Healthcare students took part in an online training session with Dr SAMS (Suicide Awareness in Medical Students) in collaboration with the suicide awareness and prevention charity Olly’s Future.
A new online learning platform has launched which aims to provide a career framework for workplace educators in health and social care.
Through developing Our Pledges, the University will work to improve the economic, social, environmental, and cultural vitality of its local communities.
Referred to as a ‘silent epidemic’ and a ‘global world problem’, every 90 seconds someone in the UK is admitted to hospital with a brain injury.
Dr Emma Ainsley, Lecturer in Social Work in the School of Allied and Public Health Professions has been shortlisted for a prestigious Social Worker of the Year Award.
A major clinical has shown that the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment is more effective than current speech and language therapy provided by the NHS for patients with Parkinson's disease .
Physiotherapy students Hannah Thomason and Honey Rodda are supporting patients and staff at a local hospital by raising awareness of how bed rest can increase frailty in older people.
Canterbury Christ Church University has been working with bemix to train students to address the challenges people with learning disabilities face with accessing health services.
Professor Melville-Wiseman left school and the care system with only a swimming certificate. She is now a Professor of Social Work and possibly the first such professor in the UK with care experience.
Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) has been awarded nine additional student places for September 2025 entry.
May Chen, Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing, has received a RCN Foundation Impact Award in recognition of the positive influence her research has had upon the wellbeing of student nurses.
Funding has been secured by the School of Allied and Public Health Professions to support undergraduate students with health and social care research opportunities.