Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent:
Canterbury Christ Church University, located in Kent in the South East of England, is the largest centre of higher education in Kent for the public services - notably teacher training, policing and health and social care. Originally opened in 1962 as a teacher training college, it has grown from 650 students to well over 14000 studying programmes across 4 faculties of Arts & Humanities, Business & Sciences, Education and Health &Social Care.
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Two thirds of students study programmes related to teacher education and health and social care and a third of students study a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the Faculties of Arts and Humanities and Business and Sciences. The extensive combined honours programme allows flexibility of study. Graduation ceremonies take place in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent's most famous and spectacular building.
The University also hosts international students on English language preparation courses, Erasmus exchange programmes and USA Study Abroad programmes.
Teaching programmes
The Faculty of Education provides a wide range of high quality and innovative initial teacher education programmes. We have large, dynamic teams of staff much valued by student teachers, especially for the support they provide, and mature, successful partnerships with hundreds of schools in Kent, Medway, London and further afield. The Faculty 
welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and is strongly committed to equal opportunities and race equality.
The Faculty has consistently received the highest possible Ofsted grades for its Primary ITE programmes, and has also been awarded the top grade for the management and quality assurance of its Secondary provision. We believe our success is linked to our flexibility in providing programmes to suit many different needs, a focus on creativity and the critical analysis of classroom practice, and above all an emphasis on how teachers can engage, inspire and promote learning in all their pupils.
We offer undergraduate routes which lead directly to teaching qualifications in Primary and Secondary education, and full details of these are provided in this prospectus. We also provide an extensive range of postgraduate teaching qualifications. Since some students choose to enter teaching by first taking an undergraduate degree in an appropriate subject and then qualifying as a teacher through a separate programme, some headline information about these programmes is provided below: the University’s Postgraduate prospectus provides full details. The University also provides ongoing professional support for teachers in post through its Masters programmes, so choosing to train as a teacher with us can be the start of long term relationship.
UNDERGRADUATE ROUTES INTO TEACHING
Primary Education
1. Three year full-time Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Primary Education (with recommendatio
n for Qualified Teacher Status).
2. Two year part-time Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Primary Education (with recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status). This is available as a progression route for students who have completed a Foundation Degree or equivalent.
3. People who are currently working with children or young people in an educational setting can follow the University’s Foundation Degree in Childhood Studies or Foundation Degree in Early Years Studies. Successful completion of these programmes can be followed by two years on the school-based Registered Teacher Programme which leads to Qualified Teacher Status, while also working towards the completion of a degree.
Secondary Education
Three year full-time Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Secondary Mathematics or Science with Secondary Education (with recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status). The Mathematics qualification is taught jointly with the University of Kent.
POSTGRADUATE ROUTES INTO TEACHING
The Faculty of Education offers an extensive suite of Postgraduate and Professional Graduate Certificates in Education. It also acts as an Accredited Provider for the Graduate Teacher Programme, and manages a number of innovative initial teacher education projects including Teach First, iTeach and Inspire. Full details of all these programmes are in the University Postgraduate Prospectus.
The University welcomes and encourages applications from its own undergraduates, but places cannot be guaranteed without interview. If you are considering entering teaching via a Postgraduate route, please consider carefully which subject or subjects you study for your first degree. You
will need to demonstrate degree level subject knowledge in a school curriculum subject to gain a place on a Postgraduate teaching programme. For Primary Postgraduate programmes a degree including Early Childhood Studies is also acceptable.
The Postgraduate and Professional Graduate Certificates in Education include full-time and parttime primary programmes, full-time 7–14, 11–18 and 14–19 programmes, and a modular, flexible programme including Primary Education, and Secondary English, Mathematics and Music.
The Primary programme includes an extensive Modern Foreign Languages route with opportunities to study in France, Germany, Italy or Spain, and the Secondary portfolio includes a programme combined with a ‘Master 1’ qualification which students work in France to complete.
The subjects currently available in the 7–14, 11–18 and 14–19 programmes include: Art and Design, Business Studies (14–19), Citizenship, Design and Technology, English, Geography, History, ICT, Leisure and Tourism (14–19) Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages, Music, PE, RE and Science.
The Faculty also offers a one year full-time PGCE for those who wish to teach in the post compulsory sector. The areas of study currently offered by the University include: Basic Skills, Business and Administration, Sport, Leisure and Tourism; Humanities and Arts and Social Sciences; Science and Technology and Health Care. Students who complete this programme can be found working in a wide range of learning settings including Further Education and Tertiary Colleges, Adult Education Centres, Universities, Training Centres and Workshops.
Nursing Programmes
BSc (Honours) in Adult Nursing
There is an annual intake each September at the Canterbury Campus for the BSc (Honours) in Adult Nursing. The Diploma of Higher Education programme is offered in September and April each year at Canterbury and Medway. The part-time Diploma course is currently only offered at Canterbury.
This three year full-time interprofessional programme is divided into two parts. Level 1 consists of a Common Foundation Programme (CFP) which is a broad preparation for nursing and is grounded in health w
ith Biological and Behavioural Sciences and Nursing Studies as the main disciplines. Levels 2 and 3 consists of the Branch Programme in Adult Nursing.
The programme prepares students for the award of BSc (Honours) Nursing studies or Diploma of Higher Education (Nursing Studies) and for eligibility for entry to the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Register.
The part-time Diploma programme is divided into 3 year CFP and 3 year branch programme (Adult Nursing). The part-time route is only available at the Canterbury Campus and has April and September start dates. The intake for the Degree programme is only offered at the Canterbury Campus. The Diploma has intakes in September and April at Canterbury and Medway.
Content and Structure
The programme is an interprofessional learning programme with some modules shared with other health professionals and some Nursing specific. The programme runs for 45 weeks per year and holiday times are predetermined. Vacation times are in the summer, at Christmas and Easter, but not at school half terms. The overall balance is 50% theory and 50% practice.
There is a statutory requirement for nursing students to gain 2300 hours in each aspect so attendance throughout the programme is obligatory. Students who miss in excess of three weeks through sickness/absence will have the programme interrupted. Shorter absences from practice placements may be made up within the programme.
The University day is from 09.00 to 19.00 and although students may be taught at any time of the day or evening, maximum teaching each day is six hours. Each intake of students is divided into smaller groups, students normally study in the University for approximately five weeks followed by five weeks in clinical placements.
PRACTICE PLACEMENTS
Students will experience clinical placements in hospitals and in the community, where they begin as observers moving to participation. Students will be allocated a Practice Supervisor.
Child Nursing
The University offers a three year full-time and six year part-time programme in Nursing Studies for those wishing to become children’s nurses. Within this programme the Child Nursing pathway can be undertaken at two levels; Diploma and Degree. The pathway prepares students for the award of DipHE/BSc (Hons) Child Nursing and for eligibility for entry to on to the NMC register as a Registered Nurse (Child).
The aim of the Child Nursing Pathway is to produce children’s nurses who are able to deliver high quality care to children, young people and their families. This care may be delivered in hospital, in the child’s home or in the wider community such as schools and clinics, in collaboration with other health and social care professionals.
Content and Structure
The Child Nursing Pathway in the Interprofessional Learning Programme is 156 weeks in length for fulltime students. There is an annual intake each September at the Canterbury Campus for the degree pathway, and April at the Medway Campus for the diploma pathway. The main difference between the diploma and degree programmes is in year three, when the diploma students undertake five modules rather than six, and the degree students are expected to work at a higher academic level.
At Level 1, three of the modules 
are shared with students from other health and social care professions. The remaining three modules are undertaken with students from Adult Nursing and Mental Health pathways as a Common Foundation Programme for all nursing students.
Level 2 provides the opportunity to develop a depth of understanding of child development, childhood illness and disability and child health psychology within four child nursing courses. The remaining two courses allow the student to develop an understanding of research methods and social policy and how these impact on children’s nursing.
Level 3 provides additional opportunities for the development of child nursing skills within neonatal and high dependency care, and caring for the child with cancer or life limiting disorders. These are challenging areas in which to work and will enable students to develop the skills necessary to support children and families at times of stress/distress. Level 3 also offers the student the opportunity to work as part of an interprofessional team in practice.
PRACTICE PLACEMENT
Experience in practice constitutes 50% of the programme and links directly with the taught modules. Placements will take place in a variety of settings both in hospital and the community. Students will be allocated to a children’s ward which will normally be their base ward for the whole of the programme. During their placements students will be provided with a named supervisor(s) who will support them during their practice placements. Initially students will observe qualified practitioners and will gradually begin to participate in care delivery as their knowledge and skills increase.
Range of subjects:
Arts & Humanities
- American Studies
- Commercial Music
- Communication Studies *subject to validation
- Dance Education *subject to validation
- Digital Culture, Arts and Media
- Digital Media with Web or Video
- English
- English Language and Communication *subject to validation
- Film, Radio and Television Studies (with pathways in Film, Radio, Television, Broadcasting and Animation)
- Fine Art
- French
- History
- International Foundation in Music
- International Foundation Programme
- Licence ès Lettres *subject to validation
- Media and Cultural Studies
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies *subject to validation
- Music (Joint/Combined Honours)
- Music (Single Honours)
- Music Access Programme
- Performing Arts
- Politics
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Theology
Business & Science
- Accounting
- Accounting and Finance *subject to validation
- Advertising
- Animal Science
- Applied Criminology
- Biosciences
- Business Administration with Professional Development
- Business Computing *subject to validation
- Business Studies
- Business Studies Framework
- Business Studies (with a Specialist Subject)
- Computing
- Computing (Foundation Degree)
- Creative Visual Media *subject to validation
- Crime and Policing *subject to validation
- Ecology and Conservation *subject to validation
- Entrepreneurship *subject to validation
- Environmental Biology
- Environmental Science (formerly Science of the Environment)
- Event Management *subject to validation
- Forensic Computing *subject to validation
- Forensic Investigation
- Geography
- Human Resource Management
- Integrated Science
- International Business Management
- Internet Computing *subject to validation
- Journalism *subject to validation
- Legal Studies
- Marketing
- Mathematics with Secondary Education (QTS)
- Physical Education and Sport & Exercise Science *subject to validation
- Police Studies
- Professional Development by Work Based Learning
- Retail Management
- Science Foundation
- Science with Secondary Education (QTS)
- Sociology
- Sport and Exercise Psychology
- Sport and Exercise Science
- Sport and Leisure Management
- Tourism and Leisure Studies
- Tourism Management
Education
- Childhood Studies (Foundation Degree)
- Early Childhood Studies
- Early Years Studies (Foundation Degree)
- Education Studies *subject to validation
- Informal and Community Education
- Primary Education
- Primary Education (Part-Time Progression Route)
- Social Work
- Teacher Education
Health & Social Care
- Diagnostic Radiogra
phy (formerly Medical Imaging)
- Health and Social Care
- Health Studies
- Midwifery
- Nursing Studies: Adult Nursing
- Nursing Studies: Child Nursing
- Nursing Studies: Mental Health Nursing
- Occupational Therapy
- Operating Department Practice (ODP)
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