Occupational Therapy, BSc

Welcome Week

We look forward to meeting you during Welcome Week from 14 - 18 September 2026.​​

Our Welcome Week activities are varied and interesting and are designed to give you an introduction to the course and the university as well as provide opportunities for you to begin to get to know the rest of your cohort.

I would advise you to attend as many of the Welcome Week activities as you can.

You will also meet your Personal Academic Tutor (PAT) during Welcome Week. Your PAT will be a valuable source of support, advice and encouragement during your time with us at CCCU. ​ 

Occupational Health, DBS & Placement Preparation

Please ensure that you engage with all Occupational Health, DBS or Placement planning activities required by the Admissions Team. Failure to complete this by the time you register on the course may result in you not being able to proceed with your studies.

We are proud to be an inclusive University that supports a diverse community of students. Please note that if you have a disability or would like to learn more about the support that we can offer to students, please visit the Disability and Mental Health website.

Placement Information

InPlace

Once your first placement has been allocated, you will automatically receive an email with instructions on how to sign in to InPlace and access your placement information.

Occupational Health

Students need to obtain occupational health clearance to ensure they are fit to practice. You will be prompted via your ‘MyRecord’ to complete a clearance check and directed to an online health questionnaire.

Once you have submitted your questionnaire, you are required to attend an occupational health vaccination appointment appropriate to your placement requirements. We use an external company called OH Works for this. Ahead of your appointment, please gather any vaccination documentation (paper or electronic) from your GP or workplace to take to your occupational health appointment.

Your OH vaccination appointment will take place on Tuesday 15 September 2026 in Ag54 (Anselm Building, Canterbury Campus). Please see the below table for the exact time of your appointment:

Surname	Date	Time	Location
A - C	15 September 2026	15.00 - 15.15	Ag54
D - E	15 September 2026	15.15 - 15.30	Ag54
F - G	15 September 2026	15.30 - 15.45	Ag54
H - J	15 September 2026	15.45 - 16.00	Ag54
K - L	15 September 2026	16.00 - 16.15	Ag54
M - N	15 September 2026	16.15 - 16.30	Ag54
O - P	15 September 2026	16.30 - 16.45	Ag54
Q - S	15 September 2026	16.45 - 17.00	Ag54
T - V	15 September 2026	17.00 - 17.15	Ag54
W - Z	15 September 2026	17.15 - 17.30	Ag54

For enquiries about your occupational health clearance please email cccustudents@ohworks.co.uk or phone 01227 286288.

Please note, that if you are an S25 Health Foundation Year student, you are required to attend an occupational health vaccination appointment.

Uniform

On placement, you will be required to wear a uniform as part of your Readiness for Practice. Important information regarding your uniform can be found on the uniform policy.

Your uniform is provided to you free of charge and is expected to last you the duration of your course.

You do not need to order your placement uniform before you start your course.

Uniform ordering is staggered by course. This means that students on different courses will be invited to order their uniform at different times. If you hear that students on another course have already been invited, please don't worry – you will be contacted when it is your course's turn.

The Placement Management Team will email you with instructions on how to order your uniform in plenty of time before your first placement.

These instructions will be sent to your CCCU email account. Towards the end of August, once you have been invited to register for your course, we will email you with information on how to set up your CCCU email account.

Please note that you will not be able to order your uniform until you have completed all of your registration tasks.

Placement Badge

On placement you will be required to wear a placement badge, which will have your course title and preferred first name obtained from your MyRecord account. This placement badge is provided to you free of charge. You will be supplied with your placement badge once you have started your course. Please note, this is not your student ID card. 

Your Course

​​The first semester modules include a mix of occupational therapy specific modules and core modules. Occupational therapy specific modules are taught to occupational therapy students only. Core modules are taught using an interprofessional approach and you will share the module with students form other courses, such as diagnostic radiography and operating department practice.

The first occupational therapy specific module is Occupational Therapy in Practice and will introduce you to some of the core concepts of our profession. You will look at case studies of famous people and apply these theories to the experiences of these people.

The core modules in the first semester are academic skills, where we look at how to study and write at degree level, and human science which is an anatomy and physiology based module. The module leaders for these modules are Dr Gemma Wells: Occupational Therapy in Practice, Rupert Kerrell: Human Science, Sarah Long: Academic Skill.

​​These modules will be taught using a hybrid model which includes face to face teaching on the campus, along with online teaching and directed study.

This hybrid approach is used across our programme and helps to recognise and support a range of learning styles and enables us to benefit from an effective range of teaching methods and assessment techniques.

​The first few weeks of the course will see you being introduced to these first three modules and you will engage on these modules that run alongside each other.

​Blackboard

​At Canterbury Christ Church University, we use a system called Blackboard. Blackboard is a virtual learning environment and is used for a variety of purposes. Blackboard is where you will find your key learning resources, such as module handbooks and lecture material. You will submit your assignments via Blackboard and will also get announcement and updates about modules and then course more generally through Blackboard.

​Learning Skillls Hub​

​At CCCU we have well developed study support services. Please have a look at this link and view the range of brief modules that you can access: Learning Skills Hub | CCCU You may find it valuable to complete some of these before the start of your course.

If you are eager to start right away, the following texts are relatively easy and are certainly useful across the course and beyond:

• ​​Clifford O’Brien J, Conners B. L, (2024) Introduction to Occupational Therapy. 6th Ed. Elsevier Health Sciences
• ​Duncan, E.A. ed. (2020). Foundations for Practice in Occupational Therapy-E-BOOK. Elsevier Health Sciences

Students receive a discount at the University Bookshop