional form, he is one of the foremost advocates of its development, celebrating texting, tweeting, blogging, chatroom speak, virtual worlds, and rapping. He dismisses all the claims and worries that these new forms of the language are destroying language and literacy, and argues that we need a more inclusive approach to language, in which nonstandard varieties are respected alongside the standard.

We asked him about his life, work and views on the use of language.

When did you become interested in linguistics?

At university, which is where I first learned about the subject - first via phonetics, and then via the history of English. But the bigger question is 'When did I become interested in languages', and for that I would have to go back much earlier. Growing up in a bilingual community in Wales sparked a curiosity about languages, and exposure to a broad language curriculum in secondary school (French, Latin, Greek) consolidated the interest.

You have travelled across the country studying different regional accents - are they changing?

Accents always change, and there are always several things happening at once. Some old 'rural' accents are disappearing, as their associated ways of life die out. New accents are arriving, especially as the result of immigration. And some accents are having a greater geographical influence as a result of increased media exposure and population mobility.

How do you see the new forms of social media influencing the language?

The main development has been the emergence of new varieties (or styles) of language, largely driven by the constraints and opportunities provided by the technology. This is no different from what has happened before, of course, such as when broadcasting arrived and a new raft of varieties developed (newsreading, sports commentary etc). But the speed of change is unprecedented.

What impact is the internet having generally on the English language?

There has been very little impact on vocabulary (just a few thousand new words) and grammar (hardly any new constructions); rather more on orthography, especially punctuation. But it's early days. We are dealing with phenomena that are in some cases less than a decade old, which is too soon to say what long-term influence they might have. Spelling is likely to simplify, eventually.

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What are your favourite words and which would you ban?

I don't have favourite words. All words are fascinating. Each has a unique history. I find the notion of 'banning' words repulsive - the worst kind of political correctness. More fruitful is a language management policy based on the notion of stylistic appropriateness.

Who do you admire and who has influenced you the most in your career?

I admire most those people who are prepared to spend time, money, and energy (and often their health and lives) trying to document and maintain endangered and minority languages.

The greatest influence on my career was the man who first conveyed to me the fascination and challenge of systematic language study - randolph Quirk.

What do you enjoy most and least about your work?

Most: the daily process of discovery. With language, because it is ever-changing,

tomorrow is always another day. Least: the re-reading of my own work that I have to do when faced with the need to produce a second (or later) edition of a book.

If you weren’t writing and editing books, broadcasting or lecturing, what would you be doing?

Being bored. But actually, I do spend quite a lot of time not doing these things. I started up an arts centre in my home town 20 years ago, and I try to keep up with the range of arts events that the centre puts on. Cinema is my main enthusiasm.

What have been your most embarrassing moments?

I think I must have suppressed them, as I can't remember anything truly awful. I think maybe linguists by nature develop a bit of a thick skin, as they're always trying out new languages, and gaily going into new language-using situations, with all the mistakes and risks that these encounters bring. I think I may have forgotten how to be embarrassed.

Do you have any unfulfilled ambitions?

I would like to see a West End production of my play about endangered languages, 'Living On'. I dream on.

Looking back on your life, what are your proudest achievements?

You mean in linguistics? - for I'm delighted to see the way my children have got on in life. I think probably developing the field of clinical linguistics, because of the real help it provided to those with language disabilities. But each time I finish a book, that (temporarily) feels like a proudest achievement.

Is there anything you would change?

Again, linguistically? I would have liked to become really fluent in a couple of languages, rather than being dismally non-fluent in several. So it goes.

Sidney Cooper Gallery, St Peter’s Street, Canterbury | visit: www.canterbury.ac.uk/sidney-cooper

red List30 September – 12 November

Fictional Hybrids, Vera Möller25 November – 17 December

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Fictional Hybrids is the result of an intensive period of research undertaken during Möller’s residency in King’s Wood (Challock, near Ashford) during 2009, which was part of an Australian exchange programme between Stour Valley Arts and Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne.

This exhibition is in association with Stour Valley Arts.

The red List is an exhibition of extraordinary work by artists who explore issues such as invasion, extinction, threat and ownership in their practice. Employing a diverse range of media, process and materials which question our associations with them and the natural world, unusual and exciting dialogues are developed.

Artists featured in this exhibition include Neeta Madahar, Paul Hazelton, Stephen Melton and Ben rowley.

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East Prussia: on Europe’s edgeMax Egremont, acclaimed novelist and biographer

No country embodied the turbulence of twentieth century Europe more than East Prussia, once Germany’s most eastern redoubt and now divided between Poland and russia. A land of apparent contradictions, it produced astonishing intellectual achievement, raw militarism and anxiety, cruelty and suffering, tolerance and extremism, domineering red brick castles left by the Teutonic knights and neat villages and productive farming and a symbolic identity as a beleaguered bastion of western European civilisation.

Max Egremont’s most recent book is Forgotten Land - Journeys among the Ghosts of East Prussia. His lecture will tell of a frequently troubled and now mythical place.

Wednesday 7 December 2011

You are not the boss of me now – 783 years of human rights in the UKMark Hammond, Chief Executive of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission

Human rights is seldom out of the news and often as the supposed cause of some affront to common sense or natural justice.

In his first lecture as Visiting Professor of Public Administration, Mark Hammond will look back on the history of individual rights in this country, and how the barons' revolt against King John led to the Human rights Act of 1998.

Admission free. All lectures take place in Old Sessions House, Longport, Canterbury at 6pm, unless stated otherwise.

For further information on these events visit: www.canterbury.ac.uk/events/public-lectures

Admission free. All lectures take place in Old Sessions House, Longport, Canterbury at 6pm. To book a place call 01227 782848.

Community, Arts and Education

For further information visit: www.canterbury.ac.uk/community-arts-education

A selection of the day schools and short courses available this autumn include:

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Saturday 8 October

Insights into the Psychology of CrimeSalomons, Tunbridge Wells

This day school will explore historical roots of the law, rituals and systems in criminal justice, drawing on comparisons with other cultures and case studies. How badly would you behave? We shall also examine evidence to illustrate potential behaviours of both individuals and groups which some may find surprising... Not to be missed!

£25 | Tutor: Sarah Hamilton

Saturday 29 October

Introduction to 35mm Film PhotographyBroadstairs Campus

If you have an interest in photography but have yet to experience the excitement of 35mm photography, then this one day taster course could be for you. You will be introduced to the basic creative functions of the 35mm camera, shoot a reel of black and white film, process it and print a contact sheet. No prior knowledge is required and all equipment including cameras will be provided for the day.

£25 | Tutor: Dr Karen Shepherdson

Friday 30 September (10 sessions, 10am – 2pm)

Interpreting Abstract ArtUniversity Centre Folkestone

This course gives you an introduction to the basic principles of abstract art. It aims to enrich your gallery experience and understanding of modernism in art. The course draws on paintings and sculpture from European and American art movements and explains the underlying ideas and complex of influences.

£85 | Tutor: James Frost

For detailed listings of all our music events please visit: www.canterbury.ac.uk/events/music

Music

Saturday 29 October, 10am-1pm

religion and Public Life: The Big DebateAugustine Hall, Augustine House, Canterbury

Should religion have a role in public life, or is faith a matter best kept in the private domain? To what extent is radical religious belief a ‘threat’ to liberal society? Is toleration and mutual respect possible? This is an exciting opportunity to draw on social scientific knowledge in order to unsettle certainties, and make people think about questions of religion, faith and politics in a new way.

University Centre Folkestone

5 November, 10am-12pmStorytelling WorkshopWith Gemma Hannah.

8 November, 3-5pmCreative Writing Workshop for schoolsZombies, vampires and werewolves theme with horror writer Thomas Emson and poet Dan Simpson.

9 November, 6pmJoe DunthorneBestselling author Joe Dunthorne gives a talk on how his book Submarine was made into the successful film, 6pm.

Salomons Campus

6 November

Silent Comedy Greats accompanied by the Welte Philharmonic Organ A rare chance to see a selection of films starring three comedy giants of the silver screen – Charlie Chaplin in ‘Easy Street’, Buster Keaton in ‘One Week’ & Laurel & Hardy in ‘Do Detectives Think’. The silent movies will be accompanied on the Welte Organ by Donald MacKenzie, organist at the Odeon, Leicester Square.

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Music | Theatre & Dance

Walks | Science | Talks

Comedy | Exhibitions

Festival Box Office(The Buttermarket, Canterbury)

01227 787787 TELEPHONE

canterburyfestival.co.uk ONLINE