What's Happening in May 2025

Your academic success

Good luck to everyone preparing for their end of year assessments and exams! Here are some pointers to help you achieve your academic goals:

• Get exam ready with our new short video, which covers how to prepare, what to expect on the day, and expected behaviours during an exam setting.
• Check your exam timetable - it is important that you are available as these are formally set exams and cannot be changed.
• Take advantage of the support available to you from your Personal Academic Tutor, Learning Skills Hub, Digital Library, and Peer Mentors.
• Augustine House is open 24/7 until 1am on Saturday 24 May. See the library website for opening hours over the two bank holidays in May.
• Overnight study spaces are available in Block rooms in Drill Hall Library for exam revision until 29 May. Simply enter through the side entrance and don’t forget to bring your Student ID card.
• StressLess with regular wellbeing events. Join the Library Team on 1 May in Augustine House for a Stressless assessment support event. Come be mindful, get relaxed, and have a game of ping pong. Get crafty and decorate some biscuits or upcycled goods.
• Get some free fruit in Augustine House on 6 May at 1pm as part of the SU's Don’t Burn Out! campaign.

Supporting your future

• Some students will have a study week at some point in the academic year and this year from 6 – 9 May, the Careers Team have a range of in-person and online events planned for you. Book your spot through Handshake for networking tips, help with your CV or cover letter, job searching workshops, and more.
• Meet with Enterprise Mobility on 8 May, 2 – 3pm, in the Careers Hub to find out more about the Enterprise Driving Fund. Get application advice, ask questions, and get extra information about the Graduate Management Trainee programme!
• Interested in going abroad on a week-long cultural exchange, paid for by the Rotary Club? Broaden your horizons, engage in international cooperation, and improve your CV. Contact the Careers Team for more information.
• Have you spent any number of hours volunteering this year? Don’t forget to log your volunteer hours so you can be recognised for your hard earned achievements.

Careers financial support

• Unitemps is rewarding students up to £1,500 cash for their curriculum-based industry projects. Students can be nominated in three categories: innovation, collaboration, and sustainability.
• Undertake a career development opportunity and get financial assistance to achieve your goals with the Career Development Fund.

Your end of the academic year checklist

• Return your library books before the end of the year so students on summer courses and those who'll have reassessments can utilise them as well. If an item is overdue on your account for over 14 days, it is considered lost and there is a charge for replacing the item.
• Moving out of your accommodation? We’ve developed a moving out checklist to help you get your deposit back, recycle your rubbish, and more.

CCCBeU – You Belong!

Join us for CCCBeU Equity and Inclusion Conference 2025 on 28 May, 9am – 5pm in Augustine Hall. Come together to share good practice, learn from each other, and set actionable goals for improving equity and inclusion in our community.

Your student life

Canterbury

• Come cheer on our Cricket teams at Cricket Varsity as they go head-to-head against University of Kent on 2 May, 3 – 8pm at Spitfire Ground.
• Who doesn’t love puppy therapy? Book your space with the SU for some puppy love on 9 May. Limited spots available!
• The Edwardian Musical Comedy on 8 and 9 May in Anselm Studio 1 is part of a research project that unveils some lesser-known works from a short and creative, but now somewhat forgotten, theatrical period.
• CCCU and Orbi Playa Big Band Concert on 14 May, 7.30 – 10pm, at St Gregory’s Centre for Music, featuring a range of compositions, with some modern contemporary jazz classics as well.
• Hackathon is on 27 May from 10am in Verena Holmes. Solve real-world problems through coding, design, and innovation.
• Top up on household essentials and dried goods at the Refillable Van on 29 May, 11.30am – 12.30pm at Augustine House and 1 – 3.30pm outside Verena Holmes.

Medway

• Pet a pooch at Drill Hall Library on 6 May, 11.30am – 1pm, and brighten your day.
• Drop in for Chill n’ Chat with the Medway Campus Chaplain on 6, 14, and 28 May in Drill Hall Library from 10am – 2pm.
• Decorate and sow seeds at the SU’s Don’t Burn Out! Paint & Pot on 8 May from 12 – 1.30pm in Touchdown at Medway.
• Did someone say bake-off? Enter your favourite baked treat into the Medway campus bake-off competition on 22 May, featuring two special guest judges. More details coming soon.

Plus, score a ticket to Comic Con in London courtesy of the SU on 25 May. Sign up quick, tickets are limited!

Celebrating your successes

End of the academic year is the perfect time to celebrate your successes! Join us in a series of end-of-year performances hosted by students across the University.

• Medway Activities Awards on 9 May from 3 – 7pm is set to be a night to remember - dress to impress! Tickets are on sale now.
• Student Showcases 2025: 13-31 May, Anselm Studio 1 & Daphne Oram.
• Musical Theatre Showcase: 13 May, 7 – 9pm, Anselm Studio 1.
• Momentum: 19 and 20 May, 7 – 9pm, Anselm Studio 1.
• 2025 BA Exhibition: 27-31 May, 10am – 3pm, Daphne Oram. Plus, the Exhibition Launch event on 23 May, 4 – 7pm.
• Commercial Music Showcase: 27 and 28 May, 7 – 10pm, Anselm Studio 1.
• CCSU Celebrates merges the Society Awards, all our volunteers' outstanding work, and celebrates representatives at CCCU. Happening 30 May, 4 – 6.30pm in Augustine Hall.
• The annual Postgraduate Research Association Conference on Sunday 8 (online) and Monday 9 June (in-person) showcases postgraduate research being carried out by CCCU students. All postgraduate students who want to get involved and present their research can register their interest here.

Plus, catch the annual SCANDI Musical: Sister Act: 11-14 June, 7.30 – 10pm daily and Saturday 14 June matinee, 2 – 4.30pm in Anselm Studio 1. FREE for CCCU students!